I LOVE a good deal!!!
3/23/2008 12:06:00 AM Edit This 0 Comments »
Tonight I got an amazing deal on Gemany ebay....a 1930's kitchen sideboard for a whopping $24.10!!!!!!!!! I've been bidding on these for weeks and kept losing, but this one didn't get away. Christian caught my reaction on camera....I was a LITTLE excited!
Here's my purchase...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180224344514&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=008
And you can view the "winning scene" here on this page!
Too much fun!
Here's my purchase...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180224344514&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=008
And you can view the "winning scene" here on this page!
Too much fun!
The 1st Day of Gymnastics...
3/04/2008 04:36:00 PM Edit This 1 Comment »
Well, this is an interesting story. Today was Lena's first day of gymnastics. She's been very excited, just waiting for this day to finally get here. This morning we put on her leotard, ate some quick breakfast, packed up some snacks & things (for Rowdy!), grabbed the CAMERA (this was a "first" that I had to capture!)and headed out the door. The village where they have the class is only 10 minutes away, but we left a good 35 minutes ahead of time, to make sure we were there early -I wanted to give Lena some time to look around at her school and get comfortable with things before her first class started.
On the way out of town, there was a light covering of snow. (Yesterday, Mathilde told me that it was supposed to snow today, and I laughed.) So anyway, I gave Christian a call on the way out to ask him about how the roads were for driving. My fancy schmancy BMW rental doesn't have snow tires, so I just wanted to make sure that was okay. Christian laughed at me for being so "snow paranoid" and we continued on to Neubrucke for our class.
As I got closer to our destination, the snow came down harder and cars were beginning to slow down. When I got to the Neubrucke gate, I asked the guards which building to go to for our class, and they pointed me up the hill. The hill was looking pretty snowy, but other cars were plowing right through, so on I went. As we climbed the hill, my fancy schmancy car started to slide and then stall in the snow. I finally got it somewhat unstuck and kept up our trek to gymnastics. After drifting everywhere through Neubrucke housing, I finally ran into the elementary school to ask for directions. "Oh, the guards gave you the wrong directions. The activities building is back down the hill". DOWN the hill?! The hill that I could barely climb?! So now I call Christian again (I had called him several times during the sliding/stuck scenario) and now I'm yelling because we're stuck in Neubrucke housing and gymnastics is down the hill. Poor Christian.
I found a place to park the car (I think it just kind of skidded into a space all on it's own), bundled up the kids, and we began walking down the hill to gymnastics. WE WERE GOING TO GET TO GYMNASTICS!! I had a PROMISE to full-fill!!! We got into her class about 15 minutes late, soaked from head to toe. The other Moms got us blankets and snacks for Rowdy and I got Lena dried off and ready to join her class. Well, poor sweet Lena Jane was a little overwhelmed by our morning and decided to hide behind a trash can and not join her class. Her teacher was very patient and finally picked her up and then Lena warmed up to her. Lena ended up loving her class and was sad when it was over. She's very excited about going back next Tuesday, so yes, it was worth the "trip".
I guess I should mention that we did get home safely! Christian came out to Neubrucke and picked us up. It took him 20 minutes to get out of Baumholder because of all the cars stalled in the snow. Who knew that our biggest snow of the year would be in MARCH!?
Oh, and let me add that after all of this, I left my camera in the CAR!!! I guess next week I'll have to add another post with pics titled, "The 2nd Day of Gymnastics".
On the way out of town, there was a light covering of snow. (Yesterday, Mathilde told me that it was supposed to snow today, and I laughed.) So anyway, I gave Christian a call on the way out to ask him about how the roads were for driving. My fancy schmancy BMW rental doesn't have snow tires, so I just wanted to make sure that was okay. Christian laughed at me for being so "snow paranoid" and we continued on to Neubrucke for our class.
As I got closer to our destination, the snow came down harder and cars were beginning to slow down. When I got to the Neubrucke gate, I asked the guards which building to go to for our class, and they pointed me up the hill. The hill was looking pretty snowy, but other cars were plowing right through, so on I went. As we climbed the hill, my fancy schmancy car started to slide and then stall in the snow. I finally got it somewhat unstuck and kept up our trek to gymnastics. After drifting everywhere through Neubrucke housing, I finally ran into the elementary school to ask for directions. "Oh, the guards gave you the wrong directions. The activities building is back down the hill". DOWN the hill?! The hill that I could barely climb?! So now I call Christian again (I had called him several times during the sliding/stuck scenario) and now I'm yelling because we're stuck in Neubrucke housing and gymnastics is down the hill. Poor Christian.
I found a place to park the car (I think it just kind of skidded into a space all on it's own), bundled up the kids, and we began walking down the hill to gymnastics. WE WERE GOING TO GET TO GYMNASTICS!! I had a PROMISE to full-fill!!! We got into her class about 15 minutes late, soaked from head to toe. The other Moms got us blankets and snacks for Rowdy and I got Lena dried off and ready to join her class. Well, poor sweet Lena Jane was a little overwhelmed by our morning and decided to hide behind a trash can and not join her class. Her teacher was very patient and finally picked her up and then Lena warmed up to her. Lena ended up loving her class and was sad when it was over. She's very excited about going back next Tuesday, so yes, it was worth the "trip".
I guess I should mention that we did get home safely! Christian came out to Neubrucke and picked us up. It took him 20 minutes to get out of Baumholder because of all the cars stalled in the snow. Who knew that our biggest snow of the year would be in MARCH!?
Oh, and let me add that after all of this, I left my camera in the CAR!!! I guess next week I'll have to add another post with pics titled, "The 2nd Day of Gymnastics".
