Monkey has kept us on our toes the past few days. For the past 4 weeks, I was dreading my appointment on Dec. 9th, the day for which my gestational diabetes test was scheduled. Unlike in the States, the Germans don’t give you a one hour test first. Everyone is…
I thought that song was hilarious in college, thanks in large part to my Norwegian heritage. Now, however, I think the song is all too true. I feel silly saying this, but I cannot remember a German winter in Heidelberg where it has snowed in November. This is our 4th…
Dear Mother Nature, What has Germany done to you – this year in particular – to make you tease us with thoughts of spring only to bring back nasty cold gray wet weather? Last week I was full of hope. I walked to and from work basking in the warmth…
Let me confess. I am completely jealous of all you folks out there who are experiencing spring. Every day I see status updates and blog entries about how glorious spring is, and I want to be able to say the same thing. Ok, yes, I can say spring is glorious,…
After a week in DC and spending a week catching up at home, I found it hard to want to blog again. Saturday has struck me with the urge to get a lot of things accomplished, and so far so good. Along with that motivation came the urge to finish…
I was lazy last night. I intended on pulling together photos from my family’s visit in order to make a fun photo post, but that never happened. Instead, we watched The Surrogates, and I knitted. While thinking about the photos, I realized I didn’t get to tell everyone that John…