outside the snow is falling and toby's calling, "yoo hoo."

ITS SNOWING!!!  it started last night and has been snowing constantly for the past 16 hours.  since i decided to move to bavaria this past summer, everyone has told me that it snows for like 6 months starting in october.  much to my dismay, it never snowed until now.  i was beginning to think that i bought my winterware in vain.  i woke up this morning and opened my curtains as i do every morning only to see snowcovered yards, roofs, trees, cars, and tractors (thats right, tractors).  i immediately bundled up with all my snow clothes and ran outside. after i started building stuff in the snow, i looked up and saw my neighbor toby, who is three, also outside to play in the snow.  so, my excitement for the snow was equivalent to that of a 3 year old.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-AxrJJNdMY

i'm going to italy on monday to see my friend cheyenne!  i'm so so so so excited.  i've been to italy before but never to this part.  she lives right outside venice and does YL at aviano airforce base.  although i do love the snow, i'm already tired of being cold!  so italy should be  nice change of pace.  

radio its shady-yo

i babysat today.  one of my favorite things about babysitting is that its my big chance to watch all the movies i've been wanting to see, but have been to embarrassed...like camp rock and high school musical.  today, i watched high school musical 2 and loved every minute of it!!  we also watched a few episodes of little house on the prairie.  gosh i love that show.  it was so refreshing and really highlighted just had awful my favorite shows are (like gossip girl).  i also love that laura and mary (from the little house) always wear night hats when sleeping.  i need to find one of those on ebay or something.  or better yet, reinvent one and make millions.  i like to sleep with my hair down but hate it when i have hair in my face.  a sleeping hat could solve all my problems.  my college roommates can attest to the fact that i need some hair solution other than my current plastic barrettes that i use to hold back my bangs.

i absolutely love german radio stations...well the ones that play american music anyway.  they play all my favorite songs that i've forgotten about in the past 22+ years.  AND i almost always know all the words to the song!  some of my favorites over the past few days have been

-lionel richie- hello (please watch the youtube video for this.  halarious.

-kid rock- picture

-the police- every breath you take

-shaggy- it wasn't me

-bon jovi- livin on a prayer

-susanne vega- toms diner

-billie myers- kiss the rain

the only bad part about german radio (besides the fact that i don't know german) is that they will turn off a song so that they can air the traffic report.  i mean, i will be in the middle of singing my heart out to mariah carey song, and the dj straight up turns it off.  

i also wanted to take this moment while i have your attention to brag about the shutters on my room windows.  they actually open and close!  boo yah.

lupburg

i've moved!!  i now live in lupburg with the cutest empty nester couple ever.  here's my room and house!

today, carl hanz came by who i found out later is the landlord.  i opened the door assuming it was beth or mark (the couple i live with) only to find a strange man.  i automatically assumed he was an attacker (obviously) so i quickly grabbed a key thinking that maybe i could fight off this 6'3'' huge man with  small piece of metal.  anyway, he explained in his broken english that he was the landlord and was here to fix some lamp.  so i went and locked myself in my room just in case he was indeed a bad guy. after he was done fixing the lamp, i hear a, "lady, LADY."  being the only one home, i figured that "lady" was me.   he told me his name.  i repeted, "collin" "colenz" and several other variations of his name.  he probably thinks i'm a freak.  but i love my new home!

don't be a bumpkin- go eat pumpkin!

i just wanted to alert everyone about the goodness of pumpkin.  a long, long time ago, when i was in the 2nd grade, i ate pumpkin seeds and threw up.  this obviously scarred me as a child and caused pumpkin anything to repulse me.  a few weeks ago, i decided it was time to try a pumpkin product again, 15 long years after my incident.  it started with a tiny bite of someones pumpkin pie.  it was one of those euphoric moments when heaven touches earth.  i went and got my own piece.  the next day, someone else made pumpkin pie, so i ate it...and i loved it.  the next day, meaghan (the girl i live with) made pumpkin bread.  i had a few slices of that.  i now have a craving for pumpkin stuff that can never be quenched.  i've had pumpkin cake, pumpkin scones scones are my 2nd favorite food), pumpkin brochen (a german type of roll) and cannot wait to have more.  i urge you, my readers, to not let an upset stomach 15 years ago alter what you eat today.

entschuldigung

after my e-mail was flooded with all my fans requesting another blog, i have at last come to post another blog.  i have a hard time writing something unless i have a good title to go along with it.  so, this title will be unoriginal and uncool.

i went to the states last week for sweet shelby's wedding.  being the smart, frugal girl (my daddy didn't raise no fool) that i am, i decided that flying air canada would be the best route.  unfortunately, i didn't realize that calgary was west canada- like above washington state.  i have shamed my dad's cartography business; i certainly did not inherit his map skills.  so, this is how it panned out:

nurnburg- frankfurt- 1 hour

frankfurt- calgary- 9.5 hours

calgary- houston- 4 hours

in order to save $100, i sacrificed 6 hours of my life.  i also ran in every airport to make my flight.  good thing some one taught me to say "excuse me" in german.

i love lufthansa airlines.  i took it on my first flight and felt like i was in a dance club. there were neon lights and sky lights.  well, they weren't really skylights but they looked like it.  the carpet resembled that of a carnival cruise.  AND there was some bumpin music.  party.

during my last flight to nurnburg, i sat next to a harry potter look alike.  it was a happy flight.

i had the best time at home.  my mom took off work which was so fun.  we got pedicures and shopped.  i got to spend tons of time with my family, including my precious nephew.   i got to see 2 good friends from high school and tons from college.  the wedding was perfect, shelby was a beautiful bride, and i got to cut a rug on the dance floor.  i especially loved this wedding because i feel as though i've had a front row seat throughout their entire relationship. i just love love.

things i missed about america in no particular order:

1. garbage disposals

2. chick fil a

3. mexican food (i had it 5 times)

4. my friends and family (obviously)

5. watching tv on their network's websites

6. malls

7. my car or even having A car

8. book stores

things i don't miss about america in no particular order:

1. liter

2. construction

3. commercials

4. radio stations

5. fast paced lifestyle

speaking of america, i feel like the worst american ever.  my absentee ballot was returned to me.  wrong address.  i guess every vote doesn't count.