Octopus Paul predicts the outcome of all Germany World Cup games

Here in Germany, Octopus Paul is a wanted sea creature.  Since predicting the the downfall of Germany to Spain in Wednesday's World Cup Semi-Final match, this poor octopus is wanted for dead by many avid Germany soccer fans that are angry about the outcome of the game.  Spain has offered asylum to the poor creature in a Spanish zoo.  I  for one, am wondering why on earth anyone actually cares about an octopus that is just lucky when it comes to predicting the outcome of soccer matches. Why did someone as the octopus to begin with? Who thought of that?  Read the article here for more info.  Now, i turn the keyboard over to my husband for his thoughts on the the whole ordeal:


EAT MORE 8legged SEA CREATURES!!!

Dogs in Deutschland: How Emma and Millie deal with no AC

Finally figured out how to get the photos off my camera.  I'm not technology incompetent, just lacking proper cables....


For your enjoyment, a few photos of my little dogs trying to deal with the heat wave here. (Read 85+ degrees and no A.C. )

 How Millie used to spend her days.

Now, forget the dog bed...too hot! Hanging out in the crate is way better!

Take me outside or go away!

Did you say "outside"?

Much better!

Time Change

All of my posts are off by 7 hours....weird.

GA and Germany are only 6 hours different so I'm not quite sure how this happened.  Or why it has taken me 8 months to notice.

F.Y.I - I do NOT publish posts at 5:45 in the morning.  I'm a morning person, but not THAT much of a morning person.

Sorry for the ramblings...just thought I'd share....

Yay!

I finally got what I've been waiting patiently for.....a  new bike!

Yay! Now I can finally go into town whenever I want, no limitations on distance....well maybe a little bit.

And only 10,50 Euro on Ebay! Now that is a deal!

I'm picking it up this weekend, can't wait!

Some Changes

I've had a bad case of Bloggers Block.

Originally, I had intended for this blog to primarily be about my life in Germany and the observations I made as an American.

Long story short, I am not very productive when I try to stay within a theme.  I felt like i was limited myself. So now I'm going to start including some new topics such as cooking, gardening (I'm growing plants now), being ecofriendly, traveling, etc.  I've done a lot in my short 25 years and I feel like the blog is the perfect place to share.

So look forward to yummy recipes, vacation photos from my many travels, lazy dog photos, a little bit of German, and much more.

I'd love to have the opinions of my 11 followers and 3+ lurkers.


What are you interested in reading about?

How did that get under my table?

Today is a balmy 80 degrees F.  It almost reminds me of being in Atlanta, except without all the humidity.  It is quite lovely.

David and I do not have air conditioning.  Hardly anywhere (with the exception of museums and department stores)  has air conditioning.  It really isn't too bad.  We live on the top floor, so with the windows open we end up having a nice cross breeze.  It is like my entire living room is an outdoor patio without all of the icky dirt that accumulates....or so I thought...
 
Yesterday, David and I were sitting down to a lovely dinner of spicy pasta and salad.  I turned to David to say something and when I looked back at my salad bowl I had a little surprise in there.... 

 A dandylion parachute.  How appetizing...  I looked up and saw more coming in.  *Sighs and closes window that is above the table. As you can see from the picture below, we have a very large window directly above our table.

While vacuuming today I found a HUGE white pile under the table.  At first glance I thought that it was hair from Millie, our beloved white dog whose favorite place to be is at our feet under the table.  She has been shedding large amounts of fur for the last several weeks and it is not uncommon for us to find large piles of hair in here favorite napping places.  After closer inspection I learned that the culprit was not my dog, but instead the dandelions.

 There must have been a strong wind for that much to get into our house.  While we do live on the top floor, the air path from the nearby soccer field (where I assume the dandelions are coming from) is blocked by several other houses.  I am hoping that this a temporary problem because (1) I don't want to move my table, (2) I can survive in the heat without having the windows open, and (3) weeds in my food isn't very appetizing. 

On the positive not, it is raining at the moment.  Hopefully that will squash any thoughts those dandelions have about coming into my house.  Beware dandelions, I have a vacuum and I am not afraid to use it. I also have two dogs that enjoy eating you! Mwahaha!  Okay, enough with the evil laugh. 

Just for your amusement.  Millie is starting at the window and watching the rain.  She can barely contain her excitement. She looks like she is about to burst with excitement.  Crazy dog.

On a slightly related note,  I got my camera battery back a few weeks ago and now I can take pictures again.  This means I am going to try to attempt to document some of the insane behavior of my two dogs that only a picture can do true justice to. 

Happy Tuesday!

Lazy

My apologizes, I've been too busy/lazy to post.  I am going to get back in the habit of blogging.  Thanks to all my commentators for not forgetting about me.  :) 

Actual content coming soon...