<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079</id><updated>2012-02-16T12:14:21.087-08:00</updated><category term='cooking'/><category term='clouds'/><category term='soap making'/><category term='decluttering'/><category term='homemaking'/><category term='tornado'/><category term='birthday'/><category term='rubber stamps'/><category term='recycling'/><category term='spinning'/><category term='vacation'/><category term='books'/><category term='woodworking'/><category term='trail of tears'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='yarn along'/><category term='snake'/><category term='garden'/><category term='handmade gifts'/><category term='fall'/><category term='winter'/><category term='blooms'/><category term='pond'/><category term='collecting'/><category term='crafts'/><category term='preserving'/><category term='bike'/><category term='rain'/><category term='summer'/><category term='knitting'/><category term='thrift store finds'/><category term='giveaway'/><category term='holidays'/><category term='baking'/><category term='spring'/><category term='Valentine&apos;s'/><category term='entertainment'/><category term='family'/><category term='remodeling'/><category term='pets'/><category term='vermicomposting'/><category term='Easter'/><category term='hysterectomy'/><category term='crochet'/><category term='sewing'/><category term='cards'/><category term='kids'/><category term='friends'/><title type='text'>Our little piece of heaven</title><subtitle type='html'>Hello and Gruess Gott</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>443</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3891779274636750077</id><published>2012-02-15T06:11:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-15T06:11:27.759-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='homemaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Around here lately...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I know I haven't been around lately, but to be honest, I haven't been "feeling" it. With everything that has happened, my mind has been elsewhere and I just needed some time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;That doesn't mean I've been sitting around twiddling my thumbs, quite the opposite, I've tried to keep really busy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Been doing a little garden clean up before it got cold and wet again...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich weiss ich hatte mich in letzter Zeit etwas rar gemacht, aber irgendwie konnte ich mich nicht dazu bringen hier zu schreiben. Mit allem was in letzter Zeit passiert ist, habe ich einfach ein bissl Zeit fuer mich gebraucht.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Das heisst nicht, dass ich faul herum gesessen bin. Im Gegenteil, ich habe versucht fleissig zu werkeln.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Bevor es wieder kalt und nass wurde, habe ich ein bisschen im Garten gearbeitet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EcsfMk19yQQ/Tzu1DceS2oI/AAAAAAAAEi4/nNNFuNbfykY/s1600/P1030906+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EcsfMk19yQQ/Tzu1DceS2oI/AAAAAAAAEi4/nNNFuNbfykY/s320/P1030906+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I knit these Socks while I was in Germany visiting. The pretty bamboo yarn was a gift from Marion and the socks are so soft and warm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diese Socken habe ich noch gestrickt waehrend ich in Dtld. war. Die Bambus Wolle war ein Geschenk von &lt;a href="http://marionsbuntehandarbeitswelt.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marion&lt;/a&gt;, und die Socken sind so weich und warm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kEueSDIiDZA/Tzu07iBZpiI/AAAAAAAAEiw/J4rtHfTeFV0/s1600/P1030868+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kEueSDIiDZA/Tzu07iBZpiI/AAAAAAAAEiw/J4rtHfTeFV0/s320/P1030868+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;These Socks are very, very special to me. I know they are plainly knit and the yarn doesn't scream "look at me", BUT my grandma got these socks started and asked me to take them and finish them. If you look closely, you can see the difference in the knitting. The sock on the left was started by my grandma and the knitting is a lot tighter than mine on the right. I will always remember my grandma while wearing these socks.&lt;br /&gt;Diese Socken bedeuten mir sehr viel. Ich weiss, sie sind ganz einfach gestrickt und die Wolle schreit auch nicht "schaut mal her", ABER meine Oma hatte angefangen diese Socken zu stricken und wollte das ich sie mitnehme und fertig stricke. Ich werde immer an meine Oma denken, wenn ich diese Socken trage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pcm6iHfcNy0/Tzu1Upy6M6I/AAAAAAAAEjQ/MR4UQv5qj6A/s1600/P1030927+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pcm6iHfcNy0/Tzu1Upy6M6I/AAAAAAAAEjQ/MR4UQv5qj6A/s320/P1030927+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;While visiting in Germany I of course had to buy yarn and some knitting magazines. Last night I started knitting this sweater out of the softest baby alpaca wool. I plan on adding a button band and knitting long sleeves instead of the short sleeves.&lt;br /&gt;Waehrend ich in Dtld. war, habe ich natuerlich auch Wolle und ein paar Strickhefte gekauft. Gestern Abend habe ich mit dieser Weste angefangen. Gestrickt wird sie aus ganz weicher Baby Alpaka Wolle, und ich habe vor die Aermel lang zu stricken und eine Knopfleiste hinzuzufuegen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S_t_1HMQ8Uc/Tzu1aMg-zII/AAAAAAAAEjY/n2L33M6iH68/s1600/P1030960+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S_t_1HMQ8Uc/Tzu1aMg-zII/AAAAAAAAEjY/n2L33M6iH68/s320/P1030960+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Sunday I made cottage cheese for the first time. It was incredibly easy, but I'm not sure it's really worth the time involved. It tasted good, but the texture is different from store bought cottage cheese and I'm not sure I'm that crazy about it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Sonntag habe ich zum ersten mal selber Huettenkaese gemacht. Es war total einfach, aber ich bin mir nicht sicher ob es den Aufwand wert war. Geschmacklich war es gut, aber die Konsistenz ist anders als gekaufter Huettenkaese - bin mir noch nicht sicher ob mir das so liegt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LlV5Cgr5btY/Tzu1ITpltWI/AAAAAAAAEjA/KGlURzHudj0/s1600/P1030922+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LlV5Cgr5btY/Tzu1ITpltWI/AAAAAAAAEjA/KGlURzHudj0/s320/P1030922+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Started the seeds this past weekend as well. So far I only started tomatoes and peppers, but I plan on starting more this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;Habe letztes Wochenende auch die ersten Samen ausgesaet. Bisher sind es nur die Tomaten und Paprika, aber naechstes Wochenende will ich noch mehr aussaeen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ec3QEVCgTm4/Tzu1N3ILklI/AAAAAAAAEjI/8M0z5VlmSNw/s1600/P1030923+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ec3QEVCgTm4/Tzu1N3ILklI/AAAAAAAAEjI/8M0z5VlmSNw/s320/P1030923+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;And last but not least, I got a sewing project cut out. I've been wanting to do this for a while and I finally got around to it. If all works out, I plan on sewing it today. Can you guess what I'm making?&lt;br /&gt;Und zu guter Letzt habe ich noch ein "Naehprojekt" zugeschnitten. Ich wollte dies schon seit einiger Zeit machen, bin aber nie dazu gekommen. Koennt ihr raten was es wird?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yxvqF9Aa3ME/Tzu1gZbe4rI/AAAAAAAAEjg/HR8IWIoMrVg/s1600/P1030963+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yxvqF9Aa3ME/Tzu1gZbe4rI/AAAAAAAAEjg/HR8IWIoMrVg/s320/P1030963+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3891779274636750077?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3891779274636750077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/02/around-here-lately.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3891779274636750077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3891779274636750077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/02/around-here-lately.html' title='Around here lately...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EcsfMk19yQQ/Tzu1DceS2oI/AAAAAAAAEi4/nNNFuNbfykY/s72-c/P1030906+%25281280x960%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-8183522768707921568</id><published>2012-02-09T15:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T15:26:31.509-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>9 February 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;My grandma passed away today. Please keep her and our family in your thoughts and prayers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Meine Oma ist heute gestorben, bitte schickt ein kleines Gebet fuer sie und unsere Familie nach oben.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iVuWzTR-ZE8/TzRTx7_G_qI/AAAAAAAAEio/0BXawkDBzlg/s1600/P1030881+(1024x768).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iVuWzTR-ZE8/TzRTx7_G_qI/AAAAAAAAEio/0BXawkDBzlg/s320/P1030881+(1024x768).jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-8183522768707921568?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/8183522768707921568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/02/9-february-2012.html#comment-form' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8183522768707921568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8183522768707921568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/02/9-february-2012.html' title='9 February 2012'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iVuWzTR-ZE8/TzRTx7_G_qI/AAAAAAAAEio/0BXawkDBzlg/s72-c/P1030881+(1024x768).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3833735321139918595</id><published>2012-02-05T05:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T05:08:08.473-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>I'm back...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I just got back from Germany last night where I spent the last two weeks visiting. To respect my family's privacy, I just want to tell you it was a good visit. Of course the two weeks flew by, but I am very glad I went.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;During the visit, we took lots and lots of walks and I took lots of pictures.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Here are just a few:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Gestern Abend bin ich heil wieder von Deutschland nach Alabama zurueck gekommen. Ich moechte hier nicht zuviel ueber meinen Besuch erzaehlen, aber ich bin froh, dass ich gegangen bin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Natuerlich vergingen die zwei Wochen viel zu schnell, aber wir haben das Beste daraus gemacht.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Unter anderem sind wir viel Spazieren gelaufen und ich habe viele Bilder dabei gemacht.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Hier nur ein paar:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X3D2HIXup8/Ty56GQ5ol5I/AAAAAAAAEhI/VD8FTaCGyyk/s1600/P1030858+(1024x768).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X3D2HIXup8/Ty56GQ5ol5I/AAAAAAAAEhI/VD8FTaCGyyk/s320/P1030858+(1024x768).jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-un8ZY9egnsg/Ty56zVcVGZI/AAAAAAAAEiI/XqrDRFhLQyI/s1600/P1030891+(1024x768).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-un8ZY9egnsg/Ty56zVcVGZI/AAAAAAAAEiI/XqrDRFhLQyI/s320/P1030891+(1024x768).jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CGfmh8H_4lM/Ty56_tYj9GI/AAAAAAAAEiY/LXspoVppIFA/s1600/P1030897+(768x1024).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CGfmh8H_4lM/Ty56_tYj9GI/AAAAAAAAEiY/LXspoVppIFA/s320/P1030897+(768x1024).jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u55961Pc9Sw/Ty56C8gSusI/AAAAAAAAEhA/FFHRHltx-YE/s1600/P1030857+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u55961Pc9Sw/Ty56C8gSusI/AAAAAAAAEhA/FFHRHltx-YE/s320/P1030857+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;There were several frosty mornings, but it felt so good to be out walking.&lt;br /&gt;Es waren ein paar knackig kalte Tage dabei, aber das Spazieren gehen war trotzdem schoen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rBZBGSV8JXk/Ty56NXsC3AI/AAAAAAAAEhQ/ARJ6Dm9qOxI/s1600/P1030860+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rBZBGSV8JXk/Ty56NXsC3AI/AAAAAAAAEhQ/ARJ6Dm9qOxI/s320/P1030860+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CD4-IarCtNo/Ty56UB2NxnI/AAAAAAAAEhY/DNF8Ha4Qfio/s1600/P1030861+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CD4-IarCtNo/Ty56UB2NxnI/AAAAAAAAEhY/DNF8Ha4Qfio/s320/P1030861+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There was a little snow...&lt;br /&gt;Es hat ein bissl geschneit...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IhfmNAWW5vA/Ty56YIn4uJI/AAAAAAAAEhg/Ygqdkm21FNA/s1600/P1030870+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IhfmNAWW5vA/Ty56YIn4uJI/AAAAAAAAEhg/Ygqdkm21FNA/s320/P1030870+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t5NlV9amPzg/Ty56dljI1HI/AAAAAAAAEho/Gbx0gEqT9vE/s1600/P1030873+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t5NlV9amPzg/Ty56dljI1HI/AAAAAAAAEho/Gbx0gEqT9vE/s320/P1030873+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ukctndhkKU/Ty56j-NWCpI/AAAAAAAAEhw/VMAuh3kHeb4/s1600/P1030875+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ukctndhkKU/Ty56j-NWCpI/AAAAAAAAEhw/VMAuh3kHeb4/s320/P1030875+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The last few days were incredibly cold. Minus 15 Celsius at night and minus 9 during the day! Sorry, don't know what that would be in Fahrenheit. The little stream was starting to freeze at the edges.&lt;br /&gt;Die letzten paar Tage waren ja unwahrscheinlich kalt. Minus 15 in der Nacht und minus 9 tagsueber. Sogar der Bach fing langsam an am Ufer zu gefrieren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjgDCltBb2U/Ty56qR87VzI/AAAAAAAAEh4/ee9KJbVkp8k/s1600/P1030886+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjgDCltBb2U/Ty56qR87VzI/AAAAAAAAEh4/ee9KJbVkp8k/s320/P1030886+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jZZrTjrpfl0/Ty56vSl1y_I/AAAAAAAAEiA/0Qhp8uKfH4U/s1600/P1030888+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jZZrTjrpfl0/Ty56vSl1y_I/AAAAAAAAEiA/0Qhp8uKfH4U/s320/P1030888+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The pond in Sickershausen was frozen, too. On my last day there, several kids were already skating on it.&lt;br /&gt;Der See in Sickershausen ist auch zugefroren. An meinem letzten Tag sind einige Kinder schon darauf Schlittschuh gelaufen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IC3j28Ek-lY/Ty565oahgaI/AAAAAAAAEiQ/h4baQ5Ro5i8/s1600/P1030895+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IC3j28Ek-lY/Ty565oahgaI/AAAAAAAAEiQ/h4baQ5Ro5i8/s320/P1030895+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;And last but not least, I was able to get a picture of Kitzingen's newest attraction - a black swan. People are not really sure where he came from, but I guess he likes it in Kitzingen...&lt;br /&gt;Und zu guter Letzt hatte ich noch das Glueck den schwarzen Schwan in Kitzingen zu sehen. Woher er kommt weiss keiner so genau, aber es scheint ihm in Kitzingen zu gefallen...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PoKIvaTRahw/Ty57Djq6mbI/AAAAAAAAEig/iXLOXx10T6k/s1600/P1030898+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PoKIvaTRahw/Ty57Djq6mbI/AAAAAAAAEig/iXLOXx10T6k/s320/P1030898+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3833735321139918595?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3833735321139918595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/02/im-back.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3833735321139918595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3833735321139918595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/02/im-back.html' title='I&apos;m back...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X3D2HIXup8/Ty56GQ5ol5I/AAAAAAAAEhI/VD8FTaCGyyk/s72-c/P1030858+(1024x768).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3096421278744106873</id><published>2012-01-18T05:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T05:54:09.156-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Real quick</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Just thought I'd show you the finished sweater. It's warm and cozy and actually fits!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Now I'm without a "major" knitting project and have to find something - quick! :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich wollte euch nur schnell den fertigen Pulli zeigen. Er ist richtig schoen kuschelig warm und passt wie angegossen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Jetzt habe ich gar nichts "gescheites" zum Stricken und muss unbedingt etwas finden - und zwar schnell. :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9lwBWS7os7o/TxbNv7RVDBI/AAAAAAAAEg4/5nl1w5g9BiU/s1600/P1030850+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9lwBWS7os7o/TxbNv7RVDBI/AAAAAAAAEg4/5nl1w5g9BiU/s320/P1030850+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3096421278744106873?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3096421278744106873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/real-quick.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3096421278744106873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3096421278744106873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/real-quick.html' title='Real quick'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9lwBWS7os7o/TxbNv7RVDBI/AAAAAAAAEg4/5nl1w5g9BiU/s72-c/P1030850+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-5794288299442146533</id><published>2012-01-12T06:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T06:12:59.723-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decluttering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade gifts'/><title type='text'>A gift and decluttering take 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;A few days ago I was totally surprised to find a large envelope in the mail box. It was from Doris and she was sweet enough to send me these beautiful goodies "just because". Just look at that awesome dish towel, the cute wallet and handmade card. Doris, thank you again for the wonderful surprise!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Vor ein paar Tagen war ich total ueberrascht als ich einen grossen Umschlag im Briefkasten vorfand. Er kam aus Hamburg von &lt;a href="http://babydoll1962kreativecke.blogspot.com/"&gt;Doris&lt;/a&gt;, und sie hat mir diese tollen Sachen "einfach so" geschickt. Ich finde das Geschirrtuch einfach genial, der Gelbeutel ist richtig suess und die selbstgemachte Karte is wunderbar. Nochmals vielen herzlichen Dank Doris, ich habe mich riesig ueber alles gefreut!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GIolRCQZMX0/Tw7lQtam6hI/AAAAAAAAEgU/lMvnB7PFjB8/s1600/P1030844+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GIolRCQZMX0/Tw7lQtam6hI/AAAAAAAAEgU/lMvnB7PFjB8/s320/P1030844+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The mission to get rid of unwanted things continues. Here are three shirts that are to small for Nadia now (were already given to my friend) and a small "vase" and serving dish. I actually really like the serving dish, but can't even remember the last time I used it. So why keep it?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich bin weiterhin fleissig am aussortieren. Hier sind drei Pulli's die Nadia nicht mehr passen (habe sie schon einer Freundin gegeben) und eine kleine Vase und einen Servierteller. Eigentlich gefaellt mir der Teller total gut, aber ich kann mich nicht einmal daran erinnern wann ich ihn das letzte Mal benutzt habe. Also warum nimmt es dann Platz im Schrank ab?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E6dZ6yq5BSY/Tw7lIVd4FxI/AAAAAAAAEgM/7CDCiK3ONC8/s1600/P1030836+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E6dZ6yq5BSY/Tw7lIVd4FxI/AAAAAAAAEgM/7CDCiK3ONC8/s320/P1030836+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hannah brought me the glitter glue she no longer uses. Some were dried up and tossed, some I'm taking to work for the little ones to use. (Counting this as one item.)&lt;br /&gt;Hannah hat mir den Glitterkleber gebracht den sie nicht mehr benutzt. Manche waren schon eingetrocknet und mussten weggeworfen werden, den Rest nehme ich mit auf die Arbeit fuer die Kleinen. (Zaehle dies als ein Ding.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5r0jdgEelrk/Tw7lXaDhSQI/AAAAAAAAEgc/ogaotAi9BXE/s1600/P1030845+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5r0jdgEelrk/Tw7lXaDhSQI/AAAAAAAAEgc/ogaotAi9BXE/s320/P1030845+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The first really big item is Hannah's&amp;nbsp;mattress. Some of the springs started to poke through and it was time to get rid of it. Thankfully we had a spare mattress, so we didn't have to go out and buy a new one.&lt;br /&gt;Das erste richig grosse Teil das fliegt ist Hannah's Matratze. Einige von den Federn haben sich durch den Stoff gedrueckt und es war einfach Zeit sie wegzuwerfen. Gluecklicherweise hatten wir eine extra Matratze hier und mussten ihr keine neue kaufen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0_I9Y8FbG8/Tw7leLay3zI/AAAAAAAAEgk/0TrQq7MPdpU/s1600/P1030846+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0_I9Y8FbG8/Tw7leLay3zI/AAAAAAAAEgk/0TrQq7MPdpU/s320/P1030846+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;With these 7 items it brings the total to 207. &amp;nbsp;158 items to go...&lt;br /&gt;If you want to see others who are trying to lighten the load, go check out &lt;a href="http://patchofzinnias.blogspot.com/2012/01/366-challenge-continues.html"&gt;Garden of Daisies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Mit diesen 7 Sachen haben wir nun schon 207 aussortiert. 158 muessn noch weg...&lt;br /&gt;Andere Leute sind auch ganz fleissig am Aussortieren, schaut einfach mal bei Garden of Daisies vorbei.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5794288299442146533?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5794288299442146533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/gift-and-decluttering-take-3.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5794288299442146533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5794288299442146533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/gift-and-decluttering-take-3.html' title='A gift and decluttering take 3'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GIolRCQZMX0/Tw7lQtam6hI/AAAAAAAAEgU/lMvnB7PFjB8/s72-c/P1030844+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3097369154235154555</id><published>2012-01-11T03:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T03:53:54.122-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;It's been a while since I participated in &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2012/01/yarn-along-60.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gsheller%2FqXrF+%28small+things%29"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; yarn along. Even though we were home for a week during the holidays, I just didn't think about it. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Currently I'm knitting a sweater for myself &amp;nbsp;out of a yarn from the "brown sheep company". It's a wool - mohair mix and should keep me nice and warm if it ever decides to get really cold around here.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;After watching the "Girl with the dragon tattoo" I reread the book and immediately after went out and bought "The girl who played with fire". I'm only a few pages in, but it's going to be an interesting read.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Es ist mittlerweile schon wieder ein paar Wochen her, seit ich bei Ginny's yarn along mitgemacht habe. Obwohl wir zwischendurch sogar eine Woche Ferien hatte, habe ich einfach nicht daran gedacht.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Zur Zeit stricke ich mir einen Pulli aus Wolle von der "brown sheep company". Es ist ein Wolle - Mohair Gemisch, und wenn es hier endlich mal richtig kalt werden sollte, haelt er mich bestimmt schoen warm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Nachdem ich mit Freundinnen im Kino "The girl with the dragon tattoo" gesehen habe, habe ich das Buch gleich ein zweites Mal gelesen. Kurz danach bin ich dann auch los um "The girl who played with fire" zu kaufen. Bisher habe ich erst ein paar Seiten gelesen, aber ich weiss jeztz schon das es sehr interessant wird.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cR57CPZ8D0M/TwyvvfEUxAI/AAAAAAAAEgE/qrTjOQqcn1w/s1600/P1030843+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cR57CPZ8D0M/TwyvvfEUxAI/AAAAAAAAEgE/qrTjOQqcn1w/s320/P1030843+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3097369154235154555?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3097369154235154555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/yarn-along.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3097369154235154555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3097369154235154555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/yarn-along.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cR57CPZ8D0M/TwyvvfEUxAI/AAAAAAAAEgE/qrTjOQqcn1w/s72-c/P1030843+%25281280x960%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-5542548263084642026</id><published>2012-01-06T12:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T12:45:32.147-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>A quick sewing project</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Before I tell you about the project, I wanted to let you know about my grandmother. She seems to be doing a lot better and was able to leave the bed (with lots of help) for a while and sit in a wheelchair. A physical therapist did some exercises with her to strengthen her arms and legs. We are still taking things one day at a time, but are optimistic.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Bevor ich euch von meinem Projekt erzaehle, wollte ich euch schnell sagen wie es meiner Oma geht. Sie konnte gestern (mit viel Hilfe) das Bett verlassen und fuer eine Weile in einem Rollstuhl sitzen. Die Krankengymnastin war eine zeitlang bei ihr und hat mit ihr Uebungen &amp;nbsp;fuer die schwachen Arme und Beine gemacht. Wir wissen immer noch nicht genau wie es weitergehen wird, sind aber optimistisch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I decided the other day that I needed a bag to carry my knitting projects around with. Sometime last year I made a small one out of a felted sweater, but I wanted something a little larger to carry bigger knitting projects. The fabric was in the stash, so it didn't even cost me anything!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The bag (without the handles) is about 12 by 13 inches and large enough to carry a sweater in progress.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Tage hatte ich beschlossen, dass ich eine Tasche bzw einen Beutel brauche um meine Strickarbeiten mit mir herum zu schleifen. :-) Letztes Jahr hatte ich schon eine kleine Tasche aus einem gefilzten Pulli genaeht, aber ich wollte etwas in das&amp;nbsp;auch groessere Projekte passen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Den Stoff fuer die Tasche hatte ich herum liegen, hat also nicht einmal etwas gekostet!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Tasche (ohne Henkel) ist ca 31 auf 34 cm gross und ein Pulli (an dem ich stricke) passt richig gut rein.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k5PNdnV_QWU/TwdW6ksa7cI/AAAAAAAAEf0/9Cg5UZ5E1qI/s1600/P1030839+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k5PNdnV_QWU/TwdW6ksa7cI/AAAAAAAAEf0/9Cg5UZ5E1qI/s320/P1030839+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Why is one handle shorter than the other? Because you pull the larger one through the shorter handle and carry it around like that. I'd seen some bags like this before, but couldn't fine a picture of one anywhere - and believe me I looked. So I just made mine up as I went along. You can see here, that the bag is lined in a plain red fabric, so it is actually reversible if I want it to be.&lt;br /&gt;Warum ist ein Henkel kuerzer wie der andere? Weil man den laengeren durch den kuerzeren Henkel zieht und die Tasche dann so herum traegt. Ich hatte solche Taschen mal irgendwo im Internet gesehen, konnte jetzt aber absolut keine mehr finden - und ich habe lange danach gesucht. Mir blieb also nichts anderes uebrig als das Ganze "frei Schnautze" zu naehen. Man kann auf dem Bild auch sehen, dass die Tasche in rot abgefuettert ist. Wenn ich moechte, koennte ich sie also auch wenden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cXT9BljO3xI/TwdXE5VFJBI/AAAAAAAAEf8/_b8pjg2q9OQ/s1600/P1030841+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cXT9BljO3xI/TwdXE5VFJBI/AAAAAAAAEf8/_b8pjg2q9OQ/s320/P1030841+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5542548263084642026?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5542548263084642026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/quick-sewing-project.html#comment-form' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5542548263084642026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5542548263084642026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/quick-sewing-project.html' title='A quick sewing project'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k5PNdnV_QWU/TwdW6ksa7cI/AAAAAAAAEf0/9Cg5UZ5E1qI/s72-c/P1030839+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-4718301188782379097</id><published>2012-01-03T11:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T12:01:47.918-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decluttering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>An update and keeping busy...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;First off, I'd like to thank everybody for their kind words and concern regarding my grandmother. They meant the world to me! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Just to give you a quick update, she was brought out of the coma yesterday and is doing fairly well. She is very, very weak and we're taking it day by day right now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I'm not one to sit still under normal circumstances, and right now, I really try to stay busy to keep from thinking about the "if's and what's"...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Good thing I'm on a mission to declutter...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;There are too many things to list every single item, but this time we sorted out 66 things we no longer want/need.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Zuerst moechte ich mich einmal ganz herzlich bei allen fuer die lieben Genesungswuensche fuer meine Oma bedanken. Sie haben mir unendlich viel bedeuted!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Meine Oma wurde gestern aus dem Koma geholt und es geht ihr den Umstaenden entsprechend gut. Sie ist extrem schwach und wir muessen die naechsten paar Tage einfach sehen wie sie sich erholt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich kann ja normalerweise schon nicht richtig still sitzen, und jetzt im Moment erst recht nicht. Ich muss mich mit allem moeglichen ablenken, denn sonst sitze ich nur da und grueble ueber die Situation nach...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Gut, dass wir im Augenblick mit Aussortieren beschaeftigt sind...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Es sind wieder zuviele Dinge hier um sie alle einzeln aufzulisten, aber insgesamt sind es 66 Sachen die wir nicht mehr wollen/benoetigen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9mQmbdMyDvQ/TwNYCHrQD7I/AAAAAAAAEfI/AXX8MGVzEvM/s1600/P1030812+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9mQmbdMyDvQ/TwNYCHrQD7I/AAAAAAAAEfI/AXX8MGVzEvM/s320/P1030812+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bLwdUPXpLeQ/TwNYJJlEhEI/AAAAAAAAEfQ/I0Mzjb1OZes/s1600/P1030814+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bLwdUPXpLeQ/TwNYJJlEhEI/AAAAAAAAEfQ/I0Mzjb1OZes/s320/P1030814+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ElpnSUmm28/TwNYQHK5CTI/AAAAAAAAEfY/WVoBcx7o95M/s1600/P1030815+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7ElpnSUmm28/TwNYQHK5CTI/AAAAAAAAEfY/WVoBcx7o95M/s320/P1030815+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P4q0uZDXrGY/TwNYWIlYmTI/AAAAAAAAEfg/YcKpH1f-qdg/s1600/P1030816+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P4q0uZDXrGY/TwNYWIlYmTI/AAAAAAAAEfg/YcKpH1f-qdg/s320/P1030816+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;134 items sorted out last time, 66 items this time = 200 total. 165 to go...&lt;br /&gt;134 Dinge letztes mal aussortiert, 66 dieses mal = 200 insgesamt. 165 muessen noch weg...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-4718301188782379097?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/4718301188782379097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/update-and-keeping-busy.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4718301188782379097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4718301188782379097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/update-and-keeping-busy.html' title='An update and keeping busy...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9mQmbdMyDvQ/TwNYCHrQD7I/AAAAAAAAEfI/AXX8MGVzEvM/s72-c/P1030812+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-435279044303604348</id><published>2012-01-01T06:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T06:13:50.235-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade gifts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>A ray of sunshine...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;These last few days have not been very happy around here. My 92 year old grandmother in Germany was admitted to the hospital on the 26th and was put into a coma on Friday. Needless to say I've been worried sick and there were lots of tears being shed. If all goes well, they will try and bring her out of the coma on Monday and I will then decide&amp;nbsp;whether&amp;nbsp;or not I will fly to Germany.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;During these dark days, these goodies came in the mail from Marion and really brightened my day. Thank you Marion for the wonderful surprise!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die letzten paar Tage waren nicht einfach fuer unsere Familie. Meine 92jaehrige Oma wurde am 26 Dezember in's Krankenhaus gebracht und am Freitag kam sie in's kuenstliche Koma. Ich mache mir natuerlich unwahrscheinlich grosse Sorgen um sie und habe deswegen viele Traenen vergossen. Wenn alles gut geht wollen sie meine Oma am Montag aus dem Koma holen, und ich werde dann beschliessen ob ich nach Dtld fliegen werde.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Bitte denkt an meine Familie und schickt ein kleines Gebet fuer uns nach oben.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Waehrend diesen schweren Tagen kam ein Paeckchen von&lt;a href="http://marionsbuntehandarbeitswelt.blogspot.com/"&gt; Marion&lt;/a&gt; fuer mich an und hat mir eine grosse Freude bereitet. Nochmals tausen Dank Marion, du weisst nicht wie gut mir das an dem Tag getan hat!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TcvKEZRO5WI/TwBlSIqJwDI/AAAAAAAAEeU/JPF_nIJvn1c/s1600/P1030806+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TcvKEZRO5WI/TwBlSIqJwDI/AAAAAAAAEeU/JPF_nIJvn1c/s320/P1030806+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Beautiful yarn and knitting needles.&lt;br /&gt;Schoene und wunderbar weiche Wolle mit den passenden Nadeln.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGeAvEPK5w8/TwBlaPttLOI/AAAAAAAAEec/Cu5Lub5rzAg/s1600/P1030807+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGeAvEPK5w8/TwBlaPttLOI/AAAAAAAAEec/Cu5Lub5rzAg/s320/P1030807+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;A pretty snowflake candle and sweet ornaments.&lt;br /&gt;Eine schoene Schneeflocken Kerze und Ornamente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PqQ_d-mwGxc/TwBli0ZAIKI/AAAAAAAAEek/2MMnKuK2eZc/s1600/P1030808+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PqQ_d-mwGxc/TwBli0ZAIKI/AAAAAAAAEek/2MMnKuK2eZc/s320/P1030808+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Yum, Stollen and a beeswax candle.&lt;br /&gt;Lecker, Stollen und eine Bienenwachskerze.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FGu9MaVOWOo/TwBlqmglwrI/AAAAAAAAEes/ye2PTwub2S0/s1600/P1030809+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FGu9MaVOWOo/TwBlqmglwrI/AAAAAAAAEes/ye2PTwub2S0/s320/P1030809+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;And last but definitely not least, beautiful and warm slippers.&lt;br /&gt;Und zu letzt das beste von allen, handgestrickte und warme Slippers von Marion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PZpPmBPwIyM/TwBlxOo5NHI/AAAAAAAAEe0/saJp_hDdHXE/s1600/P1030810+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PZpPmBPwIyM/TwBlxOo5NHI/AAAAAAAAEe0/saJp_hDdHXE/s320/P1030810+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I hope everybody had a wonderful New Year's eve. Our best wishes to our family and friends for a very happy New Year!&lt;br /&gt;Ich hoffe ihr alle seid gut in das neue Jahr gerutscht. Unserer Familie und unseren Freunden die besten Wuensche fuer ein glueckliches und zufriedenes 2012!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-435279044303604348?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/435279044303604348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/ray-of-sunshine.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/435279044303604348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/435279044303604348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2012/01/ray-of-sunshine.html' title='A ray of sunshine...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TcvKEZRO5WI/TwBlSIqJwDI/AAAAAAAAEeU/JPF_nIJvn1c/s72-c/P1030806+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-2900229882523659254</id><published>2011-12-28T12:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-28T12:23:01.457-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Lots of knitting going  on...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Being home alone for Christmas (meaning just the four of us) I had lots of time to knit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;First off, I was able to finish the cardigan and I am thrilled with it! I took time to check for gauge (this lesson was learned the hard way) and double and triple checked the pattern to make sure I was doing it right. The end result is hands down the best fitting item I have ever knit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Nachdem wir Weihnachten wieder alleine waren (nur wir vier) hatte ich viel Zeit um zu stricken.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Zuerst habe ich diese Weste fertig gestrickt und ich koennte nicht gluecklicher mit dem Endresultat sein. Ich habe eine Machenprobe gemacht (die Lektion hatte ich bei meiner roten Weste gelernt) und die Anleitung mehrmals durchgelesen um ja alles richtig zu machen. Das Resultat ist eine Jacke die wie angegossen passt!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y02qb2DyPUc/Tvt1oLAi-BI/AAAAAAAAEds/kqu4shCdxdA/s1600/P1030798+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y02qb2DyPUc/Tvt1oLAi-BI/AAAAAAAAEds/kqu4shCdxdA/s320/P1030798+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Once I was done with the cardigan I tried to find something I could knit with yarn from the stash. After all, it was the holidays and (yarn) stores were closed. I found the pattern for the owl hat on ravelry and just had to knit it. Is is not the greatest hat you have ever seen?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Nachdem die Weste fertig war, habe ich nach etwas gesucht, dass ich mit Wolle aus dem "Vorrat" stricken konnte. War ja schliesslich Weihnachten und die (Woll) Laeden waren zu. Ich habe die Anleitung fuer diese Eulen Muetze auf ravelry gefunden und musste sie umbedingt stricken. Ist das nicht die beste Muetze aller Zeiten?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_1dgKn2sWOc/Tvt15Jdrt0I/AAAAAAAAEd4/MX3w7PBdWl4/s1600/P1030787+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_1dgKn2sWOc/Tvt15Jdrt0I/AAAAAAAAEd4/MX3w7PBdWl4/s320/P1030787+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The other picture does the color more justice, but I thought you'd like to see what it looks like when it's worn. A friend of mine LOVES owls, and I think I'm going to make her an owl hat, too.&lt;br /&gt;Auf dem anderen Bild kommt die Farbe viel besser hin, aber ich dachte hier sieht man wie die Muetze aussieht wenn man sie traegt. Meine Freundin LIEBT Eulen und ich glaube ich werde ihr auch noch so eine Muetze stricken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r6nVyNTOiOU/Tvt2ALWgYEI/AAAAAAAAEeA/Y8cD2815MlA/s1600/P1030790+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r6nVyNTOiOU/Tvt2ALWgYEI/AAAAAAAAEeA/Y8cD2815MlA/s320/P1030790+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Yesterday the yarn stores were open again and I went and got yarn for a sweater. A friend of mine brought me the newest "Filati home" magazine from Germany and there are so many things I'd love to knit in them. One thing at a time though...&lt;br /&gt;Gestern hatten die Wolllaeden wieder auf und ich bin los um mir Wolle fuer einen Pulli zu holen. Eine Freundin hat mir neulich das neueste Filati Heft aus Dtld mitgebracht und ich koennte fast alles daraus nachstricken. Eines nach dem anderen...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VDnCVMTyGEQ/Tvt2HQDx1BI/AAAAAAAAEeI/-F95NiGp7Yw/s1600/P1030794+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VDnCVMTyGEQ/Tvt2HQDx1BI/AAAAAAAAEeI/-F95NiGp7Yw/s320/P1030794+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-2900229882523659254?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/2900229882523659254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/lots-of-knitting-going-on.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2900229882523659254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2900229882523659254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/lots-of-knitting-going-on.html' title='Lots of knitting going  on...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y02qb2DyPUc/Tvt1oLAi-BI/AAAAAAAAEds/kqu4shCdxdA/s72-c/P1030798+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3216013167542684162</id><published>2011-12-24T07:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-24T07:28:35.509-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Merry Christmas!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wishing our family and friends (near and far) all things bright and beautiful at Christmas and all year!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wir wuenschen unseren Familien und Freunden (nah und fern) ein frohes Fest und gesegnete Feiertage!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6f5QA7hFLsw/TvXuzrMxn5I/AAAAAAAAEcs/MrlrFQUmO7Q/s1600/P1030771+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6f5QA7hFLsw/TvXuzrMxn5I/AAAAAAAAEcs/MrlrFQUmO7Q/s320/P1030771+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3216013167542684162?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3216013167542684162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3216013167542684162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3216013167542684162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas!'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6f5QA7hFLsw/TvXuzrMxn5I/AAAAAAAAEcs/MrlrFQUmO7Q/s72-c/P1030771+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-7655638212573907837</id><published>2011-12-21T05:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T12:33:34.293-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decluttering'/><title type='text'>Decluttering, take one...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Mark over at "&lt;a href="http://www.oursimplelives.com/"&gt;Our simple lives&lt;/a&gt;" has really inspired me with his decluttering efforts. His goal was to get rid of 365 items in as many days. Well, I'm not sure we are going to be able to reach that goal, but I'm going to give it my best shot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I didn't want to spread all this stuff out and take individual photos, but all together we got rid of 134 items!! This includes the basketball goal out front (no photo, but trust me, we did a happy dance once it was gone) and several things that were broken and needed to be thrown away. (Just to clear this up, we are not getting rid of the quilt on the bed, I just put all the items on the bed to take the photo.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Mark, der den blog "Our simple lives" hat, hat mich mit seiner Idee 365 Dinge in eben sovielen Tagen auszusortieren angesteckt. Es liegen einfach viel zu viele Dinge herum, die nie benuetzt werden und es war an der Zeit mal richtig "sauber" zu machen. Ich weiss nicht, ob wir wirklich 365 Sachen aussortieren werden, aber ich werde mein Bestes versuchen. (Der quilt auf dem Bed gehoert nicht dazu, habe alles nur auf's Bett gelegt um das Photo zu machen.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Hier ist schon mal der erste Teil, es sieht nach gar nicht soviel aus, es sind aber insgesamt 134 Dinge die nun nicht mehr bei uns herum liegen!!! Wir haben auch (endlich) das Basketball goal abgeschafft und einiges weggeworfen das nicht mehr richtig funktioniert hat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BUnW4OPz984/TvHgb65swAI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/-C8TdKZCThc/s1600/P1030767+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BUnW4OPz984/TvHgb65swAI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/-C8TdKZCThc/s320/P1030767+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hannah's stack of books she didn't want to keep. Nadia didn't want them either, so we gave them to a friends daughter.&lt;br /&gt;Hannah's Buecherstapel der aussortiert wurde. Nadia wollte die Buecher auch nicht, und so bekam sie eine Freundin fuer ihre Tochter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0EfV8_3jpFM/TvHgjiCMbmI/AAAAAAAAEcY/1eZ0ouq_B4g/s1600/P1030759+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0EfV8_3jpFM/TvHgjiCMbmI/AAAAAAAAEcY/1eZ0ouq_B4g/s320/P1030759+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nadia's stack - those were given to another friend, so she could give them to her sons.&lt;br /&gt;Nadia's stapel - diese bekam eine andere Freundin fuer ihre Soehne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lhOi_qVInqM/TvHgrJHDB8I/AAAAAAAAEcg/j9Q-vjo7kSo/s1600/P1030760+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lhOi_qVInqM/TvHgrJHDB8I/AAAAAAAAEcg/j9Q-vjo7kSo/s320/P1030760+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;231 items to go by December 21st of next year...&lt;br /&gt;231 Sachen muessen nun noch bis zum 21 Dezember naechstes Jahr aussortiert werden...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-7655638212573907837?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/7655638212573907837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/decluttering-take-one.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7655638212573907837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7655638212573907837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/decluttering-take-one.html' title='Decluttering, take one...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BUnW4OPz984/TvHgb65swAI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/-C8TdKZCThc/s72-c/P1030767+%25281280x960%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-5679383604363786517</id><published>2011-12-19T04:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T04:47:01.575-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clouds'/><title type='text'>Good morning!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The smallest actual good is better than the most magnificent promise of impossibilities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; - &amp;nbsp;Macaulay&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YhtcTlSRlK4/Tu8xJPIlPxI/AAAAAAAAEcI/0Cz43ThnIg0/s1600/P1030761+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YhtcTlSRlK4/Tu8xJPIlPxI/AAAAAAAAEcI/0Cz43ThnIg0/s320/P1030761+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5679383604363786517?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5679383604363786517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/good-morning.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5679383604363786517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5679383604363786517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/good-morning.html' title='Good morning!'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YhtcTlSRlK4/Tu8xJPIlPxI/AAAAAAAAEcI/0Cz43ThnIg0/s72-c/P1030761+%25281280x960%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-5738216979443451893</id><published>2011-12-14T05:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T05:58:48.047-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;As busy as these last few days have been, I always find time to squeeze in some knitting and reading. Keeps me sane... ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Yes, I'm reading another yarn harlot book, what can I say, I just love them. Then knitting project I'm working on (if you can call casting on "working") is a "Nimbus" cardigan. I'm using cadena yarn from KnitPicks in the color peat.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die letzten paar Tage war hier immer was los, aber ich finde trotzdem immer Zeit zum Stricken und lesen. Ist einfach sehr beruhigend fuer mich.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wie ihr seht, lese ich wieder ein yarn harlot Buch, ich bin einfach total begeistert davon. Mein neuestes Strickprojekt ist eine "Nimbus" Jacke. Habe bisher allerdings nur die Maschen angeschlagen... Die Wolle ist cadena von KnitPicks und die Farbe ist "peat".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TKCMtNRjVLc/TuiofFGFFEI/AAAAAAAAEb4/FzRV5LWZoFA/s1600/P1030734+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TKCMtNRjVLc/TuiofFGFFEI/AAAAAAAAEb4/FzRV5LWZoFA/s320/P1030734+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The last finished project are these socks. A friend had asked me if I would knit socks for her if she brought me the yarn. How can I say no to that? Anyway, she came with one skein black and one skein red - had to get creative to use them evenly.&lt;br /&gt;Mein letztes Projekt waren diese Socken fuer eine Freundin. Sie hatte mich gefragt, ob ich ein Paar fuer sie stricken wuerde, wenn sie die Wolle kauft. Wie kann ich dazu nein sagen? Sie kam dann mit einem Knaeuel schwarz und einem in rot an - musste also kreativ damit werden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jZTeg0dVAss/TuiolxwAilI/AAAAAAAAEcA/oTyDo3JhmG4/s1600/P1030732+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jZTeg0dVAss/TuiolxwAilI/AAAAAAAAEcA/oTyDo3JhmG4/s320/P1030732+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;As always, please check out &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/12/yarn-along_14.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gsheller%2FqXrF+%28small+things%29"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; blog to see who else is participating in the yarn along.&lt;br /&gt;Wie immer, schaut doch mal bei Ginny vorbei und seht wer noch alles beim yarn along mitmacht.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5738216979443451893?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5738216979443451893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/yarn-along.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5738216979443451893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5738216979443451893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/yarn-along.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TKCMtNRjVLc/TuiofFGFFEI/AAAAAAAAEb4/FzRV5LWZoFA/s72-c/P1030734+%25281280x960%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-8737825237672538654</id><published>2011-12-13T06:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T06:07:40.960-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Spirit of Christmas past homes tour 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Last year a few friends and I went on this tour and since we enjoyed it so much, decided to do it again this year. It was a pleasant surprise to find out we would be touring different homes this year. As last year, we were not allowed to take pictures inside, but let me tell you, the homes were stunning!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Letztes Jahr sind ein paar Freundinnen und ich in die Altstadt und haben diese Tour mitgemacht. Es war so schoen und hat uns soviel Spass gemacht, dass wir dieses Jahr wieder hin sind. Wir waren alle angenehm ueberrascht als wir sahen, dass wir dieses Jahr neue Haeuser anschauen durften. Wie letztes Jahr war photografieren in den Haeusern nicht erlaubt, aber ihr koennt mir glauben wenn ich sage das die Haeuser unglaublich schoen waren.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EKSnUExsEBU/TudX3dH776I/AAAAAAAAEaY/UUFlh3idOKs/s1600/P1030712+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EKSnUExsEBU/TudX3dH776I/AAAAAAAAEaY/UUFlh3idOKs/s320/P1030712+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7AgsfEN-9o/TudXyxsscQI/AAAAAAAAEaQ/XEqUnaN-cME/s1600/P1030711+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7AgsfEN-9o/TudXyxsscQI/AAAAAAAAEaQ/XEqUnaN-cME/s320/P1030711+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Last year it was a lot easier to get into the homes, probably because they were expecting rain. This year we had to wait around 15 Minutes just to get in. So worth it though.&lt;br /&gt;Letztes Jahr kamen wir ohne Wartezeit in die Haeuser, wahrscheinlich weil Regen in der Wettervorhersage war. Dieses Jahr standen wir Schlange und mussten ca. 15 Minuten warten bevor wir rein durften. War es aber total wert.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sEVxdhs80q4/TudX9spyBaI/AAAAAAAAEag/B5c05g8rV3M/s1600/P1030716+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sEVxdhs80q4/TudX9spyBaI/AAAAAAAAEag/B5c05g8rV3M/s320/P1030716+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PCg1Jc4XOpk/TudYDSSkHAI/AAAAAAAAEao/-Tx9KPuHshA/s1600/P1030717+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PCg1Jc4XOpk/TudYDSSkHAI/AAAAAAAAEao/-Tx9KPuHshA/s320/P1030717+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vGJ5PXJOOqo/TudYVqOYoBI/AAAAAAAAEbA/F3IadmFHQ_4/s1600/P1030720+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vGJ5PXJOOqo/TudYVqOYoBI/AAAAAAAAEbA/F3IadmFHQ_4/s320/P1030720+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MAlMc9VPQzA/TudYbB4djxI/AAAAAAAAEbI/RzWyTLe4H8Y/s1600/P1030721+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MAlMc9VPQzA/TudYbB4djxI/AAAAAAAAEbI/RzWyTLe4H8Y/s320/P1030721+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JWW2gkILvEI/TudYPnY3dsI/AAAAAAAAEa4/YhrUs2AsXaA/s1600/P1030719+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JWW2gkILvEI/TudYPnY3dsI/AAAAAAAAEa4/YhrUs2AsXaA/s320/P1030719+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C1r4g8XbGec/TudZU4Wi6rI/AAAAAAAAEbw/FjCCPmk-cPE/s1600/P1030728+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C1r4g8XbGec/TudZU4Wi6rI/AAAAAAAAEbw/FjCCPmk-cPE/s320/P1030728+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7uhyjD69Rhc/TudZOSBXqgI/AAAAAAAAEbo/wMera63mf6c/s1600/P1030727+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7uhyjD69Rhc/TudZOSBXqgI/AAAAAAAAEbo/wMera63mf6c/s320/P1030727+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;One house had these all along the fence. I thought it was a fantastic idea and my plan is to make a bunch for our house for next year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ein Haus hatte diese "Lutscher" am ganzen Zaun entlang befestigt. Ich finde die Idee klasse und habe vor einige fuer naechstes Jahr zu machen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bCYbHjL2gBs/TudYJUax7SI/AAAAAAAAEaw/TOKoA4lTf54/s1600/P1030718+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bCYbHjL2gBs/TudYJUax7SI/AAAAAAAAEaw/TOKoA4lTf54/s320/P1030718+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Love this wreath! So simple and a little different from what you normally see.&lt;br /&gt;Ich finde diesen Kranz klasse! So schlicht und einfach und mal was anderes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gs17ULphYnY/TudZI-MRONI/AAAAAAAAEbg/jaxMsxbv3fU/s1600/P1030725+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gs17ULphYnY/TudZI-MRONI/AAAAAAAAEbg/jaxMsxbv3fU/s320/P1030725+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-8737825237672538654?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/8737825237672538654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/spirit-of-christmas-past-homes-tour.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8737825237672538654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8737825237672538654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/spirit-of-christmas-past-homes-tour.html' title='Spirit of Christmas past homes tour 2011'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EKSnUExsEBU/TudX3dH776I/AAAAAAAAEaY/UUFlh3idOKs/s72-c/P1030712+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-4365005533536840111</id><published>2011-12-12T05:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-12T05:47:11.743-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Done and done...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;On Saturday morning we went and finally got the tree. Greg put it up and the girls and I decorated it together. I think I need to get some more of the beads, looks a little bare to me...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Samstag frueh sind wir losgezogen und haben unseren Christbaum gekauft. Greg hat ihn aufgestellt und die Maedels und ich haben ihn dekoriert. Ich finde die Perlenstraenge etwas spaerlich und werde die Tage noch ein paar dazu kaufen...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-45rrPGT1s4k/TuYEf1RGlOI/AAAAAAAAEZ4/TlF8N7DIA6I/s1600/P1030704+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-45rrPGT1s4k/TuYEf1RGlOI/AAAAAAAAEZ4/TlF8N7DIA6I/s320/P1030704+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Greg got busy yesterday and put up the lights outside. I think it turned out really pretty.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Greg war gestern fleissig und hat draussen die Lichter aufgehaengt. Ich finde es sieht richtig schoen aus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJwc5Wd56TY/TuYEkVtOLHI/AAAAAAAAEaA/D7NJZ5EJ1JQ/s1600/P1030729+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJwc5Wd56TY/TuYEkVtOLHI/AAAAAAAAEaA/D7NJZ5EJ1JQ/s320/P1030729+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pUvU-pcg_CM/TuYEoYbIu_I/AAAAAAAAEaI/L-9pRDjle2E/s1600/P1030730+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pUvU-pcg_CM/TuYEoYbIu_I/AAAAAAAAEaI/L-9pRDjle2E/s320/P1030730+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7h2xZgJU8B0/TuYEXu-7pJI/AAAAAAAAEZw/xjamjTeZaEY/s1600/P1030731+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7h2xZgJU8B0/TuYEXu-7pJI/AAAAAAAAEZw/xjamjTeZaEY/s320/P1030731+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-4365005533536840111?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/4365005533536840111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/done-and-done.html#comment-form' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4365005533536840111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4365005533536840111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/done-and-done.html' title='Done and done...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-45rrPGT1s4k/TuYEf1RGlOI/AAAAAAAAEZ4/TlF8N7DIA6I/s72-c/P1030704+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-1290678599651246746</id><published>2011-12-10T05:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T05:50:27.912-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Our week in pictures...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;It's been a really busy week, so here are a "few" photos of what's been going on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Monday night was my Christmas party from work, I gussied up my hair a bit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diese Woche war ziemlich viel los bei uns. Hier nur ein "paar" Photos davon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Montag Abend hatten wir unsere Weihnachtsfeier von der Arbeit, habe meine Haare dafuer ein bissl hergerichted.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2e_MN1wYrg/TuNaLtB_epI/AAAAAAAAEYI/n6GwUgCyi3g/s1600/P1030649+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2e_MN1wYrg/TuNaLtB_epI/AAAAAAAAEYI/n6GwUgCyi3g/s320/P1030649+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hannah decided to buy some tins, bake cookies and give them to some of her friends and her favorite teacher. These are the latest cookies she baked - "no roll sugar cookies". There were so many of them, I took a bunch to work with me and they were gone by the time I went home.&lt;br /&gt;Hannah hatte beschlossen kleine Dosen zu kaufen, Plaetzchen zu backen und sie an einige Freunde und ihren Lieblingslehrer zu verschenken. Dies sind die letzten Plaetzchen die sie gebacken hat - "no roll sugar cookies". Das Rezept hat ganz viele Plaetzchen ergeben, so das ich sogar eine Dose voll mit auf die Arbeit nehmen konnte. Bis ich wieder nach hause bin, war die Dose leer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ck73nMXFhbM/TuNaSaM2_1I/AAAAAAAAEYQ/DySU6z0Vn6c/s1600/P1030650+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ck73nMXFhbM/TuNaSaM2_1I/AAAAAAAAEYQ/DySU6z0Vn6c/s320/P1030650+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The view from my window at work. See all the snow flurries we had? It was too warm for the snow to stick, but I took the kids out in it just to run around for a while. Once the first one fell, we went back inside. ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Dies ist die Aussicht von meinem Fenster auf der Arbeit. Seht ihr die vielen Schneeflocken? Es war zu warm und der Schnee ist nicht liegen geblieben, aber ich bin mit den Kindern eine Weile raus, so das sie im "Schnee" herum rennen konnten. Als der erste dann gefallen ist, sind wir wieder rein. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fQo5d0ZBNOk/TuNaadvbp6I/AAAAAAAAEYY/vqe9W33XwPg/s1600/P1030657+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fQo5d0ZBNOk/TuNaadvbp6I/AAAAAAAAEYY/vqe9W33XwPg/s320/P1030657+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The temperatures went down below freezing this week, so the girls got out their favorite mugs and had hot chocolate with&amp;nbsp;marshmallows. Well, Nadia did - Hannah doesn't like hot chocolate.&lt;br /&gt;Diese Woche sind die Temperaturen in die Minus Grade gefallen, perfektes Wetter fuer die Maedels ihre Lieblingstassen hervor zu kramen und heissen Kaba zu trinken. Nadia zumindest, Hannah mag Kaba nicht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-be-jXQD_bfA/TuNah3FqObI/AAAAAAAAEYg/aiPNapRxAHI/s1600/P1030674+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-be-jXQD_bfA/TuNah3FqObI/AAAAAAAAEYg/aiPNapRxAHI/s320/P1030674+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Got bundled up and took some pictures of the frost in the garden this week, too.&lt;br /&gt;Hab' mich schoen warm angezogen, bin in den Garten und habe ein paar Bilder vom Frost gemacht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b3Vihkb1zzQ/TuNao61ZkdI/AAAAAAAAEYo/oqLwobaDFw0/s1600/P1030682+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b3Vihkb1zzQ/TuNao61ZkdI/AAAAAAAAEYo/oqLwobaDFw0/s320/P1030682+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PTF4EDtCOH4/TuNavnnQUdI/AAAAAAAAEYw/_XW2sWnuG2s/s1600/P1030683+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PTF4EDtCOH4/TuNavnnQUdI/AAAAAAAAEYw/_XW2sWnuG2s/s320/P1030683+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nwLn6N0yWa0/TuNa3EmmW3I/AAAAAAAAEY4/VE-5nsyux0k/s1600/P1030684+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nwLn6N0yWa0/TuNa3EmmW3I/AAAAAAAAEY4/VE-5nsyux0k/s320/P1030684+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eFqCp5ievsc/TuNa-Wgz3GI/AAAAAAAAEZA/Vfiz0sDmBMU/s1600/P1030686+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eFqCp5ievsc/TuNa-Wgz3GI/AAAAAAAAEZA/Vfiz0sDmBMU/s320/P1030686+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V_frhJEKMzA/TuNbFY9geLI/AAAAAAAAEZI/V3Q77l0CuK4/s1600/P1030689+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V_frhJEKMzA/TuNbFY9geLI/AAAAAAAAEZI/V3Q77l0CuK4/s320/P1030689+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Got another pair of socks done. I'm aware this picture makes my legs look huge, but it was the best one to show of the pattern.&lt;br /&gt;Habe wieder ein Paar Socken fertig gestrickt. Ich weiss, auf dem Bild sehen meine Beine riesig aus, aber es war das beste Bild damit man das Muster schoen sehen kann.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-viIwPTygJcw/TuNbOVnIuFI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/RIaZcSNQCYA/s1600/P1030691+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-viIwPTygJcw/TuNbOVnIuFI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/RIaZcSNQCYA/s320/P1030691+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nadia's belt ceremony was this week and here she is getting her "second degree, level two" black belt tied on by her instructor.&lt;br /&gt;Nadia's Taekwondo "Guertelverleihung" war diese Woche und hier bekommt sie ihren neuen Guertel von ihrem Lehrer umgebunden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-75Fnb-eG8CA/TuNbUej4nnI/AAAAAAAAEZY/q5K9emniTm8/s1600/P1030693+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-75Fnb-eG8CA/TuNbUej4nnI/AAAAAAAAEZY/q5K9emniTm8/s320/P1030693+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Decided the chandelier in the dining room needed to be decorated. Got some greenery form the garden, hung some ornaments, done.&lt;br /&gt;Hatte beschlossen, dass der Leuchter im Esszimmer auch dekoriert werden musste. Also raus in den Garten, Gruenzeug abgeschnitten, ein paar Ornamente dazu, fertig.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p-n7VaG0wyM/TuNbb8JVw6I/AAAAAAAAEZg/HFCdRdt2dPo/s1600/P1030698+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p-n7VaG0wyM/TuNbb8JVw6I/AAAAAAAAEZg/HFCdRdt2dPo/s320/P1030698+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Last night was bunco at our house and I decided to make stromboli to feed 12 women plus the family. Since everybody brings food, we had plenty and there is enough stromboli left for today's lunch. Yeah for leftovers. ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Gestern Abend war bunco hier bei uns zuhause. Ich hatte mich fuer Stromboli als Hauptgericht entschieden und haben genug davon gemacht um 12 Frauen und die Familie zu versorgen. Nachdem alle Essen mitbringen hatten wir mehr als genug und so ist noch genug Stromboli uebrig geblieben, dass es heute fuer's Mittagessen langt. Stromboli aufwaermen, Salat dazu - schnell und lecker. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u1zu_hujlLU/TuNbjXUf-mI/AAAAAAAAEZo/ZDlZVVP4tl0/s1600/P1030700+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u1zu_hujlLU/TuNbjXUf-mI/AAAAAAAAEZo/ZDlZVVP4tl0/s320/P1030700+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;On the agenda this weekend is getting the tree, maybe getting lights put up outside and the "homes of Christmas past" tour tonight. Some friends and I went last year and really enjoyed it, so we're doing it again this year. What is everybody else up to this weekend?&lt;br /&gt;Auf dem Plan fuer's Wochenende steht Christbaum kaufen, vielleicht draussen die Lichter aufhaengen und heute Abend die "homes of Christmas past" Tour. Einige Freundinnen und ich haben die Tour letztes Jahr schon gemacht, und da es so schoen war, machen wir sie dieses Jahr wieder mit. 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Since Christmas is my favorite time of the year, the answer is a resounding "YES". The only things missing are the lights outside and the big tree in the living room (maybe this if not then definitely next weekend).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This is the little "food/kitchen" tree in the dining room. All the ornaments on the tree are either kitchen related (little spatulas, cookie cutters, whisks...) or edible (felted cupcakes, crocheted pies, felted mushrooms...) Now that I have this little tree, I'm always on the lookout for more decorations for it. Believe it or not, it's kind of hard to find things...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Nachdem mich eine Freundin neulich gefragt hat ob die Weihnachtsdeko schon steht (hallo Christine), dachte ich zeige ich ein paar Bilder. Ich liebe Weihnachten und die Deko steht seit dem 1. Advent. Der grosse Baum im Wohnzimmer fehlt noch (vielleicht dieses oder naechstes Wochenende) und auch die Lichter draussen sind noch nicht angebracht, der Rest ist aber definitiv fertig.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Dies ist der kleine Baum im Esszimmer der mit Kuechensachen bzw essbaren Dingen geschmueckt ist. Es haengen kleine Seiher, Plaetzchenausstecher, Schneebesen daran, sowie gefilzte cupcakes, Pilze und gehaekelte pie's (hallo Marion).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Jetzt wo ich diesen kleinen Baum habe, halte ich immer Ausschau nach passender Deko dafuer - ist gar nicht so leicht etwas zu finden...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rd4kSi43Y_U/TtooaWV-74I/AAAAAAAAEXI/SOY25EAYcik/s1600/P1030610+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rd4kSi43Y_U/TtooaWV-74I/AAAAAAAAEXI/SOY25EAYcik/s320/P1030610+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This little feather tree is standing in the hallway on the old sewing machine. The sunlight fell through the window above the door when I took this picture and the "feathery" shadows are from the palm tree that stands next to the sewing machine. I thought it looked as if the tree was shining.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diese kleine Federbaum steht im Flur auf der alten Naehmaschine. Als ich das Bild gemacht habe, hat gerade die Sonne durch das Fenster ueber der Tuere geschienen. Die Schatten sind von der Palme die neben der Naehmaschine steht. Ich fand's einfach schoen, sieht aus als ob der Baum strahlt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lowFNzvJp_E/TtooSqH1ybI/AAAAAAAAEXA/dZUc9nhDjUw/s1600/P1030609+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lowFNzvJp_E/TtooSqH1ybI/AAAAAAAAEXA/dZUc9nhDjUw/s320/P1030609+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Of course the Santa collection is on the mantle. I have t be picky now about adding to the collection since I'm kind of running out of room. Not that that would stop me... :-)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Meine Nikolaussammlung steht wie jedes Jahr ueber dem Kamin. Langsam muss ich waehlerisch werden wenn ich neue dazu kaufen moechte, denn ich habe bald keinen Platz mehr. Nicht, dass mich das stoppen wuerde... :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i9byvUkD0PM/TtooKpp8Y9I/AAAAAAAAEW4/cKvn3qZuXT0/s1600/P1030605+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i9byvUkD0PM/TtooKpp8Y9I/AAAAAAAAEW4/cKvn3qZuXT0/s320/P1030605+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The corkscrew hazel is decorated winter white. Snowman ornaments that were given to me, snowflakes given to me by friends, and some were made by the girls years ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Der Korkenzieherhasel ist winterlich weiss dekoriert. Schneeman Ornamente die ich geschenkt bekam, Schneeflocken von Freunden (hallo Sylvia und Marion) und Ornamente die die Maedels schon vor Jahren gebastelt haben.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jOq8uHGqe38/TtooDPoHyiI/AAAAAAAAEWw/Di9P__DSGWE/s1600/P1030602+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jOq8uHGqe38/TtooDPoHyiI/AAAAAAAAEWw/Di9P__DSGWE/s320/P1030602+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;These little ornaments were gifts from my godmother. Aren't they adorable?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diese Maedels waren Geschenke von meiner Patin. Sind sie nicht lieb?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ofyk6X9Z3XE/Tton7aAz-sI/AAAAAAAAEWo/jBu8DEU1mW4/s1600/P1030600+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ofyk6X9Z3XE/Tton7aAz-sI/AAAAAAAAEWo/jBu8DEU1mW4/s320/P1030600+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The big Christmas pyramid is up,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die grosse Weihnachtspyramide steht,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3-mGhbriINc/TtoooXocuzI/AAAAAAAAEXY/m8gDyhz5Alo/s1600/P1030613+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3-mGhbriINc/TtoooXocuzI/AAAAAAAAEXY/m8gDyhz5Alo/s320/P1030613+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;as is the little one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;sowohl als auch die Kleine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YEUYJjqdnR8/TtoogY0x9uI/AAAAAAAAEXQ/AAW2M4vYIJY/s1600/P1030611+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YEUYJjqdnR8/TtoogY0x9uI/AAAAAAAAEXQ/AAW2M4vYIJY/s320/P1030611+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Can't forget about the light fixture in the kitchen. This year I went with a&amp;nbsp;pine cone - wire garland and silver, white and clear ornaments.&lt;br /&gt;Die Lampe in der Kueche muss natuerlich auch etwas dekoriert werden. Dieses Jahr habe ich eine Girlande aus kleinen Tannezapfen und Draht genommen und silberne, weisse und durchsichtige Kugeln rangehaengt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cmzpD2yzh4k/TtopG6254FI/AAAAAAAAEYA/iZHmgAj3Sv0/s1600/P1030622+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cmzpD2yzh4k/TtopG6254FI/AAAAAAAAEYA/iZHmgAj3Sv0/s320/P1030622+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The girls advents calenders are filled and they love opening a little gift every morning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Adventskalender der Maedels sind gefuellt und beide freuen sich jeden Frueh ein kleines Paeckchen oeffnen zu koennen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oYYLJP-u1qw/TtootfMVNOI/AAAAAAAAEXg/zuP3kCwMGNU/s1600/P1030615+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oYYLJP-u1qw/TtootfMVNOI/AAAAAAAAEXg/zuP3kCwMGNU/s320/P1030615+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hannah decorated the tree in her room with just a few ornaments.&lt;br /&gt;Hannah hat den Baum in ihrem Zimmer nur mit ein paar Ornamenten geschmueckt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CSKogcvrAyk/Ttoo0DVpRyI/AAAAAAAAEXo/5_FSJhITaZs/s1600/P1030616+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CSKogcvrAyk/Ttoo0DVpRyI/AAAAAAAAEXo/5_FSJhITaZs/s320/P1030616+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nadia decorated her tree with every ornament she owns. (They get a new one every year in their advent calenders.)&lt;br /&gt;Nadia hat ihren Baum mit all den Ornamenten geschmueckt die sie besitzt. (Sie bekommen jedes Jahr ein neues Ornament in ihren Adventskalendern.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TDBxMe-XIkA/Ttoo6JeolKI/AAAAAAAAEXw/UJiW_g8RN28/s1600/P1030618+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TDBxMe-XIkA/Ttoo6JeolKI/AAAAAAAAEXw/UJiW_g8RN28/s320/P1030618+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Both girls made a little nativity for their rooms last year and Nadia put hers in the little cubby above her bed. The angel was actually made by a friend several years ago. I like how Nadia added it to the little nativity...&lt;br /&gt;Beide Maedels haben letztes Jahr eine kleine Krippe fuer ihre Zimmer gebastelt. Nadia hat ihre dieses Jahr in das kleine Regal ueber ihrem Bett gestellt. Den Engel bekam sie schon vor einigen Jahren von einer Freundin geschenkt (hallo Andrea) und ich finde er passt so richtig gut zu ihrer Krippe...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MpuELRcAxPQ/TtopAO8gtDI/AAAAAAAAEX4/iFGAGDBiwI0/s1600/P1030621+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MpuELRcAxPQ/TtopAO8gtDI/AAAAAAAAEX4/iFGAGDBiwI0/s320/P1030621+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-2239852462631604462?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/2239852462631604462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/its-beginning-to-look-lot-like.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2239852462631604462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2239852462631604462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/its-beginning-to-look-lot-like.html' title='It&apos;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rd4kSi43Y_U/TtooaWV-74I/AAAAAAAAEXI/SOY25EAYcik/s72-c/P1030610+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-635186186172004472</id><published>2011-11-29T12:59:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T03:54:10.804-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I'm joining &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/11/yarn-along_30.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gsheller%2FqXrF+%28small+things%29"&gt;Ginny&lt;/a&gt; for another yarn along this week. This week has been cold, rainy and even snowy, so I actually got to spend quite a bit of time with my knitting. Since the &lt;a href="http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/bolero-jacket.html"&gt;bolero jacket&lt;/a&gt; was finished a few days ago, I cast on another pair of socks. Still working with what's in my stash, this yarn was bought last year in Germany. Now because it is so dark and dreary here today, you can't see how vibrant the colors really are. All I can think of is candy when looking at it...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;My reading material is still the same. Since my thumb has been feeling so much better, I've been enjoying knitting and therefore have not been reading as much.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich mache auch diese Woche wieder bei Ginny's yarn along mit. Da es bei uns die letzten paar Tage nur geregnet und heute sogar geschneit hat, habe ich viel Zeit auf der Couch mit meinem Strickzeug verbringen koennen. Die Bolero Jacke wurde ja schon vor ein paar Tagen fertig, und so stricke ich zwischendurch halt wieder mal ein Paar Socken. Die Wolle hierfuer hatte ich letztes Jahr schon in Deutschland gekauft und ich wuenschte ihr konntet sehen, wie schoen leuchtend die Farben in Natura sind. Wie gesagt ist es aber bei uns im Moment grau und trist und ich konnte kein besseres Bild machen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;An meinem Lesematerial hat sich nichts geaendert. Da es meinem Daumen so viel besser geht, macht mir das Stricken im Augenblick einfach zu viel Spass und so kommt das Lesen halt ein bissl zu kurz.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwB2XcCus7E/TtVHil0C_GI/AAAAAAAAEWg/GBUFgGBwaP8/s1600/P1030571+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwB2XcCus7E/TtVHil0C_GI/AAAAAAAAEWg/GBUFgGBwaP8/s320/P1030571+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-635186186172004472?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/635186186172004472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/yarn-along_29.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/635186186172004472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/635186186172004472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/yarn-along_29.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwB2XcCus7E/TtVHil0C_GI/AAAAAAAAEWg/GBUFgGBwaP8/s72-c/P1030571+%25281280x960%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-4162753187238737814</id><published>2011-11-27T09:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T06:08:53.342-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Bolero jacket</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The bolero jacket is finished and it was fun and easy to knit. I used Cascade eco duo and size 8 needles, cast on 120 stitches (you can't see it here, but I cast on in a different color, you'll see why later) and knit (knit two, purl two) for 22 inches. Now you'll have to increase for the "wavy border". To do this, you simply increase one stitch between the two knit stitches and one stitch between the two purl stitches. Now you'll knit three, purl three for 4 1/2 to 5 inches and bind off.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Here is where the cast on in a different color comes in: you will have to unravel the cast on row and pick up the stitches so you can repeat the same wavy border on the other side. It is not difficult to do, but it was a bit time consuming for me. But I may not have done it the right way...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Der Bolero ist am Wochenende fertig geworden und war super leicht zu stricken. Ich habe Cascade eco duo genommen und mit # 6 Nadeln gestrickt. Angeschlagen habe ich 120 Maschen (in einer anderen Farbe, warum sage ich euch gleich) und 2 re, 2 li fuer 56 cm gestrickt. Nun wird fuer die wellige Blende zugenommen. Hierfuer zwischen den zwei rechten und den zwei linken jeweils immer eine Masche zunehmen. Nun 3re, 3 li fuer 12 cm stricken, dann locker abketten. Jetzt muss die Arbeit umgedreht werden und der (in einer anderen Farbe) angeschlagene Rand aufgetrennt werden. Das Auftrennen ist nicht schwer, braucht aber ein bischen Zeit. Nun die Blende gegengleich arbeiten.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zm2s60h8EcY/TtJt8zRrcxI/AAAAAAAAEVw/8p3a2NmvFog/s1600/P1030531+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zm2s60h8EcY/TtJt8zRrcxI/AAAAAAAAEVw/8p3a2NmvFog/s320/P1030531+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is what it looks like when both wavy borders are done.&lt;br /&gt;Sie sieht es aus wenn beide wellige Raender gestrickt sind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TxR433d2BAY/TtJuErXFX9I/AAAAAAAAEV4/DKUctuUNJmA/s1600/P1030534+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TxR433d2BAY/TtJuErXFX9I/AAAAAAAAEV4/DKUctuUNJmA/s320/P1030534+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Now fold in half and leave a &amp;nbsp;7 1/2 inch opening at the top (armholes), sew up the sides.&lt;br /&gt;Nun die Arbeit in die Haelfte falten und ein 19 cm grosses Armloch lassen. Seiten zusammen naehen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PKKSqXnxny0/TtJuMJb10OI/AAAAAAAAEWA/oztsJQgBdm8/s1600/P1030535+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PKKSqXnxny0/TtJuMJb10OI/AAAAAAAAEWA/oztsJQgBdm8/s320/P1030535+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is what it will look like sewn together.&lt;br /&gt;So sieht es zusammen genaeht aus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qB9BooOmtUE/TtJuU3OJrsI/AAAAAAAAEWI/bLoRHDyl4HU/s1600/P1030550+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qB9BooOmtUE/TtJuU3OJrsI/AAAAAAAAEWI/bLoRHDyl4HU/s320/P1030550+%25281280x960%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Voila, a bolero jacket. Easy peasy... You could also pin the bolero with a pretty pin in the front, but today I chose to wear it without one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Voila, eine Bolero Jacke. Kinderleicht... Man kann die Jacke auch mit einer schoenen Brosche "knoepfen", aber ich habe sie heute lieber offen getragen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JxMiWpmAjPM/TtOQ_Io91YI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/xxWD-Skt3MQ/s1600/P1030553+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JxMiWpmAjPM/TtOQ_Io91YI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/xxWD-Skt3MQ/s320/P1030553+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The view from the back...&lt;br /&gt;Von hinten gesehen...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gFksb6pjGWc/TtORHD1p2PI/AAAAAAAAEWY/W_JuuGnEPqc/s1600/P1030555+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gFksb6pjGWc/TtORHD1p2PI/AAAAAAAAEWY/W_JuuGnEPqc/s320/P1030555+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-4162753187238737814?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/4162753187238737814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/bolero-jacket.html#comment-form' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4162753187238737814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4162753187238737814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/bolero-jacket.html' title='Bolero jacket'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zm2s60h8EcY/TtJt8zRrcxI/AAAAAAAAEVw/8p3a2NmvFog/s72-c/P1030531+%2528960x1280%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-2698677756731953283</id><published>2011-11-24T07:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-24T07:43:53.122-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thanksgiving Every Day&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;The table is brimming with good things to eat;&lt;br /&gt;We're surrounded by family and friends; what a treat.&lt;br /&gt;The feelings that fill us today can’t be beat;&lt;br /&gt;It’s Thanksgiving Day, and it all feels complete.&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;But other days, sometimes, things don’t seem so fine;&lt;br /&gt;Those days are not polished and don’t seem to shine.&lt;br /&gt;It's then in our minds, we forget all the good,&lt;br /&gt;And think of the things we would get, if we could.&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;On days when our thinking causes us dread,&lt;br /&gt;If we could remember, it’s all in our head,&lt;br /&gt;And not let our minds take our gratitude away,&lt;br /&gt;Then we'd make every day like Thanksgiving Day.&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;i&gt;By Karl Fuchs&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wishing everybody a very happy Thanksgiving filled with love and laughter!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-2698677756731953283?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/2698677756731953283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-thanksgiving.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2698677756731953283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2698677756731953283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-thanksgiving.html' title='Happy Thanksgiving!'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-7412649573964267993</id><published>2011-11-23T04:13:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-23T04:37:10.360-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;If this yarn looks familiar to you, it is because it is the same yarn I used to knit the Shalom cardigan. I bought a little bit too much of that yarn, partly because I wasn't sure how much I would need, and partly because I loved it and it was on sale. :-) This time I'm knitting a little Bolero jacket with the yarn. You basically knit a rectangle and add a "wavy trim" to one end. Then you go back to the first row (that's why it's knit in a different color), unravel just that row and then knit the same "wavy" trim here. It turns into the Bolero jacket by folding it in half and sewing up the sides. Can't wait to see how it turns out...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;As you can see, I'm reading yet another book by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. What can I say, I'm totally hooked on the yarn harlot books right now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Now go on over to &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/11/yarn-along_23.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gsheller%2FqXrF+%28small+things%29"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; and check out all the other very talented knitters and crocheters.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Falls euch diese Wolle bekannt vorkommt, ist das weil ich daraus die Shalom Jacke gestrickt habe. Ich habe ein "bissl" zuviel von der Wolle gekauft. Teils, weil ich nicht wusste wieviel ich benoetigen wuerde, teils, weil sie mir so gut gefallen hat, teils weil sie im Angebot war. :-) Dieses Mal stricke ich eine Bolero Weste, ein Junghans -Wolle Modell. (#151/1) Man strickt mehr oder weniger ein Rechteck und strickt dann eine wellige Blende. Danach geht man zur ersten Reihe zurueck und trennt diese auf - deshalb ist sie auch in einer anderen Wolle gestrickt. Nun die selbe wellige Blende anstricken. Das Ganze wir eine Weste indem man es nun in der Mitte falted und die Seiten zusammennaeht. Bin schon mal gespannt wie es fertig aussieht...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wie ihr seht, lese ich schon wieder ein Buch bei Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. Ich bin total begeistert von ihr und ihren yarn harlot Buechern.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wenn ihr Lust und Laune habt, schaut mal bei Ginny vorbei und seht was andere stricken und haekeln.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ONgJlidJkzU/TszjYx4xf-I/AAAAAAAAEVc/dQHLwsIdsKY/s1600/P1030502+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ONgJlidJkzU/TszjYx4xf-I/AAAAAAAAEVc/dQHLwsIdsKY/s320/P1030502+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Oh, I also wanted to give you and update on my thumb. On Monday I went to the orthopedist and was diagnosed with trigger finger. My choices were a cortisone injection or another surgery. I chose the (very painful) cortisone injection and (without wanting to jinx it) I believe the swelling has already gone down. I should know for sure whether or not it worked in about 10 days. The best part - I can keep knitting!! ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Ich wollte euch auch noch schnell sagen, dass ich gestern wegen meinem Daumen beim Orthopaeden war. Ich wurde mit "trigger finger" diagnostiziert (wie das in deutsch heisst, weiss ich leider nicht) und mir wurden zwei Alternativen zur Wahl gestellt. Entweder eine (sehr schmerzliche) Cortison Spritze oder wieder eine Op. Ich habe mich fuer die Spritze entschieden und glaube (Klopf auf Holz), dass die Schwellung schon weniger geworden ist. Genauer muesste ich es in 10 bis 12 Tagen wissen. Das Beste an der Sache - ich kann weiterhin stricken!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-7412649573964267993?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/7412649573964267993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/yarn-along_23.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7412649573964267993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7412649573964267993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/yarn-along_23.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ONgJlidJkzU/TszjYx4xf-I/AAAAAAAAEVc/dQHLwsIdsKY/s72-c/P1030502+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-1896564884732945204</id><published>2011-11-22T16:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T16:51:43.239-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clouds'/><title type='text'>Another cloudy day...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;We started the day overcast, cloudy, drizzly and with the expectation of severe weather. School let out at 11:30 as a&amp;nbsp;precaution, but I'm happy to say all we got was rain.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Der Tag fing heute bewoelkt, grau, verregnet und mit einer "Tornado Chance" an. Um auf # Sicher zu gehen, wurden die Kinder schon um 11:30 aus der Schule entlassen. Gluecklicherweise hat es nur geregnet!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9sOb-eKJkAw/TsxAsjUJuuI/AAAAAAAAEU0/9C9VAtSBtiA/s1600/P1030499+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9sOb-eKJkAw/TsxAsjUJuuI/AAAAAAAAEU0/9C9VAtSBtiA/s320/P1030499+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;We ended the day like this! Isn't it just amazing? I was actually in the house doing stuff when I thought "it's really bright outside". Went outside and saw the most glorious rainbow and sunset.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Aufgehoert hat der Tag dann so... Ist der Regenbogen nicht fantastisch? Ich war im Haus und auf einmal habe ich gemerkt wie hell es draussen war. Also raus in den Garten und da war dieser wunderbare Regenbogen und Sonnenuntergang.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0d7efZUZfc/TsxAowphx6I/AAAAAAAAEUs/jWSs2DtP0fs/s1600/P1030518+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0d7efZUZfc/TsxAowphx6I/AAAAAAAAEUs/jWSs2DtP0fs/s320/P1030518+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BG7sfdUJ36w/TsxAwm42UCI/AAAAAAAAEU8/O_VqSZ241xE/s1600/P1030512+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BG7sfdUJ36w/TsxAwm42UCI/AAAAAAAAEU8/O_VqSZ241xE/s320/P1030512+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Can you see the second rainbow? It doesn't get much better than that.&lt;br /&gt;Seht ihr den zweiten Regenbogen? Etwas schoeneres gibt es doch wirklich nicht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Q_tRR90RE0/TsxA0A4822I/AAAAAAAAEVE/HOqr5tBdNkM/s1600/P1030513+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Q_tRR90RE0/TsxA0A4822I/AAAAAAAAEVE/HOqr5tBdNkM/s320/P1030513+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The sunset was spectacular! These pictures really don't do it justice...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Der Sonnenuntergang war phantastisch! Die Bilder geben es gar nicht so toll her wie es wirklich war...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eHGCp6fUW_c/TsxA3N036TI/AAAAAAAAEVM/euYMaKPiC4k/s1600/P1030515+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eHGCp6fUW_c/TsxA3N036TI/AAAAAAAAEVM/euYMaKPiC4k/s320/P1030515+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B-sTmcJ7IxY/TsxA5jrVTGI/AAAAAAAAEVU/Q7KNzZbSJwc/s1600/P1030516+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B-sTmcJ7IxY/TsxA5jrVTGI/AAAAAAAAEVU/Q7KNzZbSJwc/s320/P1030516+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-1896564884732945204?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/1896564884732945204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/another-cloudy-day.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1896564884732945204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1896564884732945204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/another-cloudy-day.html' title='Another cloudy day...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9sOb-eKJkAw/TsxAsjUJuuI/AAAAAAAAEU0/9C9VAtSBtiA/s72-c/P1030499+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-4740559142863333161</id><published>2011-11-21T06:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T06:57:35.115-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Another project</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Last weekend Greg started enlarging the flower bed that is next to the patio. We originally put the flower bed in a few years ago, but now with the addition of the pool, we wanted to create a walkway to the pool. Also, the way the flower bed curved made it hard for Greg to mow, so hopefully this will make mowing easier next year. Here is what he did last week. It may not look like too much, but with our clay soil, it was backbreaking work for him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Letztes Wochenende hat Greg angefangen das Blumenbeet neben der Terasse zu vergroessern. Wir haben das Beet vor ein paar Jahren angelegt, aber da wir jetzt den Pool haben, wollten wir einen Weg zum Pool hinzufuegen. Ausserdem hatte das alte Beet eine komische Kurve und es war deshalb schwer fuer Greg Rasen zu maehen. So wie es jetzt ist, muesste das Maehen naechstes Jahr viel leichter fuer ihn sein.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Soweit kam Greg letztes Wochenende. Es schaut vielleicht nicht nach viel aus, aber da wir unglaublich schweren Lehmboden haben, war dies ganz schoen harte Arbeit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ejykeYgElgo/TspedoHdHoI/AAAAAAAAEUU/2IjB49UNoOA/s1600/P1030494+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ejykeYgElgo/TspedoHdHoI/AAAAAAAAEUU/2IjB49UNoOA/s320/P1030494+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Yesterday Greg added (our first, but hopefully not last)&amp;nbsp;rain barrel&amp;nbsp;to the flower bed. It is not completely done, since he still want's to attach the other downspout to the barrel. I'm so excited to have this rain barrel, I've been after one for quite some time. (Yes, it's things like that, that excite me.) The rocks are there to catch the runoff from the downspouts as well as from the pool. Greg still plans on adding a few stepping stones to this area, and I think that will work really well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Gestern hat Greg unsere erste (aber hoffentlich nicht letzte) Regentonne installiert. Er ist noch nicht ganz damit fertig, da er auch die zweite Regenrinne in die Tonne leiten will. Ich bin von der Tonne ganz begeistert, wollte ich doch schon lange eine haben. &amp;nbsp;Die Steine sollen helfen das Regenwasser das nicht mehr in die Tonne passt, sowie das Wasser das von der Poolrinne aufzufangen. Greg hat vor noch ein paar groessere Steine hinzuzufuegen, so das man bequem an die Tonne kommt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFlREMQ-VXg/TspejJ8RADI/AAAAAAAAEUc/KuYxytfLqN8/s1600/P1030484+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFlREMQ-VXg/TspejJ8RADI/AAAAAAAAEUc/KuYxytfLqN8/s320/P1030484+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Here is what it looks like from the other side, as you can see, there's still &amp;nbsp;a lot of work left to be done. &amp;nbsp;The old edging still needs to be removed, the soil needs leveled and the grass removed. We'll probably need to get some soil too, in order to level the bed. We won't be able to plant a lot of plants in this bed, since the septic tank is right where the rocks end. The grass never really did well in this are either, so our thoughts right now are some nice flagstones and a pretty birdbath. That way it can easily be moved if we are having issues with the septic tank. Once the bed is completed, we can get started on the walkway... One thing at a time...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;So sieht das Beet von der anderen Seite aus. Wie man sieht, haben wir noch ganz schoen was vor uns, bevor es fertig ist. Die alte Beetumrandung muss noch weg, das Gras muss raus, die Erde liegt im Augenblick noch in Haufen und langt wahrscheinlich gar nicht um alles eben zu machen. D.h. wir werden wohl eine oder sogar zwei Ladungen Erde holen muessen um das Beet schoen aufzufuellen. Pflanzen werden wir in diesem Beet wahrscheinlich nicht mehr allzuviel, denn unser "septic tank" ist genau da, wo im Augenblick die Steine aufhoeren. (Das Gras ist ueber dem Tank auch nie richtig gewachsen.)Wir sind am Ueberlegen einfach ein paar schoene, flache Steine in's Beet zu legen und ein nettes Vogelbad darauf zu stellen.So koennen wir es auch einfach weg machen, falls wir Probleme mit dem septic tank haben. Wenn das Beet dann fertig ist, koennen wir mit dem Weg zum Pool anfangen... Immer eines, nach dem anderen...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z80hb9aVXok/TspeqJB_NYI/AAAAAAAAEUk/g_l08rpXvsc/s1600/P1030493+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z80hb9aVXok/TspeqJB_NYI/AAAAAAAAEUk/g_l08rpXvsc/s320/P1030493+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-4740559142863333161?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/4740559142863333161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/another-project.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4740559142863333161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4740559142863333161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/another-project.html' title='Another project'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ejykeYgElgo/TspedoHdHoI/AAAAAAAAEUU/2IjB49UNoOA/s72-c/P1030494+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-4411876381387657896</id><published>2011-11-18T15:37:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T15:43:43.170-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clouds'/><title type='text'>Tonight...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;No one is guaranteed happiness,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;life just gives each person time and space.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;It's up to us to fill it with joy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTsIIKwX7Ts/Tsbr-NHNVyI/AAAAAAAAEUE/A90nB_UAnBo/s1600/P1030476+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTsIIKwX7Ts/Tsbr-NHNVyI/AAAAAAAAEUE/A90nB_UAnBo/s320/P1030476+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5-kW75uUYCI/TsbsGMC6CWI/AAAAAAAAEUM/lYhQenkaEq8/s1600/P1030475+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5-kW75uUYCI/TsbsGMC6CWI/AAAAAAAAEUM/lYhQenkaEq8/s320/P1030475+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-4411876381387657896?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/4411876381387657896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/tonight.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4411876381387657896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4411876381387657896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/tonight.html' title='Tonight...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTsIIKwX7Ts/Tsbr-NHNVyI/AAAAAAAAEUE/A90nB_UAnBo/s72-c/P1030476+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-5775456206569502643</id><published>2011-11-16T12:25:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T13:00:44.867-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodworking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>Busy, busy, busy...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I've been pretty busy lately, so here are a few finished projects:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The socks were finished last night and I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich war die letzten paar Tage gut beschaeftigt und habe einige Projekte fertig bekommen:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Socken wurden gestern Abend fertig und mir gefallen sie recht gut.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B7-guRjCvhs/TsQb7pKMLII/AAAAAAAAETk/zxlBvM6UBxU/s1600/P1030450+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B7-guRjCvhs/TsQb7pKMLII/AAAAAAAAETk/zxlBvM6UBxU/s320/P1030450+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This snowman (and the painted flower pot) will be a gift for a friend of mine. She takes Nadia to church with &amp;nbsp;her every Wednesday night, so we wanted to do something nice for her. I have not yet decided whether I want to fill the flower pot with goodies or maybe some greenery and a candle.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Dieser Schneeman (und der bemalte Blumentopf) sind fuer eine Freundin. Sie nimmt Nadia jeden Mittwoch Abend mit in die Kirche und als Dankeschoen wollten wir ihr eine Kleinigkeit zu Weihnachten schenken. Ich bin mir noch nicht sicher ob ich den Blumentopf mit Leckereien oder einem Gesteck und einer Kerze fuellen soll.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1v-1rRYGJ8w/TsQb_2v0z2I/AAAAAAAAETs/Mu7vMyIm9pk/s1600/P1030454+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1v-1rRYGJ8w/TsQb_2v0z2I/AAAAAAAAETs/Mu7vMyIm9pk/s320/P1030454+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;This snowman ornament will be a little something for my boss. She lost her home and almost everything in it &amp;nbsp;during the April tornado and I thought she would like something "personal" to start replacing a few things. I hope she'll like it...&lt;br /&gt;Dieses Schneeman Ornament ist fuer meine Chefin. Sie hat ihr Haus und so gut wie alles im Haus durch den April Tornado verloren, und ich dachte sie wuerde sich ueber etwas "persoenliches" freuen. Ich hoffe es gefaellt ihr...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rRDpKpxM7EY/TsQcEbLtG8I/AAAAAAAAET0/1ojDHtZ2Lno/s1600/P1030455+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rRDpKpxM7EY/TsQcEbLtG8I/AAAAAAAAET0/1ojDHtZ2Lno/s320/P1030455+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I made this little tree to go with the gift basket I'm making for friends. Right now the basket is still empty, but I will fill it with all kinds of German goodies for them.&lt;br /&gt;Diesen kleinen Baum habe ich als Anhaenger fuer einen Geschenkskorb gemacht. Der Korb ist fuer unsere Freunde gedacht und wird mit lauter deutschen Leckereien gefuellt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_GrPEaUZcEk/TsQcIrIcI_I/AAAAAAAAET8/NGt0Q7pCy1g/s1600/P1030456+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_GrPEaUZcEk/TsQcIrIcI_I/AAAAAAAAET8/NGt0Q7pCy1g/s320/P1030456+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is what I decided to do with the advent wreath - no bows at all. I'm still not sure if I like it that way, but I know I like it better than the checkered bows.&lt;br /&gt;Ich habe beschlossen gar keine Schleifen an den Adventskranz zu machen, wobei ich mir noch nicht ganz sicher bin ob es dabei bleibt. Mir gefaellt es so aber auf alle Faelle besser als mit den karierten Schleifen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nz02XyvP0BQ/TsQbzBRREaI/AAAAAAAAETU/6rNpXkv7rlg/s1600/P1030420+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nz02XyvP0BQ/TsQbzBRREaI/AAAAAAAAETU/6rNpXkv7rlg/s320/P1030420+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;And here's our first (failed) attempt at making holiday goodies. Last Sunday the girls were bored and we decided to start baking Christmas cookies. Well, after perusing several (by that I mean a whole stack) of cookbooks, the girls could not agree on which cookies they wanted to bake. They settled (of all things) on chocolate truffles. We followed the recipe&amp;nbsp;exactly, but things did not work out. The chocolate mixture was supposed to chill in the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes, but ours did not set up for over an hour. The rolling itself was a nightmare as well, the chocolate pretty much just melted in our hands and made a huge mess. Even the dipping process didn't work as planned - just look at the misshapen heaps...Oh well, live and learn... They do taste pretty good at least, even if they're not necessarily eye candy.&lt;br /&gt;Hier ist unser erster (total misglueckter) Versuch Leckereien fuer die Feiertage zu machen. Letzten Sonntag war es beiden Maedels total langweilig und so beschlossen wir die ersten Plaetzchen fuer Weihnachten zu backen. Nachdem wir einen ganzen Stapel Backbuecher durchgesucht hatten, konnten sich die Damen nicht einigen welche Plaetzchen gebacken werden sollten. Sie haben sich schliesslich auf diese Schokoladen Trueffel geeinigt. Wir haben uns ganz genau an das Rezept gehalten, aber das Endresultat war ein Reinfall. Die Schokomasse sollte fuer 10 - 15 Minuten im Kuehlschrank ruhen, hat aber bei uns ueber eine Stunde gebraucht. Die Baelle zu rollen war eine riesige Schweinerei und die Schokolade ist in unseren Haenden geschmolzen. Auch das Tauchen in geschmolzenen Schokolade hat nicht geklappt wie es sollte -schaut euch nur diese "Haufen" an... Naja, wir haben's probiert und zumindest schmecken die Teile, wenn sie auch nicht unbedingt schoen aussehen. Wir koennen sie ja mit geschlossenen Augen essen... ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zjZAaAdT1e4/TsQb27zyuCI/AAAAAAAAETc/8SY8G3fJdJ0/s1600/P1030445+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zjZAaAdT1e4/TsQb27zyuCI/AAAAAAAAETc/8SY8G3fJdJ0/s320/P1030445+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5775456206569502643?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5775456206569502643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/busy-busy-busy.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5775456206569502643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5775456206569502643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/busy-busy-busy.html' title='Busy, busy, busy...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B7-guRjCvhs/TsQb7pKMLII/AAAAAAAAETk/zxlBvM6UBxU/s72-c/P1030450+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-8783017829665579919</id><published>2011-11-13T06:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T06:42:13.507-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodworking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Opinions, please...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I bought our Advent's wreath at least 10 years ago at a Christmas market that was hosted by the German military community in El Paso. I knew the lady and her husband that made them and I have loved this wreath from the first time I saw it. When I bought it, it had small, clear votive holders and creme/green ribbons tied to it. The center has always held two Christmas trees. You can see them&lt;a href="http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2009/11/getting-closer.html"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt;. Over the years, I have changed out the votive holders and the ribbons, but never the center. This year I wanted something different and came up with the little nativity. The ribbons are the same as last year, and that's where I need opinions. (I know there's a few opinionated people out there ;-) ) I'm thinking I need to add plain red ribbons, but Greg thinks the red/green looks very festive and I should leave them. Let me know what you think...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Unseren Adventskranz habe ich vor ca. 10 Jahren auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt in El Paso gekauft. Der Markt selbst wurde von den Deutschen Bundeswehrlern die dort stationiert waren organisiert und war immer sehr schoen gemacht. Den Kranz habe ich zum ersten Mal bei einer Freundin gesehen (hallo Claudia) und da er mir so gut gefallen hat, habe ich ihn mir im Jahr darauf auch gekauft. Als ich ihn gekauft habe, hatte er kleine durchsichtige Glaeser und creme/gruene Schleifen. Ueber die Jahre habe ich die Glaeser und die Schleifen ausgetauscht, aber nie die zwei Baeume die in der Mitte waren. Das Bild ist &lt;a href="http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2009/11/getting-closer.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt; zu finden. Dieses Jahr wollte ich aber auch mal die Baeume austaschen und so sieht der Kranz nun aus. Die Schleifen sind aber noch vom letzten Jahr und hier nun die Frage: Ich finde, schlichte rote Schleifen waeren besser, Greg meint die karierten sehen weihnachtlicher aus. Was meint ihr?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ach4OwnOGcQ/Tr_SPfRJdPI/AAAAAAAAETM/Fs_1wOpurxQ/s1600/P1030413+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ach4OwnOGcQ/Tr_SPfRJdPI/AAAAAAAAETM/Fs_1wOpurxQ/s320/P1030413+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-8783017829665579919?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/8783017829665579919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/opinions-please.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8783017829665579919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8783017829665579919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/opinions-please.html' title='Opinions, please...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ach4OwnOGcQ/Tr_SPfRJdPI/AAAAAAAAETM/Fs_1wOpurxQ/s72-c/P1030413+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3911335313777514707</id><published>2011-11-11T05:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T05:37:43.894-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rubber stamps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Card making in overdrive</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I realized the other day (yes, maybe I'm a bit slow) that Christmas is in a little over a month and I hadn't even started on making the Christmas cards. Time to get a move on...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;And yes, I know I could save a lot of money if I didn't send as many Christmas cards. BUT to me it's a nice way of telling people I'm thinking about them during the holidays - which is really important to me since we are never with family during said holidays.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Vor ein paar Tagen habe ich bemerkt, dass Weihnachten in knapp einem Monat ist und ich hatte noch gar keine Weihnachtskarten gebastelt. Zeit, damit anzufangen...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich weiss, dass ich viel Geld sparen koennte, wenn ich nicht soviele Karten veschicken wuerde. ABER mir ist es wichtig unseren Familien und Freunden zu zeigen, dass wir an den Feiertagen an sie denken. Vor allem da wir an den Feiertagen immer alleine sind und unsere Familien leider viel zu weit von uns entfernt sind.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fRH2NTWa4HA/Tr0ixWWnSmI/AAAAAAAAESk/ZbbLgcsj4FM/s1600/P1020815+%2528600x800%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fRH2NTWa4HA/Tr0ixWWnSmI/AAAAAAAAESk/ZbbLgcsj4FM/s320/P1020815+%2528600x800%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XJJesiiylak/Tr0i1Y365_I/AAAAAAAAESs/W37P7RrKfFk/s1600/P1020866+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XJJesiiylak/Tr0i1Y365_I/AAAAAAAAESs/W37P7RrKfFk/s320/P1020866+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AUM5kMcFTTY/Tr0i5o6YmbI/AAAAAAAAES0/JrQApqVmXuk/s1600/P1030274+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AUM5kMcFTTY/Tr0i5o6YmbI/AAAAAAAAES0/JrQApqVmXuk/s320/P1030274+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MTrmWgemkn4/Tr0i-j8To3I/AAAAAAAAES8/Ephc0UnxLEg/s1600/P1030399+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MTrmWgemkn4/Tr0i-j8To3I/AAAAAAAAES8/Ephc0UnxLEg/s320/P1030399+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nFkCqpKMzaQ/Tr0jC_7vpPI/AAAAAAAAETE/ijNY_zZHCJw/s1600/P1030404+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nFkCqpKMzaQ/Tr0jC_7vpPI/AAAAAAAAETE/ijNY_zZHCJw/s320/P1030404+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3911335313777514707?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3911335313777514707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/card-making-in-overdrive.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3911335313777514707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3911335313777514707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/card-making-in-overdrive.html' title='Card making in overdrive'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fRH2NTWa4HA/Tr0ixWWnSmI/AAAAAAAAESk/ZbbLgcsj4FM/s72-c/P1020815+%2528600x800%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-7764922227710914446</id><published>2011-11-09T03:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T03:56:31.223-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Sorry about skipping &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/11/yarn-along_09.html"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; yarn along last week. (Thank's for checking on me Dianna.) It was just a busy week and I didn't have the "get up and go' to participate. Since it is supposed to be fun and not a chore to show what we're knitting, I might just skip a week here and there. Especially now with the upcoming holidays... Lots of other things that need to be done...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Since I finished the shalom cardigan, I'm back to knitting socks. I have quite a bit of sock yarn in my stash, and I'm trying to be good and not buy too much yarn when I could just knit up what I have on hand. The yarn is Regia and was bought during our Germany trip last year. The pattern is out of my very first sock knitting book ever and it's really quite simple.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Not much has changed when it comes to my reading material, I'm still reading "Free Range Knitter". It's definitely not the book though, it's just that I've been pretty busy lately and have not had as much time to read as I would like to.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Sorry, dass ich letzte Woche nicht beim yarn along mitgemacht habe. Die Woche war einfach prall gefuellt und es gab einfach viel zu viel anderes zu tun. Ausserdem soll der woechentliche yarn along ja Spass machen und kein "muss" sein. Deshalb werde ich hier und da wohl mal welche auslassen, vor allem jetzt wo wieder die Feiertage vor der Tuere stehen. Thanksgiving ist hier in zwei Wochen, und dann geht es gleich mit Weihnachten weiter...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Nachdem ich die Shalom Jacke fertig gestrickt habe, stricke ich nun mal wieder ein Paar Socken. Ich versuche ganz brav zu sein und nicht soviel Wolle zu kaufen, wenn ich noch so einiges auf Vorrat liegen habe. Diese Wolle ist eine Regia Wolle die ich letztes Jahr waehrend unseres Dtld. Besuches gekauft hatte. Die Anleitung stammt aus meinem ersten "Sockenstrickbuch" und es sind eigentlich Socken im Trachtenlook. Von der Farbe her eher weniger, aber das Muster hat mir einfach gut gefallen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;An meinem Lesestoff hat sich noch nichts geaendert, bin immer noch dabei "Free Range Knitter" zu lesen. Es liegt aber nicht an dem Buch (ist richtig lustig), sondern daran, dass ich in letzter Zeit nicht allzu viel Zeit zum Lesen hatte.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JCzecSQFFI8/TrmRv7L3lKI/AAAAAAAAESc/8Vz3pxLI6mc/s1600/P1030398+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JCzecSQFFI8/TrmRv7L3lKI/AAAAAAAAESc/8Vz3pxLI6mc/s320/P1030398+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-7764922227710914446?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/7764922227710914446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/yarn-along.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7764922227710914446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7764922227710914446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/yarn-along.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JCzecSQFFI8/TrmRv7L3lKI/AAAAAAAAESc/8Vz3pxLI6mc/s72-c/P1030398+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-6436016605185427591</id><published>2011-11-07T12:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T12:01:44.398-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tornado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='homemaking'/><title type='text'>Preparing for bad weather...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This month it'll be seven month since our area was hit by several tornadoes. As most of you know we were incredibly fortunate and made it through it without any damage, but were without power for 6 days. The weather is changing already and since this has been a very strange year weather wise, we've been preparing a bit here and there.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;During the tornado in April, we had no idea what was going on. No power = no TV or radio. Right after things went "back to normal" Greg bought this little radio.Let me tell you, it is the McGyver of radios. You can plug it in, use batteries, it's solar powered and has a crank handle. You can charge your cell phone, mp3 or iphone on it as well. Plus it has a reading lamp and flashlight, can be used as a weather radio or "normal" radio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diesen Monat sind es nun schon sieben Monate her, dass etliche Tornados in unserer Gegend Chaos angerichtet haben. Wie ihr wisst, hatten wir unglaublich viel Glueck und haben alles ohne Schaden ueberstanden, waren aber 6 Tage ohne Strom. Jetzt kommt langsam wieder die Zeit in der wir oefters sehr schlechtes Wetter haben und deshalb haben wir "Vorraete" angelegt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Da wir im April waehrend der Tornados keinen Strom hatten, hatten wir ueberhaupt keine Ahnung was los war und wie schlimm es war. Kein Strom = kein Fernseher oder Radio. Nachdem hier alles wieder "beim alten" war, hat Greg uns gleich diesen Radio gekauft. Man kann ihn mit Strom oder Batterien benutzen, er hat eine Solar Panele oder man kann ihn mit einer Kurbel aufladen. Wir koennen unsere Handy's', iphones oder mp3 players damit aufladen, er hat eine Taschenlampe und Leselampe und kann als Radio oder nur Wetter Radio benutzt werden.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vVSKSddivFM/TrfjDPQSyEI/AAAAAAAAESU/tlIsW9GzNEg/s1600/P1030393+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vVSKSddivFM/TrfjDPQSyEI/AAAAAAAAESU/tlIsW9GzNEg/s320/P1030393+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;We had a bunch of oil lamps last time, but only one was filled with oil. Now every single one of them is filled.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wir hatten all diese Oel Lampen im April, aber nur eine davon war mit Oel gefuellt. Jetzt sind alle gefuellt!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SsebDShdRBE/Trfi1ZOEsSI/AAAAAAAAER8/3rrTq8Alov8/s1600/P1030388+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SsebDShdRBE/Trfi1ZOEsSI/AAAAAAAAER8/3rrTq8Alov8/s320/P1030388+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;We also didn't have any oil to refill the lamps with and all the stores were out. Now we have some (not enough though) oil on hand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wir hatten auch kein Oel mit dem wir die Lampen fuellen konnten. Jetzt haben wir wenigstens etwas (noch nicht genug) Oel im Haus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wm8y3pfquRg/Trfi-vkdSnI/AAAAAAAAESM/6UjY6CpIdbU/s1600/P1030391+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wm8y3pfquRg/Trfi-vkdSnI/AAAAAAAAESM/6UjY6CpIdbU/s320/P1030391+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Got plenty of candles, too...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Kerzen haben wir auch genuegend...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ii604_W-wq0/TrfixJnzfdI/AAAAAAAAER0/KGhw5GHAPVA/s1600/P1030387+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ii604_W-wq0/TrfixJnzfdI/AAAAAAAAER0/KGhw5GHAPVA/s320/P1030387+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Oil lamps or candles wouldn't do us any good, if we couldn't light them. That's taken care of as well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Oellampen und Kerzen wuerden uns herzlich wenig nuetzen, wenn wir sie nicht anzuenden koennten. Haben also auch da vorgesorgt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_ZNnKQNyC24/Trfi6bTOp8I/AAAAAAAAESE/x7YP60KmrUA/s1600/P1030390+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_ZNnKQNyC24/Trfi6bTOp8I/AAAAAAAAESE/x7YP60KmrUA/s320/P1030390+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;We had lots of food on hand in April, but no way to cook it. Now we have a full propane tank,some smaller ones for the camping grill and firewood for the&amp;nbsp;fire-pit stocked up.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Essen hatten wir genuegend auf Vorrat im April, aber leider konnten wir es nicht kochen. Jetzt haben wir einen vollen Tank fuer den Gasgrill, ein paar kleine fuer den Campinggrill und Holz fuer die Feuerstelle auf Lager.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xEOMztDVpTk/Trfisv-D4_I/AAAAAAAAERs/5HwOYx0pJAE/s1600/P1030395+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xEOMztDVpTk/Trfisv-D4_I/AAAAAAAAERs/5HwOYx0pJAE/s320/P1030395+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We also have a stocked pantry and freezer and some water stashed away. Of course should we get hit directly, none of this will do us any good. But hopefully we'll never have to deal with that... Any other suggestions of what to keep on hand?&lt;br /&gt;Unsere Speisekammer sowie Gefrierschrank sind gut gefuellt und wir haben auch Wasser auf Vorrat gekauft. Wenn unser Haus natuerlich dirket getroffen werden sollte hilft uns das alles nichts, aber wir hoffen dass das nie passiert. Hat jemand sonst noch irgendwelche Ideen was wir fuer den Notfall haben sollten?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-6436016605185427591?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/6436016605185427591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/preparing-for-bad-weather.html#comment-form' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6436016605185427591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6436016605185427591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/preparing-for-bad-weather.html' title='Preparing for bad weather...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vVSKSddivFM/TrfjDPQSyEI/AAAAAAAAESU/tlIsW9GzNEg/s72-c/P1030393+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3336098243022212475</id><published>2011-11-03T12:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T12:25:36.115-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blooms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade gifts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Another random post...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I'm kind of "stealing" or borrowing &lt;a href="http://www.oursimplelives.com/"&gt;Mark's&lt;/a&gt; idea. He does a monthly photo dump (which I love) and even though mine is only a somewhat weekly photo dump, I need to give credit, where credit is due. (Mark also takes way, way better pictures!!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;About two weeks ago Greg decided to built a bigger and nicer fire pit for the backyard. The old one was really just some bricks laid in a circle and every time he mowed everything shifted and moved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Idee fuer diese Oktober "photo dump" stammt von Mark. Er macht das einmal im Monat (ich schaue immer gerne bei ihm vorbei) und obwohl meines nur eine woechentliche "photo dump" ist, muss ich ihm auf jeden Fall Kredit fuer die Idee geben. (Seine Photos sind auch viel, viel besser als meine!!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Vor ca. zwei Wochen hatte Greg beschlossen eine groessere und schoenere Feuerstelle fuer den Garten zu bauen. Die alte Feuerstelle waren eigentlich nur Steine die er im Kreis gelegt hatte, und jedesmal wenn er Rasen gemaeht hat, ist alles verrutscht.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TU4MTFon6UI/TrKQPDxH-5I/AAAAAAAAEOM/ARICbXRkE9s/s1600/P1030316+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TU4MTFon6UI/TrKQPDxH-5I/AAAAAAAAEOM/ARICbXRkE9s/s320/P1030316+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The fire pit is almost finished, he just wants to dig out the inside a little bit. He also plans on adding a border around the fire pit, but that will probably not happen until next year.&lt;br /&gt;Die Feuerstelle ist fast fertig, Greg will sie nur noch innen drin etwas tiefer machen. Aussen herum sollen dann auch noch Steine gelegt werden, aber das passiert wahrscheinlich erst naechstes Jahr.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lPhBYgaOU1s/TrKQrQSobYI/AAAAAAAAEO0/kybZDpktwmE/s1600/P1030362+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lPhBYgaOU1s/TrKQrQSobYI/AAAAAAAAEO0/kybZDpktwmE/s320/P1030362+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;We had our first frost last weekend and I was just glad that we had the trees planted already. We got one paperbark maple and one pansy&amp;nbsp;red-bud&amp;nbsp;tree. Now we'll just have to wait about 20 years to have a nice shady front yard again. ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Letztes Wochenende hatten wir unseren ersten Frost und ich war heilfroh, dass wir die neuen Baeume schon gepflanzt hatten. Wir haben einen Ahorn und einen "Redbud" Baum genommen, jetzt muessen wir nur noch 20 Jahre Geduld haben bis wir wieder einen schattigen Vorgarten haben. ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3jaIagTMYcY/TrKQaq_nlfI/AAAAAAAAEOc/UufXnCr_V64/s1600/P1030347+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3jaIagTMYcY/TrKQaq_nlfI/AAAAAAAAEOc/UufXnCr_V64/s320/P1030347+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I started cleaning up the piles of mulch leftover from the stump grinding. It is backbreaking work and so far I only have two of the four piles done. We plan on getting it all done this weekend if the weather cooperates. Hopefully we won't run out of places to put the mulch. Anybody need any??&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich habe angefangen die Baum/Wurzelreste aus dem Vorgarten zu verraeumen. Es ist die reinste Schwerarbeit und bis jetzt habe ich erst zwei von den vier Haufen beseitigt. Wenn das Wetter passt wollen wir den Rest am Wochenende machen, hoffentlich finden wir noch Platz dafuer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a8vf3vhXeCc/TrKRCHK3b5I/AAAAAAAAEPU/LyDfv3mtoYQ/s1600/P1030376+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a8vf3vhXeCc/TrKRCHK3b5I/AAAAAAAAEPU/LyDfv3mtoYQ/s320/P1030376+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Another weekend chore... At least I don't have to rake them in the front yard anymore...&lt;br /&gt;Noch etwas das am Wochenende erledigt werden muss... Zumindest haben wir im Vorgarten keine Tannennadeln mehr...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F49yfpHqYFw/TrKRIlKeSII/AAAAAAAAEPc/WUnMdv-yNhE/s1600/P1030379+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F49yfpHqYFw/TrKRIlKeSII/AAAAAAAAEPc/WUnMdv-yNhE/s320/P1030379+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The clematis decided to give us one last show. It's so nice to still have a little bit of color in the garden.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Klematis hat beschlossen noch einmal fuer uns zu bluehen. Ist so schoen zu dieser Jahreszeit noch etwas Farbe im Garten zu haben.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Clf4vRn4tYk/TrKQwZ9FezI/AAAAAAAAEO8/k7bfzuqFZaY/s1600/P1030369+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Clf4vRn4tYk/TrKQwZ9FezI/AAAAAAAAEO8/k7bfzuqFZaY/s320/P1030369+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The first batch of garlic has already sprouted. Guess I should pull the leeks now that I'm looking at this photo.&lt;br /&gt;Die ersten Knoblauchzehen die ich gepflanzt hatte sind schon fleissig am wachsen. Jetzt wo ich das Bild sehe, sollte ich wohl den Lauch ernten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1n5KXtqUfUQ/TrKQ3xJC6bI/AAAAAAAAEPE/O8rlvRCwCPY/s1600/P1030370+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1n5KXtqUfUQ/TrKQ3xJC6bI/AAAAAAAAEPE/O8rlvRCwCPY/s320/P1030370+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Made a big batch of taco soup the other night. Really good on a cold and rainy day, plus it lasted for two days. :-)&lt;br /&gt;Habe die Tage einen grossen Topf Taco Suppe gemacht. Richtig lecker an kalten und verregneten Tagen, ausserdem hat es uns fuer zwei Tage gereicht. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_K2p9ksE_CM/TrKQ804a4iI/AAAAAAAAEPM/rYXjF83dElA/s1600/P1030374+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_K2p9ksE_CM/TrKQ804a4iI/AAAAAAAAEPM/rYXjF83dElA/s320/P1030374+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The shalom was finished last weekend. Since it has been cooler here I already got to wear it and it is super warm and cozy. Might have to knit another one in a different color.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Shalom Jacke habe ich letztes Wochenende fertig gestrickt und da es hier auch schon kaelter ist, konnte ich sie schon einmal anziehen. Sie ist kuschelig warm und weich, vielleicht stricke ich noch einmal eine in einer anderen Farbe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IHyI9yLKqPc/TrKQfxqGT-I/AAAAAAAAEOk/sv96mfgDmtA/s1600/P1030360+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IHyI9yLKqPc/TrKQfxqGT-I/AAAAAAAAEOk/sv96mfgDmtA/s320/P1030360+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jlBUaT2F38U/TrKQlDJyfkI/AAAAAAAAEOs/Xo_KkfzoYqg/s1600/P1030361+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jlBUaT2F38U/TrKQlDJyfkI/AAAAAAAAEOs/Xo_KkfzoYqg/s320/P1030361+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I'm not sure if&lt;a href="http://comfreycottages.blogspot.com/"&gt; Leslie&lt;/a&gt; has gotten her package yet, but these are the goodies I sent to her. I made some cards for her, knitted and felted a potholder, added some homemade soap and some cute little pumpkin candles. I hope she likes it all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich bin mir nicht sicher ob Leslie ihr Paeckchen schon bekommen hat, aber dies sind die Sachen die ich ihr geschickt habe. Ich habe ihr einige Karten gebastelt, einen Topflappen gestrickt und gefilzt, eine selbstgemachte Seife dazu und ein paar niedliche Kuerbiskerzen. Ich hoffe es gefaellt ihr alles.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-amHmoZt_WXQ/TrKQUpP_XTI/AAAAAAAAEOU/ibbalCy_Kfw/s1600/P1030346+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-amHmoZt_WXQ/TrKQUpP_XTI/AAAAAAAAEOU/ibbalCy_Kfw/s320/P1030346+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3336098243022212475?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3336098243022212475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/another-random-post.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3336098243022212475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3336098243022212475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/11/another-random-post.html' title='Another random post...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TU4MTFon6UI/TrKQPDxH-5I/AAAAAAAAEOM/ARICbXRkE9s/s72-c/P1030316+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-131801912347758158</id><published>2011-10-28T04:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T04:56:03.093-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><title type='text'>Boo... and a winner</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;We're in Halloween mode down here, can you tell??&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This past Wednesday was the annual trunk-or-treat at the church/MDO program I work for and the girls asked to go again. Since I knew a bunch of "my" kids were going to be there, I knew I had to get dressed up. Many of you have seen me in this costume, but the kids always get a big kick out of it. It did scare some of the little ones though...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wir haben Halloween Fieber, sieht man das??&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Vergangenen Mittwoch war das jaehrliche "trunk-or-treat" bei der Kirche/Hort fuer die ich arbeite und beide Maedels wollten sich verkleiden und gehen. Nachdem ich wusste, dass viele "meiner" Kinder auch dort sein wuerden, habe ich mich natuerlich auch verkleidet. Viele von euch kennen das Kostuem schon, aber bei den Kindern kommt es immer total gut an. Einige von den kleineren Kindern hatten aber ganz schoen Muffe vor mit...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SbATjnqkGiE/TqqUSGLVQII/AAAAAAAAEOE/eMKNw4Mdx-E/s1600/P1030337+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SbATjnqkGiE/TqqUSGLVQII/AAAAAAAAEOE/eMKNw4Mdx-E/s320/P1030337+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Tonight we're going to a Halloween party at a friends house. Everybody is bringing food and Hannah and Nadia asked me to bake this witch cake. And no, I did not come up with this on my own, the idea came from a Halloween cookbook I bought years ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Heute Abend sind wir auf eine Halloween Party bei Freunden eingeladen, und alle geladenen Gaeste bringen etwas zu essen mit. Hannah und Nadia wollten unbedingt, dass ich diesen Hexenkuchen backe. Die Idee stammt leider nicht von mir, wir haben es in einem Halloween Kochbuch gesehen, dass ich schon vor Jahren gekauft hatte.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9YXX3JUW2X4/TqqUMe8jQdI/AAAAAAAAEN8/FWsNcfgqfIg/s1600/P1030343+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9YXX3JUW2X4/TqqUMe8jQdI/AAAAAAAAEN8/FWsNcfgqfIg/s320/P1030343+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Since it's Friday, it's time to announce the winner of the giveaway. The answer was of course &amp;nbsp;"mother nature" and&lt;a href="http://comfreycottages.blogspot.com/"&gt; Leslie&lt;/a&gt; got it right. I'll mail your surprise in a few days, congratulations!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I'll show everybody else what she'll get, when I know it's "safe"...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Nachdem heute auch schon Freitag ist, hier der Gewinner meines "giveaways". Die Antwort war "Mutter Natur" und Leslie hatte es richtig geraten. Herzliche Glueckwuensche Leslie, ich schicke deinen Gewinn in den naechsten paar Tagen weg. Was sie bekommt, zeige ich erst, wenn ich weiss, dass sie es erhalten hat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sEfehWSZQBo/TqqUGPUWtNI/AAAAAAAAEN0/z3SxWOsTWJ4/s1600/P1030344+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sEfehWSZQBo/TqqUGPUWtNI/AAAAAAAAEN0/z3SxWOsTWJ4/s320/P1030344+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-131801912347758158?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/131801912347758158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/boo-and-winner.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/131801912347758158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/131801912347758158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/boo-and-winner.html' title='Boo... and a winner'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SbATjnqkGiE/TqqUSGLVQII/AAAAAAAAEOE/eMKNw4Mdx-E/s72-c/P1030337+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-7005679050668554851</id><published>2011-10-26T03:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T03:49:40.879-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;On my needles right now is a shalom cardigan and I already love how it is turning out. I believe I first saw the pattern on ravelry, but I printed out the German translations for it from "Glitterhippo". The yarn I'm using is Cascade eco duo,which is 70% undyed baby alpaca and 30% undeyed merino wool. It is soooo soft, I can't wait to be able to wear it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I'm really into the the yarn harlot books right now, so I'm currently reading "Free Range Knitter" by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. Just as the other ones, very funny and so very true. :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Im Augenblick stricke ich eine aermellose shalom Weste und ich bin jetzt schon sehr zufrieden wie sie aussieht. Ich glaube zuerst habe ich die Weste auf ravelry gesehen, aber die Anleitung habe ich mir in deutsch bei "&lt;a href="http://glitterhippo.twoday.net/"&gt;Glitterhippo&lt;/a&gt;" ausgedruckt. Die Wolle die ich fuer die Weste nehme ist Cascade eco duo, sie besteht zu 70% aus ungefaerbter Baby Alpaca und 30% ungefaerbter Merino Wolle. Sie ist super weich und ich freue mich jetzt schon darauf die Weste zum ersten Mal zu tragen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich bin im Moment der volle Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Fan und lese wieder ein Buch von ihr. Dieses heisst "Free Range Knitter" und ist genauso witzig geschrieben wie die anderen die ich schon von ihr gelesen habe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HkZxfHytx1Q/TqcSy1hV8ZI/AAAAAAAAENk/Qt28jO_YMaY/s1600/P1030329+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HkZxfHytx1Q/TqcSy1hV8ZI/AAAAAAAAENk/Qt28jO_YMaY/s320/P1030329+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The scarf was finished and blocked during our fall break.Can't wait to wear this one, either. :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Den Schal habe ich waehrend der Herbstferien fertig gestrickt. Freu mich auch darauf ihn bald tragen zu koennen. :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iGHEa4jqijw/TqcTT2bXh8I/AAAAAAAAENs/Yb4q-TDrGPU/s1600/P1030301+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iGHEa4jqijw/TqcTT2bXh8I/AAAAAAAAENs/Yb4q-TDrGPU/s320/P1030301+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Now that you've seen my knitting and reading, go over to &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/10/yarn-along_26.html"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; and see what everybody else is up to.&lt;br /&gt;Jetzt wo ihr gesehen habt was ich stricke und lese, schaut mal bei Ginny vorbei und seht was andere so machen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: Don't forget about the &lt;a href="http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/giveaway.html"&gt;giveaway&lt;/a&gt;, I'll draw the winner in two days...&lt;br /&gt;PS: Denkt an den giveaway, ich ziehe den Gewinner in zwei Tagen...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-7005679050668554851?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/7005679050668554851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/yarn-along_26.html#comment-form' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7005679050668554851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7005679050668554851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/yarn-along_26.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HkZxfHytx1Q/TqcSy1hV8ZI/AAAAAAAAENk/Qt28jO_YMaY/s72-c/P1030329+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-6348365583570590076</id><published>2011-10-24T06:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T06:02:01.416-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pets'/><title type='text'>Tutorial...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;How to humiliate your dog.... in our case, just add water and take pictures...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Don't feel too bad for her though, she had rolled in some putrid, horrible smelling stuff and REALLY needed this bath.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wie man seinen Hund demuetigen kann... in diesem Fall braucht man nur Wasser und eine Kamera...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ihr muesst aber nicht allzuviel Mitleid mit Savvy haben, sie hatte sich vorher in etwas ekligem, stinkigem gerollt und musste unbedingt gebaden werden.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MkfoBtOf0_s/TqVfUOsAD5I/AAAAAAAAENM/ChP8bQ4WbUE/s1600/P1030311+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MkfoBtOf0_s/TqVfUOsAD5I/AAAAAAAAENM/ChP8bQ4WbUE/s320/P1030311+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Don't look at me...&lt;br /&gt;Schau mich nicht an...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KLU_91G9w8U/TqVfXtlDM4I/AAAAAAAAENU/ky7VRWYhXJ0/s1600/P1030312+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KLU_91G9w8U/TqVfXtlDM4I/AAAAAAAAENU/ky7VRWYhXJ0/s320/P1030312+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nope, not looking at you either...&lt;br /&gt;Blickkontakt auf alle Faelle vermeiden...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t71-IeeHuN4/TqVfbKDoAWI/AAAAAAAAENc/xsIKdjc34RA/s1600/P1030313+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t71-IeeHuN4/TqVfbKDoAWI/AAAAAAAAENc/xsIKdjc34RA/s320/P1030313+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Almost done, until she rolls in some grody stuff again. And there will be a next time, there always is...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Fast fertig, bis sie sich wieder in etwas ekelhaftem rollt. Und das passiert auf alle Faelle...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8rGSru3p37o/TqVfQ-XT6TI/AAAAAAAAENE/G5ewbLZF06g/s1600/P1030315+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8rGSru3p37o/TqVfQ-XT6TI/AAAAAAAAENE/G5ewbLZF06g/s320/P1030315+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Don't forget about the &lt;a href="http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/giveaway.html"&gt;giveaway&lt;/a&gt;, I'll draw the winner this Friday. :-)&lt;br /&gt;Vergesst den giveaway nicht, am Freitag ziehe ich den Gewinner. :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-6348365583570590076?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/6348365583570590076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/tutorial.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6348365583570590076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6348365583570590076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/tutorial.html' title='Tutorial...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MkfoBtOf0_s/TqVfUOsAD5I/AAAAAAAAENM/ChP8bQ4WbUE/s72-c/P1030311+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-5287799881258312972</id><published>2011-10-22T06:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T06:15:55.185-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entertainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Giveaway....</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Last night was our monthly Bunco at a friends house. With Halloween right around the corner, we all got dressed up and brought "halloweeny" food. Now all the woman in the bunco group are very, very creative and not one person wore a store bought outfit. The pressure was on...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;So here's the giveaway part: Who or what am I? I think it's pretty easy, so go ahead and guess. I will draw a &amp;nbsp;winner next Friday, but the prize will be a surprise. :-)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This is not a ploy to get more followers, but if you are a follower, let me know and I'll put your name in the drawing twice. (After all you are the ones that come here reading...)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Gestern Abend war unser monatliches Bunco Treffen. Da Halloween ja in einer Woche ist, haben wir alle beschlossen uns zu verkleiden und auch das passende Essen mitzubringen. Hier muss ich gleich mal sagen, dass meine Bunco Freundinnen sehr kreativ sind und nicht eine einzige ein gekauftes Kostuem anhatte!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Hier ist nur der giveaway: Ratet wer oder was ich bin, ist meiner Meinung nach ganz einfach. Ich ziehe den Gewinner naechsten Freitag, der Gewinn selbst ist aber eine Ueberraschung. :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich will hiermit auch nicht nach neuen followern "jagen", aber wenn ihr ein follower seit, lasst es mich wissen. Da ihr ja auch die seit, die hier vorbei kommen und lesen, kommt euer Name zwei mal in den Lostopf.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sAOewN7Z7jE/TqK-9JX0xxI/AAAAAAAAEM8/uswRaSoKvz0/s1600/P1030286+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sAOewN7Z7jE/TqK-9JX0xxI/AAAAAAAAEM8/uswRaSoKvz0/s320/P1030286+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UtHEnoZ4q1o/TqK-3w1qNwI/AAAAAAAAEM0/zFcJfs_CO5w/s1600/P1030289+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UtHEnoZ4q1o/TqK-3w1qNwI/AAAAAAAAEM0/zFcJfs_CO5w/s320/P1030289+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5287799881258312972?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5287799881258312972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/giveaway.html#comment-form' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5287799881258312972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5287799881258312972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/giveaway.html' title='Giveaway....'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sAOewN7Z7jE/TqK-9JX0xxI/AAAAAAAAEM8/uswRaSoKvz0/s72-c/P1030286+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-4592840834670125975</id><published>2011-10-21T11:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T11:34:59.601-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>As random as it gets...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Alright, there really is no rhyme or reason to this post, just a few pictures that were taken during our fall break. Which I can't believe is almost over, the week just flew by...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Saturday we went out for Greg's Birthday and afterward went up to Burritt on the mountain. We thought they had their annual "Indian Heritage Festival" again and were really looking forward to it. Once we got there, we realized they had changed it to an "International Heritage Festival" this year. It was ok, but it really didn't knock our socks of. We had enjoyed last year's festival a whole lot more, but at least it was a beautiful day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diese blog post ist ein bissl "quer durch den Gemuesegarten", einfach ein paar Photos von unseren Herbstferien. Die eigentlich schon so gut wie vorbei sind, Montag geht es schon wieder in die Schule. Die Woche ist viel zu schnell vergangen...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Am Samstag sind wir miteinander fuer Greg's Geburtstag zum Essen gegangen und danach hoch zu Burritt on the mountain. Wir dachten sie haetten ihr jaehrliches "Indian Heritage Festival" und da es uns letztes Jahr so gut gefallen hatte, haben wir und total darauf gefreut. Als wir dort waren, mussten wir leider feststellen, dass es dieses Jahr ein "International Heritage Festival" war. Wir waren alle ein bissl enttaeuscht, es hat uns einfach nicht so gut gefallen. Zumindest war es ein wunderschoener sonniger Tag...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-boOEL1GNJOE/TqGx5-l0AyI/AAAAAAAAEME/zb8BJ4YiRKE/s1600/P1030235+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-boOEL1GNJOE/TqGx5-l0AyI/AAAAAAAAEME/zb8BJ4YiRKE/s320/P1030235+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;On the way to Burritt I saw a new (to me) yarn store. I asked Greg if he would mind stopping on the way back home and I am so glad he was ok with it. They had some gorgeous yarn, and once I picked some, &amp;nbsp;found out it was 40% off. SCORE!!!&lt;br /&gt;Auf dem Weg zu Burritt habe ich einen (fuer mich) neuen Wollladen entdeckt. Ich bin froh, dass Greg kein Problem hatte auf dem Heimweg mal "kurz" anzuhalten - sie hatten ganz tolle Wolle. Nachdem ich mir welche ausgesucht hatte, wurde mir gesagt, dass sie 40% reduziert ist!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aFB8CQ6X6Q0/TqGyCmWKGrI/AAAAAAAAEMM/lp8BlmK8yAA/s1600/P1030254+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aFB8CQ6X6Q0/TqGyCmWKGrI/AAAAAAAAEMM/lp8BlmK8yAA/s320/P1030254+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Monday was Greg's birthday! We didn't really celebrate too much, but the girls did give him an Alabama Crimson Tide sweater. Roll Tide!&lt;br /&gt;Montag war dann Greg's Geburtstag! Wir haben zwar nicht viel gefeiert, aber die Maedels haben ihm ein Sweatshirt von dem Alabama football team geschenkt. Roll Tide!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HIeIPJwL1cA/TqGyGWWd_pI/AAAAAAAAEMU/Sqx3uE6E-pM/s1600/P1030259+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HIeIPJwL1cA/TqGyGWWd_pI/AAAAAAAAEMU/Sqx3uE6E-pM/s320/P1030259+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Guess who finally showed up on Tuesday?? The guy that was supposed to remove the tree stumps we still had in the front yard. I had called them (again) on Monday and I'm pretty sure they had forgotten about us.&lt;br /&gt;Ratet mal wer am Dienstag endlich aufgetaucht ist? Der Mann der uns die Baeumwurzeln im Vorgarten entfernen sollte. Ich hatte am Montag (mal wieder) dort angerufen und ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass sie uns vergessen hatten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3xiey74nN7Q/TqGyKy9DjbI/AAAAAAAAEMc/kp0OIxDtB-Q/s1600/P1030270+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3xiey74nN7Q/TqGyKy9DjbI/AAAAAAAAEMc/kp0OIxDtB-Q/s320/P1030270+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This is the front yard right now. We need to remove the piles of mulch and go get some new trees. &amp;nbsp;If everything goes right, we plan on doing that tomorrow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;So sieht der Vorgarten momentan aus. Wir muessen die Berge Torfmull nun noch wegraeumen und neue Baeume pflanzen. Wenn nichts dazwischen kommt, wollen wir morgen welche kaufen gehen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UKggT9_fGqQ/TqGyO93V_VI/AAAAAAAAEMk/CfD4gN1w31A/s1600/P1030271+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UKggT9_fGqQ/TqGyO93V_VI/AAAAAAAAEMk/CfD4gN1w31A/s320/P1030271+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Tonight is my monthly Bunco night with friends and we're doing a Halloween theme. Everybody is supposed to dress up and bring some Halloween goodies. I made a "spiderweb dip" and some "spooky tortilla chips".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Heute Abend ist mein monatlicher Bunco Abend mit Freundinnen. Da ja bald Halloween ist, kommt heute jeder verkleidet und bringt auch das passende Essen dazu mit. Ich habe einen "Spinnenweben Dip" und "gruselige Tortilla Chips" gemacht.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D_vx7JyEkeM/TqGyThYpfFI/AAAAAAAAEMs/k6fq3W6sL_w/s1600/P1030281+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D_vx7JyEkeM/TqGyThYpfFI/AAAAAAAAEMs/k6fq3W6sL_w/s320/P1030281+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gXN8_0PdaEU/TqGxzVMLLvI/AAAAAAAAEL8/IyXychIZCgg/s1600/P1030283+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gXN8_0PdaEU/TqGxzVMLLvI/AAAAAAAAEL8/IyXychIZCgg/s320/P1030283+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Spiderweb dip:&lt;br /&gt;Combine 8 oz of cream cheese with 8 oz of salsa in a blender or food processor. Put in serving dish and top with 1/2 cup guacamole. Put about 2 tbs sour creme in pastry bag and make spiderweb on top.&lt;br /&gt;Spooky tortilla chips:&lt;br /&gt;Get different colored tortillas and cut out spooky shapes. Preheat oven to 350, spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. Place chips on cookie sheets, spray lightly with cooking spray and salt lightly. Bake for 5 - 7 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack.&lt;br /&gt;Spinnweben Dip:&lt;br /&gt;Vermische 225 g Philadelphia mit ca. 225g Salsa in einem Mixer. Gib die Mischung in eine Glasschuessel und gebe ca. 1/2 Tasse Guacamole darauf. Nun gibt man ca. 2 Essl. saure Sahne in einen Spritzbeutel und macht damit die Spinnenwebe darauf.&lt;br /&gt;Gruselige Tortilla Chips:&lt;br /&gt;Man benoetigt hierfuer Tortillas in verschiedenen Farben und sticht dann mit Plaetzchenausstechern die Chips aus. Den Ofen auf 180 vorheizen und nun Backbleche einspruehen. (Wie diese cooking sprays in deutsch heissen, weiss ich leider nicht.) Die ausgestochenen Chips auf das Blech legen, ein bissl einspruehen und dann etwas salzen. Fuer 5-7 Minuten backen und komplett abkuehlen lassen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-4592840834670125975?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/4592840834670125975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/as-random-as-it-gets.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4592840834670125975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4592840834670125975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/as-random-as-it-gets.html' title='As random as it gets...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-boOEL1GNJOE/TqGx5-l0AyI/AAAAAAAAEME/zb8BJ4YiRKE/s72-c/P1030235+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-1831536973217460226</id><published>2011-10-19T04:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T04:03:56.957-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;It is that time of the week again, time to participate in &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/10/yarn-along_19.html"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; yarn along. Seems like I did that just yesterday... Time is flying by right now...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Since my right hand has been bothering me a bit more lately, I did not get much further with the scarf. Thankfully I'm knitting it for myself and don't have a deadline...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I started reading the Yarn Harlot yesterday and I'm already half way through it, just can't seem to put it down. If you are a knitter, you HAVE TO read this book. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is witty, funny and her writing is fabulous!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich kann es nicht glaube, dass schon wieder eine Woche rum ist und es schon wieder Zeit fuer Ginny's yarn along ist. Die Zeit vergeht momentan wie im Flug...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Nachdem ich im Augenblick wieder etwas Probleme mit meiner rechten Hand habe, bin ich mit dem Schal nicht sehr viel weiter gekommen. Bin froh, dass er fuer mich ist, und ich ihn nicht zu einer bestimmten Zeit fertig haben soll...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Gestern habe ich mit dem Buch "Yarn Harlot" angefangen und bin schon halb fertig damit. Ich kann es einfach nicht aus der Hand legen. Wenn ihr strickt, MUESST ihr das Buch lesen! Stephanie Pear-McPhee schreibt total witzig und ihre Buecher sind super!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VKA0PSSeNO4/Tp23aWhTjaI/AAAAAAAAEL0/7H-P_gJPUfw/s1600/P1030266+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VKA0PSSeNO4/Tp23aWhTjaI/AAAAAAAAEL0/7H-P_gJPUfw/s320/P1030266+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-1831536973217460226?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/1831536973217460226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/yarn-along_19.html#comment-form' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1831536973217460226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1831536973217460226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/yarn-along_19.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VKA0PSSeNO4/Tp23aWhTjaI/AAAAAAAAEL0/7H-P_gJPUfw/s72-c/P1030266+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-8325600258519790293</id><published>2011-10-13T13:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T13:10:22.588-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>Yum</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Lots of green tomatoes =&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Viele gruene Tomaten =&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DYiHwGQ1uWw/TpdB4pKn2zI/AAAAAAAAELk/pS3L8EsvWwM/s1600/P1030222+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DYiHwGQ1uWw/TpdB4pKn2zI/AAAAAAAAELk/pS3L8EsvWwM/s320/P1030222+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2009/09/green-tomato-salsa.html"&gt;green tomato salsa.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;gruene Tomaten Salsa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k26CeLUrwuo/TpdCBSuPwII/AAAAAAAAELs/MeRMQIMPK2A/s1600/P1030031+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"&gt;Last night I got started on another triangular scarf. Seems like I can't get enough of those at the moment - even if it is still too warm to wear them. The yarn is "Drachenwolle" (from Germany) and was sent to me as a birthday gift from Marion. The photo doesn't do the yarn justice, it's a beautiful color and wonderful to kit with. The pattern is a free ravelry download called "Triangular scarf with eyelet rows".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I started reading "Meditations for women who knit too much" by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee last night and love, love, love it! Seems like every page/paragraph make me say "that's me".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;To give you and idea, here is a page from the book:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;- We cannot wast time. We can only waste ourselves. &amp;nbsp;George M. Adams&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Sometimes, people come up to me when I am knitting and they say things like, "Oh, I wish I could knit, but I'm just not the kind of person who can sit and waste time like that." How can knitting be wasting time? First, I never just knit; I knit and think, knit and listen, knit and watch. Second, you aren't wasting time if you get a useful or beautiful object at the end of it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I will remember that not everyone understands. I will resist the urge to ask others what they do when they watch TV. -&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;How can you not love this book!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Gestern Abend habe ich wieder ein Dreieckstuch angefangen. Im Moment stricke ich diese Tuecher unwahrscheinlich gerne - auch wenn es noch viel zu warm ist sie tragen. Die Wolle ist "Drachenwolle" und war ein Geburtstagsgeschenk von &lt;a href="http://marionsbuntehandarbeitswelt.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marion&lt;/a&gt;. (Nochmals ganz vielen herzlichen Dank!) Das Bild bringt die wunderschoenen Farben leider gar nicht so gut zur Geltung, aber die Wolle ist ein Traum. Farblich und zu stricken.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Seit gestern Abend lese ich "Meditations for women who knit too much" bei Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. Ist ein tolles Buch, und ich erkenne mich auf jeder Seite wieder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H2MgT7UURvM/TpWFRFML-VI/AAAAAAAAELU/ttVH2J7tBPw/s1600/P1030230+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H2MgT7UURvM/TpWFRFML-VI/AAAAAAAAELU/ttVH2J7tBPw/s320/P1030230+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Before I started the triangular scarf last night, I finished Nadia's scarf. I have decided that I will never knit with novelty yarn again! Personally I had no fun knitting with it whatsoever. It didn't feel good knitting and it was very hard to see the stitches with the fuzzy yarn. The good thing about it, Nadia LOVES the scarf. (Guess that's why she gave me the yarn as a present. ) She pretty much wore it around all night last night and &amp;nbsp;that makes the whole thing worth it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Bevor ich mit dem Tuch angefangen habe, habe ich Nadia's Schal fertig gestrickt. Ich habe beschlossen nie mehr mit "novelty yarn" zu stricken. Das Stricken selbst hat ueberhaupt keinen Spass gemacht. Es hat sich nicht gut angefuehlt und die Maschen waren sehr schwer zu erkennen. Das Gute an der Sache ist, dass Nadia den Schal LIEBT! (Darum hat sie mir wohl auch die Wolle geschenkt.) Sie hat ihn gestern den ganzen Abend getragen und das macht das die ganze Sache dann doch wieder wert.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jkcmp93aJcU/TpWFZckUTAI/AAAAAAAAELc/HUQSLSJKs9Y/s1600/P1030226+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jkcmp93aJcU/TpWFZckUTAI/AAAAAAAAELc/HUQSLSJKs9Y/s320/P1030226+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/10/yarn-along_12.html"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; blog and what everybody else is up to.&lt;br /&gt;Schaut mal bei Ginny vorbei und seht was alle anderen so stricken und lesen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5723838261396495807?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5723838261396495807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/yarn-along_12.html#comment-form' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5723838261396495807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5723838261396495807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/yarn-along_12.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H2MgT7UURvM/TpWFRFML-VI/AAAAAAAAELU/ttVH2J7tBPw/s72-c/P1030230+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-1411092426312198315</id><published>2011-10-09T14:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T14:31:53.050-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crochet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recycling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade gifts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Just a few crafty things...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I had a few moments here and there and got a little crafty...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The idea for this t-shirt is from&lt;a href="http://choosetothrive.blogspot.com/2011/09/designer-inspired-halloween-t-shirts.html"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt;. I thought it was really cute and something I could even wear to work for Halloween.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich hatte ueber's Wochenende ein bissl Zeit hier und da zu basteln/naehen/stricken...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Idee fuer dieses T-shirt ist von hier. Ich fand es einfach niedlich und dachte ich koennte es auch auf die Arbeit fuer Halloween anziehen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LrRv1PKH1Ns/TpIL_hkTGoI/AAAAAAAAELE/atZ_MhU_o0Y/s1600/P1030204+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LrRv1PKH1Ns/TpIL_hkTGoI/AAAAAAAAELE/atZ_MhU_o0Y/s320/P1030204+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I pretty much just copied the skull right off the screen, ironed interfacing onto some fabric I had on hand and then sewed it on to be sure it would stay put. I added the features with fabric paint and crocheted the little flower. The cost for the t-shirt? $ 2.50 on sale at JoAnn's...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich habe den Totenkopf direkt vom Bildschirm kopiert, Vlieseline auf Stoff &lt;/div&gt;(den ich schon hatte) aufgebuegelt und das Ganze dann noch genaeht, damit es auch wirklich haelt. Die Augen usw. habe ich mit Stoffmalfarbe aufgetragen, das Bluemchen gehaekelt und das war's schon. Gekostet hat mich das T-shirt ganze $ 2.50, da es bei JoAnn's im Angebot war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AcNQtnYpAq0/TpIL4JN9KpI/AAAAAAAAELA/QoHasAFNXOg/s1600/P1030206+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AcNQtnYpAq0/TpIL4JN9KpI/AAAAAAAAELA/QoHasAFNXOg/s320/P1030206+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;I thought of this t-shirt while making the other one. The girls liked this one so much, they asked me to make one for each one of them. Guess I'll be going back to JoAnn's for more t-shirts this week...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Idee fuer dieses T-shirt kam mir waehrend ich das andere genaeht habe. Den Maedels hat dieses so gut gefallen, dass sie nun beide auch eines moechten. Werde wohl die Tage nochmal T-shirts kaufen gehen...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yu1wKlikg4k/TpIMK2atmkI/AAAAAAAAELI/kg2D9XkXgrE/s1600/P1030205+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yu1wKlikg4k/TpIMK2atmkI/AAAAAAAAELI/kg2D9XkXgrE/s320/P1030205+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Remember the gift bag I made out of an old dress shirt? I still had one shirt front left and whipped up another one. This one is for a very "girly" girl about to turn 4, so I thought the lace would look cute.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Koennt ihr euch noch an die Geschenks"tuete" erinnern die ich aus einem alten Hemd genaeht habe? Ich hatte noch ein Vorderteil des Hemdes uebrig und daraus habe ich heute noch eine Tasche genaeht. Diese ist fuer ein suesses Maedel das bald 4 wird, und ich dachte die Spitze wuerde sich da gut machen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dz9lfSQfYSQ/TpIMUcsz_CI/AAAAAAAAELM/Cx5_JVLtAdQ/s1600/P1030212+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dz9lfSQfYSQ/TpIMUcsz_CI/AAAAAAAAELM/Cx5_JVLtAdQ/s320/P1030212+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Part of the present that will go into the bag is the scarf I finished last night. I'm still thinking about what else I'll put into the bag...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ein Teil des Geschenkes das in die Tasche kommt ist dieser Schal den ich gestern fertig gestrickt habe. Ich bin noch am Ueberlegen, was ich sonst noch rein tun koennte...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-loyMEXJEefE/TpIMYoRTO-I/AAAAAAAAELQ/ClZcLQ-Cyac/s1600/P1030209+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-loyMEXJEefE/TpIMYoRTO-I/AAAAAAAAELQ/ClZcLQ-Cyac/s320/P1030209+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-1411092426312198315?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/1411092426312198315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/just-few-crafty-things.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1411092426312198315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1411092426312198315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/just-few-crafty-things.html' title='Just a few crafty things...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LrRv1PKH1Ns/TpIL_hkTGoI/AAAAAAAAELE/atZ_MhU_o0Y/s72-c/P1030204+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-6462641081650644344</id><published>2011-10-05T12:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T12:12:17.777-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;In all the years I have been knitting, I have never had two projects at a time on the needles! I'm more a "get one done before starting the next" project kind of gal...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The very colorful yarn in the back was a birthday gift from Nadia. Knowing how much I enjoy knitting, she went and got me a few skeins as a gift. As much as I like colorful things, this yarn is a bit too colorful for me. BUT Nadia loves it, so I'm knitting a scarf for her. It's a win - win, I get to knit and she gets a scarf. (She really loves this yarn!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The pinkish yarn in the front was a gift from my secret pal at work last year. Not something I would have bought, but as with the other yarn, it's the thought that counts. I started knitting a scarf out if it last night for a little girl who's birthday is coming up. That's also why the other one got put on hold...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The book I started on yesterday is called "Sandcastles" by Luanne Rice. I did not get very far yet, but I've read several other's written by her and enjoyed them all. Very quick and easy reads...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;In all den Jahren in denen ich nun schon stricke habe ich noch nie zwei Sachen gleichzeitig auf den Nadeln gehabt. Normalerweise mache ich immer ein Projekt fertig, bevor ich ein neues anfange.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die extrem bunte Wolle war ein Geburtstagsgeschenk von Nadia. Sie weiss wie gerne ich stricke und hat mir deshalb Wolle als Geschenk ausgesucht. Ich muss sagen, obwohl ich bunte Sachen sehr gerne mag, ist sie mir doch etwas zu bunt. Nadia ist von ihr aber so begeistert, dass ich ihr daraus nun einen Schal stricke. So haben wir nun beide was davon, ich kann stricken und sie bekommt einen neuen Schal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die rosa Wolle im Vordergrund war ein Geschenk von meinem "secret pal" auf der Arbeit. Ich selbst haette sie wohl auch nicht ausgesucht, aber es ist der Gedanke der zaehlt. Gestern Abend habe ich angefangen einen Schal fuer ein Maedel zu stricken, das bald Geburtstag hat. Deshalb habe ich auch den anderen Schal beiseite gelegt...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Das Buch das ich gestern angefangen habe zu lesen heisst "Sandcastles" by Luanne Rice. Weit bin ich damit noch nicht gekommen, aber da ich von der Authorin schon einige gelesen habe, weiss ich das es mir gefallen wird.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-OGmTHxFro/ToxXxhGmRAI/AAAAAAAAEK4/bTe42wRxHEs/s1600/P1030202+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-OGmTHxFro/ToxXxhGmRAI/AAAAAAAAEK4/bTe42wRxHEs/s320/P1030202+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I'm kind of late posting this yarn along, so if you go over to &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/10/yarn-along.html"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; you'll see a whole bunch of people who have already posted their works of art.&lt;br /&gt;Dieses Mal bin ich ein bissl spaet dran beim yarn along mitzumachen. Wenn ihr also bei Ginny vorbei schaut, koennt ihr schon ganz viele tolle Strickarbeiten ansehen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-6462641081650644344?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/6462641081650644344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/yarn-along.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6462641081650644344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6462641081650644344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/yarn-along.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-OGmTHxFro/ToxXxhGmRAI/AAAAAAAAEK4/bTe42wRxHEs/s72-c/P1030202+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-1659102816928122120</id><published>2011-10-02T06:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T09:20:49.279-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entertainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><title type='text'>Fall Fun</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Yesterday was such a fun day! We took the girls and two of their friends to the pumpkin patch in Tennessee. This was our third&amp;nbsp;annual&amp;nbsp;trip there and every year they add a few more fun things to do. The kids had a blast and could have stayed all day!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Gestern war ein total schoener Tag und wir hatten so viel Spass miteinander! Wir sind mit den Maedels und zwei ihrer Freunde nach Tennessee zum pumpkin patch gefahren. Dies war unser dritter Ausflug dorthin und jedes Jahr haben sie ein paar neue Attraktionen fuer die Kinder. Sie hatten einen riesen Spass und waeren am liebsten den ganzen Tag geblieben!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7mZGJZ1i3BE/TohdNBSQRnI/AAAAAAAAEJ8/IJJZMMG8_vY/s1600/P1030103+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7mZGJZ1i3BE/TohdNBSQRnI/AAAAAAAAEJ8/IJJZMMG8_vY/s320/P1030103+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iMI_HGa55vo/TohdRYwjmZI/AAAAAAAAEKA/pE6e6J-MN24/s1600/P1030105+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iMI_HGa55vo/TohdRYwjmZI/AAAAAAAAEKA/pE6e6J-MN24/s320/P1030105+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The corn wagon is still a big hit! Of course that means I'll be finding lots of corn kernels in my laundry basket for the next few days... ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Der Mais Wagen ist immer noch ein grosser Hit! Fuer mich heisst das, dass ich die naechsten paar Tage immer wieder Maiskoerner in der Waesche vorfinden werde... ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x_BC477x0Tg/TohdVkpwX1I/AAAAAAAAEKE/mNUnDdve7_k/s1600/P1030109+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x_BC477x0Tg/TohdVkpwX1I/AAAAAAAAEKE/mNUnDdve7_k/s320/P1030109+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;This huge inflatable "pillow" was new this year. Greg and I went on it with the kids and it was so much fun!&lt;br /&gt;Dieses riesige aufblasbare "Kissen" war eine neue Attraktion dieses Jahr. Greg und ich sind mit den Maedels darauf herumgehuepft und es hat riesen Spass gemacht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bi-y0v3ufY8/TohdY0rSTRI/AAAAAAAAEKI/sbYrq4uY3JI/s1600/P1030118+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bi-y0v3ufY8/TohdY0rSTRI/AAAAAAAAEKI/sbYrq4uY3JI/s320/P1030118+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LaE8xUjqY1w/TohdcL211yI/AAAAAAAAEKM/NWludmoXbew/s1600/P1030125+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LaE8xUjqY1w/TohdcL211yI/AAAAAAAAEKM/NWludmoXbew/s320/P1030125+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDxzf6ISWSw/TohdgecKP1I/AAAAAAAAEKQ/wgo1piZC0hM/s1600/P1030140+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDxzf6ISWSw/TohdgecKP1I/AAAAAAAAEKQ/wgo1piZC0hM/s320/P1030140+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The petting zoo is always fun for the girls. This year they had kittens and puppies there as well. They were actually adoptable and if it was up to the girls we would have taken one home.&lt;br /&gt;Der Streichelzoo ist sehr populaer mit unseren Maedels. Dieses Jahr hatten sie kleine Kaetzchen und Hunde, die man adoptieren konnte, und wenn es nach unseren Maedels gegangen waere, haetten wir welche mit nach Hause gebracht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VD6H33gmgDQ/TohdjzEXHHI/AAAAAAAAEKU/ik1AU_gjmHc/s1600/P1030149+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VD6H33gmgDQ/TohdjzEXHHI/AAAAAAAAEKU/ik1AU_gjmHc/s320/P1030149+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e8j4EJtiOIo/Tohdnn_5wDI/AAAAAAAAEKY/COrhgTiw7Qg/s1600/P1030155+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e8j4EJtiOIo/Tohdnn_5wDI/AAAAAAAAEKY/COrhgTiw7Qg/s320/P1030155+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cxeQXIKAzEA/Tohdr3sMsfI/AAAAAAAAEKc/KysmbPgYqvs/s1600/P1030165+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cxeQXIKAzEA/Tohdr3sMsfI/AAAAAAAAEKc/KysmbPgYqvs/s320/P1030165+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aLPVJ9KHMaQ/TohdxTtg0YI/AAAAAAAAEKg/IoheFuzAUUA/s1600/P1030172+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aLPVJ9KHMaQ/TohdxTtg0YI/AAAAAAAAEKg/IoheFuzAUUA/s320/P1030172+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3TijYUu2kWw/Tohd1Lm5gEI/AAAAAAAAEKk/plLhSbA6O80/s1600/P1030175+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3TijYUu2kWw/Tohd1Lm5gEI/AAAAAAAAEKk/plLhSbA6O80/s320/P1030175+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;After we had lots of fun we went on the hayride and picked our pumpkins. The girls each picked one and they'll be carved for Halloween.&lt;br /&gt;Nachdem wir den ganzen Nachmittag Spass hatten und gespielt haben, sind wir mit dem Traktor zum pumpkin pfluecken gefahren. Hannah und Nadia haben jeweils einen pumkin ausgesucht den wir dann an Halloween dekorieren werden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FsPIOHUQ0cE/Tohd7Al1wSI/AAAAAAAAEKo/b19jGu67xIw/s1600/P1030178+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FsPIOHUQ0cE/Tohd7Al1wSI/AAAAAAAAEKo/b19jGu67xIw/s320/P1030178+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LFph804iMqI/ToheAO5XZvI/AAAAAAAAEKs/yg8m-5AygP4/s1600/P1030181+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LFph804iMqI/ToheAO5XZvI/AAAAAAAAEKs/yg8m-5AygP4/s320/P1030181+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Once we got home, we ordered pizza for the girls, they watched some movies and had fun spending the night. Now they are sitting at the breakfast table waiting for me to finish this and make pancakes...&lt;br /&gt;Nachdem wir nach hause kamen, haben wir Pizza fuer die Meute bestellt, sie haben Filme geschaut und sind dann spaet ins Bett. Jetzt sitzen sie am Fruehstueckstisch, haben Hunger und warten darauf dass ich hier fertig bin und Pfannkuchen fuer alle mache...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-1659102816928122120?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/1659102816928122120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-fun.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1659102816928122120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1659102816928122120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-fun.html' title='Fall Fun'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7mZGJZ1i3BE/TohdNBSQRnI/AAAAAAAAEJ8/IJJZMMG8_vY/s72-c/P1030103+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-7023282466747353191</id><published>2011-10-01T10:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-01T10:19:46.598-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recycling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thrift store finds'/><title type='text'>Before and after...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Recently I decided to give a few things from around the house an overhaul. It always amazes me what a coat of (spray) paint can do.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This little table/plant stand was a $ 4.- thrift store find. It sat just like it is in the sunroom for a while. Boring...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die letzten paar Tage habe ich damit verbracht, ein paar Sachen die wir schon laenger haben etwas aufzumoebeln. Ich bin immer wieder ueberrascht was fuer einen Unterschied ein bissl Farbe machen kann.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diesen kleinen Tisch/Pflanzenstaender habe ich schon vor einiger Zeit fuer $ 4.- im Second Hand Laden gekauft. So langweilig wie er hier ist, stand er fuer ein paar Wochen im Sonnenzimmer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f0nNyl20TS0/TodE-qwB56I/AAAAAAAAEJc/ciyKx3qbv7c/s1600/P1020942+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f0nNyl20TS0/TodE-qwB56I/AAAAAAAAEJc/ciyKx3qbv7c/s320/P1020942+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Here it is painted red (leftover from painting the lamp) and with a decoupaged top. It was pretty scratched up and this covered it nicely.&lt;br /&gt;Hier ist das Tischlein nachdem ich es rot (uebrig von der Stehlampe) lackiert, und die Oberflaeche mit Papier beklebt habe. Die Oberflaeche war sehr zerkratzt und das Papier "versteckt" die Kratzer ganz einfach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jlSk9I2uiCg/TodFB4F5J8I/AAAAAAAAEJg/sVsTEuPOAt0/s1600/P1020953+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jlSk9I2uiCg/TodFB4F5J8I/AAAAAAAAEJg/sVsTEuPOAt0/s320/P1020953+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;I was still not completely happy with the table and so I covered the top with glass nuggets. Now it is a really nice plant stand and I don't have to worry about scratching up the top anymore.&lt;br /&gt;Ich war mit dem Tisch immer noch nicht ganz zufrieden und so habe ich die Oberflaeche mit Glassteinen beklebt. Jetzt ist es ein perfekter kleiner Pflanzenstaender und ich muss mir keine Gedanken um die Oberflaeche mehr machen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zv9DMSE3GPE/TodFJgONl0I/AAAAAAAAEJk/Drl-dIoXFH4/s1600/P1030101+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zv9DMSE3GPE/TodFJgONl0I/AAAAAAAAEJk/Drl-dIoXFH4/s320/P1030101+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This "beauty" was hanging in our guest bathroom when we bought the house. Since we have a nautical/beach thing going on in the bathroom, we left it hanging there - for almost 5 years!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diese "Schoenheit" hing schon in unserem Gaestebad als wir das Haus gekauft hatten. Da das Bad mit Muscheln, Booten usw, dekoriert ist, haben wir es einfach haengen gelassen - fuer 5 Jahre!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Xr-t6Iyo_8/TodFWYicVLI/AAAAAAAAEJo/uvyCL6iq28I/s1600/P1030040+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Xr-t6Iyo_8/TodFWYicVLI/AAAAAAAAEJo/uvyCL6iq28I/s320/P1030040+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;A coat of white spray paint, some burlap from my stash and some seashells later, this is what it looks like now.&lt;br /&gt;Mit weisser Farbe lackiert, Sackleinen bespannt und mit Muscheln beklebt sieht das Ganze nun so aus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NiTYRLwkT7g/TodFaEcEvzI/AAAAAAAAEJs/KgKNuqkixdA/s1600/P1030043+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NiTYRLwkT7g/TodFaEcEvzI/AAAAAAAAEJs/KgKNuqkixdA/s320/P1030043+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;I'm still debating whether or not to paint the little shelf - it was also in the bathroom when we bought the house. What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;Ich bin noch am Ueberlegen ob ich das Regal auch lackierten soll - es war auch im Haus als wir es gekauft haben. Was denkt ihr?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--WgqOxmAgpw/TodFdWp7-QI/AAAAAAAAEJw/js9iW7jv98M/s1600/P1030044+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--WgqOxmAgpw/TodFdWp7-QI/AAAAAAAAEJw/js9iW7jv98M/s320/P1030044+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This plant stand was a thrift store find sometime last year. It spent the summer outside, the winter inside and then back outside this summer. Needless to say it didn't look so hot... I've been thinking about painting it from the beginning, but wasn't sure which color to choose.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Dieser Pflanzenstaender hatte ich schon letztes Jahr im Second Hand Laden gefunden. Er stand im Sommer draussen, kam im Winter ins Haus, und hat auch diesen Sommer wieder draussen verbracht. Wie man sieht, hat er ganz schoen gelitten... Ich hatte schon von Anfang an ueberlegt ihn neu zu lackieren, war mir aber nicht sicher in welcher Farbe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fbZgpXq6s1g/TodFv3ya2aI/AAAAAAAAEJ0/_jLZ5G2hlaU/s1600/P1030090+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fbZgpXq6s1g/TodFv3ya2aI/AAAAAAAAEJ0/_jLZ5G2hlaU/s320/P1030090+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;I decided I liked the turquoise color and just cleaned it up good and gave it a new coat. A bit hard to see in the photo, but it does make a huge difference.&lt;br /&gt;Ich habe letztendlich beschlossen, dass mir die tuerkise Farbe gefaellt und habe es damit neu lackiert. Man sieht es auf dem Bild nicht ganz so gut, aber es macht einen grossen Unterschied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTqQr0Scdqs/TodFz8BazmI/AAAAAAAAEJ4/S4hNmRQ-EQQ/s1600/P1030099+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTqQr0Scdqs/TodFz8BazmI/AAAAAAAAEJ4/S4hNmRQ-EQQ/s320/P1030099+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-7023282466747353191?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/7023282466747353191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/before-and-after.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7023282466747353191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7023282466747353191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/10/before-and-after.html' title='Before and after...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f0nNyl20TS0/TodE-qwB56I/AAAAAAAAEJc/ciyKx3qbv7c/s72-c/P1020942+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-904935905909677671</id><published>2011-09-29T12:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T12:48:48.338-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baking'/><title type='text'>Italian plum pie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I was so happy the other day, when I found Italian plums in our commissary. They are kind of hard to find around here, so I made sure I snatched a whole bunch of them. We've mainly been eating them as a snack, but yesterday I turned some of them into a pie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;For the dough combine the following (cold) ingredients. You could do it by hand or do what I did and throw everything into the food processor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;200 g flour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;1/4 tsp baking powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;a dash of salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;50 - 60 g sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;120 - 140 g butter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;1 egg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;1tbs either sour cream, wine, rum, milk or water. (I used water.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Press dough into springform pan, then brush with melted butter. Refrigerate. Preheat oven to 400.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Tage haette ich einen Freudentanz auffuehren koennen als ich Zwetschgen in unserer Commissary fand. Man findet sie hier leider viel zu selten, und wenn ich sie mal auftreibe, schlage ich gleich richtig zu. Den Grossteil der Zwetschgen essen wir einfach so als Snack, aber gestern habe ich mit einem Teil davon einen Zwetschgenkuchen gebacken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Fuer den Teig die folgenden (kalten) Zutaten vermischen. Man kann es mit der Hand verkneten, oder wie ich in der Kuechenmaschine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;200 g Mehl&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;eine Messerspitze Backpulver&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;1 Prise Salz&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;50 -60 g Zucker&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;ein Paeckchen Vanillezucker&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;120 - 140 g Butter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;1 Ei&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;1 Essl. entweder saurer Rahm, Wein, Rum, Milch oder Wasser &amp;nbsp;(Ich habe einfach Wasser genommen.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Den Teig in eine Sprinform druecken, mit geschmolzener Butter bestreichen und dann kalt stellen. Ofen auf 200 vorheizen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8DKQl6EAiFs/ToTF5BiRznI/AAAAAAAAEJI/YQoDhncKGEo/s1600/P1030078+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8DKQl6EAiFs/ToTF5BiRznI/AAAAAAAAEJI/YQoDhncKGEo/s320/P1030078+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Cut up about 750 g Italian plums (you could use apples or cherries as well) and put into springform pan.&lt;br /&gt;750 g Zwetschgen entsteinen, schneiden und damit den Teigboden belegen. (Man koennte auch Aepfel oder Kirschen anstatt der Zwetschgen nehmen.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R1QsD1L0qac/ToTF_AqVp8I/AAAAAAAAEJM/Nzu5HaEvoPI/s1600/P1030080+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R1QsD1L0qac/ToTF_AqVp8I/AAAAAAAAEJM/Nzu5HaEvoPI/s320/P1030080+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;For the streusel combine 100 g flour, 70g sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 70 g butter. I used a pastry cutter and worked it until the streusel started to form. Top plums with this mixture.&lt;br /&gt;Fuer die Streusel 100 g Mehl, 70 g Zucker, 1/2 Teel Zimt und 70 g Butter verkneten. Ich habe hierfuer einen amerikanischen pastry cutter genommen. Nun die Streusel auf die Zwetschgen geben.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J1xZWCqx1Pk/ToTGEQEwnzI/AAAAAAAAEJQ/X0PXkUB7XSI/s1600/P1030081+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J1xZWCqx1Pk/ToTGEQEwnzI/AAAAAAAAEJQ/X0PXkUB7XSI/s320/P1030081+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Bake at 400 for 30 to 45 minutes - mine took about 35 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;Bei 200 fuer 30 bis 45 Minuten backen - mein Kuchen hat ca 35 Minuten gebraucht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bh_SFElvWh4/ToTGJdfjOAI/AAAAAAAAEJU/q1SU3Es8Y3M/s1600/P1030087+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bh_SFElvWh4/ToTGJdfjOAI/AAAAAAAAEJU/q1SU3Es8Y3M/s320/P1030087+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you can wait, let it cool and enjoy. I have to say this is a fabulous pie, not very sweet and oh so good.&lt;br /&gt;Wenn ihr es abwarten koennt, lasst den Kuchen abkuehlen und geniesst ihn. Ich muss sagen ich finde das Rezept fabelhaft, nicht zu suess und total lecker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HfX-JpY3lBQ/ToTGM2cXBsI/AAAAAAAAEJY/jPlAe0Zl_Qw/s1600/P1030088+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HfX-JpY3lBQ/ToTGM2cXBsI/AAAAAAAAEJY/jPlAe0Zl_Qw/s320/P1030088+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-904935905909677671?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/904935905909677671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/italian-plum-pie.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/904935905909677671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/904935905909677671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/italian-plum-pie.html' title='Italian plum pie'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8DKQl6EAiFs/ToTF5BiRznI/AAAAAAAAEJI/YQoDhncKGEo/s72-c/P1030078+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-5834777183517477765</id><published>2011-09-27T12:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T12:39:51.848-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>The garden in September</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;We woke up to temperatures in the 50's and fog this morning. Everything looked so pretty and it really felt like fall had arrived.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Heute frueh sind wir zu Temperaturen so um die 13 Grad und Nebel aufgewacht. Alles sah so schoen aus, und man hatte wirklich das Gefuehlt, dass es nun Herbst ist.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DbwCaLySdcU/ToIft5e_6kI/AAAAAAAAEIk/c_86YPP-MYc/s1600/P1030051+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DbwCaLySdcU/ToIft5e_6kI/AAAAAAAAEIk/c_86YPP-MYc/s320/P1030051+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xk43j6sE_98/ToIfy8gZ4eI/AAAAAAAAEIo/QDjjciLmSIk/s1600/P1030052+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xk43j6sE_98/ToIfy8gZ4eI/AAAAAAAAEIo/QDjjciLmSIk/s320/P1030052+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;I went around the garden to see what was going on. Things have definitely slowed down a lot, but there's still a little something to show. The Hydrangea still has a few blooms and what looks like rain on the leaves is actually only dew.&lt;br /&gt;Ich bin dann mal gleich durch den Garten gelaufen um zu sehen was es noch so gibt. Ist deutlich weniger vorzuzeigen als im Sommer, aber hier und da gibt es doch noch etwas zu sehen. Die Hortensie hat noch ein paar Blueten, und was hier wie Regen aussieht war nur Morgentau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PKRKgfs0ma4/ToIf3O9ek3I/AAAAAAAAEIs/lkA4ouh7_wo/s1600/P1030053+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PKRKgfs0ma4/ToIf3O9ek3I/AAAAAAAAEIs/lkA4ouh7_wo/s320/P1030053+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;We might be eating lettuce from our own garden again soon! It's doing really well in this bed and I'm so looking forward to it.&lt;br /&gt;Wenn nichts dazwischen kommt (Kaefer z.B.) koennen wir bald wieder Salat aus dem eigenen Garten essen. In diesem Beet gedeiht er richtig gut und ich freue mich schon richtig darauf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-18Q6tkkJvXc/ToIf9jIZwqI/AAAAAAAAEIw/PXtTG7VJUOk/s1600/P1030059+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-18Q6tkkJvXc/ToIf9jIZwqI/AAAAAAAAEIw/PXtTG7VJUOk/s320/P1030059+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The radishes are growing nicely and we were already able to harvest a few. Really spicy, but sooo good!&lt;br /&gt;Die Rettiche fuehlen sich in diesem Beet auch sehr wohl, wir konnten schon ein paar ziehen und essen. Ganz schoen scharf, aber sooo gut!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XRs3qRipq0M/ToIgC0LLu7I/AAAAAAAAEI0/pZq3rmu4BTQ/s1600/P1030060+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XRs3qRipq0M/ToIgC0LLu7I/AAAAAAAAEI0/pZq3rmu4BTQ/s320/P1030060+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Welcome to the jungle... (why should I be the only one with the Guns N' Roses song stuck in my head?) This is what one of the tomato beds looks like now, yes it's that sorry looking. None of the supports held up this year and I will definitely have to come up with something better next year.&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the jungle...(Ich will nicht die Einzige sein, die jetzt das Guns N' Roses Lied im Kopf hat.) So sieht mittlerweile das eine Tomatenbeet aus - ganz schoen traurig. Keiner der Tomatenkaefige oder Staebe hat dieses Jahr was getaugt und ich muss mir fuer naechstes Jahr definitiv etwas besseres einfallen lassen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MSHHga9-Vd0/ToIgJWDTr_I/AAAAAAAAEI4/GQ99MLbuBqw/s1600/P1030063+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MSHHga9-Vd0/ToIgJWDTr_I/AAAAAAAAEI4/GQ99MLbuBqw/s320/P1030063+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;More lettuce in a different bed. Sown out the same day as the other lettuce, but not nearly as big as the other variety. &amp;nbsp;We'll see if we'll get to harvest any of it...&lt;br /&gt;Mehr Salat in einem anderen Beet. Am selben Tag ausgesaet wie der andere, aber dieser waechst nicht so gut. Mal sehen ob wir hiervon etwas ernten koennen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uqt8KG2cmaM/ToIgQZRnwEI/AAAAAAAAEI8/yqpxa9BONis/s1600/P1030064+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uqt8KG2cmaM/ToIgQZRnwEI/AAAAAAAAEI8/yqpxa9BONis/s320/P1030064+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;NOW that the days are not as hot and the nights are getting cooler, the loofah has decided to bloom and form. I'm hoping the temps will stay warm enough for us to actually harvest some of it. Maybe if I start covering it at night...&lt;br /&gt;Jetzt wo es tagsueber nicht mehr so warm ist und die Naechte deutlich kuehler sind, hat die Loofah Pflanze beschlossen zu bluehen. Ich hoffe, dass es weiterhin warm genug bleibt, so das wir wenigstens ein paar Loofah's ernten koennen. Vielleicht wenn ich anfange die Pflanzen Nachts ein bissl abzudecken...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fU9v3xRVVpg/ToIgVTvk-PI/AAAAAAAAEJA/bjq2PRv8PHk/s1600/P1030068+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fU9v3xRVVpg/ToIgVTvk-PI/AAAAAAAAEJA/bjq2PRv8PHk/s320/P1030068+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The morning glories are back! The always looks so pretty - even if they pop up everywhere and then grow like weeds.&lt;br /&gt;Die Prunkwinden sind auch wieder da! Sie sehen wirklich schoen aus - auch wenn sie dann ueberall auftauchen und wie Unkraut wachsen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7xh8XhhUBfs/ToIgZ-64RvI/AAAAAAAAEJE/An2QjKuPTbE/s1600/P1030075+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7xh8XhhUBfs/ToIgZ-64RvI/AAAAAAAAEJE/An2QjKuPTbE/s320/P1030075+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5834777183517477765?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5834777183517477765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/garden-in-september.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5834777183517477765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5834777183517477765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/garden-in-september.html' title='The garden in September'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DbwCaLySdcU/ToIft5e_6kI/AAAAAAAAEIk/c_86YPP-MYc/s72-c/P1030051+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-2754232759637291039</id><published>2011-09-25T06:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-25T06:09:15.265-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Knitting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The kerchief is finished! I made it quite a bit bigger than the original pattern and used up pretty much all of the yarn for it. I love how it turned out and now I'm waiting for cooler weather so I can actually wear it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Das Tuch ist die Tage fertig geworden! Wenn ich nach Anleitung gestrickt haette, waere es viel kleiner gewesen. Ich habe das Muster einfach oefters wiederholt und fast die ganze Wolle dafuer aufgebraucht. Jetzt muss es nur noch kuehler werden, so das ich das Tuch auch tragen kann.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nab_qe8jB1E/Tn8kZsk-OyI/AAAAAAAAEIM/8sszFYSujxk/s1600/P1030046+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nab_qe8jB1E/Tn8kZsk-OyI/AAAAAAAAEIM/8sszFYSujxk/s320/P1030046+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This potholder was made out of leftover yarn from the slippers I made for Nadia last year. She outgrew the slippers and I was trying to see if I still had some yarn to make her another pair. Definitely not out of the same yarn, it was just enough to knit this potholder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Aus dieser Wolle hatte ich letztes Jahr ein Paar Puschen fuer Nadia gestrickt. Leider passen sie ihr dieses Jahr nicht mehr, und ich habe in meinem Wollkorb gewuehlt um zu sehen ob noch Wolle fuer ein neues Paar da ist. Dieser Rest hat gerade mal fuer einen Topflappen gereicht...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YnQKhbKloa8/Tn8kkucFstI/AAAAAAAAEIQ/oFYrrIqPCSc/s1600/P1030045+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YnQKhbKloa8/Tn8kkucFstI/AAAAAAAAEIQ/oFYrrIqPCSc/s320/P1030045+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Here is the same potholder after it was felted in the washer. It's hard to see, but it did shrink quite a bit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Oh, I did find some red yarn in my stash to make Nadia a pair of slippers and I'm already working on them...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Hier ist der Topflappen nachdem er in der Waschmaschine gefilzt wurde. Man kann es auf dem Bild schlecht erkennen, aber er ist ganz schoen geschrumpft.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ich habe uebrigens auch rote Wolle in meinem Korb fuer ein paar neue Puschen fuer Nadia gefunden. Bin auch schon fleissig am stricken...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l1uAycjVr5A/Tn8kvBHoNiI/AAAAAAAAEIU/ZDuTWO9kgZk/s1600/P1030049+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l1uAycjVr5A/Tn8kvBHoNiI/AAAAAAAAEIU/ZDuTWO9kgZk/s320/P1030049+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-2754232759637291039?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/2754232759637291039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/knitting.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2754232759637291039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2754232759637291039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/knitting.html' title='Knitting'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nab_qe8jB1E/Tn8kZsk-OyI/AAAAAAAAEIM/8sszFYSujxk/s72-c/P1030046+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-6279158178779716041</id><published>2011-09-22T12:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-22T12:47:34.242-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baking'/><title type='text'>I can tell fall is here...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;... when I get the urge to bake more. Never fails, seems to be the same every year. :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Pecan torte with blueberry filling. (Martha Stewart, Desserts) It was supposed to have a apricot filling, but since I didn't have any apricot preserves, I substituted blueberry.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Immer wenn es herbstlich und kuehler wird habe ich richtig Lust auf's Backen. Ist wirklich jedes Jahr so, und so langsam faengt es wieder an.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Pecan Kuchen mit Blaubeer Fuellung. Haette mit Aprikosen Marmelade gefuellt werden sollen, aber da ich die nicht vorraetig hatte, habe ich Blaubeer genommen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ov5Yfb2jUh4/TnuNB5_H3aI/AAAAAAAAEH8/-l31VKu5-v4/s1600/P1020907+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ov5Yfb2jUh4/TnuNB5_H3aI/AAAAAAAAEH8/-l31VKu5-v4/s320/P1020907+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sourdough Rye bread. One of my favorites.&lt;br /&gt;Sauerteig Roggenbrot, eines meiner Lieblingsbrote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVn-Mc4tGPA/TnuNHDSQA8I/AAAAAAAAEIA/ynWTo30Nlk0/s1600/P1020944+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVn-Mc4tGPA/TnuNHDSQA8I/AAAAAAAAEIA/ynWTo30Nlk0/s320/P1020944+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Iced oatmeal applesauce cookies. I promised the kids in my class I would bring some and these were a hit. (Martha Stewart, Cookies)&lt;br /&gt;Glasierte Haferflocken Apfelmus Plaetzchen. Ich hatte den Kindern in meiner Klasse Plaetzchen versprochen und diese waren ein voller Hit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LbUmC3PWGG4/TnuNMHzE8ZI/AAAAAAAAEIE/82FT9Uq5-Ys/s1600/P1020985+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LbUmC3PWGG4/TnuNMHzE8ZI/AAAAAAAAEIE/82FT9Uq5-Ys/s320/P1020985+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Yesterday I had a craving for bagels, so I whipped up a batch in the afternoon. They are very tasty, even if they are not as pretty as the store bought ones. Gotta keep working on making evenly shaped bagels...&lt;br /&gt;Gestern hatte ich richtes Verlangen nach frischen Bagels, also habe ich "schnell" ein Rezept gebacken. Sie schmecken wirklich lecker, auch wenn sie nicht so schoen wie gekaufte Bagels aussehen. Ich muss das Formen wohl noch ein bissl ueben...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D9Nl2Pjlvv8/TnuNR-dMoHI/AAAAAAAAEII/MexPzh8blV4/s1600/P1030035+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D9Nl2Pjlvv8/TnuNR-dMoHI/AAAAAAAAEII/MexPzh8blV4/s320/P1030035+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-6279158178779716041?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/6279158178779716041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-can-tell-fall-is-here.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6279158178779716041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6279158178779716041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-can-tell-fall-is-here.html' title='I can tell fall is here...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ov5Yfb2jUh4/TnuNB5_H3aI/AAAAAAAAEH8/-l31VKu5-v4/s72-c/P1020907+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-1264626304939849767</id><published>2011-09-19T03:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T03:33:24.330-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>Walk to cure diabetes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;This year for my birthday, we did something a little different. We joined our friends and took part in the walk to cure diabetes. Their little 4 year old son was diagnosed last Christmas with Type 1 diabetes and since we know several other people dealing with this, we thought it was a very worthy cause to support.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Dieses Jahr haben wir meinen Geburtstag mal ganz anders verbracht. Wir sind mit unseren Freunden im "walk to cure diabetes" mitgelaufen. Ihr 4jaehriger Sohn ist seit letztes Jahr Weihachachten Diabetiker, und da wir noch einige andere kennen die davon betroffen sind, dachten wir waere es eine tolle Sache sie zu unterstuetzen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gta6_E9JW_Q/TnZwoRm4oRI/AAAAAAAAEHY/8lUXYR9s_wc/s1600/P1030018+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gta6_E9JW_Q/TnZwoRm4oRI/AAAAAAAAEHY/8lUXYR9s_wc/s320/P1030018+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Registration started at 12:30 and we all met up about 12:45. We were well fed with pizza, fruit and cookies for dessert and there were a few things to do before the walk. They had a bouncy castle,&amp;nbsp;inflatable slide, face painting for the kiddos, old cars on display, the local radio station, live music and&amp;nbsp;freebies&amp;nbsp;here and there. Including our colorful glasses...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Anmeldung fing um 12:30 an und wir haben uns mit allen gegen 12:45 getroffen. Es gab Pizza, Obst und Plaetzchen zum Essen und danach war einiges zu sehen oder zu tun bevor der Lauf anfing. Sie hatten eine Huepfburg, aufblasbare Rutsche und Gesichter bemalen fuer die Kinder, Oldtimer zum Anschauen fuer die "Grossen", einer der Radiosender war da, live Musik, und einige Geschenke fuer die Laeufer. So z.B. bekamen wir auch die bunten Sonnenbrillen geschenkt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KIxxLmcRMqY/TnZxg618FzI/AAAAAAAAEHo/b9UQKN44Bpw/s1600/P1030020+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KIxxLmcRMqY/TnZxg618FzI/AAAAAAAAEHo/b9UQKN44Bpw/s320/P1030020+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;These poor guys walked around in these Star Wars costumes. You just know they were sweating like crazy in these. Nadia said they creeped her out a bit...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diese armen Kerle sind in der Hitze in den Star Wars Kostuemen herumgelaufen. Die haben bestimmt geschwitzt wie verrueckt. Nadia hat gemeint sie hatte ein bissl Muffe vor ihnen...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFQr3-2yFpg/TnZwxWqeapI/AAAAAAAAEHc/exa5EvgLS00/s1600/P1030003+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFQr3-2yFpg/TnZwxWqeapI/AAAAAAAAEHc/exa5EvgLS00/s320/P1030003+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The walk started at 2:30 and was for 3 miles. It was in the low 80's today, so it wasn't too bad. I think they said there were around 900 people there for the walk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Der Lauf fing gegen 14:30 an, war 5 Kilometer lang und es waren so um die 900 Leute dabei. Es war heute "nur" um die 25 Grad, so war das Ganze nicht allzu schlimm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Md5SJ5xnDms/TnZyKD9NonI/AAAAAAAAEHw/xdHq00zfnVE/s1600/P1030024+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Md5SJ5xnDms/TnZyKD9NonI/AAAAAAAAEHw/xdHq00zfnVE/s320/P1030024+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Nadia walking with our friends little one. He REALLY likes our girls and tried to walk with them most of the time. I have to give him credit, he didn't whine or cry and he did walk the entire 3 miles! (Believe me, there were some very unhappy kids we saw on this walk.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Nadia mit dem Sohn unserer Freunde. Er "LIEBT" unsere Maedels und hat versucht die ganze Zeit mit ihnen zu laufen. Ich muss ihn wirklich loben, er hat nicht einmal gejammert und ist die ganzen 5 Kilometer gelaufen. (Ihr koennt mir glauben, es waren viele Kinder dabei die nur am jammern waren.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CqNs3uG8Xlg/TnZyVivpmMI/AAAAAAAAEH0/SWsP_k0_0P0/s1600/P1030027+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CqNs3uG8Xlg/TnZyVivpmMI/AAAAAAAAEH0/SWsP_k0_0P0/s320/P1030027+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sometimes he wanted to walk with both girls, like I said, he likes them. ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Hier laeuft der Kleine mit beiden Maedels, wie gesagt, er liebt sie. ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aDez7oR6RkE/TnZygHT_rOI/AAAAAAAAEH4/zGmgTfSM324/s1600/P1030028+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aDez7oR6RkE/TnZygHT_rOI/AAAAAAAAEH4/zGmgTfSM324/s320/P1030028+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-1264626304939849767?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/1264626304939849767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk-to-cure-diabetes.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1264626304939849767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1264626304939849767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/walk-to-cure-diabetes.html' title='Walk to cure diabetes'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gta6_E9JW_Q/TnZwoRm4oRI/AAAAAAAAEHY/8lUXYR9s_wc/s72-c/P1030018+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-2790434304380335427</id><published>2011-09-18T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-18T07:02:52.616-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bike'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trail of tears'/><title type='text'>It's that time of the year again...</title><content type='html'>... time to ride in the trail of tears ride. This year was our third time participating in the ride and we had a great day with each other. We started out a little late and had several detours before we were able to get to the meeting place. Note to self: either leave earlier next time or take the alternate route to begin with!&lt;br /&gt;Am Samstag war es wieder mal soweit, Zeit um bei der trail of tears Mottorrad Rally mitzumachen. Dieses Jahr war das dritte mal das wir dabei waren, und wir hatten einen tollen Tag miteinander. Angefangen hat der Tag mit einigen Umleitungen, da wir dieses Mal etwas spaeter losgefahren sind. Viele Strassen waren schon gesperrt und wir mussten bestimmt drei mal umdrehen bevor wir endlich am Treffpunkt angelangt sind. Muessen wir uns fuer's naechste mal merken, entweder eher losfahren, oder gleich die (nicht beschilderte) Umleitung fahren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RP77eagv6ME/TnXwAkguJkI/AAAAAAAAEG0/CcaM8ntST7g/s1600/P1020986+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RP77eagv6ME/TnXwAkguJkI/AAAAAAAAEG0/CcaM8ntST7g/s320/P1020986+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We were a little disappointed this time, not nearly as many outlandish motorcycles as last times participated in the ride. There were a few though...&lt;br /&gt;Wir waren dieses mal ein bissl enttaescht, es waren gar nicht soviele aussergewoehnliche Motorraeder wie letztes mal dabei. Hier sind jedoch ein paar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C7OXM8GElSU/TnXwFKYogSI/AAAAAAAAEG4/P-47PykjWAk/s1600/P1020989+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C7OXM8GElSU/TnXwFKYogSI/AAAAAAAAEG4/P-47PykjWAk/s320/P1020989+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;I LOVE his hood ornament!&lt;br /&gt;Von dieser Kuehlerfigur war ich total begeistert!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a2ZG7p94erI/TnXwJL4d1PI/AAAAAAAAEG8/vmtZlWt1MOg/s1600/P1020990+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a2ZG7p94erI/TnXwJL4d1PI/AAAAAAAAEG8/vmtZlWt1MOg/s320/P1020990+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MbqZcR9hPVA/TnXwOG_xU8I/AAAAAAAAEHA/TfG07qqzAr8/s1600/P1020991+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MbqZcR9hPVA/TnXwOG_xU8I/AAAAAAAAEHA/TfG07qqzAr8/s320/P1020991+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;This lady was dressed all in pink. What I really liked was her patch, which read: "Real women don't have hot flashes, they have power surges." I so have to remember that for my next "power surge". :-)&lt;br /&gt;Diese Frau war total in pink ausgestattet. Was mir am besten gefallen hat war ihr patch, auf dem stand: "Echte Frauen haben keine Hitzewallungen, sie haben 'Kraftwogen'. " Muss ich mir fuer meine naechste Kraftwoge merken. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2oYCpQNyJ10/TnXwRoPMMpI/AAAAAAAAEHE/kw7oZs7OLKY/s1600/P1020992+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2oYCpQNyJ10/TnXwRoPMMpI/AAAAAAAAEHE/kw7oZs7OLKY/s320/P1020992+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Lots of spiders there this time. This guy even painted a spider on his cowling.&lt;br /&gt;Hier gibt es Motorraeder die spider heissen (vorne zwei Raeder, hinten ein Rad) und dieser Besitzer hat sich eine spider vorne drauf malen lassen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YPuJmp7iwn8/TnXwWWwy0vI/AAAAAAAAEHI/cIpOP9lJgyM/s1600/P1020993+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YPuJmp7iwn8/TnXwWWwy0vI/AAAAAAAAEHI/cIpOP9lJgyM/s320/P1020993+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V5kAPUqOZwg/TnXwbyZBnJI/AAAAAAAAEHM/-bwgyVX6YoM/s1600/P1020995+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V5kAPUqOZwg/TnXwbyZBnJI/AAAAAAAAEHM/-bwgyVX6YoM/s320/P1020995+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IIsTN_-AAck/TnXwhmM2IvI/AAAAAAAAEHQ/krzgJEpnTuw/s1600/P1020996+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IIsTN_-AAck/TnXwhmM2IvI/AAAAAAAAEHQ/krzgJEpnTuw/s320/P1020996+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;A lady pulled in on her trike pulling this Corvette trailer. Awesome, is it not?&lt;br /&gt;Eine Frau ist mit einem trike gefahren und hat diesen Corvette Anhaenger gezogen. Sieht doch super aus, oder?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qTKswbjaAEY/TnXwmTs325I/AAAAAAAAEHU/m3wupTR7oB0/s1600/P1020998+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qTKswbjaAEY/TnXwmTs325I/AAAAAAAAEHU/m3wupTR7oB0/s320/P1020998+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;This guy was at our stopping point in Florence, AL. Him and a few others were getting ready for their performance. We'd seen it before, and since we were starving by then, we decided to leave and go somewhere and eat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Dieser Indianer war in Florence, AL - dem Zwischenstop der Fahrt. Er und noch ein paar andere haben sich fuer die Vorfuehrung fertig gemacht. Bis dahin hatten wir unwahrscheinlichen Hunger, und da wir die Vorfuehrung schon gesehen hatte, sind wir zum Essen gegangen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PKsFmmolxsE/TnXv8EyiFPI/AAAAAAAAEGw/74JHyTDmwZ8/s1600/P1020999+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PKsFmmolxsE/TnXv8EyiFPI/AAAAAAAAEGw/74JHyTDmwZ8/s320/P1020999+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A few years ago, the trail split up into two trail of tears rides. So far we've always done the same one, so we're thinking about maybe riding in the other one next year. We'll see...&lt;br /&gt;Vor ein paar Jahren wurde der trail of tears in zwei Motrorrad Rally's aufgeteilt. Bisher haben wir immer die gleiche Fahrt mitgemacht, wir sind aber am ueberlegen, ob wir naechstes Jahr mal die andere mitmachen wollen. Mal schauen...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-2790434304380335427?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/2790434304380335427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-that-time-of-year-again.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2790434304380335427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2790434304380335427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-that-time-of-year-again.html' title='It&apos;s that time of the year again...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RP77eagv6ME/TnXwAkguJkI/AAAAAAAAEG0/CcaM8ntST7g/s72-c/P1020986+%25281024x768%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-5763956299233677406</id><published>2011-09-15T05:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T05:59:15.615-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><title type='text'>"Gourd"ness...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Last year, fall break we went up to Oklahoma to visit Greg's parents. (Hi Lois and Charles!) While we were there, Charles showed me all the gourds he had grown during the summer and then gave me some to take home. (Thanks again!!) Well, up until now they just kinda sat in the garage and I did nothing with them. A few days ago, I had an idea though and here's what I did: Sorry, I completely forgot to take a picture of the gourd before I gutted it...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Here it is with the top cut off, the inside scraped and all of it sanded down.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Letztes Jahr im Herbst sind wir nach Oklahoma gefahren um Greg's Eltern zu besuchen. Waehrend wir dort waren, hat Charles mir die vielen "gourds" gezeigt die er im Sommer im Garten hatte. Er war auch so lieb und hat mir einige davon mitgegeben, die aber leider bisher nur in der Garage herumlagen. Die Tage hatte ich dann mal wieder einen Geistesblitz und habe das Werkeln angefangen. Sorry, leider hatte ich vor lauter "lass mich auch mit" vergessen ein vorher Bild zu machen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Hier ist der gourd aufgeschnitten, die Innereien herausgeputzt und innen und aussen mit Sandpapier abgeschmirgelt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0oYsPD8ezrs/TnHwsMFgt1I/AAAAAAAAEF8/dRP6jD0K2Ew/s1600/P1020948+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0oYsPD8ezrs/TnHwsMFgt1I/AAAAAAAAEF8/dRP6jD0K2Ew/s320/P1020948+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Then I started rummaging through our paint/stain stash and found the English chestnut stain. I wanted something a little darker and this fit the bill. I slathered on the stain and then let it dry for a few days.&lt;br /&gt;Dann habe ich angefangen in unseren Farb/Beize Sammlung zu wuehlen und wurde auch fuendig. Ich wollte den gourd etwas dunkler und die "English chestnut" Beize war genau richtig. Ich haben den gourd grosszuegig bepinselt und das Ganze dann zwei Tage trocknen lassen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f55WPVc9PhY/TnHwwksgpGI/AAAAAAAAEGA/hswacuItzpg/s1600/P1020950+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f55WPVc9PhY/TnHwwksgpGI/AAAAAAAAEGA/hswacuItzpg/s320/P1020950+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;With just the stain, I found the gourd to be lacking and a little boring, so I decided to add handles. For this I just cut up a hanger (from the dry cleaners) and wrapped the wire in jute. For the actual handle part, I used a bit of wood cut from one of the butterfly bushes. The wood was actually soft enough for the wire to be just pushed into it. No drilling needed! Added a little jute&amp;nbsp;tassel&amp;nbsp;and it was done.&lt;br /&gt;Nur mit der Beize war mir der gourd etwas zu fad und langweilig, deshalb habe ich beschlossen einen Haenkel hinzumachen. Hierfuer habe ich einen Kleiderbuegel von der Reinigung benutzt. Den Draht habe ich in der richtigen Laenge zugeschnitten und dann mit Jute umwickelt. Fuer den Griff habe ich ein Stueck Holz von unseren Schmetterlingsbueschen benutzt. Das Holz war weich genug, so das ich nicht einmal bohren musste! Eine kleine Quaste aus Jute hat das Ganze dann noch vervollstaendigt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3uXjeusxx-c/TnHw2GSiK0I/AAAAAAAAEGE/Px4i0s2q-I0/s1600/P1020979+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3uXjeusxx-c/TnHw2GSiK0I/AAAAAAAAEGE/Px4i0s2q-I0/s320/P1020979+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here is the gourd in it's new home, being used as a planter. I did line the gourd with foil to make sure it was protected from water. Better safe than sorry, right? So what do you think of the finished project?&lt;br /&gt;Hier ist dann der fertige gourd den ich nun als Uebertopf benutze. Da ich mir nicht sicher war ob der gourd wasserdicht ist, habe ich ihn mit Folie ausgelegt. Lieber auf # sicher gehen, richtig? Was haltet ihr vom Endergebnis?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ohDVP0tLPgA/TnHw624uwYI/AAAAAAAAEGI/5gu6mQvqntg/s1600/P1020980+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ohDVP0tLPgA/TnHw624uwYI/AAAAAAAAEGI/5gu6mQvqntg/s320/P1020980+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There are two more gourds in the garage waiting to be transformed, what to do, what to do...&lt;br /&gt;In der Garage warten noch zwei gourds darauf umgewandelt zu werden. Was ich wohl mit ihnen anfangen kann?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-COfvR4ha8FE/TnHw_SLJpoI/AAAAAAAAEGM/YoSxceO5MS0/s1600/P1020982+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-COfvR4ha8FE/TnHw_SLJpoI/AAAAAAAAEGM/YoSxceO5MS0/s320/P1020982+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5763956299233677406?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5763956299233677406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/gourdness.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5763956299233677406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5763956299233677406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/gourdness.html' title='&quot;Gourd&quot;ness...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0oYsPD8ezrs/TnHwsMFgt1I/AAAAAAAAEF8/dRP6jD0K2Ew/s72-c/P1020948+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-4459048819352937506</id><published>2011-09-14T03:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T03:46:20.867-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;If I would have followed the directions for this kerchief, I would actually be done already. For my liking, it would have been a bit too small though, that's why I'm going to keep repeating the pattern until I pretty much run out of yarn. Right now there are over 240 stitches on the needles, so it's taking a while to knit just one row. Having been diagnosed with either&amp;nbsp;tendinitis or early onset of arthritis (depends on which doctor I want to listen to), I have to take it a little easier on the knitting as well. :-( NOT very happy about this...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I just started reading "The Paid Companion" by Amanda Quick. This was one of the books I got for 25 cents at the library and so far I really like it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;As always, please pay a visit to &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/09/yarn-along_14.html"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; and see what all the other yarn along participants are up to.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wenn ich mich genau an die Anleitung fuer dieses Tuch gehalten haette, waere ich mittlerweile schon fertig damit. Mir war es aber etwas zu klein und deshalb werde ich den Mustersatz wiederholen bis die Wolle weg ist. Ich habe jetzt schon ueber 240 Maschen auf der Nadel, es dauert also immer ein bissl bis eine Reihe fertig gestrickt ist. Das und die Tatsache, dass ich entweder eine Sehnenscheidenentzuendung oder das Anfangsstadium von Arthritis (je nachdem welchem Arzt ich glauben soll) habe. :-( Bin ueberhaupt nicht gluecklich darueber...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Gestern habe ich mit dem Buch "The Paid Companion" von Amanda Quick angefangen, und bisher gefaellt es mir sehr gut. War eines meiner Schnaeppchen die ich fuer 25 Cent bei der Buecherei gekauft hatte.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Wie immer, schaut mal bei Ginny vorbei und seht was alle stricken, haekeln und lesen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9yV9H6lrVOo/Tm-1Sw-FJZI/AAAAAAAAEF4/Hlz8T7PtUJ8/s1600/P1020956+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9yV9H6lrVOo/Tm-1Sw-FJZI/AAAAAAAAEF4/Hlz8T7PtUJ8/s320/P1020956+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-4459048819352937506?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/4459048819352937506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/yarn-along_14.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4459048819352937506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4459048819352937506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/yarn-along_14.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9yV9H6lrVOo/Tm-1Sw-FJZI/AAAAAAAAEF4/Hlz8T7PtUJ8/s72-c/P1020956+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3997520284859849177</id><published>2011-09-12T03:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T03:49:39.735-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Birthday surprise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;My birthday is not until next weekend, but my sweet "little" girl decided to surprise me Saturday. She took me out to dinner (just the two of us) and surprised me with a wonderful evening. A friend had helped her with the planning and also added a gift card (as my birthday present) to a restaurant. I had THE BEST TIME with my girl and enjoyed every minute of it!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Mein Geburtstag ist eigentlich erst naechstes Wochenende, aber mein liebes Maedel hat mich Samstag Abend mit meinem Geburtstagsgeschenk total ueberrascht. Sie hat mich zum Essen eingeladen und mir einen wundervollen Abend miteinander geschenkt. Eine Freundin hatte ihr bei der Planung geholfen und mir auch einen Gutschein fuer ein Restuaurant geschenkt. Ich hatte DIE BESTE ZEIT mit Hannah und habe jede Minute des Abends in vollen Zuegen genossen!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JMzATcZb6-8/TmytcKfm-5I/AAAAAAAAEE8/_Br14QOzPzo/s1600/P1020908+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JMzATcZb6-8/TmytcKfm-5I/AAAAAAAAEE8/_Br14QOzPzo/s320/P1020908+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jEmrrM4G9A0/TmytgLzD6WI/AAAAAAAAEFA/tjDye3CFb7M/s1600/P1020910+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jEmrrM4G9A0/TmytgLzD6WI/AAAAAAAAEFA/tjDye3CFb7M/s320/P1020910+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;We went to PF Chang for dinner and the food was fabulous! The best part... Hannah normally doesn't care for&amp;nbsp;Chinese food, but tried everything we ordered! (In case you're wondering, she picked the place.)&lt;br /&gt;Wir sind zu PF Chang zum Essen gegangen und das Essen war sagenhaft! Am besten war, dass Hannah alles probiert hat, obwohl sie chinesisches Essen normalerweise nicht so mag! (Sie hat das Restaurant ausgesucht, nicht ich.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wXbuENUgZVg/TmytjkqPbuI/AAAAAAAAEFE/Qk9ns9TVT7o/s1600/P1020911+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wXbuENUgZVg/TmytjkqPbuI/AAAAAAAAEFE/Qk9ns9TVT7o/s320/P1020911+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hannah told them it was my birthday and they brought the dessert with a candle in it.:-)&lt;br /&gt;Hannah hatte ihnen gesagt, dass es mein Geburtstag war und sie brachten den Nachtisch mit einer Kerze. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NgP7Xl7UM7c/TmytnqRchlI/AAAAAAAAEFI/Vs5e1EVFR8g/s1600/P1020912+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NgP7Xl7UM7c/TmytnqRchlI/AAAAAAAAEFI/Vs5e1EVFR8g/s320/P1020912+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YsXWhMpA4H0/TmytsHqZo7I/AAAAAAAAEFM/ashpVjstZ2k/s1600/P1020915+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YsXWhMpA4H0/TmytsHqZo7I/AAAAAAAAEFM/ashpVjstZ2k/s320/P1020915+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;PF Chang is located in Bridgestreet town center, an outdoor shopping area. We walked around and enjoyed the really nice evening.&lt;br /&gt;PF Chang ist in Bridgestreet town center. Man fuehlt sich dort fast ein bissl wie in Dtld in der Fussgaengerzone. Wir haben uns ein bissl umgesehen und den schoenen Abend miteinander genossen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KQEIMXTQTmE/Tmytx9wbQeI/AAAAAAAAEFQ/b7b_f6wSxjA/s1600/P1020918+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KQEIMXTQTmE/Tmytx9wbQeI/AAAAAAAAEFQ/b7b_f6wSxjA/s320/P1020918+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The lake at Bridgestreet.&lt;br /&gt;Bridgestreet hat auch einen kleinen See.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h9mjOKTBRpE/Tmyt2H3jYUI/AAAAAAAAEFU/ELn7l6FdOP0/s1600/P1020920+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h9mjOKTBRpE/Tmyt2H3jYUI/AAAAAAAAEFU/ELn7l6FdOP0/s320/P1020920+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;This was my second surpise, Hannah paid for us to go paddle boating! The boats actually have motors, but we decided to just paddle around. Had to work off the great food we just ate. ;-) It was so much fun!!!&lt;br /&gt;Dies war meine zweite Ueberraschung, Hannah hat mich zum paddle boat fahren eingeladen! Die Boote haben sogar einen Motor, aber Hannah und ich hatten beschlossen nur zu paddeln. Schliesslich mussten wir das viele Essen wieder abarbeiten. ;-) Es hat soviel Spass gemacht!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ANNUX2hWweo/TmyuFzBlQ8I/AAAAAAAAEFk/w8Dm2Pi0rRA/s1600/P1020929+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ANNUX2hWweo/TmyuFzBlQ8I/AAAAAAAAEFk/w8Dm2Pi0rRA/s320/P1020929+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GOFvsy763TE/TmyuCotDzdI/AAAAAAAAEFg/38uVyWsZzqU/s1600/P1020925+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GOFvsy763TE/TmyuCotDzdI/AAAAAAAAEFg/38uVyWsZzqU/s320/P1020925+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GuXoF-2LsqQ/Tmyt6kmFp6I/AAAAAAAAEFY/3F6k5_a764A/s1600/P1020923+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GuXoF-2LsqQ/Tmyt6kmFp6I/AAAAAAAAEFY/3F6k5_a764A/s320/P1020923+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nrLXNHh3v28/Tmyt9wrMChI/AAAAAAAAEFc/uCo4zE49gHo/s1600/P1020924+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nrLXNHh3v28/Tmyt9wrMChI/AAAAAAAAEFc/uCo4zE49gHo/s320/P1020924+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MZKBT-bjwaw/TmyuNz_aQVI/AAAAAAAAEFs/6Ke6do8J3hA/s1600/P1020932+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MZKBT-bjwaw/TmyuNz_aQVI/AAAAAAAAEFs/6Ke6do8J3hA/s320/P1020932+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fFsOUJDCv6Y/TmyuReuR_SI/AAAAAAAAEFw/-OKcEPX5xPs/s1600/P1020939+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fFsOUJDCv6Y/TmyuReuR_SI/AAAAAAAAEFw/-OKcEPX5xPs/s320/P1020939+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rfvOST8sBGM/TmyuVF9F-rI/AAAAAAAAEF0/sMqI754C1NM/s1600/P1020940+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rfvOST8sBGM/TmyuVF9F-rI/AAAAAAAAEF0/sMqI754C1NM/s320/P1020940+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I have to thank Hannah for an absolutely fabulous evening! We talked, we laughed, we got to hang out just the two of us - it was fantastic!&lt;br /&gt;Ich muss mich bei Hannah fuer einen fantastischen Abend bedanken! Wir haben viel geredet, gelacht, konnten ein paar tolle Stunden miteinander verbringen - es war einfach klasse!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3997520284859849177?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3997520284859849177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/birthday-surprise.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3997520284859849177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3997520284859849177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/birthday-surprise.html' title='Birthday surprise'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JMzATcZb6-8/TmytcKfm-5I/AAAAAAAAEE8/_Br14QOzPzo/s72-c/P1020908+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3461678917302795901</id><published>2011-09-07T03:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T03:50:48.330-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yarn along'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Time for &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/09/yarn-along.html"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; weekly yarn along, and this time I've got something other than socks on my needles. It's called &amp;nbsp;"The age of brass and steam kerchief" and is a free Ravelry download. The yarn was still leftover from the vest I made, I actually had a whole skein left. From the looks of it, I think it will be a bit on the small side, so I might make it somewhat larger. I'll see how much yarn I'll have left...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Currently&amp;nbsp;I'm reading "The Long Winter" from the little house series. This book, as well as two more were given to me by&lt;a href="http://www.oursimplelives.com/2011/09/like-fine-wine.html"&gt; Mark&lt;/a&gt; and he totally made my day by sending them to me. I've already read the other two (loved them) and I'm really enjoying this one as well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Zeit um wieder bei Ginny's woechentlichem yarn along mitzumachen, und dieses Mal habe ich wieder mal etwas anderes als Socken vorzuzeigen. Ich habe gestern mit diesem Tuch angefangen, es nennt sich "The age of &amp;nbsp;brass and steam kerchief" und ich habe es umsonst bei Ravelry runtergeladen. Die Wolle hatte ich noch von der Weste uebrig, war sogar noch ein kompletter Strang da. Ich glaube, wenn ich das Tuch genau nach Anleitung stricke, wird es eher etwas klein ausfallen. Je nachdem wieviel Wolle ich uebrig habe, mache ich es dann aber etwas groesser.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Das Buch das ich zur Zeit lese ist "The Long Winter", ein Buch in der "unsere kleine Farm" Serie. Dieses Buch und noch zwei andere in der Serie waren ein Geschenk von Mark. Er hat mir damit eine riesige Freude bereitet, und die anderen beiden Buecher habe ich schon verschlungen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bEPBNBxQ7pE/Tmay65TaoUI/AAAAAAAAEE0/wsAG-_bICUY/s1600/P1020905+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bEPBNBxQ7pE/Tmay65TaoUI/AAAAAAAAEE0/wsAG-_bICUY/s320/P1020905+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3461678917302795901?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3461678917302795901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/yarn-along.html#comment-form' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3461678917302795901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3461678917302795901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/yarn-along.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bEPBNBxQ7pE/Tmay65TaoUI/AAAAAAAAEE0/wsAG-_bICUY/s72-c/P1020905+%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-571568178354756414</id><published>2011-09-05T05:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-05T07:07:58.784-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crochet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>Labor day weekend</title><content type='html'>As I'm sitting here, it is raining and it looks like it'll be raining for the rest of the day. It started raining off and on yesterday and we couldn't be happier. We didn't have a single drop of rain for over 3 weeks and this is badly needed.&lt;br /&gt;We did enjoy our days though, had fun and got a few things done as well. I finished my sister's socks a few days ago, but hadn't gotten around to taking a picture. It still bothers me that the colors are off, but my sister said she didn't mind.&lt;br /&gt;Waehrend ich hier sitzte und dies schreibe, regnet es stetig vor sich hin. Ich hoffe, es wird den Rest des Tages weiter regnen, denn wir brauchen den Regen unbedingt. Das letzte mal hat es vor ueber drei Wochen geregnet und alles war am vertrocknen.&lt;br /&gt;Wir haben unser langes Wochenende aber trotzdem genossen, miteinander Spass gehabt und auch einiges fertig gemacht. Die Socken fuer meine Schwester waren schon vor ein paar Tagen fertig, hatte bisher nur noch kein Bild gemacht. Mich aergert es immer noch, dass der Farbverlauf nicht stimmt, aber meine Schwester meinte es sei ok. Ich hoffe das stimmt immer noch, Ines?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dzGe1HgytEY/TmTHhzUY4ZI/AAAAAAAAEEw/tm95Vtkq10o/s1600/P1020851%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648859216154780050" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dzGe1HgytEY/TmTHhzUY4ZI/AAAAAAAAEEw/tm95Vtkq10o/s320/P1020851%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;With the leftover yarn I crocheted a potholder for my sister. I didn't want to keep the yarn since it wasn't going to match anyway...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mit der uebrig gebliebenen Wolle habe ich noch schnell einen Topflappen fuer meine Schwester gehaekelt. Da sie ehe nicht den gleichen Farbverlauf hat, wollte ich sie nicht unbedingt aufheben. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LX-_JPcEtQc/TmTHZCrS9RI/AAAAAAAAEEo/HQMkY5glMek/s1600/P1020896%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648859065658570002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LX-_JPcEtQc/TmTHZCrS9RI/AAAAAAAAEEo/HQMkY5glMek/s320/P1020896%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I made a quick and very yummy chicken dish. Nadia's exact words were "I'm mad at you for not making this sooner."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ich habe ein schnelles und leckeres Haehnchen Gericht gemacht. Nadia's genaue Worte waren "Ich bin sauer auf dich, weil du das noch nie gekocht hast."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lV7XV5wTQFU/TmTHReuFAyI/AAAAAAAAEEg/LI0-PG9irdo/s1600/P1020863%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648858935747478306" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lV7XV5wTQFU/TmTHReuFAyI/AAAAAAAAEEg/LI0-PG9irdo/s320/P1020863%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pickled some jalapeno's and while I was at it, decided to pickle some peppers as well. Very quick to make: Chop the peppers, put in the microwave for five minutes and put in a clean jar. Add about a tsp salt, half a cup vinegar and half a cup water. Keep in fridge, done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habe Jalapeno's und Paprika eingelegt. Geht ganz einfach: Die Jalapeno's und Paprika klein schneiden und fuenf Minuten in der Microwelle kochen. In ein sauberes Glas geben, einen Teeloeffel Salz, halbe Tasse Essig und halbe Tasse Wasser dazu geben. Im Kuehlschrank aufbewahren, fertig.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ExcsctgA9WU/TmTHJe7DENI/AAAAAAAAEEY/k_wnwFzEDT8/s1600/P1020868%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648858798362923218" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ExcsctgA9WU/TmTHJe7DENI/AAAAAAAAEEY/k_wnwFzEDT8/s320/P1020868%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Saturday was a gorgeous day and the girls enjoyed some pool time with friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Samstag war ein super schoener Tag und die Maedels haben den Pool mit Freunden genossen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6f-n3fW_jXk/TmTHBUKvxcI/AAAAAAAAEEQ/I-51tdh8Jfk/s1600/P1020870%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648858658037024194" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6f-n3fW_jXk/TmTHBUKvxcI/AAAAAAAAEEQ/I-51tdh8Jfk/s320/P1020870%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Afterward we had a bunch of kids out front playing. Some were trying to do tricks on their skateboards,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Danach hatten wir eine Horde Kinder vor dem Haus. Manche haben versucht verschiedene Tricks auf ihren Skateboards zu machen,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BzBBtrpfNlg/TmTG41oG4YI/AAAAAAAAEEI/nthAHV03DUk/s1600/P1020874%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648858512399720834" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BzBBtrpfNlg/TmTG41oG4YI/AAAAAAAAEEI/nthAHV03DUk/s320/P1020874%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; while other's played games with each other. It really was a fun day for everybody.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;waehrend andere miteinander Spiele gespielt haben. War wirklich ein schoener Tag fuer alle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eghuzDgUYVM/TmTGx-eyxFI/AAAAAAAAEEA/Zvmd_BxyYps/s1600/P1020888%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648858394517488722" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eghuzDgUYVM/TmTGx-eyxFI/AAAAAAAAEEA/Zvmd_BxyYps/s320/P1020888%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chicken dish:&lt;br /&gt;I had three large chicken breasts, that I cut in half and salted. I browned them all over in a little olive oil and them removed them from the pan. Into the pan I added some chopped celery and chopped onion and sauteed until tender. Then I poured in about a cup of chicken broth and added about 1/2 cup of pineapple jelly. (You could probably use orange or apple jelly as well.) Season with thyme, or whatever herbs you have on hand, add chicken and simmer for 30 minutes. We served it with rice and a tomato salad. Yummy!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Haehnchen Gericht:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ich hatte drei grosse Haehnchenbrueste die ich in der Haelfte durchgeschnitten, und gesalzen hatte. Diese nun in Olivenoel rundherum anbraten und aus der Pfanne nehmen. In die Pfanne nun gehackte Zwiebeln und gehackten Sellerie (nicht die Knolle) geben und anbraten. Jetzt ca. eine Tasse Huehnerbruehe und ca. 1/2 Tasse Ananasmarmelade (man koennte auch Apfel oder Orangenmarmelade nehmen) zugeben. Mit Thymian oder anderen Kraeutern abschmecken, Haehnchen wieder zugeben und fuer 30 Minuten koecheln lassen. Wir haben dazu Reis und einen Tomatensalat gegessen. 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647453487354248434" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LP2x6jZ4OuI/Tl_JBndKfPI/AAAAAAAAEDw/1b7bNkvJSWM/s320/P1020858%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647452852618626738" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NY5lp9cfLBM/Tl_Icq4ZhrI/AAAAAAAAEDg/n2QhuXWeBvk/s320/P1020860%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gBqLwfeluBs/Tl_IRFmoVuI/AAAAAAAAEDY/X3ClR7jfvfc/s1600/P1020862%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647452653633427170" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gBqLwfeluBs/Tl_IRFmoVuI/AAAAAAAAEDY/X3ClR7jfvfc/s320/P1020862%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-989604956168151107?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/989604956168151107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-is-on-its-way.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/989604956168151107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/989604956168151107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-is-on-its-way.html' title='Fall is on it&apos;s way...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LP2x6jZ4OuI/Tl_JBndKfPI/AAAAAAAAEDw/1b7bNkvJSWM/s72-c/P1020858%2B%2528768x1024%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-5802441851152124700</id><published>2011-08-30T11:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T12:20:13.644-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tornado'/><title type='text'>The end - or a new beginning</title><content type='html'>Yesterday they finally started bulldozing the old Mother's day out building! The tornadoes came through on April 27th and it took until just recently for them to settle with the insurance. In a way it was very sad to see and watch, but it also gives all of us hope. We are in temporary buildings (containers, "learning cottages"... or whatever you want to call them) for the time being, but we are hopefull, that we'll be back in a building for the 2012/2013 school year. Wish us luck!&lt;br /&gt;Gestern kamen endlich die Bulldozer und haben angefangen das alte MDO Gebaeude abzureissen. Die Tornados kamen am 27 April hier durch und es hat bis vor ein paar Wochen gedauert, dass MDO und die Versicherung sich geeinigt haben. Es war schon traurig zuzusehen wie das Gebaeude abgerissen wurde, aber wir haben nun auch wieder Hoffnung. Hoffnung, dass die Container in dem wir dieses Schuljahr verbringen werden, wirklich nur fuer ein Jahr noetig sind. Vielleicht koennen wir fuer das 2012/2013 Schuljahr wieder in ein richtiges Gebaeude einziehen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rW1Lu2W7C_g/Tl0zkWflZaI/AAAAAAAAEDQ/OwC_xRbLdgU/s1600/P1020852%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646726207398831522" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rW1Lu2W7C_g/Tl0zkWflZaI/AAAAAAAAEDQ/OwC_xRbLdgU/s320/P1020852%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My classroom is done and ready to go. It is not even half as big as my old classroom (none of the classrooms are large), so I've been very selective about what I put into the room. I will have eight boys and two girls, so I thought monkeys were a fitting door decoration. ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Mein Klassenzimmer ist fertig hergerichtet und wegen mir koennen "meine" Kinder kommen. Das Zimmer selbst ist leider nicht einmal halb so gross wie es frueher war (alle Zimmer sind viel kleiner), deshalb habe ich es auch eher spaerlich eingerichtet und dekoriert. In der Klasse sind acht Jungs und zwei Maedels, deshalb dachte ich passen die Affen gut als Tuerdeko. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDGv23KFR6g/Tl0zfKOFXkI/AAAAAAAAEDI/fDm646I13cY/s1600/P1020857%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646726118204857922" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDGv23KFR6g/Tl0zfKOFXkI/AAAAAAAAEDI/fDm646I13cY/s320/P1020857%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5WqAMvs1TmQ/Tl0zXzz0zLI/AAAAAAAAEDA/Rb4LeRxGNvg/s1600/P1020854%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646725991930055858" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5WqAMvs1TmQ/Tl0zXzz0zLI/AAAAAAAAEDA/Rb4LeRxGNvg/s320/P1020854%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; There is one more bin of lego's on the other side of the room, but other than that, what you see is what I got. We all decided to just swap toys instead of cramming too much into our rooms.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Auf der anderen Seite des Zimmers steht noch eine Kiste mit Duplo Steinen, aber ansonsten habe ich wirklich nur diese Spielsachen im Zimmer. Wir hatten alle gemeinsam beschlossen lieber Spielzeuge auszutauschen anstatt uns die ohnehin kleinen Zimmer vollzustopfen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2cGX50rQxB0/Tl0zRXejoGI/AAAAAAAAEC4/WtQev8C2xxw/s1600/P1020856%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646725881245442146" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2cGX50rQxB0/Tl0zRXejoGI/AAAAAAAAEC4/WtQev8C2xxw/s320/P1020856%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-5802441851152124700?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/5802441851152124700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/end-or-new-beginning.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5802441851152124700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/5802441851152124700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/end-or-new-beginning.html' title='The end - or a new beginning'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rW1Lu2W7C_g/Tl0zkWflZaI/AAAAAAAAEDQ/OwC_xRbLdgU/s72-c/P1020852%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-1784407935975835179</id><published>2011-08-26T09:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T10:34:48.076-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Before and after</title><content type='html'>Before I show you any of the following pictures, let me just tell you I love, love, love butterfly bushes. It is just their insane growing habits I am not overly crazy about. Around here, they grow like weeds! Normally I've trimmed them back a bit in the fall and then again a little in the spring. Right now they are totally out of control though and needed to be cut back badly. After doing a bit of research, I read I can actually cut them back any time (back to growing like a weed) and cut them down to 2 to 4 feet in the late fall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bevor ich euch die Photos zeige, moechte ich erst einmal sagen, dass ich Schmetterlingsbuesche liebe. Wir haben dank ihnen unwahrscheinlich viele Schmetterlinge im Garten, jedoch wachsen die Buesche teilweise wie Unkraut. Normalerweise schneide ich die Buesche im Herbst und nochmal ein bissl im Fruehling zurueck, aber da sie total ausser Kontrolle waren, habe ich mich heute mal ran gemacht. Ich habe extra nachgelesen, und es hiess sie koennten das jederzeit gut vertragen. (Wie gesagt, wachsen wie Unkraut.) Im Herbst kann ich sie dann auf einen halben bzw einen Meter hoch zurueck schneiden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SEMc4QtEO_s/TlfQ7r1m8lI/AAAAAAAAECw/NYeo7vvVS6U/s1600/P1020840%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645210381730640466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SEMc4QtEO_s/TlfQ7r1m8lI/AAAAAAAAECw/NYeo7vvVS6U/s320/P1020840%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same shrubs after getting pruned. There are still some larger branches that needed to be cut back, but I'm going to need a bit of help with those.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Die gleichen Buesche nachdem sie zurueck geschnitten wurden. Es sind noch einige dickere Zweige die weg muessen, aber da brauche ich ein bissl Hilfe fuer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IBLWfcr5sJo/TlfPtJJ0l0I/AAAAAAAAECg/6SvGqNow7Js/s1600/P1020841%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645209032390383426" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IBLWfcr5sJo/TlfPtJJ0l0I/AAAAAAAAECg/6SvGqNow7Js/s320/P1020841%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is one lonely butterfly bush close to the veggie beds. It never really gets as big as the others, but it too needed a trim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dies ist ein einzelner Schmetterlingsbusch der bei den Gemuesebeeten waechst. Er ist noch nie so gross wie die anderen Buesche geworden, aber auch er musste etwas gestutzt werden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CbKoQr4EnxI/TlfPlDJIIqI/AAAAAAAAECY/7_2aphB52PI/s1600/P1020844%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645208893337903778" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CbKoQr4EnxI/TlfPlDJIIqI/AAAAAAAAECY/7_2aphB52PI/s320/P1020844%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0UxCmMZ9CFc/TlfPdgH_NUI/AAAAAAAAECQ/wyuegINV5MA/s1600/P1020845%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645208763678799170" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0UxCmMZ9CFc/TlfPdgH_NUI/AAAAAAAAECQ/wyuegINV5MA/s320/P1020845%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I don't even know what kind of shrub that is. One day it just started growing in this flower bed and so far it just keeps coming back. Maybe Greg can just try and dig it out tonight and then we'll finally be rid of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ich weiss nicht einmal was dies fuer ein Busch ist, eines Tages fing er einfach in dem Blumenbeet zu wachsen an und kommt auch immer wieder. Vielleicht kann Greg ihn einfach mal ausgraben und dann sind wir das gute Stueck los. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lx2O0Xx_hXg/TlfPWedUqTI/AAAAAAAAECI/ZUEgeszYx_0/s1600/P1020842%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645208642972330290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lx2O0Xx_hXg/TlfPWedUqTI/AAAAAAAAECI/ZUEgeszYx_0/s320/P1020842%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_Sy0neP9_RQ/TlfPH8GbbzI/AAAAAAAAECA/kyZVUf-NIO0/s1600/P1020843%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645208393231331122" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_Sy0neP9_RQ/TlfPH8GbbzI/AAAAAAAAECA/kyZVUf-NIO0/s320/P1020843%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I made the huge mistake of planting a Rosemary plant in the front of the veggie bed. At the time I thought it wouldn't survive the winter here. Ha! Just look at the size of this monster! I cut it back all the time (whenever I want, really) and it has always grown back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ich habe den riesigen Fehler gemacht eine Rosmarien Pflanze vorne ins Gemuesebeet zu pflanzen. Zu der Zeit dachte ich, dass sie den Winter hier bestimmt nicht ueberleben wuerde. Ha! Schaut euch nur die Monster Pflanze an! Ich schneide sie oft und wann immer es mir gerade einfaellt zurueck und sie waechst immer wieder nach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_RFNlmPDKBc/TlfO_iEGQZI/AAAAAAAAEB4/bZaNO6no0Ms/s1600/P1020847%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645208248803279250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_RFNlmPDKBc/TlfO_iEGQZI/AAAAAAAAEB4/bZaNO6no0Ms/s320/P1020847%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I know it looks a bit sad, but it won't look like that for long.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ich weiss es sieht schon ein bissl traurig aus, aber glaubt mir, es dauert nicht lange und dann ist es wieder ein riesiger Busch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9aafZWlQZbk/TlfO3lUF5AI/AAAAAAAAEBw/yCfC2VzkIvk/s1600/P1020849%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645208112236717058" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9aafZWlQZbk/TlfO3lUF5AI/AAAAAAAAEBw/yCfC2VzkIvk/s320/P1020849%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here is the pile of all the trimmings and branches. Looks like we'll be able to have us a little bonfire this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Das war der Berg Aeste und Zweige die ich abgeschnitten habe. Koennen dieses Wochenende ein kleines Lagerfeuer mit machen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aYNQ8FzciFc/TlfOv6DS5OI/AAAAAAAAEBo/lrExPBy_wBI/s1600/P1020850%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645207980364457186" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aYNQ8FzciFc/TlfOv6DS5OI/AAAAAAAAEBo/lrExPBy_wBI/s320/P1020850%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case you were wondering if I had any help working in the yard, the answer is a resounding NO. Just look at my "helper"...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Falls ihr euch wundert ob ich Hilfe im Garten hatte, die Antwort ist eindeutig NEIN. Schaut euch nur meinen "Helfer" an...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PkF6HJ1rRkQ/TlfOntUbY4I/AAAAAAAAEBg/grXKIvNVl7w/s1600/P1020848%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645207839507702658" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PkF6HJ1rRkQ/TlfOntUbY4I/AAAAAAAAEBg/grXKIvNVl7w/s320/P1020848%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-1784407935975835179?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/1784407935975835179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/before-and-after.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1784407935975835179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1784407935975835179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/before-and-after.html' title='Before and after'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SEMc4QtEO_s/TlfQ7r1m8lI/AAAAAAAAECw/NYeo7vvVS6U/s72-c/P1020840%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-2410276973429335244</id><published>2011-08-24T05:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T12:41:09.319-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>I'm still knitting on my sister's socks, but have come to a stand still. The first sock was finished last week and I loved how the pattern and the color looked. &lt;br /&gt;Ich stricke eigentlich noch immer die Socken fuer meine Schwester. Ich sage 'eigentlich', weil ich gerade eine Pause einlege. Den ersten Socken hatte ich letzte Woche schon fertig bekommen und war vom Muster und der Farbe total begeistert. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K-7V-kNaLMk/TlT01VlrO0I/AAAAAAAAD_8/esUEbP_hW84/s1600/P1020826%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644405430167485250" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K-7V-kNaLMk/TlT01VlrO0I/AAAAAAAAD_8/esUEbP_hW84/s320/P1020826%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Then I started on the second sock and thought "mmhh", something doesn't look right. I bought two skeins of yarn, same color, same dye lot and it looks as if I'm using a different yarn.&lt;br /&gt;Dann habe ich den zweiten Socken angefangen und dachte "mmhh", da stimmt aber was nicht. Ich habe zwei mal die gleiche Wolle gekauft, selbe Farbe, selbe Nummer und es sieht so aus, als ob ich mit verschiedener Wolle stricken wuerde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iiuZb8RT3MA/TlT0vW3R3cI/AAAAAAAAD_0/kO8NEDai51A/s1600/P1020827%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644405327430540738" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iiuZb8RT3MA/TlT0vW3R3cI/AAAAAAAAD_0/kO8NEDai51A/s320/P1020827%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Just look at the two socks next to each other... In all the years of me knitting socks (I bet I 've knit at least 30 pair by now.) this has never happened to me. I've contacted the yarn manufacturer and they were nice enough to send me two more skeins of yarn. Don't know if it'll be the same color though. I am so aggravated and don't really know what to do about this mismatched pair. Do I buy more yarn and hope it'll match one or the other? Frog them both? Any suggestions or ideas? &lt;br /&gt;Schaut euch nur mal die Socken nebeneinander an... In all den Jahren in denen ich nun schon Socken stricke ist mir so etwas noch nie passiert. (Ich habe bestimmt schon 30 Paar gestrickt.) Ich habe die Hersteller kontaktiert, und sie waren auch so nett und werden mir zwei neue Knaeuel Wolle schicken. Weiss nur noch nicht ob es dann die gleiche Farbe ist. Ich bin so genervt und sauer, ich weiss gar nicht was ich mit diesem "Paar" Socken machen soll. Nochmal Wolle kaufen und schauen ob es dann zu einem der beiden Socken passt? Beide wieder auftrennen? Wenn jemand eine Idee haette, waere ich sehr dankbar dafuer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N4N5Yxz0pS4/TlT0ogTwNKI/AAAAAAAAD_s/6l1I9y4GVgo/s1600/P1020828%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644405209706804386" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N4N5Yxz0pS4/TlT0ogTwNKI/AAAAAAAAD_s/6l1I9y4GVgo/s320/P1020828%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; At lest the book I'm reading is a wonderful read. But then again, I've never been disappointed by any of Anna Quindlen's books. &lt;br /&gt;Now go on over to &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/08/yarn-along_24.html"&gt;Ginny's&lt;/a&gt; and see what others are reading, knitting and crocheting. &lt;br /&gt;Zumindest ist das Buch das ich gerade ein gutes Buch. Wobei ich bisher noch nie von einem Buch von Anna Quinlden enttaeuscht war. &lt;br /&gt;Jetzt schaut mal bei Ginny vorbei und seht was andere lesen, haekeln oder stricken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-2410276973429335244?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/2410276973429335244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/yarn-along_24.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2410276973429335244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2410276973429335244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/yarn-along_24.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K-7V-kNaLMk/TlT01VlrO0I/AAAAAAAAD_8/esUEbP_hW84/s72-c/P1020826%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-2964077144818568393</id><published>2011-08-22T06:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-22T06:57:44.673-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Ask and you shall receive...</title><content type='html'>Just recently I mentioned to Greg how much I'd like to have my old record player back. I still have all my old records from when I was probably 14 - 18 years old, and I really wanted to listen to them again. (Yes, I'm aware that makes me either a hoarder or just old.) Well wouldn't you know it, just days later one of his friends/coworkers asked if he knew anybody who would like to have an old record player - FOR FREE!! Greg brought it home, hooked it up and it works!&lt;br /&gt;Erst neulich hatte ich zu Greg gesagt wie gerne ich meinen alten Plattenspieler wieder haben moechte. Ich habe noch alle meine alten LP's von der Zeit als ich ca. 14 - 18 Jahre alt war und wollte sie unbedingt wieder einmal hoeren. (Ich weiss das macht mich entweder nur alt oder eine Packratte.) Ich konnte es kaum glauben, als er tatsaechlich ein paar Tage spaeter heimkam und erzaehlte, dass sein Freund/Arbeitskollege einen umsonst abzugeben hatte!! Greg brachte den Plattenspieler nach hause, schloss ihn an und er funktioniert!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Li-pl4a6iHw/TlJcn7mjgiI/AAAAAAAAD_k/4wzPrmpKF_U/s1600/P1020821%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643675124132708898" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Li-pl4a6iHw/TlJcn7mjgiI/AAAAAAAAD_k/4wzPrmpKF_U/s320/P1020821%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; So all weekend I've been feeling nostalgic, retro or whatever you want to call it and I've been listening to all my old favorites.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Das ganze Wochenende habe ich nun meine alten Platten angehoert und es in vollen Zuegen genossen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CJROINgwjCo/TlJchA8tnZI/AAAAAAAAD_c/N-KoKQz77gQ/s1600/P1020823%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643675005308738962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CJROINgwjCo/TlJchA8tnZI/AAAAAAAAD_c/N-KoKQz77gQ/s320/P1020823%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-2964077144818568393?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/2964077144818568393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/ask-and-you-shall-receive.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2964077144818568393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2964077144818568393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/ask-and-you-shall-receive.html' title='Ask and you shall receive...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Li-pl4a6iHw/TlJcn7mjgiI/AAAAAAAAD_k/4wzPrmpKF_U/s72-c/P1020821%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3994916624374120234</id><published>2011-08-19T06:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-19T06:23:52.867-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crafts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rubber stamps'/><title type='text'>Cards</title><content type='html'>I go through phases of wanting to do certain things. Sometimes it's knitting, sometimes spinning, right now it's making cards. My stash was running low, and I've been having fun making cards for different occasions.&lt;br /&gt;Ich habe immer wieder verschiedene "Bastel" Phasen. Mal koennte ich stundenlang stricken, dann am Spinnrad sitzen, zur Zeit mache ich wieder mal gerne Karten. Ich hatte nicht mehr viele auf Vorrat liegen und es macht richtig Spass neue Karten zu kreieren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_V7fz21oxwE/Tk5gvV8wg9I/AAAAAAAAD_U/GcfmtAvVwVI/s1600/P1020801%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642553749603910610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_V7fz21oxwE/Tk5gvV8wg9I/AAAAAAAAD_U/GcfmtAvVwVI/s320/P1020801%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642553650388189330" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8d1UCk16UeM/Tk5gpkV4wJI/AAAAAAAAD_M/8e46W7T-u44/s320/P1020809%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8k0mBlRTJCM/Tk5gjnRi9BI/AAAAAAAAD_E/mjVkXT4OCHg/s1600/P1020811%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642553548096074770" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8k0mBlRTJCM/Tk5gjnRi9BI/AAAAAAAAD_E/mjVkXT4OCHg/s320/P1020811%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ILs0rvmj0X8/Tk5gcXk33MI/AAAAAAAAD-8/1kUN8ongLMA/s1600/P1020772%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642553423623085250" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ILs0rvmj0X8/Tk5gcXk33MI/AAAAAAAAD-8/1kUN8ongLMA/s320/P1020772%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3994916624374120234?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3994916624374120234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/cards.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3994916624374120234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3994916624374120234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/cards.html' title='Cards'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_V7fz21oxwE/Tk5gvV8wg9I/AAAAAAAAD_U/GcfmtAvVwVI/s72-c/P1020801%2B%2528800x600%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3398323733762436712</id><published>2011-08-17T05:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-17T05:52:02.526-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>My sisters socks are progressing a bit slower than I would like them to, but at least I am making progress. I really do love this pattern and I think I'm going to have to knit some socks for myself after I am done with these.&lt;br /&gt;The book by Alan Alda (I've loved him ever since I saw him in M.A.S.H) was one of my 25 cent thrift store finds. It's a funny,inspiring, incisive "quest" to squeeze the most out of life.&lt;br /&gt;Thank you &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/08/yarn-along_17.html"&gt;Ginny&lt;/a&gt;, for hosting the yarn along again this week!&lt;br /&gt;Ines, deine Socken machen langsam aber sicher Fortschritte. Geht im Augenblick nicht ganz so schnell wie ich moechte, aber bis es kalt ist, hast du sie bestimmt. :-) Mir gefaellt das Muster super gut und ich glaube ich werde mir wenn ich mit diesem Paar fertig bin, auch welche stricken.&lt;br /&gt;Das Buch von Alan Alda (ich mag ihn, seit ich ihn zum ersten Mal in M.A.S.H. gesehen habe) war eines meiner 25 cent second hand Fundstuecke. Es ist humorvoll, regt zum Nachdenken an und ist interessant zu lesen.&lt;br /&gt;Danke Ginny, dass du auch diese Woche wieder den yarn along haeltst!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--j8XC_G8Jzw/Tku2MCd5GWI/AAAAAAAAD-0/N2VOlJ6pJaQ/s1600/P1020810%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641803276148611426" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--j8XC_G8Jzw/Tku2MCd5GWI/AAAAAAAAD-0/N2VOlJ6pJaQ/s320/P1020810%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3398323733762436712?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3398323733762436712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/yarn-along_17.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3398323733762436712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3398323733762436712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/yarn-along_17.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--j8XC_G8Jzw/Tku2MCd5GWI/AAAAAAAAD-0/N2VOlJ6pJaQ/s72-c/P1020810%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-1376769975130474115</id><published>2011-08-15T05:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-15T05:24:27.446-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><title type='text'>First day of school</title><content type='html'>Summer break is over and the girls went back to school this morning. Hannah is now in 8th grade (her last year in middle school) and Nadia is now in 6th grade (her first year in middle school). Hannah was ok with going back school, but Nadia was super excited about going. She's a middle schooler now after all. Can't wait to hear how their first day went...&lt;br /&gt;Unsere Sommerferien sind wieder vorbei und fuer beide Maedels fing heute wieder die Schule an. Hannah ist nun in der 8. Klasse (letztes Jahr in der middle school) und Nadia ist in der 6. Klasse (erstes Jahr in der middle school). Hannah meinte es waere ok wieder in die Schule zu gehen, aber Nadia war richtig aufgeregt und hat sich gefreut. Sie ist jetzt immerhin in der middle school! Ich bin schon mal richtig gespannt was sie heute ueber ihren ersten Tag sagen wenn sie nach Hause kommen...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eLBT88UcuwY/TkkOaonGm3I/AAAAAAAAD-s/RI4CW6oTkbA/s1600/P1020802%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641055858999073650" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eLBT88UcuwY/TkkOaonGm3I/AAAAAAAAD-s/RI4CW6oTkbA/s320/P1020802%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-1376769975130474115?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/1376769975130474115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/first-day-of-school.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1376769975130474115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/1376769975130474115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/first-day-of-school.html' title='First day of school'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eLBT88UcuwY/TkkOaonGm3I/AAAAAAAAD-s/RI4CW6oTkbA/s72-c/P1020802%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-6885721520139483715</id><published>2011-08-14T04:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T05:20:07.853-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><title type='text'>She passed!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640684422628762402" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xTBtbb0fRpg/Tke8mMTd4yI/AAAAAAAAD-c/HBLYocOHE2M/s320/P1020785%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;Nadia had Taekwondo testing for her next black belt yesterday and passed with flying colors! She rocked the whole thing!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;They are given three chances to perform their form, Nadia got it perfectly right the first time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nadia hatte gestern Taekwondo testing fuer ihren naechsten schwarzen Guertel und hat alles prima gemacht! Sie hat alles beim ersten Versuch geschafft und war einfach super gut.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Alle haben drei Versuche ihre 'Form' vorzufuehren, Nadia hat nur einen gebraucht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1tctwS1z5BQ/Tke4f61AN-I/AAAAAAAAD-M/Sh6PMVhvbmw/s1600/P1020787%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 237px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640679916811859938" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1tctwS1z5BQ/Tke4f61AN-I/AAAAAAAAD-M/Sh6PMVhvbmw/s320/P1020787%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here she is performing her 'contact skill'. She has gotten so much better and we give a lot of credit to her instructor. (Mr. Johnson is sitting at the table on the left.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hier fuehrt sie ihren 'contact skill' vor. Seit sie ihren neuen Instructor hat, ist sie viel, viel besser geworden. (Mr. Johnson sitzt links hinten am Tisch.)&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2OP5Yc-YdCY/Tke4atZYecI/AAAAAAAAD-E/Tq5Nw_HUkIc/s1600/P1020791%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640679827307002306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2OP5Yc-YdCY/Tke4atZYecI/AAAAAAAAD-E/Tq5Nw_HUkIc/s320/P1020791%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;She did a great job sparring and was able to break both boards (with a hand and a foot technique) on the first try.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Auch beim 'sparring' war sie gut und hat beide 'Bretter' beim ersten Mal gebrochen. Eines mit der Hand und eines mit einem Kick.&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RPd76OC2sEk/Tke4VQdSLpI/AAAAAAAAD98/qq1hfj-ErtE/s1600/P1020795%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640679733639392914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RPd76OC2sEk/Tke4VQdSLpI/AAAAAAAAD98/qq1hfj-ErtE/s320/P1020795%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Next Thursday is the awards ceremony and Nadia will be a 2nd degree level one blackbelt!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good job Nadia, we're so proud of you!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Naechsten Donnerstag bekommt sie ihren neuen Guertel verliehen und ist dann ein '2nd degree level 1 blackbelt'!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Super gemacht Nadia, wir sind wahnsinnig stolz auf dich!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-6885721520139483715?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/6885721520139483715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/she-passed.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6885721520139483715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6885721520139483715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/she-passed.html' title='She passed!!!'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xTBtbb0fRpg/Tke8mMTd4yI/AAAAAAAAD-c/HBLYocOHE2M/s72-c/P1020785%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-578672466551290980</id><published>2011-08-13T06:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-13T12:04:34.173-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>Not your typical salsa</title><content type='html'>I had a bunch of tomatoes that were about to spoil, so I thought I'd turn them into salsa. The original recipe called for tomatillos, but I tweaked it a bit and just used what I had on hand. The recipe is from the "Small batch preserving" cookbook and I actually tripled it to get 4 jars of salsa.&lt;br /&gt;Einige der Tomaten aus dem Garten hatten schon sehr weiche Stellen und mussten unbedingt aufgebraucht werden. Anstatt wieder einen Tomatensalat zu machen, habe ich sie als Salsa eingemacht. Eigentlich war es ein Rezept fuer Tomatillo Salsa, aber ich habe einfach die Tomaten genommen die ich hatte. Das Rezept kommt aus dem "Small batch preserving" Kochbuch und ich habe die dreifache Portion gemacht um 4 Glaeser Salsa zu bekommen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640338163406323602" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GvhxqoDa86E/TkaBrQLpv5I/AAAAAAAAD90/QE9q5zVF6iI/s320/P1020776%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomatillo Mexican Salsa 1/2 pound tomatillos, husks removed, coarsely chopped&lt;br /&gt;2 hot green chile peppers, seeded and chopped&lt;br /&gt;2 cloves garlic, minced&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup chopped onion&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup chopped carrot&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup each: apple juice and cider vinegar&lt;br /&gt;3/4 tsp pickling salt&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp each: ground cumin and dried oregano&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs sugar&lt;br /&gt;In a stainless steel or enamel pan combine all ingredients except sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat, cover and boil gently for 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;Stir in sugar, return to boil and boil gently, uncovered for 20 minutes or until mixture is thickened.&lt;br /&gt;Ladle into hot jars and process 20 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;One batch makes only 2 cups, that's why I tripled this recipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-578672466551290980?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/578672466551290980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/not-your-typical-salsa.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/578672466551290980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/578672466551290980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/not-your-typical-salsa.html' title='Not your typical salsa'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GvhxqoDa86E/TkaBrQLpv5I/AAAAAAAAD90/QE9q5zVF6iI/s72-c/P1020776%2B%2528600x800%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-9164860543232383200</id><published>2011-08-12T11:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T12:13:00.390-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>In the kitchen with Hannah</title><content type='html'>These past few days Hannah has been really interested in helping out in the kitchen. It might have something to do with a new point system the girls came up with (to earn extra money or rewards), but hey, they are both helping out a lot more without me having to ask.&lt;br /&gt;She made soup one day for lunch, waffles to be frozen for those quick breakfasts, and today she made fruit smoothies.&lt;br /&gt;Die letzten paar Tage war Hannah Feuer und Flamme um mir in der Kueche zu helfen. Es hat wahrscheinlich viel damit zu tun, dass sie sich damit Punkte verdienen moechte (beide sind zu mir gekommen und hatten die Idee), aber solange mir mehr geholfen wird, werde ich mich nicht beschweren.&lt;br /&gt;Einmal hat sie Griesnockerlsuppe gemacht, einmal Waffeln und heute gab es fruit smoothies.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mydEnE5wWjI/TkVzfpDsiQI/AAAAAAAAD9U/bfoINL8M1fw/s1600/P1020774.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mydEnE5wWjI/TkVzfpDsiQI/AAAAAAAAD9U/bfoINL8M1fw/s320/P1020774.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640041095785908482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They were made out of bananas, blueberries, plums, mandarin oranges a bit of honey and plain yoghurt. They were delicious and now Hannah wants to try and turn the smoothies into popsicles. Guess I know what we'll be doing tomorrow. :-)&lt;br /&gt;Die smoothies wurden aus Bananen, Blaubeeren, Pflaumen, Mandarinen, etwas Honig und Jogurt gemacht. Sie waren super lecker und Hannah moechte nun probieren sie als Eis einzufrieren. Ich weiss was wir morgen machen werden. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BkYljMIcujs/TkVyJkDBf7I/AAAAAAAAD9E/7GLFSKgQqcs/s1600/P1020777.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BkYljMIcujs/TkVyJkDBf7I/AAAAAAAAD9E/7GLFSKgQqcs/s320/P1020777.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640039616972160946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;About the point system: The girls came up with it, decided on the points and the rewards. They both have daily/weekly chores and these are extras they don't have to do on a daily basis.&lt;br /&gt;For instance: sweeping the porch = 10 points, cooking = 10 points, vacuuming = 10 points, empty the dishwasher = 5 points and so on. They can exchange the points for extra money, x number of points = x amount of dollars or save them for special privileges or treats. Nadia came up with 200 points = stay up an hour late on the weekend. Hannah came up with 200 points = be able to text one hour longer on the weekend. (Her phone has to be turned off at 9:00 which she's not too happy about.) Again, the girls came up with the chores, with the points and with the rewards. There are several more rewards they will be able to earn, I just wanted to give you an idea.&lt;br /&gt;Ueber das Punke System: Beide Maedels hatten die Idee, haben beschlossen was sie extra machen koennte, wieviele Punkte sie dafuer verdienen koennten und was die Belohnung dafuer sein koennte. Natuerlich haben beide Arbeiten die sie taeglich oder woechentlich machen muessen, die Sachen auf dieser Liste sind extra und keine Pflicht. Zum Beispiel: Terasse kehren = 10 Punkte, saugen = 10 Punkte, kochen = 10 Punkte, Spuelmaschine ausleeren = 5 Punkte usw. Sie koennen die Punkte in Geld umtauschen, x Punkte = x Dollar oder sie koennen sie fuer besondere Sachen sparen. Nadia hatte die Idee fuer 200 Punkte darf man am Wochenende eine Stunde laenger aufbleiben. Hannah wollte fuer 200 Punkte gerne am Wochenende eine Stunde laenger texten. (Ihr Telefon muss ab 21:00 Uhr aus sein und davon ist sie immer gar nicht begeistert.) Wie gesagt, es war die Idee beider Maedels und bisher funktioniert alles ganz gut. Es gibt natuerlich noch mehr womit sie sich Punkte verdienen koennen und Arten sie einzuloesen, ich wollte euch hiermit nur grob erklaeren worum es sich handelt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-9164860543232383200?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/9164860543232383200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-kitchen-with-hannah.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/9164860543232383200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/9164860543232383200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-kitchen-with-hannah.html' title='In the kitchen with Hannah'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mydEnE5wWjI/TkVzfpDsiQI/AAAAAAAAD9U/bfoINL8M1fw/s72-c/P1020774.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3950796078185112449</id><published>2011-08-10T04:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-10T05:05:12.219-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>During my sisters visit, I was able to knit her a second pair of socks. (Completely forgot to take a picture of them, though.) Since she was really happy with them, we went and got yarn for one more pair to keep her feet warm during those cold, long German winters. She picked the yarn and the pattern and I got started on them the other day. I will try and get them done quickly, before it starts getting cold there.&lt;br /&gt;The book I'm reading is one in the little house series. Growing up I loved the TV show, but had never actually read any of the books. So far I was able to find four of them at thrift stores, including the  latest one " By the shores of Silver Lake". As a matter of fact, I found the top six books in this stack at the library and the thrift store for 25 cents each! Can't beat that and it'll keep me reading for a while. :-)&lt;br /&gt;Thank you &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/08/yarn-along_10.html"&gt;Ginny&lt;/a&gt; for hosting this weekly yarn along! I really enjoy participating.&lt;br /&gt;Waehrend meine Schwester hier zu Besuch war, habe ich ihr ein zweites Paar Socken gestrickt. (Habe leider total vergessen ein Bild von den Socken zu machen.) Nachdem sie ihr recht gut gefallen haben, sind wir nochmal Wolle kaufen gegangen und ich habe die Tage mit einem neuen Paar fuer sie angefangen. Sie hat die Wolle und das Muster ausgesucht und ich hab Spass sie ihr zu stricken. Jetzt muss ich sie nur fertig bekommen, bevor es in Dtld richtig kalt wird. Ines, ich hoffe sie gefallen dir!&lt;br /&gt;Als ich klein war, habe ich die Sendung "Unsere kleine Farm" geliebt. Die Buecher hierzu habe ich aber erst vor kurzem entdeckt und immer wenn ich eines finde, schnappe ich zu. Bisher habe ich vier in der Serie in second hand Laeden gefunden, inklusive das, dass ich gerade lese. Ich habe die sechs oberen Buecher in diesem Stapel fuer jeweils 25 Cents bei unserer Buecherei oder im second hand Laden gefunden. Billiger haette ich sie nicht bekommen koennen und jetzt habe ich wieder fuer eine Weile Lesestoff. :-)&lt;br /&gt;Vielen Dank Ginny, fuer den woechentlichen yarn along! Es macht immer Spass dabei zu sein.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DrcTkR8FJcQ/TkJv7LRAgQI/AAAAAAAAD88/IK7ywmtKIIs/s1600/P1020770.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DrcTkR8FJcQ/TkJv7LRAgQI/AAAAAAAAD88/IK7ywmtKIIs/s320/P1020770.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639192745848373506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3950796078185112449?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3950796078185112449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/yarn-along.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3950796078185112449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3950796078185112449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/yarn-along.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DrcTkR8FJcQ/TkJv7LRAgQI/AAAAAAAAD88/IK7ywmtKIIs/s72-c/P1020770.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-6525074380871453169</id><published>2011-08-08T07:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-08T07:44:51.196-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spinning'/><title type='text'>Look what I did yesterday</title><content type='html'>After month (and I mean several, several month) of not touching the spinning wheel, I got the urge to try my hand at it again yesterday. I got out the wool roving Greg got me along with the wheel for Christmas and I just love how it's turning out. It looks a bit orange in the picture, but it really is more of a red. Remember my lumpy "designer yarn" that I used to spin? It is still not as even as I would like it to be, but I think it is getting better. Practice, practice, practice...&lt;br /&gt;Nachdem ich nun schon seit Monaten das Spinnrad unberuehrt in der Ecke stehen gelassen hatte, hatte ich gestern mal wieder so richtig Lust zu spinnen. (Mit dem Rad natuerlich. :-)) Ich habe das "roving" (wie nennt man das auf deutsch?) genommen, dass ich mitsamt dem Rad von Greg zu Weihnachten bekommen habe. Mir gefaellt es super gut wie es aussieht, ist in echt eher rot als so orange wir auf dem Bild. Koennt ihr euch noch an meine "Designer Wolle" erinnern die ich zuerst gesponnen habe? Dies ist immer nocht nicht so gut wie ich es gerne haette, aber ich glaube ich habe schon ein bissl Fortschritte gemacht. Ueben, ueben, ueben...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oOfZ1zbKB8k/Tj_xcnr20WI/AAAAAAAAD80/8u4gG8t7de8/s1600/P1020767.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oOfZ1zbKB8k/Tj_xcnr20WI/AAAAAAAAD80/8u4gG8t7de8/s320/P1020767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638490732482711906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-6525074380871453169?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/6525074380871453169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/look-what-i-did-yesterday.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6525074380871453169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6525074380871453169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/look-what-i-did-yesterday.html' title='Look what I did yesterday'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oOfZ1zbKB8k/Tj_xcnr20WI/AAAAAAAAD80/8u4gG8t7de8/s72-c/P1020767.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-7825634268517463196</id><published>2011-08-06T15:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-06T16:04:38.428-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>U.G.L.Y.</title><content type='html'>This has been a rough gardening year for everybody it seems. Between the heat and the bugs AND us being gone for a week, it's been bad in our garden. I'm still battling bugs, still watering, but I've kind of resigned myself to the fact that the harvest won't be as good as last years.&lt;br /&gt;Upon returning from our vacation this is some of the "carnage" I found:&lt;br /&gt;I hate finding these eggs on the squash!!! I've already lost all three "lower salmon river" squash plants, without being able to harvest a single one. The three zucchini plants didn't survive either, and out of the four squash plants I bought (to replace the zucchini), I already lost two.&lt;br /&gt;Was man so hoert, ist dieses Jahr ein fuerchterliches Jahr fuer Gaertner. Die extrem hohen Temperaturen, die Kaeferplagen und eine Woche von zuhause weg haben auch unserem Garten schwer zugesetzt. Ich bekaempfe immer noch die verschiedensten Kaefer, giesse fleissig, aber ich habe mich mit der Tatsache abgefunden, dass ich dieses Jahr nicht soviel ernten werde wie letztes Jahr. So sah es im Garten aus, als wir vom Urlaub zurueck kamen:&lt;br /&gt;Ich kriege langsam schon Anfaelle wenn ich diese Eier auf den Blaettern vorfinde!!! Alle drei "lower salmon river squash" Pflanzen, sowie drei Zucchini Pflanzen habe ich schon verloren. Von den vier neuen squash Pflanzen (die die Zucchini ersetzen sollten) habe ich auch schon wieder zwei verloren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kxL7opt1xDQ/Tj3AN_qujwI/AAAAAAAAD8s/z4sxzxB14qw/s1600/P1020758.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kxL7opt1xDQ/Tj3AN_qujwI/AAAAAAAAD8s/z4sxzxB14qw/s320/P1020758.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637873655199207170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Isn't that just sad looking?&lt;br /&gt;Sieht das nicht traurig aus?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2BoIohRlB4s/Tj3ADbOiYhI/AAAAAAAAD8k/WPhYPRdkCq0/s1600/P1020757.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2BoIohRlB4s/Tj3ADbOiYhI/AAAAAAAAD8k/WPhYPRdkCq0/s320/P1020757.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637873473618600466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Beetle damage on the pole beans.&lt;br /&gt;Die Stangenbohnen sind auch einer Kaeferhorde zum Opfer gefallen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KqA7c5eZpZg/Tj2_97IIttI/AAAAAAAAD8c/5d7OlZdUIe0/s1600/P1020756.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KqA7c5eZpZg/Tj2_97IIttI/AAAAAAAAD8c/5d7OlZdUIe0/s320/P1020756.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637873379102471890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is what two hornworms did to this poor pepper plant - almost all the leaves are gone.&lt;br /&gt;Diese arme Paprika musste unter &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/hornworm/"&gt;"hornworms"&lt;/a&gt; leiden. Nur zwei dieser Raupen haben fast alle Blaetter abgefressen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jxLiywQCPeU/Tj2_xxD3e0I/AAAAAAAAD8U/AXdOAWiQU4k/s1600/P1020759.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jxLiywQCPeU/Tj2_xxD3e0I/AAAAAAAAD8U/AXdOAWiQU4k/s320/P1020759.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637873170241780546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Something is eating the radish leaves, just haven't found the culprit yet.&lt;br /&gt;Irgendetwas frisst auch die Rettichblaetter, ich weiss nur noch nicht was.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S_W081LUF7c/Tj2_r2htPFI/AAAAAAAAD8M/fbmRJdmomtU/s1600/P1020760.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S_W081LUF7c/Tj2_r2htPFI/AAAAAAAAD8M/fbmRJdmomtU/s320/P1020760.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637873068629900370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One of the eggplants is not doing well, either. It's a  small black bug that has taken a liking to it and I need to see what I can do to stop him from using it as a buffet.&lt;br /&gt;Eine der Auberginen sieht auch sehr mitgenommen aus. Es ist ein kleiner schwarzer Kaefer der die Blaetter als sein eigenes Buffet benutzt. Mal sehen was ich dagegen unternehmen kann.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTXu7T-e6l4/Tj2_k3AsjJI/AAAAAAAAD8E/wRRf5lYssxA/s1600/P1020761.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTXu7T-e6l4/Tj2_k3AsjJI/AAAAAAAAD8E/wRRf5lYssxA/s320/P1020761.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637872948500794514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;While we were gone, we had somebody water the garden. Most everything did ok, but the oregano did not survive.&lt;br /&gt;Waehrend wir weg waren, hatten wir jemanden der den Garten gegossen hat. Die meisten Sachen waren ok, aber der Oregano ist leider total vertrocknet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pZfB87wqGHQ/Tj2_cKzeH9I/AAAAAAAAD78/2sgz1Gh3dFU/s1600/P1020755.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pZfB87wqGHQ/Tj2_cKzeH9I/AAAAAAAAD78/2sgz1Gh3dFU/s320/P1020755.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637872799195209682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Guess that's the good thing about gardening, there's always next year and you learn more about it every year.&lt;br /&gt;Tja, man kann nur hoffen, das es naechstes Jahr besser wird und ich bis dahin noch so einiges dazu gelernt habe.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-7825634268517463196?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/7825634268517463196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/ugly.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7825634268517463196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7825634268517463196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/ugly.html' title='U.G.L.Y.'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kxL7opt1xDQ/Tj3AN_qujwI/AAAAAAAAD8s/z4sxzxB14qw/s72-c/P1020758.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-7229360292317299795</id><published>2011-08-03T12:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T13:22:02.316-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><title type='text'>Let's wrap this up...</title><content type='html'>Instead of boring everybody to tears with our vacation pictures for several more days, I thought I'd just dump them all into one post today. See how considerate I am? :-)&lt;br /&gt;If you've never been to the Biltmore, it is sooo worth a visit. It is the grandest home in the US and it is spectacular. It boasts a bowling alley, an indoor pool and even a gym. Too bad I can't show any pictures of the inside since we were not allowed to take any photos.&lt;br /&gt;Nachdem ich euch mit unseren Urlaubsbildern nicht zu Tode langweilen moechte, hier eine Kurzversion der letzten paar Tage. Ist das nicht lieb von mir? ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Biltmore ist das groesste Haus in Amerika das sich noch im Privatbesitz befindet. In ihm befindet sich eine Kegelbahn, ein Pool und eine eigene Turnhalle. Leider kann ich euch davon keine Bilder zeigen, denn wir durften innen nicht photografieren.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R3Htq6_wmYI/TjmoGsGO8_I/AAAAAAAAD70/dPsi8RgdyIw/s1600/P1020637.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R3Htq6_wmYI/TjmoGsGO8_I/AAAAAAAAD70/dPsi8RgdyIw/s320/P1020637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636721241500873714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Another hot, hot day...&lt;br /&gt;War wieder ein sehr heisser Tag...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lFNhqLqR9rE/Tjmn_7zFL-I/AAAAAAAAD7s/HbtOF26f4JM/s1600/P1020641.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lFNhqLqR9rE/Tjmn_7zFL-I/AAAAAAAAD7s/HbtOF26f4JM/s320/P1020641.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636721125456424930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The view from the back, just as beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;Die Rueckseite von Biltmore ist auch wunderbar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8mspOrzbknE/Tjmnk3Q5pWI/AAAAAAAAD7k/HzUI8sXpLiU/s1600/P1020668.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8mspOrzbknE/Tjmnk3Q5pWI/AAAAAAAAD7k/HzUI8sXpLiU/s320/P1020668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636720660382852450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Gorgeous view everywhere. I don't know how many pictures of the smoky mountains I took.&lt;br /&gt;Egal wohin wir gefahren sind, die Aussichten waren immer klasse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r0mxdJG-mq8/Tjmnc42RxQI/AAAAAAAAD7c/qZZY5SRXfNY/s1600/P1020685.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r0mxdJG-mq8/Tjmnc42RxQI/AAAAAAAAD7c/qZZY5SRXfNY/s320/P1020685.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636720523369104642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We spent one day in Gatlinburg sightseeing. One of the places we visited was the Ripley's aquarium - loved it! Since Nadia is such a Ripley's fan, we also went through the mirror maze and the "believe it or not" museum. Some interesting and disturbing things on display there.&lt;br /&gt;Einen Tag haben wir Gatlinburg unsicher gemacht. Wir waren dort im Ripley's Aquarium - war spitze! Nachdem Nadia so ein grosser Ripley's Fan ist, sind wir auch ins Spiegellabyrinth und ins Ripley's "believe it or not" Museum. Dort gab es ganz viele interessante und auch gruselige Sachen zu sehen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SZb0e6M1oU8/TjmnOdGg9mI/AAAAAAAAD7E/6ocA9oO99GA/s1600/P1020695.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SZb0e6M1oU8/TjmnOdGg9mI/AAAAAAAAD7E/6ocA9oO99GA/s320/P1020695.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636720275402847842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our last day in the Gatlinburg area was spent at Dollywood. It was insanely hot that day, but we had a blast.&lt;br /&gt;Nadia, behind the wheel - giving Greg a taste of what's ahead.&lt;br /&gt;Den letzten Ferientag haben wir in Dollywood verbracht. Es war unglaublich heiss an diesem Tag, aber wir hatten einen riesen grossen Spass.&lt;br /&gt;Nadia hinterm Steuer - hat Greg schon mal darauf vorbereitet was in ein paar Jahren auf ihn zukommt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EgP1QbuGr50/Tjml6cpmjyI/AAAAAAAAD68/LVN8Xtj3_Rc/s1600/P1020732.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EgP1QbuGr50/Tjml6cpmjyI/AAAAAAAAD68/LVN8Xtj3_Rc/s320/P1020732.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636718832172568354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hannah was my chauffeur...&lt;br /&gt;Hannah war mein Chauffeur...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuUvbnGjqog/TjmlbINPyrI/AAAAAAAAD60/f6IQjIgLsLM/s1600/P1020728.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuUvbnGjqog/TjmlbINPyrI/AAAAAAAAD60/f6IQjIgLsLM/s320/P1020728.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636718294108981938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dollywood is a really neat amusement park with lots of things to do and see.&lt;br /&gt;Dollywood ist ein toller Ferienpark und es gab sehr viele Dinge zu sehen und natuerlich zu fahren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1_x2QkLGXpQ/Tjmk9goUEQI/AAAAAAAAD6s/Hz_ePL4RguA/s1600/P1020737.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1_x2QkLGXpQ/Tjmk9goUEQI/AAAAAAAAD6s/Hz_ePL4RguA/s320/P1020737.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636717785268883714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We rode the train around the park - I'm still trying to wash the soot out of our clothes.&lt;br /&gt;Mit dem Zug sind wir durch den Park gefahren - ich versuche immer noch die Asche aus den Klamotten zu waschen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fvSOqF4NQ2s/TjmkjQ058eI/AAAAAAAAD6c/biFPMOK4rWk/s1600/P1020741.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fvSOqF4NQ2s/TjmkjQ058eI/AAAAAAAAD6c/biFPMOK4rWk/s320/P1020741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636717334350131682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Goofy child...&lt;br /&gt;Albernes Kind...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tsecC_BA_eY/Tjmj2ZM35iI/AAAAAAAAD6U/hf0LMna74AQ/s1600/P1020722.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tsecC_BA_eY/Tjmj2ZM35iI/AAAAAAAAD6U/hf0LMna74AQ/s320/P1020722.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636716563504031266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Happy kids makes for happy parents.&lt;br /&gt;Glueckliche Kinder = glueckliche Eltern.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sumGJ1ZINuk/TjmjmuOGHUI/AAAAAAAAD6M/N4hoVNFZljU/s1600/P1020723.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sumGJ1ZINuk/TjmjmuOGHUI/AAAAAAAAD6M/N4hoVNFZljU/s320/P1020723.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636716294268394818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Both girls rode quite a few of the rides and Nadia even rode every single roller coaster! Greg rode them with her since neither Hannah nor I will ride them. Yep, I'm chicken when it comes to coasters...&lt;br /&gt;Beide Maedels sind sehr viele Sachen gefahren, Nadia ist auch in jede Achterbahn rein! Greg musst da immer mit ihr fahren, denn weder Hannah noch ich moegen die. Bin da ein richtiger Angsthase...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aXyONGKDfRE/TjmjLhIA0vI/AAAAAAAAD58/vW333fw6EGo/s1600/P1020749.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aXyONGKDfRE/TjmjLhIA0vI/AAAAAAAAD58/vW333fw6EGo/s320/P1020749.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636715826896753394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oDSTjd7VWCo/Tjmi19Bv7sI/AAAAAAAAD5s/Fsr4eG0Ck3E/s1600/P1020753.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oDSTjd7VWCo/Tjmi19Bv7sI/AAAAAAAAD5s/Fsr4eG0Ck3E/s320/P1020753.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636715456429551298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And that's all folks! Back to our regularly scheduled program soon...&lt;br /&gt;Und das war's dann. Bald geht es wieder zum regulaeren Program zurueck...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g-3nf31e-aw/TjmivbKFLaI/AAAAAAAAD5k/k49a8CXb9q0/s1600/P1020754.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g-3nf31e-aw/TjmivbKFLaI/AAAAAAAAD5k/k49a8CXb9q0/s320/P1020754.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636715344258477474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-7229360292317299795?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/7229360292317299795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/lets-wrap-this-up.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7229360292317299795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7229360292317299795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/lets-wrap-this-up.html' title='Let&apos;s wrap this up...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R3Htq6_wmYI/TjmoGsGO8_I/AAAAAAAAD70/dPsi8RgdyIw/s72-c/P1020637.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-8270863912047999796</id><published>2011-08-02T07:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T07:41:27.713-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><title type='text'>On to Gatlinburg...</title><content type='html'>After Nashville, we drove about four hours to Gatlinburg. Several of our friends had been there and absolutely loved the place. We figured it wasn't too far to drive and from everything we'd heard worth a visit. Well, we had some good and some bad experiences. Gatlinburg is definitely worth a visit (probably more then one if you want to see and do it all), but the place we had rented was a total bust.&lt;br /&gt;I found the cabin online and even though it looked a bit dated, thought it sounded like a nice place to stay. I was wrong! The location was wonderful, totally secluded and very quiet, but the rest...&lt;br /&gt;It was already a bit dingy from the outside and when you stepped in you realized nothing had been done to it in years. The carpets were very old, the place wasn't the cleanest, things were missing... For instance we were given one dishcloth and one dishtowel, no detergent for the dishwasher (which was still full of clean? dishes), the coffee maker still had moldy coffee grinds in it, the mattresses were old and saggy... We decided to make the best of it, went shopping for a few supplies and "roughed it" for the week. Needless to say I would not recommend the place let alone stay there again.&lt;br /&gt;Nach Nashville sind wir alle nach Gatlinburg weitergefahren. Einige unserer Freunde waren schon mehrmals dort und haben sehr davon geschwaermt. Nachdem es nicht allzuweit von uns weg ist, dachten wir waere es einen Besuch wert. Die Gegend ist wunderschoen und wenn man alles sehen moechte, muss man definitiv mehrmals dort Urlaub machen. Leider war unsere Unterkunft ein totaler Reinfall. Ich hatte die "Cabin" im Internet gefunden und obwohl es etwas aelter ausgesehen hat, dachte ich waere es in Ordnung fuer uns. War leider ueberhaupt nicht so. Man konnte schon von aussen sehen, dass es etwas ungepflegt war. Drinnen wurde es dann leider nicht besser. Es war nicht richtig geputzt, wir hatten einen Spuellappen und ein Geschirrtuch. Fuer die Spuelmaschine (die noch voller sauberem? Geschirr war) gab es kein Spuelmittel, in der Kaffeemaschine war noch verschimmelter Kaffeesatz und die Matratzen waren durchgelegen und alt. Wir sind einkaufen gegangen und haben einfach das Beste daraus gemacht. Ich wuerde die Cabin jedoch niemals weiterempfehlen oder noch einmal vom selben Vermieter mieten.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wkN_3VZOolM/TjgEL5isX1I/AAAAAAAAD5U/SSYoefZv-vU/s1600/P1020721.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wkN_3VZOolM/TjgEL5isX1I/AAAAAAAAD5U/SSYoefZv-vU/s320/P1020721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636259536125583186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's a bit difficult to tell from this picture, but we did have a great view from the porch.&lt;br /&gt;Die Lage der Cabin war prima, weit weg von allem und sehr ruhig. Auch die Aussicht von der Terrasse war super schoen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H5x4vgV7cYg/TjgEG-KVjYI/AAAAAAAAD5M/HtX6qyogYX8/s1600/P1020719.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H5x4vgV7cYg/TjgEG-KVjYI/AAAAAAAAD5M/HtX6qyogYX8/s320/P1020719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636259451466255746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The girls didn't mind any of the things we had issues with - they were thrilled the cabin had a pool table.&lt;br /&gt;Pool sharks in the making... ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Die Maedels haben sich an all den Sachen gar nicht gestoert - sie waren total vom Billiardtisch begeistert.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3IGih0sJY_w/TjgEAgjaLzI/AAAAAAAAD5E/gJuPxaEAZ_8/s1600/P1020628.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3IGih0sJY_w/TjgEAgjaLzI/AAAAAAAAD5E/gJuPxaEAZ_8/s320/P1020628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636259340439138098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1CSsIvoQZLU/TjgD1q2cn7I/AAAAAAAAD48/SIDCJKEv7LA/s1600/P1020630.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1CSsIvoQZLU/TjgD1q2cn7I/AAAAAAAAD48/SIDCJKEv7LA/s320/P1020630.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636259154224783282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There was a hot tub as well and on one of those already hot nights, Hannah and Nadia decided to check it out.&lt;br /&gt;Wir hatten auch einen Whirlpool und an einer (ehe schon sehr heissen Nacht) haben Hannah und Nadia beschlossen ihn einzuweihen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-17sHh0xih84/TjgDvwaK5AI/AAAAAAAAD40/8bLhftWZdnI/s1600/P1020713.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-17sHh0xih84/TjgDvwaK5AI/AAAAAAAAD40/8bLhftWZdnI/s320/P1020713.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636259052637578242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-piwV9Y14S50/TjgDoee68LI/AAAAAAAAD4s/ykeU3dH2WIQ/s1600/P1020715.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-piwV9Y14S50/TjgDoee68LI/AAAAAAAAD4s/ykeU3dH2WIQ/s320/P1020715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636258927566581938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So, even though the cabin was a bust, we still had a great time together. We played lots of pool, played cards, just hung out with each other and I guess that is all that matters.&lt;br /&gt;So, obwohl die Cabin ein Reinfall war, hatten wir miteinander eine sehr schoene Zeit. Wir haben viel Billiard und Karten miteinander gespielt und einfach unsere Zeit miteinander genossen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-8270863912047999796?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/8270863912047999796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-to-gatlinburg.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8270863912047999796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8270863912047999796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-to-gatlinburg.html' title='On to Gatlinburg...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wkN_3VZOolM/TjgEL5isX1I/AAAAAAAAD5U/SSYoefZv-vU/s72-c/P1020721.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-8974966562803523687</id><published>2011-07-31T05:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T07:24:33.870-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><title type='text'>Nashville</title><content type='html'>Whenever we visit a city that we've never been in before, we try and take a bus tour to get the "lay of the land". That's exactly what we did on our second day in Nashville. The bus picked us up at the hotel in the morning and we toured Nashville for about four hours. The day started out a bit overcast and we did have some rain, but for the most part it was a beautiful (and hot) day.&lt;br /&gt;Out of the bus window the "Batman" building, which is actually the AT&amp;amp;T building.&lt;br /&gt;Jedes Mal wenn wir eine neue Stadt besichtigen, versuchen wir eine Stadtrundfahrt mitzumachen. Dies haben wir auch dieses Mal in Nashville getan und dabei sehr viel gesehen. Der Bus hat uns am Hotel abgeholt und wir haben eine ca. vier Stunden lange Tour mitgemacht. Der Tag fing ein bissl bewoelkt an und wir hatten auch ein wenig Regen, aber im Grossen und Ganzen war ein ein schoener (und heisser) Tag.&lt;br /&gt;Aus dem Busfenster haben wir das "Batman" Gebaeude gesehen - ist eigentlich das AT&amp;amp;T Gebaeude.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pWU3EsRtZOk/TjVHd2jIWJI/AAAAAAAAD4k/gEjFcrP6wXg/s1600/P1020563.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pWU3EsRtZOk/TjVHd2jIWJI/AAAAAAAAD4k/gEjFcrP6wXg/s320/P1020563.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635489086908684434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We toured the "music" area of Nashville, we had no idea there were that many music producers out there. It was just building after building.&lt;br /&gt;Wir haben die "Musik Gegend" von Nashville gesehen, wir hatten alle keine Ahnung wieviele Musik Produzenten es dort gibt. Es war ein Gebaeude nach dem anderen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hWx2HNfKyuc/TjVHY-epMnI/AAAAAAAAD4c/Ie_4Usupfyw/s1600/P1020564.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hWx2HNfKyuc/TjVHY-epMnI/AAAAAAAAD4c/Ie_4Usupfyw/s320/P1020564.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635489003138003570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Parthenon up on the hill. If we ever go back to Nashville, I'd like to actually go inside and see the museum. At the time of the tour it was closed and a marathon was about to start - which meant they were about to close a lot of roads.&lt;br /&gt;Das Parthenon in Nashville. Falls wir noch einmal nach Nashville kommen, wuerde ich gerne mal das Museum darin besuchen. Als wir die Tour gemacht hatten, war es leider geschlossen und ausserdem fing gerade ein Marathon Rennen an - was hiess, dass viele Strassen geschlossen wurden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PAcG3yGj_Hc/TjVHTuuy2CI/AAAAAAAAD4U/HWPOxJrb95Y/s1600/P1020570.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PAcG3yGj_Hc/TjVHTuuy2CI/AAAAAAAAD4U/HWPOxJrb95Y/s320/P1020570.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488913011431458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-44pk1R6UNNA/TjVHOTSSxZI/AAAAAAAAD4M/47b2kvfLSJA/s1600/P1020575.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-44pk1R6UNNA/TjVHOTSSxZI/AAAAAAAAD4M/47b2kvfLSJA/s320/P1020575.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488819744785810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The capitol building of Nashville.&lt;br /&gt;Das Kapitol Gebaeude von Nashville.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJBeor8Xs-U/TjVHICpREaI/AAAAAAAAD4E/eGudmHrTv_w/s1600/P1020580.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJBeor8Xs-U/TjVHICpREaI/AAAAAAAAD4E/eGudmHrTv_w/s320/P1020580.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488712198525346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Included in our tour was a visit to the Ryman auditorium. Lots of music history on display there.&lt;br /&gt;Ein Teil unserer Tour war auch die Besichtigung des Ryman Auditoriums. Man konnte sich ganz viel "Musik Geschichte" dort ansehen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGsI0MgqoWM/TjVHDBR12nI/AAAAAAAAD38/vbtsNXGL-gk/s1600/P1020591.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGsI0MgqoWM/TjVHDBR12nI/AAAAAAAAD38/vbtsNXGL-gk/s320/P1020591.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488625932491378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Outside the Ryman...&lt;br /&gt;Vor dem Ryman Auditorium...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1-x3_UJ_oS4/TjVG8zy5HKI/AAAAAAAAD30/Cj0O-khu0AQ/s1600/P1020602.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1-x3_UJ_oS4/TjVG8zy5HKI/AAAAAAAAD30/Cj0O-khu0AQ/s320/P1020602.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488519233805474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We also got to take a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame. We had about 1 1/2 hours to tour the place, but one would really need more time to see everything.&lt;br /&gt;Wir konnten auch die Country Music Hall of Fame besichtigen. Leider hatten wir nur ca 1 1/2 Stunden dafuer Zeit, man braucht eigentlich viel mehr um alles genauer anzusehen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yODjOStyez0/TjVG3Wq6jDI/AAAAAAAAD3s/l-5ps5TqpO0/s1600/P1020603.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yODjOStyez0/TjVG3Wq6jDI/AAAAAAAAD3s/l-5ps5TqpO0/s320/P1020603.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488425516370994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After a lunch stop we went on to check out the Opryland Hotel.(Just the 6 of us, this was not part of the tour.) WOW, all I can say is WOW! The place is absolutely spectacular.&lt;br /&gt;This glass sculpture is in the reception area and is just stunningly beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;Nach dem Mittagessen sind wir dann ins Opryland Hotel gefahren. (Nur wir 6, war nicht Teil der Tour.) Das Hotel ist spektakulaer, einfach sagenhaft wie schoen es gemacht ist.&lt;br /&gt;Diese Glas Skulptur ist im Empfangsbereich und ist wunderschoen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VvzgAynmjdA/TjVGx8s65nI/AAAAAAAAD3k/EQSdmdXeqDc/s1600/P1020608.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VvzgAynmjdA/TjVGx8s65nI/AAAAAAAAD3k/EQSdmdXeqDc/s320/P1020608.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488332646114930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The gardens in the hotel took our breath away. They were all gorgeous and we could have spent an entire day there wandering around and looking at everything.&lt;br /&gt;Die Gaerten im Hotel waren atemberaubend, man kann es wirklich nicht glauben, dass man sich in einem Hotel befindet. Wir haetten einen ganzen Tag dort verbringen koennen um uns alles genauer anzusehen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hht9G2o7auc/TjVGsOWgK_I/AAAAAAAAD3c/xOB-_E4CWNw/s1600/P1020612.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hht9G2o7auc/TjVGsOWgK_I/AAAAAAAAD3c/xOB-_E4CWNw/s320/P1020612.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488234304711666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w-6A7H0N1Nw/TjVGnIEV2jI/AAAAAAAAD3U/Ya86KuTPEqA/s1600/P1020618.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w-6A7H0N1Nw/TjVGnIEV2jI/AAAAAAAAD3U/Ya86KuTPEqA/s320/P1020618.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488146718579250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rh4dOtNy-CA/TjVGg3r_oTI/AAAAAAAAD3M/zqNY6f65CWo/s1600/P1020620.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rh4dOtNy-CA/TjVGg3r_oTI/AAAAAAAAD3M/zqNY6f65CWo/s320/P1020620.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635488039242277170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-8974966562803523687?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/8974966562803523687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/nashville.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8974966562803523687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/8974966562803523687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/nashville.html' title='Nashville'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pWU3EsRtZOk/TjVHd2jIWJI/AAAAAAAAD4k/gEjFcrP6wXg/s72-c/P1020563.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-7394643754088345703</id><published>2011-07-30T05:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T05:51:18.426-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><title type='text'>Family vacation is over</title><content type='html'>This past Saturday we all loaded up the van and headed towards Nashville - about a two hour drive from here. On the way to Nashville we realized we could stop and tour the James Polk home - of course we had to take advantage of that.&lt;br /&gt;Vergangenen Samstag haben wir den Van voll geladen und sind Richtung Nashville gefahren - ca zwei Stunden Fahrt von hier. Auf dem Weg nach Nashville haben wir gesehen, dass wir einen ungeplanten Stop einlegen koennten und das James Polk home ( ein President) anschauen konnten. Mussten wir natuerlich machen...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FQLhz9gPO0Y/TjP2JaN1FUI/AAAAAAAAD3E/G_aR3SMYcWs/s1600/P1020517.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FQLhz9gPO0Y/TjP2JaN1FUI/AAAAAAAAD3E/G_aR3SMYcWs/s320/P1020517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635118200287204674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The tour didn't take all that long but we found it to be very interesting.&lt;br /&gt;Die Tour hat nicht allzu lange gedauert, war aber sehr interessant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SnJv3yBw0p0/TjP2CszZeLI/AAAAAAAAD28/lYW3ZrTvu8M/s1600/P1020516.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SnJv3yBw0p0/TjP2CszZeLI/AAAAAAAAD28/lYW3ZrTvu8M/s320/P1020516.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635118085017532594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Obligatory group shot. ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Gruppenfoto ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LO1QgPbkUI0/TjP18VLVn4I/AAAAAAAAD20/sepgjQhmhxI/s1600/P1020532.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LO1QgPbkUI0/TjP18VLVn4I/AAAAAAAAD20/sepgjQhmhxI/s320/P1020532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635117975596277634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After the Polk home we went on to Nashville and stopped at the Hermitage - Andrew Jackson's home. It's a pretty grand place and we learned a lot about Andrew Jackson. Guess because I went to school in Germany, I didn't know that much about him. For instance I had no idea he was the president who sent Indians on the Trail of Tears.&lt;br /&gt;Nach dem Polk home sind wir nach Nashville gefahren und haben die Hermitage besichtigt - das Zuhause von President Andrew Jackson. Es war eine laengere Tour und wir haben viel ueber Andrew Jackson gelernt. Nachdem ich ja in Dtld zur Schule gegangen bin, wusste ich nicht allzu viel ueber ihn. So z.B. wusste ich nicht, dass er der President war der die Indianer auf den "Trail of Tears" geschickt hat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-huzkVzDOcI0/TjP11NeCznI/AAAAAAAAD2s/Amhgnt4uuEM/s1600/P1020541.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-huzkVzDOcI0/TjP11NeCznI/AAAAAAAAD2s/Amhgnt4uuEM/s320/P1020541.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635117853268168306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is where Andrew Jackson and his wife are buried. There is a little cemetery right next to it with several family member buried there.&lt;br /&gt;Hier sind Andrew Jackson und seine Frau begraben. Gleich daneben ist ein kleiner Friedhof in dem viele Familienmitglieder begraben sind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UVKmcJ2rIaQ/TjP1uzgdy6I/AAAAAAAAD2k/nfRB9Z2IfkA/s1600/P1020536.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UVKmcJ2rIaQ/TjP1uzgdy6I/AAAAAAAAD2k/nfRB9Z2IfkA/s320/P1020536.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635117743219788706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The grounds of the hermitage are very pretty and we took our time exploring them. It would have been a lot better though if it hadn't been so incredibly hot.&lt;br /&gt;Die Gaerten der Hermitage sind sehr schoen angelegt und wir haben uns Zeit gelassen sie anzusehen. Waere etwas besser gewesen, wenn es nicht so fuerchterlich heiss gewesen waere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I-iQ6fUUHGk/TjP1otW5p7I/AAAAAAAAD2c/g4inUD5jdsg/s1600/P1020548.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I-iQ6fUUHGk/TjP1otW5p7I/AAAAAAAAD2c/g4inUD5jdsg/s320/P1020548.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635117638489843634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Late afternoon we checked into our hotel - the Embassy suites near the Airport. No, I'm not getting anything from them for this "ad" (I wish), we just really like staying there.&lt;br /&gt;Spaet am Nachmittag sind wir dann in unser Hotel - das Embassy suites am Flughafen. Nein, ich bekomme leider nichts von ihnen fuer diese "Werbung" (schoen waer's), uns gefaellt es dort einfach sehr gut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Y07WRk7uUU/TjP1di05thI/AAAAAAAAD2U/4BJZ7igTFK4/s1600/P1020552.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Y07WRk7uUU/TjP1di05thI/AAAAAAAAD2U/4BJZ7igTFK4/s320/P1020552.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635117446684325394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Both girls enjoyed the pool, but Nadia really loved it.&lt;br /&gt;Beide Maedels haben den Pool dort genossen, aber Nadia war total davon begeistert.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BBSZ6XE1BMM/TjP1Xg5TiKI/AAAAAAAAD2M/GpEKmbVvN-g/s1600/P1020554.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BBSZ6XE1BMM/TjP1Xg5TiKI/AAAAAAAAD2M/GpEKmbVvN-g/s320/P1020554.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635117343086708898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We enjoyed the managers reception and the live music. A very nice way to end the evening...&lt;br /&gt;Wir haben dafuer den Manager's Empfang und die live Musik genossen. War schoen den Tag so ausklingen zu lassen...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b2wKg0ILwJo/TjP1RzN_p1I/AAAAAAAAD2E/Dh6KaVqIpgs/s1600/P1020561.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b2wKg0ILwJo/TjP1RzN_p1I/AAAAAAAAD2E/Dh6KaVqIpgs/s320/P1020561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635117244926109522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tomorrow: Nashville city tour&lt;br /&gt;Morgen: Nashville Stadt Tour&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-7394643754088345703?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/7394643754088345703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/family-vacation-is-over.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7394643754088345703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/7394643754088345703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/family-vacation-is-over.html' title='Family vacation is over'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FQLhz9gPO0Y/TjP2JaN1FUI/AAAAAAAAD3E/G_aR3SMYcWs/s72-c/P1020517.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-2368809546283766481</id><published>2011-07-20T04:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-20T04:51:02.640-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>Day trip # 2</title><content type='html'>If you are ever in Cullman, Alabama, you should take a couple of hours and check out the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.avemariagrotto.com/"&gt;Ave Maria Grotto&lt;/a&gt;. We went there on Sunday and enjoyed looking at Brother Zoettl's creations.&lt;br /&gt;Falls ihr irgendwann einmal in Cullman, Alabama zu Besuch seid, solltet ihr euch ein paar Stunden Zeit nehmen und die Ave Maria Grotto besuchen. Wir sind am Sonntag gegangen und haben uns Bruder Zoettl's Kreationen angesehen.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onkWBmvTi_I/Tia_pKrGVgI/AAAAAAAAD18/CilQ64FrBYw/s1600/P1020490.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onkWBmvTi_I/Tia_pKrGVgI/AAAAAAAAD18/CilQ64FrBYw/s320/P1020490.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631399098034050562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lk73A_s9_08/Tia_ko5jN9I/AAAAAAAAD10/hlvTJbMXRyc/s1600/P1020494.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lk73A_s9_08/Tia_ko5jN9I/AAAAAAAAD10/hlvTJbMXRyc/s320/P1020494.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631399020248381394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tYZzN8yYejM/Tia_fqWI6nI/AAAAAAAAD1s/LC9cK0BiTD4/s1600/P1020496.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tYZzN8yYejM/Tia_fqWI6nI/AAAAAAAAD1s/LC9cK0BiTD4/s320/P1020496.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631398934737382002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ju4drjMzoM/Tia_XwIbzLI/AAAAAAAAD1k/h6RFgIoRmcM/s1600/P1020499.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ju4drjMzoM/Tia_XwIbzLI/AAAAAAAAD1k/h6RFgIoRmcM/s320/P1020499.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631398798851558578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PTRMnSZq9Q4/Tia_RW-GudI/AAAAAAAAD1c/KDmc60y8CGA/s1600/P1020505.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PTRMnSZq9Q4/Tia_RW-GudI/AAAAAAAAD1c/KDmc60y8CGA/s320/P1020505.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631398689018132946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XsNxZnqb6nQ/Tia_Ls7MO8I/AAAAAAAAD1U/P5X4ePG42Sg/s1600/P1020509.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XsNxZnqb6nQ/Tia_Ls7MO8I/AAAAAAAAD1U/P5X4ePG42Sg/s320/P1020509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631398591832275906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-2368809546283766481?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/2368809546283766481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/day-trip-2.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2368809546283766481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/2368809546283766481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/day-trip-2.html' title='Day trip # 2'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onkWBmvTi_I/Tia_pKrGVgI/AAAAAAAAD18/CilQ64FrBYw/s72-c/P1020490.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-6438625471465673974</id><published>2011-07-17T08:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T09:06:46.029-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Day trip to Tennessee</title><content type='html'>Yesterday we went on a little trip to Tennessee. Our first stop was at a large playground that we've wanted to check out for a long time. The girls got to play and hang out, while Greg grilled some Bratwurst for lunch.&lt;br /&gt;Gestern haben wir einen Tagesausflug nach Tennessee gemacht. Unser erster Stop war ein grosser Spielplatz den wir uns schon lange mal ansehen wollten. Die Maedels hatten Zeit zu spielen waehrend Greg Bratwurst zum Mittagessen gegrillt hat.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zGPuDBBv5sc/TiMEe_nHydI/AAAAAAAAD1M/PWTwfR6qjFM/s1600/P1020419.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zGPuDBBv5sc/TiMEe_nHydI/AAAAAAAAD1M/PWTwfR6qjFM/s320/P1020419.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630348889661360594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pOBrg4xCJsg/TiMEX4EL1sI/AAAAAAAAD1E/w63sDSsV09A/s1600/P1020420.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pOBrg4xCJsg/TiMEX4EL1sI/AAAAAAAAD1E/w63sDSsV09A/s320/P1020420.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630348767376692930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LIlGCTHMRx0/TiMERzuQ5uI/AAAAAAAAD08/4hjcmSOImZM/s1600/P1020428.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LIlGCTHMRx0/TiMERzuQ5uI/AAAAAAAAD08/4hjcmSOImZM/s320/P1020428.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630348663131793122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The only planned stop was at "Prichards's Distillery", which was not what we had hoped for. The doors were unlocked, we went in and there was nobody to be found. We walked around for a while and finally decided to leave. When we were sitting in the car, deciding what to do next, a lady showed up at the door. A little too late... From what I heard they do make very good whiskey and rum though...&lt;br /&gt;Unser geplantes Ziel war die "Prichard's Distillery", aber es war leider nicht was wir uns erhofft hatten. Die Tueren waren unverschlossen, wir sind rein und es war keiner da. Wir sind eine Weile herumgelaufen und haben dann beschlossen zu gehen. Als wir im Auto sassen und ueberlegten was wir als naechstes machen koennten, kam endlich eine Dame an die Tuere. Da hatten wir dann aber keine Lust mehr... Ich habe gehoert, der Whiskey und Rum der dort gemacht wird soll sehr gut sein...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--ZlOKX2vH-U/TiMEMMVdAXI/AAAAAAAAD00/-NAUhwn1Zkc/s1600/P1020431.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--ZlOKX2vH-U/TiMEMMVdAXI/AAAAAAAAD00/-NAUhwn1Zkc/s320/P1020431.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630348566659400050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our next stop was &lt;a href="http://www.fallsmill.com/"&gt;"Falls Mill"&lt;/a&gt; and we would all highly recommend it to anybody visiting the area. It is a beautiful place and there was lots to see. They even have a bed and breakfast on the premises which looks very inviting.&lt;br /&gt;It is a working mill and I was able to buy whole wheat flour, cornmeal, rye flour and cracked wheat - all from local farmers. Made my day. ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Unser naechstes Ziel war "Falls Mill" und wir koennten es als Ausflugsziel nur empfehlen. Es war wunderschoen dort und es gab sehr viel zu sehen. Sie haben auch ein "bed and breakfast" vor Ort und es sah wirklich einladend aus.&lt;br /&gt;Die Muehle ist auch noch in Betrieb und ich konnte Vollkornmehl, Maismehl, Roggenmehl und Weizenschrot kaufen. Fand ich natuerlich toll. ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BSUu6sNAYis/TiMEFInVp9I/AAAAAAAAD0s/ICBh8JfyMuQ/s1600/P1020437.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BSUu6sNAYis/TiMEFInVp9I/AAAAAAAAD0s/ICBh8JfyMuQ/s320/P1020437.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630348445401589714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ci7DYn3Z-7I/TiMD9X5enSI/AAAAAAAAD0k/6XZkbRlq-uo/s1600/P1020454.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ci7DYn3Z-7I/TiMD9X5enSI/AAAAAAAAD0k/6XZkbRlq-uo/s320/P1020454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630348312065252642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XMbhqZ2-QaI/TiMD3NZhRTI/AAAAAAAAD0c/uV_NN31wRHI/s1600/P1020464.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zjvN3mErZ-0/TiMDbBQS3lI/AAAAAAAADz4/6__uzKuFFiU/s320/P1020486.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630347721871384146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-6438625471465673974?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/6438625471465673974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/day-trip-to-tennessee.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6438625471465673974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/6438625471465673974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/day-trip-to-tennessee.html' title='Day trip to Tennessee'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zGPuDBBv5sc/TiMEe_nHydI/AAAAAAAAD1M/PWTwfR6qjFM/s72-c/P1020419.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-9168579124613879355</id><published>2011-07-16T04:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-16T05:01:54.273-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>They're here!!!</title><content type='html'>My "little" sister and hubby arrived here safe and sound Thursday evening! They were tired from the long flight, but very happy to be here. I'm beyond thrilled to be able to spend the next three weeks with them.&lt;br /&gt;Meine "kleine" Schwester und Mann sind hier am Donnerstag Abend angekommen! Sie waren recht muede von dem langen Flug, aber gluecklich hier zu sein. Ich bin uebergluecklich nun die naechsten drei Wochen mit ihnen verbringen zu koennen.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DX1PM0_0kug/TiF8Uy6TiWI/AAAAAAAADzw/N8VzU_6mqNk/s1600/P1020415.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DX1PM0_0kug/TiF8Uy6TiWI/AAAAAAAADzw/N8VzU_6mqNk/s320/P1020415.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629917705895381346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Nadia made the sign for them. She was so excited about them coming to see us.&lt;br /&gt;Nadia hat ihnen das Schild gemalt. Sie hatte sich auch so sehr ueber den Besuch gefreut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cUvek4okVj4/TiF8Kpwh3NI/AAAAAAAADzo/9ojjh10mYqk/s1600/P1020416.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cUvek4okVj4/TiF8Kpwh3NI/AAAAAAAADzo/9ojjh10mYqk/s320/P1020416.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629917531639766226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-9168579124613879355?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/9168579124613879355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/theyre-here.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/9168579124613879355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/9168579124613879355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/theyre-here.html' title='They&apos;re here!!!'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DX1PM0_0kug/TiF8Uy6TiWI/AAAAAAAADzw/N8VzU_6mqNk/s72-c/P1020415.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3736171792006858956</id><published>2011-07-13T07:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-13T07:19:14.025-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Yarn along</title><content type='html'>Since my sister will be here tomorrow (I'm so excited!!!), I decided to get started on another pair or socks for her. I've already made one pair and I thought she might like a second one. Winters in Germany are long and cold you know...&lt;br /&gt;I am almost done with "A Breath Of Snow And Ashes" by Diana Gabaldon and I'm a little sad about it. Even though the books aren't the easiest reads and are quite long, I enjoyed the story very much.&lt;br /&gt;The "Stitch 'N bitch" book was a 25 cent find at our library the other day! Just couldn't pass it up for a quarter.&lt;br /&gt;Now go have a look what everybody else is knitting, crocheting and reading over at &lt;a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2011/07/yarn-along_13.html"&gt;Ginny's.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nachdem mein Schwesterherz morgen hier ankommt (Ich kann es kaum erwarten!!), habe ich beschlossen ihr ein zweites Paar Socken zu stricken. Das erste Paar ist schon lange fertig, aber nachdem die Winter in Deutschland lang und kalt sind, dachte ich koennte sie ein zweites Paar gut gebrauchen.&lt;br /&gt;Ich bin mit dem letzten Diana Gabaldon Buch " A Breath Of Snow And Ashes" nun fast fertig. Bin ein bissl traurig, dass die Serie dann zu Ende ist. Die Buecher waren nicht immer einfach zu lesen und es sind alle richtige Waelzer gewesen, aber die Story hat mir sehr gut gefallen.&lt;br /&gt;Das Buch "Stitch 'N Bitch" habe ich fuer 25 Cent die Tage in unserer Buecherei gekauft. Da es so spott billig war, konnte ich dazu nicht nein sagen.&lt;br /&gt;Wenn ihr Strick oder Haekelinspirationen braucht oder gute Buechertips, schaut mal bei Ginny vorbei.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8r_VwxW-2BM/Th2lklKKjTI/AAAAAAAADzg/DGfMrOaPLf8/s1600/P1020412.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8r_VwxW-2BM/Th2lklKKjTI/AAAAAAAADzg/DGfMrOaPLf8/s320/P1020412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628837157151608114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I finished the vest the other day. It is definitely too warm to wear right now (upper 90's) but will be nice in the colder month.&lt;br /&gt;Die Weste habe ich die Tage auch fertig bekommen. Zur Zeit ist es definitiv zu warm um sie zu tragen (um die 37 Grad) aber in den kuehleren Monaten brauche ich sie dann bestimmt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-neuZBxKv7rs/Th2lduRvtcI/AAAAAAAADzY/OYotoChUKO4/s1600/P1020401.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-neuZBxKv7rs/Th2lduRvtcI/AAAAAAAADzY/OYotoChUKO4/s320/P1020401.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628837039340238274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3736171792006858956?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3736171792006858956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/yarn-along.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3736171792006858956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3736171792006858956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/yarn-along.html' title='Yarn along'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8r_VwxW-2BM/Th2lklKKjTI/AAAAAAAADzg/DGfMrOaPLf8/s72-c/P1020412.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-3882637237871265878</id><published>2011-07-10T14:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-10T15:22:48.382-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Random weekend pictures...</title><content type='html'>Greg and I were actually able to go out on a date night Saturday! It's been a while since the two of us were able to go somewhere - explains the goofy grins. :-)&lt;br /&gt;Greg und ich konnten am Samstag Abend fuer ein paar Stunden alleine weg! Ist eine Weile her, dass nur wir zwei etwas unternehmen konnten - erklaert auch die grinsenden Gesichter. :-)&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ykGBFtIK9Rk/Thoh-pbo9MI/AAAAAAAADzI/0WovMWMr_ug/s1600/P1020359.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ykGBFtIK9Rk/Thoh-pbo9MI/AAAAAAAADzI/0WovMWMr_ug/s320/P1020359.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627848044510246082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A friend gave me a bunch of monkey grass last year. It is spreading like wildfire and now it's blooming. I didn't even know monkey grass blooms at all.&lt;br /&gt;Eine Freundin hat mir letztes Jahr ganz viele "monkey grass" Ableger gegeben. Das Zeug verbreitet sich wie verrueckt und jetzt blueht es sogar. Ich wusste gar nicht, dass es ueberhaupt blueht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NznbU9YtRRA/Thoh5TZSWVI/AAAAAAAADzA/AUXL_RZ8eXw/s1600/P1020364.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NznbU9YtRRA/Thoh5TZSWVI/AAAAAAAADzA/AUXL_RZ8eXw/s320/P1020364.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847952695449938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Beautiful gladiola blooms!&lt;br /&gt;Wunderschoene Gladiolen Blueten!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wsZ0Nd5MEp4/ThohtwCAYAI/AAAAAAAADy4/mjuKOSYcVW0/s1600/P1020367.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wsZ0Nd5MEp4/ThohtwCAYAI/AAAAAAAADy4/mjuKOSYcVW0/s320/P1020367.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847754224001026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The peppers are starting to turn red - can't wait!&lt;br /&gt;Langsam aber sicher werden auch die Paprika rot - kann es kaum erwarten!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DJ2s_WuTxKg/ThohpF9ahpI/AAAAAAAADyw/m7I6BFbT1vE/s1600/P1020363.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DJ2s_WuTxKg/ThohpF9ahpI/AAAAAAAADyw/m7I6BFbT1vE/s320/P1020363.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847674210977426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Eggplants,&lt;br /&gt;Auberginen,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1_mb0QzYOto/ThohkJxp_6I/AAAAAAAADyo/3Dq90BCPG3w/s1600/P1020369.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1_mb0QzYOto/ThohkJxp_6I/AAAAAAAADyo/3Dq90BCPG3w/s320/P1020369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847589336055714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and more eggplants.&lt;br /&gt;und mehr Auberginen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fQdC9w40h8Q/ThohexsDyQI/AAAAAAAADyg/2fw1rMWzk0A/s1600/P1020370.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fQdC9w40h8Q/ThohexsDyQI/AAAAAAAADyg/2fw1rMWzk0A/s320/P1020370.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847496970782978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The first basil harvest is in our very near future.&lt;br /&gt;Dauert nicht mehr lange und wir koennen Basilikum ernten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IZeQp-T-Mr4/ThohZ6TcXCI/AAAAAAAADyY/s3vzdI5bMOI/s1600/P1020371.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IZeQp-T-Mr4/ThohZ6TcXCI/AAAAAAAADyY/s3vzdI5bMOI/s320/P1020371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847413384109090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Right as I was taking these pictures, it started to get dark all of a sudden.&lt;br /&gt;Waehrend ich diese Bilder gemacht habe, ist es auf einmal richtig dunkel geworden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4s_0MKq1hJU/ThohUc3qExI/AAAAAAAADyQ/-4dK6DLCj58/s1600/P1020390.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4s_0MKq1hJU/ThohUc3qExI/AAAAAAAADyQ/-4dK6DLCj58/s320/P1020390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847319583593234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Within minutes it started thundering, lightning and pouring rain.&lt;br /&gt;Innerhalb von Minuten fing es an zu donnern, blitzen und dann hat es wie aus Eimern geregnet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mpWKh1VMqYA/ThohMP0OKXI/AAAAAAAADyI/K0IqfLpNhmk/s1600/P1020391.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mpWKh1VMqYA/ThohMP0OKXI/AAAAAAAADyI/K0IqfLpNhmk/s320/P1020391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847178640566642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MmKfbE44BWY/ThohHk5eStI/AAAAAAAADyA/wTioQcdaA1o/s1600/P1020395.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MmKfbE44BWY/ThohHk5eStI/AAAAAAAADyA/wTioQcdaA1o/s320/P1020395.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847098400393938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Neither one of the dogs are very fond of thunder and they raced me to the door.&lt;br /&gt;Beide Hunde haben grosse Angst vor Donner und sind sofort ins Haus gerannt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M490JHtVaJY/ThohCeRcpDI/AAAAAAAADx4/QaboUzQXL14/s1600/P1020380.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M490JHtVaJY/ThohCeRcpDI/AAAAAAAADx4/QaboUzQXL14/s320/P1020380.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627847010722554930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFRQgBpn17w/Thog-PtdYYI/AAAAAAAADxw/rl7NgV7n-NI/s1600/P1020388.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFRQgBpn17w/Thog-PtdYYI/AAAAAAAADxw/rl7NgV7n-NI/s320/P1020388.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627846938094035330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I baked a loaf of green onion - dill bread,&lt;br /&gt;Ich habe dann einen Laib Lauchzwiebel - Dill Brot gebacken,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Twle8AdSppg/Thog5vhtDyI/AAAAAAAADxo/ZItU5yIerik/s1600/P1020372.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Twle8AdSppg/Thog5vhtDyI/AAAAAAAADxo/ZItU5yIerik/s320/P1020372.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627846860735319842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and I got the guest room ready for my sister and brother in law. Only 4 more days and we get to spend 3 weeks together!!!&lt;br /&gt;und das Gaestezimmer fuer meine Schwester und Schwager hergerichtet. Ines, nur noch 4 Tage und wir koennen 3 Wochen miteinander verbringen!!! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttQKO-MjKKw/Thog0Eety7I/AAAAAAAADxg/z7pQ-8UFKyE/s1600/P1020375.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttQKO-MjKKw/Thog0Eety7I/AAAAAAAADxg/z7pQ-8UFKyE/s320/P1020375.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627846763280714674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-3882637237871265878?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/3882637237871265878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/random-weekend-pictures.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3882637237871265878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/3882637237871265878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/random-weekend-pictures.html' title='Random weekend pictures...'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ykGBFtIK9Rk/Thoh-pbo9MI/AAAAAAAADzI/0WovMWMr_ug/s72-c/P1020359.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-4112790413621444950</id><published>2011-07-07T06:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-07T06:49:55.569-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clouds'/><title type='text'>Sunset</title><content type='html'>We cannot live only for ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.&lt;br /&gt;- Herman Melville&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8A4_HM4vqjc/ThW3iRmpXfI/AAAAAAAADxY/-AvdQv7KjXk/s1600/P1020352.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8A4_HM4vqjc/ThW3iRmpXfI/AAAAAAAADxY/-AvdQv7KjXk/s320/P1020352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626605108938235378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yo4Ly4tKdOQ/ThW3cNbrdEI/AAAAAAAADxQ/GEn5o04vYXg/s1600/P1020354.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yo4Ly4tKdOQ/ThW3cNbrdEI/AAAAAAAADxQ/GEn5o04vYXg/s320/P1020354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626605004739277890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pYuBvxpVxTo/ThW3T_XF7LI/AAAAAAAADxI/WoXUj6IGsuo/s1600/P1020355.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pYuBvxpVxTo/ThW3T_XF7LI/AAAAAAAADxI/WoXUj6IGsuo/s320/P1020355.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626604863522991282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRuiDZmMuqQ/ThW3N7xRcoI/AAAAAAAADxA/kbGBt1lRSDY/s1600/P1020356.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRuiDZmMuqQ/ThW3N7xRcoI/AAAAAAAADxA/kbGBt1lRSDY/s320/P1020356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626604759479841410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aRwK3W160tE/ThW3HKjpxII/AAAAAAAADw4/T9kNcUs0HgA/s1600/P1020358.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aRwK3W160tE/ThW3HKjpxII/AAAAAAAADw4/T9kNcUs0HgA/s320/P1020358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626604643190162562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6584534408151585079-4112790413621444950?l=cox-himmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/feeds/4112790413621444950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/sunset.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4112790413621444950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6584534408151585079/posts/default/4112790413621444950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cox-himmel.blogspot.com/2011/07/sunset.html' title='Sunset'/><author><name>Anke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16891642887957584851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h0TRQeIzsOU/TnXmtB6iEPI/AAAAAAAAEGU/1dppt3ZTbXM/s220/P1020987%2B%25281024x768%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8A4_HM4vqjc/ThW3iRmpXfI/AAAAAAAADxY/-AvdQv7KjXk/s72-c/P1020352.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584534408151585079.post-1355362333282832998</id><published>2011-07-04T06:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-04T06:54:10.501-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><title type='text'>4th of July</title><content type='html'>Ever since moving into our neighborhood, we've had a "4th of July neighborhood block party". It started in 07 with us, trying to get the whole street together in order for everybody to get to know each other. The first year, only our end of the street participated and it has since become a get together of several families. In the past, we've set up in somebody's front yard or drive way (taking turns to host), cooked food, hung out, had slip and slides, projected a movie onto a garage door...&lt;br /&gt;This year since it is so incredibly hot already, we offered to host and have the party in our backyard. Most of the adults just sat around (chasing the shade) and chatted,&lt;br /&gt;Seit wir in unsere Nachbarschaft gezogen sind haben wir miteinander eine "4. Juli Nachbarschafts Grill Party" gefeiert. Angefangen hat es in 07 als wir versucht haben unsere ganze Strasse zu einer "Kennenlernparty" zusammen zu bekommen. Gekommen sind damals nur die Nachbarn von unserem Ende der Strasse, und seitdem sind es eher die Familien, die sowieso befreundet sind. Die letzten paar Jahre haben wir immer im Vorgarten bzw in der Auffahrt aufgebaut (wir wechseln uns immer ab), aber da es dieses Jahr schon so heiss ist, haben wir angeboten in unserem Garten zu feiern.&lt;br /&gt;Die meisten Erwachsenen sassen im Garten (haben dem Schatten hinterhergejagt) und haben sich unterhalten, &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8hIqCxwJGyc/ThG_Us142xI/AAAAAAAADww/CNjn53DL3B4/s1600/P1020297.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8hIqCxwJGyc/ThG_Us142xI/AAAAAAAADww/CNjn53DL3B4/s320/P1020297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625487771917933330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href
