8 week-old Elvis joined our crazy household yesterday. So far, he seems to like it.
It’s a shame, that Lana, our older cat, seems to be scared by that little thing and decided to be annoyed by him and us for now. Oh well, I guess, she will get over it soon.
Look at Elvis, isnt he just the cutest?
I finally met up with Ilka and Michael yesterday. It has been a while since our last meeting (as you can tell by looking at my so called haircut) and it was so gut seeing both of them.
We had a great night out in Cologne, with lot of talking, really good food and a mouse running around in the restaurant. Disgusting and the waiters really didn’t even apologize for the little animal running around. I was totally grossed out.
The weekend was ok, although I would have preferred a better Eurocup Finale. But, well, life isn’t fair, right. 
So here’s a little photo of Ilka and me (don’t look at my armes, I know that they are HUGE!!).
I know, I haven’t written in a while and I would like to excuse myself with… life.
Gosh, have those month been hectic. We shot all five episodes of my project (to be aired in August) and I spent a lot of time away from home. Not cool, although one trip even got me to the lovely Spanish island Majorca. Still, working 18 hours a day is way too much for me and I was on the verge of a breakdown last week, when I took 8 days off from work. Today is my last day off and I don’t like the idea of going back to the office tomorrow.
H has had a rough couple of weeks with anxiety and is just about to feel better. After more than four weeks off, he went back to work yeterday. He is doing okay. But seeing him that weak always makes me feel bad. I would love to be able to help him more, but seems as if that is not possible. He is doing better now and I really hope it will stay that way at least for a while.
Well, on the other hand, I am fat. Yeah, I know, I have always been, but I through all this hectic month, I managed to put on 16kg. Yeah, good job on that. How I did it? Eat lots of junk, lots of chocolate, no sports and basically eating nonstop. Eating comforts me big time and so I ate. A. LOT. I don’t like myself this way but still I don’t seem to be able to change my behaviour at all.
Poor Ilka had to take in a lot of my whining, her being the strong one with shedding those pounds like it was nothing. I am proud of you honey and whenever I think about how horrible I look, seeing you in so much better shape cheers me up. Maybe I can follow your path soon and then we’l hit town to do some serious shopping.
Until then I will feel sorry for myself and hope, that I will be able to feel better and start losing weight again. Right now, I will go back into the house and hope, no one will see me looking this shitty…
Well, but not everything is bad. We bought a new car just recemtyl and I love i. Its a 2006 VW Polo and its so much nicer than my old car was. Much more comfortable and bigger, too. We plan to make it able to run on LPG to make driving to work more affordable. Don’t get me started on those gas prices…
And the Eurocup is on. People, I love it and I REALLY am looking forward to that game against Turkey tomorrow. H and I decided to watch it with other people because we were scared to get into a fight over the match. At the end of the day, H is Turkish and I am German… so lets just hope we will beat them and I don’t have to listen to this “my country is better than your country soccerwise”…
So, have a good semifinal everyone!
It’s another Stuff Portrait Friday from Kristine over at randomandodd.com.
Today its all about our favourite song.
Mine is: “One of God’s better people” by Robbie Williams
And this is my Mum, who truely is “One of God’s better people”. In every kind of way: she is loving, warm, beautiful, strong, intelligent and just the best Mum in the World. I love you, Mama!
So, here is my problem and I need your help. It’s about my car… or maybee soon-to-be ex-car.
I use my car a lot, about 120km every day and I need it to get to work and back home.
My current car is a 2001 VW Polo with 212.000km driven. I bought this car almost 7 years ago. I love it and it still drives me around, but it starts to have issues, ie not starting properly after a rainy night.
A friend of my parents, B, has a 2006 VW Polo (32.000km driven) to sell. He wants 8.800€, which is ok as the car cost 14.000€ two years ago (at least that is, what I researched). My Mum basically talked me into calling this guy, because I did not see the point in buying a new one, when mine is still doing ok. But she said I should at least call him and so I did. It all ended with H, my parents and me driving to B’s house, to have a look at the car. I actually thought “Well, I will be polite, look at it and tell him, that I do not have 8.800€ and that I am sorry that I won’t buy the car”.
So, I had a look at the car (looks great, 5 doors, silver, all electric stuff a car could have, incl GPS (good for me, who gets lost EVERYWHERE)) and drove a few hundred meters without even thinking to buy the damn thing.
My stepdad drove the car too and loved it. As he is the business man of our lovely family, he asked B about the price and all. And that’s where my misery started. B actually offered me an interesting-free loan if I would buy the car off of him. I was puzzled. All my oh so clever “Sorry, I actually do not have the money and don’t wanna pay a whole lotta interest to a bank” lines had been torn apart with that offer. He even offered me to name the monthly payment myself.
I mean, it’s a great offer, the car itself is worth more than I would pay. I would have to buy a new car in less than 2 years anyway, so I might as well spare me some nerves if my car breaks down. No one will give me an interesting free loan in two years (who does that anyways???) and there is no way, that I safe enough to get a good new car in that time space, either (yeah, I know, I could’ve started saving earlier, MUM).
My brother would buy my current car for 700€ or so… so that would be taken care of.
What would you do? Buy that car and pay off 130€ monthly plus directly giving him my tax return, when I receive it and that kind of stuff, so that I will be done in a three years or something? Or just keep on driving my current car until it falls apart? Also the likliness that my current car will have some more issues, that will cost me a lot of money to repair, is a lot higher than the new cars…
I am lost, help me…
UPDATE: I won’t buy the car. This special car-range of VW Polo has a huge history of breaking after 50.000km. With a motor to be replaced. Can’t afford that. I am sad…
SPF is back…
Sorry if this is not a great shot (played around with a DSLR for the first time ever - it was way too hard for me).
Kristine asked us to post a picture with numbers…
This is the switch to my heating in the new house. Kinda dirty after 25 years of use. This switch is very important as I am ALWAYS cold. I would be lost without being able to turn the heating to maximum when I am freezing again. 
my sweet ilka tagged me…
here’s the rules:
* link to the person who tagged you
* post the rules here - DUH!
* share 7 random or weird facts about yourself
* tag 7 random people at the end of the post, linking to them
* leave a comment on their blog so that they know they’ve been tagged
1. I HATE going for “a walk”. It bores me to death to actually just walk without a place to go to. I sometimes still do it with H though… not always looking happy though
2. I’ve never actually wanted a cat and we just got one because H wanted it so badly- and now I cannot imagine life without my crazy cat Lana. She calms me down after a stressful day…
3. I do get homesick a lot. Until a couple of years ago, I actually even got homesick on vacation. Yes, I know, it is childish, but I cannot help it. Having lived in England for 3 years was a nightmare most of the time - I cried a lot, but also learned to value my family and friends at home.
4. I am the worst driver you ever met. I HATE driving a car and I guess I am not a good driver either… well, thanks god I have never had any bad accidents yet.
5. My favoutrite place in the world is Summerland Key in Florida. I was once a summer aupair there for a lovely family and still look back with a huge smile on my face. Thats paradise there. I hope I can go back soon.
6. I love watching TrashTV. Hell, yeah, nothing better than watching TV wihtout using my brain and still being able to laugh a lot.
7. I am in love with Robbie Williams. Have been for 15 years and will always be… 
Sorry, I cannot tag anyone, everyone’s been tagged already
Kristine finally gave in and SPF is back, thanks Kristine… we have to post our favourite picture.
This is my fave picture at the moment… H and the little girl. Aren’t they just wonderful, beautiful and a good reason to be happy? I know, the little girl technically isn’t mine, but still I am incredibly proud of her.
So, after leaving all my soul trash here last time, I decided to be a more positive person.
Just because I actually have a loving boyfriend, a loving family and the best friends I could have asked for.
The last few weeks have been hectic, but good. Because I am a lucky girl, I won myself a 500€ amazon.de voucher. Gosh, I was over the moon and directly had to spend it. We got ourselves a 32 inch LCD TV. And god, do I love that little baby. Its wonderful and I cannot wait for it to be hung up to the wall as soon as we get our new entertainment center (which we still have to buy). I easily could have spend the money on my first own digital slr too, but figured it would be nicer, if I would include H in the planning of spending the cash. So, the camera will hopefully be paid for with my tax return… Fingers crossed everybody.
Finding the right camera for me was kinda hart and I still am not sure if I shouldnt get a Canon or a Nikon camera, but the Olympus has Image Stabilization and Live View… If anyone has any good advice on DSLRs, please let me know.
H is not talking much to me at the moment, because after getting the new TV, he decided it was about time to finally get the Xbox 360. That was 10 days ago and - well - he turned into some soldier, that HAS to go and fight some enemy every night. But as men are like kids, I guess it will be better in a couple of weeks.
Everyone is going on easter vacation in a couple of days, but H, the little girl and I decided to stay home and just relax. I hope we will be able to do exactly that. Have a grat, relaxing easter, everyone!
