Month: November 2007

Ok, I’ll stick to my dad. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, see my last post.

I also was thinking about creating him a website with the photos he takes on trips – so like, a gallery. Not only pictures of him though, but also of the family, so, when friends in the States or wherever want to see the pictures they can just go to that site instead of going through the process of zipping them and sending them per email or burning them. 🙂

I’d like to review a site once, would anybody be willing to let me review theirs – just comment? I’d like to see if I can do it or if the review will be just plain crap.

Wow, this is my 9th blog in a row. Not even that hard after all. I’m surprised.

Well, I’m off to class – Remote Sensing is calling.

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Now playing: Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora – When The Rain Begins To Fall

Every year, in the month of November, my family and I do “Secret Santa”.
Every name of the family (Tanja, Tina, Tracy, Mom, Dad) are written on separate pieces of paper, we fold them together and put them in a bowl. Then everybody picks a name without the others knowing which name each one of us has picked.

Well, and the name on the piece of paper you picked, that’s the person you need to get something for Christmas.

We’ve done this for three years now, in the first year I picked my Dad, the second year I picked my Dad again, but was allowed to pick again (seeing getting Dad a present isn’t easy).
This year I pick, and who do I get??

AGAIN!! I must have a very special connection to him 😛
My question to you: Would you pick again or just get him a present?

In my family, I’m the one with the “special, unique” gifts, so I was thinking of giving him (and my mom) a dinner in a castle or a dinner “under water” or a “men’s cooking course” or maybe even a photo shooting 😀

What would you do? Would you get your dad a present (again) or pick again and might get one of your sisters or mom?
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Now playing: Roy Orbison – I Drove All Night

On Wednesdays I have no class. Our schedule is pretty empty and so it turns out that on Wednesday on Friday we have free, the other days we have 90 or 180 minutes of class – not a lot.

I cleaned my apartment in the morning, did some studying for GIS and went shopping for dinner tonight (I invited the lover over for dinner)

Then I went to work from 13:30 until 17:30 and got home at 18:10.

When I got home I started cooking Spaghetti Carbonara because the Lover wanted to come at 19:00. The dinner was done at 19:00 sharp.

The lover calls, he slept too long and will come at 19:30pm.

I’m upset because I wanted to surprise him seeing I almost never cook 😀

He came, at a child’s portion and none of my salad at all.

Now I’m on my PC – blogging and doing other stuff, he’s sitting at my kitchen table and we haven’t spoken for at least 15 minutes, and before that we talked to each other in a “mean” way.

What a lovely evening! ♥

Vera posted this link atSnark and it really got to me. It’s a very nice test, only four questions with lovely music:

• http://memoriter.net/flash/test.html

Take it if you have a minute and comment me your results, if you want to share them.
My results:

(1) My priorities in life: family, love, career, money, pride
(2) I’m trustworthy, my partner is cuddly, my enemies are clever, I interpret sex as a pleasure and my own life is calm
(3) I will never forget my mom, I really love my dad, the friend I’ve known since birth who just got a baby I consider a true friend, my friend I’ve known since Kindergarten is my twin soul, my friend I met in Junior College I’ll remember the rest of my life.

Two of my family members are here

and I am here

.. how fun is that!
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Now playing: DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – I Only Want To Be With You

I have 1 hour and 10 minutes, then this day will end. So I need to blog now, before, well, before this day ends.

I just got home from swimming. The lover and I set Monday evening, 8:45pm, as our swim-date. Today I also started my “belly-muscles-training for dummies” workout (it’s a dvd). I’m all euphoric, which isn’t a good sign, seeing euphoria doesn’t really last all that long.
But after reading J’s comment on how she works out and her blog posts on how she works out, I got all motivated. I need to watch that DVD first though to know what I should do with my tummy, what’s good for it. Then in the future, I have that routine and I can do that workout whilst watching Friends or Scrubs or King of Queens or Simpsons 🙂

Do you have a daily/weekly/monthly sport/workout routine?

I really like this t-shirt (on a sidenote), it’s from threadless.com

(I have 45 minutes left until tomorrow now)

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Now playing: Andrew Oldham Orchestra/The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony

Today was a very depressing day. My “fear of flying” ate me alive. I woke up at 3am, couldn’t go back to sleep for one hour because I had the most wicked thoughts about a plane crash. And I couldn’t stop those thoughts and at about 4am I was glad that my tiredness came back to put me asleep again. The awkward part on this – it wasn’t even me flying. My Mom and Sister flew (they should be landing in Atlanta, Georgia right now) to the States today, to Siesta Key (Sarasota), Florida (I must say I’m jealous they are allowed to spend the next two weeks in such a beautiful place), with Delta Airlines.

My fear of flying is pretty frustrating. When I fly I’m totally terrified (note that I’ve been flying since I was two years old and at least once each year) but the older I get/got, the more I got scared. 9/11 didn’t really support my fear.

I really wish I wouldn’t have that fear, this whole day I was a nervous wreck (it scares me most to know the plane is over the ocean), I really wish I wouldn’t feel this way because I’d love to see so many more places on this world, I’d love to fly to the States again (plus, I still have a free flight with Delta because of all my sky miles) – the States have so awesome shops :D.

Next year the geography class is flying to Crete or Santorini, I’d love to go but… eh, I’m afraid I won’t go. I haven’t been on vacation for sooo long though (except Austria).

Anyways, to get my thoughts away, I’ve been surfing for Engagement-rings 😀 Germany really doesn’t have any pretty ones, so I googled for Tiffany’s. There’s even a store in Munich 🙂 Oh, they have such pretty rings. I want one <3. Back to the US - do you have any ideas on what my mom/sister could bring me back from the States? I already “ordered” a few things, like

• Victoria’s Secret Panties
• Clinique cream
• Clinique eyeliner
• Pillow cases (Germany doesn’t have the American size)

Have a good start into the new week!