Me med again

I got Me me by Jon IG

* The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.

* Each player answers the questions about himself or herself.

* At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. Ten years ago I was:

Well, I was in the US, Florida divorcing my ex... Preparing to leave for Germany

2. Five Things on Today's To Do List:

1. Clean House
2. Do the cloths
3. Cook supper
4. Walk the dog
5. Finish my doll

3. Things I'd do if I were a billionaire:

I would buy a house here in Switzerland. Make sure my kids never wanted anything again.. Buy that 2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT for my hubby or what ever car he wanted...
Buy my sister and mom and brother houses

Get my health on track and travel

4. Three Bad Habits:

1. I start things and sometimes don't finish them
2. I have these little sayings that I repeat -- you know--- which annoys Fire

5. Five Places I've lived:

1. Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Tx
2. McDill AFB, Tampa, Florida
3. Jacksonville, Florida
4. Munich, Germany (München, Deutschland)
5. Benglen, (Zürich) Switzerland

6. Five Jobs I've had in life:

1. Burger King
2. Housewife
3. Doughnut fryer, Win Dixie
4. Massage Therapist and Dream Interpretor

Let’s see, who shall I tag? Captain Picard, Nepharia, Logan, Robin

Now that the Me me is over... What is going on in my world...
Well, there seems to be a problem with our residence permit. (you have to have this when living in another country. Without it you can not get a car, house or cells phones even..)

The problem is it hasn't came!

I have my VISA but not that and it has been 6 months almost...

So I called and was told we would have them mid-June...

But we need a car before Psycho monkey comes (my daughter will be here June 8th for 6 weeks. It is her first time over seas)
(May 17 2008)
So we went to the car dealer to see what we could do... He said all we need is a letter saying we would have it in June

The car on the lot has all the features and is perfect for us

As we were leaving we saw a small tent and what looked like a small fair..
So we went and it was a small rodeo.. They had a mechanical bull riding contest and lots of things for sell for horses, cowboy stuff or those hard to get US, Canada, Mexico or Aussie things

I got a cowboy hat and we decided to come back on Sunday with Wulfgar

(May 18 2008)
So I pulled out my boots and we took Wulfgar to see some horse and cows..





He watched them like a hawk and had a blast...

it was fun
(For more photos and videos click links above posts that say photos and videos)
May 19th 2008
Wulfgar saw Fire coming home from work and took off like white lightening and dragged me behind him like a cartoon

Can you say OW!

He is only 6 months old and half the size he will be when he is adult

Hello from Switzerland- part 2: The move

Munich day 1-
So Jan 7th came fast... It was 8 am and time for the movers to arrive. I had coffee and cookies set out and was ready....


When they arrived they didn't speak English (My German is very bad) and we were told they would speak English.

Fire had to go clean out his desk from the Munich office so I was to be alone supervising the Movers...

I was upset at first but quickly was calm and relaxed as these three guys were the nicest you could meet...

They clowned around like the three stooges and helped me laugh saying "Kien Panik." (Don't panic)

and there really wasn't a language barrier, sign language my bad German and one could understand but not speak English a bit and soon we were laughing while packing the stuff...

I can't say enough good things about these three.... Though the one guy caused so much stress from this company the movers made sure I was relaxed and not stressed....

So the video the morning of the move:

By the time Fire got home they had packed a lot

Videos of the packing:











Munich day 2-

2nd day Fire and I got up to greet the men as we packed the last remaining stuff...

(the night before) I had Shelob ready to go with me (My Tarantula) and the Fish were transfered to a smaller aquarium...

We piled up the trash to the side (unwanted furniture and old stuff that would not be moving with us)

by mid-afternoon my place was empty... Now for the apartment in Munich our contract said we could officially move and not pay rent for 3 months after we gave notice... So we officially would have until the end of Feb to give them the keys and make sure the apartment was clean from old furniture, painted, nails from the wall removed and so on...

However, they wanted to renovate it and told us we didn't have to paint also coming back to clean after the move was causing stress so we agreed that the painter (who also cleaned and took unwanted furniture away) would do it and the cost would be remove from our downpayment...

Now 9 years ago when we moved in, this apartment was dirty, it had a 20 year old stove that didn't work, a bathroom from the 50ties that looked dirty no matter how much you clean, the walls were dirty and not painted, the floor in the bathroom and kitchen were old and would not clean ... Right after we moved in the heaters went down and we had to pay half to fix it though it had broke because it was old and they only replaced a part not the whole damn thing

The windows were not insulated so they were drafty and our heating cost were high (always) not to mention that because of that and living right next to a tram I had Dust Bunnies the size of Bears if I didn't Vacuum every day...

After 9 years of living there the only thing I and Fire did to the place was put lots of nails in the walls for my pictures, which with some putty and paint you would never had known... otherwise it was as it was 9 years when we moved in....
Even still, since they would have to clean up from the move (us tracking mud in and out etc... and remove the nails from the walls) I told Fire if they wanted to keep the Downpayment we should let them have it because it would only be fair. (though we would still have to pay for Feb even though we weren't there)

So the man came with the painter to get the keys as the movers were moving the last thing out and to evaluate the apartment... They new that it wouldn't be clean because we had movers there and I didn't have time to scrub and clean under a refrigerator that has been sitting there in this spot ... I did manage to vacuum up the dust bunnies....


He was upset because in 9 years we never painted the walls. When he said "You didn't take care of the apartment"

I went off!!!

He says the apartment wasn't clean...

(coffee spilled on the counter from us having coffee during the move, mud tracked in and out etc... you know common mess caused by moving )


They knew this!!! It was agreed on the phone they would clean it and take it out of our downpayment!!!!

He said you didn't paint it ever.... Then the rest of his complaints were about things that were like that when we move

What the hell did he want us to do renovate it ourselves without cost to them

Then I found out that they just took over the place a few years ago from the original owner...
Who buys a place without even looking at it first???

They have never come to check the apartment, the only time we saw anyone for the apartment was once a year when they send someone to change the heater gauges to say what we owe for heating...


The Bastard shrunk when I went off ... I lived in that Hell hole that by alrights would by US standard have been a slum house and made it cozy and made my self sick trying to clean something that wouldn't be clean ...

Long short.... They kept the downpayment in it's entirety to pay for the clean up and trash removal (remember this is old cloths and furniture)
and we were marked down as officially moved and wouldn't have to pay for Feb

The apartment I am in now is different, Munich Apart- a one page contract with the exception of no pets, and we have to pay rent for 3 months after notice didn't have any disclosed agreement---

This one has a 9 page on what they have to do and what we have to do and we have 14 days to report anything that is not working or messed up

They did a check list so when we move they have a list and pictures of what wasn't new in the apartment etc...

So after the headache we gave them the keys and waved a glad farewell to the old apartment... I cried (it was a hell hole and I hated it but it was 9 years of my life)

Munich to Benglen (Zürich)-
We then in a rented car began our travel with 10 fish and one tarantula to Benglen Switzerland

As we were driving a rain bow appeared, it was strange... not curved but it went straight down from the heavens over the mountains in the direction of our new home...

My camera videos and pictures sadly don't do this rainbow justice...

My first blog was called: Through the Storms to the Horizon

This picture summarized how I have always seen my life, as one long journey... It was almost as if someone was saying here lies happier and better times...

Here is the videos and the pictures not only of the rainbow but of us driving to our new home

Austria border:


Swiss Border:



Fire and I slept for the first night in our new apartment Jan 8th in sleeping bags on the floor.
The next mourning we waited for the movers to arrive with our things
Benglen: day 1-

Instead of climbing stairs they took a different approach:

All in one day they moved me in, assembled my furniture (bed, Desks dressers and wardrobe, china cabinet) while I unpacked my first boxes.... Which if you guessed on the Poll was my Kitchen you were right...

More to come....

Novy's move was done by:

(more videos later)

--- meme---

I found this meme from : gautami tripathy
I had to do it:

Which book do you irrationally cringe away from reading, despite seeing only positive reviews?

Any Shakespeare, because with Dyslexia he is hard to read...

If you could bring three characters to life for a social event (afternoon tea, a night of clubbing, perhaps a world cruise), who would they be and what would the event be?

Winnie the Pooh and friends for hunny and tea

(Borrowing shamelessly from the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde): you are told you can't die until you read the most boring novel on the planet. While this immortality is great for awhile, eventually you realise it's past time to die. Which book would you expect to get you a nice grave?

Oh Well I would never read a boring book because I would never want to die

Come on, we've all been there. Which book have you pretended, or at least hinted, that you've read, when in fact you've been nowhere near it?

Hm.... here we are at Shakespeare again

As an addition to the last question, has there been a book that you really thought you had read, only to realize when you read a review about it/go to 'reread' it that you haven't? Which book?

I have never had this happen

You've been appointed Book adviser to a VIP (who's not a big reader). What's the first book you'd recommend and why? (if you feel like you'd have to know the person, go ahead of personalize the VIP)

Well it would depend but I often choose a book according to a person... but also what (s)he hasn't read that I have. I once suggested Tom Sawyer and Huck finn to a German who had never read it but was visiting the Mississippi

A good fairy comes and grants you one wish: you will have perfect reading comprehension in the foreign language of your choice. Which language do you go with?

Around the world in 80 days and 20 thou legs under the sea (originally in French)

A mischievous fairy comes and says that you must choose one book that you will reread once a year for the rest of your life (you can read other books as well). Which book would you pick?

The Hobbit and Winnie the Pooh

Maybe also Charlotte's web

I know that the book blogging community, and its various challenges, have pushed my reading borders. What's one bookish thing you 'discovered' from book blogging (maybe a new genre, or author, or new appreciation for cover art-anything)?

Well gautami tripathy has made so many nice suggestions that I hope to get my hands on

That good fairy is back for one final visit. Now, she's granting you your dream library! Describe it. Is everything leatherbound? Is it full of first edition hardcovers? Pristine trade paperbacks? Perhaps a few favorite authors have inscribed their works? Go ahead-let your imagination run free.

Oh it is in my dream house (I actually used Sims 2 to build it some years ago)

Anyway... 2 story house but the library would take up both the floors, the book shelves would tower over you up two stories... Old fashion ladders that slide around, a spiral stair case that goes to a small reading area

A fire place and chairs beside it

Leather books old books new books

Classics modern

My dad was a book collector and he loved books I love the smell of old books

As for tagging I wasn't tag so I won't tag anyone...

Novy clear's her throat, "MeMe-MeMe"

Okay I have been tagged with a ME-Me by Jon IG... I will get to it at the end but first a little Novy News Update:



Dog: We have found our puppy and have named him... We have pictures... we will go see him (confirmed) Dec 17th on Monday coming... I will take pictures then also. I have bought him 2 toys already...

Moving:

Visa: Went yesterday... they stamped it on my Passport... It was fast and easy...

Packing Company: today the other company came to evaluate the apartment here... As you know Fire's job wanted 2 estimates... The Company that came today i will call Company A, was the first company I tried to call days ago... The woman was a bit rude and the man she said I should call was unavailable... Her rudeness had colored my opinion and I didn't want to do business with them so I called their competitor (call them Company B)... It is funny because I didn't want to give company A another chance but I am so glad I did... Company B gave an estimate of over 9,000ch (about nearly 9,000 $/7000€) I was like WT-!!! No way!! I was also unhappy that I had printed a check-list of what goes and stays and Company B man didn't even look at it.... He just walked through the apartment and then though I was told on the phone yes it was possible for them to move my fish, he told me they couldn't move fish or plants.... Company A man... Not only took my list but thanked me... He looked it over and then said he would like for us to sit down and talk... So before he went through the apartment He sat with us and we discussed.. What his company provides, what we wanted, what we needed and how his company does the move... He went over every detailed and was patient and not in a rush even had some water (company B man had no time for tea-- I had set my good tea set up and all too)...
In a nutshell Company A can move my fish (well actually they subcontract it but they can have it done), Also you should have seen his face when I told him the other company bid 9k ch (he said he moved a house for less via airplane to the US so I suspect his bid will be way better) Also Company B man didn't want me to pack my own cloths but Company A said np, what I want I get... Also Company B man will charge us per day for boxes we keep to unpack ourselves.. I dont want them to unpack I am moving into a bigger place not everything is going in the same room also I have pictures to hang... I dont want them to set them on the floor Company A man said we get to keep the boxes and if we need them to dispose of it later they can do it (even if it is 8 weeks later) He was the most pleasant person and he told us things the other man didn't for example food is not best to be shipped (can goods not perishables I am not an idiot) because of customs.. So we will prob donate any can goods we have ... Also certain cleaners should not be transported... (again custom laws) overall the guy was more friendly and very informative... I hope we get him to do the move... I always trust someone who is willing to sit and have tea with you over someone who doesnt have time to talk about your concerns...

Okay that is it I think... oh yeah I have a Me Me... So here it goes....

The following is an installment of Splotchy's Story Meme. According to Splotchy, "Here's what I would like to do. I want to create a story that branches out in a variety of different, unexpected ways. I don't know how realistic it is, but that's what I'm aiming for. Hopefully, at least one thread of the story can make a decent number of hops before it dies out." You can read all of the details here. I was tagged by Jon IG. I tag the following people to continue the story in their own direction: TAK Carmi PI kenju West of Mars

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I woke up hungry. I pulled my bedroom curtain to the side and looked out on a hazy morning. I dragged myself into the kitchen, in search of something to eat. I reached for a jar of applesauce sitting next to the sink, and found it very cold to the touch. I opened the jar and realized it was frozen. (writer: Splotchy)

"That's strange," I said out loud to no one in particular. My fingers slowly reached towards the jar again. My body experienced a wave of apprehension as weighted blanket covering me as I did so. The jar was completely frozen.

I picked it up and stared at it, my fingers stung with little knives of chill. "What the..." again I spoke aloud. Then I realized what had happened with a shock. Suddenly the jar flew from my hand. It shattered creating a collage-like mixture of frozen applesauce and glass shards on my kitchen floor, the lid lazily rolling to a stop across the room.(writer: FranIAm)

I half noticed at first glimpse that there was something odd amidst the solidified apple sauce as I reached for the broom and the dust pan. As I knelt down to clean up the frozen mess, I could clearly see a tiny figure within the goopy mess. It was a human eye, with tiny arms and legs! I resisted my initial urge to pick it up with my hand, and then reached down to scoop it up with the dustpan. The eye looked up at me in horror and gave out a frightening high pitched screech as it ran for the living room.

I was dumbfounded by this turn of events. I didn't even like applesauce - And I had guests coming for dinner! It would not be proper to have a homunculus eyeball running around during the appetizer - I had to think fast. I crept into the living room so as to not startle the small creature. The eyeball was under the coffee table, peeking out from behind one of table legs. When I approached, it quickly darted under the couch!

I got on my hands and knees to look under the couch, but I could not see the eye through all of the old newspapers and dust bunnies that had accumulated under there. I had to hurry! the guests were coming at seven o'clock, and I had not even started the buffalo chicken skewers with blue cheese dipping sauce yet! Not to mention the couscous and the broccoli noodle salad. (writer: Zaius Nation)

I shook my head and leaned back against the wall. Surely this couldn’t be happening, surely there isn’t an anthropomorphic eyeball running around under my couch. It just couldn’t be real, could it?

“Ahem,” a little voice squeaked. “Ahem.”

I looked all around for the source of the voice. I finally found that it was from the eyeball peering around the back of the couch. I leaned in and looked at it closer. It still appeared to be uneasy (I mean, I’m sure that’s how it appeared, but then again I’m not all that certain about behavior patterns of walking eyeballs.

“Did you say something?” I asked it.

“You’re not going to poke me are you?” it asked. “I hate getting poked.”

“Uh no,” I answered dumbfounded. “I won’t poke you.”

“And you’re not going to lock me away in a jar of applesauce are you?”

“No, I’m not going to do that,” I replied, still bewildered by the sight in front of me.

“OK.” He made the eyeball equivalent of a nod, hitched up a pair of nonexistent trousers, adjusted the chimerical hat on his head, and walked up to me. “I am forever in debt to you, sir, for freeing me from the confines of that jar.”

“OK, sure,” I smiled lamely. “How’d you get in there?”

“The evil wizard trapped me in there,” he answered. “He knows the only way to trap a geneye is to use a jar of applesause.”

“You’re… you’re a geneye,” I managed to blurt out. I may not get the appetizers done, but this may be one heckuva party anyways.

“At you service,” it bowed. “And to thank you for freeing me, I would like to reward you with two wishes.”

“Oh, so you’re like a genie.” It all started to make sense to me now. No, not really.

“Yes,” it rolled its eye. “Like a genie, only we’re geneyes. They sure do know how to warp a good story in Hollywood, don’t they?”

“Yeah,” I agreed, again dumbfoundedly. “So I get two wishes? What about three?”

“Ugh!” the geneye slapped the top of its head, or the top of its eyeball at least. “You get two. Two. Only two. That’s how it works. And no wishing for more wishes, we’re onto that. Aladdin tried that once, it wasn’t pretty.”

“OK, so I get two, let me think,” I said thoughtfully. Screw the party, this is way more interesting.

“Yeah, hurry up, I don’t have all day,” the magical homunculus eyeball tapped it’s foot. “I’ve got places to go.”

“OK, OK,” I answered. Well, I could always wish for a lot of money, except that never works in the stories. The villain always wishes for riches and gets trapped in the cave with the gold, or sent to the bottom of the sea with it or audited by the IRS because of it. As much as I’d like to pay off the mortgage, I don’t think I can.

“Well?” it asked impatiently.

“I want peace on Earth and good will toward men,” I say with a forfeiting shrug.

“Peace on Earth and good will toward men?” it repeated. “Is that one wish or two?”

“One,” I replied. “You know, ‘tis the season and all.”

“Nice choice,” it nodded. Then the geneye snapped its fingers. “It is done.”

I felt it. For one moment, I felt nothing but peace and joy all around me. Others felt it, too but no one would ever be able to explain it. All around the world, people stopped what they were doing and just enjoyed the moment. Evil men stopped thinking evil thoughts and just smiled nicely. The hurt, the sick, and all who were in pain be it physical, mental, or spiritual, felt the warmth of a brief reprieve. Bells rang. Angels sang. Then I felt it end.

“Hey, that was nice,” I said. “Why didn’t it last?”

“Come on,” the magical being snorted. “I’m not that powerful. You got one more wish.”

One more wish. What should I wish for? Hmmm.
(writer: Jon IG)

I scratched my head as I tried to think... Just then the doorbell caught my attention... it was my guest, "Jumping silly daisies!" I yelled as I tried to stifle a curse...

"Your wish is granted" the eyeball laughed and then disappeared...

I gasp as he vanished, "hey that wasn't a wish.."

The doorbell sounded again.... I walked to the door and began to welcome my guest...
As everyone entered my house I began to look around trying to figure out what the Geneye had done... not being able to see anything I decided to serve my guest drinks...

After I was preparing a quick platter of finger sandwiches when I heard my laugh and then singing...

I stepped out and saw my guest gathered at my back door looking into my garden where my flowers was singing and performing .... suddenly the silly daisies jumped from their flower pots and began chasing my guest, squirting water at them... I had to think fast so I....









[Now it is your turn...]

Just because....

Okay I was visiting bloggers that Michelle had sent over to my other blog and saw this MEME at oldoldlady's blog (lovely template and great read so you might want to visit, it's okay I will wait... okay welcome back)

The first thing you have to do is post the rules
So, here they are:

1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. You must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.

3. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.


Now I have one Long name because I was Married 2 times and had a long name to start with
Carola-Dawn Louise Brown Gosnell Deschamps
(can you say what a mouthful)
First Middle Maiden 1st marriage (because I have children) 2nd Marriage
So since Louise (My Nana was Eloise and she said she would kill my parents if they stuck me with that ) is my middle name I will use it

1. L- Love... Yes the big L word for me to live without it is hell. I need to love and be loved just as much as I need to breath
2. O- OM... Since I started Yoga I found how to love myself and how to calm my aggressiveness. In the stillness I find a piece of myself that was lost... the best way to describe the inner peace and light is OM
3. U- Unorthodox- in life as I did my search to answer the ever so popular question, who am I, I have noticed I tend to find a in between rather than a traditional or more accurately (since I do like traditions and keepsakes and heirlooms) the more popular status... Politics: I wouldn't choose Demo or Repub rather I choose Independent because I wanted to know more the facts and what person is the best than to go with a Party (not saying anyone who chooses one or the other is wrong. In personal beliefs there are no wrong answers if you stay true to yourself) In religion: I didn't like churches. Belonging to a certain church I felt pulled away from God sometimes. Since most all the foundations of the beliefs in all religious doctrines are the same (dont lie, cheat steal kill you know) I didnt like putting emphasis on a religion per say. It wasn't until I found wicca and saw that within wicca there is an open mind and there is room for all beliefs that I choose my path feeling I chosen the right one for me. Love is the same way I try to stay open to all views and maintain a balance view
   
4. I- Imagination- this word best describes me. To be creative by whatever means is also a need like breathing. Something of my real life experiences that I added to my Character Donna is something a teacher says about her. I have a hyperactive imagination. I would tell stories (painting something with words) because I needed to express that imagination, whether its through make believe, writing, crafting etc... this often gets me into trouble as I have too much imagination (esp when I am alone in the dark) If I can't express it then I get moody.
   
5. S- Sensual- Scorpio- either words fit me. I am told I am your A typical Scorpio. Aggressive and sensual (even if I don't look it). I always know what I want, I dont need to shop around because I don't know what I want only to find what I want. So normally I go in go straight and say nope not what I want or its not exactly... If it isnt exactly what I had in mind then I wont be happy and will be buying something else later. Once I get or buy what I want then I stick with it forever... This also go for other things in life. You know like shopping around for husbands LOL ;)
   
6. E- Easy going- I like to think I am Easy going... Not to say I dont get mean or aggressive as stated I can be but usually I am like a willow I bend with the breeze. I take things in stride. One time I had written on thankyou cards for my wedding gifts only the names of the women not thier husband names too for example I just wrote Aunt so and so and family rather than Aunt so and so and Uncle so and so. Well this hurt the feeling of one of my Aunts (I didnt do it on purpose I just hate hand writing so I was cutting corners you know) In stead of telling me my aunt and my Nana decided to teach me a lesson. SO on my wedding video they just wrote Dawn's wedding rather than Dawn and my ex hubby name here wedding... They expected me to get upset then tell me well see that is how it feels etc etc... Only no response because I really didnt (nor do I ) let things like that bother me Of course I felt terrible when they pointed out about the invitations but it showed them that my feelings dont get hurt about little things... This is not the first time I did something not thinking and someone asked me how I wold feel and the fact is it wouldnt bother me... My husband has told his family I am blond ditzy and dingy with a head full of happy air... LOL
   

So I have to tag 6 peeps

1. Vegeta
2. Capt Picard
3. Xavier
4. AOC
5. Jon
6. DOT