Whoa, what a trip. I'd say we are pretty darn good at the traveling and the being in airports and airplanes and dealing with the stresses that come along with traveling, but boy today tested us.
The morning went well, took everything in us to get up for breakfast at 830. EVERYTHING, Our bodies were already starting the I'VE HAD ENOUGH and I am shutting down process" We have been moving nonstop for the past two months and the past 3 weeks have been crazy and the past 1 week was pretty much psychotic. Somehow we had mustered up enough energy to keep us going and Wednesday we felt like we were hanging off a cliff and our forearms started to give and we just had to hold on as long as we possibly could. Didn't think we would make it a few times, but we did.
We went to breakfast, got ALL packed up, and checked out. Fayne met us at the hotel and the three of us went and ate lunch and it was nice to sit for a little bit before the flights. She is a massage therapist and before we left she gave Michael a short little shoulder/neck massage which he was grateful for. He said it helped him relax for a short time. (you'll see why a short time and not a long time in a moment). Then we said our goodbyes, which were hard, but I forced myself to wear a happy and strong face otherwise I'd never leave.
Now starts the "fun" and I mean that in the most sarcastic way possible. We decided our best option was to take the rental car to the arrivals parking lot, grab our 4 suitcases and leave our carryon in the rental car and get checked in. Our flight was suppose to leave at 5:50 PM and we got to the airport about... 2:00. About 4 hours ahead of time. And I am GLAD we did. We stood in line for a good hour (which we were sweating about because we were in 1 hour parking but we parked kinda far from the ticket counter and we both had to be there to check in) As we are standing in line for about an hour we are overhearing lots of stuff about how most of the flights to chicago are either canceled or delayed like crazy. We got to the counter and learned our flight was delayed till 9:00pm and later found out it was canceled!! The guy at the ticket counter put us on the 323 flight, which at the time was about 20 minutes away, but it was delayed until 5:30 so that worked out great! We then drove to the rental car place and turned in the car, and got back to the airport where we had a little time to sit. We got on the plane but were well advised we would be sitting on it about 2 hours before we took off. Not too bad because they played a movie and well when we are use to being on anywhere from 8 to 14 hour plane flights, an extra 2 hours on a 2 hour flight was child's play for us. We were delayed because of air traffic. We were happy to see we had emergency exit row seats so we had a good 3 feet of leg room in front of us. The flight was by far one of the bumpiest we have ever been on, but didn't bother us at all. but still, really bad turbulence most of the way. Not like a little turbulence either, big big turbulence. When we got to Chicago we had 40 minutes to get to the other side of the airport and get back through security. Keep in mind the Chicago airport is HUGE. so we had a couple "Home Alone" moments where we were running through the Chicago airport all decorated for Christmas trying to catch our flight. (remember that scene) We missed the train to get us to the other terminal and had to sit and wait about 10 minutes for another one.When we got to security, the guys were saying anyone flying SAS to Copenhagen in this line, so we were able to shuffle to the front and get through easily. Anyways, we get to the gate and they are just starting to board, we already were checked in from Dallas we just had to show them our passports. We got on the plane and about collapsed. I had forgotten how much we LOVED Scandinavian Airlines. I don't know why we would ever fly anything else. The plane of course was MASSIVE (I LOVE the big mamba jamba planes! they are so huge and amazing to just look at) We had the individual TV screens and all sorts of other fancy stuff that other airlines don't offer even in their biggest fleet. The SAS flight was perfect. We had a row in the middle of the plane, but we were the only two in the row so we had 4 seats all to ourselves. We slept... ALOT! It was like our bodies both finally let go of that cliff we were hanging on to by our pinkies at this point and let ourselves fall.
I love flying internationally so much more then domestically. They feed you.. good food. They encourage you to get up and walk around as often as possible while domestically, they encourage you to always stay seated ALWAYS. And while the flights are so much longer, they are usually more comfortable.
Anyways, we landed, got ALL our luggage (our suitcases were the 1st three out and the 4th one came out just a few pieces later), got a taxi to the hotel, went to find a bite to eat at one of our favorite cafes in the city had a beer and meandered back to the hotel. Michael crashed about 6:30, and me about 715-730. I actually don't remember the exact time. We got up this morning about 5 and couldn't possibly sleep anymore.
Today Michael is already at his first day of work, and I'm trying to catch up on all my emails that I haven't written for the past 3 weeks and try to convince my friends that I'm not a bad friend for not getting back to their questions and such sooner. I can tell not having much to do is going to take some getting use to. I feel like I have a billion things to do, when the fact of the matter is... I don't have anything of any importance to do, but recuperate! I just have to make some sense of this hotel room. Not too much sense though, we are moving to a Jr suite in a couple days. Yippee!
More later!
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Today is THE Day...
First things first, Push Play, turn up the volume... and read with some background music!!
So today is the day. We are ALL packed, car is loaded up and I'm sitting here doing nothing for 30 minutes till check out. Michael is a bit spastic, but he is just walking back and forth doing nonsensical things. Moving jackets, picking up trash, and just all around...anxious. He gets this way, I have to stay calm or I will drive myself crazy making sure we have everything in order (which we do, because I put it all there. We have called all our family memebers and said goodbye on the phone. (has the music made anyone cry yet?) Fayne should be here soon for lunch and we will go do that and head to the airport, the plan is Michael is going to drop me off at the terminal and leave me there while he takes back the rental car. We have way too muh luggage to try to get it all on the bus shuttle to take us to the airport. Then we will check in, have some coffee/or wine and wait to board. We may have some weather issues but we should make it out before they hit. Dallas is suppose to get icy tonight, but shouldn't be a problem at 5:50pm. Chicago is getting some cold weather as well with snow and ice, but hopefully it wont hit before we leave at 10:00. I guess we will find out soon. If we get delayed, no biggie, we aren't loosing a day on a fun trip. I'm pretty calm bout the whole thing (Michael tried to sit for a moment, stood back up and said he couldn't)
So... Here we go!!!!
I'll write from the other side...
Today is the day,
Goodbye Dallas...
So today is the day. We are ALL packed, car is loaded up and I'm sitting here doing nothing for 30 minutes till check out. Michael is a bit spastic, but he is just walking back and forth doing nonsensical things. Moving jackets, picking up trash, and just all around...anxious. He gets this way, I have to stay calm or I will drive myself crazy making sure we have everything in order (which we do, because I put it all there. We have called all our family memebers and said goodbye on the phone. (has the music made anyone cry yet?) Fayne should be here soon for lunch and we will go do that and head to the airport, the plan is Michael is going to drop me off at the terminal and leave me there while he takes back the rental car. We have way too muh luggage to try to get it all on the bus shuttle to take us to the airport. Then we will check in, have some coffee/or wine and wait to board. We may have some weather issues but we should make it out before they hit. Dallas is suppose to get icy tonight, but shouldn't be a problem at 5:50pm. Chicago is getting some cold weather as well with snow and ice, but hopefully it wont hit before we leave at 10:00. I guess we will find out soon. If we get delayed, no biggie, we aren't loosing a day on a fun trip. I'm pretty calm bout the whole thing (Michael tried to sit for a moment, stood back up and said he couldn't)
So... Here we go!!!!
I'll write from the other side...
Today is the day,
Goodbye Dallas...
Learning to LEAVE Dallas
Well here it is, our last full day of Dallas living is over. Hard to Believe...
The day started bright and early with a wake up call at 5:30AM. We got up , got dressed and headed down to breakfast. I dropped Michael off at TI (he had some last minute stuff to do, phone calls to make, layout people to talk to, and some people wanted to take him out for a farewell lunch. I headed over to Chris and Fayne's so I could have one last private lesson. I stayed through lunch and before I even started to leave the tears started. Leaving wasn't easy and it didn't help that he was the very first person I REALLY had to say goodbye too here in Dallas. Then I headed to get my haircut and went to the grocery store (yes the grocery store) so I could pick up some stuff for sandwhiches and some bananas for tonight and tomorrow and get some coffee from the Starbucks. The guy that helps me all the time gave me my coffee for free when he found out he wouldn't be giving me coffee anymore. That made me smile. By this time It was time to get Michael, He took the train up towards Plano and we went to turn in our modem to time warner Cable, Get new workout gloves (because that was high on our list of stuff to do) and head to the apartment to get the last few things out and turn in th keys. It as a relatively painless process. I had to write a giant check (2montsh rent) to cover the cost of breaking the lease. Wasn't too hard to write though because TI is paying that fee for us. :) Leaving the Apartment was the easiest time leaving we have had in ... FOREVER. I think since I left my apartment in college that I lived in with Mary. Since then the house in Lubbock , our 2 Flats in Denmark, our House in Lubbock and our house in Allen have stirred up a TON of emotions for us both. This one, neither of us even blinked an eye. I am sure it is as simple as the fact we have lived there only 3 months..... Can you guess where we headed to next??? You got it, The GYM! We signed the form to cancel our membership :( :( :( and had a pretty good last work out. In the past week I have taken a moment here and there to look around and take in the gym (i know it is silly, but something I usually have to do when I have big changes in my life) I had to force myself not to do it today, because I didn't want to break out the tears in the gym... how dorky would hat have been ;) We said goodbye to some of the staff and some of the people we see on a daily baisis there. And yes, we walked out, and those tears came back. While living in Lubbock Market Street *the grocery store) was our second home (YES, the grocery store) but here, the gym was, without a doubt, our second home Our place to go to when times where hard (homesickness from Lubbock, the pain of loosing Hendrix, and simply our escape from Dallas when we didn't want to be here) Then it evolved into the place we found comfort, friendly faces, always someone to talk to even if just for a brief moment and gave us something to do together and a way to spend time together our side of the house. So yes, it was kinda hard to leave, but we managed. We came back to the hotel and hung out with Mary and Jason, they had gotten dinner in the hotel restaurant, Michael and I took turns changing and eating sandwiches, though I brought mine into the restaurant and the hotel lobby bar with me. Later in the night "our pal" Ed from the gym came to say bye and spend a little last minute time with us. The all left about the same time. Since I had a few drinks in me my tears didn't start back up, but I'm certain if I didn't have a drink or two in me, they would have.
Partney/Pate Picture
Michael and I came back upstairs and I started my magic. Packing Suitcases. I was really excited because it has been a long time since I had to do "serious" packing. I am talking tight squishing stuff in the suitcases packing. So I went to work on our GIANT suitcase, and the smaller one, well unfortunately, I have a TON of room left and I didn't even get to start to repack the other two suitcases. I'm sure we will need to pay an over the pound limit fee, but its not that big of a deal to us. Plus TI pays this too so it no biggie. We didn't use the air freight offered to us, so the 25-100 bucks (25 per bag) shouldn't be too steep of a price to pay.
I haven't said goodbye to Fayne yet. She is the only person we have left to see. She is going to lunch with us. I have a feeling that goodbye is going to be the worst, because it will be the very last one, and that in my mind usually translates to: Ok, It is time. Actually that is a lie. Our VERY VERY last goodbye is a GIANT one. The Sun. After all, we wont be seeing it again for a couple months. Hopefully it won't be cloudy tomorrow, but if it is, thats ok, I hugged it from afar today. While most of this post seems really really sad, I must assure everyone, we are soooo incredibly excited to go get to experience Denmark once again. To truly remember what it was we fell so in love with about this country a few years ago is going to be amazing and we can't wait to jump right back in where we left off. 2 days this time, we will be "European Texans!!"
YE HAW!! Wait we can't say that, that is far from Euro Chic! ;)
I may or maynot have time to post before we leave tomorrow. I am going to try to, but if not, we leave tomorrow at 6:00PM and arrive in Copenhagen about 1:00 in the afternoon on Thursday Denmark time. I will post as soon as I can after we arrive. :) :) :)
The day started bright and early with a wake up call at 5:30AM. We got up , got dressed and headed down to breakfast. I dropped Michael off at TI (he had some last minute stuff to do, phone calls to make, layout people to talk to, and some people wanted to take him out for a farewell lunch. I headed over to Chris and Fayne's so I could have one last private lesson. I stayed through lunch and before I even started to leave the tears started. Leaving wasn't easy and it didn't help that he was the very first person I REALLY had to say goodbye too here in Dallas. Then I headed to get my haircut and went to the grocery store (yes the grocery store) so I could pick up some stuff for sandwhiches and some bananas for tonight and tomorrow and get some coffee from the Starbucks. The guy that helps me all the time gave me my coffee for free when he found out he wouldn't be giving me coffee anymore. That made me smile. By this time It was time to get Michael, He took the train up towards Plano and we went to turn in our modem to time warner Cable, Get new workout gloves (because that was high on our list of stuff to do) and head to the apartment to get the last few things out and turn in th keys. It as a relatively painless process. I had to write a giant check (2montsh rent) to cover the cost of breaking the lease. Wasn't too hard to write though because TI is paying that fee for us. :) Leaving the Apartment was the easiest time leaving we have had in ... FOREVER. I think since I left my apartment in college that I lived in with Mary. Since then the house in Lubbock , our 2 Flats in Denmark, our House in Lubbock and our house in Allen have stirred up a TON of emotions for us both. This one, neither of us even blinked an eye. I am sure it is as simple as the fact we have lived there only 3 months..... Can you guess where we headed to next??? You got it, The GYM! We signed the form to cancel our membership :( :( :( and had a pretty good last work out. In the past week I have taken a moment here and there to look around and take in the gym (i know it is silly, but something I usually have to do when I have big changes in my life) I had to force myself not to do it today, because I didn't want to break out the tears in the gym... how dorky would hat have been ;) We said goodbye to some of the staff and some of the people we see on a daily baisis there. And yes, we walked out, and those tears came back. While living in Lubbock Market Street *the grocery store) was our second home (YES, the grocery store) but here, the gym was, without a doubt, our second home Our place to go to when times where hard (homesickness from Lubbock, the pain of loosing Hendrix, and simply our escape from Dallas when we didn't want to be here) Then it evolved into the place we found comfort, friendly faces, always someone to talk to even if just for a brief moment and gave us something to do together and a way to spend time together our side of the house. So yes, it was kinda hard to leave, but we managed. We came back to the hotel and hung out with Mary and Jason, they had gotten dinner in the hotel restaurant, Michael and I took turns changing and eating sandwiches, though I brought mine into the restaurant and the hotel lobby bar with me. Later in the night "our pal" Ed from the gym came to say bye and spend a little last minute time with us. The all left about the same time. Since I had a few drinks in me my tears didn't start back up, but I'm certain if I didn't have a drink or two in me, they would have.
Michael Me and Ed
Partney/Pate Picture
Michael and I came back upstairs and I started my magic. Packing Suitcases. I was really excited because it has been a long time since I had to do "serious" packing. I am talking tight squishing stuff in the suitcases packing. So I went to work on our GIANT suitcase, and the smaller one, well unfortunately, I have a TON of room left and I didn't even get to start to repack the other two suitcases. I'm sure we will need to pay an over the pound limit fee, but its not that big of a deal to us. Plus TI pays this too so it no biggie. We didn't use the air freight offered to us, so the 25-100 bucks (25 per bag) shouldn't be too steep of a price to pay.
I haven't said goodbye to Fayne yet. She is the only person we have left to see. She is going to lunch with us. I have a feeling that goodbye is going to be the worst, because it will be the very last one, and that in my mind usually translates to: Ok, It is time. Actually that is a lie. Our VERY VERY last goodbye is a GIANT one. The Sun. After all, we wont be seeing it again for a couple months. Hopefully it won't be cloudy tomorrow, but if it is, thats ok, I hugged it from afar today. While most of this post seems really really sad, I must assure everyone, we are soooo incredibly excited to go get to experience Denmark once again. To truly remember what it was we fell so in love with about this country a few years ago is going to be amazing and we can't wait to jump right back in where we left off. 2 days this time, we will be "European Texans!!"
YE HAW!! Wait we can't say that, that is far from Euro Chic! ;)
I may or maynot have time to post before we leave tomorrow. I am going to try to, but if not, we leave tomorrow at 6:00PM and arrive in Copenhagen about 1:00 in the afternoon on Thursday Denmark time. I will post as soon as I can after we arrive. :) :) :)
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Moving Day
Our stuff is currently on its way to Houston to be put on a boat and start its little trek over the ocean. Today was moving day, and it went well. They brought a container to our place which they packed up and we will see it again on the other side of the pond. Looks like something straight out of a shipping yard to me!
There were 5 guys and they were QUICK! They were done by about 3:30pm. They got almost everything besides our food, cleaning supplies, and CANDLES!!! I guess I wasn't expecting them not to take my candles since when we moved TO Dallas, it wasn't an issue. Oh well. I gave half to Fayne and the other half are finding a new home at Mary and Jasons. I was less then thrilled when I realized I had bookoos of candles laying around that I loved :( Oh well... Candles are just things. As long as Michael and I both make it there safe, the rest doesn't really matter. But I was still sad... See:
I had Tai Chi today....my last class :o( and afterwards Chris and I did a video of the form with and without swords. It was fun and actually really nice to do the form with him. We haven't really gotten the chance to do the whole form together side by side, its always been more of a student/teacher watching each other situation but this was a nice way to end my last class.
So now we are living in our temporary residents, The Crowne Plaza (no complaints here) and have started our month of hotel living. I've always wanted to be a vagabond!!!
My posts aren't very exciting these days, more just informative... so I'm sprucing them up with lots of pictures!!!
There were 5 guys and they were QUICK! They were done by about 3:30pm. They got almost everything besides our food, cleaning supplies, and CANDLES!!! I guess I wasn't expecting them not to take my candles since when we moved TO Dallas, it wasn't an issue. Oh well. I gave half to Fayne and the other half are finding a new home at Mary and Jasons. I was less then thrilled when I realized I had bookoos of candles laying around that I loved :( Oh well... Candles are just things. As long as Michael and I both make it there safe, the rest doesn't really matter. But I was still sad... See:
I had Tai Chi today....my last class :o( and afterwards Chris and I did a video of the form with and without swords. It was fun and actually really nice to do the form with him. We haven't really gotten the chance to do the whole form together side by side, its always been more of a student/teacher watching each other situation but this was a nice way to end my last class.
Michael showed up at the end to pick me up so I used his set of extra hands to get a picture of the three of us...
After that they came over to our place and got a bunch of stuff off our hands (They have made this move a little less stress free). They took most of our food and a ton of other little household item that we weren't taking or couldn't be shipped. Without them we would have had to either throw a bunch of it away or have to take the time to load it all up and find a place to take it, which quite frankly, we don't have the time for. Our apartment is almost completely empty. Only things in there still is 4 bottles of water, 2 candles, and a partridge in a pear tree. ;) So thankfully tomorrow, we don't have to clean anymore (done) or throw out trash (done) we just have to turn in the keys. 
(Look at all that trash!!!)
So now we are living in our temporary residents, The Crowne Plaza (no complaints here) and have started our month of hotel living. I've always wanted to be a vagabond!!!
Our Home for the the next 2 days.
My posts aren't very exciting these days, more just informative... so I'm sprucing them up with lots of pictures!!!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Despite all the Hecticness We are Having Fun
Yesterday wasn't terribly busy, but we had lots going on. We went to the gym in the AM, I went to the grocery store for probably the last time (and said goodbye to my deli guy), Michael stayed here and waited for our friend, Jens, to come by to drop off some stuff, Chris came by to pick up all the furniture we aren't taking and then we went out with Chris and Fayne in the evening.
Our couch, coffee table, computer desk, computer chair, dresser, a cabinet, two little rolling carts, cd stand and two barstools along with some other odds and ends all walked out of the apartment today. Now just about everything left in here, we are taking.
Chris and Fayne took us out to eat Vietnamese food for dinner and then we went and sat around and talked all night as they helped us polish off most of our alcohol. The movers wont move alcohol so the only responsible thing we could think of was to drink it all. Actually there wasn't that much but it was good stuff and didn't want to toss it. They have 2 snakes, by the end of the night we both braved up to holding the creepy little things. Actually it wasn't so bad. We had a really fun day and evening and we have been able to keep our minds off everything we have to be doing when we have been doing other things.
Today was not as fun as yesterday but we got a ton done. Our bags are all packed for our few days in a hotel in Dallas and our month in a hotel in Copenhagen. The movers come first thing tomorrow morning. 8:00AM!!! I suppose its a ready or not, here they come kinda situation, but I think we are ready to go and ready for the movers to come. Our place is going to be EMPTY tomorrow. Hard to believe.
Our couch, coffee table, computer desk, computer chair, dresser, a cabinet, two little rolling carts, cd stand and two barstools along with some other odds and ends all walked out of the apartment today. Now just about everything left in here, we are taking.
Chris and Fayne took us out to eat Vietnamese food for dinner and then we went and sat around and talked all night as they helped us polish off most of our alcohol. The movers wont move alcohol so the only responsible thing we could think of was to drink it all. Actually there wasn't that much but it was good stuff and didn't want to toss it. They have 2 snakes, by the end of the night we both braved up to holding the creepy little things. Actually it wasn't so bad. We had a really fun day and evening and we have been able to keep our minds off everything we have to be doing when we have been doing other things.
Snake 1
Snake 1 and 2 (on Faynes right hand)
Im not so sure how I feel about this... but it wasn't so bad.
Michael overcoming his snake fear
Snake 1 and 2 (on Faynes right hand)
Im not so sure how I feel about this... but it wasn't so bad.
Michael overcoming his snake fear
Today was not as fun as yesterday but we got a ton done. Our bags are all packed for our few days in a hotel in Dallas and our month in a hotel in Copenhagen. The movers come first thing tomorrow morning. 8:00AM!!! I suppose its a ready or not, here they come kinda situation, but I think we are ready to go and ready for the movers to come. Our place is going to be EMPTY tomorrow. Hard to believe.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Back From the Sun City
We will start with fun:
THE NEGRETE DANCE!
Here is my little brother and me being goofy
(This is a video, push play)
As you can tell because of the lack of posts, we have been away. We got back last night from El Paso after spending the week there for Thanksgiving. We had a really great time. We got a chance to spend a lot of time with the family and some of my friends. Sunday after we arrived my mom had the whole clan over for a little party (Clan being my brothers and sisters and their families) My nieces and nephews are all becoming giants. It is slightly scary. I was chatting with one of my little nephews who is in 6th grade this year. He looked at me ever so seriously and asked, "How tall was I when you met me?" It made me giggle inside and I told him, "Jonathan, I met you the day you were born!" he responded with.. "oh...well...then.....how tall was I at your wedding?" So I showed him and he seemed much more pleased with that answer.
Alex and me
Michael and My Mom
My big sis
Playing with my Nieces and Nephews in our hoodies
All the Siblings - We are like the Brady Bunch!
The rest of the week we spent buying some last minute stuff for the move, seeing as many friends and more of the family as we could and tried to take it easy. We saw everyone on our list that we had wanted to see before we left (except for one of my nephews) but our list was pretty big and I was impressed we got to everyone and even got to see some people Multiple times! We were both pretty under the weather as well. Something about the EL Paso air whether the pollution or the dust from the desert I don't know, but we were both yucky. We didn't get anything done for the move that we had hoped to (calling to cancel stuff, changing our address with the post office... Boring stuff like that) but oh well. Just another thing to add to our list of stuff for Monday and Tuesday.
We got back home last night and as we landed we both took a deep breathe as we got ready for our last little push here. The next few days are going to be BUSY BUSY BUSY! We just have to make it to Wednesday at 6 pm and then we can relax for a bit.
After we put up the Christmas Tree at my moms
My good friend Dean and me
Other good friends "Get You Guns Up (Texas Tech) and Gig 'Em (Texas A&M)" Pic.
My Boys! Hubby and Bro
My older brother, Michael, Me and My Mom
Here is my little brother and me being goofy
(This is a video, push play)
Me and all my nieces! Including my great (grand?) niece (the littlest one)
Alex and me
Michael and My Mom
My big sis
Playing with my Nieces and Nephews in our hoodies
All the Siblings - We are like the Brady Bunch!
The rest of the week we spent buying some last minute stuff for the move, seeing as many friends and more of the family as we could and tried to take it easy. We saw everyone on our list that we had wanted to see before we left (except for one of my nephews) but our list was pretty big and I was impressed we got to everyone and even got to see some people Multiple times! We were both pretty under the weather as well. Something about the EL Paso air whether the pollution or the dust from the desert I don't know, but we were both yucky. We didn't get anything done for the move that we had hoped to (calling to cancel stuff, changing our address with the post office... Boring stuff like that) but oh well. Just another thing to add to our list of stuff for Monday and Tuesday.
We got back home last night and as we landed we both took a deep breathe as we got ready for our last little push here. The next few days are going to be BUSY BUSY BUSY! We just have to make it to Wednesday at 6 pm and then we can relax for a bit.
Some other Random Pictures For Fun
After we put up the Christmas Tree at my moms
My good friend Dean and me
Other good friends "Get You Guns Up (Texas Tech) and Gig 'Em (Texas A&M)" Pic.
My Boys! Hubby and Bro
My older brother, Michael, Me and My Mom
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Friday Friday Friday
Yesterday was busy, but not so busy at the same time. I left pretty early and went to Chris and Faynes to do our laundry because we lost ours last weekend, and we got through a lot of clothes.
I spent almost all day there. They were getting ready for a camping trip which looked like some hard work. There are 5 in their family. They have 3 boys! 3!! I can't imagine. When I was leaving their middle son came up out of nowhere and gave me a hug. It was sweet and reminded me of when my little nephew Jonathan use to do the same thing. I'm gonna miss their kiddos too. They are way cute!
Yesterday was Michaels last day of work I picked him up at TI and he came walking through the parking lot with a box. It looked as if he had been fired. He said as he was walking people refused to look at him and he felt like he had been fired. Kinda funny. He said his last day was really busy but went well and he was pretty sad. However, on Tuesday after Thanksgiving he is going out with his group for a goodbye lunch so he will get to see everyone one more time. He has 2 weeks off now. He will enjoy that.
After our days both came to an end we met up with Mary and Jason for dinner, for a farewell dinner, a congrats to Michael on the new job, a congrats to Mary because she found out she is getting her own Starbucks store that she will manage. It is brand new and she is really excited and to congratulate Jason on making the Mock Trail team in law school! They insisted dinner was also to congratulate me on my new tai chi sword, but I think that was stretching it a little far. We hung out for a while and they came back to our place afterwards for a bit to. We had a really good time.
My posts are becoming more and more frequent if nothing else so we can look back and see everything we were doing leading up to our move.
I spent almost all day there. They were getting ready for a camping trip which looked like some hard work. There are 5 in their family. They have 3 boys! 3!! I can't imagine. When I was leaving their middle son came up out of nowhere and gave me a hug. It was sweet and reminded me of when my little nephew Jonathan use to do the same thing. I'm gonna miss their kiddos too. They are way cute!
Yesterday was Michaels last day of work I picked him up at TI and he came walking through the parking lot with a box. It looked as if he had been fired. He said as he was walking people refused to look at him and he felt like he had been fired. Kinda funny. He said his last day was really busy but went well and he was pretty sad. However, on Tuesday after Thanksgiving he is going out with his group for a goodbye lunch so he will get to see everyone one more time. He has 2 weeks off now. He will enjoy that.
After our days both came to an end we met up with Mary and Jason for dinner, for a farewell dinner, a congrats to Michael on the new job, a congrats to Mary because she found out she is getting her own Starbucks store that she will manage. It is brand new and she is really excited and to congratulate Jason on making the Mock Trail team in law school! They insisted dinner was also to congratulate me on my new tai chi sword, but I think that was stretching it a little far. We hung out for a while and they came back to our place afterwards for a bit to. We had a really good time.
My posts are becoming more and more frequent if nothing else so we can look back and see everything we were doing leading up to our move.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Friendly Faces
15 months ago when we moved to Dallas we knew more people then we could count that lived in the DFW metroplex area. Problem was, everything is so far apart here that we never really saw anyone, besides Mary and Jason of course. In the short 15 months I have grown comfortable with seeing the same faces in the different places we go.
A random select few people I am going to miss...
I'm going to miss Chi, the Vietnamese woman that cuts my hair and always tells me I need to start having babies now. (Does she think I'm getting old and need to rush it?? lol)
The woman at target who when I order pictures and sees the last name always tells me that she went to school with a Pate but he pronounced it "Pay-tee"
I'll miss my deli guy, Jerry, who all he has to do is see my face, and he knows exactly what I want, how much I want and how I want it cut. Such a simple thing, but makes my life just a little bit easier. He doesn't know my name, but I'm sure in referring to me my name is "Pound and a half of Arostica"
The rotating faces at Starbucks, I swear there are new workers there bi-monthly. But they quickly get to know what it is I want.
Then there is the gym...ooo the gym. So many people I'm going to miss in there, some have become good friends, others have become comfortable familiar faces that we never speak more then 3 words to at a time.
Jeff who is a HUGE guy. Practices Martial Arts and has some huge guns (not the shooting kind, the muscle kind) but always tells us something about us being in the gym, like our babies are going to be born with dumbbells in their hands, or we are going to lift all the weight out of the equiptment.
Ed, the guy that always waves to us while he is on the stair machine when we walk in that has become our friend and swears that if he works out his abs, his stomach is going to get huge. He always makes us laugh about something and who has come to our rescue when we had car problems. Horray for those kind of friends!!
And then the 4 obvious people...
Chris and Fayne whom I've been spending at least an hour and a half with for the past 11 months and recently more like several hours a week......I've said it before, I'll say it again, they have become such a huge and important part of my life and introduced me to something that I have become incredibly passionate about...Tai Chi. They started as my mentors, but have become very good friends as well. I will feel their absence immediately...
and surprise surprise.....Can you guess the last two??
You got it....Mary and Jason. I don't even want to think about that yet...Without them, I'm not sure how our time in Dallas would have been. They were our support for those first LOOONG months, I can't even imagine if we had moved here without them. That would have made our transition here so much more difficult. It will be the first time in 3 years that we have lived in different cities. I know our friendship between the 4 of us is strong enough to survive time and distance though and I know without a doubt, they will be taking advantage of us being in Europe!
I'm not looking forward to our Dallas goodbyes, those are going to be the real ones. They wont be the, goodbye because you are leaving Dallas and we will still be here, or the goodbye we are going back to Dallas and will see you soon, it will be the goodbye because we are leaving and aren't coming back. Those are always the hardest for me.
A random select few people I am going to miss...
I'm going to miss Chi, the Vietnamese woman that cuts my hair and always tells me I need to start having babies now. (Does she think I'm getting old and need to rush it?? lol)
The woman at target who when I order pictures and sees the last name always tells me that she went to school with a Pate but he pronounced it "Pay-tee"
I'll miss my deli guy, Jerry, who all he has to do is see my face, and he knows exactly what I want, how much I want and how I want it cut. Such a simple thing, but makes my life just a little bit easier. He doesn't know my name, but I'm sure in referring to me my name is "Pound and a half of Arostica"
The rotating faces at Starbucks, I swear there are new workers there bi-monthly. But they quickly get to know what it is I want.
Then there is the gym...ooo the gym. So many people I'm going to miss in there, some have become good friends, others have become comfortable familiar faces that we never speak more then 3 words to at a time.
Jeff who is a HUGE guy. Practices Martial Arts and has some huge guns (not the shooting kind, the muscle kind) but always tells us something about us being in the gym, like our babies are going to be born with dumbbells in their hands, or we are going to lift all the weight out of the equiptment.
Ed, the guy that always waves to us while he is on the stair machine when we walk in that has become our friend and swears that if he works out his abs, his stomach is going to get huge. He always makes us laugh about something and who has come to our rescue when we had car problems. Horray for those kind of friends!!
And then the 4 obvious people...
Chris and Fayne whom I've been spending at least an hour and a half with for the past 11 months and recently more like several hours a week......I've said it before, I'll say it again, they have become such a huge and important part of my life and introduced me to something that I have become incredibly passionate about...Tai Chi. They started as my mentors, but have become very good friends as well. I will feel their absence immediately...
and surprise surprise.....Can you guess the last two??
You got it....Mary and Jason. I don't even want to think about that yet...Without them, I'm not sure how our time in Dallas would have been. They were our support for those first LOOONG months, I can't even imagine if we had moved here without them. That would have made our transition here so much more difficult. It will be the first time in 3 years that we have lived in different cities. I know our friendship between the 4 of us is strong enough to survive time and distance though and I know without a doubt, they will be taking advantage of us being in Europe!
I'm not looking forward to our Dallas goodbyes, those are going to be the real ones. They wont be the, goodbye because you are leaving Dallas and we will still be here, or the goodbye we are going back to Dallas and will see you soon, it will be the goodbye because we are leaving and aren't coming back. Those are always the hardest for me.
I'm Not Dying
ok, so i'm feeling better...mostly. Almost completely, just a little lingering junk. I'm almost certain it was just severe allergies. I took it easy this morning, then ran a few errands, met Fayne for Lunch at Central Market (a grocery store) and then we met Chris at Starbucks. Michael and I had our last sports conditioning class tonight and afterwards our pal Ed took us and the trainer Casey and his sister who is also in the class out for dinner. We thought that was very nice of him.
So, this is our last Thursday in Dallas. Next Thursday, Thanksgiving, we will be in El Paso, and the following Thursday....will be the day we land in Denmark. Crazy.
So, this is our last Thursday in Dallas. Next Thursday, Thanksgiving, we will be in El Paso, and the following Thursday....will be the day we land in Denmark. Crazy.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Not Here, Not Now...
Tuesday night we went to dinner at some friends place. Everything was good until right before we left and both of our allergies AND our asthma went into high gear from their doggie. Sneezy, coughy, itchy throat...the whole 9 yards. Well we got home and went to bed. Michael healed over night, I did not. Yesterday the temperature dropped down pretty low and the wind was crazy and kicked a bunch more stuff in the air that always gets my allergies going. They bothered me most of the day just moderately but by 5:30, I was completely miserable. My throat felt as if I had swallowed a thorny rose stem, my nose was stuffy, my ears were in pain, my lungs were tight, and it was all accompanied by a lovely sinus headache. This morning, I woke up feeling better then I did yesterday, but my throat/ears are still bothering me and my nose is still pretty stuffy. I can't tell if my body is just having a hard time fighting off the allergies, or if I am coming down with something. I'm holding onto the, this is just really bad lingering allergies theory and my bodys way of saying, "SLOW DOWN WOMAN"
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
#6
Today we traded in our rental car for our 6th rental car since October 6th!
#1 - CAN'T REMEMBER....
#2 - Chevy Cobalt
#3 - Chevy Impala
#4 - Chevy Cobalt - wrecked!!!!
#5 - Ford Focus
#6 - Buick LaCross
and we have 2 more to come
#7 - El Paso
#8 - Last of Dallas
This morning we got the Buick LaSaber and started a new contract because today, TI starts paying for the rental cars!!! HORRAY!!! Slowly, but surely, we are becoming TI's resposibility and it is going to be so nice! We booked our hotel in Dallas our last two nights and while we stay in a hotel, TI buys all our food (Including food from the grocery store) Did I say, "HORRAY"??
We got a new couch and coffee table (that matches the thing our TV is on) and they are being delivered today. The couch is more of a loveseat, perhaps a little bigger, but not much. It is made to have a slip cover on it, so we got a black one for now, but we can change out the color at anytime. They are both from IKEA and we will be living just a couple miles from the IKEA in Copenhagen, it will be easy to get a new slipcover if we ever want it.
I've started packing our winter clothes thatwe won't wear here bfore we leave, but will need the second we land in Copenhagen.
We have booked our hotel aka.. temporary home... for the month of December in Copenhagen. We will be staying at the SAS Radisson. Not the one we stayed at on our househunting trip but another one, just about a mile away. It is in central copenhagen and we will still be walking distance from anything we need including a Metro Station. It will be nice to be in Central Copenhagen for the holidays with so many festivals and markets going on everyday. We will also be in the City Center for New Years, which should be CRAZY, but fun. The hotel has an indoor pool, a nice gym, a spa, and houses a really big casino on the 1st floor. Also the hotel, the casino and its resturants have a TON of holiday things going on. Should be fun!
I have been surprised at this but LOTS of people have been asking us if we are still going to the gym during this crazy time. The answer, of course! It has been one of the only constants in our lives for the past 4 years. It gives us a place to try to leave the hecticness of our lives at the door and a place to see and talk to friendly faces. Skipping our 1.5 hours at the gym everyday would probably make us feel worse, then better about the extra time we managed to find.
Now... onto another busy day!!
#1 - CAN'T REMEMBER....
#2 - Chevy Cobalt
#3 - Chevy Impala
#4 - Chevy Cobalt - wrecked!!!!
#5 - Ford Focus
#6 - Buick LaCross
and we have 2 more to come
#7 - El Paso
#8 - Last of Dallas
This morning we got the Buick LaSaber and started a new contract because today, TI starts paying for the rental cars!!! HORRAY!!! Slowly, but surely, we are becoming TI's resposibility and it is going to be so nice! We booked our hotel in Dallas our last two nights and while we stay in a hotel, TI buys all our food (Including food from the grocery store) Did I say, "HORRAY"??
We got a new couch and coffee table (that matches the thing our TV is on) and they are being delivered today. The couch is more of a loveseat, perhaps a little bigger, but not much. It is made to have a slip cover on it, so we got a black one for now, but we can change out the color at anytime. They are both from IKEA and we will be living just a couple miles from the IKEA in Copenhagen, it will be easy to get a new slipcover if we ever want it.
I've started packing our winter clothes thatwe won't wear here bfore we leave, but will need the second we land in Copenhagen.
We have booked our hotel aka.. temporary home... for the month of December in Copenhagen. We will be staying at the SAS Radisson. Not the one we stayed at on our househunting trip but another one, just about a mile away. It is in central copenhagen and we will still be walking distance from anything we need including a Metro Station. It will be nice to be in Central Copenhagen for the holidays with so many festivals and markets going on everyday. We will also be in the City Center for New Years, which should be CRAZY, but fun. The hotel has an indoor pool, a nice gym, a spa, and houses a really big casino on the 1st floor. Also the hotel, the casino and its resturants have a TON of holiday things going on. Should be fun!
I have been surprised at this but LOTS of people have been asking us if we are still going to the gym during this crazy time. The answer, of course! It has been one of the only constants in our lives for the past 4 years. It gives us a place to try to leave the hecticness of our lives at the door and a place to see and talk to friendly faces. Skipping our 1.5 hours at the gym everyday would probably make us feel worse, then better about the extra time we managed to find.
Now... onto another busy day!!
Sunday, November 12, 2006
And Then There Were Two
We came to Dallas with only 4 things we really cared about.
1 & 2 . Each Other
3. Hendrix
4. The Blazer
We lost Hendrix along the way, and yesterday the Blazer drove off with its new owner. Michaels mom and Wayne. It was actually more sad then we thought it would be to watch it drive away. It had been a great car for the time we had it.
Along with the Blazer Tanya and Wayne took all of our good guestroom furiture including the bed, and the washer and dryer and some other odds and ends. It became a little more real seeing stuff we aren't taking being loaded into a trailer.
Today we are on the hunt for some new furniture (its cheaper to get here) for our Danish Flat. Things like a smaller couch, bedside tables and a few other little things. Hopefully we will find something.
This week is our last full week in Dallas (we leave Sunday for El Paso) and our schedules are shaping up to be nothing short of a circus. We have 3 dinners planned with friends on different nights. The other three nights we are trying to leave open to do stuff around the apt to get it ready to go for the move after we get back from El Paso. Michael has 5 days left of work here. His last day at Dallas TI will be this coming Friday. He will then have 2 weeks offs which he is increadibly excited for. Nice thing is, he is only using three days of vacation time! The three days before Thanksgiving. Then when we get back, those aren't days off, but are more like "moving days". Once we move Michael has a handful of days he hasn't used that we will be cashing out on. horray!
One other note. We got our contract for our flat and everything looks great. Flemming had told us he would never advise us to sign anything that he wasn't completely comfortable with but by the looks of the contract everything looks fantastic. Michael has a phone meeting with him next week to discuss it all. We will then put down our deposit (3 months rent OUCH) ad first months rent (so yes, at one time, we will basically pay the amount of 4 months rent.. did I say OUCH?)
When we move out we will get that 3 months rent deposit back minus the cost of any repairs and such... So thats that!!
The next few weeks are going to FLY!
1 & 2 . Each Other
3. Hendrix
4. The Blazer
We lost Hendrix along the way, and yesterday the Blazer drove off with its new owner. Michaels mom and Wayne. It was actually more sad then we thought it would be to watch it drive away. It had been a great car for the time we had it.
Along with the Blazer Tanya and Wayne took all of our good guestroom furiture including the bed, and the washer and dryer and some other odds and ends. It became a little more real seeing stuff we aren't taking being loaded into a trailer.
Goodbye Stuff!!
Today we are on the hunt for some new furniture (its cheaper to get here) for our Danish Flat. Things like a smaller couch, bedside tables and a few other little things. Hopefully we will find something.
This week is our last full week in Dallas (we leave Sunday for El Paso) and our schedules are shaping up to be nothing short of a circus. We have 3 dinners planned with friends on different nights. The other three nights we are trying to leave open to do stuff around the apt to get it ready to go for the move after we get back from El Paso. Michael has 5 days left of work here. His last day at Dallas TI will be this coming Friday. He will then have 2 weeks offs which he is increadibly excited for. Nice thing is, he is only using three days of vacation time! The three days before Thanksgiving. Then when we get back, those aren't days off, but are more like "moving days". Once we move Michael has a handful of days he hasn't used that we will be cashing out on. horray!
One other note. We got our contract for our flat and everything looks great. Flemming had told us he would never advise us to sign anything that he wasn't completely comfortable with but by the looks of the contract everything looks fantastic. Michael has a phone meeting with him next week to discuss it all. We will then put down our deposit (3 months rent OUCH) ad first months rent (so yes, at one time, we will basically pay the amount of 4 months rent.. did I say OUCH?)
When we move out we will get that 3 months rent deposit back minus the cost of any repairs and such... So thats that!!
The next few weeks are going to FLY!
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Moving Stuff Around
Tanya and Wayne (Michaels mom and stepdad) are coming down here tomorrow till Saturday. They will be leaving with our Blazer, nice guestroom furniture that is too big to take with us but don't want to get rid of (Been in Michaels family a long time) and our guestroom bed and some other odds and ends. But in order to send them off with the 12 drawers and book shelf I have to clear it off and I'm realizing there is no where to put it all!! YIKES! I have a feeling the next week and a half this place is going to be a mess. The movers are going to look at us like we are crazy when they get here and see all of our stuff laying around on the floor. Oh well, we don't have that much stuff so I'm sure it will be far from the worst they have ever seen.
This is our schedule... brace yourselves, this is scary. We are here (counting today) 10 days, then we leave for El Paso for almost a week. When we get back we have 5 days before we head out (We leave in the Evening on the 29th). We have 13 nights left in our own bed until January!!! I told Michael I am going to actually enjoy being in a hotel for a month. I don't know what I will do with myself besides enjoy the holidays. There wont' be a kitchen to cook in, Housekeeping will be coming by everyday to clean the place... Needless to say, I am looking very much forward to December and the holiday season this year. We already have something booked for our anniversary. The "Crazy Christmas cabaret" It is a pretty big deal in Copenhagen every year. It takes place in Tivoli (a popular amusement park and gardens) not amusement park in the 6 flags sense, but more of a place with kids rides, and lots of restaurants and it is beautiful. Hard to describe. Anyways, this Crazy Christmas cabaret is a British Production and suppose to be hysterical. We wanted to go last time we were there, but didn't. That will be a fun way to spend our anniversary and I imagine will eat dinner in the gardens and browse the charming Christmas Market , and eat and drink Glogg and Aebleskivers (a Danish tradition and it is so yummmmmy) ah, I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!
As a side note, I'm going to have to be starting a new blog as well. "Learning to Love Dallas" just won't make sense anymore. So I suppose, this blog is quickly coming to an end too.
This is our schedule... brace yourselves, this is scary. We are here (counting today) 10 days, then we leave for El Paso for almost a week. When we get back we have 5 days before we head out (We leave in the Evening on the 29th). We have 13 nights left in our own bed until January!!! I told Michael I am going to actually enjoy being in a hotel for a month. I don't know what I will do with myself besides enjoy the holidays. There wont' be a kitchen to cook in, Housekeeping will be coming by everyday to clean the place... Needless to say, I am looking very much forward to December and the holiday season this year. We already have something booked for our anniversary. The "Crazy Christmas cabaret" It is a pretty big deal in Copenhagen every year. It takes place in Tivoli (a popular amusement park and gardens) not amusement park in the 6 flags sense, but more of a place with kids rides, and lots of restaurants and it is beautiful. Hard to describe. Anyways, this Crazy Christmas cabaret is a British Production and suppose to be hysterical. We wanted to go last time we were there, but didn't. That will be a fun way to spend our anniversary and I imagine will eat dinner in the gardens and browse the charming Christmas Market , and eat and drink Glogg and Aebleskivers (a Danish tradition and it is so yummmmmy) ah, I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!
As a side note, I'm going to have to be starting a new blog as well. "Learning to Love Dallas" just won't make sense anymore. So I suppose, this blog is quickly coming to an end too.
Monday, November 06, 2006
I Think We Love NASCAR !?!?!?!?
Yup, I think we might. We went with Melissa and Frank and Melissa's parents and had a great time. We didn't know what to expect, but WOW!! It was increadible. The amount of people was crazy, Texas Motor Speedway was HUGE, the cars were SOOOOOOO fast, and SOOOOOOO Loud. It was awesome. We knew we would enjoy the expirence but had no idea that we would enjoy it as much as we did. The race was about 3 hours long and they did about 360ish laps. I never could figure out what was exciting about watching cars drive in circles for that long, but now I know... and can't explain it. The worst was after the race when the street basically became a parking lot. It took us a LONG time to get home.
Melissa and Me Waiting for the Race to Start
Terry 
Melissa and Happy Frank
Holly and Michael
Looking Straight Ahead from our Seats
Melissa and the Crowd
Looking Slightly Left from our Seats
See the cars coming on the track?
Michael and Me Listening to the Race
Melissa and Me Waiting for the Race to Start
Terry
Melissa and Happy Frank
Holly and Michael
The Boys
Looking Straight Ahead from our Seats
Crazy McClains
Melissa and the Crowd
Looking Slightly Left from our Seats
See the cars coming on the track?
Michael and Me Listening to the Race
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Leeeaaving on a Jet Plane....don't know when we'll be back again
We have our tickets! We skip this joint on November 29th at 6:00PM.
We have a layover in Chicago and then straight onto Copenhagen. We arrive in Copenhagen at about 1:30PM on November 30th.
I'm not positive that it has hit either of us that we are going, and staying... We realize we are going back soon and the fact that we will be in a hotel for a while, won't make it easy to realize that we aren't coming back. That being said, with each passing day we find ourselves more and more excited. Christmas time was our FAVORITE time of the year there even despite the cold and dark days. It was so festive, charming, and warm feeling. Klaus invited us to his home in Jutland (Mainland Denmark....Copenhagen is on an island) to spend Christmas with his family. We are looking forward to a traditional Danish Christmas. Their big day is Christmas Eve. I think it will be a lot of fun and Klaus seems excited to be bringing us home. We have meet his mother and sister and really enjoyed them both, but we are anxious to finally meet his dad.
My best friend from high school and her boyfriend are in town right now (Melissa and Frank).
They got in last night and it was nice to sit around and catch up with her and meet him. (Amanda, he seems like a really great and nice guy so far! But the weekend is young ;) )
We are going with them to the big ol NASCAR race tomorrow along with Melissa's parents which we are also increadibly excited to see. Growing up their family was like my second family so I always enjoy being with them. We are interested to see what NASCAR is all about. Should be an expirence.....
We have a layover in Chicago and then straight onto Copenhagen. We arrive in Copenhagen at about 1:30PM on November 30th.
I'm not positive that it has hit either of us that we are going, and staying... We realize we are going back soon and the fact that we will be in a hotel for a while, won't make it easy to realize that we aren't coming back. That being said, with each passing day we find ourselves more and more excited. Christmas time was our FAVORITE time of the year there even despite the cold and dark days. It was so festive, charming, and warm feeling. Klaus invited us to his home in Jutland (Mainland Denmark....Copenhagen is on an island) to spend Christmas with his family. We are looking forward to a traditional Danish Christmas. Their big day is Christmas Eve. I think it will be a lot of fun and Klaus seems excited to be bringing us home. We have meet his mother and sister and really enjoyed them both, but we are anxious to finally meet his dad.
My best friend from high school and her boyfriend are in town right now (Melissa and Frank).
They got in last night and it was nice to sit around and catch up with her and meet him. (Amanda, he seems like a really great and nice guy so far! But the weekend is young ;) )
We are going with them to the big ol NASCAR race tomorrow along with Melissa's parents which we are also increadibly excited to see. Growing up their family was like my second family so I always enjoy being with them. We are interested to see what NASCAR is all about. Should be an expirence.....
Friday, November 03, 2006
Lyngby Flats!!!
So Lyngby it is. Both of the flats we were shown were amazing and spacious (for Danish standards). The rent on them were about the same and the size was just 1 square meter difference. They were located about a 2 minute walk apart...if that. Both had their pros and cons, # 1 had a HUGE balcony and a sunroom, was located on the top floor,only had one bedroom but a huge living/dining area #2 had just gotten both the bathroom and kitchen redone and were both BEAUTIFUL (by far the nicest bathroom and kitchen we saw), but no balcony or washer and located on the first floor. The very first flat we went to had a hippo sitting on a table. I laughed, showed Michael and said, if that's not a big giant sign, I don't know what is....and it was, because in the end we picked flat #1.
Sooo.. before I show you the one we picked, I'm going to show you the runner up! We would have been completely happy at this flat, it would have been perfect for us also...
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Kitchen
Very Nice Bathroom
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Living Room with lovely big windows
Kitchen
Sunroom
Sunroom windows
Flemming is working on our contract as I type, if all goes well with that and he feels that everything looks good in it then that will be our new home starting January 1st. (he is basically there to protect us and said he would never advise us to sign something that he wasn't 100% confident about) After we looked at all the places and Flemming dropped us back off at the hotel, we went upstairs and while we knew we would pick one of those two flats, it took us about 10 minutes to realize that flat #1 was way too good to pass up. Him and the other guy showing that particular flat said that it was a very special place and Flemming said in his few years of doing this, he had never seen anything like it before on the market. So in the end, the hippo spoke. I knew it was a sign!! :)
PS thanks for being patient while I got these up.
Sooo.. before I show you the one we picked, I'm going to show you the runner up! We would have been completely happy at this flat, it would have been perfect for us also...
The Building
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Kitchen
Very Nice Bathroom
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Living Room with lovely big windows
So, Assuming everything works out with our contract for this place, this is where we will be living. Only one catch, we can't move in till January 1st. Which actually works out perfectly for a couple reasons. One being that we won't get our furniture for about a month so we would be living in a hotel anyways, and second, it will save us one months rent. Texas Instruments will put us up for one month after we move and in that one month, also pay for all our food weather it be eating somewhere or our groceries. Can't beat that!
OUR FUTURE HOME!!!
OUR FUTURE HOME!!!
Our Building
Entry way
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bedroom (with door to balcony)
Kitchen (LOVE the tilted window)
Kitchen
Dining Room/Living Room Area
Dining Room/Living Room Area
Dining Room/Living Room Area
Balcony (it stetches to the wall behind Michael and is VERY big)
The sunroom which will be lovely in the winter!!
The sunroom which will be lovely in the winter!!
Sunroom
Sunroom windows
The Building again
Flemming is working on our contract as I type, if all goes well with that and he feels that everything looks good in it then that will be our new home starting January 1st. (he is basically there to protect us and said he would never advise us to sign something that he wasn't 100% confident about) After we looked at all the places and Flemming dropped us back off at the hotel, we went upstairs and while we knew we would pick one of those two flats, it took us about 10 minutes to realize that flat #1 was way too good to pass up. Him and the other guy showing that particular flat said that it was a very special place and Flemming said in his few years of doing this, he had never seen anything like it before on the market. So in the end, the hippo spoke. I knew it was a sign!! :)
PS thanks for being patient while I got these up.
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