Short update

I know that I haven't updated in a while, but that's mostly because we just haven't had lots of really exciting things going on. We've been doing fine still, day in and day out -- just working, hanging out with our friends, etc. -- basically, the same old stuff.

We did host game nights a few weeks ago which turned out great. At the last minute we decided to have a potato bar and lots of snacky items and we played Cranium first, then we tried Don't Forget the Lyrics which turned out to just be a giant sing-fest where everyone sang what little words they knew at the top of their lungs. We also played some Uno that Lira's kids brought.

Last weekend Carl actually had the full weekend off, so we went back to Speyer to do some shopping. I felt like I needed some new warm work clothes and he wanted some too. Well a few hours later we were leaving with bags full of new stuff for me and nothing for him! Typical, huh? It was really fun because in one store we walked in and I think this lady must have seen me coming and thought, 'wow, this girl needs help!' She turned out to be like my own personal shopper lady! She helped me figure out my sizes for pants, jeans and sweaters (all different). She spoke no English, and I spoke no German. She followed me around and when I would pick up a sweater, she'd grab it out of my hands, put it down and pick up a different one. She also pulled some pants away from me because somehow she knew they'd be too short and she found me a pair of longs. Believe it or not, everything she picked not only fit perfectly but looked great, too! It was awesome! So anyone who is planning to come and visit and would like to do some shopping, I definitely know where we are going!

We are getting closer and closer to my parents' visit which is just so exciting I can hardly stand it! We have booked airline tickets to go see Gabriella in Sweden while they're here, too! Gabriella was an exchange student who lived with us in high school and we are so excited to go see where she lives and experience Stockholm! She's been very helpful too in making plans for things to see and do as well as finding an awesome deal on a very nice hotel in downtown.

The doggies are doing pretty well as always. We've had a few more big snow days and they just love the snow! Scouty keeps murdering rolls of toilet paper during the day, though. Guess he's trying to make it snow in the house too?

Well that's about all I can think of for right now. We've really not been living the glam Euro lifestyle lately with work getting in the way, not to mention we were saving money and fun things to do for when my parents get here.

I'll try to update more often again though as things happen.