Around Here
So much is going on around here it seems I can barely find the time to slip away and keep you guys up to date! Blog about the home we’re building… or keep on building? I can’t help it. I’m picking BUILD, BUILD, BUILD!
Now it’s time to pause. Inhale. Celebrate the little victories and signs of the season. How are things going where you are?
Around here, everything looks snowy and sweet.
Even my desk, buried in the weekend’s journal orders, feels like such a sweet place.
Around here, Martin is Mr. Popular as the phone rings and rings for quotes, deliveries, and order inquiry after inquiry for the remodel.
Around here, I have already slipped and fallen on the ice as we went to the hangar to make measurements one last time.
Around here, it looks like a plumbing shop might be opening for business in the hangar.
But it’s not. We’ve got drawings and plans that use every foot of that stuff.
Where are these drawings and plans, you wonder? Oh gosh – they’re EVERYWHERE at the tire house. Like this upcoming Gadanke product I’m proofing?
Oh brother. The front got tagged with a window quick sketch:
And the back fell victim to some quick kitchen brainstorming (so we can get the plumbing plan together):
Around here, we’re hosting our second Thanksgiving (the first was with 10 expats when we were waist deep with remodeling our old kitchen in Berlin, Germany). I guess we have a thing for hosting holidays when the place we call “home” is all ripped up.
Around here, this Thanksgiving will be our first time preparing a turkey.
Around here, our knees are shaking at the idea! We’re also beside ourselves, ready to show the progress we’re making on the remodel to family and friends.
And now around here, I’d better boogie. There are a bunch of you needing me to get to the post office. Martin needs xyz from the lumber yard. And we hear it’s eggnog season!
How are things around your home?
Note to American expats: take time to do something fun on Thanksgiving. You might not need the turkey. But trust me… you need something to celebrate the day. Promise you will, okay? Not for me. FOR YOU.
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Katie, I was thinking of you yesterday. I did a purge on my coat closet and thought how you’d be proud of me. I was amazed at how much there was put up in the top of it. We got rid of all the coats, hats, and gloves the kids have outgrown, an old purse, and a whole pile of cords for various electronics (they seem to multiply in our house). Plus, I rediscovered a card game I had put away until my kids were old enough to play it, which is great because they are old enough to play it now.
Have a beautiful day! Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:01 pm
I’m hosting my first expat Thanksgiving this year….which is also my first time hosting Thanksgiving ever! Thank you for the encouragement to do something. Last year I just ignored the holiday and felt a little sad about it. I have an advantage in that none of my guests know about Thanksgiving, so I can change traditions with no one the wiser. :)
November 23rd, 2011 at 2:14 am
HH Katie,
That top photo is gorgeous. You live in a breathtakingly beautiful spot, Lady!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Ali in Switz
November 23rd, 2011 at 4:26 am
What a good reminder to celebrate, regardless of where you are!
November 23rd, 2011 at 11:39 am
Wait, you’re gonna cook a turkey that you’re not eating? What a good hostess you are! :) I hope you’ll show us pictures of your holiday. I know all the family will love seeing the hangar in person. Have fun!
November 23rd, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Just wanted to write and let you know that I’m so very Thank-ful
for you, your blog, and the wonderful inspiring thoughts and insights
you share with others and myself on a weekly basis!!
Thank-you!
Wishing you and your family the most wonderful of all Thanksgving
Celebrations!!!
November 24th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
:) Around here we had a very nice Thanksgiving. I hope you and your family had a wonderful time together as well.
Did you have a big melt this week? We sure did. Temps got so mild that the snow melted all away and everybody was out and about enjoying the outdoors one more time today!