Wordless Wednesday: Croatia

Nicole = Happiest person on earth!

While I was in Grafenwoehr for training this past week I headed over to the Graf PX and Commissary - it's where my co-workers and I ate pretty much every meal. They have 2 pizza places, a Baskin Robbins, Taco Bell, Pop-eyes, Subway, a Charley's and Burger King! Not to mention they have the newest latest and greatest PX in Germany (we call it "Wal-mart") Anywho. It's hard to compare the two - our little PX and Commissary and their HUGE PX and Commissary - but we make do. Anywho, back to my story. One of my favorite things in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD are the Odwalla Juices - and yes, I've heard people say that since they were bought out it just isn't the same but I don't care - they are still yummy! (And good for you!) I emailed Odwalla when Brian and I first moved here - that's how desperate I was to find them. They emailed me back to say that since their juices are flash pasteurized - they don't distribute them outside of the US. Well low and behold I found them at the COMMISSARY IN GRAF! and once DeCa (Defense Commissary Agency) carries them in any Commissary in Germany - we can special order them at ours! YAY!!!! Of course they didn't have my favorite: Super Food but I was able to find Superfood Berries GoMega (one I had never tried), my second favorite Citrus C Monster and I got a new one Mango Tango - which was really goood!

For more about Odwalla - check out www.Odwalla.com



I didn't have internet really while I was at Graf - so I missed my second week of Wordless Wednesday - Maybe next week.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Wordless Wednesday

As many of you may have noticed most of my blog posts are simply a few words and some photos. Creative, I know. But I've never been much of a writer - and I'm horrible with grammar. Thank goodness my macbook spell checks EVERYTHING for me. I have noticed on a few other blogs that I read that they have something called "Wordless Wednesday". I thought I'd give it a try - now of course this Wednesday there are words - to explain wordless Wednesday.

Hanging out in Ansbach.

Saturday after Christmas, Christine, Brian and I headed to the Kern - one of our favorite guest houses in Germany. They have a cheese soup that is to die for and it's served in a bread bowl.

Christine and I at the Kern



Yum! Cheese soup!






Then we headed downtown to see if we could find some trouble. Trouble we did not find, for a Saturday night - Ansbach was dead! But we had some fun with the left over Christmas Market decorations.









***I also added an adorable photo of our nephew Jacob to the Happy New Year post***

My weird hands.

So for a long time I've had circulation problems. Random fingers loose feeling and turn white but it's always just the tips of my fingers. Well last week I lost feeling in most of my fingers all the way down to my hand. By the time we got home, feeling had come back in most of my fingers except my pinky.

I thought I'd share.

Skiing the Zugspitz 2.0

The first ski trip Brian and I took last December was to Oberau, Germany. We stayed at a nice guest house (that allowed dogs called the Forsthaus. While Christine was here we went back and forth on what to do for New Years while at the same time trying to fit a ski trip in while she was visiting. Our only requirement was somewhere that took dogs since our kids spent almost 25 days at the kennel recently. Brian called the Forsthaus and sure enough ten minutes before we called someone called and cancelled 2 rooms for 2 nights - we took it and were off to Oberau.

In the end we took the girls to the kennel - hanging out in the hotel all day while we ski is not their idea of fun. They had a great time playing in the barns and fields at their home away from home "Paradise for Dogs" and it truly is paradise for them.

On New Years Eve we skied the Zugspitz, Germany's tallest peak. It was Christine's first ski trip in the Alps and Josh's first trip to the top.

The day was beautiful - not a cloud in the sky. We had great snow for the day but it was really windy which made it pretty cold in the shadows.



Zugspitz May pole


My yummy hot chocolate...ok, so it wasn't the best, it was a little weak, but it was hot!



Christine and I on the slopes


Josh (on the ground with the board), Brian (in the back), Christine (in the green)




Little Chapel at the top. There is also a small Igloo Hotel at the top they build each year, but I missed getting a photo of it.

Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2009 everyone!



My adorable nephew, Jacob - ringing in 2009!