Things I have done in the last 3 weeks in no particular order:
- flown to Germany and back
- ridden on a 1901 steam train
- zoomed on a rodelbahn sled down a mountain
- sung a cappella at my brother’s wedding in Füssen’s Lord’s Hall
- hugged my grandmother who turns 90 this year
- froze my feet off on a hot summer day in the Baltic Sea
- rode an awesome rollercoaster at Legoland Deutschland
- saw The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen
- toured Neuschwanstein castle in the SNOW
- played cribbage with my sister
- threatened a young child within an inch of his life
- kissed my darling husband extra much on our 10-year wedding anniversary
- embarrassed my brother’s new wife at their wedding reception by calling up all the guys to return her apartment keys
- figured out what 8 three times was by adding like this: 8 and 8 is 16, 16 and 16 is 32*, minus 8, causing my sister to nearly have a stroke laughing
- wrapped prizes to mail to contest winners
- waited 45 minutes at Tivoli’s swankiest restaurant for a meal which was not worth the wait
- peeled asparagus
- addicted no less than 6 people to my favorite solitaire game
- won said solitaire game when it REALLY mattered
- watched my daughter sing and dance onstage at her end-of-kindergarten performance
- forgot a doctor’s appointment for my daughter
- started reading The Voyage of the Dawn Treader with my son
- watched a performance of the musical Ludwig 2 in German
- designed an 8-page brochure
- chased stupid loud pheasants out of the yard
- typed peasants instead of pheasants
- counted 31 different kinds of wildflowers on 1 walk around a lake with the kids
- walked over 170,000 steps according to my pedometer
- bit my tongue numerous times
- read 1/2 of a book that I am STILL not finished with
- made chocolate-almond pastry baskets for dessert at our party
- watched 15 minutes of the execrable Dante’s Peak…what WERE they thinking??
- got sand in my bra
- spoke Swedish to Germans and German to Danes
Happy Happy Belated Birthday Wishes to purrthecat, anniz and grrlpup!
*bonus points if you get the reference and not the earworm!