Nu är glada pasken slut, slut, slut.....
paskariset aker ut, ut, ut!
Katt Halifax's tunga hänger oxo alltid ut!
We had a nice and easygoing easter weekend; no church, no visits, only the usual paperbackeggs filled with sweets. My egg is dated 1960, Julia has inherited Britas egg, Emil has a newer version of a second egg of mine and Niki, solemnly, has a notalreadyused egg dated 1992, bought in Bastad. I like things with history. We all do, actually. Except maybe Emil......
Now I will take a little brake and do some carpet exercise in front of the TV and enjoy Daniela Katzenberger. She's funny! Anybody knows her? Would like to hear somebody's opinion, in that case :-) On VOX.
Now then - 200 situps later; Saturday it was still warm, and Julia, Niki, Pontiac, I and an applepie with vanillacauce went (rode) up to Emil to the top of his mountain, where he was on duty. (Skiseason finished, hikingseason just opened up). This was the result:
O, sorry! No picture today, still in the camera. Maybe tomorrow. But it was a very nice pic-nic!
My knee is getting better with every day. I ride my bike, walk some and try to be patient and officially I'm totally recovered from today on, Doc Pfefferkorn told me, and the knee looks just fine.
Niki took the car to Innsbruck today (all on his little own!) because he's got lectures Wednesday and Thursday. The houseowner allowed him to park the car in his precious yard, for two days. To Park a car in the vicinity of Julias and Nikis flat in Hötting/Innsbruck is not so easy. If you want to park longer than 2 hours, that is.
Little rabbit Knatte is getting old and can't hop around anymore, so I have to take special care of her and so I recycled a trampolin and made a roundpen for rabbits, out of if. I felt very creative afterward :-)
I have a certain feeling I write RUBBISH today (I mean more rubbish than normal). By the way - I was into severe foodproduction to day, again. Hare. Very good. Cooked in redwine and juniper. Mamma would have been proud of me, for a change :-). Poor Emil couldn't really enjoy the meal, because he's got a cold. A real cold, with fever and cough. And antibiotica. So I guess he'll get well soon.
Apropos soon. Look at our aprilmorning moon!
Tomorrow I plan some cleaning activities (as I'm officially declared capable of working), some spoiling a poor houseband, I'll get kneepyhsio and the blacksmith will come and put new horseshoes on the 8 hooves, we've got in the backyard. And the day after tomorrow I'll go for a nice ride with Julia - it's been a long time since.
T.
Katt Halifax's tunga hänger oxo alltid ut!
We had a nice and easygoing easter weekend; no church, no visits, only the usual paperbackeggs filled with sweets. My egg is dated 1960, Julia has inherited Britas egg, Emil has a newer version of a second egg of mine and Niki, solemnly, has a notalreadyused egg dated 1992, bought in Bastad. I like things with history. We all do, actually. Except maybe Emil......
Now I will take a little brake and do some carpet exercise in front of the TV and enjoy Daniela Katzenberger. She's funny! Anybody knows her? Would like to hear somebody's opinion, in that case :-) On VOX.
Now then - 200 situps later; Saturday it was still warm, and Julia, Niki, Pontiac, I and an applepie with vanillacauce went (rode) up to Emil to the top of his mountain, where he was on duty. (Skiseason finished, hikingseason just opened up). This was the result:
O, sorry! No picture today, still in the camera. Maybe tomorrow. But it was a very nice pic-nic!
My knee is getting better with every day. I ride my bike, walk some and try to be patient and officially I'm totally recovered from today on, Doc Pfefferkorn told me, and the knee looks just fine.
Niki took the car to Innsbruck today (all on his little own!) because he's got lectures Wednesday and Thursday. The houseowner allowed him to park the car in his precious yard, for two days. To Park a car in the vicinity of Julias and Nikis flat in Hötting/Innsbruck is not so easy. If you want to park longer than 2 hours, that is.
Little rabbit Knatte is getting old and can't hop around anymore, so I have to take special care of her and so I recycled a trampolin and made a roundpen for rabbits, out of if. I felt very creative afterward :-)
I have a certain feeling I write RUBBISH today (I mean more rubbish than normal). By the way - I was into severe foodproduction to day, again. Hare. Very good. Cooked in redwine and juniper. Mamma would have been proud of me, for a change :-). Poor Emil couldn't really enjoy the meal, because he's got a cold. A real cold, with fever and cough. And antibiotica. So I guess he'll get well soon.
Apropos soon. Look at our aprilmorning moon!
Tomorrow I plan some cleaning activities (as I'm officially declared capable of working), some spoiling a poor houseband, I'll get kneepyhsio and the blacksmith will come and put new horseshoes on the 8 hooves, we've got in the backyard. And the day after tomorrow I'll go for a nice ride with Julia - it's been a long time since.
T.
Fro(h)stern!
How do you express it in english? Happy easter? Sounds silly, to me. Joyeux paques, sounds good, although I'm not sure the spelling is original....?! How to wish swedish people a happy eggandcockorrabbitweekend is known to me, but it does for sure not look good written, with a german keybord where essential letters are missing. But I'm sure all (all????) readers, by now, got the message :-)))))
We have wonderful weather! What else!? But I, like most other people around, are slightly worried; are our stock of sunny days for 2011 already used up soon? None left for the summer?? Heck - we can't change it anyways, so we just enjoy itI A waste of thouhgt thinking about such things...... (silly me!!!)
My knee is getting better day by day, I returned my cruches to the hospital on wednesday and started riding the bicycle instead. Much better and faster, Pontiac agreed with.
Wednesday was also the day we made a journey. A day trip to Munich with the train from Garmisch. Takes 1,5 hours and costs 31 bananas for the four of us + dog, including as much bus and underground you can ride. As I remember only parking in Munich cost about the same sum and without paying toll, you're not allowed to drive into town anyhow. We had a very nice and slow day with lot's of good food and some good drinks and some icecream and even little bit of shopping. And lots of windowshopping.
At home life is rolling along. I cook more than usual, as that's more or less the only thing I can do. Except biking with the dog. Julia goes for a ride everyday. Mostly horseride, sometimes bikerides. Niki's bicycle gets around a little more and a little bit faster. But Julia is running more. Jogging.
Emil is working. And working. And working. And after work, after dinner, he works again. At home. And works. Hope he finds my bicycle, because it's got a flat and the chain needs to be oiled..... :-)
T.
New(s)
Look what we've got! A new door!
This is the old door, where Emil has gone in and out all his life:
Earlier it was plain wood, until I painted it.
This is what it looks without door at all. Two weeks ago, this was, with a little remain of snow on the lawn. Moutains are still white, grass greener - after a white intermezzo thursday morning.
And now - I proudly introduce our new door, where friends and relations (as Winne the Pooh would express it) are welcome to step through:
It's handmade by Emils brother Norbert and unique, made outof Tyrolean and Siberian larchwood. The siberian(darker) is slower growing and more dense than the tyrolean. When we get the isolation ready and painted, around the door it will of course look much nicer. We intend to leave this door as it is, natural - but who knows, if we some day miss the coulourful housefront and paint it.......
Well, this happend two weeks ago. Last week I got my knee pimped and after one week on cruches I am allowed to walk shorter distances without, since yesterday. Wonderful! After findíng my toes I have now got my two hands back! It's wonderful to be able to carry a cup of coffee all the way to the computer again :-) ( I was really forced to get me a bottle of beer, last week, to have something nice to drink here, as I could only carry tight closed bottles!) Everybody who has ever spent some time using both hands for walking, knows about the logistic problems that all of a a sudden turn up. And you need 10 minutes for chores that you usually manage in 1 minutes. Frustrating! But now I'm lucky with toes, arms and a second knee getting better with everyday :-)
Julia and Niki are having Easter break for 2-3 weeks from today. Niki somewhat shorter. Pontiac is very lucky to have somebody around again, that can move faster than me, at the moment.
t.
This is the old door, where Emil has gone in and out all his life:
Earlier it was plain wood, until I painted it.This is what it looks without door at all. Two weeks ago, this was, with a little remain of snow on the lawn. Moutains are still white, grass greener - after a white intermezzo thursday morning.
And now - I proudly introduce our new door, where friends and relations (as Winne the Pooh would express it) are welcome to step through:
It's handmade by Emils brother Norbert and unique, made outof Tyrolean and Siberian larchwood. The siberian(darker) is slower growing and more dense than the tyrolean. When we get the isolation ready and painted, around the door it will of course look much nicer. We intend to leave this door as it is, natural - but who knows, if we some day miss the coulourful housefront and paint it.......
Well, this happend two weeks ago. Last week I got my knee pimped and after one week on cruches I am allowed to walk shorter distances without, since yesterday. Wonderful! After findíng my toes I have now got my two hands back! It's wonderful to be able to carry a cup of coffee all the way to the computer again :-) ( I was really forced to get me a bottle of beer, last week, to have something nice to drink here, as I could only carry tight closed bottles!) Everybody who has ever spent some time using both hands for walking, knows about the logistic problems that all of a a sudden turn up. And you need 10 minutes for chores that you usually manage in 1 minutes. Frustrating! But now I'm lucky with toes, arms and a second knee getting better with everyday :-)
Julia and Niki are having Easter break for 2-3 weeks from today. Niki somewhat shorter. Pontiac is very lucky to have somebody around again, that can move faster than me, at the moment.
t.
Unscrewed!
Look!
Now it's done; Dr Druml took the screw out and pimped my knee! Tuesday morning. I was able to look at the inside of my knee on a monitor, but luckily not able to see the men at work from outside. The inside looked clean and theoritic and I didn't really put it in connection with my body. To wake up from a general anaesthesy, though, is far more pleasant then waiting for hours to get the feeling back from the stomach downwards. Then I staid two more nights in hospital in a room with two snoring ladies. I considered to ask to be moved to another room, but the decided to stay, as our room was very cool and nice with open windows 24 hours. So I listened to radio Ö3 all night, pressing the headphones to my ears and wipping the tact with my toes, that I could luckily move again. It's a very nice thing, to be able to move the toes, I found out that day, and it's a totally new and greatful feeling knowing you can do so....... - then I slept during the day instead. Yesterday morning I rot red cruches and got the car from the parking, after I told Dr. Druml that, of course, my houseband will come and pick me up. Went to the supermarket and then home. Home sweet home :-)
This morning I went to my dear physiotherapist, Pete Pepper, then to Innsbruck. "Uncle Gebi", my brother in law, picked up grandOpa from hospital meanwhile, so now the family is comlete again.
T.
Now it's done; Dr Druml took the screw out and pimped my knee! Tuesday morning. I was able to look at the inside of my knee on a monitor, but luckily not able to see the men at work from outside. The inside looked clean and theoritic and I didn't really put it in connection with my body. To wake up from a general anaesthesy, though, is far more pleasant then waiting for hours to get the feeling back from the stomach downwards. Then I staid two more nights in hospital in a room with two snoring ladies. I considered to ask to be moved to another room, but the decided to stay, as our room was very cool and nice with open windows 24 hours. So I listened to radio Ö3 all night, pressing the headphones to my ears and wipping the tact with my toes, that I could luckily move again. It's a very nice thing, to be able to move the toes, I found out that day, and it's a totally new and greatful feeling knowing you can do so....... - then I slept during the day instead. Yesterday morning I rot red cruches and got the car from the parking, after I told Dr. Druml that, of course, my houseband will come and pick me up. Went to the supermarket and then home. Home sweet home :-)
This morning I went to my dear physiotherapist, Pete Pepper, then to Innsbruck. "Uncle Gebi", my brother in law, picked up grandOpa from hospital meanwhile, so now the family is comlete again.
T.
The final day, finally
.... was Wednesday.My final pupil was a little norwegian girl, 5 years old, and it was not like teaching ski - we just skied and had fun for 4 days, the two of us. It's often like that in our skischool, so that's probably why I like my job so much. Now, as Wednesday was the very last day, at last, my boss and I decided we couldn't just go home, so it took a little longer. About 4 hours, and then I was sooooo tired.
Since Thursday, though, I have absolutely no time to be tired. A lot of things to be done. GrandOpa's surgery went well and he's just fine (as far as your are fine after a big surgery), but has to stay in hospital for at least one more week. I must admit, I do not miss him, but Emil does, because he has to do all the cow-work. I'm free as a bird, but want to clean up round the house, now that almost all snow is gone. That photo, up there, is from last year. This year we have little flowers on the lawn, instead of snow. Very early spring, yes. Tormorrow Emil has a day off and JuNi are at home (picked themselves up, after their mother brought the car - very practical indeed) and I'm sure we will get a lot of "spring work" done. And have at least one nice cup of coffee together in the sun on the porch :-) Maybe even ice-cream :-)))) Niki has night-duty at the Red Cross, but usually there's not much, i.e. nothing, going on in Tannheimer Tal in the night, so I guess he get's a good night sleep and I hope he brings home a clean car. They've got a wonderful garage, with all kinds of cleaning equipments, at that Red Cross station!
Well, last monday I went to see a very nice doctor, who promised to pimp my knee. Not a big deal, he said. Like a spring cleaning, he said His name was Dr. Druml.......... hmmmm!? (Det far mig att tänka pa en rörmokare vi hade i Laholm, som Mamma kallade "Sikken-en-kludder"....) So, on coming monday afternoon I'll check in at the hospital in Reutte, Tuesday I'll have my knee "pimped" and Wednesday I can go home. On cruches. After 10 days I'll be as new, said Dr. Druml :-))))) I'm not sure, if HE is going to operate on me, but to be on the safer side, I have decided to stay awake during the operation, only the lower part of me will sleep and so I can follow the surgery on a monitor - and tell the doctor what to do. Or not to do! I guess they'll have some means to make me chut up if I ask/talk too much. What if I get sick of seeing me poor knee from inside? I can't just run off to the bathroom!!! I hope I manage to close my eyes in time, in that case, and ask for headphones with nice music. An exciting experience, for sure...... And if it doesn't get better, it can't get much worse, at least.
T.
