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Cross country skiing classic style (diagonal) was good, but not as relaxing as I remembered it, as we tried it out in Höfen, every once and a while :-) Actually I'm glad it wasn't relaxing. I want to sweat and get tired when I do sports!!!!! Yipeeee.... T. PS That x-mas tree picture wasn't the very best - I know........ (but the very fastest!) And - I DID clean out my server post box TODAY. Well - Julia did, but now it's empty and waiting for FUNNY food! Our Serranoham. Now eaten, the leftovers and bone we brought the snow foxes on Emil's mountain.

Today was my first whole day off, since sometime before Christmas. Used the to throw the christmastree from the balcony, loudly singing "Nu är glada julen slut, slut, slut......" Julia too. It was naked since Knut, though. The tree! We just hadn't a good oppurtunity to throw AND sing. Veeeery important :-) Before we got rid of the spruce, we hiked, on ski, (randonnée) to Jochstadl, Wannejoch. The next door skiarea. As Emil left for work, at 8 am, Julia, Pontiac and I started off for Schattwald (the village where Wannejoch is situated. It was a very beautyful morning. Not sunny, but still...... After reaching the Jochstadl, we had a hot chocolat. Yummmi! I had (to have) a schnaps. It's very difficult to get out of these "hütten" without schnaps. Especially so soon after New -Year. Julia skied down then, Pontiac and I took the chairlift. My knee was not adjusted for downhill skiing and for Pontiac it's bad to run downhill on a hard skipist. We try to save him a bit, to keep him in good shape. Then I baked some of my special spelt/oat breakfast crackers and a fruit cake, à la Emy. Yummmi! And THEN I went to the sport shop and lent me classic cross country equipment. I want to try it out, if it's more suitable for wrecked knee and more or less wrecked back, than skating. Tomorrow I only have 2 hours lesson and Wednesday none again. Maybe...... Thursday, Friday and Saturday will definitely be days off. The first two day we (Emil and I) need for picking up Niki in Denmark. Lot of stuff to bring home. For example a bike and a reindeer horn :-) Bulky stuff!! Saturday is reserved for a family excursion to a motorcycle fair in Friedrichshafen. And NOW I'm going to watch television. My TV-evening, with 3 series in english. Fabolous! T.

Another Julia-birthday. Another new years eve. Same procedure as every year! The only change was that Emil didn't fall asleep playing Memory. And - that Julias boyfriend Martin spent the 31st with us. Same gifts as every year; book, socks, firework....... This years cake was a ginger cake, with some cream cheese/lemon filling. Goooood! The roses glow in the dark - probably radioactive :-) Cooooool! May I introduce - Martin! Firework over Tannheim. Welcome 2013! I wish you all a great year! T.