i’ve been really, really uncertain about what to do blog-wise. hence the whole “i’m moving. i’m gonna go anonymous.” and everything. well, turns out my lack of writing probably didn’t even have anything to do with who reads this. i have removed my complete name from this site a long time ago so nobody will find it by googling my real name. that’s probably the most important thing for me. other than that, this is where my blog is and this is where i will write as much (or as little) as i feel like. so enough of that topic now and i’m very sorry about the confusion.

a few weeks ago my BIL updated the software for me so i’m finally up to date and using wp 2.8. or something. after the update, some of the plugins in the sidebar didn’t work any more (category cloud, archives…) so i fixed that. i also realized that i didn’t have a feed available for your feed-readers *wha?* so i fixed that. AND i added a link list – as a drop-down-menu which i heart :) let me know if you would like to be added to the list.

sooo much for the “technicalities”. now, what’s been going on? oh boy, where to start…. well, we did move. duh. the weeks before and after the move were pretty stressful and busy (and also swept my not.even.really.big.enough.to.call.it.that “savings” clear). for a couple of weeks after the move i literally spent every free minute unpacking, organizing, cleaning, drilling and decorating. C was a lot more relaxed about it and would have taken more time but i really can’t relax on the couch when there’s still so.much.to.do. and i honestly enjoy the whole setting-things-up a lot more than he does – also, i’m getting my way a lot more often if i just do it myself *heh*

like i said in the last post – we are more than comfortable and 150% happy in the new place.

and how could we not be? here’s a bunch of pictures for you :) (more…)

this past friday we finally got the keys to our new apartment. it wasn’t very ceremoniously because the cleaning-crew was still in there, the superviser walked us through real quick, gave us the keys any pretty much kicked us out again so they could finish cleaning. BUT we got the keys and the place looked GREAT. unreal even compared to the sh*thole we signed for weeks ago. here’s a few before- and after-pics so you can get an idea of what i’m talking about…

since C was out of town all weekend (which had been planned for a long time) i went to work by myself (and with a little help from a few friends on saturday). we carried up all the laminate and kitchen-furniture from the basement and afterwards i went and bought paint and a few other things we needed at the home improvement store. i went back on sunday and painted one wall in the living room

and one wall in the bedroom

which both turned out pretty good i think. now tomorrow and thursday night we’re going to put in and set up the kitchen and on saturday the laminate (and carpet in the bedroom). hopefully everything will go smooth and as planned because we want to move on the 12th and still need time to pack up the old place.

on top of everything around the apartment/move i have sh*tloads to do at work. i worked until 7:30 pm both friday night and last night to finish a project. luckily i should get things done and be able to take off next week wednesday through friday as planned. i am a control- and organization-freak (yes, i admit it) and will feel much better having some time to prepare and make the move as smooth and easy as possible. it’s going to be great and pretty and comfy and cosy and new and i’m READY.

wow. another year. 10-1 years. that’s pretty big and … time to look back :) our fourth anniversary. our fifth anniversary. our sixth anniversary. our seventh anniversary [@ mimi&rob's wedding] + an additional post i found while trying to find the anniversary ones [just because i think it's hilarious]. our eigth anniversary.

this picture was taken during my housewarming-party in september 2000. just a few weeks after we met and the first weekend C stayed over. it still makes me all giddy and warm on the inside.

since that day we have grown so much closer, went through so much sh*t together nobody should ever have to go through. especially within a time period less than ten years. but here we are. still going strong. for the most part anyway. there have been really rough times and talks in the past. there still are. we’re working “us” out almost every day. this relationship-stuff is hard. add self-doubts, depression, two countries, cultures and languages and you can end up looking at a pretty big mess. sometimes i don’t know if i can do this any longer … and then there are the times i look at him and i just love him so much, it almost hurts. luckily those times without a doubt outweight the other times by far.

i have never before felt so loved by someone else. even [and especially] on the days when i am far from loving myself. sometimes i don’t understand why. how he can love me this much. but he does. and he shows me all the time. he’s no romantic or fan of “the cheese” but he gets up to greet me in the hallway almost every day when i come home. he rubs my legs almost every night and he gives the best morning-hugs ever, always asks me how my day was and tells me how beautiful i am. he’s a freakin’ piece of work sometimes but i have no doubt we will make it another nine years and then another………. i love you, babe!

or more like over two weeks since my last “real” entry. ups. so what happened? i cut my hair again. got tired of straightening and 20+ minutes hair-work in the morning. i figure that if i end up wearing a pony-tail most of the time anyway, might as well have short(er) hair. so back to the bob i am and i’m loving it :)

also, we bought laminate. i got “my way” partly because C wasn’t so sure about his choice after all and because we found a GREAT deal for 7mm oak-click-laminate [it looks kinda like this] @ 5 Euro per m². score. so we bought almost 50 m² right away = 19 packages. only sort of thought it through at the time because a) our poor little car was so low i was worried to hit even the tiniest of bumps in the road and b) one of those packages is not exactly light and C is not supposed to carry too much so i had to do most of it by myself. he did try and help which really wasn’t a great idea because of course he ended up in pain that night but he always feels so bad when i have to carry those things alone and i couldn’t talk him out of it. would have been better to somewhat “plan” and then have someone help. but now it’s all in the new basement ready to be put in and one (big) to-do off the list. so yay. oh and we picked up our new (used) dishwasher last sunday so that’s done as well :)

then on july 6th my BFF had her second baby. little hanna is beautiful, moritz a proud big brother and everyone is healthy and happy. i’m looking forward to hopefully seeing her somewhat soon :)

on the weekends i’ve been helping a lot @ my brother’s new house. they plan on moving in the beginning of august and there’s quite a bit that has to get done until then so being the good little sister i am of course i help when i have time. the weather hasn’t been the greatest anyway so it’s not that much of a sacrifice… although the last couple of days were nice so lets cross our fingers for some more summer because we really, REALLY need the sun.

this coming weekend i plan on starting to sort through sh*t in the apartment. for real this time. i know it’s still a while to go but i also know that in the end there always seems to be too little time so i should really start. i’m still hoping for the workers to finish fixing up the new place before the end of august so we can get in there but even in the “worst case” scenario we’d probably move on september 5th and that’s “only” a little over seven weeks to go. eeeek. i don’t know if i’ve mentioned it before but i’m SO excited about the move! :)