Be(e) Happy - Carrots, Anyone?

 

I got this little Orang Utan-peeler from a Perth friend when we moved into our condo 2011.

And with him I join Eileen´s Staturday Critters. He still peels carrots for Ingo for every work day (I help a bit).

Obviously in Australia it is tradition to send a welcome-pressie. She also sent a dish-brush I need yet to sketch!

 

After 12 years our doormat has had it.

And yesterday Ingo came home with this!!!!

 

Love that the bees are different-sized! 

I said, I want them to stay in front of the kitchen-door as they make me happy every time I enter.

Ingo agreed, we´re off soon to buy another for the condo-door - have the best man ever 🥰

Also off to the market to buy local honey from maybe Oker-bees 🐝

And in case of ear-worm, here goes:

 

With this to a for us sadly long but hopefully happy weekend!

Why sadly? Tuesday is German Unitiy Day and hence I am forced to take Monday off as bridge day. We "traded" that for a public holiday in June! 😒

End of October there is another.

Not good when you have to take the days between Christmas and News Years off as well and start your six-weeks holiday end of January!

And hence atm as I work internal I am not allowed to work overtime.

So many forced days of holiday in the shitty half of the year.

Henry 🦁...

 

 Yes, Baby Henry, go play 😘

 

Addendum: Ingo came home from grocery/market-shopping with this (I had a mean cramp and could not join):

 

 

 

"This is how Braunschweig, the Lion-City, tastes like".

In case you do not know why we are the Lion-City, look here 🦁

FFO And Smiles

 

Hmmmmm, yummy!

With her I join Nicole´s FFO.

 

And there were smiles, too, luckily, with which I join Annie´s Smiles.

It was the little things.

Ingo coming home with a Braunschweig bus:

 

 

For a pic of the Happy Rizzie House just scroll down to last post, if you like.

A new nice colleague who really was easy to deal with. He made quick decisions and upon my "don´t you have to check with a colleague" he went, "if I do that we´ll wait forever. Maybe no one detects what we do! 😁". Warm weather helped for smiles, also a stranger in the street wishing me a "good morning" together with a smile.

Other...

Henry 🦁...

 Have a smiley Friday!

 

A Stroll Through Town

 

 

How about another Braunschweig-stroll?

This is on the way into Quarter Magni. 

 

And finally....

 

Henry 🦁

 

 Sadly just a pic from the store...

This Made My Day!

On the shopping list for Ingo I wrote, amongst other, "Cucumber", German, "Gurke".

 

I have no idea how...

But I woke up with this sticker on my PJ!!! I SO had to laugh!!!

 

"Gurke" means... "dumbhead" - who knows how long I ran around with this sign before going to bed??? Ingo gets up 04:00 a.m. and hence to bed an hour early from me.

Luckily I didn´t bring out trash/paper or such like that!

 

"Embrace the night"!!!!

 

Please meet Gurke # 154, at your service! 🤣

 

Oh, boy...

This is for Tom´s Signs2.

Hope you laugh with me. And always check your PJs! 

I really do wonder how that sign managed to stick on me like that all through the night??? 

 

It also says "regional", meaning it grew here in Braunschweig or a village nearby (we choose  regional stuff whenever we can).

Gurke #... do you have a number? Are you Gurke, just like me? 😉

 

Henry 🦁...

 

Let´s see how this day goes!
 

T STands for Trains Again

My ticket to Elizabeth´s T - isn´t Elmo too cute? Bro thinks so!

Cookie monster on my T-shirts is a bit jealous...

The journal:

 

Monday: Well, I think I will not take the INA-job. It sounds rather boring, plus I would need to be in the office every day as... now I do not lie... they have all plans, all - on paper only. 

Huge plans hanging on the walls!

As I did walk to the company I was too tired for sport. Bummer. google suggested 37 minutes, as I´ve never been in that house before took 45 and... was 20 minutes early :-(

 

Tuesday: Tough day at work. M, who is the Sharepoint specialist... could not help, all he tried I had already tried before and he would not believe me it won´t work.

He´s supernice but it was exhausting. Also his German is... tough. But we have fun! 😊

Just how was life like before we worked from home via teams???

Went to get meds for Ingo and asked for a transfer to a neurologist as my feet tingle till it hurts.

Doc´s wife said, "he will want to see you, do you have 30 minutes?"

Said, "yes, I work from home" - she said it must be wonderful.

Doc asked too, about my schedule and went, "oh, lucky you!".

Yes. I know how lucky I am!

Wednesday: Workshop "Introduction to rail vehicle technology" - I was the oldest, just not visibly. The 37-y-o- colleague looked much older than me (I´m 51). That´s what all the "sunbathing" does, I reckon! One was 21 and always occupied texting.😈

It was really, really interesting! Really, really tough at times, too (mathematics).

Boy oh boy, like being back at FH (uni). Luckily we were in teams doing the math as I have no idea how to calculate with Excel!

Certainly the guy I "grabbed" - oh, come on, we had lunch together and I was the only one telling him he had tomato-sauce all over his face! - No one else helped! (Around his mouth, let´s not exaggerate, but he looked like a kiddo!)

His name was... Ingo.

What else! And Ingo had his laptop and knew how to calculate with Excel. Give and take, right?

 

Thursday: I never ate that much! Electrical engineering it was. BOY. This is what Ingo ("mine") studied and he said it is tough stuff indeed. My brain ate up so much of my energy I ate a whole breadroll as in two rich halves!!! Really rich! 

The "new Ingo" kept asking questions, I was about to kill him! As if it wasn´t tough enough!

I still believe our tram runs with direct, not alternating current - I have to look it up.

Eddy current it is not, I am sure. Tesla sure was a genius, sadly the "teacher" did not go deeper into this - I certainly have a book of this dude on my kindle... Can someone please give me reading-time??? I still have not finished the owls-book!

 

P.S. on last post: I always buy the "damaged", cheap books. Or, well on kindle.

Our library is ... a horror place for people who are afraid of heights.

All glass. I went but once, hence.

"New" colleague K said you can borrow online. I´ll check that. But will never go in person again.

Friday: We finished our "class" at 1:00 p.m. - no lunch provided. Needed to eat the chocolate they gave us, brrr, sweet.

Colleague K and I walked direction home. She (!!! Woman!!!) lives right around the corner. Where we stood. For two whopping hours, chatting! Weeee... living in a men´s world and finding a woman who thinks alike is a gem! She works for ALSTOM, too, and will keep her eyes open for me. Double-win!

And... she will check on "The 4th Dimension" by Rudy Rucker.

I´ll soon have the whole Braunschweig-team hooked on that! 🤣

 

Wanted something to eat and checked former Taco-guys. Shut. Maccas - full to the brim, went home hungry and ate a slice of bread, how disappointing! But then...

Think of those who stay hungry and be thankful!

Weekend: Saturday: Got up early, went to the market - the pumpkin-guy remembered Ingo!!!

We got into a "fight". I don´t fight no more. Is that good or is that a very bad sign? I just close the door, disappointed.

Do you still fight for your love?

Sunday: Slept alone. Ingo stayed on his sofa. None of us fights no more.

All seems OK, but I get tired and sad about this.

 

Munch-wise: 

Art-wise:

I´ll miss this.... 8C / 46F, it is Fall.

And Henry 🦁...

 

 

Reckon these two will have another chat today!

See that bottle???? So 1960´s!!!! LOL!!!!

Dammit Janet

 

Well,it´s not Janet.

It´s all of you! Please, where is the time-dealer???

 

Thank you, Mae. Now when I am supposed to read this? Who of you made me buy the one on owls????

As if I don´t go at myself anyways!!! I need to retire!

 

Please, dear people... stop giving me book-ideas - I take them!!! And I find more on my own!

Henry 🦁

 

 Then read to me!

Today is National Quesadilla Day.

Monday, Monday, meetings. Late lunch aka brunch.

This is for Tom, who reminds us it´s National Quesadilla Day!

 

Friday, after I got stuck for 2+ hours with a new female colleague, chatting, went to the former Taco-Guys for burgers... place closed 😢

Went home hungry. 

 

And today... opened the freezer for  the last Quesadilla!

Burrito is still waiting there, also!

Henry 🦁

To YUM food. For Sami please scroll down and FLY!

 

Ahhhh, The Smell

 

 

 As you see from the guy flying in the left part of the shot...  this is still from Magni-Fest.

 

Have you ever been in the wonderful lavender-fields in France?

All I have is this...

 

 

This lady has it all!

Wishing for a pause... 

But this is Monday! Waiting for dear Admin T who Friday told me in person (I was there for a workshop) he late Thursday night got an idea how to solve my Opsi-problem. Oh, boy... Late at night, LOL. My private Aussie-Lenovo is also waiting for an update for Perth by him come mid-January. I have the best colleagues 🥰

This is for Sami´s COLOURFULWORLD Monday Murals.

 

Henry 🦁

 

 Sadly but a pic as the original was "a tad" expensive...

 

Two posts today, thanks to Tom, see here and get hungry!