.... and soon it is time to fly home again. The vacation in Switzerland past really fast and was as usual if I visit only once in six months pretty stressful. I spent most of my time with my family and some evenings with friends. It was great to catch up, but one week is just too short....
Now Mr. J.S. is freaking out on me about all the stuff that I bought here, things which in his eyes are totally unnecessary and which is probably true, but gives me a feeling of home when back in my new home. So here just a few of the things I bought:
- wet cleaning towels for kitchen and bathroom
- sugarfree cinnamon chewing gums
- cereal bars
- vitamin pills
- Parve chicken soup and soup mandels
- bags of tomato risotto
- tights and underwear
- crackers
and some more things.....
As usual we have much too much luggage and I do not know yet how we will manage without paying over-weight. We have two large suitcases, one cabin suitcase, one golfbag, one computer bag, 3 large paintings, a guitar, my hand bag and a small plastic bag with two crystal bowls. Oh and this time we are flying and not driving, so luggage is really limited - wish us luck :)
Friday, April 6, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Quiz!
Does anybody know what the building on the picture is? Do you know in which city it is?
Ok, here some possibilities:
a) market hall in Budapest
b) factory outlet in Vienna
c) the stock exchange in Copenhagen
d) the palace in Stockholm
e) none of the above!
Bonus point if you know what the little tower means!
Ok, waiting for your answers! Good luck!
Monday, March 12, 2007
Didn´t see that one coming......
Just when I thought life would be calm for a while, something new comes up!
Today our CEO was in the office and asked me if I have a minute to talk. Sure, why not ?!?!?! He said that he is looking for a new assistant and he got a recommendation from my current boss to ask me?!?! Well, I didn´t see that one coming! Of course I can´t turn down such an offer and after talking to my boss I told the CEO that I would be pleased to support him in the future!
Guess this means bye bye calm life, but I am always up for a new challenge!
Today our CEO was in the office and asked me if I have a minute to talk. Sure, why not ?!?!?! He said that he is looking for a new assistant and he got a recommendation from my current boss to ask me?!?! Well, I didn´t see that one coming! Of course I can´t turn down such an offer and after talking to my boss I told the CEO that I would be pleased to support him in the future!
Guess this means bye bye calm life, but I am always up for a new challenge!
Sunday, March 11, 2007
calm life
Thanks for your lovely well-wishes. The cold passed, but the asthma-problems not quite yet.
In less then 3 weeks we are flying to Zurich to spend Pessach with my family. I can´t wait to see my parents, my siblings, my friends and just hang out! It´s almost six months since I was "home", a very long time eventhough time just flew by.....
But as usual I need something new to look forward too..... a new vacation, what´s better then that? We booked our tickets and will fly to New York end of May - YAY! Can´t wait to see my friends, walk around in the city and enjoy spring in the big apple!!!
Life is good right now, it is much calmer, just what I wished for, but with that less blog material.
Shavua tov to you all!
In less then 3 weeks we are flying to Zurich to spend Pessach with my family. I can´t wait to see my parents, my siblings, my friends and just hang out! It´s almost six months since I was "home", a very long time eventhough time just flew by.....
But as usual I need something new to look forward too..... a new vacation, what´s better then that? We booked our tickets and will fly to New York end of May - YAY! Can´t wait to see my friends, walk around in the city and enjoy spring in the big apple!!!
Life is good right now, it is much calmer, just what I wished for, but with that less blog material.
Shavua tov to you all!
Sunday, March 4, 2007
life as usual or almost
Most of last week I was sick at home. Nothing major just a cold. But my colds are terrible as I have asthma and when getting a cold the asthma gets about 10x worse, meaning I can hardly breathe. Well, the worst is over now and on Monday I am back in the office. I am always having such a bad conscience when I am sick, so I just keep working from home. But I wonder why I have a bad conscience? During my sick days (from Tuesday afternoon to Friday eve) I only fell asleep once during the day for less then 10 min, I was so scared that my boss could call and I would be sleeping (and of course he did call exactly then). But isn´t the whole point of staying at home to sleep and rest and get well? What can I say, I worked and of course it was the week with the most work since a long time, I am up to date with all the emails, but I don´t feel 100% healthy.
So the snow started to melt and yesterday for the first time we had something like a spring feeling, let´s hope the winter doesn´t come back till next November.
Have a good week!
So the snow started to melt and yesterday for the first time we had something like a spring feeling, let´s hope the winter doesn´t come back till next November.
Have a good week!
Friday, February 23, 2007
not much happening
Nothing much happening in my world, nothing that I really think is blogworthy at least.
I could write about how weird I find it that in the Swedish lunch meal at work you can choose the following drinks: milk, water and light beer. But for a healthy juice you have to pay extra. Here´s another weird thing about Sweden. The alcohol is controlled by the state, meaning only special shops are allowed to sell alcohol and these shops are belonging to the government. Their opening hours are therefore very limited..... Ok, now here´s the weird thing, they show a lot of commercial for different alcoholic drinks on TV but once you go to the store to buy it, there are signs and leaflets to help you if you have an alcohol problem, you really almost feel ashamed to even go in a "System Bolaget" as these shops are called. While you queue at the cashier you have a lot of time to read the signs and at the end you feel guilty for even drinking a glass of wine. Beside that it is totally weird to have commercial but then these leaflets, I find it even weirder that most Swedes like it, they think it is a good system and it helps the country and it obviously works. Of course there are many that think it is ridiculous and are convinces that it will change with time and alcohol will get free on the market, allowing better prices and better opening hours.
I could write that it is still snowing with no end, we still have to scrape the car every morning. We had the (hopefully) coldest day of the year on Wednesday with -17celcius (about 0 Fahrenheit). I was told that the winter will continue for another 2 months. Even though it is beautiful, I am kind of ready for spring now. At least the days are lighter now. From around 7am - 5pm. But I rather attach some pictures, they say more than words.
I could write that my husbands grandparents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Both are in relatively good health. How fantastic and seldom these days to be married for 60 years! A big Mazel tov to them (even though they are of course not reading this blog)!
I could write that I can´t wait to go to Zurich in April, I really start to miss my family, my friends and the city and country itself a lot lately. It´s been now 4 months since I last visited, I know it is not long ago, but still it feels very long.
I could write that we still didn´t finish all the renovations. We are still living without skirting-boards (I got this word from the translator, I mean the small wooden strip that comes between the walls and the floor and between the floors of the rooms). We still haven´t unpacked all the boxes. And we have to go again to Ikea to buy some things.
I could write that today my study-partner is coming over and we are starting to prepare for our exam in May. I created a study plan, we each prepare individually and then meet to go through what we studied during the week. Afterwards, her husband and 1-year old child will join us and we´ll have dinner together. Our husbands haven´t met, so we both hope they will get along well.
I could write that it is 7:30am and I woke up even though I can sleep in. My biological watch is obviously set to week-days and 7:30 is probably enough sleeping-in for my body (usually I get up at 6:40) I can´t fall asleep again once I am awake..... So I might as well start to clean the apartment and prepare for later (or blog).
Last but not least I could write that I got a Kitchen-Aid, Kitchen assistant from Mr. J.S. and I am now baking Challes with no end. I love the machine and the freezer starts to fill up with Challes - Yum!
Ok, and now I really run out of things to write. I hope you all had a calm and nice Shabbes and I wish you a good new week!
I could write about how weird I find it that in the Swedish lunch meal at work you can choose the following drinks: milk, water and light beer. But for a healthy juice you have to pay extra. Here´s another weird thing about Sweden. The alcohol is controlled by the state, meaning only special shops are allowed to sell alcohol and these shops are belonging to the government. Their opening hours are therefore very limited..... Ok, now here´s the weird thing, they show a lot of commercial for different alcoholic drinks on TV but once you go to the store to buy it, there are signs and leaflets to help you if you have an alcohol problem, you really almost feel ashamed to even go in a "System Bolaget" as these shops are called. While you queue at the cashier you have a lot of time to read the signs and at the end you feel guilty for even drinking a glass of wine. Beside that it is totally weird to have commercial but then these leaflets, I find it even weirder that most Swedes like it, they think it is a good system and it helps the country and it obviously works. Of course there are many that think it is ridiculous and are convinces that it will change with time and alcohol will get free on the market, allowing better prices and better opening hours.
I could write that it is still snowing with no end, we still have to scrape the car every morning. We had the (hopefully) coldest day of the year on Wednesday with -17celcius (about 0 Fahrenheit). I was told that the winter will continue for another 2 months. Even though it is beautiful, I am kind of ready for spring now. At least the days are lighter now. From around 7am - 5pm. But I rather attach some pictures, they say more than words.
I could write that my husbands grandparents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Both are in relatively good health. How fantastic and seldom these days to be married for 60 years! A big Mazel tov to them (even though they are of course not reading this blog)!
I could write that I can´t wait to go to Zurich in April, I really start to miss my family, my friends and the city and country itself a lot lately. It´s been now 4 months since I last visited, I know it is not long ago, but still it feels very long.
I could write that we still didn´t finish all the renovations. We are still living without skirting-boards (I got this word from the translator, I mean the small wooden strip that comes between the walls and the floor and between the floors of the rooms). We still haven´t unpacked all the boxes. And we have to go again to Ikea to buy some things.
I could write that today my study-partner is coming over and we are starting to prepare for our exam in May. I created a study plan, we each prepare individually and then meet to go through what we studied during the week. Afterwards, her husband and 1-year old child will join us and we´ll have dinner together. Our husbands haven´t met, so we both hope they will get along well.
I could write that it is 7:30am and I woke up even though I can sleep in. My biological watch is obviously set to week-days and 7:30 is probably enough sleeping-in for my body (usually I get up at 6:40) I can´t fall asleep again once I am awake..... So I might as well start to clean the apartment and prepare for later (or blog).
Last but not least I could write that I got a Kitchen-Aid, Kitchen assistant from Mr. J.S. and I am now baking Challes with no end. I love the machine and the freezer starts to fill up with Challes - Yum!
Ok, and now I really run out of things to write. I hope you all had a calm and nice Shabbes and I wish you a good new week!
Sunday, February 18, 2007
3 Questions
Question 1:
What is it with men and remote controls? My husband is a little technical freak, he loves technology, always wishes to have the newest gadgets and loves to have a remote control to everything. One for the soundsystem, one for the media system, one for the TV, one for the TV-card in the computer, one for the lights and that´s just the living room! On our livingroom table we have 5 active remote controls! And no you can´t combine them in one, apparently they are already combined with things that I don´t know.... I am just waiting for the moment where he will find a remote control for his wife :D
Question 2:
How can people go to sleep between 9 and 11pm on a daily basis? How can they find time for themselves? Let´s say you work until 5 (which I don´t think many people do) and let´s say you are not having children, so you might be home by 5:30, cook until 6:30, eat until 7:30 maybe hang a laundry or iron until 8:30, who can go to sleep at 9pm? Let´s say you are having a class after work, so you are maybe home at 9pm, eat something small and clean up a bit until 10pm, who can just go and sleep without having any time to read, watch tv, surf the net or blog? I don´t know, I never manage to be in bed before midnight, most nights it is around 12:30 - 1pm. I asked people at work when they go to sleep and they all said between 9 and 11pm and I just wonder how? When do you go to sleep???
Question 3:
How can you not be in touch with your family and say you are having a good contact? We had a discussion at work the other day. One of the guys said that he didn´t see his parents and siblings since Christmas. So naturally I asked where do they live? They live 10min away from him. He says that they have a really nice contact and talk on the phone maybe once a month, they meet on Christmas and Eastern. I was shocked! Then another guy said that he has just nothing to talk to his mom, he only picks up every fifth call of her, beside the weather they have no common subject and he never calls her, since she calls him. Then a girl said, that she hasn´t been in touch with her family since 15 years when her father passed away, there were some issues they just couldn´t work out. Then a woman (she is about 50) said, that she visits her parents once a month but it is a "must" nothing she really wants and it bothers her. By then I was sitting in total shock. I know that people in the north might not be as family oriented as people in south of Europe, but almost every one of my co-workers does not have close contact with their family. I see my husbands family at least once per week on Friday night for Shabbes, Mr. J.S. talks to his mom almost every day, when we lived in Switzerland we met my parents and siblings at least once a week, I talk to each one of my family members individually at least once per week (this includes my father, my mom, my sister, my brother and my grandmother). Since I moved here 5 months ago, both my sisters and my mom came to visit me and I went home once. Is this because we are Jewish? Are Jewish families having a stronger band per se? How can you bring up children and when they leave the house not keep in touch, not try as much as possible that the siblings keep in touch, that the cousins and grandparents are in touch?
Curious to read your thoughts!
Have a good week everybody!
What is it with men and remote controls? My husband is a little technical freak, he loves technology, always wishes to have the newest gadgets and loves to have a remote control to everything. One for the soundsystem, one for the media system, one for the TV, one for the TV-card in the computer, one for the lights and that´s just the living room! On our livingroom table we have 5 active remote controls! And no you can´t combine them in one, apparently they are already combined with things that I don´t know.... I am just waiting for the moment where he will find a remote control for his wife :D
Question 2:
How can people go to sleep between 9 and 11pm on a daily basis? How can they find time for themselves? Let´s say you work until 5 (which I don´t think many people do) and let´s say you are not having children, so you might be home by 5:30, cook until 6:30, eat until 7:30 maybe hang a laundry or iron until 8:30, who can go to sleep at 9pm? Let´s say you are having a class after work, so you are maybe home at 9pm, eat something small and clean up a bit until 10pm, who can just go and sleep without having any time to read, watch tv, surf the net or blog? I don´t know, I never manage to be in bed before midnight, most nights it is around 12:30 - 1pm. I asked people at work when they go to sleep and they all said between 9 and 11pm and I just wonder how? When do you go to sleep???
Question 3:
How can you not be in touch with your family and say you are having a good contact? We had a discussion at work the other day. One of the guys said that he didn´t see his parents and siblings since Christmas. So naturally I asked where do they live? They live 10min away from him. He says that they have a really nice contact and talk on the phone maybe once a month, they meet on Christmas and Eastern. I was shocked! Then another guy said that he has just nothing to talk to his mom, he only picks up every fifth call of her, beside the weather they have no common subject and he never calls her, since she calls him. Then a girl said, that she hasn´t been in touch with her family since 15 years when her father passed away, there were some issues they just couldn´t work out. Then a woman (she is about 50) said, that she visits her parents once a month but it is a "must" nothing she really wants and it bothers her. By then I was sitting in total shock. I know that people in the north might not be as family oriented as people in south of Europe, but almost every one of my co-workers does not have close contact with their family. I see my husbands family at least once per week on Friday night for Shabbes, Mr. J.S. talks to his mom almost every day, when we lived in Switzerland we met my parents and siblings at least once a week, I talk to each one of my family members individually at least once per week (this includes my father, my mom, my sister, my brother and my grandmother). Since I moved here 5 months ago, both my sisters and my mom came to visit me and I went home once. Is this because we are Jewish? Are Jewish families having a stronger band per se? How can you bring up children and when they leave the house not keep in touch, not try as much as possible that the siblings keep in touch, that the cousins and grandparents are in touch?
Curious to read your thoughts!
Have a good week everybody!
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