Handel's Messiah Concert!

A couple of Sunday's ago, Lindsay, Miriam, and myself went to IPC for the free Handel's Messiah sing-along concert!!! Oh it was amazing! They had a few singers from the Zurich Opera House singing the pieces, truly mesmerizing! We had such a great time and then went out for coffee afterwards!
Sandra Notz and her husband

Me, Lindsay, Miriam

YAY!!

Ice Skating in Dubendorf, Switzerland

ICE SKATING PICTURES

Rachel, Aubrey, and her little one! It cracks me up that they look alike! People think she is Aubrey's little one!

Rachel, with Nicole's kids, and Mike

Mani (gal from German class), Miriam, and me!

A group of us decided to go out ice skating!! We had a blast and I only fell once and soon hopefully I can get some more photos from the other gals! :-D We had a lovely afternoon, skating outside, while the snow lightly fell, listening to American and European hits blaring on the speakers!

Sorry . . . out of order once again . . .

Miriam and Me on a Sunday afternoon walking along the lake in the Zurich park. This crazy gold man was there trying to earn money, hehe.

Sunday afternoon lunch at a Chinese restaurant

H&M shopping . . . crazy things in that store along with the great finds!

Migro lunch! Danielle, my adopted Canadian sister!

hehe . . .

I am a rich woman! No more worries . . .

ICF free evening meal, Miriam and Danielle

Walking to evening church

Haha, Lance found his soulmate in Laine . . . a woman, who not only catches her own fish, put can clean them, and not only that . . . pull the y-bone out of a pike! Whatever that is, hehe. This was the proposal. ;-) After watching the new Bond movie, the three if us went out!

Ida, Amie, me, and Laine

Melissa and me during Halloween! My first taste of Guinness

Bec, me and Melissa

Halloween in der Schweiz. Only Brits and Americans celebrate this holiday . . . we met a lot of Brits . . .

1940's Teacher (Jordan), Amy Winehouse (Laine), Devil (Kathi)

For Halloween I cut my hair (trimmed and layered, so proud I did it myself!!!) and coloured with a temporary colour!

The new look!

First snow!!! Schnee!

I made that snowball! It was a killer one too, packed so well!

My garden!

The evening before it was snowing while all the world slept, except for me and my neighbor whom I scared to death as I was sitting in the laundry room in the dark taking this picture. Hehe, she was laughing after though.

Stephanie, me, and Danielle

A beautiful German Hymn!

Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh' allzeit,

Sein Will', der ist der beste;

Zu helfen den'n er ist bereit,

Die an ihn glauben feste;

Er hilft aus Not, der fromme Gott,

Und züchtiget mit Massen,

Wer Gott vertraut, fest auf ihn baut,

Den will er nicht verlaßen.

What my God wants , may it always happen, His will is what is best. He is ready to help those who believe firmly in him He helps us in our poverty, the holy God, and punishes us in moderation who places his trust in God and builds firmly on him, he will not abandon.

Gott ist mein Trost, mein' Zuversicht,

Mein' Hoffnung und mein Leben.

Was mein Gott will, daß mir geschicht,

Will ich nicht widerstreben.

Sein Wort ist wahr, denn all mein

Haar Er selber hat gezählet.

Er hüt't und wacht und hat wohl acht,

Auf daß uns gar nichts fehlet.

God is my comfort, my confidence, my hope and my life.What my God wants to happen to me I do not want to strive against. His word is true, for all my hair he himself has counted He guards and watches and has taken good care that we should lack nothing.

Nun, muß ich Sünd'r von dieser Welt

Hinfahr'n in Gottes Willen

Zu meinem Gott: wann's ihm gefällt,

Will ich ihm halten stille.

Mein' arme Seel' ich Gott befehl'In meiner letzten Stunden.

Du frommer Gott, Sünd, Höll' und Tod

Hast du mir überwunden.

Now must I, a sinner from this world, go hence in God's will to my God: when it pleases him, I want to hold still with him. I entrust my poor soul to God in my last hours.You holy God have overcome for me sin, hell and death.

Noch eins, Herr, will ich bitten dich,

Du wirst mir's nicht versagen:

Wenn mich der böse Geist anficht,Laß mich, Herr, nicht verzagen;

Hilf, steur und wehr, ach Gott, mein Herr,

Zu Ehren deinem Namen!

Wer das begehrt, dem wird's gewährt.

Drauf sprech' ich fröhlich: Amen.

Just one thing, Lord, I want to ask you,: you will not deny it to me: when the evil spirit tempts me, let me not despair. Help, guide and protect, ah God, my Lord,to the honour of your name.

Who desires this will have his wish granted; for this reason I say joyfully: Amen

Pictures of Home

Bubby with his guitar!

Sitting on the front porch . . . this is the view one just soaks in . . .

I was SO proud of momma! The kiddos had chicken pox while I was home and some friends came over to get their children to hopefully absorb the virus and have chicken pox as well. However, when they were leaving accidentely ran over one of the little kittens. :-( And as the vet was going to put down the kitten and paps told momma to see if she could fix it otherwise he would take care of it and next thing we new . . . she was "googleing" how to put in stiches. I was amazed! O_O So, momma started administering the vodka with a medicine drop into the kitten's mouth. Haha! Paps put on work gloves and held down the cat's head and front legs, while I held the back legs and momma poured peroxide on the wound several times. Took a match to burn the needle (just a sewing needle) and cleaned that, and then started to stich up the kitten. I was crying and trying to help, which I don't think I did much, but momma was so calm and collected. No way in the world I could have done that . . . And now the kitten is all healed up and walking around! O_O How awesome is that!?! We also used some homeopathic healing stuff a friend made.

Is that not disgusting!?! That is the exposed bone . . .

My hand and momma's stiching in the process.

Caramel apples and the movie enchanted!

My good friend Andrea and I went out together one of the night's I was home! We both went to a small Culinary school together and completed our internships at the Martha Washinton Inn in Abingdon, VA. While I was home she picked me up and we went to our old work, walked through the back kitchen door and surprised the two chefs who were working. Chance served us our meal and she is an AWESOME server!!! We both ordered steak (yum!!), thanks Todd!!! And then we left, went to Cracker Barrel for dessert, and then to the theatres for a late night movie, "Eagle Eye". It was so much fun and she is such a total sweetheart and even picked me up again and took me to the airport on my way back to Switzerland!

Dessert at Sam's

Touring the White's Mill!

Walking around White's Mill!

Mum making homemade soap. Watch out for that Lye!!!

On the farm . . . it is egg hunting everyday!

Hehe! Hotstuff!!!

Lol, the dog took the basket and the kiddos got it back, but the chase is still on!

Haha! No idea . . . ;-)

Paps is fixing compys!!

Lol, birthday yummies!

Happy Birhtday ANNIE!!!! Grandma Kitties TO-DIE-FOR Chocolate AMAZING Buttermilk cake . . . with her signature frosting, I might add! Haha, love Weston's face!

Mummy!

EGGS!!! Eier in Deutsch

Haha, the goats were wondering what was going on!

Dabs and me!

Ginny helping sissy with breakfast! She is a superb egg-cracker

The Pond with the few ducks we have left after Paps had to get rid of the wild dogs.

Hehe, chasing chickens

Weston picking apples

Annie and cello practice!