Isabugeburtsaguys...

Es war einmal...

Once upon a time, two little guys (from exotic Oberammergau) needed to get to the Isabelby for her birthday! They were late though...


Wie sollen wir dann zu Isabelle kommen? said the littlest one... Mit dem Fahrrad?














Methinks a bicycle will not take us over the sea... said the slightly less small one.

Perhaps if we wait in yonder tree, someone will come upon us!










It could surely happen.............................................. Ehrlich?!!


And it worked... they came to ride in the apple-UFO ship and would safely fly to their Isabelle. To be continued...?

An Unfamiliar Scene..

that you will never see again...We've moved!

Alles Gute, Isabug!!!

May you always fly with the clouds and a confused brother...and not have any earaches...

Ok, really folks, wishing the best sister/daughter/granddaughter/wife/sister-in-law/daughter-in-law, cat-mom, etc. EVER a fantastic birthdays! Our lives wouldn't be nearly as happy&fun without you!!!!!!!

Full of Thanks.

I am thankful a day early for... being born almost 25 years ago
my parents who are wonderful human beings and have taught me so much
my in-laws who are so generous and welcoming
my sisters who can make me laugh and can make me cry (in a good way)
my brother who always surprises me and is ready for a good old fashioned debate
my husband who married me despite my crazy eyes and laugh
my cat who is a stress reliever in a fast paced city
Brooklyn, for letting me in and turning into my home
my grandparents who are the best role models a girl could ask for
my aunts and uncles who always are looking out for each other and letting you know that they care
my cousins who are silly, cute, awesome and the nicest people you'll ever meet
my workplace for giving me a job and making it kind of fun
my friends who make NYC worth living in
the American soldiers who might be without family this Thanksgiving

good Thai food a block away

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HP DAY!

Is anybody else going to the midnight showing? I'll be there at 12:16am!

Let's Go Sufing Now

Sneak Peek

I went surfing with Dad and John yesterday in the freezing cold water yesterday. Could it really have only been yesterday?? And by "surfing with" I mean that I took pictures of them being the crazy dudes that they are. Here's a little sneak peek...

The Big 2-4! (or 42?)

We celebrated a birthday!!! CaroBearo turned a whopping 24 over the weekend and I was lucky enough to be there to witness it. We are now the same age until... Thanksgiving-ish!

[courtesy of Papa's camera]

In the Morning

This might not be up everyone's alley lyrics-wise, but I thought I should share it with you all anyway... David now has his song on a track that will be listened to by a lot of people. A LOT.

Also, J. Cole is a really nice guy according to David. Listen up!

Just click on this link and take a quick listen to the song. When Drake comes in (the 2nd guy) you'll hear guitar in the background. Guess who it is? Oh yea! Oh yea!

J.Cole + Drake

It's beginning to look a lot like...

Thanksgiving? Christmas?

disclaimer:

So, um, not to take away from Mere's birthday... but i think you all should know that Peddie and I made almost the EXACT SAME posting for Mere as you see below... this was not planned... now we are laughing hysterically... we are truly sisters.

Alles Gute, Mere-Bär!

To the bestest ;) We love you!!!!!!!

bon anniversaire mere!

We love you, Mere!!!!!!!!!

A day in the life in Hanau...

Katherine Lobe and I with the Brothers Grimm.
(I don't think anything warranting turned heads was actually happening behind us)

You know when you watch movies about people in little towns where they go around saying "hey fred, mornin' sally, great game last night, huh, jack?" and you think.... yeaaaah, that doesn't actually happen? I, at least, think that. Life may have proven me false once again, however, as the following occurred yesterday:

-picked up wool for friend (with friend) during lunch break, recognized every homeless person and their dog on the way, as well as several other hanau residents.

-Had coffee at Vince's where the majority of outside-table sitters were school-mates, and I was greeted in english by Vince because he likes to practice and knows where I'm from. Also got automatic discount because he knows I'm a ZA student.

-after school, picked up medicine for my neighbor, was greeted by the apotheke-lady because she goes to my gym and we chat several times a week (making it too late to ask her name! I've known her for a year now!). Chatted.

-was greeted by name by Gabi, the cashier at REWE, who chatted with me and gave me extra points, asked where I was on wednesday because she didn't see me with my soccer group during the time she has volleyball practice (I was still working on jewelry)

-waved (on bike) to the stone-setting teacher (on bike) as I rode home.

etc. Maybe I have made my little niche here ;) Anyway, it was a funny observation. More happened, but I feel like it's getting boring and I need to get to another silversmithing exhibition!

We can build things too!

After a monumental surfing day on Saturday (probably 5 hours in the water with a little trip to the Windjammer for wings in the middle), it seemed time to do something better with our surfboards than just stick them somewhere under the house. Well, maybe Mom had something to do with motivating us ... and she was cleaning up everything else under the house. So ... we thought ... did a little research on the internet ... scrounged some wood under the house .. bought $10 of stuff at Lowe's (3/4 inch dowels and a 3/4 inch drill bit) and went to work. The best location seemed to be behind the heat pumps on the East side of the house. Surfboards don't like sun, as John pointed out, and this place remains shady.

John also contributed the idea of having beach sand for the surfboard tails to rest on. So off we went. First John dug a rectangular shape while I got other stuff from Lowe's and Mom discovered all our "lost" tools under the house. We set 1 x 6 in a rectangular form nailed to the heat pump support. This was leftover wood from building the house or some other project. We then placed the ground cover material to prevent stuff from growing up into our "sandbox". Dimensions here were 5 ft x 28 inches.

We then cut a 2x4 we had laying around in to a 5 ft length and drilled 3/4 inch holes in to it. We set them 10 inches apart. We then nailed the 2x4 up again the heat pump frame. Gimpy Gus came to observe and declared it A-okay.

We cut the dowels into 2 ft lengths and set them in place using a little wood glue. Yes, without the surfboards in place you can tell they angle a little up and down, but no problem.

Then came the hardest part. Sneaking down to the beach to get sand. Actually, getting the wagon and containers down and filling them up was so easy we were talking about making two trips ... until we tried to pull said wagon off the beach. Arrrgghh! Eventually we made it, however.

Finally back at the ranch, we shoveled the sand in to the pit.

Looked pretty good as the sun was setting and the mosquitos were coming out to eat us alive.

And it looked even better with the surfboards in place. The only other thing we will add are some eye screws to the end of the dowels and then run some nylon string to keep the boards from falling out during wind.

So yes! Sullivan's Island Selbies can build things too! And visitors can surf any time they want!

charlie fetches

Here is Charlie's most impressive performance to date! She has learned to retrieve to the couch now, instead of the bedroom. At first she had some difficulty figuring out that nobody was in the bedroom to throw it for her again, but she is so smart and learning quickly! What a good little catdog.