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brendatomic

I am here for Friends

About Me

i am happily living in germany with zak the husband, ottar the ferret, 13 the cat, tortuga the cat and turi the ferret.

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old friends, current friends, and new friends--send me a wave!

My Blog

robot in my eye

Zak and our friend Matt brought home a washing machine, a dryer, and a refrigerator!  Yay!  We got them for a good deal from a lady who is moving soon; all three are pretty new still, about 6 monthsis...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 06:15:00 GMT

do my laundry bitch

So uncle Sam decided he wants all his stuff back since Zak is getting out of the military. This includes a microwave, refrigerator, two wardrobes, a washer and a dryer. We have a 110 v. microwave th...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:06:00 GMT

update

So overdue for an update!I wont even be able to write about everything that has been going on, but it is overwhelmingly good--I love my life. The most stand-out thing I want to touch on is that Zak ...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:45:00 GMT

either way

So it could go either way: we could stay or we could go. Both paths are attractive and scary, and I will be happy with either. It's just a matter of which one is best.
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:46:00 GMT

so it seems staying here may work out,

Zak got a job here--yay!He even starts next week, woah! Staying here is not set in stone though, we still need to see if this civilian job of his will sponsor us to stay in Germany. I hope, I hope! ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:07:00 GMT

prematurely homesick

Wow, I really haven't written anything here since October? There is no way that I am going to sum up the last few months in a way that could do them justice: friends, travels, the beach, tattoos, con...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:41:00 GMT

mushrooms are everywhere

I went on a mushroom-photo-taking spree in the yard. Here are the results!Here is a pile of mushroomy goodness.A mushroom-loving slugWhite and flat.A fairy ring! I stepped inside and nothing happene...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT

the raconteurs show

I played hooky from work on thursday so that I could go to the fine country of Luxembourg with Kari, Katie, and John to spend the day. I drove us in the corn-mobile (the painted-up Integra) and we sp...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:57:00 GMT

schnecke-kopf

This weekend I went to the tattoo convention in Vianden, Luxembourg--I was tattooed by Osa again! Yay! She is the artist from Austria that tattooed my snail at the same convention last year. This t...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:07:00 GMT

photos/tai chi

I started attending tai-chi class last week with Kari. It takes place mondays and thursdays, I am really enjoying it. It is vastly different than the tai-kwon-do that I took a million years ago when...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:56:00 GMT