You Never Know ...

Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.’ – James 4,13-15 NIVUK; quote from BibleGateway.com

End of Summer Break

This song goes well with the topic, I think… ;)

I can hardly believe I haven’t posted anything here for so long. However, taking a break from my blogs did not mean taking a break from life, of course. I have been busy with two novels – published one meanwhile, still busy with the second. This was okay, as we didn’t have much of a summer this year – or rather, we had the summer in spring, with a lot of sun and warm weather, but since June it has been more or less a mixture between autumn and spring. Sometimes cold humid weather, sometimes warm humid weather. I wouldn’t have cared so much, if this humid weather had not caused me pain. My head was aching often and so were the scars and adhesions inside my body. My body needs dry weather to function reasonably well, so this summer was not for me :(

It's Official...

Our house is sold and we are going to move by mid-September.

My novel is finished, just have to do some editing. However, I will wait until after our move with the publishing as I have got too much work to do before.

Slow Blogging

As you have probably noticed, I’m not blogging very much at the moment. This is for two reasons: firstly it is summer and at this time of year I usually am not so much in the mood for blogging; secondly I’m just writing my first novel and that takes a lot of time and creativity, of course. So I will reduce my blogging. I will just post when there is something new I feel like writing about. Please be patient with me. In case you are looking for me you can still find me on Twitter and Facebook ;)

Spring Cleaning

By the beginning of last week, as the snow had started melting, I suddenly felt like doing spring cleaning. That is, my mind felt it, but my body was on strike again for four days due to low blood pressure. On Thursday afternoon I finally felt well enough to start. Meanwhile it is almost finished, except for the windows, but as it has now become colder again (for tomorrow they are even predicting snow) this has to wait. I’m not going to catch myself a cold for clean windows!

Another Week...

… has gone by – time goes too fast sometimes. I have been busy with several things, particularly with a new website I’m creating for an elementary school. The principal is a member of my former church, and as obviously none of the teachers or parents at the school is able or willing to create a site and I have also created the church’s website he asked me if I was willing to do it. Of course I said yes! I don’t know what I will get for it (not much to be sure, schools in Germany usually do not have a very high budget, and they’d rather spend it for the children), but that is not something I care about. I enjoy creating websites, especially when it is for a good cause :)

Movie Evenings

The carnival season is in full swing now and therefore Hermann has to spend many evenings at the various events for the newspaper he is working for. This means that I’m alone at home all those evenings which gives me the opportunity to watch movies that Hermann wouldn’t want to watch – like the Jane Austen adaptations, for example. In his opinion, nothing ever happens in those movies *lol*

Yesterday I watched “Pride and Prejudice”, the famous BBC adaptation of 1995 with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. It is so beautifully made – just right for a romantic evening on one’s own ;)

What Kind of Intelligence?

I did this test a while ago – the results didn’t really surprise me ;)

Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence

You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well. An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly. You are also good at remembering information and convincing someone of your point of view. A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary. You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

Changes...

Strange where time goes – just found that it is already one week since I blogged here.

I had a lot to think about during the recent days, though. We have decided to sell the house we are living in and buy a flat / apartment instead within the next two years. There are several reasons for it: first, half of the house belongs to Hermann’s brother and he wants to get rid of it, as he does not live here and sees no sense in keeping it, as it only costs him money; second, the house is old and will cost more and more money in repair – more than we can afford in the long run; third, the house and garden are much too large for the two of us to manage – Hermann has got so much work in his job (seven days a week is the rule) and for me it would be more than a full time job to manage the house – apart from the fact that with regard to the garden I have got no idea how to take care of it. It will be hard for Hermann to leave his parents’ house after such a long time, but of course we have to be sensible. So we are looking for a nice affordable flat to buy and hope that when we offer the house we will get at least the price for it which the bank says it is worth, because our share of it would be about the sum a flat would cost.

Hyper Creativity

Sometimes I have got so many ideas on my mind that I have got the feeling that my brain will burst. Ideas of topics I could write about, of new blogs or new websites, etc. The problem is, however, that the ideas are all confused in my head and I find no way to put them into a structure. I have to wait until the structure comes by itself – I cannot force it. This is the phase I’m currently in and therefore I’m writing this confused post *lol*

What Kind of Thinker are You?

This is me ;)

Your Thinking is Abstract and Sequential

You like to do research and collect lots of information. The more facts you have, the easier it is for you to learn. You need to figure things out for yourself and consider all possibilities. You tend to become an expert in the subjects that you study. It's difficult for you to work with people who know less than you do. You aren't a very patient teacher, and you don't like convincing people that you're right.

What Kind of Thinker Are You?

Long Weekend

I hope you had a lovely weekend! We had a long one – today was a holiday, too, due to Pentecost. I have been creative, as you can see *s*, despite a nasty headache. However, I hate to just sit there and do nothing, so I’d rather see what I can do even with an aching head. Of course, these are only things which do not require too much concentration. Today my headache is almost gone, so my spirits are high again. The weather was nice and Hermann even had time to go for a walk with me. We went to the sports centre of our little town – okay, nothing really remarkable, tennis courts, soccer fields, etc. but nonetheless it had been new for me as I had never been there before. Well, I enjoyed the walk with Hermann as unfortunately this does not happen too often, as he has got so much work to do. No reason to complain, though, as he is a free-lancer and if he hasn’t got work there is no money coming in. Therefore we have to be thankful for this!