Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Song From Love And Basketball

it snowed

we woke up this morning and could not believe it: overnight snow has put it, that everything was white.

the children found the course excellent and really wanted to get out in the snow. So dad has worked a little faster today and was with the two outside in the snow: is


amy ankle-deep in snow


is apparently comfortable ...


linn's not the whole ... they feel uncomfortable has moved an inch longer in the snow


two images from the current children's fashion catalog ...

How Many Calories Is A Toblerone

the Father Christmas lives in Engelskirchen

... or has his office since at least!

amy linn and I have written a letter to Father Christmas, a wish list.
amy gave me their wish-linn, and then directly-dictated and I wrote.
this year there was easy for me to take her there to do what we have always been bought for them ... in addition to the jacket Orange, of which she was not to bring ... well, that Father Christmas can bring so not everything ...




yesterday we even get a response one from Engelskirchen:

What Does Spotting Look Like On Toilet Paper

finally some pictures!

so gradually thins to the chaos and we have found cable, so here at home like a little insight into our new:



moving day: make clean everything first ...


timos bad, still had no door


the kitchen in the evening of the work day ... thank you david, thank you thomas!



... and the shoes were due anni inger and even the right space!


the utility room


who were kids in the evening and ready ... this is Linn .


the office already set up ... ... but a few days later ;-)


our bedroom ...


... with walk-in wardrobe!


a few days later:


our eigangsbereich in a Christmas mood


our kitchen


seems a little bare: the living room with new-couch xxl


DER treffpunkt im neuen heim: unser eßzimmer im erker

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Men Hair Mid Thirties

we are at home

letzte woche samstag war es soweit: wir sind umgezogen!
dank zahlreicher fleißiger helfer ging der umzug schnell und problemlos über die bühne.
amy und linn waren den ganzen tag im zoo, als sie abends nach hause kamen, waren ihre zimmer fertig eingerichtet und beide haben sich really very happy.
on the same evening the kitchen was also assembled. of course lots piled on crates, baskets and bags throughout the house. Today, after a week, the house is habitable so far ;-). now are the usual little things, like hang curtains, install lamps still one or two, silicone seals attached, make, unpack the last boxes, the list is long ...
"made it, but happy," I think that's true at the moment the best.

photos as soon as we follow the transmission cable and the charging station have found ;-)

wonderful weekend!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Model Ideas For The Alamo'

YES! It belongs to us!

SO, almost exactly five weeks after we had last friday our house delivery. Complaints
we are with the construction manager went around the and through the house, have everything closely, were immediately repaired by the workers so we could on Friday, 31.10. 2008 take over our house.
it sounds at all likely to be perfect, but it was really small things that we found. it was not an outside windowsill just had a couple of strips of wallpaper transitions to be tightened with a paintbrush and two windows with hooked open, all that was done immediately and the workers were finally able to leave the job site and go home.
is so completely perfect the house but not yet, at the handover have been to challenge two major things that could not be done on the spot:
we have the wrong interior doors and no heating and sanitary equipment.
with the interior doors only as "semi-false". in initial sampling we chose these doors, we were informed that the doors are no longer available and we have decided on white doors. the doors that we have now are the ones we had first chosen and the alleged were no longer available. We had now been changed to white and so were a bit surprised. But the contract is very clear that it should be white doors, but we have discussed with the construction manager that we would keep the doors when the company gives us a discount. we have achieved the first major "problem".
the second is the thing with the heating, unfortunately, based on a misunderstanding. the construction manager has repeatedly stressed that it is very important to the company, the house completely finished and handed over to the heater is not there, because the company has slept. it is, of course, that each house has its own electricity and water connection is; and that the construction site is available at the start of construction is efficient builders, that is our thing. we have these connections have already lie on the plot for the hall and put the only further into the house. So the connections are already there, just not in the house, but in the hall. and here is the misunderstanding of promoter lay waiting the whole time on our power to make the connections and we are home to the info, the cable pull over just in. Now one can argue whose "fault" is it. one hand, we have informed the site manager before construction started, who has probably forgotten it by then, we thought it was all clear and the construction manager knew nothing (more) and wonders warum wir uns so viel zeit damit lassen. beide hätten nachfragen können, jetzt ist es passiert und die heizung und die sanitärinstallation sind noch nicht fertig. spätestens übernächste woche soll das aber erledigt sein, sodass wir unseren umzug für den 15.11.2008 fest planen.
ja, am 25.09.2008 kam das haus, am 31.10.2008 war übergabe und am 15.11.2008 ist einzug, das hört sich doch gut an.
natürlich haben wir uns vorher viele gedanken gemacht, man hört und liest und sieht ja so viel und wir hatten mit einigen komplikationen und verzögerungen gerechnet.
aber wir können wirklich sagen, dass es bis auf die sache mit der heizung echt keine fehlplanungen oder katastrophen have happened. we would always build with Danwood! of promoter is somewhat revised, but friendly, understandable and sympathetic, the workers speak but little or no German, but working 6 days a week really fast, quiet and orderly, which makes home a very good impression, we had some "experts" has from the circle on the building and each confirmed that the materials are high quality, the work is done well and in some places is made even more homes than others.
but now, enough words, in the last week also happened visually much, after the handover, we have made in our factory, we are down since Saturday unsuccessful busy und haben auch schon ein bissl was geschafft.
achja: es gibt jetzt auch fotos vom og. wir haben doch jetzt auch eine treppe, so kann ich angsthase auch hoch gehen...ich war tatsächlich in den 5 wochen nur einmal auf dieser wackeligen leiter oben!




endlich: die treppe ist eingebaut



die beiden kinderzimmer



unser bad




der spitzboden, with comfortable headroom and about 50 m² again a huge room that we want to build someday




day 1 of the "self service" laminate in living / dining



linn is also busy



thanks david we had looked really great help


it on the first night of



day 2: first kids




course here with great assistance



phew, that's quite exhausting really goes



without the two do nothing on the construction site



but the work was worth it!
... and our solid oak table 220 cm had to be built even today!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Does The Camera Flash Damage A Baby 's Eyes

I'm 2 1 / 2 and one to the hairdresser! Looks like it

I know mothers, which is the first hairdresser visit their children a horror ...
amy but found it all quite mad. oma was first cut off with hair and then she was allowed to chair the large, has a cape and the hairdresser picked our confidence could amys hair cut for the first time really.
oma and the hairdresser had another anxiety attract amys beautiful but Bianca and I were in agreement that there must be real n tee off. amy and it has clearly enjoyed, as bianca their hair first separated, then cut and has been wet. then they were even with a hair drier groooßen dried, and finally the most important: GEL! it has amy bestanden, hat oma ja schließlich auch bekommen.

ich hab ein bissl angst, dass ich jetzt einmal im monat mit amy zum frisör fahren muß, weil SIE die haare gemacht kriegt und nicht ich...


amy auf dem großen stuhl...


schön ordentlich...


GEL bitte!


und: die locken sind noch dran!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Side Effect Of Pump 250



okay, okay, wir bauen ein haus und es hätte uns auch schon fast angst gemacht, wenn alles wirklich nach plan laufen würde...
EIGENTLICH sollte die hausübergabe morgen, am samstag den 25.10.2008 sein, ABER da wird nix draus.
die arbeiter sind dem zeitplan etwas hinterher, heute und morgen wird "erst" tapeziert, dann wird noch gestrichen, die türen und treppe eingebaut, ein paar kleinigkeiten und so wird sich der fertigstellungstermin um ein paar tage nach hinten verschieben.
wenn aber bedenkt, dass unser haus vor 29 tagen auf lkw geliefert wurde, können wir absolut damit leben, noch ein paar tage zu warten. im moment hätten wir gar keine zeit zum umziehen ;-)
nein, im ernst: natürlich sind wir superaufgeregt und möchten am liebsten morgen laminat legen, fußleisten anbringen, die küche aufbauen, endlich unser wasserbett befüllen und einfach dort ankommen, aber realistisch betrachtet haben die arbeiter eine menge in der kurzen zeit geschafft, sodass wir die eine woche auch noch schaffen werden!



die erste seite ohne gerüst


ordnung muß sein...


die küche mit blick in den hauswirtschaftsraum



das wohnzimmer



die chefs sind auch wieder auf der baustelle...


...und kontrollieren die fleißigen arbeiter


das gäste-wc, mit dusche umfunktioniert zu timos eigenem reich