In just a month or two we will have been in Germany for 2 years. 
In all that time we’ve never had any company at all.  Not one
family member or friend has come to see us.  Well that is about to
change.  So in case your wondering where I’ve been, c’mon flatter
me and say “why yes, I was wondering”, I’m going to tell you. 

First my mom was supposed to come, well that sent me into a frenzy of,
“holy cow, where are we going to put her?”  Because we have a one
bedroom apt. and you really can’t expect your 76 (or 77, I never can remember) year old mom to sleep
on the ancient, crippling couch your husband picked out because it was
cheap.  Did I mention it’s hideous as well.  Then I
remembered that we have a box spring that is brand new and my brain got
to working over time about how large our living room is and voila insta
bedroom.  Courtesy of a few wires and 3 shower curtains.  I
did have to buy a bed to go with the box spring as well as linen, but I
went for plain cheap cotton.  And the matress, there is really no such thing as a cheap matress, oh well.

shower curtains closed and…..

shower curtains partially open.  Look privacy!

Foot of the bed, head of the bed.

She even has her own table lamp for late night reading.
Now doesn’t that couch look uncomfortable?

You’ll just have to trust me this little bed is WAY more comfortable.

Then her trip got cancelled at the last minute, but that was okay because Heather and Carrie decided to come over after all.  They went to high school with my daughter Emily
They are only staying a couple of days but it will be very nice to have
them.  Carrie goes to school in Spain and Heather goes to school
in Scotland.  Now how cool is that?  So one of them will get
the bed and the other will get this little fold out futon chair thingy
that was given to me.  But I have an egg crate pad to put on it so
it should be okay for just a couple of days.  Besides when your in
college and tooling around Europe on the cheap…….. free room and
board is much more important than a fancy, or even comfortable,
bed. 

Then I found out that my mom is coming after all.  In fact the
young ladies are leaving here Wednesday the 14th and my moms’ plane
lands that very same morning.  So no breather there.  She’s
leaving on July 10th and my daughter Allie
is arriving July 11th.  So we will literally have company from
June 4th until July 27th.  Like I said Feast or famine.

I guess it’s a good thing I made the little room.  And by the way
if you drop over for a night or two you know exactly where you’ll be
put….lol.