Happy Mother’s Day to every woman in the world. Whether you have children or not because we all know that a functioning womb is not what makes a mother a mom. For that matter I know some pretty fantastic babysitters who deserve a happy mothers day because they love and care for their charges just as a mother would do and sometimes better.  And for all who have lost their mom I hope this day is not filled with to much sadness and that through your loss you remember how much she loved you and that is why you miss her so much. I hope that instead of painful remembrances you have joyful memories of times past.  The same wishes hold true for those mom’s out there who have lost a child. You are still a mom and my best wishes go out to you on this…your day.

Being a mother is forever–thank goodness!

  This is where I took my sis on her second day she was here.  The first day, her and my Allie McNally landed at about 10 or 11 and by the time we got to my apartment from the airport and my sis CJ had a nap there was really no time for anything but a walk downtown and a couple scoops of ice cream.  So here are some pictures of our good time in Heidelberg. One of my favorite cities.

The first picture is of the castle/palace.  Part of it is medieval castle and part is 17th/18th century palace.  The Powder tower got hit by lightning and since it was full of gunpowder at the time the whole place was pretty much a loss.  It wasn’t until the romantic period that it began to be viewed as worth saving, now its a UNESCO world heritage site.

The second picture was taken inside the Pharmacy museum that’s inside one of the palace buildings.  When we entered I went to the desk to ask for a brochure and CJ and Allie went just to the right so Allie could take a picture of CJ next to a really beautiful cabinet.  I was in mid sentence when the girl at the desk yelled “DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING AND NO PICTURES!!  Of course she was yelling at my daughter and my sister. Then she turns this little sign around and points at it and sure enough it’s the international little red circle with a slash thru it and a picture of a camera and another of a finger looking like it’s touching something.  But she REALLY didn’t have to YELL and if the sign had been posted on the door instead of facing her on her desk it wouldn’t have happened anyway. Evidently it didn’t really matter that she was a complete bitch because all thru the museum people were taking pictures and so CJ took a few too.  This is one of my favorites.  As a side note when I asked again if she had the brochure in English she said really snotty that NO they didn’t carry it in English. (Karma is a bitch lady and your day will come.)

This is much, much more beautiful in person than this picture shows.  I plan on going back and seeing if I can get a better picture because this doesn’t begin to do it justice. 

I took this from the philosophers walk and on the far right you can see the bridge tower and in the middle of the bridge is the castle on the hill.

On a personal note after about 5 trips North we finally found an apartment. It’s not perfect but it will definitely be better than here. I really like the apt itself…. its just small and I don’t want to give up my kitchen table or my leather couch though I may be forced to sell it or give it away to get everything else to fit.  Finding the new place couldn’t have come at a better time because on Wednesday the landlords dog bit the Culligan water man and so now they won’t deliver to us here anymore. And between my kidneys not liking the high mineral content and my taste buds hating the taste its pretty important we have drinking water.(not to mention the number of coffee pots we went thru before we got water delivered)  Then yesterday we found out that Bear starts at the new posting on the Monday after we get back from Normandy, so its a darn good thing we found a place. Now I have to stop typing around and start packing AGAIN……

odd n ends:

I have a little mantra in my brain, it goes something like this……moving 4 times in less than 3 years is really normal, young people do it all the time.

Time to purge the house again.

I got out the paper shredder yesterday and shredded so much that Bear said we should use it for packing material, lol. Sounds like a good idea to me! 

I sold my bicycle cause the doc said it hyper-extends my neck. I told Allie I’m going to get one of those old lady bikes that let you sit up straight…like the Wicked Witch of the West  from the Wizard of OZ. (all i need is a little dog….or a monkey.)  I sold mine to my landlords’ son and when he came by to pay me yesterday I got a contact high. It was pretty funny because we were standing in my hall which is very narrow and enclosed, I started feeling lightheaded and then it hit me… the sudden urge to giggle and then it dawned on me that the permanent cloud around his head was doing it. I guess I would be a really cheap date at this point in my life if that’s all it takes to get high.

The night before Allie left a drunk hit my landlords parked car. If they were American they would be singing the old Hee Haw song about bad luck because in the last couple of months they have lost both renters, their dog has bit twice and now their car has been in an accident at 4:30 in the morning while parked! 

“If it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all, gloom, despair and agony on me….”

And last but not least…..

The entire time Allie was here the temperature was well above normal (in the 80) the day before she left it started going down and this morning when I woke we had actual rain clouds in the sky and it feels like spring instead of high summer.  So to Global Warming Girl aka Allie hereafter to be known to have superpowers effecting weather all I have to say is….Ireland LOOK OUT.