Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
Good Morning... Sun 23rd, 6.43, +0.8dg. The grit trucks were on the road early this morning so I am guessing that means we have had a freeze. I see there has been a touch of precipitation on the glass roof of the gin terrasse. Forecasting a beautiful sunny day today, with fine and clear through until Wednesday evening. My Dutch guests, from Germany, leave today then I have a day off before an incoming family from Germany arrive for a week. Not one of my more spectacular weekends. In bed feeling VB sorry for myself. I hate being sick, I have no patience for lying around but am feeling so unbelievably disgusting that I have had no choice.. My skin is so sore clothes are a test, and my head follows 10 paces behind me... You know it is bad when I cancel tuition classes and Saturday work. Tomorrow is a new week.. gosh and soon the end of the month. Sochi has now finished, and I imagine there will be a lot of post mortems going on over the next while. As an armchair critic I loved watching the best in their field go out and do their best on the day... I am in awe of the athletes, all of them. Favourite discipline.. too hard to tell, as I watched as much as I could of everything on offer. I am going to be having a one foot in front of the other for a day or so... Klaudia suggested she pop over this morning with a jug of Voddy and fresh orange juice... that is for the vit C don't you know... I suggested she stay at home !!! Happy Sunday.
Out of Necessity - Perhaps
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Friday, 21 February 2014
TGIF
“I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.
Good Morning, Fri 21st, 6.15, +2.8dg. Forecasting for snow this afternoon this evening, clearing for Saturday and then sunshine through until Wednesday. Perfect. Yesterday was a beautiful day, one to be on the mountain... where was I... at the hairdressers.. the things a girl has to do to keep up !! The day just disappeared as it does when you go to the hairdresser, but did get some necessary ironing done and ordered the wood for next winter. Progress. Then had to take an evening trip on my bicycle at 19.30 to give a steadying hand to a friend... have not been on my bike at night for ages, and thankfully it travelled in a nice straight line... another note to self, put some air in the tyres. Today I have a crazy day.. conversation girls at 10.00, change over in the Dachboden and then tuition at 15.00. Thank goodness my Swiss guests are not arriving until 17.00-18.00 so I can take some moments to breathe without panic. I want to watch the Women's slalom in Sochi, timed for 13.45, so it will be a squeeze. I seemed to have picked up a cold... fab, just what is needed. First for an absolute age. There was a women in the hairdressers yesterday who was helping with the foils and she sneezed, sniffed and coughed her way through the entire process... why oh why do they not stay at home instead of spreading their bloody germs everywhere. Tomorrow off to my job.. brilliant.. I may be sick.
Good Morning, Fri 21st, 6.15, +2.8dg. Forecasting for snow this afternoon this evening, clearing for Saturday and then sunshine through until Wednesday. Perfect. Yesterday was a beautiful day, one to be on the mountain... where was I... at the hairdressers.. the things a girl has to do to keep up !! The day just disappeared as it does when you go to the hairdresser, but did get some necessary ironing done and ordered the wood for next winter. Progress. Then had to take an evening trip on my bicycle at 19.30 to give a steadying hand to a friend... have not been on my bike at night for ages, and thankfully it travelled in a nice straight line... another note to self, put some air in the tyres. Today I have a crazy day.. conversation girls at 10.00, change over in the Dachboden and then tuition at 15.00. Thank goodness my Swiss guests are not arriving until 17.00-18.00 so I can take some moments to breathe without panic. I want to watch the Women's slalom in Sochi, timed for 13.45, so it will be a squeeze. I seemed to have picked up a cold... fab, just what is needed. First for an absolute age. There was a women in the hairdressers yesterday who was helping with the foils and she sneezed, sniffed and coughed her way through the entire process... why oh why do they not stay at home instead of spreading their bloody germs everywhere. Tomorrow off to my job.. brilliant.. I may be sick.
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Recovered from the excesses of Tuesday...
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
Good Morning... Thurs 20th, 6.09, +3.2dg, forecasting today for a beautiful blue sky, full sun day... it will be a cracker up on the mountain. Yesterday was a day of rain, sleet and snow all day and for me was a day with concrete feet..really and truly, I felt like a sloth, and the worst part of that was there was no-one to blame other than me. So no, I am not skiing today, I will be head down working as good girls do. I refuelled my bod with food and water big time yesterday, quick nana nap after lunch and then a littles tuition.. just what everyone needs when your day is only so-so average !! After tuition comes the Wednesday girls, armed with mixes and nibbles for a session with and after conversation... thankfully it was decided to rain check that one until next week when we will all be there and we are going to watch a German made documentary on New Zealand.. I have been lent this video by one of the girls from the Friday group so will be interested to see what it comprises of... 200 days in a beautiful place at the bottom of the world.. So next Wednesday it will be a film afternoon with extras. I am beginning to wonder if it has something to do with my reputation, my personality or just the way we like to do things in 2014 at this age !!! Today is a clear calendar day, my Dutch family leave tomorrow and then it is a change over for incoming guests from Switzerland ... it will be an interesting change over as I have to juggle my Friday girls and a tuition in amongst cleaning and remaking the Dachboden in preparation for incoming guests hence the reason to stay quietly tucked up in my house out of sight today! I have a funny feeling that I have agreed to go to the Fasching Ball next week... What am I like?? Note to self, when you are out socialising never agree to things until you can consider them properly in the cold light of day. Discussing it with Klaudia last night she suggested we go together... now that is one huge recipe for impending disaster when we get together. La la la. Hugs to my little bubble monster, this is the new trick, face planting into her bubbles in the bath..
Good Morning... Thurs 20th, 6.09, +3.2dg, forecasting today for a beautiful blue sky, full sun day... it will be a cracker up on the mountain. Yesterday was a day of rain, sleet and snow all day and for me was a day with concrete feet..really and truly, I felt like a sloth, and the worst part of that was there was no-one to blame other than me. So no, I am not skiing today, I will be head down working as good girls do. I refuelled my bod with food and water big time yesterday, quick nana nap after lunch and then a littles tuition.. just what everyone needs when your day is only so-so average !! After tuition comes the Wednesday girls, armed with mixes and nibbles for a session with and after conversation... thankfully it was decided to rain check that one until next week when we will all be there and we are going to watch a German made documentary on New Zealand.. I have been lent this video by one of the girls from the Friday group so will be interested to see what it comprises of... 200 days in a beautiful place at the bottom of the world.. So next Wednesday it will be a film afternoon with extras. I am beginning to wonder if it has something to do with my reputation, my personality or just the way we like to do things in 2014 at this age !!! Today is a clear calendar day, my Dutch family leave tomorrow and then it is a change over for incoming guests from Switzerland ... it will be an interesting change over as I have to juggle my Friday girls and a tuition in amongst cleaning and remaking the Dachboden in preparation for incoming guests hence the reason to stay quietly tucked up in my house out of sight today! I have a funny feeling that I have agreed to go to the Fasching Ball next week... What am I like?? Note to self, when you are out socialising never agree to things until you can consider them properly in the cold light of day. Discussing it with Klaudia last night she suggested we go together... now that is one huge recipe for impending disaster when we get together. La la la. Hugs to my little bubble monster, this is the new trick, face planting into her bubbles in the bath..
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Up on the mountain today
“Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.”
Good Morning...Tues 18th, 7.22, 0.3dg. Forecasting a bluebird day up on the mountain, so boot bag plugged in to heat and morning sorted to go up and have a look. Yesterday dawned with high broken cloud and fog rolling around the mountain tops on and off, but my guests said the skiing was fab. It was a terribly quiet house last night with no pitter patters of little feet charging around... amazing how tiring skiing is for little bodies....and so my daughter found out after the Poppet's first swimming lesson yesterday... in bed at 10 am after her lesson and didn't wake until 13.30.. result. Yesterday morning was spent in the office sorting lesson plans for the littles... learning about clothes, dressing up and undressing so there was a " washing Line " strung up in the dining room yesterday. The things one does !!! Today I have a 9am appointment then off up to the mountain office for a couple of hours. I will have my TV on record and catch up on everyone doing their thing at the Olympics later in the day.. fingers crossed the satellite signal from England is co-operating. Things to do, places to go... have a happy one
Monday, 17 February 2014
Monday.. quiet day back to normal.. sort of
“There are only two kinds of women in the world, those who love shoes and those who had the misfortune to be born without the ability to experience total bliss on finding a pair of perfectly designed pumps in the right size at half price.”
Good Morning, Mn 17th, 5.57, +2.0dg, forecasting some early flurries in the mountain clearing and that will mean showers down here clearing later to cloudy weather. It was snowing big fat lazys when I got up at 3.30 this morning but no need for the snow ploughs out on the low village roads. Yesterday was a miz day with rain down in the village all day which would have been snow at the higher levels. Looking out the Dachboden window yesterday as I was sorting the flat ready for incoming, the Talfahrt to the bottom lift station has quite brown snow.. it is just so warm. Back to back change over yesterday.. yes I appreciate I said I would never do it again after the pressure it created over Christmas, but boy have I got this thing down to a fine art now, it was humming n smoking all the way. Probably now because I am organised and not making a hundred trips up and down the stairwells. I have a family of four from Holland in the house until Friday when I have another change over. They are a lovely young couple with two girls 8 and 10. I am hoping that the excitement of being here will settle down tonight and that the running around will slow down after a day up on the mountain!! Today I have a new Conversation group starting this morning, and then a Littles tuition at 15.30. Just another quiet day here in Schruns. Humming quietly to myself... I do recognise that I am the former, not the latter.
Good Morning, Mn 17th, 5.57, +2.0dg, forecasting some early flurries in the mountain clearing and that will mean showers down here clearing later to cloudy weather. It was snowing big fat lazys when I got up at 3.30 this morning but no need for the snow ploughs out on the low village roads. Yesterday was a miz day with rain down in the village all day which would have been snow at the higher levels. Looking out the Dachboden window yesterday as I was sorting the flat ready for incoming, the Talfahrt to the bottom lift station has quite brown snow.. it is just so warm. Back to back change over yesterday.. yes I appreciate I said I would never do it again after the pressure it created over Christmas, but boy have I got this thing down to a fine art now, it was humming n smoking all the way. Probably now because I am organised and not making a hundred trips up and down the stairwells. I have a family of four from Holland in the house until Friday when I have another change over. They are a lovely young couple with two girls 8 and 10. I am hoping that the excitement of being here will settle down tonight and that the running around will slow down after a day up on the mountain!! Today I have a new Conversation group starting this morning, and then a Littles tuition at 15.30. Just another quiet day here in Schruns. Humming quietly to myself... I do recognise that I am the former, not the latter.
Sunday, 16 February 2014
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