Birthday Boy

Everything in life is temporary. If things are good, enjoy it because it won't last forever, and if things are bad, don't worry. It can't last forever either.

Good Morning...Sun 2nd, 6.33, +2.7dg. 2nd March... 34 years ago my Sammo was born in Rotorua Hospital in New Zealand.. wow 34 yrs.. Happy Birthday day to you my precious son. 
I can just see the tops of the Golm and the Hoch Joch... the Wormser Hütte lights are twinkling on the sky line. Forecasting flurries, and a little cloud today and there was snow overnight. It is a snowy forecast for the whole week ahead. My guests skied in the fog all day yesterday, I was perhaps a little rude when I suggested it is really helpful for your balance... he suggested maybe, but it does make for quite a bit of Boden küssen !! I smiled and said I hoped it wasn't too often. yesterday for me was an early walk to my work place in the trying hard to snow time. Cleared quickly but the fog never really lifted. Was spared all the energy sapping jobs yesterday which was very thoughtful, but even so came home and went to bed. Walked my rubbish up to the re-cycler and then came home to do not too much. Missed the mens action and the Womens DH was not run finally pulling the pin after many fog delays. I had planned a feets up watching some action but not to be. Today will be a quiet day doing some prep work for the incoming tuition and conversation groups for the week, and also a little pre-ball prep on me. Still have not decided if I really really want to do this... I hate being a third wheel, but will go ahead with things as if I am going and make a decision at the last minute... I am allowed.. I am a girl... Happy Sunday

Faschingsumzug Schruns

Good Morning...St 1st, 6.30, +2.4dg, forecasting for snow flurries on and off all the way through until Thursday with snow on Monday. Yesterday was another beautiful sunny day .. doors open sort of day. Spring has sprung, but has winter actually been? I figured it was time my plants could breathe the spring air so I took all the wrappings off the garden yesterday... maybe I am courting fate !! Friday conversation girls arrived at 10am and promptly placed a full bottle of Campari and the accompanying orange juice on the table.. 10am !!! Heavens, should I start to worry about the direction this is all heading or just shrug my shoulders and say " Good, as long as they are all enjoying themselves in amongst a little English learning." It does make for a long day especially when you know that you are going out that evening !!! Tuition for a senior student who is exam prep... we have work to do. Headed off into the Village for the Faschingsumzug in a very crisp evening air.. not so good for a girl with a cough!!. Parade finished and we wandered up to the Alpenrose for the obligatory afterwards and once finished there back into town to look around the bars... really the place was a tip and heaving with revellers.. one look inside the Kreuz Kellar and I said nah... going home, my companions were set for the evening, and from the Kreuz were going to the Zimba.. me I knew I had to turn up to work early in the morning. Gosh, sensible hat on again.. this must be what age does to you. Today I am off to clean up after others then I will be having a feets up. Truly. I have to plan my mask and gown for Tuesday as I plan to make an impact, especially after some comments that were seconded handed to me last night. Come on in Tuesday.

Gammla, Gammla - Fätza sammla! "Gompiga Donnschtig"

Good Morning... Fri 28th, 6.13, +2.3dg, Forecasting a super sunny day up top. Yesterday was Gammla, Gammla - Fätza sammla! "Gompiga Donnschtig" the children's carnival Have taken some fab videos of the parade and one, they have no sound, and two they will not open on the computer... This is a very grumpy face... there is no point in posting a video from my phone without the brilliant sound the Guggamusig Latschasorri band creates. Grrrr. Adult parade kicks off at 18.00 this evening so this will be another evening out... Yesterday's forecast did not deliver, so thankfully by the time all the littles assembled for their parade the sun was all over the place. A lovely uncomplicated session in the Alpenrose bar... much more dignified than standing in the church square, in the cold, with some random glass of wine !!! So all over again tonight but probably for longer, but bearing in mind I have to wear my sensible hat as I have my cleaning job bright and early Sat morning.. another grumpy face. This morning it is feet on the floor running ... Friday conversation girls, then two tuitions after lunch then down to the Kirchplatz for the parade. Another bright shiny day here in Schruns so all will go well with the celebrations. My guests had a good day up on the Hoch Joch and admitted they were pleasantly surprised at the good snow conditions...they had heard it was not so stellar.. Hmmm... So come on in Friday... happy days 

Wednesday, always a fun day

" You won't sit and drink on your own will you Darling... Oh for heavens sake Dad don't worry, I won't "

Good Morning...Thurs 27th, 6.46, +4.4dg. My snow alert yesterday from both mountains said 14 cm at mid level overnight... I think not Mr Alerter. The roads are dry. Amended to 6cm overnight and if you will excuse me at +4.4dg I think not again. Today "they" say light flurries. Yeah, right. Yesterday was a lovely sunny day and used my bike to do a few odd jobs... not a lot of energy in my legs at the mo. Littles tuition at 14.00 and the Granny of one of the littles who delivered them yesterday said I was giving them too much to do through the week... this little dot has an hour of cello and piano practise every night, and spends the whole of Tuesday at school, and she does not want to stop coming as she loves it so much, but cannot find time to do the work.... I thanked her politely for the heads up. My Wednesday Conversation girls were full of scorn when we discussed that little fact, but admit that the face of learning has a different emphasis these days. So, Wednesday conversation group.. re-arranged the sitting room so we would be comfy with our DVD afternoon. One went and poured the gins while I went through the paper work on tenses they had done from the previous week...Then it was movie time. We are watching the German made DVD on 200 days in New Zealand. My over riding feeling is that it was done in conjunction with the tourismus bureau, one of the girls there has spent a month in NZ some time ago and seen both Islands.. she agreed with me and said that the video was not so good. Part two in a fortnight. We have finished the Nth Island and will do the South Island next. Today is a me day... Kinderfasching parade in the village starting at 14.00 and then it is anyone's guess.. Klaudia tells me it is off to the Alpenrose.. I am keeping my options open. My incoming guests from Germany did not arrive here until 23.30 last night , they had had terrible weather and traffic conditions coming down, consequently this is one tired rabbit today. No matter a couple of good coffees to kick start the system and smile on... You have got to love the Wednesday girls. Someone in town said to me the other day " I love the sound of the conversation group I want to join it... " They said yesterday," no way.. we are full.. !!!"

Tidy Tuesday

“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works. Works with simple, easy to understand instructions, and just works. ”

Good Morning...Wed 26th, 6.11, +0.5dg. Stars are out and the Wörmser Hutte lights are twinkling up on the sky line. Me thinks the weather Gods are playing silly buggars, one minute they say a beautiful week with light snow Wednesday afternoon evening, next we have incoming for the next four to five days. Don't they know we have the Kinderfasching parade tomorrow and with out a lie that is better in the sunshine. So it is!! Yesterday was a Tuesday, love Tuesdays as they are me to fritter as I please. First to the bank as the internet banking has not been accessible since last Friday, seems it is only me, of course... the account was locked on Friday after two failed attempts with a wrong password. Well my head was not mine on Friday. Now I must wait until next week when I will receive new login details... just humming quietly to myself. They organised payment of my whopper account for the Golf Club for this years membership €1101.00... I had been sitting on it for a while as thought I may not do it, I will be away for a good part of the summer, but my friendly Golf Pro told me that I had to inform them by October last year if I wanted to pause the membership... Last October I was still in NZ!! Visit to the dry cleaner, supermarket and then home to make little raspberry pastries for the breakfast box, and the littles. Quick catch up with her who drinks Aperitivos and then up into the Dachboden to complete prep for today's incoming family.
Whilst I am finally starting to feel more human, thank goodness, the trip up to the re-cycler yesterday afternoon exhausted me. Nothing for it but to lock the door, light the fire and pour a soothing gin. Today is the morning 26th, in New Zealand it is evening 26th, that means for someone in Wanaka tomorrow is the end of an era... happy retirement Mrs N. Hope there are plenty of celebrations going on, Wanaka retail will miss you 

It would be a horrible world without friends...

“When in doubt, ignore and be horribly unimpressed”

Good Morning... Tues 25th, 6.21, -2.0dg.. wooo minus, we are in a fine weather pattern so there will be a cracker frost outside when the sun comes up. It is so nice to see a minus temp as we haven't done these so well this winter. Yesterday was a bluebird, one out of the box, brilliant day. The mountains looked divine.... from inside the house!! I had my new Monday Conversation girls yesterday. I felt it better not to postpone them as we had worked hard to get it up and going... two of them are nursing broken bones from ski accidents and so we have been sliding the start dates for a while. Seamless morning with a huge mixed bag of ability... makes it a challenge to work the system I have designed to do these conversation groups when every person is of a massively different level of English understanding. But like the littles they come with friends so I must adapt. Thankfully cancelled my littles tuition as did not have the mental capacity to do them yesterday. Had a nice surprise last night checking my incoming guest calendar... as my head has been so full of fluff balls since Friday I thought I had incoming today, but yay... they arrive tomorrow so a day in hand which was a God send yesterday afternoon. This girl is not ready, but the Dachboden will be bright and shiny by this afternoon. Today is just another quiet day for me, getting slowly better and sorting upstairs. Would love to go up the hill but do still have enough sensible working parts in my brain to know that is a silly billy thing to do. Incoming snow forecast for tomorrow and then Thursday Fasching starts.. with the Kinderfasching parade through the village and then I have been commanded to appear at the after party at the Alpenrose Hotel... I sense a little mayhem coming my way later this week. La la la... What are friends for?

New week..

“Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.”

Good Morning...Mon 24th, 6.12, - 1.1 dg, forecast stable... sun through the week with the small aberration of snow Wednesday evening night. A good week in the Vorarlberg. There is something so toe curlingly lovely about not having to get up and prepare a breakfast basket for guests... the house is mine until Tuesday evening and then a family of three from Germany arrive. With any luck my enforced bed rest will be well and truly over and I will be once again a functioning person. Cancelled littles Tuition for today... the thought of teaching two energetic 9 yr olds is too much at the mo but will do my Monday Conversation group... heavens these girls are cute... there is one who has joined the Friday group and now wants to come to the Monday group as well so she can do it twice a week .. tick. Yesterday I was in bed for the day. My head was too heavy to carry and my feet stuck in mud so best on my back doing nix... bliss, well it would be if it was a choice not a necessity. Guests departed around 10, stripped the beds did the laundry and shut the door to the flat... today is another day. Am thinking I may need to take my computer into the doctor in Bludenz... I must have opened something, downloaded something or done something to cause the computer to behave as it is and has been for the last two weeks.. slow, so slow it is concerning, so will get the whizz kids to cast an eye over it for me before it implodes. One of my special children suggested it was the porn sites I have been in... I suggest, quite respectfully, that I was not in the porn site from choice, but the page kept re-directing me there... what chance do little people in this modern communication world, have when by doing a simple research you get directed to a porn site ? So, happy Monday from my corner to yours. For the girl doing the countdown in Wanaka... 3 days