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Post by LaFille on Dec 30, 2009 4:53:30 GMT
A good context to rest from the holidays, HEF. ;D
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Post by kitty on Dec 30, 2009 8:44:46 GMT
So the Christmas Aftermath: BF came back from his speed-shopping fairly grumpy.... but luckily (never thought I would ever say that) we had to hurry to get the train to my parents place, so no time to argue. Holy Night is gift-giving time in Germany, so on the same day (24th) we gave and received gifts to & fro my family. At 2am, we decided that one more Glühwein ("glowing wine": red wine, orange, cinnemon all heated up) and we fall asleep on the couch, so we went to bed. After about an hour, BF whispered "are you awake?" (I was) "yeah, what's the matter?", "I just thought I tell you I'm not mad anymore, I was just stressed out but I know you got me something because you couldn't the years before" (me smiling in the dark) "thanks for telling!", "do you want your gifts now?" (me jumping from the mattress) "'course!" So all went well BF-wise Wasn't so easy to him to spend Xmas with my family though, mainly because he did not understand a single word. But he discovered that he likes goose (apperently impossible to get in Aussieland, so he never had it) and my brother was smart enough to study aussie behaviour and got as a fancy BBQ set, hehe. On a general Kitty update: I finally found the mental balance again to continue some creative work I've started ages ago. The main reason for that, is the fact that we finally managed to get the 110 years old oven heater to work. And that the nice garbage guy explained to us how to not die on the cole ash. Also now I wish that I lived closer to a forest, ovens eat so much wood!
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Post by Galadriel on Dec 30, 2009 10:11:20 GMT
The bf part sounds really sweet Kitty, so I'm glad everything went fine in the end
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Dec 30, 2009 21:58:29 GMT
I'm glad things turned out, Kitty.
I know what you mean about oven heaters. The council cut back a lot of trees recently with bushfire season coming up, so we went scouting and brought back a lot of the off-cuts. Now I just need an axe so I can fit them into the oven...
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Post by kitty on Dec 31, 2009 8:00:25 GMT
But Handy, you are in Oz, the coldest it can get is like 0 degree (we had -18 the other day )
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 31, 2009 8:42:12 GMT
When the woodcutter of Oz will have chopped his wood, taken to prevent bushfires, into fine pieces, it will be a cold day in hell.
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Post by kitty on Jan 2, 2010 8:30:12 GMT
Anyone ever had to pull a sleigh to get around?
We needed new coal for our oven (we try to store it), so we took a sleigh and carried it... twas enough snow to do so. Freaky!
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Post by twoheadedragon on Jan 2, 2010 16:26:58 GMT
@ Kitty: Glad it all went well for you! @ HEF: Woe be to the trees who's paths you cross! ;D @ Glance: I second that.
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Post by LaFille on Jan 2, 2010 18:13:19 GMT
Well, zero is cold enough to put an oven to good use; and it gives a great ambiance. Glad to read that things turned out well, Kitty.
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Post by Galadriel on Jan 2, 2010 20:49:55 GMT
Anyone ever had to pull a sleigh to get around? We needed new coal for our oven (we try to store it), so we took a sleigh and carried it... twas enough snow to do so. Freaky! No pics? ;D
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Post by Galadriel on Jan 3, 2010 22:26:59 GMT
Suffers from S.A.D. has been going like this for a couple days, so i hope it passes quickly
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Post by kitty on Jan 4, 2010 9:27:52 GMT
BF has that too...guess is first real winter isn't what he expected...
Gal, try to keep your curtains/blades open over night so you get the first sunrays instead of getting up in the complete dark.
Don't use candles. Even though people like candle light in winter (ambience etc), it can fuel the winter-blues.
Go for lots of walks and change your lightbulbs to more natural lightning.
Stay away from fatty or overly sweet food, they may seem comforting but they just help your dopamin deficit.
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Post by Galadriel on Jan 4, 2010 11:24:11 GMT
There is hardly any sunshine at all and if I open my curtains everyone can look straight in my living room, me not like that. The only candle i burn is a perfumed one to get rid of the cigarette smell in the house. I walked to town today, and that helped a bit, got a 15 min sunbath under the tanning bed, that helped as well. Can't change the lights cuz they are spots in the ceiling. Barely eat at all, smoking on the other hand... Counting down the days till i leave for Crete Thx for the advice though
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Post by kitty on Jan 4, 2010 15:18:54 GMT
Not eating is not good, hun! And don't get me started on the smoking... But I sure Crete will be fun, so I'm not too worried about you Tasha
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Jan 4, 2010 17:37:51 GMT
BF has that too...guess is first real winter isn't what he expected...Ha! - He ain't seen nothing yet! According to the longer forecasts there'll come the time in a few days, after when -10° C will be considered a heat wave...^^ So, keep an eye on your supply of coal and logs, and keep your matches dry.
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Post by Galadriel on Jan 4, 2010 18:41:14 GMT
Not eating is not good, hun! And don't get me started on the smoking... But I sure Crete will be fun, so I'm not too worried about you Tasha No need to worry at all, but I was wondering what was wrong with me the last couple of weeks. And it does have it's ups and downs, really annoying, as if I would be pregnant (which is not possible before any of you starts on this! ;D )
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Post by kitty on Jan 5, 2010 11:16:40 GMT
@ Glance - we've got -3 degree INSIDE atm (it's 12:15pm), outside, it's 2 degrees less, the forecast for today is -11...yay. We got 10kg new coal and 3 packs of new wood last night. I felt like being taking back the my greatgrandmas time, I was carrying a big load of wood on my back, looking like this: (just imagine 20cm snow and early winterdarkness to it) @ Gal - suuuuuuure???
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Post by Galadriel on Jan 5, 2010 12:59:25 GMT
@ Kitty, pretty sure yes ;D Why don't you look if you can find a woodshop near by? My mother also has to warm her house with a wood stove and they get very cheap wood, and it's great quality too!
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Post by kitty on Jan 6, 2010 9:35:54 GMT
@ Gal - a woodshop.. lol! I'm in Berlin hun, gigantic city full of absolutly industrial lifestyles. These people have no need for wood! People living in old-Berlin flats with coalheating are living in A) the artist quarters or B) in the shabby rundown backstreet "little istanbuls" (little istanbul = semi-mean name for the places in Berlin with the majority of people being from Turkey, shops advertising in turkish or arbian only etc etc), I live in the latter and people who are not turkish and/or immigrants living in such conditions are what in 19th century London were the poor workingclass folks - just with TV's (also I don't have a TV..but internet!). What I'm trying to say is, people here have to either buy their wood in Builders Markets (which are big so they usually aren't directly in the city but you've to walk very far or drive to them) or burn whatever they get their hands on. I know a family that couldn't afford Builder Markets wood (4kg = 2,50€) and for some reason hadn't any other choice but to burn the timber tiles that covered the floors of their living room(!) Luckily, for living in the poor man's area, BF & I are fairly "rich" (we pay our rent ourselves and don't let the goverment do it), so we can afford the 2,50€ every other day. But we can't afford driving there (by train), so we walk, a loooooong way. Wish I lived in the countryside, near a forest every single day On the plus side, all this walking plus carrying heavy stuff seems to be a better workout then any gym ever offered me - Am totally more toned now, even so I'm eating double the calories (because I do more and it's cold), take that modern day image-craze PS: sorry for the rambling..
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Jan 6, 2010 9:40:20 GMT
Oh gods I am on a serial killer craze... can someone butcher me before I start obsessing even further over Dexter?
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