Rough Winter

I have not been on here since November 12, 2020. This was right before my Mother in Law passed away. She was not just my Mother in Law but my friend who I talked to weekly. I miss her terribly and am still working on processing through it all. There is a HUGE void in my life. I decided I am going to just skip over winter in general, but will put some photos up of what went on in my kitchen and living room. We were in lock down AND guess what we are still in lockdown until JUNE, Yipee 👎 If there were an eyeroll emoji it would be inserted here as well along with 💩💩😩😫😷. 

My cousin told me sourdough was trendy, so aparently I am trendy! 

BAGELS mmmm

                                            Scones

                              Coffee cake

                                                        Crackers

                                                        Not sour dough, but Milos's favorite Dutch Baby.

Runza's

Biscuits

                    Crepes

Another one of Milo's favorites

                        Rouladen

                                                                                    

Spicy Miso and Chicken Katsu Ramen Bowls

Vegetable Tortelini Soup

      Pull apart Cardamom and orange Greek dessert

Scobie!  Kombucha. Not sure I will continue this experiment. It is a little on the gross side, but tastes real good.

 

Random projects in the living room. 

We have officially made it to Spring time and through our first winter in Berlin. To say it was a little dreary would be an understatement.  Although it wasn't as bad as we were expecting. We had snow, which was lovely. Aparently they haven't had snow here in at least 5 years. We were thankful to have a little bit of home this winter. 

Yes Milo does have a coat and pants on here, quite possibly only 1 of 2 times. 

The majority of the sleds here are these wooden ones. 

We found an old skateboard deck for him to "snowboard" on.  He is missing Snowy Range!

Tuefelsberg

THIS IS ACTUALLY ON AN ARTIFICIAL HILL, MADE OUT OF THE RUBBLE THAT BERLIN WAS REDUCED TO BY THE ALLIED BOMING DURING WWII. 800 TRUCKS A DAY DROVE RUBBLE OUT OF THE CITY.  THE AMERICAN AND THE BRITISH DECIDED TO PLACE THEIR SPY STATION ON TOP OF TUEFELSBERG.AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR 1,500 SPIES WORKED HERE. IT HAS NOW TURNED INTO THE LARGEST GRAFFITI GALLERY IN EUROPE. Not sure why I was writing in caps lock. Do not like it, I am stopping now.  

We had a really good time looking around the area, there were several buildings that were closed, that have been open in the past, but we still got to see quite a bit. It was right up Lexa's alley. 

LEXA CHECKING OUT DIFFERENT AREAS, SHE ALWAYS WANTS TO PUSH THE LIMIT. TRYING TO CONVINCE JEFF AND I SHE SHOULD BREAK THROUGH BOARDED UP AREAS TO SEE MORE...... 

PATHWAY UP AND BACK DOWN

MY FAVORITES 💕💓

I AM THINKING WE HAVE A COMMON THEME, MILO IS DONE.. THESE ARE OUR FRIENDS JOCIE, RYAN AND GREYSON. JOCIE CAME FROM THE SAME SCHOOL DISTRICT AS JEFF. 

This was the last thing we did for fall break. It was a good two weeks off. Thankful we got to explore around our area here. Hopefully we will be able to move about more freely in months to come.