Post a link to your entries on this day two years ago, last year, nine months ago, six months ago, three months ago and one month ago. If there was no entry on that day, link the closest date.

Two Years Ago: I was getting together with C. Huh. Weird. http://morgaine77.livejournal.com/2007/10/15/

One Year Ago: I was posting pictures of my weekly Veggie delivery. http://morgaine77.livejournal.com/2008/10/22/

9 Months Ago: I was posting about a snack swap: http://morgaine77.livejournal.com/2009/01/27/

6 Months Ago: My computer was apparently dying on me: http://morgaine77.livejournal.com/2009/04/27/

3 Months Ago: I was hunting for a kitchen and being clumsy: http://morgaine77.livejournal.com/2009/07/27/

1 Month Ago: I started going to the gym: http://morgaine77.livejournal.com/2009/09/25/

Found this list on Facebook and was laughing out loud, because this is SO true! :-)

You know you're Swiss IF...

1. you complain if your bus/train/tram is more than 5 minutes late. Make that 1 minute
2. you've ever been confused with a Swede
3. you laugh when Americans believe that Swiss Miss is a Swiss product, but then have no clue that Nestlé and Rolex ARE
4. you get frustrated if you go grocery shopping abroad and there aren't at least 10 different kinds of chocolate and 15 kinds of cheese available
5. you have learned three to four languages and think this is completely normal
6. you have ever been asked - upon stating your nationality - whether you live in the mountains and whether you can yodel
7. you can pronounce "Chuchichäschtli" and you know what it means
8. you have ever been asked who the president of Switzerland is and then failed miserably trying to explain why you've lost track
9. you know what "Röschti" are and you have crossed the "Röschtigrabe" at some point
10. you went to a state-funded ski camp every year with your classmates in high school
11. to you, skis are like the extensions of your feet, because you've skied since you could walk
12. you are amused when people ask you what language is spoken in your home country and/or you have to explain that "Swiss" is not a language, that there are four national languages and none of them is called "Swiss"!
13. you owned a Swatch growing up... or still do
14. you've ever seen "Sandmännchen" dubbed into Romansch
15. as a female, you give all your friends three kisses on the cheeks as a greeting
16. you love Migros and you swear that some of their products are better than anything you've ever seen elsewhere
17. you've ever been asked by your non-Swiss friends to intervene in a fight and used "hey, I'm Swiss" as an excuse not to
18. your country has six different public television channels in three different languages - and you don't think this is unusual
19. you get amused when you see Swiss German people being subtitled on German television
20. you firmly believe it is more important to do things accurately than to do them quickly
21. you were legally allowed to drink beer and wine at the age of sixteen
22. you walked to kindergarten without supervision, wearing a large orange triangle around your neck
23. you think it's normal that everyone has a bunker underneath their house, or is registered for one of the public bunkers under the school building, for emergency situations... by the way, here's a fun thing to do: invite over some of your foreign friends (Americans make very good candidates) and take a picture of the look on their face when they SEE the bunker. Priceless!
24. when being asked to explain how certain things work in your country, you have to use the phrase "it differs for each canton, so..."
25. you are asked to vote on a "Referendum" or "Initiative" at least 3 or 4 times a year
26. you are used to drinking from any public fountain in the street unless there is a warning sign that says "no drinking water"
27. you grew up believing all cows must wear bells
28. you think that driving somewhere for four hours is a hell of a long time
29. you get slightly irritated or at least confused if your foreign visitors ask to see a chocolate factory
30. you know what Betty Bossi books and products are and have bought one
31. you know someone that collects the tin foil lids from coffee cream tubs
32. you don't see where the problem is when every male citizen who has been to the army has an assault rifle under his bed
33. you have to pay twice the price for museum entries because you're not a citizen of the EU, although you live in Europe!
34. you are in a non-European country and can hear people talking Swiss German and just go up and strike up a conversation with a complete stranger
35. no matter how much of a "bad-ass" you think you are, you will still pick up your candy wrapper off the floor if an old lady asks you too
36. you think everything is cheap abroad compared to Swiss prices!

I just came back from a great Saturday afternoon. This weekend, there's a Middleage Spectacle in Town and I went there with a new aquaintance of mine, Tanja. Hehe, same name, same age as me and we get along great. We had a wonderful time. This was the spectacle: http://www.spectaculum.de/termine/moers/
Awesome! It took place in the city/castlepark and I love it there. It's beautiful!

In addition, there was a fall-festival in town where there was lots to see. I found a cute new teapot and just brewed myself a pot full of Georgia Peach Green Rooibos Tea. Yum!

Got some pics of my new treasure for you:



Can you guess what this is? :-)



It's a clip for a teabag! Since I love to drink loose tea, I thought I'll try those teabags. Ain't that cute?



We also found the cutest little coffee shop, hidden in small side street. It was buzzing, though. It's called Coffee by Marie and apparently they also serve awesome Brunch there and they have other events, too. I'll definitely go back for more! I really discovered Moers today, which was awesome. I'm so happy and content now. I'm sipping my tea now and will make myself a sandwich with this faboulus stone-oven baked hazelnut bread I got at the spectacle. Pure Bliss. :-)

Oh, one last picture: Luna's new fav place to be is practically on top of my keyboard:

• 16:55 Love Sucks. Wenn man denkt alles wird gut, kommt der nächste Hammer. #

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• 12:56 Auf dem Sprung zu Ikea. :-) #

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• 12:58 Bekommt grad die neue Küche installiert. #

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I got my kitchen! Am really happy with it, but it's also small, which results in some small storage problems. Having had my own household for ten years and continously moving into bigger apartments, a lot of stuff has accumulated. I will have to sort through everything again and I will probably throw away tons more or move it to the basement. Also, a sideboard for storage will be a good idea. You know, for stuff like vases, tupperware and all those bulky things. Some shopping at Ikea is in order, I remember they have some great kitchen-storage-helpers for small spaces. But all in all, I'm happy with what I got. Just the watertab is still missing - but this will be installed on Thursday.

Anyways, NOW I'm going shopping for fresh food! And beer! I REALLY want a cold beer now for celebration. :-)

Oh my gosh, my aunt just sent me this video. I laughed so hard! Read the text first:

• 17:24 "If life gives you lemons, ask for Tequila and Salt and gimme a call!" #

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• 19:00 Ok, I kinda can't stop listening to "(Do you wanna) Date my avatar" by #The Guild. Addictive! #

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My princess Luna in her new, fav spot by the window.

• 17:20 My boss rocks: Today she got icecream for us and sent us home 15 minutes early. :-) #

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For all the gamers out there - check out this song and also their website: www.watchtheguild.com/
Absolutely priceless! Every gamer will know what I'm talking about...

Yeah, I know, me is very nerdy and I love my World of Warcraft Toon.

I finally achieved the "Insane in the Membrane" title and am now officially

Tanyanka, the Insane! (Tanyanka, die Wahnsinnige)

And yeah, I also just recently got the rat. hehehe...

Ok, my french isn't as good as it used to be, but I felt like quoting Obelix. :D

I can't get over the fact that the absolute majority of the apartments in Germany come unrenovated and without a kitchen. At least around here, where you're not in the heart of a bigger city. Also, I learned that Germans are a Do-It-Yourself society. Be it moving to a new place or building and installing a kitchen. Now, I'm so not like that, I'm the spoiled Swiss brat that way. I don't know how to renovate or paint an apartment and I have no freakin' idea how to install a kitchen. My skill ends at putting an Ikea Bookshelf together or installing my PC. I also thoroughly detest being dependent on so-called friends to execute the move for me. Thus, me hiring a moving company.

Due to the same reasons, I went into a furniture shop-chain and have them build, deliver and install the kitchen for me. I picked a really nice one, I'm very happy with it. However, it turned out more expensive than I originally planned. My thinking was, that I wanted it to fit not only my apartment, but also my needs. Thus I didn't buy something haphazardly thrown together. My kitchen will be deliverd Mid-September. I will have to live without a kitchen and without a fridge until then, but I'll survive. I'll live off fruit and crackers and water. ;-)

Moving Company: approx. EUR 1000.-
New kitchen: EUR 1900.-
Delivering and installing the kitchen: approx. EUR 500.-

Having your own place and be independent: Priceless.
(for everything else, there's Mastercard and savings. ;-))

Since I'll have a nice, rather open balcony, I was thinking about ways of securing it for the cats and decorating it. I ran some ideas by a colluege and together we came up with a neat idea. We will secure the balcony with a wire-mesh fence that will be about 2 meters high. That way, the kitties won't be able to jump over it. Plus, you can still see through it. At the corner points, there will be bamboo sticks to secure the fence around. On top of the bamboo sticks, I plan to put Tiki-Torches. (neat, huh? hihi). And eventhough I'm not a terrible giftet gardener, I will try to put some plants out there, maybe some that may climb up the fence. Maybe tomatoes... Or berries... Or just green stuff and flowers. :-) Everything needs to be safe, of course. Not harmful to the kitties in any way.

Keeping myself busy and planning all sorts of stuff keeps me sane and the hurt and pain at bay. It keeps me from brooding.

Ok. I'm officially clumsy. I squashed my freakin' hand under the window in the ladies room. Why, you ask? Because I wanted to close it and then it freakin' FELL TOWARDS ME!!! I'm lucky nothing more happened and I only have a bruised hand. It hurts, obviously, but nothing seems to be broken or anything.

In other news, am still on a quest for the kitchen. Got the measurements, courtesy to a friend who came with me to the new place and did all the measuring for me. Will check out Poco today after work and hopefully, I'll find something I like and they will be able to deliver soon. I really hate the idea of not having a kitchen. oO

Am still hurt and angry, sometimes desperate, but all in all rather in a fighting mood. I'll be damned if I allow a man to crush me...
(would still take him back in the current state, though...ah yes, a woman's logic...)

I swear I was woken by an earthquake this morning at 5am. The whole house was shaking, my kitties were restless and the birds in the garden were really loud and taking flight.

There was nothing on the news, though, but I did some investigation and found out, that there was indeed an earthquake registered in Düsseldorf. I'm about 40km away.