Anyone around?

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Anyone around? : You had me until the cheese...
Posted by aMrsin09[/QUOTE]

I gotcha. I didn't really even think about that. Maybe I will leave it out...

shortee426

whaleflipflops- we don't have many options here.  A grocery store run is long overdue.  We don't feel like going to the store right now though cause it's raining.

whaleflipflops

MissySue20, dnbeach12- I live in snow-covered Germany now.

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[QUOTE]MissySue20, dnbeach12- I live in snow-covered Germany now.
Posted by whaleflipflops[/QUOTE]

Cool. Do you like it over there? Your FI must be in the military. Most people I have talked to that have lived over there that were from the States really liked it.

aMrsin09

Whale, I'm down in Australia.

Have you wandered over to the International Nesties board on the nest?

shortee426

aMrs- where in OZ are you?  I was recently in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane for work.  I'd love to make it to Perth and Adelaide someday!

Beachy730

WFF (I'm sorry I just can't call you whale) I just saw you posted on the military brides board too.  Are you in the military or your FI?  And what branch?

whaleflipflops

MissySue20- Yup he's in the Air Force. We both love Germany and the travel opportunities it gives us, except when our street begins to resemble a snowglobe. So far, we've gotten 6" and the snow isn't stopping.

Haven't made my way to the Nest yet.

shortee426

WFF (i'm down with DNB's nickname for you) - how'd you come up with your SN?

whaleflipflops

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[QUOTE]WFF (I'm sorry I just can't call you whale) I just saw you posted on the military brides board too.  Are you in the military or your FI?  And what branch?
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]
Fiance is in the Air Force.

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[QUOTE]MissySue20- Yup he's in the Air Force. We both love Germany and the travel opportunities it gives us, except when our street begins to resemble a snowglobe. So far, we've gotten 6" and the snow isn't stopping. Haven't made my way to the Nest yet.
Posted by whaleflipflops[/QUOTE]

I bet that is really pretty. 

whaleflipflops

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[QUOTE]WFF (i'm down with DNB's nickname for you) - how'd you come up with your SN?
Posted by shortee426[/QUOTE]
I pretty much live in flip flops for 9 months out of the year. I have a deep and passionate love of all things preppy and whale. When I got my first pair of Vineyard Vines (their logo is a whale) flip flops, I became obsessed and wore them everywhere until I pretty much wore them into the ground, and they became my "thing" so my best friend started calling me whaleflipflops that summer.

aMrsin09

Shorteee, I'm up north of Brisbane in the Cairns area.  It's considered Far North Queensland.

Skip Perth.  It's a Detroit mentality without the crime.

whaleflipflops

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Anyone around? : I bet that is really pretty. 
Posted by MissySue20[/QUOTE]
It looks pretty but fiance is at work now, getting off at 7:30am. Being that you can't tell where the sidewalk ends and the street starts, I'm worried about him getting home.

Beachy730

My H was stationed in Germany 3 times for his deployments and he loves it there.  I have seen plenty of pictures of different things there, but have never gone.  

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[QUOTE]My H was stationed in Germany 3 times for his deployments and he loves it there.  I have seen plenty of pictures of different things there, but have never gone.  
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]
Where in Germany? PM me if you don't want to post publicly on here.

shortee426

I love wearing flip flops too!  I spend most of the year in my flip flops.  The few months it is too cold for them I'm in nothing but Uggs.

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Anyone around? : I pretty much live in flip flops for 9 months out of the year. I have a deep and passionate love of all things preppy and whale. When I got my first pair of Vineyard Vines (their logo is a whale) flip flops, I became obsessed and wore them everywhere until I pretty much wore them into the ground, and they became my "thing" so my best friend started calling me whaleflipflops that summer.
Posted by whaleflipflops[/QUOTE]

That is a really cute and clever SN.

shortee426

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[QUOTE]Shorteee, I'm up north of Brisbane in the Cairns area.  It's considered Far North Queensland. <strong>Skip Perth.  It's a Detroit mentality without the crime.</strong>
Posted by aMrsin09[/QUOTE]

<div>Oh that's disappointing.  Although I guess it's better to find that out now than before I travel there.  Really I only wanted to go there because a musical artist I really love performed with WASO in Perth and that made me want to go there.  He mentioned how pretty it was.</div>

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WFF - I don't mean to be stupid or ignorant, but do they have snow plows and salt trucks there in Germany? I hope he gets home safely tonight.

Ciaram22

Evening ladies! I'm ready for the holidays to be over and get back to the normal bump and grind of everything. I'm tired of people freaking out over snow and making the grocery store I work at a nightmare.

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I hear you Ciara. We got all of our groceries last week for Christmas, but I still have to go back this week for a few things we forgot.

I am ready for them to be over as well. It just hasn't been the same the past few years without family and friends. I know I have my H and all, but it is just hard. I just want it to be January so we can go home and see them all.

Get some rest, put your feet up and relax.

Beachy730

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Anyone around? : Where in Germany? PM me if you don't want to post publicly on here.
Posted by whaleflipflops[/QUOTE]

<div>I honestly don't know, how horrible of a wife I am!  Haha</div>

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Anyone around? : Oh that's disappointing.  Although I guess it's better to find that out now than before I travel there.  Really I only wanted to go there because a musical artist I really love performed with WASO in Perth and that made me want to go there.  He mentioned how pretty it was.
Posted by shortee426[/QUOTE]

Oh, it is pretty, but you can see everything there is to do there in about three days.  Long expensive way to go to be entertained for three days max.

whaleflipflops

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[QUOTE]WFF - I don't mean to be stupid or ignorant, but do they have snow plows and salt trucks there in Germany? I hope he gets home safely tonight.
Posted by MissySue20[/QUOTE]
Yes we do. Last year was a bad winter, much worse than expected, and apparently the entire country just ran out salt! We have been advised by a friend who works at the Exchange on base to stock up on a few buckets while they have it. It's 4:15am here so they wouldn't plow it now. I don't know if it will be different for the highways- but at least in the villages, I would be surprised if they did get plowed. Sunday is sacred in Germany. The entire country shuts down to the point where it is actually illegal to wash your car on a Sunday. The only things open here on Sundays are gas stations (limited hours) and some bars and restaurants. For the most part, museums and zoos stay open on Sunday AFAIK, but I don't see a government employee having to come in on a Sunday here. It's just not done.

shortee426

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Anyone around? : Oh, it is pretty, but you can see everything there is to do there in about three days.  Long expensive way to go to be entertained for three days max.
Posted by aMrsin09[/QUOTE]

<div>True.  Well, maybe one day I'll have all the time and money in the world and can make it a stop on my full tour of Australia.  Or maybe I'll get lucky and work will send me there!</div>

aMrsin09

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Anyone around? : Yes we do. Last year was a bad winter, much worse than expected, and apparently the entire country just ran out salt! We have been advised by a friend who works at the Exchange on base to stock up on a few buckets while they have it. It's 4:15am here so they wouldn't plow it now. I don't know if it will be different for the highways- but at least in the villages, I would be surprised if they did get plowed. Sunday is sacred in Germany. The entire country shuts down to the point where it is actually illegal to wash your car on a Sunday. The only things open here on Sundays are gas stations (limited hours) and some bars and restaurants. For the most part, museums and zoos stay open on Sunday AFAIK, but I don't see a government employee having to come in on a Sunday here. It's just not done.
Posted by whaleflipflops[/QUOTE]

Hehehehe...welcome to Europe.

When we lived in France we were suprised at how much WAS open on Sundays.  The world rolled up it's carpets between 1 and 3 in the afternoon every day (as in can't even get a cup of coffee closed up).

Western Australia is even worse.  It's illegal for retailers to be open past 6 PM M-F and past 1 PM on Saturdays unless you are a Mom-N-Pop conveience ($$$$) store or gas station.  They have late night trading on Thursdays until 8 PM.

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Anyone around? : Hehehehe...welcome to Europe. When we lived in France we were suprised at how much WAS open on Sundays.  The world rolled up it's carpets between 1 and 3 in the afternoon every day (as in can't even get a cup of coffee closed up). Western Australia is even worse.  It's illegal for retailers to be open past 6 PM M-F and past 1 PM on Saturdays unless you are a Mom-N-Pop conveience ($$$$) store or gas station.  They have late night trading on Thursdays until 8 PM.
Posted by aMrsin09[/QUOTE]
Fiance was stationed in England before Germany. In England, a store can only be open for a maximum of 6 hours on Sunday. I always got a giggle out of seeing signs for the 24 hour stores that advertised Sunday hours as 12-6.

When we were in Switzerland about a month and a half ago, we saw a lot of stores with limited hours. One chocolate shop was only open from like 12-2. We wondered why even bother opening the store at that point? But we came back at noon for our chocolates, so I guess that answered that question.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]I always say I miss New Jersey snow, not Ithaca snow.  Two very different things.
Posted by shortee426[/QUOTE]

<div>Ithaca snow is SNOW.</div><div>
</div><div>Ithaca is SO pretty in the summer, but most people are only there for the 5-6 months when it's covered in lots and lots of snow. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" /></div>

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Anyone around? : You say that like it's a bad thing to have too much of the items listed above.
Posted by aMrsin09[/QUOTE]

<div>It's funny because if we get a ton of people, they won't leave until 3am, so we'll be up late and hung over in the morning. And if we don't get a lot of people, we'll be doing a lot of drinking ourselves and still be hung over tomorrow. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" /></div><div>
</div><div>There's a brunch about an hour away that we want to go to. It's a "brewery brunch" at a restaurant where they bring in a local brewer and serve hard-to-find beer. They're serving 2 old Christmas beers we've been looking for tomorrow, but getting up at 8 to be in Whittier by 10 might not be so appealing.</div>