Concorde Hotel

I was greeted by my husband with a rose at the airport after my 9 1/2 hour flight to Frankfurt. Isn't that sweet?

We had a nice view from our terrace of other buildings. The terrace was available to everyone in the hotel, but few knew about it.

It was nice having the terrace just outside of our room. We liked to sit out there in the evenings and relax. I also liked sitting out there during the afternoons drinking tea and reading a book. Sometimes, I would almost pinch myself because it just didn't seem real. I thought I must be dreaming.

Our room as simple, but nice. I didn't watch much television while I was there. I tried watching The Big Bang Theory, but since it was in German, the jokes tended to be lost on me. I could only watch so much of BBC news.

The bahnhof (train station) was a mere 1/2 block away, making it soooo convenient.

I still haven't figured out how I ended up with the smallest closet . . .

My 15 minutes

Somehow, my 15 minutes of fame isn't exactly what I had in mind. Yesterday, I posted a comment on Facebook on the local news page. KIII TV news posted: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Senators have voted to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into public college classrooms and buildings. Today's 21-10 vote is a major push on an issue that had stalled in the Senate and House despite overwhelming numbers of lawmakers in support.

I commented that I thought this was a dumb idea and the news station has reported both last night and this morning that I made the comment. Dang! If I knew that I was going to be quoted on television, I would have made my comment a little more profound. LOL

Ladies who lunch

The reason that I was able to go to Germany in the first place was because my husband was chosen to work on the Ticona/Germany project. aka Tiger. He was over there for 3 months and I was blessed to be able to spend a month with him. I especially wanted to be there in April since that is when we had our 30th anniversary.


There were several other project wives that were along with their husbands. From left to right are Louisa (from the UK), Grazia (originally from Brazil), Me (from Texas), Susan (from Pennsylvania) and Jan (from South Carolina). We met at the Turkish restaurant in Bad Soden for lunch. Some of us walked and some arrived by car.


We had lots of stories to tell. Some knew good "menu German". It's the amount of German one needs to know in order to read the menus at the restaurants. Even the Turkish restaurant's menu was written in German. When I first arrived, I just ordered still water since I do not care for the water with the bubbles. I soon learned that the best thing to drink with the meals was wine. I do not know why I did not know that from the get-go. I guess I'm a little slow.

Did you miss me?

Did you miss me? I have been away. I have been on a wonderful trip to Germany and would go back in a heartbeat. I was blessed to have spent the last month soaking up the beautiful sights and eating fabulous food. It's probably good that I didn't stay longer; I gained a pound a week. I made a rule for myself that I would take the stairs so that it would help me not to put on TOO much weight. Since we stayed on the 5th floor, that was lots and lots of steps.

In the next few posts, I will share with you some of the wonderfulness that I experienced. I hope you will join me!


Tschüss,
Teresa

Paris

I had SO much fun working on this project. It all fell into place so nicely. I am going to take this window to my downtown booth the next time I go. I am already looking forward to making another!

Busy night on Etsy

'Sometimes it's fun to get DIRTY! And then sometimes it's fun to get CLEAN!' by GwynnsGifts

Life is what you make of it and I think people would have more fun if they just got dirty every once in awhile. You can always get clean again.

Down the Rabbit Hole 5x... deepwithinthea... $15.00	Tractor T Shirt Old Sch... locomotive $22.00
Cemetery dirt - Edgar A... cedarjunction $11.95	Truck Driver Goat, Phot... quirkycreature... $28.00
Water Pitcher LeeDanielsClay... $165.00	Spiced Mahogany Soap asliceofdeligh... $6.00
Muddy Love Heart Pendan... earthenwood $10.00	Original Dump Truck Fun... appledonia $14.00
Shadow Shiv Earrings, B... PoleStar $72.00	Gardener's Gift Set AbbeyJames $21.95
So Much Beauty in Dirt ... girlwithasword $30.00	Persian Romance moovmint $150.00
monster truck 4x4 wall ... RGII $25.00	Chocolate Brownie Soap Bubblelanesoap $6.50
Coffee Drink Tile Coast... Empressed $10.00	Fly Fishing Men America... mediumcontrol $30.00

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I received a text in the wee hours this morning telling me that I had been featured in a treasury on Etsy. Heather of  GwynnsGifts put together a list that featured all things about dirt and way to clean up that dirt. She featured my Edgar Allan Poe art bottle as part of her list. Who knew that there was so much dirt on Etsy?

'Les choses que j'aime' by badassbunny

2 for 1 Sale - Barely D... WildLifePrints $20.00	Lucky Little Cloud Mobi... babyjives $47.00
Designer Blue Spawn of ... MonstersDomest... $38.00	BLACK and BEIGE striped... fieldstudy $42.50
Super Honey Knuckles luckyduct $94.00	Mixed Media Painting wi... jasonbrammer $2000.00
Bride of Frankenstein n... FableAndFury $26.00	Black Bear print 11x14 berkleyillustr... $35.00
Black and White Rabbit ... artprintsbyche... $165.00	Dainty teacup ring - Ro... InmostLight $20.00
Cemetery dirt - Edgar A... cedarjunction $11.95	SPOOKY GLOW Resin Ring ResonanceToron... $38.00
red velvet. 5x7 Fine Ar... moonaskingtost... $12.00	Photograph: Butterfly o... nataliavand $10.00
The Marvelous Mushroom ... LambCandy $12.00	Framed Monarch butterfl... BugUnderGlass $48.00

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This morning, when I checked my Etsy shop, I discovered that listed on the Activity Feed, was a second treasury that also featured my Edgar Allan Poe art bottle. This one was created by BadAssBunny. It has many quirky, interesting items featured in it. She titled her list Les choses que j'aime. I have absolutely NO idea what it means, but it looks interesting. LOL

Taking a header

All of the little goodies that I ordered lately are starting to arrive so I get to PLAY! I just finished this steampunk necklace and wrote a little story to go with it. It's fun to develop a story that fits the pieces. Here is the story that I wrote to go with this one:


One evening at the pub, his friends challenged him to a race across France. What could he say? He couldn't let his friends know that he didn't even own a bicycle. He had to borrow his Dad's old bicycle. The bicycle kind of scared him. It was one of those darn penny-farthing bicycles. He had taken so many headers on that stupid contraption. The worst spill was right in front of a group of young women that he had been trying to impress. He was utterly humiliated. Now, he had the possibility of going over the handlebars in front of everyone . . .