Weekly Update

We have been keeping busy over the past few weeks with all sorts of “stuff”. We found out that we will be able to move into our new house on September 1st. Finally! We are planning on spending the first week painting, putting in new floors, and building the kitchen. So in preparation for the move we having been spending a lot of time at IKEA and electronic stores. This week we purchased most of the kitchen and all of our appliances. We had to get everything: refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer, and the little things too: microwave, coffee machine, toaster and an iron. We are ready to move in and are looking forward to lots of house projects to keep us busy.

Work is gradually getting better for Jeff. He has had 2 big presentations that went really well. For one of them he had to travel to Italy, so that was exciting. He is slowly gaining respect from his German colleagues, which has not been a easy thing to do.

I am spending most of my time reading and exercising. I just started playing tennis with our neighbor, so that has been fun.

Last week we found an engorged deer tick on Cooper. It was super big and gross. I guess they are really common here so we have some new anti bug medicine and have been on the lookout for bugs. The removal process was rather traumatic for Jeff and I. Poor little Coop!

This weekend we are headed to Frankfurt to meet up with my cousin Jahje and her husband Joe. We are just going for the day, but are excited to spend some time with family. We have also planned a little get a way for the following week to Baden Baden and the Black forest. So we have lots to look forward to in the upcoming weeks!