Family visit

Tom's aunt Micky and uncle Helmut came down from Friedberg on Saturday morning and left on Sunday morning.  They are such a great couple.  Micky speaks perfect english and Helmut's english is getting better every time we meet. 

We'll miss them when we leave Germany, but they've promised to come visit next year.

No govenrment shut down?

So I guess I'm safe to buy yarn?

Government Shut Down

As anyone reading this blog probally knows, I work for the US Army in Germany.  I work in an Human Resources area.  They employees are going nuts because of the possible shutdown.  This will not just effect government employees stateside, but those of us overseas are really worried.  Our region is in the process of handling a lot of programs that support the military overseas including those in dangerous areas.
I'm one of the lucky ones, Tom is always prepared. So financially we are OK. This not true for all those working here.  There are lots of military families that depend on not only the Military member's pay, but also the spouse's pay. 
There's are real easy fix to the budget mess.  STOP Paying other countries to be our friends! 

OK I've got that off my chest.

I'm on a roll....

Christmas Knitting has started