The project - after 3 weeks of work

We are working already for three weeks in our "project" - a few things changed: some of our ceilings are not dark anymore! (in 5 hard steps: each of them washed two times, 1 time base layer and 2 times color). Some of our walls are smooth as baby skin (kitchen and staircase - preparation for coloring after "destruction" work) and some of them have already colors - Ronja's room with a pink and purple wall, dessert colors in the master bedroom and the pink pig dots are the start of an extraordinary kitchen (which in supposed to come out red ;-) ) - we both have color in our hair that doesn't come of anymore, the french manicure is ruined and every muscle hurts - but there is still plenty to do! BTW the demolition team carried 1.2 tons of tiles over 3 floors down into a container!

The project started!

To get such a beautiful view and sunset from your own apartment you need to do some work - this week we started our remodeling job at the place we bought - which meant "destroy" a whole kitchen and a bathroom, pull ugly carpet of a wall (over two floors!) and much more. Fortunately my parents came over for a full week and helped a lot - thank you so much!!!!

There is still plenty to do before we have to move in by end of April...at least Ronja liked the picnics we did in the evening after daycare in the middle of the construction chaos ;-)....we keep you posted.

Carneval night parade

It was dark and a bit scary - the night parade in our village for carneval. Unfortunately to dark to take pictures of the witches and wolves - all the traditional masks and costumes - but fun with a beer at the sidewalk watching the parade with Susi and Philipp!

Detroit Expat Ski Weekend in Austria - Year 2

This year our Detroit Expat Reunion Ski Trip was in Filzmoos, Austria. The weather and snow was not perfect (one day we had pouring rain - which made a trip to Salzburg possible) - but we had a good time - including great self made food in our little "kitchen wardrobe", played funny games in the evenings and the kids had a blast in a very family friendly setting (see Ronja's blog). "Jack the Kuerbis" - see you all for the 4th of July reunion this summer!

Skiweek in Les Arcs - France

What a great week we had in France - not as much snow as expected, but plenty of sunshine, a wonderful chalet and a funny group of 17 adults and 3 kids - here a few pictures of the more than 500 we took ;-). We had a birthday to celebrate, outstanding selfmade food and even a "Dinner-for-one" performance in our ski-in and ski-out house. Thanks again Rieker-Reisen for oganizing such a perfect trip! (more pics also on Ronja's blog)

Pu's Birthday!

What a fun night - Pu's birthday night was a great celebration! Congratulations dear Pu!