Here!

gosh...already been here for a week. this was night one, which happened to be my 31st birthday.

i flew 11 hours, went through 85 customs lines, came up empty at the baggage claim, got picked for the random inspection (i think 1 out of every 50 people gets picked..and I didn't even have bags, you mutha beeps!) and sent to horrific room with one other confused guy and almost started crying i was so tired and so livid mad at lufthansa. (my bag ended up coming more than 48 hours later...ridic.)

mama bought me a new pair of shoes on the way back from the airport, borrowed some clothes from the sisters (thank goodness for 3 of those) and we had a little family celebration.

{aunt coco's back in service!}

I'm not gonna lie. I had jet lag issues for several days and was hating it, especially at night when it was time to see friends and I felt like I was gonna fall over on the table. 

And, I miss you blog world. And I miss my man and my pup back home. It's been a bit overwhelming this time. I've been gone for a year and half and I'm amazed at the amount of strip malls here. ha!

For those of you in Germany that offered your home in case of further delay, thank you! So nice to have friends in high (snowy) places! :)

Stuck

at the Frankfurt airport because of a delay on my first flight and missing my connecting flight to Houston.
 

I'm feeling about the same as that guy up there.

Next flight to Houston: tomorrow. Frankfurt Inn, here I come. Room service and new release American movies...come to mama.

Business Before Pleasure*

Finishing up some designs before I head home tomorrow.  Hoping the non-stop snowfall doesn't interfere with my plans...it best not.

{opening the bathroom window for a *very brief* moment of fresh air...someone is dying to be smothering herself in that goodness}

{Laura's having giveaway for a personalized set of stationery that you might want to enter}

* I find blog designing quite pleasurable and may even have a little withdrawal while I'm home!

Catch ya on the other side!

Aglow in Advent

I had to give you a little glimpse of Christmas Graz again this year...especially before I leave and probably neglect the blog somewhat.

Apologize for their graininess.  Of course I took these the day before the wondey snow came and really put the icing on the Christmas scene around here...literally.  If you want to see some better ones..check out Amber's.

Deck the Halls

The blog's got a little extra Christmas flair, and I tried to give our home some too...just a little before I head off to Houston.  I never want to spend or do a lot because we don't have the storage space nor will we want to move it with us when we go.  Found some cute wreaths at the local craft store and liked that I could use them every year (and that they were cheap):

Then nature cooperated this weekend and provided me with a wondey white backdrop!

{not sure how well you can see it, but we got about 5 - 6 inches of snow.} {my wreaths kinda look like dangling donuts in this pic.}

the pup LOVES snow.  We had to have a family outing.

A cute dad playing with his toddler daughter in the fresh snow.