the last day

the last day in 2007.

what a year... we are able to rethink the last year, make something special when the clock comes to the 24:00. but animals do not. i read the article today in the times from Verlyn Klinkenborg about this special time we celebrate. than i reread his "2 pigs from oktober 25. he says it all in there about butchering a pig:

"Knowing that you’re doing something for the last time is a uniquely human fear. I thought that would be the hardest thing about having pigs. In fact, it’s not so hard, though it does remind me that humans have trouble thinking carefully about who knows what. One day soon I’ll step into the pen and give the pigs a thorough scratching, behind the ears, between the eyes, down the spine. Their tails will straighten with pleasure. It will be the last time. I will know it, and they simply won’t."

they don't know and that is good, it is good to live in ACCEPTANCE, that is the word and the meaning i have to get in my head. i have to be open for this new year to come, to let it be a good, happy one, because we have a wonderful love for each other and we have an exciting time to come.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 TO EVERYBODY,
LET'S CELEBRATE LOVE AND PEACE!!!

unterschrieben!!

we were at a party with friends and we had to tell about our adventure we are now heading to. they were all thrilled with the idea to start a new life in italy. but these people were not the common iowan's, they were all democrats, what helps a lot to keep a conversation going and they were all somehow connected to europa. it is nice to talk to people who think usa is not the most wonderful place on earth, and i told about this blog, and how silly i feel to write with my bad english, but they thought it is cute to read my accent. i hope the reader here have a similar feeling to all the mistakes i am making, SORRY about this !!

ich koennte auch in deutsch weiter schreiben, aber dann verstehen mich noch weniger....
we do have the contratto preliminare now printed out and send them back- via e-mail, and get than later the originals in the snail-mail. the beginning of a long interesting bureaucratic way we just stepped on.

we did buy a christmas tree the 3. last of the good smelling balsam fur. my friend Hein has a christmas tree farm, and there a christmas tree will never get shaped- it has to grow to the right form, so they are mostly very wide at the bottom and have all the buds on the end of the branches. these here look like plastic, and every branch is chipped off. will see how we celebrate next weihnachten.

the contract for our new italia rustico

hello alle zusammen, hi all together,
we are getting ready to sign the contract. there are still some little things to be cleared. but it looks like this will be the REAL thing. what a wild time. there is than SSOO much to do. we will have to figure out how to get a 40feet trailer for all this stuff to move. the best would be if that thing would stand here for a month to get it all filled nicely. we should buy one and than we have also the time to unload . the one company gave you 2 hours to load the container, every hour than is $75 . i can hire 3 people for that money to help loading.
i just started to sell all the electric stuff on e-bay. it is amazing how much people pay for that special piece. $77 for a 50 year old PINK mixer, plus the shipping they have to pay for --$100. and no more snowshoes!! a relict from Jon's alaskan times.
but we lose a lot on stuff not that popular. who wants a band saw taller than i am - and heavier!
there is the thought about a generator and let it run than. more BUYING? noooooo.
our thought is simlifying our life in italy, no more things we do not need. oh yes!!!this is the right poster:




it does take the stress out of the season of love - it is not about spending as much money as possible, it is to show love. i have to say that here in america the materialism is worse than in deutschland. shopping is the way of entertaining, for some people the only one - of course - except tv. i wonder how i got things done with watching tv for 4 hours every day. i am soooo glad we did not get one after our move to the iowa country side. yes that is the other BIG thing waiting for us, we have to finish this little house, so we get a reasonable price for it and after changing the money into euro have some left.





here is a picture of our pretty cold
iowa country site: