tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38976180041088527772024-03-05T17:43:17.421+01:003 Kute KidzSwitzerland Edition!!!SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.comBlogger346125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-43063583698664297192020-04-04T08:40:00.000+02:002020-04-17T09:39:43.868+02:00Quarantine and homeschooling week 3!!!Well here we are in week 3, and it went as well as you can imagine, the first picture below pretty much sums it up. First of all getting them to just sit down was a mission and when that was done getting them to concentrate was a mission. Roderick had so many big projects to finish this week and he was not a happy chappy. He needed to complete a 2 meter long timeline of the world and colour and cut out Easter eggs for a picture, he doesn't like colouring but did his best, I had to help with cutting out the grass, that crap is hard, to be fair he was mostly unhappy this week because his birthday was coming up and we had to cancel his party like everyone in these last couple months.<br />
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On the bright side the weather warmed up slightly again and we were able to spend some time outside soaking up the sunshine<br />
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We finished the week with Roderick having a long video chat with teachers and classmates which was pretty fun for him although with 20ish kids talking all at once its hard to get a word in edgewise so I think he mostly listened. Here are some of the pictures.<br />
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I will admit it has been an interesting experience and were it not for everything being in a German I'm pretty sure I would have managed a whole lot better, as it is my google translate is working overtime and sometimes the translations don't make sense so I have to go get a second opinion from Hubby or Ray who luckily is fluent.<br />
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I will probably come update as I remember more, note to self to not put of writing while its all fresh, And now for some much needed holidays!!!<br />
Cheers to all the parents who are homeschooling and to the teachers who are working overtime to provide the content for us parents to do at home, and of course to all the healthcare workers who are also working overtime to try and help everyone they can, we are in this together!!! Stay Healthy :) 💙<br />
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SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-38096595267798367292020-03-31T15:38:00.001+02:002020-04-17T09:09:24.104+02:00Quarantine and Homeschooling week 2!!!Week two passed without too much Drama, I made a loose schedule back in week 1 and we loosely stuck to it, getting all three kids at the table doesn't always happen, our 14 year old prefers to do school in bed but that is OK as long as she is getting it done, she is also called by her teachers periodically to give her German practice so I'm pretty sure her work is happening as it should.<br />
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One drastic thing that changed this week was the weather, week 1 was beautiful going up to 20 degrees, week 2 went way down to about 4-5 degrees with a wind chill making it feel -4 but at least its not snowing again like it did in Germany, I would not have been happy with snow.<br />
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Thankfully the sun was shining most of the week so its not all cold and gloomy, Saturday got up to 15 so we managed to go to the empty school yard and play some tennis and bit of soccer.<br />
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we are trying to keep the kids schedule similar to their usual school schedule except with a bit more sleep in in the morning(their usual times are to wake up between 6-7) so now its 8 with a school start of 9am which works fairly well, they also have a bit more of a longer lunch time and can finish in the afternoon whenever their work is done.<br />
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Another big thing that happened this week was that at Leona's last X-ray on Thursday they decided her harness can come off, its been on for 6 weeks so she is thrilled to finally have it off, she can now wear her shirts normally again, she is not allowed though to put put any weight on it or pick up anything yet which is hard but she seems to be managing, she was also given exercises to do at physio and I'm pretty sure she is not doing them as much as she needs to so every time I see her I make her do them in front of me, its just a matter of time before this is all behind us, I will do a post on what happened in more detail later.<br />
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Friday I went out for the first time in almost two weeks and I got quite excited, it was just to go down the road to Leona's physiotherapy appointment but still, I also went into Otto's to grab some shampoo and wow, the changes in the shops that are still open are eerie, but that will be a separate post, here are some pictures of the last week, Stay Healthy :)<br />
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SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-80054799586087870262020-03-27T09:26:00.003+01:002020-03-27T10:07:11.713+01:00Happy Swissversary!!!Today marks #8years since we landed in Bern Switzerland when the kids were 6, 4 and almost 2.<br />
We had this crazy idea that we wanted to live here, Hubby finally convinced me and we were off on a one way ticket with only our suitcases and not knowing a single soul here, the first two months we lived in the family room at the Passantenheim run by the Salvation Army while Hubby brushed up on his German while at the same time looking for a job, was it crazy? Maybe, we didn't know what would happen and if we would find what we were looking for, and then it all happened fast, we made some friends, Hubby found a job that he still has 8 years later and we were accepted into an apartment and then time just flew by, of course it hasn't been without struggles and challenges but all in all we made a home here, traveled, seen many beautiful places, done some amazing hikes had many friends and family visiting and thoroughly enjoyed our life in CH<br />
Happy Swissversary to us!!!<br />
These are some of the first photos we took here, how small were the munchkins<br />
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<br />SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-38449998807416397642020-03-26T13:33:00.000+01:002020-04-17T09:10:02.822+02:00Quarantine and Homeschooling week 1!!! Quarantine and Lockdown!!! two words I never thought I would be using in my lifetime yet here we are, 3 months into 2020 and the entire world is in quarantine and most countries are on lockdown.<br />
Meaning don't leave your house unless its an emergency!<br />
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Thanks to the new sickness called the CoronaVirus EVERYTHING is cancelled and shutdown, everything except supermarkets, Pharmacies and banks(which are even starting to close).<br />
Everything is new and different, oh yea the schools closed almost two weeks ago too, so everyone in Switzerland and many other countries are now homeschooling(ahhh the flashbacks) its all a little too closely related to my life growing up in which I was homeschooled, except now I'm the teacher and the school is in German. Its been ok so far and not too stressful(thank goodness for Google translate) but still not easy and the kids actually miss going to school, not sure if thats a good thing or an insult 😂<br />
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I would have thought I would come out of this with a drinking problem(remember I'm homeschooling in German) but having had waaay too many headaches over the first week I have also given up alcohol for now, every time I had a beer I would have a headache through the night and most of the next day, so I switched to non-alcoholic beer and the headaches were gone, I had my first beer in a week two days ago and yup, headache all night and most of the next day, damn, I really want a beer.<br />
In week 1 we were lucky enough to have gorgeous weather so we could go spend some time outside in our beautiful garden, we spent some time reading, playing birdie, eating popcorn and practicing with Roderick's Bow and arrow set and just generally soaking up the Vitamin D, thats all for now, Stay Healthy :)<br />
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<br />SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0Bern, Switzerland46.9479739 7.447446846.8612664 7.2860853 47.034681400000004 7.6088083tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-14287540850081123452020-03-25T10:31:00.000+01:002020-04-17T09:11:12.208+02:00Hello WorldI know I'm back and forth with this blog but lately I have been wanting to write down whats been going on and different thoughts so I figured I would pick it up again for now, I doubt anyone is actually reading anymore but its really just for me to record recent happenings, esp as the world gets crazier and crazier, so here it is!!! and here is a recent picture of us taken last year on our much needed trip to Australia for family time<br />
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Cheers and Stay Healthy 🍻<br />
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<br />SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-48411191461196320952016-07-22T12:52:00.002+02:002016-07-22T21:00:38.785+02:00book list, so far!!!in no particular order, will keep adding to it as this will take awhile! Starting with the books I have been enjoying more recently 📚👍👌📗📘📙📕📚👌👍<br />
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<a href="http://www.dianagabaldon.com/" target="_blank">Diana Gabaldon</a>--<b>Outlander</b> an 8 book series(Historical fiction,read multiple times, love,love,love this series, 9th book is currently being written)<br />
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<a href="http://www.jkrowling.com/" target="_blank">JK Rowling</a>--<b>Harry Potter</b>(read multiple times)<br />
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<a href="http://www.pamelasargent.com/" target="_blank">Pamela Sargent</a>--Venus trilogy(futuristic story about the colonisation of Venus,pretty cool, couldn’t stop reading till they were all done)<br />
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<a href="http://www.theendingseries.com/" target="_blank">Lindsey Fairleigh and Lindsey Pogue</a>--<b>The Ending series</b>(post-apocolyptic 4 book series about a virus that killed billions, only a few remain immune and try to rebuild and fight for survival, still on book 4)</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.philippagregory.com/books" target="_blank">Philippa Gregory</a>--<b>The Other Boleyn Girl</b>(just to state her most popular book, but she has so many good Historical Novels about the Tudors and other Kings and Queens, read many of them but still have many to go)<br />
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<a href="http://www.belinda-alexandra.com/" target="_blank">Belinda Alexandra</a>--<b>White Gardenia, Silver Wattle, Wild Lavender</b> etc(Fantastic books about people fleeing war torn places,starting new lives in new countries and making something of themselves, Love all these books esp Silver Wattle(sisters go to Australia)currently reading Sapphire skies and the newest book is out next month)<br />
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<span id="freeText2185831466078352735"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/30913.Laura_Hillenbrand" target="_blank">Laura Hillenbrand</a>--<b>Unbroken:</b></span><b>A World War II Story</b>(the true story of Olympian runner <span id="freeText16048754457447568392">turned soldier turned POW Louis Zamperini, the movie was good too)</span><br />
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<span id="freeText16048754457447568392"><a href="http://www.danieljamesbrown.com/" target="_blank">Daniel James Brown</a>--<b>The boys in the boat</b>(another true story about the Olympics of 1936 at the breakout of </span>World War II, gripping,could not put it down till it was done)<br />
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<a href="http://www.franktayell.com/" target="_blank">Frank Tayell</a>--<b>Surviving the Evacuation</b>(7 book post-apocalyptic series about Zombies)(currently on book three)<br />
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<a href="http://www.onesecondafter.com/" target="_blank">William R. Forstchen</a>--<b>One second after</b>(post-apocolyptic 2 book series about a war lost because of a terrifying weapon, an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), the Sequel "<b>One Year after</b>" is equally as gripping)<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/71319-the-hungry" target="_blank">Steven W. Booth, Harry Shannon</a>--<b>The Hungry</b>(6 book Zombie apocalypse series, this one was quite fun and action filled, I enjoyed it immensely)<br />
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<a href="https://www.ericastevensauthor.com/the-survivor-chronicles.html" target="_blank"> Erica Steven</a>--<b>The Survivor Chronicles</b>(<span style="background-color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0); color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6; white-space: pre-wrap;">From earthquake to fire to tsunami" A 4 book post-apocalyptic series about survival when the world is in chaos, could not put this down till it was done)</span><br />
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Will keep adding as time permits :)<br />
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The Cousins’ War Series
The Wideacre Trilogy
The Tudor Court Novels
Modern Novels<br />
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The Cousins’ War Series
The Wideacre Trilogy
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Source: Philippa Gregory</div>
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The Cousins’ War Series
The Wideacre Trilogy
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The Other Boleyn Girl<br />
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Source: Philippa Gregory</div>
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My birthday was fun, we had friends over with some drinks and lots of Flammkuchen that Zeth made, its soooo yummy :) and everyone seemed to get along yay :P<br />
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The kids went for a sleepover at their Grandmas last night and waking up this morning in a completely empty silent house this morning at 9:30 and then folding the laundry without little ppl trying to kill each other was quite an amazing feeling, I could almost get used to it, luckily the kids love their Grandma and she doesn’t mind having all three at once(score) :P (I think summer holidays are great and I love summer but after awhile a few short breaks now and again are oh so special)<br />
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I just realised I have read so many books that I'm forgetting what I read so I am going to start a post and list as many as possible maybe with a short summery.<br />
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I think I will go make cookies now with the kids, because its raining and feels like a cookie day :P<br />
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Update: and 2 hours later ta da, delish oatmeal chic chip cookies 🍪👍👌😍<br />
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<br />SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-2339929453007452822016-06-23T08:50:00.005+02:002016-06-23T08:51:32.007+02:00Summer Holidays are almost upon us!!!Well we did it! made it to the end of another school year, well in a week we have anyway :)<br />
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the last two weeks is always so chock full of school events its hard to keep up, esp in another language. But I guess I'm doing ok with the help of Google translate, gosh thats a lifesaver! it will translate an entire page, very roughly but I seem to get the gist of it ha.<br />
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We are also having some real summer days at last hooray!!! I'm hoping to take the kids swimming this arvo, after Ray gets back from his class zoo trip.<br />
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Now my next big thing to do is plan the two older kids birthdays and send out the invites, the birthdays aren’t till August but people here seem to send them out at least 3 weeks to a month in advance, Ray wants to have a movie/sleepover party with a few close friends and Leona wants her entire class to come which means forest party as there is no way we can fit 20+ kids into our teeny apartment :P<br />
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As for summer our only big plan so far is a week of camping in the first week of August, which means(weather permitting)the whole month of July will be spent at the pool.<br />
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My birthday is coming up in a week as well and its probably the first time I'm looking forward to it for years! we are inviting some friends over for a party yay!<br />
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thats all for now, just wanted to put down a few thoughts to keep this thing updated, I'm not doing as well as I hoped to but where there is life there is hope hahaha, sorry just something that popped into my mind just now<br />
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<br />SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-23616112599338790112016-06-02T08:36:00.000+02:002016-06-02T08:53:07.524+02:00oil pullingI have recently started <a href="http://draxe.com/oil-pulling-coconut-oil/" target="_blank">oil pulling with coconut oil</a>, I did it awhile back for a few weeks with sunflower oil but it was too gross for me so when I heard about coconut oil read about all the many health benefits I decided to give it another go, and coconut oil isn’t bad tasting, I am currently on day four and I will keep going for this month(or until the jar is finished) and if I see any great difference I will keep going :) have you tried it? anyone got good experiences to share?<br />
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coconut oil I got from MigroSerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-37266602520185010092016-05-27T09:30:00.000+02:002016-05-27T09:47:59.456+02:00Thun-Spiez-Interlaken-BrienzWhen friends and in-laws visit we like to give them the full tour of all our favourite places(we have been to these spots sooo many times but just love them), and so when my sis-in-law visited last weekend we took advantage of a perfect 26 degree day to do just that, usually we add a ferry ride in Thun but it didn't work out , but we did do the Thun castle(although my fav is the Spiez castle) then going to lunch in Spiez, walking around Interlaken and ending in our fave spot by the brienzersee for ice cream and a wade in the gorgeous lake<br />
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<br />SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-59186235816042434202016-05-19T09:38:00.000+02:002016-05-19T09:38:08.553+02:00all about school!so there is this great school in our town where the kids who are not ready for the fast pace of normal school can go, this completes the first grade in two years instead of one, that way the kids can go at a slower pace and have alot more sports/playtime.<br />
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We were told about it when after coming to Switzerland 4 years ago our oldest Leona (then 7years old) was put straight away into first class without knowing a single word of German and she was lost and struggling (of course) when a sub teacher who was there shortly saw her struggles and right away called us in to explain about this special school where alot of kids learning the language can go, the classes are smaller and they can get alot more one on one, so after visiting the child psychologist who needed to give permission to attend the special school she was moved 3 months later and once there she really blossomed, made friends and learned German so that once she went to second class she was better able to keep up.<br />
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then our next child Raymond, who had just gone through two years of Swiss kindy and was fluent in Swiss-German went to first class only to be moved a few months later as well because he was having trouble understanding Hoch Deutsch, he is now completing his second year of first class and is also doing really well.<br />
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On to child number three Roderick who is 6 years old and still in his last year of kindergarten, yay, anyway so we were thinking(along with his amazing kindy teacher) that of course he will probably need to go to this special school as even though his Swiss-German is coming along the normal school is in Hoch Deutsch (high German) so she helped us by making a referral to the child psychologist who needs to "ok" a child going there, after several visits where she did some stuff with Roderick to find out where is was in regards to his age range she concluded that he is eligible to attend the special school.<br />
He can not wait to start after the summer holidays and we are of course very happy that he will not have to be moved after three months like the other two but can start straight away<br />
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<br />SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-30544942620913458382016-04-09T12:34:00.000+02:002016-04-09T12:34:00.674+02:00Spring has sprung and its starting to warm up, yay for warm weather!!! Roderick just turned 6 and we are having a grill in the wald(forest) fwith a few of his friends, fingers crossed its sunny :)<br />
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<br />SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-68655068370266886912016-04-09T12:30:00.002+02:002016-04-09T12:30:32.722+02:00Long time no write!!!<br />
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plans for updating coming soon!!! its going to be more and more about living here in Bern Switzerland so watch this space!!!<br />
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SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-13452542400262867422014-05-01T10:54:00.001+02:002014-05-01T10:55:06.751+02:00Blogilatesyay finished the workout calendar for April on the <a href="http://www.blogilates.com/workout-calendar/">Blogilate</a>s website, only missed 6 days total with at least 3 of those due to migraines...now on to Mays Calendar :)<br />
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<br />SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-407670406585773662014-04-28T22:34:00.001+02:002014-04-28T22:34:58.301+02:00Recipe I someone who likes to follow recipes, not always mind you but when I make something that turns out so good because of that recipe I will stick to it till I know it by heart...so I'm going to be posting the ones I find are tried and proven mainly as a way to keep track of them, the first one is a Chili con carne that I have been making alot lately usually with a few extra vegges thrown in at the end and there is a tip near the bottom to add some chocolate instead of sugar for a Mexican twist as they call it...try it, you won't be disappointed :)<br />
here is the <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3228/chilli-con-carne">original link</a><br />
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<li class="" itemprop="ingredients" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375rem; padding: 6px 10px;">1 large onion</li>
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<li class="" itemprop="ingredients" style="background-color: #f1f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375rem; padding: 6px 10px;">1 tsp ground cumin</li>
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<li class="" itemprop="ingredients" style="background-color: #f1f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375rem; padding: 6px 10px;">1 beef stock cube</li>
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<li class="" itemprop="ingredients" style="background-color: #f1f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.375rem; padding: 6px 10px;">2 tbsp tomato purée</li>
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SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-7774210508893401832014-03-16T22:31:00.003+01:002014-03-16T22:33:22.651+01:00Fasnacht<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today brought truckloads of beautiful sunshine with it. At 14:00 Fasnacht was in full swing in our town of Munchenbuchsee. Drums beating, trumpets blowing and a vast assortment of costumed people marching along - this is what it takes to scare off winter ... and it sure seems to have worked. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Check out a few camera snaps here: <a href="http://techies-r-us.com.au/helvetic/index.php?/category/28" target="_blank">LINK</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-36884931302751752062014-03-10T16:52:00.000+01:002014-03-10T16:52:42.220+01:00friendsThis afternoon Leona went to a friends house after school, this is a new experience for her and one that I am quite pleased with...it only started maybe a month ago when Ray started going to a kindy friends house after school and his friend would come here and they would swap every other day and when his friend came here I was amazed at the amount of German he was speaking, we don't really hear it around the house but when other kids come over he speaks Deutsche so well I'm so proud of him,<br />
then Leona picked up on it when a boy from her school asked her over to his place, she didn't know the way so she met him at school and they walked to his house together then when it was time to come home Janik(the friend)walked her back to school and she came home from there, he is a very cute boy with an earring(alot of guys and young boys alike wear a single earring) and he told his Mom he wants to learn English so that he can marry Leona and asked his Mom to speak English to him on the weekends, very determined he is, well today she is at another boys house and I'm so happy this is finally happening for both of them they really needed bffs that they can grow up with :)SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-89282336908466542472014-02-16T15:06:00.001+01:002014-02-17T13:51:56.445+01:00musings<br />
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I started Muki-Deutch again and go with Roderick on Mondays, then Tuesday and Wednesday Roderick is in playgroup in the mornings and will hopefully be fluent in German by August which is when he starts Kindy...<br />
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We have been seeing a psychologist for children with Leona and she is trying to help with many of things Leona is going thru at school, she will hopefully be tested soon by drs so we know if she has aspergers-syndrome which will get her extra help in school and extra speech therapy to help with her language learning, we are also going to be talking to the head of Education(or something) to ask about wether or not we are allowed to home-school her as she is really not doing so well in a class and needs more attention, it seems it should be possible and my MIL will also be helping to teach her so once again fingers crossedSerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-91829883451596200542014-01-27T21:29:00.001+01:002020-04-17T10:17:34.999+02:00no titleI really want to do a long update, so much is going on but its hard to really sit down and put it into words so it will be quick for now,<br />
we have been making plans for the year and the different holidays etc and I excited about the upcoming ski trip next week in the sports holiday and a camping trip we are planning for the summer holidays, we got a awesome 3 room tent brand new at a second hand price and have reserved the site in the campground yaySerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-55781630339603186062013-08-04T16:23:00.001+02:002013-08-04T16:24:03.301+02:00feeling slightly confused these daysit seems to me that the more I see and hear of ppl I have grown up with or met over my travels through the years have almost all found that one thing( or many things) that they excel in and wonder what is different with me? why can't I find something that I even a little bit good at...there are several things I have tried and failed at over the past few years, things I have desperately wanted to be good at but just have no either creative ability or just no ability period, and there is so much more that I want to try but right now have neither the money nor the language ability to further my experiments...and all I want to know is why? why can I not find it, I'm feeling rather desperate and depressed at the thought that I'm 31 with not a single accomplishment to talk about, yes I know I have three beautiful children, a roof over my head and food and money in the bank so why am I so down? truthfully I am thankful for all that but there is just that nagging feeling of growing old as a failure at everything, not sure what to do at this point.<br />
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not sure if anyone is even going to read this but if you do please don't judge me too harshly, I'm just trying to make sense of my thoughts. SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-59123061539213176282013-08-04T13:54:00.000+02:002013-09-13T14:01:55.517+02:00Happy Birthday AmberI love you and hope this next year brings you many amazing things in life :)SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-72831086886132070582012-07-08T21:14:00.006+02:002012-07-10T12:31:13.710+02:00a new decade has started!!!Well it has happened...no delaying it any further although honestly if I could I would...in the weeks leading up to this major event in my life I have been wondering if I would have felt more fulfilled if I was able to achieve even just a couple goals I had put forth for myself which would have required us having not moved halfway across the world, just small things like be driving in the hopes of total independence for me and my kids(I feel that they and I have suffered due to this having not happened seeing as waiting to always be driven or picked up really hindered my social life as well as the poor kids who missed out on countless activities etc) the next one was to start a course of some sort, I was leaning towards massage or beauty therapy which I will still look into here but it might be a bit more difficult to find the right ones in English and then crossing the language barrier to tackle a job, not impossible just a bit harder, anyway back to my earlier musings, I guess I just need to keep trying to attain to little goals I put for myself in hopes that one day I can accomplish something worth talking about...not saying my kids aren't worth talking about, quite the contrary, but I just feel this inner need to do and learn something else so that I won't always feel entirely useless...end of rant and here is to all my friends who are also entering a new decade!!!CHEERS!!!SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-24513687224292268472012-06-18T20:21:00.002+02:002012-06-18T21:31:19.075+02:00school and such...Leona and Ray have both been enrolled into school and Kindy, at 2 different locations, kids here start with half days in Kindy at age 5 and it goes till age 7 when they start year one, so Ray will do 4 half days, 3 morning and one afternoon, it will get a bit tricky for me seeing as all school kids go home for an hour for lunchtime, so unless Leona comes back with other kids it will be 3 trips a day to and from her school (a good 15 minute walk) plus doing 2 trips a day to kindy at another location so basically my entire day will be school trips, I'm hoping to find another solution to this...most school kids here gather in groups and go back and forth by themselves so we will see if Leona finds friends who live close to us.SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-50533656092354698812012-06-02T08:00:00.001+02:002012-06-08T21:12:27.304+02:00Switzerland news pt2I didn't get a single picture of our room at the Salvation army place or passantihiem as its called which roughly translates to passing through house, I intended to just kept forgetting but basically we had the family room which consisted of to single beds put together and a bunkbed, not too big but big enough, breakfast was served from 7-8 and we made it most days, then we roamed around the city alot, its so pretty and there is so much to see, and then discovering the bears was quite exciting too and we went everyday to see them, we also went and found some really fun playgrounds, our day was pretty much going out as much as possible weather permitting as things would get rather stir crazy from being in one room constantly and at one point it started snowing as the weather was quite cold upon first arriving.<br /><br />Interviews also started with Social office, and things got pretty interesting, new rules were pulled out etc and at one point a month after arriving when things were looking a little hopeless we started talking about going back to Oz(I didn't want to say anything to anyone but it was a very real possibility :)SerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897618004108852777.post-80876161359933585612012-06-01T12:36:00.004+02:002012-06-01T13:46:40.496+02:00Switzerland news pt 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimV2zD-zQdEAvGxVUqS1TF_QgDlIlNb-5rgJRAfh_-yX91ofvxQzq6iwPzVmb6Cmmp-3q9mk5S4IGAZgbRxCUdG50CDoIs5oEG5DuA8zetpZfrG5rocrtKoF6BFU7R2SbmHcdr-7w1Mg/s1600/abudhabi-airport-aad.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimV2zD-zQdEAvGxVUqS1TF_QgDlIlNb-5rgJRAfh_-yX91ofvxQzq6iwPzVmb6Cmmp-3q9mk5S4IGAZgbRxCUdG50CDoIs5oEG5DuA8zetpZfrG5rocrtKoF6BFU7R2SbmHcdr-7w1Mg/s320/abudhabi-airport-aad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5749021634260461058" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNoSs_Cq79B0z9AJPMmxSsyvQIUaBsSQ71IO2PUWZRYsggUl35mXs7uear09iRJtPO8aeXOcnWGyQAyNOC6pqajaH4YtkBtFwOmLYUwRDIamqs_vSmDZa9XoQhL6xT8trWxau5t-RyXg/s1600/Abu_Dhabi_International_Airport.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNoSs_Cq79B0z9AJPMmxSsyvQIUaBsSQ71IO2PUWZRYsggUl35mXs7uear09iRJtPO8aeXOcnWGyQAyNOC6pqajaH4YtkBtFwOmLYUwRDIamqs_vSmDZa9XoQhL6xT8trWxau5t-RyXg/s320/Abu_Dhabi_International_Airport.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5749021637309888386" border="0" /></a><br />so things have been moving at warp speed for us which is a good thing, to do a little recap since we arrived I will start by recapping the trip...it started out great and went that way for a bit, the kids were so excited about their little tvs that had movies as well as games and they also had good meals although since Roderick was on a infant ticket they gave me jar baby mush which he of course did not touch as it was gross :) but the other kids plates were big enough for all of them, the whole night went very well and they slept most of the night, poor Leona started to get sick in her stomach towards the end and ended up puking all over the floor and shoes that were there oh and partly on Goobs who we had made a bed for there :), so then we arrived in Abu Dhabi and everyone was happy and well rested, once we got off we had a few hours to look around, its quite a pretty airport, these are a couple pictures of the main center where all the shops and restaurants are, we also found a macca's with a play area so the kids had a good hour of run around time b4 we needed to board the next plane.<br />getting on the next plane was not so easy as poor Roderick had had enough since the first flight had lasted about 15 hours but once we got settled and fed he went back to sleep although he did cry a bit more on this flight which lasted about 7 hours and went to Dusseldorf, Germany and we basically only had time to run to the next gate and board although b4 we boarded Zeth got me the first starbucks coffee I had had in 7 yrs and it was heavenly, this was a smaller plane as the flight was just under an hour (thank goodness) and poor Roderick was so tired he cried almost the whole time, the other kids too were disappointed that this plane had no games or videos so didn't make it easy but at least it was short, so then we made it smoothly through the Zurich airport with three trolleys (Leona pushed one bless her) and were picked up by a friend of Zeths parents in their big van and they drove us all the way to the salvation army place in Bern(1 hour drive) that was arranged for us by the social office and so ends pt 1 of our adventures :)<br /><br />the pictures are of the centre of the Abu Dhabi airportSerenaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518458056015310656noreply@blogger.com0