Weekend Greetings

Squishy face Clifford found his permanent home last weekend. He was adopted by a very nice couple from Miami who had met him at a dog festival and had fallen in love with him. Saying Goodbye was a little tough, but I'm very happy for him and Cliff is such a gentle soul, he was very happy to see these two people and especially excited about riding in a car again. He just loves it! Andrew asked me this week to foster another dog, but I denied it. My cats are pretty happy about having the place to themselves again and this new Bully would be pretty big. He weighs in at 91 lbs where the usual Bully weighs 53 lbs and according to his description he might have a couple of rough edges. Since bulldogs are so incredibly hard headed, I momentarily don't want to be in a position having to restrain this heavy fella! Maybe a smaller one will come along soon. If that's the case, I probably won't say No!

Faltengesicht Clifford hat am letzten Wochenende sein permanentes Zuhause gefunden. Er wurde von einem sehr netten Paar in Miami adoptiert, die ihn auf einem Hundefest kennenlernten und sich in ihn verliebten. Der Abschied fiel schwer, aber es freut mich sehr fuer ihn und Cliff ist eh so ein genuegsames Kerlchen, der freute sich, als er die beiden sah und besonders auch uebers Auto fahren. Das macht er ja am liebsten! Andrew wollte dann die Woche schon den naechsten Bully zur Pflege aufnehmen. Das habe ich aber erstmal abgelehnt. Meine Katzen freuen sich wieder ueber die "sturmfreie" Bude und der neue Bully ist ziemlich gross, wiegt fast 42 kg waehrend das Normalgewicht fuer Bullys bei 24 kg liegt und laut Beschreibung hat der auch so einige Kanten. Da Bullys so wahnsinnig dickkoepfig sind, moechte ich den schweren Kerl momentan nicht baendigen muessen. Vielleicht wird uns ja bald wieder ein kleinerer angeboten. Da sag ich dann auch nicht Nein!

Cliff chillaxing and Cliff up-side-down enjoying his belly scratch!

Since I look slightly pale for Floridian circumstances, due to all the sleeping, I'm gonna lay down by the pool in a minute. As I'm not having a bump yet (other than my regular bump *smile*), I took a quick picture last night after work. I bought this dress in England in Spring 2008 and to be honest, it never really fit. Now I dug it out of my "winter- & other clothes" luggage and... Surprise! Can't hurt to have such a "Before" picture for the motivation afterward.

Well, the sun is shining, the pool ready for me! I'm wishing you all a great weekend!

Da ich durch das viele Schlafen schon ganz blass ausschaue fuer floridianische Verhaeltnisse, werd ich mich dann jetzt auch mal an den Pool begeben. Da ich noch kein Baeuchlein habe (ausser mein normales Baeuchlein *grins*), hab' ich gestern Abend nach der Arbeit noch fix ein Bild gemacht. Das Kleid hab ich im Fruehjahr 2008 in England gekauft und ehrlich gesagt, hat es nie wirklich gepasst. Nun hab ich das mal aus meinem "Winter- und andere Klamotten"-Koffer gekramt und siehe da... Ueberaschung! :) Das kann ja mal nicht schaden so ein Vorher-Bild fuer den Ansporn hinterher zu haben.

Also die Sonne lacht, der Pool ruft! Ein schoenes Wochenende in die weite Welt!

Superbowl in Miami & 1st week in Hollywood

We just came back from a great Superbowl party in Fort Lauderdale with about 20 great Americans that we didn't know before. My German friend Tanja and her American husband Ben took us with them and we had a blast.... and waaaaay too much food!!! :)

The team that we were for won! GOOOO SAINTS! I actually looked forward to the Superbowl since everybody had told me about the commercials the big companies create especially for this event, but I have to say that only a few of them were actually good. Some were just really dumb!

We've also been a week in our new apartment today. This place is freakin' awesome!!! I made a good choice. After sleeping in the floor for two nights we also got a bed... king size and European... from IKEA... That's all the furniture we've got so far though which still leaves a lot of space in this place. Oh yes, and I got a plant!!! I picked a Jasmin, as I love it when it blooms.

AND: Andrew and I drove to the animal shelter in Pompano Beach today and I adopted a cat! It was heartbreaking to see these kitties in the small cages they were in and all of them started meowing and purring and tried to get our attention, but in the end we had to decide on one. I took the adoption card from a cage with a completely black male cat in it and when I took it off the door, he wanted to play with my fingers. Very cute one, a little quieter than some of the others though.

The bad thing is that MY cat has to sleep in the shelter for another 3 nights. :( My adoption went through, I had to pay a deposit, but they basically will get him "ready" by Wednesday. Probably some final check ups and bureaucracy. I'm sooo looking forward to get him out of there and have an addition to our small German/American family :)

So far, the new year is still going great. I'll post some pictures soon!

Now good night! New work week ahead!