Hunting Trip on New Year

Hey,

it's Friday and it's New Years Eve. We started the day really slow. Sam, Adrian and I got up, ate breakfast, and packed all the stuff in the truck. I watched TV with my host brother until Sharon came back and we started our New Years vacation. We drove for almost two hours, and the landscape was beautiful. There're diffrent parts of Texas, but they all are really beautiful. You have the hills, the flat land, or the desert. Many, many diffrent types.

[We saw Eagles on our way! :)]

We arrived at the cabin, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was a nice cabine with a nice kitchen and a whole room for me. I had three beds in their. I slept on top of the bunk bed. We had two more men living and hunting with us.

Sam, Adrian and I went out to put Sams „night seeing camera“ in position, and we walked up to a field to hide and wait for a deer. As soon as we went around a corner, we saw a buck standing on a water hole. Sam got a shot on him, but he didn't get the deer and the buck had luck and ran away. We had to make sure taht he really missed the deer and so we searched for him. We couldn't find anything and got to our stand. We sat their until the sun came down, and the two men picked us up.

[Beautiful sunset]

Tomas or „Tom“ is a guitar player, who brought his Guitar up to the cabin. He's really nice and patient guy and he likes to explain things. He's doing really good as a teacher. Bill is a 74 year old man, and Sams oldest brother. He is really nice and funny. I like him, and his smile. It's just one of those smiles, which makes your day. He is the person, who invited us for dinner in a mexican restaurant. It was good, but the waiter was a little bit wierd. We had to complain a couple of times and their Taco Salad comes without the Taco salad shell. That was really wierd.

We had a great evening and when we drove back to the cabin Tom showed me some really interesting things on my guitar. He is a great mentor and a good teacher. He gave me tipps and just talked to me. That was fun! 

[Beautiful river]

 

I went to bed at 11pm. I think I missed the years change. Shit happens ;)

Therefore I will become a hunter, photograph and guitar player. That're all the things I did on New Years eve. :D

Sonja

Package arrived ;)

Hey,

it's the 30^th. The New Year is ending pretty soon and 'Heey!' my package arrived. It was awesome. I never got that good stuff in a package from my parents. There was nothing in the package. Absolutly nothing. The package was ripped off, and Adrian gave it to me in a plastic bag. I must laugh so bad.

I watched TV with Sharon in the morning, and helped her ceaning up the house. I vacuumed the whole first floor. It was fuN! I loooove to vacuum. It's fun to me, and a thing I can do for hours. Actually I did it for hours.

I got a call from Marius today and fell asleep upstairs. I'm glad that I was awake when they called me for supper. Sharon made something in the Wok. I didn't eat, but it smelled good. I had a great day, and I'm pretty excited about tomorrow. We will go on our hunting trip, and stay their until the next year is here. There's no internet and that means no new Blogg posts. There's no electricity, a hole with the function as a toilet, and no shower. That are all things I can abandon on. Okay, just for a few days, but it should work.

My parents wrote me an E-Mail. They're gone for their cruse to Oslo. I hope they have a good time, and I wish eveerybody a Happy New Year, a good start in the year 2011. As I posted on Facebook:

„Wish y'all a Happy New Year!
We'll see each other 2011.

...Had a great year 2010. Thanks to my family [ilyou ;)], and all my friends. To the German ones, and the American ones.
You're the best!“

Love, Sonja

A new way to live

Hey,

this day was much better than yesterday. I worked with Sam and Adrian in the morning. We took a fence away and cleaned up a corner full of metal, fences, and other stuff you could use. We put it on the trailer. I ate chili for lunch and we all drove to a good friend of Sam. The way to her property was fun. A road or better a way without trees. Good that we had the truck. It was a little adventure. We crossed a little lake.

We arrived on her property and two Lamas came to say Hello to us. I never saw a Lama that near. I mean never without a fence between me and the animal. That are really gorgeaus animals, but they can look dangerous. The woman told us that they are dangerous. So if you live way out buy a dog and two Lamas and you will be safe. Good to know, isn't it?

We gave her the pipes and a satellite shell. It is hard to believe that she lives that far away from everyone. The woman got a little house with her bed in, a toilet outside with a shower. It seems crazy for me, but it's an interesting way to live. I couldn't live their by my own. I couldn't be stucked when the water level from the river is raising. I really need people around me. I havn't expected to see someone living like that. It amazes me.

We left a hour later and looked for some hale bales. We came back a couple of hours later, and Sharon drove to walmart with me. I needed my hair cut, and she needed to buy some goceries. We bought dinner. Chicken with white bread, and some kind of noodle salad. It took us a couple of hours. We ate supper at home and watched TV together.

Sonja

Bored³

Hey...

I survived a day like yesterday again. Horrible, I sat another day in front of the TV. The only activity beside was running more than one mile, and taking all the Christmas stuff upstairs.I was bored to death and called Paula. She didn't have time. That was okay, but I really wanted to do something that has more sense.

There's nothing to do. It rained, I don't have a horse, and I don't have a car. There're so many things I want to do, and I'm not able to do them! I mean that's not fair. I don't want and can't bother other people.

Going to the movie theatre, Austin, a shopping mall, or an ice skating area would be the best ideas ever, wouldn't they?

The truth is sad. Watching whatever I watched, or looking things up on my notebook. I wanna do things.

Anyway, wish y'all a great week.

Sonja

Bored ;)

Hey,

the Monday was really boring. I sat around and watched TV. That was all I did the whole day. I woke up, ate oatmeal for breakfast, ate some Christmas cookies between, watched TV, ate lunch, ate more cookies, gave water to the horses, watched TV, ran a mile, watched TV, went upstairs, checked my PC, went downstairs, watched TV, went upstairs and than I went to bed. So that was it. The only special thing was that the boys came back. The things I watched were okay. Two shows Sharon has watched for 45 years, NCIS, Ghost Whisperer, a baking show, or whatever comes up.

I'm not surviving a day like this again.

Sonja

The NCIS Day ;)

Hey,

we went to church today. Sunday school was okay. We couldn't watch the movie and talked about the things we want to do for New Year. I didn't say that much. I just listened them. The church service was really sad. The woman who sings all the time started cryig in the middle, and the three men, which tried to help her finishing the song couldn't sing either. So all the people in the church helped them to finish the song. They were crying because of Johnny Bobs death on the 24^th. It was a pretty sad service. I never experienced something like this before. I'm so sorry for his family and loved ones he left behind.

We drove home after church and watched the movie 27 dressed. Sharon and I ae alone at home. The boys went for a hunting trip. I will go hunting with Sam on Friday. So I will spend New Years Eve in a forrest without internet, a computer, and a nitendo DS. I will have my book, and thoughts. I'm pretty excited. I don't have to deal with fire crackers! :) Anyway, we ate Turkey for lunch, and I went upstairs. I talked with Mäxchen, Jerry, and Doris.

I fed the horses with Sharon at 6pm and we watched the NCIS marathon for 4-or 5 hours. We are both really sleepe. Doing nothing the whole day. Okay I ran one mile, but that isn't that hard. I think all the little naps, the warm chair, and the TV made me sleepy.

Have a great week,

Sunny

[The Plätzchen, Sugar Cookies, I made :D Yummi]

25th! Merry Christmas! :D

Merry Christmas,

it's the 25^th of December. It's Christmas day. It finally is! Sharon woke me up with 'Merry Christmas', and honestly I was a little bit upset when I stood up. I missed my family, didn't sleep that well. I didn't expect much from the day. I just couldn't imagine how it would be to spent Christmas somewhere else, and get presents from people you just know a few months. I ate my breakfast and helped to load the trunk. It was just crazy. The whole trunk was full of presents...

[Our trunk or Santas sleigh?!]

[2/3 of all the presents :)]

...but that was 1/10 of all the presents we had. At Suzie's house were a lot more presents. We put the presents around the tree, than around the presents under the tree, and the other presents around the presents around the other presents. Much, much, much presents for a small amount of people. 

Haley entertained us and opened her stocking. I didn't take a picture, but the stocking was taller than this 8 year old girl. She wrapped her presents. It was so cute to watch her. They also got presents for the dog. Casey has a really special job on Christmas. She has to unwrapp her own presents. It was so funny to watch this dog while she unwrapped her new basket and toys. Everyone arrived and Haley started to give out the presents. 

[Casey unwrapping her Turkey toy]

 

I didn't see one present before Haley gave them to me. Not one present. That isn't typicall for me. Normally I know almost all the presents so this day was full of surprises.

At about 10am we started to unwrapp the presents. I waited until I got a few beside me. Woa I got many presents. A lot more than I expected. I got perfume, make up, a horseshoe necklet and earrings from Sharon and Sam, a faith necklet from Shannon, slippers from Adrian, a big box of Popcorn from Rickey's parents, an awesome Longhorn T-Shirt from Paula, Chris, Celine, and Alexis, a belt from Suzie, and a BELT BUCKLE WITH MY NAME ON IT from Sharon and Sam to. Someone should have filmed my reaction. I jumped up and hugged Sharon. I was so, so happy, and I almost started crying. I really didn't expect this present. Not after Sharon said to me that that will not gonna happen. There's no way for me to get a buckle with my name on it. I believed her. She seemed really serious, and than I saw the Silversmith package. Oh my goooosh! That is a greeeat present!

[My wondeful Belt Buckle and the Belt :D]

Adrian and I played wii for a couple of hours. The dinner was ready and we ate all together. It was sooo good. Suzie is a really good cook. The Turkey was great and the bread. Just everything was really, really good. I ate a bunch. Two plates and dessert. It was just so, so good. I continued playing on the wii after eating. I played alone. So I started Resident Evil.

We left the house, and a happy Haley with her 31 presents from Santa, in the late afternoon. We got back and I wrote my parents a E-Mail. We started watching the movie with the yellow minions. Adrian got this movie from me to Christmas. I had a lot to laugh. It's a little bit embarrassing to be the only laughing person. :)

[Me standing with the buckle :D]

Anyway, I had a wonderful Christmas with my host family. A lot of presents and so much more than I expected. I also have to keep in mind that the Class Ring and my Letter Jacket, and the Snuggie are Christmas presents to myself. ;)

I'm so happy and thankful for this day. The belt buckle and the belt were awesome gifts. I enjoyed the time today over Suzies. It was a good, good Christmas!

Thank y'all so much. I didn't even had time to think about my family in Germany.

Sonja

[Merry Christmas y'all! xD]