New blog...

My new blog for Germany can be found at http://grandandgloriousgermany.blogspot.com/

Come visit after 11/7 for my further grand and glorious adventures.

Germany fast approaching....

In about a month I'll be packing and getting ready to go to Germany.  I've been going through some of my clothes and trying to decide what to take.   At least I've got an idea of what I'll be taking but won't have final plans until I check out the weather before I leave. Garage sale later this week that I'm concentrating on getting ready for so it will be a busy week.

The countdown is starting....

The countdown is starting and I am 50 days out from going to Germany -- all right!!!  At about the 20 day mark I will start to get serious about some of the things I will be taking with me and some of the last minute things I'll need to do.  I'm excited already!

Another grand and glorious adventure coming up....

Well, I just bought my airfare for my Germany trip in November.  I will fly into Nurnberg and meet up with one of my former student workers who is a Major in the US Army.  We plan to go to Paris to see the sights for 5 or so days.  I want to see everything touristy and wander around some of the non-touristy places as well.  Paris has been on my "bucket list" for a long time and I'm excited that I will get to finally see it.  More to come.....

The case of the missing golf clubs has been solved.  Heinz and Urszula found a tag on the bag with the name and address of the owner -- a young man in Johannesburg, South Africa, no less.  Urszula called the number and talked to the mother of the young man who is an amateur golfer who had the clubs hand made for him and they cost quite a lot.  The mother was so excited she was almost crying since they had been trying to track down the clubs for a week.  She has apparently been hawking South African Airlines since the clubs disappeared en route from Cape Town to Johannesburg.  The funny thing is that the claim ticket they had also had Urszula's name on it which is the same name that is on the tag that is on the golf clubs so the woman recognized her name.  It sounds like the woman will contact the airlines to make arrangements for the clubs to get back to Johannesburg. What a cluster!!

This is just too good not to share with you all.  When we arrived at the baggage terminal at JFK last Tuesday, 1/10, there was a page over the loud speaker for Passenger Ledzewicz (Urszula) requesting her to go to the end of the luggage carousel.  She and I walked down to the end of the carousel and a baggage rep tried to give her this set of golf clubs that was all wrapped up and had a tag with her name on it.  The number, however, did not match any of our numbers on our claim checks.  Urszula told this rep that these clubs were not hers and she didn't even know how to play golf.  We then walked back the side of the carousel to see if our luggage was ever going to show up.  In the meantime, there was another page for Passenger Ledzewicz and she ended up going through the whole thing again with another agent and declined the golf clubs.
This morning I got a call from Urszula and -- you guessed it -- United called and told her that they were delivering her golf clubs to her home today!!!  I guess the only thing for her to do at this point is to learn to play golf.  Now, if you know anyone who flew back from South Africa last week and their golf clubs got lost in transit, please let me know.  I know exactly where they are! 

Well, I think I am back to normal -- whatever that may be.  (We used to say in DSS that "normal" is the setting on a washing machine and I still believe that is the only true definition of that word.)  My house is semi-clean (can't get too crazy) and I'm sort of back in the groove at work.   Seems that like always, my laundry is belching back out of my laundry chute so I guess it's time to do that again.  If I ever find the person who comes in and dirties my clothes, they are in big trouble.  I can't believe that I actually wear that many clothes in a week but I guess that I do.  Wonder where I can go for my next grand and glorious adventure.  I will try to add some more pix from South Africa in the next few days.