Jonathan and Miriam repaired our screen door yesterday. Before they could do that, though, we hunted all over the house for the charging cable to the drill and the staple gun. I found the charging cable tucked away in one of our many boxes and Veronika found the staple gun; it had slipped behind the bag with fabric scraps in one of our closets.
Jonathan und Miriam haben gestern unsere Fliegengittertür repariert. Bevor sie mit der Arbeit anfangen konnten, haben wir fieberhaft das Haus auf den Kopf gestellt, weil das Aufladegerät für den Bohrer fehlte und auch der Handtacker nicht zu finden war. Ich habe das Aufladegerät dann in einer unserer tausend Kisten gefunden und Veronika den Handtacker im Bastelschrank. Er war hinter den Sack mit den Stoffresten gefallen.
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We have been enjoying some good books recently. One was about John Cash Penney, the founder of the J.C. Penney stores. Another one is The Printer's Apprentice, a historical book about New York City, and the third one is Caius geht ein Licht auf (Mystery of the Roman Ransom, paid link).
In den letzten Wochen haben wir gute Bücher gelesen. Ein Kinderbuch über den Gründer des Kaufhauses J. C. Penney, ein anderes über einen Druckerlehrling im alten New York und dann auch Caius geht ein Licht auf. Today was a very hot day. I did not work in the yard and also did not wash any windows. but I did work on updating high school ideas in general for our homeschool. Yesterday, I washed our front door, including the window and screen door. Jonathan went to get a hair cut and Peter went grocery shopping, all in the next village. Even the drugstore opened again, but not the library. We have not been going anywhere else.
Heute war ein sehr heißer Tag. Ich habe nicht im Garten gearbeitet und auch keine Fenster geputzt. Gestern habe ich unsere Haustür geputzt, inklusive Glasfenster und Fliegengittertür. Dafür habe ich weiter für das neue Schuljahr geplant. Jonathan war beim Friseur und Peter hat Lebensmittel eingekauft, alles im Nachbardorf. Wir machen eigentlich keine Ausflüge als ins nächste Dorf. Dort hat jetzt sogar die Apotheke wieder auf, aber nicht die Bücherei.
Veronika and I watched a documentary about the Reformation by Rick Steves.
Veronika und ich haben einen Dokumentarfilm über die Reformation gesehen.
Miriam painted this pretty picture for me: Charlotte had found the rose in the woods yesterday.
Miriam hat dieses schöne Bild für mich gemalt. Charlotte hat die Wildrose gestern im Wald gefunden.
And of course, there was baseball. Und natürlich gab es wieder Baseball.
Julius, the only spectator
Julius, der einzige Zuschauer
We lose objects like that also. After the trip cross country in 2017, we couldn't find our hammer for months, and then we finally discovered it in the car. It had never been unpacked.
ReplyDeleteIt must feel very good to have your screen door fixed!
Miriam's drawing if very pretty.
I love watching Rick Steves. I'll have to find time to watch this one :)
Isn't if awful! Whenever you need certain things, they are gone. Funny about your hammer. We have "millions" of cable-like things and whenever I find them, I put them into boxes. I have several "cable" boxes. Alle these new cameras, laptops, phones, etc. come with trillions of cables, chargers, and other "black things." I cannot keep track of them and don't see much difference between them.
DeleteYes, that door was in bad shape. We could not close it anymore. The screen is still not perfect, there is small gap, but it is working again. I am convinced that the long-tailed-animal entered through the broken door last fall and found its way into the garage/basement.
I thought so too that Miriam*s drawing was very pretty. And it is not even Mother's Day or my birthday :).
That Rick Steves one is quite new and a combination of history and sights. It is very well done and shows you both sides of the situation. You should watch it!
We could do with a screen door for our back door, it’s not something that has ever ‘taken off’ in the UK but I can certainly see the value of them. We have had a temporary hiatus in the warm weather, hoping the sun will soon return 🙂
ReplyDeleteSame in Germany, people don't really have screens, but I do have to day that people also don't have nearly as many bugs as you find in this country. You could hardly live without screens here. I should send you some of our hot weather. Today was especially bad and tomorrow is supposed to be 31 degrees!
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