April 1st!

Wow, cannot believe how the time has gotten away from me! It seems as though our Friend's Gary and Song had the shortest vacation ever. I don't even think they had time to UN-pack before leaving. My Friend Betti leaves Maine tomorrow and will arrive in Zurich Tuesday morning; I'm so excited about her visit and I'm hoping that she has a wonderful time. Rich and I will be taking her to Nuremberg Germany to attend the Famous Easter Market and of course Spring just wouldn't be complete without attending the Spring Fest at the Dutzendteich! I'm already missing the idea of attending the Fall Fest but will focus on Spring for now. My cousin Linda and her husband Chris will be joining us for the four-day weekend, which is a very good thing because our opportunities to get together when-ever we can is quickly coming to a close. While I'll be moving back to the State's for a year- they will be staying on in Stuttgart.
Speaking of moving...here's the latest update: Rich and I have rented a 2bedroom 2bath Deluxe Apartment in Manchester NH. WHY?? Well, a few reason's really; One, is that we have been talking about buying a four season lake house in NH for years and it would be a great opportunity to begin our search and at the same time take us out of the "State Tax" in Va. since we have no intentions on living there. The rentals in Va. and Ca. "where our children are" were so expensive, everything in a "Secured" great part of town was over 3-4,000 a month and let me tell you....when your looking at a year alone, Security becomes a top priority. While we know that our children and their families would do anything and everything for us, I just choose to "NOT" to be a "take care of me kind of Mother"
We have a very busy two months ahead with sorting, packing and shipping. We actually move out of our current home in May...hum-mm perhaps I should book a two week cooking class in Italy during that time,,, Aw- couldn't do that to Rich and Mikey. Well, I promise to do a better job with my Blog- keeping you better "in the loop" of what's going on... notice that I've changed the title to Switzerland and Beyond since it fit's our lifestyle perfectly.