Something to think about...

I'm on again, off again about legalizing drugs. But the prohibition argument is probably the most persuasive in my mind.

Update

A bit of an update from the Stegherr's. We're moving to Oklahoma. After a long wait, we heard back from the unit at Ft Sill. We've got some paperwork and a physical to complete, then we'll get an official start date. In the meantime, we close on a lovely 3/2 house sometime next week. We found it while we were out there interviewing and went ahead and bought it. It all just felt like God's direction, buy the house, even though we didn't have the job yet. We couldn't make it contingent on getting the job either as there were several offers on the house, and it was bank owned, they didn't allow any contingencies. The final close date is a little up in the air thanks to some pokey underwriters. Ashley has found a school north of the Ft Sill area that she's applied to for the COTA program, Occupational Therapy Assistant. With all that and with her family being so close, in Texas, we're really excited about this move.

We're Home!!!

Back in the States. In Texas to be specific, taking a couple weeks of built up vacation time. Looking forward to reconnecting with everyone. Ashley's phone is back on, mine not yet.

2009 Already?!

Sorry for the lack of posts. Time flies I guess. Since I posted last we enjoyed Nurnberg's Christmas Market, in spite of the crushing crowds. My mom, sister and her husband came to visit. We took them to the western side of Germany, saw the black forest, Luxemburg, Belgium, Bastogne, Paris, and toured several castles. Its gotten bitterly cold here. Similar to what we'd have back home in Chicago, but extremely abnormal for here. Right now we're shipping things home and selling our car in preparation to leave. We'll both be back in the US by early February. I think 6 months was just the right length of time. We got to see most of the things we wanted to, enjoyed living in Germany, but now we're ready to come home and move onto the next phase of life.

Prague & such

Pictures to come soon.

Our friend Amanda was in town a week ago. We took her to Prague, and met up with another friend Martin. Prague is a beautiful city. We spent two days walking around, lots of photos.

Then this last weekend Ashley's parents flew in, Mike & Lydia. We spent friday in Munich, then Saturday in Nurnberg, and Sunday in Pilsen (Czech Republic). It got really cold over the weekend, and Germany had its first snow storm of the season. We got about 3 inches here in Bavaria.

Ashley and Lydia made a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner last night since we're headed to Innsbruck Austria later this week.

Our cameras have been full several times over now, so we've got to get some pictures up soon. Ashley has some up on her myspace page from Prague.

Anniversary Photos

Me with Neuschawanstein Castle in the background.

Us on top of the Zugspitze, tallest mountain in Germany.

Lake Eibsee, at the base of the Zugspitze. Ashley loves the panaroma feature on her camera.

Partnach Gorge.

View from the village at the top of Partnach Gorge.

Castle Chiemsee, on an island in Lake Chiemsee. Modeled after Versailles.

Veteran's Day Weekend

Ashley and I had a 4 day weekend for the holiday, so we got out of town to celebrate our 3 year anniversary. We went to Edelweiss Lodge, its a resort run by the military in southern Germany. Very relaxing, hiked quite a bite, tons of good photos. Stay tuned for those, we filled both our cameras. I'll get a few up here, Ashley will have more on her blog I'm sure. Our friend Amanda gets in today, and we're off to Prague this weekend! We're also meeting up with another friend, Martin, who lives in Sweden.