Apples and Pears oh my!

We have been staying super busy and enjoying the beginning of Fall! Last weekend Klaus and I took Tex to a pick your own apple farm and managed to come back with TWELVE KILOGRAMS (about 26 lbs!!) of Apples and Pears! :) There were 5 varieties of apples and 2 kinds of pears so we have some for baking and some for eating which is nice. So far I've made an apple crumble dessert and will be making my Nana's apple cake recipe this evening! I'm also going to try to make applesauce in the crockpot (yay for pinterest!)

We lucked out with the weather and it was beautiful! It was sunny and in the mid-70's (the next day it rained and was in the low 60's...)

Tex did sooo well and kept up with us the entire time (about 2 hours) He was having so much fun running around and meeting new people, some new other dogs and even a few sheep too! (The sheep were behind an electric fence so he really didn't get to meet them but he watched them and was probably thinking "those are the funniest looking puppies I've ever seen!!")

It was so nice to be able to go out and have a fun date with my husband and also spend time with the puppy. We are soooo happy that he's a people-puppy and loves to try new things! (He also loves having his picture taken- or at least likes the sound the camera makes)

In other news, I had my placement interview for my Danish classes last week and I will be starting Module 2 in October!! Woo-hoo :)

I'm off to go try and make some applesauce now :) If you have any good apple recipes feel free to send them my way!
XOXO,
Joy

When it Rains- it POURS!

No, this is not a rant about Danish weather (actually its been a BEAUTIFUL day with just a hint of fall in the air!) But rather, after spending MONTHS waiting and basically twiddling my thumbs to find something to fill my days with I am suddenly Busy! :) It is WONDERFUL! :) I feel so alive and so happy, which also makes me feel more like myself than I've felt on a consistent basis in a long time.

So first of all (and what has been filling the majority of my time over the last month) is having Big Tex join our little family! :)

He is absolutely adorable and super smart! He is so much fun to hang out with and I'm really enjoying the fact that he's (mostly) housebroken and can spend the majority of his time outside the pen. He LOVES people and really wants to be a helper-dog no matter what we're doing, which is such a good trait and I wish we could take credit for it, but I think its just the way he is! :)

Having Tex around also means lots of trips outside which, in turn, means I have met SO many people in the last month! He's a really good conversation starter and people seem much more open to talking when he's around. I've gotten pretty good at understanding the common first questions like how old is he and what kind of dog is he when spoken in Danish and I've also gotten more confident in responding to these questions in Danish as well. :) He's also given us a new social network thru the puppy classes we're taking him to. There are 10 puppies in his class and all of the owners and trainers are so friendly and very easy to talk to! :) The trainers have been VERY helpful in coming over to us immediately after the group instruction to make sure I understood it (which I do about 50% of the time)

Puppy face kisses!

When we talked about getting Tex, we were under the impression that I would not have my residence permit until mid-September. I had joked that as soon as we got the puppy my papers would come in.... and GUESS WHAT?!?! Lol! We actually got my residence permit in the mail on the exact same day that we got the ownership certificate from the Danish Kennel Klub! :) YAY!!!!

Since I now am "official" I have been able to get appointments with the doctor and the city integration/ job center as well as the language school! :) Its been really great to get the ball rolling on so many things so quickly and I am soooo looking forward to restarting my Danish lessons soon. I have a placement interview next week and we'll see if they think I need to re-take module 1. Its been over a year since I took it, but I'm hoping I've been practicing enough that I can move on to module 2. But since I'm changing schools I'm not sure its possible since I don't know if my old school covered the same info in Module 1? Keep your fingers crossed! :)

Ok this is a SUPER long update, but there's lots of fun and exciting things happening around here these days!!
XOXO
Joy