Travelog for: Fridoline

We held a TV memorial for KCrawfish who passed away. We are all wearing pink flowers for Breast Cancer Awareness. Also, Dulac the Tarantula hangs out at work with our host during Halloween and he made a lovely pink flower memorial wreath for Kate too. We will miss you Kate! Our love and best wishes to all of your family!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

It snowed on Christmas day! We watched A Christmas Story which plays in a marathon every year since my host was a little girl, Hogfather by Terry Pratchet, and the Doctor Who Christmas special. My host drew some reindeer parts for her poses, parts, and how to gallery. We also ate some dinner and had a lovely holiday!

Merry Christmas!

This Holiday was sad for our hosts. Eight years ago they lost a close friend, named Greg, on Thanksgivings day. Greg was the most generous guy they had ever known. He played a big part in how my hosts became the coupld they are today. Greg was so sweet and kind, and he was an amazing friend.

So Thanksgiving is always a little sad. However, this year, a second good friend died in an accident on the same day... Thanksgivings Day. A long time ago, my host Michelle got really sick and almost died. She had two emergency surgeries. Her fiance (now husband) lost his job while trying to be with her in the hospital. It was a mess and their friends Chazz and Carrie offered to help them. They moved from Ohio to Oklahoma, which is way up north to down south (a long distance). At that time, Chazz and Carrie was struggling financially too, but they took care of our hosts. There was no rush or pressure to get a job or help out... it was all about helping Michelle recover. It took months to recover and she did eventually get on her feet. My hosts helped clean the house and cooked and did whatever they could to make things eaiser for their friends while they were there. Today, my hosts are healthy, on their feet, and doing so very well! When Chazz passed away this Thanksgiving, it made November 22nd extra sad.

Our hosts is thankful for everything Greg and Chazz (and Carrie, who is still alive and well) they did for them.

In early December, our hosts moved into a nicer apartment. Wally, my hosts fish, died during the move. She was very upset about this. Wally may have just been a pleco fish, but Michelle loved him very much. It was just hard loosing a pet on top of losing a good friend.

Closer to Christmas, there was another loss. One of Michelle's childhood friends had a little sister named Dannielle. Back then, as Michelle and Rachel were growing up as teens, Dannielle was 10 years younger. My host remembers babysitting with her group of friends. At the age of only 22, Dannielle died in an accident. Rachel was her friend, but Dannielle was still a part of their childhood memories. Michelle mournes with her friend from so far away.

Despite all this sadness, our hosts did enjoy the holidays. They went to a live perforance of Dralion (Cirque Du Soleil) and then had a lazy dinner around the house on xmas day. Unfortunately, they are really super strict about taking photos at the show and we couldn't even have our phones. So no photos... it was a great show though!

So, here's some pictures of the new apartment! When you first walk in the door, there is Toki's house (and Toki's family), and the cat stuff. The livingroom is nice and comfy. They like to bring out different toys every week or so to hang out on the coffee table and couch (Chelle has a lot of toys). That's Brambles (ox) and Shayla (owl) on the coffee table. There's Dottie (ladybug pillow pet), Guy (pirate skull pillow), Chico (mouse), and Cuddlewitz (bear) on the douch. Chico is Chelle's first and oldest toy that her mother gave her. The original Cuddlewitz was lost a long time ago and was a xmas gift from her grandmother. It took my hosts over 7 years to track down a bear this new Cuddlewitz. The bear was called a Wurble in the 1980's - her nose lights up and she makes noises. You can still find Wurbles, but this particular color of wurble is extremely difficult to find. So, Chico and Cuddlewitz are always out in the livingroom. They also have a big old recliner.

There's the pretty hang bag that we toyvoyagers ride in when she takes us out anywhere. Chelle keeps a little lent roller in the bag so we can clean ourselves up before taking photos. Isn't that thoughtful?

My host has a Projector that they watch on the wall, instead of a TV. They also have a media player called a Boxee Box that they can watch stuff on. It's pretty neat! They can even watch netflix on it.

Also, I had some vanilla icecream with shell chocolate on top!

We celebrated my hosts' birthday on Groundhog's Day. It's a folklore holiday that says if the groundhog sees his shadow, we'll have 6 more weeks of winter. He did not see his shadow this year. Anyways, we had cupcakes and Chinese New Year goodies. We didn't like most of the Chinese candies, but it was fun to try and funny to see each others reactions! The cupcakes, on the other hand, were fantastic!

I met Clara the tentacle kitty and Tonakai the custom reindeer, whom are the newest toys in the house. Clara is a very unique softie and she's super cuddly. Tonakai was colored and brought to life that night. They were both pretty cool toys.

We also eat dinner from Buffalo Wild Wings, played cards, and watched a UFC match on tv. We didn't pictures of all that because we were having so much fun we didn't think about it! It was a lot of fun.

I'll be heading to Switzerland in the next couple of weeks!

Hey mommy!
I'm arrived in Switzerland. The flight was long and trouble less.
But now i'm tired.
My host is really good. And they welcomed me lovely.
So that's all for the moment. I go to the bed...
Greetings
Paddington

Hello mommy.
To day I saw the little place called Reisiswil the first Time. Its more a accumulation of houses than a village. 
You can see a part of it in the back of me.

After this we were in Huttwil, thats the place were Ni is born and grow up. On the picture you can see me with Devil. My new friend, it is a host-tv too.
We sit on a easterdecoration at the citycenter. It called "Brunnenplatz", Ni had narrated that she was taking bath in this fountain when she gone to the scool. I can't imagin that.... 
She knew a lot of stories like this... it was really fun.
So now i have to lie down my head, i go work this night with Ni.
Have a good time
Paddington

So here I'm again.
Last night we were work with Ni. She is something like a nurse. It called Fachfrau Gesundheit. She labors in aold people's home. The home called Spycher.
She, or we  , had the nocturnal vigil.
It was very intressting.
They have a plan for all activations. The old peoples can go singing, knitting, be in a gardens group which plant some flowers, or many other things.
Than they have a machine called patiens-elevater to move peoples from bed to the wheel chair. But Devil and I are to little for this... 
On our expedition whe found a bandagewagon. In this are many different things. The best was the injections and drain tubes! 

After work we drive at home. On the way to Reisiswil we saw the sun come up an passed an old gothic monastry. It is so large... Ni said perhabs we go and visit this next week.

So im looking forward to many new expeditions... 
Miss you
Paddington

Hey mommy,
what for a week.
We where celebrate a Birthday, than was easter, and now the normal will be back...
But one step after the other.

Last Tuesday we where out. A friend of Ni had Birthday, and we went to a restaurant to eat and celebrate his day. It was cool! A great plate of Cordonblue and Pommes for us 5. (Ni, her friend, the Birthday-Man, Devil and I). You can see the plate on the pic.

And then easter was coming. .. and the snow too.
So we didn't can go out and search the bunnys and eggs.
But inside we found some... :-D

So we see us at a other day...
Love Paddington

Hey mommy,
the wether today is really bad... its rainy...
All swisspeoles want spring and sun, but they didn't will come.. 

But inside of our house came today the sun. A new TV is arrived.
LottaParAvion!
A cute girl. ...
She cames with different things and a bookmark for Ni.
We had a good time today.
Hope the wether will be better early so we can make expiriences outside...
Lovely Greetings

Hey mommy,
the wether outside is still rainy, so we have to sit in and look tv or tell each other storys of diffrent places we where...
And Ni shows us the swissmoney... They have colered notes and little coins.. The Coins called Rappen. 100 Rappen is 1 Franken... The note you can see of the Pic is 20 Franken. And the gold Coin, is 5 Rappen.
It is for me a bit muddling...
So Lotta will tell us some thing about Japan.. i have to go.
greetings
Paddington

Hey Mommy.
To day we start a great cardrive. We will surprise a good friend of Ni. Its her Birthday. Than we will sleep there and tomorrow we come back.
We start on Reisiswil and then we drive via Basel to Germany. Our destination is Bad Kreuznach. Thats more than 400 Kilometers away from Reisiswil- on the highway we will have 4 h to drive.

The trip was really great, and we had a lot of fun by Lana, the friend of Ni. But ouver all laughting we fergot to take pictures... so i can show you only pics on the road...
Look at this.
Paddington

Hey Mommy.
The spring is coming... 
The sun shine and on all places the flowers grow up.. so beautiful...
So we where today collecing cowslips.
After collecting we had to split the blossums of the stalk.
That was a lot of work. Then we collected more than houndred cowslips... 
Ni will dry them and after this she make delicieus tea of them.
I love spring in Switzerland... :-D
Kiss