Painting

Jeff Z has been painting the underside of the balconies the last couple days.

I finished the interior wall I have been working on. Caulked the corners a couple days ago after Jim finished taping the drywall joints. Today I finished up with a fresh coat of paint.

Everyday brings some raking or power blower for all the leaves. I guess it has been a long time since I have seen this many leaves.

Happy 11th Anniversary!

Jeff got me a sweet card that's in German. He used Google translater so this is what we think it says.

We also received a very cute bookmark and card from Karen W. They were also very sneaky and had everyone sign a card for us. Jim & Dot also gave us a cute card too. Karen S. was also sneaky and paid for our dessert at the Stift restaurant. We left a lasting impression for the waiter Jerry who took care of 11 crazy Americans.

Kitchen Pictures

Hot Dog Stick Bun?

Well, Faye was successful but we don't know how. We carefully ordered kase krainer but got sausage cut up on a plate with mustard. Faye successfully got the hot dog in the long bun with cheese. Oh well, it was very good!

Naschmarkt in Vienna

The Haus staff took the students and us for a day in Vienna. We decided to walk through the Naschmarkt. It was very colorful with all kinds of fresh fruit and vegetables. They also had Kebops which is like a gyro that Jeff & Jody decided to try.

Faye & Karen

Karen came by herself and shares a room with Faye. She works with us in the kitchen and is so sweet. She hung out with us for our day in Vienna.

Stirring up something good

Food Services is a different experience than last time. It's a team effort. You might be stirring up something good but not know what the end result will be until it finds it's way on the table.

Everything is large. It's like taking your groceries from Costco and cooking it all at once. You use two hands instead of one to stir things and there's a very specific method to everything. Mostly because if you don't do the method it causes a problem later, if you don't use the right tool it doesn't look as nice and if you don't use the right ingredients or amounts it obviously won't taste as good.

Chef Sunny is trying her best to keep us all in line so we serve up the best food to the students. She is firm with finesse which is hard to do. I'll try to take some pictures of the kitchen so you can see what it looks like. I'll have to be quick as once I report for duty it's all about stirring up something good for the upcoming meals. By the way, we each got assigned a daily specific duty and mine is 'Fruit of the Spirit'. This means I'm in charge of creating a fruit platter every day for the students and I set-up the fruit every day for breakfast. I like this job.

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