NJoy - keep it pretty

It's Friday again and the weekend is almost here. Looking forward to sleep in on Sunday and maybe even get some work on the vestibule done. Time is ticking away and I have set my goal to finishing it before my parents arrival. If not maybe I can put them to work ;)

I have been racking my brain for a while to come up with an idea for a recurring column on the blog. Feel like I am all over the place when writing about my life, our house, what I love, and a column besides the weekly recap would be nice. The idea I came up with is NJoy where I want to share great things about the state I call home. Today it is even something that is going on in my neighborhood where I have seen all these signs pop up. Kids from a local elementary school created 50 different posters with slogans, in both English and Spanish, to encourage the neighborhood to beautify and clean up their environment. The campaign is aptly named Keep it pretty, Jersey City! I have found seven signs so far maybe I will discover the remaining forty-three soon.

Keep it pretty wherever you are!

 

 

big city lights

Last night after a very filling dinner we took a walk along the Hudson. I just love the view from our side of the river onto Manhattan, especially at night.

atomkraft? nein danke!

On my way to the train I always pass this house which has an Atomkraft? Nein Danke flag in its backyard. It is kind of odd to see this flag in a backyard in New Jersey since I've only known them from Germany. It reads Nuclear Power? No thanks. Guess that means there are other Germans living in the area...

It reminded me of my childhood, more so the mid eighties after Chernobyl. There were a lot of demonstrations against the dependency on nuclear power after that.

Makes me want to get my power through a provider that supplies energy generated from renewable energy sources. After consulting Google for only a couple of minutes I found this, have to really do more research on that subject...

Just wanted to share my flag sighting ;)

snow day

We woke up to I don't know how many inches of snow this morning. I took the first picture around 6.15am right before we started to clear a path on the sidewalk. It's unbelievable how much snow can fall in one night...

When I got back inside my boss had already texted me to stay home today. Enjoyed the sunny afternoon with a walk through the neighborhood. We saw a lot of cars that were abandoned in the middle of the street. Their drivers must have gotten stuck and just left the cars wherever they got stuck.

And of course I had to make a snow angel!