Wrestling with Facebook and thinking of Summer

Hello all,

I spent a good part of the evening last night trying to get my photo albums off Facebook and to get them to show up on my blog here. Now, I am not a technical goddess or anything, but thanks to Tyler I have a good handle on most things computer-related. I found 2 programs that claimed to easily backup your photos from Facebook. I managed to get a few isolated photos to move, got cocky and just selected the whole shebang. After about 10 minutes of ultra-slow computer time while they downloaded I thought I had a nice neat little folder with ALL of my 1,110 Facebook photos on my desktop. Fail. None of them opened.
*sigh*
I decided to go to bed.
Today I will try again. I am nothing if not stubborn ;)

In other realms of my life, I am preparing for my summer in Ohio. For those of you who may not know, I am going for my second round of Montessori training this summer. I am getting the training for adolescents (ages 12-18). The Montessori concept for this age is called "Erdkinder" and it is a farm school model. (YAAAAY)
Of course, this is perfect for my chicken-loving heart.

I will be there from June 25th-July 27th. I expect it to be pretty rigorous (as my 6-12 training was) so I will not plan on traveling during that time, but anyone and everyone is welcome to visit be and distract me from my important school work!! Seriously, I would love to see you.
After the training I will have a few weeks to travel before going back to Zurich. I do have a complication however, that has not yet been solved. My driver's license has expired (the American one) and I can only renew it in Louisville, and I will not have time to come there before the training. I am not sure what I would drive anyway, so I will probably be quite limited. (Unless I decide to rent).

Here in Zurich, a group of teachers and parents are spearheading a project to start an Erdkinder program in the countryside about 45 minutes from Zurich. I had the opportunity to go there and meet with them last weekend. It is a stunning farm. I really wish I had a camera with me. Picture rolling green fields, a few fruit trees, the cutest little Swiss farm house you have ever seen, a huge traditional Swiss farm house next to an old wooden and stone barn. In the middle distance you see the hills roll down to a lake, and farther away there are stunning snow-capped mountains. It is Swiss perfection ;)
These people are really motivated, and I realized at once the opportunity I had in front of me, and offered my services. I am very excited to be a part of the start-up of this school, and WHAT a great experience it will be! Even if I decide to move on before they really get going, I will know what it takes to open a school like this (and trust me, it will be harder here than in the US).

So now, as I sit in the dark depths of February I am dreaming of a sundrenched  farm in Ohio, and a summer in my home country. And seeing friends and family that I miss very much.