Sonntag, 30. November 2014

A foggy Saturday

On Saturday we were allowed to sleep a bit longer. My dear then went to her yearly baking session with friends and I planned to ship off some stuff to my parents' but the things were to big for the car and the weather was not great to drive in, so I finally decided against it. Instead I played some Guild Wars 2.

In the evening we then watched another epsiode of Constantine and played a lot with the cats before going to bed.

The pussy cat likes to play scarf.


Samstag, 29. November 2014

No donuts on Friday

Yesterday after work I went home and took care of the cats and fed them. After that I went to Mariahilf and there straight to Planet Harry, where there were many great new games. On my way home I wanted to stop by Dunkin Donuts, but there still was - like the week before - a large queue of people waiting to buy their sweets. So I went on to the Cornwall Pasty Pirates for a lunch for us on the weekend and then to Natsu for a dinner for us and the cats.

Back home again I was ambushed by the cats and after they got their portion of the fish we were also allowed to eat ours.

At first I spent the evening with The Grey in Guild Wars 2 and after that we went onto the couch for an episode of Constantine.

The tom cat is just very tired.


Freitag, 28. November 2014

Lara Croft raids tombs again

Yesterday I was continuing Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light with my dear. We managed to get quite far and hopefully soon we will know about the secret of the temple.

After that I went with The Grey in Guild Wars 2 on a dungeon run, where I stayed quite long and went directly to bed afterwards.

The pussy cat loves to sleep in my bed after I leave the flat.


Donnerstag, 27. November 2014

Mittagessen

Falls schon am Ende der Woche und wieder eine schwere Wahl.

Tortelloni Ricotta mit Tomatenragout und Parmesan


Baking with Paul Hollywood('s recipe)

Yesterday it was baking time of the week again and I have chosen a quick time consuming recipe: Povitica


In between the baking sesssions I tried - in vain - to complete some story line achievements in Guild Wars 2. Unfortunately the other players were either incompetent or left after 10 seconds being in the group. I think I have to rely on The Grey to do those achievements successfully.

We concluded the evening with recent episodes of Constantine, The Flash and Selfie. Meanwhile the cat we very tired and just slept for most of the evening. This means that they will be full of energy today and be hyperactive.

"Yes, I sleep in my new bed. What do you mean that this is mummy's bag?"


Mittwoch, 26. November 2014

Mittagessen

Am Schnitzeltag ist alles wieder in Ordnung.

Wiener Schnitzel von der Pute mit Erdäpfel-Gurken-Salat


At the vet, nothing serious though

Yesterday I was at the vet with the pussy cat for a "small service". That meant trimming the claws, cleaning out the ears, getting scaled and getting brushed. Afterwards she was as good as new, but also mostly in panic. Over the course of the evening she relaxed again and she was happy to be home again.

The rest of the evening I spent first with The Grey in Guild Wars 2 verbracht and later - when my dear came home - we went onto the couch and watched the current episodes of Sleepy Hollow and Castle. In between we played with the cats and after all that we went to bed tired.

The tm cat is sometimes always faster than the camera.


Dienstag, 25. November 2014

Mittagessen

Wer nicht wag, der nicht bekommt zu essen (oder so).

Hühnerfilet in Jack Danielssauce mit Ananasscheibe überbacken


The age of dragons has started again

Yesterday I was at my parents' for dinner after work - it was very tasty plum dumplings.


After that I went home where my dear and our two cats were already waiting for me. I bought the latest incarnation of Dragon Age for my dear and it arrived yesterday. Unfortunately the installation of the game took ages, but she was able to play a little anyway. Meanwhile I played with the cats and spent some time in Guild Wars 2.

We concluded the evening on the couch with one episode each of Constantine and Forever.

The pussy cat sometime likes to play scarf, but that's alright.


Montag, 24. November 2014

Mittagessen

Wochenbeginn in der Kantine - immer eine schwere Wahl.

Wiener Vollkorn-Krautfleckerl mit grünem Salat


Und für den Rest der Woche ist es auch nicht einfach sich zu entscheiden.


Autumn trip

After the long boardgame afternoon/evening the day before we tried to sleep longer, but the cats insisted to be fed. So we made their breakfast and stayed up as well.

At noon we went out to do some walking and taking some photographs. Here's a small selection of those pictures while you can see all the pictures in this album.




On our way home we picked up something sweet from the confectionery for afternoon tea.

In the afternoon we met with The Grey for a fractal run in Guild Wars 2 and it was very successful. I hope we can do this soon again!

The evening we spent with The Flash, QI and The Big Bang Theory before falling into our beds.

"I think I'm a bit tired and hungry unless you want to play with me a bit!"


Sonntag, 23. November 2014

Craft beer & boardgames

This Saturday we were allowed by the cats to sleep a bit longer before they demanded their food. After they had their breakfast we had ours as well. After that we went to the local street market to buy food for the afternoon.

At noon our dear friends came and we visited the local craft beer festival together. We tasted a lot of beer variaties - about 20 in total at 0,1 l each. We found three brands that we likes the most and so we bought bottles of those as well.


Back home we first ate something - Mary Berry's cherry cake. And after that the playing started.

Cutthroat Caverns

Here you have to fight your way through monsters together, but in the end only one person can win. So you start backstabbing them as soon as you think it's safe to do so.


Conclusion: ok game, although we played it very nice and civilized

Bang! The Dice Game

The wild west as a dice game. The sheriff is the only role known to all players and each other player has his own goal to win the game. And yes, there's the problem with rolling what you need to see your goal fulfilled.


Conclusion: ok and in the end the outlaw (me) won this time

Würfel Bohnanza

Like the original Bohnanza you have to collect coins for harvesting beans, but this time you need to roll them with dice. The nice thing is that you can benefit from other players rolls as well.


Conclusion: ok, it's poker dice with fixed goals

Concept

The game where you have to explain things and other players have to guess them - a timeless classic!


Conclusion: still funny to see how people think and others try to find out what they were trying to explain. Sometimes you think they come from different planets though

Straw

The poor camel has been overloaded again!


Conclusion: the classical game for in between or when you run out of ideas what to play

Las Vegas

Rolling dice in the casinos to grab the big cash - Las Vegas is a classical dice game with a touch of strategy of where to put you rolled dice and when.


Conclusion: tactics is as important as your luck in this game

Anno Domini: Wissenschaft & Forschung

In this game you want to know when something happened in history and put it in the correct order for a given timeline.


Conclusion: after beer and due to the already late hour this wasn't an easy game to play and/or finish

While playing the boardgames my smartphone decided to start taking strange pictures like the one below. I hope this isn't the first sign, that the phone is dying.


The pussy cat was making herself comfortable while we played the games - on my arm of course.


Samstag, 22. November 2014

Almost dunkin Friday

Friday - after work - it was time again to go to Mariahilf. This time around there wasn't that much to shop though.

Although I wanted - like half of Vienna it seemed - to visit the newly opened Dunkin Donut, but since the were so many people stand and waiting outside the store already I passed on that one. So I went on to Planet Harry, where there were the newly arrived Star Trek Attack Wing ships available. With this precious treasure I went on to pick up some food at Natsu) (sushi) and Blutaumüller (sweet breakfast stuff) before heading home again.

There I was greeted by some hungry cats, who demanded their share of the fish loot. After they got it, we were also allowed to eat our share.

Later I joined the weekly guild mission run with The Grey in Guild Wars 2, before we concluded the evening with the latest episode of The Flash.

"What is happening? Is there some food for me somewhere?"