Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I wish I could...

Hallo meine Lieben,


I hope you are all having a wonderful week! I am so thankful that you guys read my blog! I can't even say how much! It means the world to me and I am so glad that I have met so many wonderful people! And welcome to my new readers! You guys absolutely make my day! Thank you so much!


Today I have thought about a couple of things I would love to be able to do and I want  to share these thoughts with you. Some are really ridiculous, some serious.

I wish I could...


... sing


I love to sing. A lot. But I always do it when nobody can hear me. There are only two exceptions: David and my Dad. I don't feel ashamed to sing in front of them but their reactions are totally different. David is a sweetheart and always tells me that I have my nice voice. My Dad always says: Der Rabe ist kein Singvogel. Which means "The raven isn't a singing bird. I am terrible. I know it. David has such an amazing voice and I have to say that I am a little jealous. 






... not be afraid of deep water


I would love to go swimming. I think the last I went swimming was when I was 14 and I was scared to death. Even swimming pools freak me out. I think I can swim, I was able to when I was a kid but I haven't tried it since so maybe I unlearned it. It is really bad, I start to panic when I am in the water and then I am unable to move. I spent my last (and only) beach vacation on an air mattress 1m away from the beach. It is just too scary. 
At gym class in school we went swimming for a while and I remember that I was always sick. I never participated. My mom had to excuse me and my teacher got really mad. I loved all other kinds of sport and was good at it but I never showed up when we went swimming. 



That's how a terrified smile looks. It is the only picture of me in a pool. I hate that picture because I look so ugly in it plus it looks like I lost my bikini top. But I thought I should share it with you. 




... be more elegant


Sometimes I really feel like a Trampel. I think the American expression for that would be "klutz". I think David once used that word to describe me. But yeah, I always break things, fall over my own feet, I drop things, I forget things that I planned to do....I am definitely not a lady. And I can drink like an Irish pub goer. At least I can walk in heels. 



Me drinking.




.... rescue all animals


This actually depresses me a lot. Sometimes I close my eyes and see pictures of abused animals appear. It is terrible. I really don't know how to handle this because it makes me so sad and desperate. Sometimes I really don't know how to live with all the animal cruelty. I am sure I am not the only one who feels like that so how do you handle this?


... speak all languages


There are so many languages I would love to learn and I wish I'd have the time to do it. It would be awesome to speak at least Spanish, Icelandic, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Hindi and French. I do speak a little French and I can understand a little Italian but that's it. 


... travel back in time 


and save my Mom's life.


What are the things you would love to be able to do? Have a great Wednesday!

29 comments:

  1. Oh I wish I could sing...I sing at home and I think I sound terrible!!

    My boxing teacher is such a good singer I get really jealous :P

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    1. Yeah, I sound terrible too! I am sure you sound way better than I do! I get really jealous when David sings!

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  2. I'm afraid of deep water too. I know how to swim but I still get really panicky when I can't touch the floor with my toes. Being elegant, now that would be awesome.

    Sadly, I'm probably the complete opposite of it because I'm clumsy, rude, opinionated, and awkward haha.

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    1. I never go into the water when I can't touch the floor with my toes. Too much for me. I panic.

      Yeah, I am definitely the opposite of it too. I try to be elegant but never succeed!

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  3. Haha, ich wäre auch so gern ein weniger mehr elegant, aber ich denke, das wird schwer werden, so sehr ich mich auch bemühe! Doch ich gebe nicht auf... (:

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    1. Ich probiere es auch weiterhin! Aber ich glaube echt, dass es vergeblich ist! :)

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  4. I love reading your blog and I'm glad you read mine. You're most def one of my favorites!
    I can't sing either, but I've always wished I could just so I could be in the musicals when I was doing theatre.
    I'm a super klutz too. Although I think it's funny you call it the "American" word because it's originally Yiddish.

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    1. Aww, thank you so much, Breenah! I'm blushing! I am always happy when I see a post of you! You're awesome!
      Amazing, you're an actor!!!
      Oh it is? I have heard it this week for the first time when David mentioned it!

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  5. I love this! I really wish I could sing too....REALLY wished I could!! But it doesn't stop me either. Oh, and I wish I could rescue all animals too!

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    1. We could be as team: the bad singers animal rescue group. :)

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  6. Hahaha, I love that phrase - I'm going to start saying that!
    And....I wish I could save all animals, too!

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    1. My Dad tells me that all the time. I like the phrase a lot and I am glad you like it too! :)

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  7. Oh, my, Katrin! So many things in common! I so wish I could go back in time to save my mom, too! I'm not a lady either, my mom used to call me "truck driver" when I would behave particularly manly, haha. And as for swimming, I hadn't swam for 20 years because I can't stand the feeling of being looked at in a bathing suit. I hate my body and feel so ashamed of it. BUT, funny thing, today I went into the pool in our complex! :D I made sure there was no one and had so much fun! It'd been too long! I loved to feel a weightless body and swim, swim, swim :P. I think you should give swimming another try to try to get over the fear.

    And let's open an animal shelter! :p

    Hope you're having a great week!

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    1. Your Mom too? Oh I am so sorry, Miki!
      "Truck driver", I like that. :)
      You are so beautiful, Miki....and I don't see why you can't like your body but I do understand how you feel. I don't like my body either, especially my legs. I just don't feel comfortable in short dresses etc. But great you had a chance to go to the pool today! Yay for that! I would considering going to a pool but only when nobody sees me. I mean, I am sure my fear of water must look completely stupid so I don't want to see other people how I struggle with it!
      And yeah, we should definitely open an animal shelter!
      Have a wonderful week!

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  8. Thats too bad you don`t feel comfortable in water! It`s so nice to cool yourself off in the summer. But it is hard to get rid of fears like that. You haven`t had A traumatizing experience, though, have you?
    I think you look really cute in the pool picture :D

    I feel like a Trampel, too! And a Tollpatsch! I always fall, trip, drop stuff and hurt myself. Makes me feel better I´m not the only one...
    Our best friends here in Rotterdam are french and both are like 1,50m tall and weigh less then 45 kilos. Whenever Brad and I meet with them I fall into a deep depression afterwards, cause they are so tiny and cute and elf-like and speak this awesome language and we are like "howdy! Give us food!". They will eat 1/4 a plate and we will eat ours and finish theirs off, too...

    I´m really sorry about your mom, Katrin! I don`t really know what to say, it must be horrible to have that happen.

    Fühl dich umarmt,
    liebe Grüße!

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    1. Yeah, I am sure it is awesome to cool yourself in a pool! I would do it if i"d have my own pool and nobody could see me! But I just look totally stupid with my fear of water! And no, I never had a traumatizing experience, I don't know where that fear comes from! And thanks for saying that the picture is cute...but come on, it is pretty ugly. :)

      Oh, I am a huge Trampel and Tollpatsch! I am glad I am not alone with that! I absolutely know how you feel about meeting you elf-like friends! :))

      Thank you so much, dear! :))
      Ich drück Dich!

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    2. Sorry, but I must insist the pool picture is rather cute :p

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  9. Such a personal and powerful post. You are so brave to bare your soul on the internet like this.

    I love to sing too! Much to the dismay of everyone in hearing distance. I have a terrible voice. lol! Usually my two dogs are the only audience for me. They never complain ;)

    As for your fear of water, you are certianly not alone. My fear is probably heights. I once walked out on a ledge and was terrified to walk back. My poor husband had to coax me back like I was a little scared animal. Sheesh.

    Also, just thought you'd find this post about babies swimming amusing...

    http://www.thedaybookblog.com/2012/07/swimming-babies.html

    My mom put me in swimming classes like that when I was a baby and I basically cried until my face was purple... lol. Needless to say, I wasn't in that class very long.

    Have a great week! :)

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    1. Thank you so much, Erica!
      Haha, I know what you mean. My pets never complain when I sing and they are the only ones to react like that! :)
      A fear of heights must be terrible too! I am so sorry! I know how you feel!
      Thank you so much for the link! I will go and check it out! :)
      Have a great week!

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    2. The link is awesome! Thank you so much!
      I remember that I always went swimming with my Mom and Dad when I was a kid. It was fine as long as I could just play around but I never went into the deep water or jumped into it. Never. Too scared.
      And I can imagine that you haven't been in that swim class for long. :)

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  10. GAH! i wish i could rescue all animals too.
    and i love this post. a lot.

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    1. We should really all have an animal shelter together!
      Thank you so much, Jes. That means a lot to me!

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  11. I wish I could have more confidence in myself, be skinnier, never have smoked (quitting that caused the eh hem...well...many pounds I put on), I wish I'd have never fed my sweet Cocoa (first sheltie) people food...besides veggies that are good for them. I didn't know back then how toxic some of our food is to them. Geesh...I think I may need to do a post on this topic...lol! Love ya!

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    1. Tif, look at you. There is no reason you could wish to be skinnier, your adorable! Yeah, people food is not the best for pets, my cats always want cake.
      And you should definitely do a post like this too, can't wait to read it! Love ya too!

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  12. I hear you on the swimming! It is terrifying to be in water where I can not stand! So when I go to the beach I get in, and sort of walk around for a while while I cool down (while other people swim naturally) and then I am good to go and continue the sunbathing. I wish I could be a little less freaked out, and learn how to crawl (I only know breast stroke swimming, and am not good at it either!) Maybe this needs to be a goal for me, maybe it's not too late to learn how to swim? :)

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    1. I am the exact same way! And I have always thought I am the only one. It feels like everybody else can enjoy swimming!
      It is definitely not to late to learn it! I know people who learned it when they were 40. It is definitely a big goal for me to overcome that fear. I just don't know how!

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  13. I so wish I could sing too. I think I love karaoke so much bc I can sing but no one actually hear it because I am terrible. And the languages, oh the languages! I wish I could just learn one more :)

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    1. I love karaoke too! I always try to sing with people who can actually sing so that nobody hears you bad I am. Haha.
      You already learned German and that's so awesome! But yeah, it would be great to learn more than English and German. And my English is not even perfect yet.

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