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Percival ([personal profile] percival) wrote2004-01-09 02:54 pm

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landed safely. am in airport waiting for hubby with keys. all postcards got mailed, [livejournal.com profile] piperx, expect a book arcel, [profile] user, your book has been mailed too.
my new addy will be poted on march 1 wheni will have moved in.

am now going to do someplanning in hello kitty notebook courtesy of noelle with a coffee and an almond croisant.
yum

missing texas, it was lovely!

mmmmmmmm

[identity profile] angelofthenorth.livejournal.com 2004-01-09 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Coffee and Almond Croissants

Nice

[identity profile] angua9.livejournal.com 2004-01-09 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
Safe is good. Miss you!

[identity profile] perceval.livejournal.com 2004-01-11 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
miss you too! and the cats and the dog ...

will be sad to see the last hair gone :(

[identity profile] dr-c.livejournal.com 2004-01-09 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I notice (in addition to the effects of those nightmarish airport keyboards, apparently designed to make sure nobody misses a flight by spending too much time there) your use of the future perfect tense "when I will have moved in."

Am I correct in thinking that this construction is more commonly used in German than in English? (I seem to remember, when I had a few German and Austrian friends at my church in California, that they also seemed to use the future perfect a bit; but I never really paid that much attention to it.)

(Most native English speakers, or at least American speakers, would instead use the phrase "after I move in," or something to that effect.)

[identity profile] perceval.livejournal.com 2004-01-11 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd rather put it down to overteaching. In German, in normal conversational speech, I would actually use the perfect. In a foreign language, I'm a bit more careful with my tenses.

(Kezbord? Wht Kyboard_? Oh, ye olde inputte device ... Yes, that was truly awful. And I was running out of time, too.)

[identity profile] dandelionsummer.livejournal.com 2004-01-09 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you're home safely and we're looking forward to seeing you soon with a bit of luck.

Take care!

[identity profile] themorningstarr.livejournal.com 2004-01-09 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Texas is missing you too! Glad you landed safely!

[identity profile] perceval.livejournal.com 2004-01-11 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I wish I were BAX ...

[identity profile] acusa-dora.livejournal.com 2004-01-09 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
We miss you, all right. As Lyle Lovett sings, "That's right, you're not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway."

[identity profile] perceval.livejournal.com 2004-01-11 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Missing you too! The holiday was incredibly relaxing and beneficial.
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[personal profile] h311ybean 2004-01-09 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Your holiday postcard has finally arrived! Thank you so much! *hugs*