Archives for December 2006

Last post of the year…

December 30, 2006 filed under: my so-called life

No SPF on a Friday for me in a long time. I know. But I honestly couldn’t physically do it yesterday. I caught a bad cold. We went for a walk yesterday morning, but after that, I felt so exhausted – I slept for most of the day. I think I needed the rest. I feel much better today… ready to share my 2006 in pictures with you.

San Francisco January 2006

Skiing with my Dad in February

my sister’s and my birthday with my aunt in March

with Ingrid, a dear friend, in April

Our wedding in May

Out for Sushi with my sister and Ira in June

Kim came to visit in July

with my friend Ira in August

J came for another visit in September

holding my cousin’s son in October

with Ilka @ Starbucks in November

back together with J in December

I wish you all a great New Year’s Eve and all the best for the coming year!
Thanks for having shared the last year with me. XOXO

The days in between…

December 27, 2006 filed under: holidays

Christmas and New Year’s, J and I are going to spend peacefully and quietly at home. J only works one day this week and I am looking forward to some quality time together ;) The last weeks have been kind of hectic and we’ll have a couple of days just for our leisure. It’s going to be great :)

Christmas with J’s family was wonderful. We arrived on Christmas Eve, went to see J’s Granddad and Great-aunt at the nursing home and then took J’s Great-uncle back home for a wonderful Christmas eve dinner. We had Scalloped Oysters, Cocquilles St. Jacques, Green Salad and French Bread. It was delicious.

Afterwards, we got together in the living room and exchanged our gifts. We had decided to do it the “German way” this year and open gifts on Christmas Eve :)

Mixing the holiday traditions definitely has its advantages. When J was kind of disappointed Monday night that Christmas was almost over, I could cheer him up with the fact that in Germany we have a second day off for Christmas, so there was another “holiday” for us to look forward to :)

Santa treated me well this year. I received three DVD’s, a gift certificate for Michael’s!, a gift certificate for Target!, a nice mixer [which some of you might have seen on flickr], a pretty new purse, a book, cosmetics and J and I got a huge food basked together. That was a great treat! All the groceries are awesome and the basket is going to be a nice addition for our living room!

Christmas day, we had a yummy breakfast and then I went for a walk on the beach with J’s Mom. It was warm and sunny, and there were so many surfers out. I was surprised. We went to see J’s relatives again in the afternoon and then went home for a yummy turkey dinner. We watched a Christmas movie afterwards and just enjoyed the time together.

Yesterday afternoon, we drove back to L.A.. But before we left, we got some pizza from our favorite pizza place in Ventura and went to the beach. The weather was kind of crazy yesterday, kind of windy, and the waves were huge. We spotted a tiny little baby seal on one of the rocks along the coastal road and I couldn’t help but wonder how the little fellow had gotten up there. The ocean was about 3 feet below and there was really no way he could have climbed up there, or could he? Anyway, there was no Mommy seal in sight. I really hope that someone called the police or someone to send someone out to take care of him.

Unfortunately, it seems like I have caught a cold over the holidays, so I took a long nap yesterday and I’ve been running around with a box of tissues all day today. I hope it’ll be over soon.

Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2006 filed under: holidays

J and I had a quiet last day before Christmas yesterday. We walked around at the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, went out for a yummy breakfast at the CafÃƒÂ© 50’s and went to see “The Holiday” in the afternoon. What a lovely movie!
It was actually less busy out than I thought it would be on December, 23. Most people obviously got their Christmas shopping done on time ;)

We spent a cozy evening at home and exchanged our gifts last night, because we didn’t want to take everything up to Ventura to Jon’s parents house to which we’re going to leave in about 30 minutes.

Have a wonderful time with your family and friends today and tomorrow.

Love to you all.

SPF… it’s Christmas!

December 22, 2006 filed under: my so-called life

No Friday before Christmas without Stuff Portrait Friday hosted by ~~lovely Kristine~~.. ahm, Shaun again.

1. One decoration.

This was given to me as a guardian angel by family friends before I flew over here from Germany. I think it makes for a nice Christmas decoration, doesn’t it?

2. One gift.

A Christmas gift from friends. I know it’s candy [it says on the bottom], but isn’t that the cutest ‘wrapping’?

3. Something stuffed in a stocking.

I fell in love with this stocking at the World Market/Cost Plus store and I had to buy it. It’s the tiniest stocking I have ever seen and I am still trying to figure out if there is anything that will fit into it ;)

Happy Holidays everyone. And let me know if you played ;)

Oh no!

December 19, 2006 filed under: my so-called life

The last few days were kind of busy. I can’t even recall what we did, but we were doing stuff pretty much every day. I remember that it involved last minute Christmas shopping ;)
On Sunday we had Aaron and Maria over for dinner. It was going to be the last time before Christmas that we would see them [beside the fact, that we’re going to take them to the airport tomorrow night.] They’re going to visit Maria’s family back East over the holidays.

I know I promised you pictures of the apartment and I’ll definitely take them tomorrow. It’s dark already and they’ll come out much better in daylight, I believe.

Yesterday was “moving day”. Well, we didn’t move, we just moved stuff around… and picked up our new bed. We picked up a U-Haul Truck at 9 a.m., loaded our old bed and a couch onto the truck and drove to Ventura. We exchanged our old full size bed with a single bed in J’s old room at his parents house and then picked up a queen size bed inclusive bed frame from the storage locker :)

We had Chinese food with J’s Mom for lunch and then headed back to LA, just in time to miss rush hour. The rest of the night was all about setting up the bed and moving boxes around.

This morning, I went to Bed, Bath & Beyond to pick up some sheets and pillows for the new bed. We had a gift card from our wedding and could finally put it to good use! Now our bedroom really looks cozy :)

I talked to my sister later and she confirmed what I already had worried about. I think I caught a cystitis. I wasn’t sure, because I never had one before, but my sister said that the symptoms were pretty clear. So, I’ve been drinking one pot of tea after the other, hoping that the bacteria won’t take up residence in my bladder ;)