Advent starts on the 4th Sunday before Christmas, which means TODAY. It also marks the day for me to get out my Christmas decoration. Despite all the holiday music and decorations at the stores (which almost started with this 4 weeks ago), I refuse to get myself into a Christmas mood before the 1st Sunday…
4 day-weekends are just awesome. Even though I get 3 day-weekends most weekends, 4 days are definitely better and the weekend has never felt that long in a while. Do I sound snobby or what? ;) After the great food on Thursday and some shopping yesterday, I didn’t leave the apartment today. I stayed in…
Well, this was a fake turkey dinner, because it was not a turkey. It was a chicken. There was no way I was going to cook a whole freakin’ giant bird for just J and I. No way. I think for my first attempt to prepare a turkey dinner, a chicken did just fine. Look,…
I am thankful for – my husband – healthy parents – my sister – the rest of my family – my two godchildren – my dear friends – a great job – my blog – music – apple pie – holidays – snow! – a safe place to live – quality time with quality people…
Even though those two German and US “holidays” are loosely connected, they’re not the same. “Erntedankfest” means Harvest Thanksgiving Festival which is usually “celebrated” on the first weekend in October. I put “celebrated” in quotation mark because in no way, shape or form is “Erntedankfest” a real holiday with a specific date, nor is it…
So, Christmas is only a month, 4 weeks and 1 days, away and here I am, all excited about the opportunity to celebrate Christmas with my family. There is nothing in the world that I want to do more for the holidays… and yet, I keep coming across people – online and offline – who are…
Look what I found at the store! I was so excited! If you aren’t sure what it is, I will let you guess. The woman at the cash register looked definitely a little bit confused and said she hadn’t seen this vegetable before. How the hell do you eat it? Haha. I thought that was…
… for 10 years at least, before I have to re-apply for the extension of my green card. Sigh. The two year ‘temporary’ residency mark (since immigration) was reached yesterday and I am now a resident alien (“I am alien, I am a legal alien, I am an Englishman German girl in New York California” …
8 Favorite TV Shows: 1. Sex and the City – I think that is the only show that I have completely watched from start to finish. Plus, the movie! I loved the four women, their dialogs and their complicated relationships. It was just fun to watch and relax. 2. Friends – I think I might…
  It’s Friday again and that means it’s time to play SPF… and today Kristine asked us to post a photo of Ice Cream.  Chocolate Chip is my favorite! Because I prefer ice cream to any other candy, I pretty much always have some ice cream in my freezer. So I had some of it, too,…
