When I am not cross-stitching or crocheting, you can usually find me doing something with my stamps and paper. Paper has always been one of my favorite items to do crafts with. It pretty much leaves everything to your own imagination, because paper is versatile and so easily available in...
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{via} I rarely, rarely get political on this blog and it’s for a reason… but I really hope that you, who live in the US and are allowed to vote, will vote today in the midterm elections. Because I can’t. Because as a permanent legal resident, who works and pays...
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{via} So, here we are. Today is the first day of NaBloPoMo and traditionally that is also the day after Halloween. Naturally, my first question will be: did you do something fun? Secondly, I need to mention that the (Catholic parts of) Germany is doing something right having a holiday...
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It’s almost November and you know what that means, right? NaBloPoMo is upon us. The official National Blog Posting Month is November of each year and I’ve been participating for the last four years. GASP. I know. It’s like there is no way around it anymore. So, I am planning...
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Baking has been a very frustrating undertaking here in the US for me. You might be wondering, how so? The thing is that cakes and muffins never turned out to be quite right. The taste usually was a-okay, but the texture was completely off. A marble cake, which is supposed...
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Here in California, fall always comes over night. There is no gradual decline in temperatures, a little rain to get you used to the idea that the colder and wetter season has begun. One morning you wake up and it’s cloudy and cold. Just like that. This year, this day...
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{via} Right now, I am loving… … that today is Greta’s second birthday! I can’t believe my little niece is two years old already. Where did the time go? I am not loving the fact that I can’t be with her to celebrate, but I know that the rest of...
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{via my 365 project} In honor of J’s birthday – which is today! Hooray! – I unleashed my domestic goddess. I prepared a little birthday table for him this morning and baked some cupcakes (from this book!) yesterday. Actually, they’re muffins. J – who doesn’t have a sweet tooth at...
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The other day, my sister called me at what struck me as a somewhat unusual time (10 a.m. PST – 7 p.m. CET) and I was wondering why she called me early. She usually waits until both kids are in bed and asleep, so we have more time to talk....
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{via GoogleEarth} In some ways, I have not moved around much in my life at all, in other ways, I’ve made a bigger move than a lot of other people will ever make, when I moved to a foreign country to live with the man I love. Grevenbroich, Germany. I...
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