Lessons in Christmas Shopping by Melissa (Press Play). I really agree with Melissa’s thoughts on this. I am on a plane by Eleni (Hope Dies Last). Perfect analogy. Meditate on guilt by Alexis (Alexis Kwerk). Do you feel guilty in unnecessary ways? Photo Friday by Ashley (Our little apartment)....
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{source: my flickr} This is a regular feature post on my blog. See the archives here. The Christmas gift situation at our office. We haven’t done a “Secret Santa” in the past, because we were such a small group, but with 6 people now, buying everyone a gift gets kind...
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Last night I saw an old friend from College. We both were exchange students at UC Davis at the same time (only that I went back to Germany after 6 months and she ended up completing her degree in the US) and seeing her again was a bit of a...
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{source: my flickr} How it is already December absolutely escapes me, but since December is one of my favorite months, I just try to embrace that it is here and focus on enjoying the crap out of it. Christmas is my favorite holiday and I just love the season. What...
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I am recapping the three weeks of fun that I had with my family this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. We left San Francisco today (8/8) to head north on Highway 1. Our plans were thwarted, though, by some mechanical issues with our brand...
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It’s time by Danielle (Sometimes Sweet). Please watch this – to the end! It’s beautiful. How I learned to start saying “no” by Jena (Miss Modish). I can really use some advice on that. Making Christmas – Hot chocolate 3 ways by Erin (Sunshine and Carousels). Is there anything better...
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{source: my flickr} Wow, did this month fly by in the blink of an eye, or what? The end of NaBloPoMo literally snuck up on me this year. I have more post ideas sitting in my draft folder than I needed for this month, which, in a way, is a...
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Ashley wrote an interesting blog post a couple of weeks ago about how your blog and what you put out there can make you and your life look a hell lot more perfect than it probably is, and that is definitely true for me. While I don’t think that my...
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J and I had a lovely, long Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice, cozy, quiet – just the two of us – and almost a bit too long. (Did I really just say that?) Well, you know the kind, where it gets really hard to go back to work on Monday....
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{source: my flickr} As I mentioned last week, winter time is all about yummy soups and stews. Since I am practically making a vegetable soup once a week, I thought I would share this delicious recipe with you as well. According to my Mom, this can be turned into a...
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