photo credit: @cloudett via Unsplash “Weckmann” time We just celebrated St. Martin’s Day in Germany, and that holiday goes hand in hand with these cute traditional pastries (“Weckmann”) that are given out to the kids on St. Martin’s Day. It’s a pastry in the form of a gingerbread man, which...
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photo credit: @uns__nstudio via Unsplash END OF THE SHUTDOWN? The Senate has approved a continuing resolution to reopen the government and fund much of the government through Jan. 30. The U.S. House of Representatives still has to pass the legislation, and then Tr*mp has to sign it. The funding package...
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photo credit: @gaellemarcel I stole this blog post idea from Engie, who blogged about this earlier this year. I love sharing – and learning – random things about people. … go to the office/place of work? Well, I haven’t been to the office in 40+ days, but I USUALLY go...
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This week’s stats: Running: 11.8 miCycling: 30.1 miWalking: 9.16 miStrength: 70 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 130 minWarm up/Stretching: 65 minMeditation: 65 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I signed up for – yet – another challenge (WHAT’S ONE MORE? LOL). This time it’s Peloton’s own Countdown...
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Today, I am going to share five food staples that make their way into my shopping cart every single week. I am always interested to read about other people’s grocery and cooking habits, so I thought I’d share some of the things that I eat regularly with you. Bread Could...
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photo credit: Taisiia Stupak via Unsplash I like thinking about things that give us life instead of thinking about what’s currently hard for us (and I realize I’ve been a bit of a complainer this year). So let’s take this positive spin and go with it.1 Morning meditation I started...
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photo credit: @gaellemarcel via Unsplash Hi friends, let’s have a little coffee date today! I wish we could do this in person, but since we cannot, I’ll just pretend we’re out at a nice coffee shop. Maybe we’d even pick up a coffee-to-go and take a walk because it’s sunny and warm out...
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If you’ve read my blog for a while, you might remember that I am not a huge Halloween fan. I didn’t grow up celebrating Halloween (in Germany, November 1 – All Saints’ Day – is a national holiday, but we didn’t celebrate Halloween with costumes or trick-or-treating), and I am...
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