I had a fantastic holiday weekend at my friend Susi’s house in the Bay Area. I was so glad I was able to get out of ‘scorching hot’ Sacramento last weekend, because the temperatures reached the triple digits and that’s definitely too hot for me. The East Bay, however, always...
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Hi lovelies, how was your weekend? After we got buckets of water dumped on us last week here in Northern California, Saturday was beautiful. Chilly, but beautiful and sunny. We decided spontaneously to pay a visit to the Sacramento Zoo. To be honest, I only wanted to go there for...
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Last Thursday, J and I had tickets for Jeff Dunham’s show “Identity crisis”. I think I never actually told you about the two great Christmas present ideas I had for J last year – 1) was a Roku player (Internet streaming box for the TV – yeah, yeah, we still...
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To be honest, I’ve never been much of a gamer. My sister and I never had a computer of our own when we still lived with my parents and we definitely did not own any computer games or game consoles. Occasionally we would be exposed to video games at our...
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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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On the way back from my work-related trip to Hawaii, I decided to stay an extra night in Honolulu/Waikiki Beach. I had to take advantage of the opportunity to see a tad more of the islands and I am so glad I did. I only had about 24 hours and...
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You guys, the last two weeks have been stressful, exhausting, and filled-to-the-brim-with-work, but also amazing, overwhelming and absolutely wonderful. Ok, obviously the “updating my blog”-part of my trip didn’t go so well, hence the lack of posts. I really thought that I would have a little down time in the...
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The lovely Tabitha tagged me in a little handwriting project, and since I think in this blogger community, where every word is typed and text only gains personality through the actual content of someone’s blog post, it would be kind of nice to actually see people’s handwriting. I am a...
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We spent Friday (May, 21st) at the Cologne Zoo. My sister and I had planned to take the kids to the Zoo if the weather allowed and we were able to kill two birds with one stone by also making this day a very special day for my great-aunt. Although...
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You’re in for a long post about my trip, peeps. Just FYI. To be honest, I don’t even know where to start. The last three weeks have been absolutely amazing. Cozily comfortable. Relaxed. Perfect. Being at my parents’ house felt so normal. I almost forgot that I am not 16...
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