Category: holidays

{source} On Saturday was St. Nicholas Day (Nikolaustag). In Germany, kids usually celebrate this day by putting a boot (or shoe) outside the front door on the night of December, 5 for St. Nicholas to fill it with gifts and candy. Well, usually it is small gifts and candy, but...

family/holidays

Goodbye November, hello December

December 1, 2014

{source: my flickr} Wow, November flew by in the blink of an eye, didn’t it? And with it, NaBloPoMo came to an end as well. I am always amazed how fast the month goes by and how (relatively) easy it is to blog 30 days in a row. I am glad...

Friday Facts/holidays/NaBloPoMo

28: Friday Facts

November 28, 2014

I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving yesterday! J and I hung out at home for the most part, watched movies (+ Friends reruns!), went for an early afternoon walk and then started cooking our own little Thanksgiving feast! We roasted a hen with stuffing, made homemade mashed potatoes...

good things/holidays/NaBloPoMo

27: Things I {am thankful for} Thursday

November 27, 2014

Today, I am thankful for… … my love and best friend J, who swept me off my feet so many years ago and who gets me and still makes me smile every day. … my supportive and loving family (only an ocean away). For my parents who raised me with love...

good things/holidays/NaBloPoMo

25: Christmas Card roll call

November 25, 2014

With Christmas only a month away (WHAT?) and the holidays fast approaching, it’s time for my annual Christmas cards roll call. If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know what this is all about. I love sending snail mail to people and would love to put...

Germany/holidays/USA

11: St Martin’s Day

November 11, 2014

Today is Veteran’s Day in the US. I get a holiday out of it and I appreciate that. Other than enjoying the time off, I don’t really know what to do with this day. I don’t mean to seem rude or disrespectful. I do thank the service members that have...

Friday Facts/holidays

Happy Halloween + some Friday facts

October 31, 2014

I completely failed to acknowledge that my niece (and god-daughter) Greta turned 6 last week. I wanted a picture to go along with the occasion and then forgot, because I didn’t get any pictures from her actual birthday. So you get this recent one of her snuggling with their new...

California/holidays/weekend

Easter weekend recap

April 25, 2014

J and I took a little trip to SoCal over Easter to visit family and our weekend started off with this amazing view of Yosemite National Park from the plane. I honestly can’t get enough of it and try to get a seat on the correct side of the plane...