it’s only 20 more days until Christmas Eve! How insane! Can you believe it? I have to say, the year went by really quickly… although, if I think about how many people I haven’t seen in such a long (!) time, it doesn’t seem so quick anymore. Weird time feeling....
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Tomorrow I am going to see my dear friend Kim for the first time in over a year. Man, I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to this. I usually manage pretty well not having any of my close girlfriends near by, but every once in a...
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As one of my dear friends pointed out to me today in an email, it’s only 48 more days until Christmas. Holy moly. That is like what? Not even 7 weeks. I should definitely start planning. First of all, I’ll be doing the Christmas card exchange again. Last year, some...
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© toughpigs.com Happy Halloween everyone! When I stepped out of the house this morning, it was dark and misty. Perfect Halloween weather :) I must admit that I am a wuss when it comes to scary things. Halloween is J’s favorite holiday, he loves watching scary movies and he takes particular...
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Last weekend was Labor Day weekend, which means that we got the Monday off. See, this is what I like about US holidays. There aren’t as many, but at least they try to put the holidays not on a specific date, but on a certain day in the months [like...
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Christmas and New Year’s, J and I are going to spend peacefully and quietly at home. J only works one day this week and I am looking forward to some quality time together ;) The last weeks have been kind of hectic and we’ll have a couple of days just...
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J and I had a quiet last day before Christmas yesterday. We walked around at the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, went out for a yummy breakfast at the Café 50’s and went to see “The Holiday” in the afternoon. What a lovely movie! It was actually less busy...
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Today we celebrate St. Martin’s Day in Germany, the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours, who gave half his cloak to a beggar so he could stay warm at night. The day is celebrated in the evening of November 11 in most areas of Germany. Children go by the...
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