1. Beehouse Tea Pot – I’ve had that tea pot for a while now, but now that we actually have tea-weather I’ll be using it much more often. 2. Greta – my cute little niece. I cannot stop talking to my sister about her. I want to know every little...
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I usually don’t like to talk about too personal things on my blog – especially if those personal things concern other people in my life –  and if I do so occasionally, I password-protect these posts. It is not so much about protecting myself as it is about protecting people that I...
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As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to tell you about the shopping on Sunday. Our 2-year cell phone contract with Verizon was about to expire very soon and we already had looked into extending our contract and upgrading our phones for a while. We’re on a family...
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This might be kind of lengthy. It was a four-day weekend for me, after all :) Don’t you love it? On Friday, I needed to recuperate from the long work week. I slept in and took another two-hour nap in the afternoon. What the hell is wrong with me? :)...
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~ This picture was taken exactly one year ago. Happy times, dinner at Mio Babbo’s in Westwood :) I can’t believe it’s been another year! Our 2nd anniversary – well, technically, it’s our 3rd!
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With all the chaos going on in our lives, I just recently told you that I wouldn’t be able to get my designated “birthday present” for a little while. J knows that I want the DSLR really badly. Even though it is a pretty expensive little toy, I know he...
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Thank you all for thinking about me on my birthday and sending gifts, cards, emails, text messages and messages on Facebook! You all really made my birthday extra-special :) It was a really good! decision to take yesterday off. J and I were able to sleep in a little bit...
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Yesterday was J’s birthday. When I got up, I baked him marble-cake-muffins while I was in the shower. [clarification for Ute : The muffins baked in the oven while I was in the shower :)] I have to say that I am a big advocate of everybody having a birthday-cake...
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J and I met exactly 6 years ago today. Did I ever tell you the full story? I had just started my exchange semester in CA and I was walking on Campus that night with two other German girls. We were heading towards the gym to attend a Freshman party. All three...
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