Remember my little New Year’s adventure story from last weekend? Here’s the background story. I hadn’t been on a horse since I was 15, or so. You know, when I was younger, of course I had the whole phase where I loved horses (I still do, mind you!), as all...
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© msnbc.com Today, twenty years ago, the Berlin wall fell. I was thirteen at the time and I remember seeing the news on TV. But because my family lived in the far western part of (West) Germany, close to the Dutch border, I think I didn’t really understand how huge this was. Yes,...
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When I woke up this morning and turned on the computer, Google greeted me with this image: Ah yes, Big Bird on Wednesday, Cookie Monster yesterday and Bert and Ernie today. I see a trend. It’s Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary this month (it premiered on November 10, 1969) and what...
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© MSN.COM Today marks the one year anniversary of Barack Obama’s historic election for President of the US of A. I am still overwhelmed by what American voters made possible last year. Not only did they change the direction in which politics were going in this country, but they also elected the first African-American president in the history...
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My job requires me to get up really early, around 5:30 a.m. every morning. If I want to take the bus, I even have to get up about 15 minutes earlier than that. This is simply cruel, don’t you agree? Who the heck gets up that early? FYI, I am not a...
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Today, exactly two years ago, three of my favorite people arrived in LA for a fantastic 3,5 weeks-vacation. Basti (my cousin, who’s like a little brother to me), my Mom and Dad It truly feels like it was just a few weeks ago, but it has been two whole freakin’ years. Unbelievable....
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Today is our 3rd Anniversary. Gee, I seriously can’t believe it’s been 3 years since our beautiful wedding in Germany. Attending Susi’s wedding reception on Monday definitely brought back some memories of our own wedding with friends and family as well. It really doesn’t feel like it’s been three years,...
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… my sister called me and told me she was pregnant. Positively and 100% pregnant. It had been such an eagerly awaited news and I wasn’t anything but extraordinarily and overly happy for her! Now it’s exactly one year after the exciting news and there is this 4-month-old bundle of joy in...
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OMG. My LITTLE cousin is turning 18 today! Basti and I two summers ago at the Grand Canyon I cannot believe it. I still remember when I was 15, holding him when he was just a little baby. Now he’s officially coming of age. I really, really hate that I...
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So, Christmas is only a month, 4 weeks and 1 days, away and here I am, all excited about the opportunity to celebrate Christmas with my family. There is nothing in the world that I want to do more for the holidays… and yet, I keep coming across people – online...
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