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Just a quick post ...

I am more and more getting tired to write "my son" and "my daughter" when I am talking about my children. I think it always sounds so akward, so I was thinking how to change that. I do not want to use their real names in this blog though. Maybe some people find that strange but I think most will understand. I have seen that some people use "blog names" for their kids. I thought about that but I would feel really strange writing about my kids using other names. So I decided I will use nicknames instead. I often use nicknames in real live, too so it won't feel too weird to me. :-) I will refer to my daughter as "little bear" and to my son as "little man". I hope that this is not going to be confusing for people that read it.
(I also add this info to the "That's me" section in the sidebar so hopefully also people that just stop by will be able to know why I am writing about bears and men all the time.)

Also I add where I live to the sidebar section. When I started this blog I figured it does not matter where I live. But it has been confusing for some people in the past so - this is to clear things up: :-)

I am German and I am married to a German guy. I live in Germany and raise my kids just talking German. So I am not a native speaker of English (this is where all the spelling and grammer mistakes come from!). I write this blog in English basically because most blogs that I like are written in English and this makes it easier to communicate with other people. Also I am simply assuming that more people using the internet understand English than German. ;-) Also I like writing in English. I lived in a few English speaking countries a while ago and really loved it. Unfortunately in my job I could not use English as much as I would have liked to (at the moment I am staying at home). So I love using the internet and I love to read English books and watch English movies (Yeah to DVDs! Cause in Germany everything on TV is synchronized ... not that I have a TV ...).

Now you know! :-)
(Whether you wanted to or not!) ;-)

Our little son was born

October 21st!
(He was a bit early. He actually was due November 1st. But I am happy he did not wait that long ...)
Everything is fine so far. Daily life is just a bit chaotic at the moment ... as you probably would expect. :-) So I apologize for not being around much during the next days/ weeks. I will answer comments - it might just take a bit. Hope we're getting into some kind of routine soon ... already miss crafting and baking ... ;-)

Finally!

So I finally decided to start my own blog! I was playing with the idea since years now ... and will see how far I get with it ... :-)
Basically I want to use it as a kind of collection of ideas and things I like. And there are many things in my life that I like. :-)
Most of all I love my daughter (she is 3 now)! And also the father of my daughter ;-) and our dog. When I am not working the three keep me rather busy. When I have some free time left I also love:

decorating
crafts of all kind
knitting - up until now only socks though
crocheting
everything creative ... :-)
taking photos, organizing photos, looking at photos ...
tango argentino
baking - especially muffins
cooking - for example marmelade and jams
looking at recipes
reading
traveling
other countries and cultures ... and their food :-)
nature
taking baths
playing games (yeah, I do enjoy traditional board games)
reading and writing emails
looking at interesting stuff on the internet
ebay - totally addicted :-(
listening to music
candles
eating cookies with a glass of cold milk! :-)
cycling
doing pilates - just learning it
would love to learn yoga
chilies
...

So basically it's rather hard for me to get bored! Unfortunately I am quite chaotic - I never do one project at a time but start many different things ... and of course sometimes loose track ... Hope this blog helps me to keep track of all my ideas and projects and things I wanna do ...