Oh December! In earlier chapters of my life this month nearly killed me – quite literally – on so many occasions that I became physically sick with dread of its arrival every year. These days I’m just a kid sickeningly giddy from sugar overload, too infatuated with the rituals I love – Adventskalender, hot cocoa … Read More →
If a power outage happens this week, I’m totally prepared. Why? Because we’re up to our eyeballs in Sankt Martinstag fests and have made enough colourful and bizarrely malformed lanterns to put Burning Man to shame. What? You missed that 11 November was Martinstag? Didn’t you see the special Google Doodle? WARNING: here comes an … Read More →
I’ve often felt like summer flows by like a quiet river ending in a raucous waterfall of jubilant activity that Fall carries in with the wind. If you try to brace yourself properly (i.e. plan, prepare and schedule), you miss the moments to reflect and appreciate the scenery. Nonetheless, the notion we were nearing the … Read More →
When I was planning my wedding, several vendors talked of the 20% rule, a rule I have carried forward in all my event planning ever since. So, when girl insisted she could not bear the thought of excluding any of the 11 invitees from her list, I happily obliged, thinking we would really only have … Read More →
I mentioned before I’ve been working in high gear on preparations for girl’s 6th birthday party. Well, now we’re hitting the turbo button folks. The invitations have been delivered! It’s on like Donkey Kong! This thing is happening! Exclamations aside, there were a few hiccups with my plan for the invites. First, none of the … Read More →
I have 9 draft posts slated ahead of this one. However, there was a flurry of activity for one of my favourite pins from last year. And, since I’ve been flat tack trying to pull together all the elements for girl’s 6th birthday coming up in T-2 weeks, it seemed like a sign I should … Read More →
One of my siblings swears we will write a book together one day. It would probably be mostly comprised of our gTalk chats, which often occur late at night on account of the time difference. All modesty aside, this format brings out our innate hilarity. While I kind of doubt whether Wogrun (this is the … Read More →
I was sitting here trying to come up with a title for this post when my better half (he’s still working on his “blog code name” since he does not want to be referred to as DH) says with complete deadpan delivery “I thought you already had a title. Were you just not hoppy with … Read More →