Posted in Austen, movies and misc, intuitive eating, tagged stupid body trick on 21 January 2008 | No Comments »
It’s certainly Monday. I went all the way to work with my shirt on inside out. Then I feel asleep in the car on the way to work (DH was driving). We haven’t had an argument with the kid in several days - it’s been nice. Today she even asked us to turn up the [...]
Posted in Austen, movies and misc, affirmations, emotions, work on 22 October 2007 | No Comments »
My miserable Monday ended on a tired note, but I’ve taken action to do things that are highly comforting.
It was a hard day at work, and I left late and exhausted. At home, a small glass of wine, covering up in my favorite blanket and curling up in a semi-fetal position all felt good. I [...]
Posted in Austen, movies and misc, cognitive behavioral therapy CBT, emotions on 27 September 2007 | 1 Comment »
I love the name Frances
I hate the color “coral”
I love the fact that in 20 years of marriage my husband has never been able to fix me. Yet he’s still here.
I love Bahlsen Ohne Gleichen wafer cookies with dark chocolate.
I love putting the package away half-finished.
I hate that my German keyboard isn’t listening to me [...]
Posted in Austen, movies and misc on 1 May 2007 | No Comments »
Maybe this giving up comforting myself with food thing is going to work out after all. Yesterday started out normally. I did chores, shopped for shorts (potential agony, but I did well, and actually found a nice pair. Now all I have to do is get up the gumption to wear them out in public.)
After [...]
Posted in Austen, movies and misc on 21 April 2007 | No Comments »
After watching a mediocre showing of Deutschland Sucht den Superstar, the German equivalent of American Idol, I had to go find the original version of one song sung tonight, It’s Raining Men!”
Here you go:
Not only is it quite amusing, but it’s also a wonderful example of fat women doing their thing, and not being cowed [...]
Posted in Austen, movies and misc on 19 April 2007 | No Comments »
Griesskloesschen Suppe is a fine German delicacy. Made from a delicate broth, refined by tiny bits of fresh vegetables, it’s a delight for the senses.
The crowning effect for the soup is the dumplings made from farina (semolina). A little egg, a little butter, and they mix up into teaspoon-sized bites of deliciousness.
Once the dumplings have [...]
Posted in Austen, movies and misc on 3 March 2007 | No Comments »
In Germany, they have Deutschland Sucht den Superstar as their Idol program. This year’s program has a contestant, Francisca Urio, who is performance-wise beyond even the American program.
Here’s a sample of her work. (This is also my first attempt at embedding/linking video. If for some reason the link/video doesn’t work, just go to clipfish and [...]
Posted in Austen, movies and misc on 31 January 2007 | No Comments »
We live near one of the major manufacturing sites of Daimler Chrysler, manufacturer of Mercedes Benz. Every so often we get to see a test car, like the one pictured above. Notice how it’s matte black? That’s special black tape, covering the finish and some specific details they don’t want to show the public yet.
It’s [...]
Posted in Austen, movies and misc on 29 January 2007 | No Comments »
So I was going to go to Paris for my birthday, actually DH and my birthdays together, since mine is on Feb 3 and his is Feb 9. HOWEVER, Paris just faded into nothingness when I learned that an English theater troupe is going to do a version of Pride and Prejudice on the same [...]
Posted in Austen, movies and misc on 2 January 2007 | No Comments »
We made our annual Three Kings pilgrimage to Strasbourg today. It’s really all about the food, since the only consistent things we do are have a fabulous lunch and buy a Galette du Roi, puff pastry with an almond cream.
We visited the cathedral and saw many of the tapestries - wonderful. We ended up lunching [...]
