The
longboard.
Over and
over again: the longboard.
A “Oh, well,
let’s go to the emergency room and have it checked, if Ben’s wrist is still
sore…” turned into a cast.
Right at the
beginning of the summer holidays, yeah.
At a
particularly inconvenient time, as Ben was going to attend a surf camp together
with his sister pretty much at the start of the holidays.
Ben on the
other hand thinks it is a blessing in disguise:
"They
could have put my whole arm into a cast. Every time I would have raised my arm
it would have looked like a Nazi salute. Hail my leader.”
We go to
test it a few times in front of a mirror, and believe me:
He is right.
1. After the
shock (and hours of waiting in the emergency room), Noelle and I first of all
prepare a sumptuous dinner. There are grilled Köfte (Turkish meatballs),
crunchy oven-baked rosemary potatoes, corn on the cob, various types of melon
and this incredibly delicious salad.
Is it
obvious how to prepare it, or should I write up a detailed recipe for you?
2. Even if
the days in the Stuttgart region are often unbearably hot, the evenings are all
the more pleasant. Whenever possible I try and spend some time with the
children outside in the evening – be it a spontaneous simple picnic at the lake
(bread, cheese, melon), a beach bar that allows us to dig our toes into the
sand, or dinner in a beer garden.
For all of
you living in this area:
Teehaus provides not only the most beautiful view of the sunset over
Stuttgart – my children think that the climb to the top reminds them of Narnia
(!).
We only set
out for home when it is already dark: car windows rolled down, wind in our
hair, listening to this song, volume
to the max.
And this song.
And this.
Crickets are
competing in their song, the freshly mowed grass has an incredibly beautiful
scent and my children ask me to take a detour so that the trip lasts a little
longer. I stop at a red light and look over, lost in thought – in the car
beside us is a man who looks over, lost in thought just the same as I.
Our eyes
meet and we smile.
We don’t
look away, look into each others’ eyes and just smile for a really long time.
We are
convinced:
This is the
most beautiful moment of our lives.
The most
beautiful summer.
The most
beautiful life.
(you simply
have to try it: absolutely EVERYONE smiles back at you. Old, young, man, woman,
bus driver. Everyone.)
3. The
"7 minutes training"- app isn’t exactly new, but it is free and
perfect for everyone who is as athletic as a slice of toast me, and who
jump on any excuse to procrastinate .
7 minutes.
SEVEN
MINUTES!
Just do it.
Also
fantastic after a run.
(and don’t
present me with lame excuses ;)).
4. For all
who love a minimalist, simple style:
the white
wooden boxes by Tine K. home stylishly keep jewelry or other knickknack in
place.
I just
cannot decide whether they look better in the bedroom or the bathroom.
And if you
like writing down your thoughts you will love this notebook: very pure in white
with a black spine.
4.
Everlasting love and a must-have for your vacation wardrobe: denim
shorts!
A piece of
advice:
If you want
to achieve that relaxed, casual surfer look buy the shorts 2-3 sizes too big –
it will slide down slightly to rest on your hips.
I bought my
shorts in the sale and they are a size 38 (US 8/10) – they are supposed to fit
just like this ;).
If, on the
other hand, you want to wear super short shorts combine them with a loose fit
T-shirt, tunic or top – this is also very pretty and casual.
A selection
of pieces from the sale, some at a great price:
1. Pieces
2. Pepe Jeans
3. Mustang
4. Only
5. Only
6. LTB Judi
7. River Island
8. Pepe Jeans
9. Fornarina
6. So
inspiring:
an excerpt
from the mail of one of my readers – she hits the nail exactly on the head, I’m
sure it will be useful for you, too.
She is
referring to the "Shopping Queen"-Post.
"I tend to never write to any blogger, I
am rather a “silent reader”.
But last night I had such a funny revelation
that I simply have to tell you about it:
I have been thinking about your blog post "Shopping-Queen"
(and yes, I am one of the three readers you actually does not watch this
program – we don’t have Vox at home ;)) for a very long time, it touched me
deep down. And I thought about it way too much, all rationally, in particular
about how to manage to really really absorb your message.
So I was lying in my bed last night and
suddenly thought of my lavender plant that I bought a couple of weeks ago and
that just completely died on me. Usually my plants never die, rather on the
contrary. Everythingsimply grows around here.I was a little sad about the
lavender, but thinking to myself I go:”it’s a pity, but it’s not my fault, not
my problem. It was just a funny plant.”
And suddenly I couldn’t help but laugh really
hard, because that was exactly your message: don’t refer everything back to
yourself and ponder about what you did wrong, if it has been someone else’s
problem.”
Oh, so good!
I was so
happy!
I’m WARNING
you: don’t attempt to deeply ponder about my posts and think about how to “put
them into action” and how to “work on yourself”.
Let love do
this, and in the meantime have as much fun as you possibly can, OK?
And don’t
take things personally anymore, OK?
7. The
winner of the Engel+Banditen bundle is:
Congratulations,
please send me a mail.
Sources of
supply:
Tine K. home
boxes (HERE),
Tine K. home notebook (HERE),
chopping board, marble: geliebtes Zuhause
Mason Jars for
iced coffee etc.: Blueboxtree
Love,
Joanna
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