1.
One thing the blog reader does not suspect:
There has been an addition behind the scenes of the blog for the past few months:
There has been an addition behind the scenes of the blog for the past few months:
Charlotte (some
of you will already be familiar with her) is back working for me a
few hours at a time and gives me the gift of her wonderfully humorous
and fantastic personality.
No good news, unfortunately:
Lotta is going on a trip around the world in a few days.
(or let’s put it this way: ONLY, if the plan to break both of her legs, so that she has to stay, doesn’t work out.)
No good news, unfortunately:
Lotta is going on a trip around the world in a few days.
(or let’s put it this way: ONLY, if the plan to break both of her legs, so that she has to stay, doesn’t work out.)
I
spontaneously ask Lotta at lunch, whether she couldn’t write her
own travel blog from abroad?
"It will be enough, if you post a selfie with tanned guys from every capital city. It would quite satisfy our need for local color. Fernando from Rio, Lasse and Bosse from Stockholm, Jack (shirtless) from Sidney, how about it?”
Noelle: "Oh, go on, Lotta! And then you’ll be famous and you’ll be in the Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung (our local newspaper)!”
2.... because, guess what (I’m the master of transitions):
I will now sue that daily paper, for what do I read in today’s edition?
"...it was clear from the start for the 40-year-old.”
40-year-old?
FOOOOORTYYYY?!
It’s exactly another 8 weeks to my birthday and then this.
(All of you non-residents of Ludwigsburg can read it online ).
3. I would like to attend to more positive subjects now, but it doesn’t get any better:
I wanted to make super healthy fruity gummy worms.
Well.
Let’s put it this way:
little preparation + eightyninetrillion baking time = everything, but nothing that looks like fruity gummy candy.
"It will be enough, if you post a selfie with tanned guys from every capital city. It would quite satisfy our need for local color. Fernando from Rio, Lasse and Bosse from Stockholm, Jack (shirtless) from Sidney, how about it?”
Noelle: "Oh, go on, Lotta! And then you’ll be famous and you’ll be in the Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung (our local newspaper)!”
2.... because, guess what (I’m the master of transitions):
I will now sue that daily paper, for what do I read in today’s edition?
"...it was clear from the start for the 40-year-old.”
40-year-old?
FOOOOORTYYYY?!
It’s exactly another 8 weeks to my birthday and then this.
(All of you non-residents of Ludwigsburg can read it online ).
3. I would like to attend to more positive subjects now, but it doesn’t get any better:
I wanted to make super healthy fruity gummy worms.
Well.
Let’s put it this way:
little preparation + eightyninetrillion baking time = everything, but nothing that looks like fruity gummy candy.
Usually
a visual disaster like this would never make it onto the blog,
but:
the stuff tastes awesome. .
No, not like salami or jerky: very fruity and genuinely addictive! Yet it contains absolutely no ingredient other than fruit.
So if you are interested in the recipe and especially if you are able to ignore the horrible visual appearance – (and the latter is by far the more difficult part, I’m just saying!), I will be glad to post it for you later.
(just had an idea, you could use it to great effect for a kiddie birthday party with a “Native American” motto. As a substitute for pemmican.)
4. A substitute in the form of 15” has moved in, too.
Unfortunately the old laptop’s engine noises didn’t stop, resulting in the purchase of “Mr. bigger, better, thinner” (I don’t care so much anymore for the panicked skipping of breaths, now that I’mnearly
40
THIRTY-NINE. “What, if the PC dies and all the data is gone?!”,
What, if I cannot watch the last episode of Shopping Queen online
anymore?”, etc. You know what I mean.)
As soon as the new one had arrived, the noises of the little one stopped abruptly.
What the heck?!
the stuff tastes awesome. .
No, not like salami or jerky: very fruity and genuinely addictive! Yet it contains absolutely no ingredient other than fruit.
So if you are interested in the recipe and especially if you are able to ignore the horrible visual appearance – (and the latter is by far the more difficult part, I’m just saying!), I will be glad to post it for you later.
(just had an idea, you could use it to great effect for a kiddie birthday party with a “Native American” motto. As a substitute for pemmican.)
4. A substitute in the form of 15” has moved in, too.
Unfortunately the old laptop’s engine noises didn’t stop, resulting in the purchase of “Mr. bigger, better, thinner” (I don’t care so much anymore for the panicked skipping of breaths, now that I’m
As soon as the new one had arrived, the noises of the little one stopped abruptly.
What the heck?!
And
now, exclusively for you:
A
little synopsis of the months chez Liebesbotschaft – written by
Charlotte herself!
"Usually
it wouldn’t be so earth-shakingly difficult to describe a day in
the life of Liebesbotschaft, but that would not measure up to the
cause.
That’s why I give you a few"random facts about Joanna":
That’s why I give you a few"random facts about Joanna":
1.
Every morning, after the door bursts open enthusiastically, you will
be showered in kisses.
Every
morning.
2. After this you will hear the mandatory sentence: “Honey, would you like some tea?”
2. After this you will hear the mandatory sentence: “Honey, would you like some tea?”
Every
morning.
On
second thoughts…it repeats throughout the day. .
Until
that dark day when it turned into “HONEY, COULD YOU MAKE TEA FOR
ME!”.
Excuse:
“You are part of the family now.”
Next
thing, I was expected to attend a parent meeting.
3.
Even buried in mountains of serious work you can mess around with her
in the space of a second, until you can barely sit up straight as
your stomach hurts from so much laughing.
4.
She has very low expectations of me (Oh, go on! Which
expectations?!):
„And
I thought we’d have warm chocolate cake?”,
„You
could have gone ahead and straightened the basement!”,
„It
was actually YOUR job to water the herbs in the backyard (I see)!”
All of this leads to one of the essential topics:
5.
Her sense of humor .
Dear
public:
Even
if she seems funny on her blog, it is not even a fraction of how
funny she is in real life and I could listen to her for hours, once
she starts talking.
6.
Her food is always delicious!
Always!
Seriously.
Always!
Seriously.
Even
though I had
to
was allowed to do it myself at some point.
(After 45 minutes of a multitasking-celebrity-chef-Johann-Lafer-can-go-home-performance: „Just as an aside…Jamie needs 15 minutes for this! What takes you so long??!” – Dear Jamie Oliver. With all due respect, please never ever give a time estimate for the recipes again ever. Pleeeeaaaaase!!!)
(After 45 minutes of a multitasking-celebrity-chef-Johann-Lafer-can-go-home-performance: „Just as an aside…Jamie needs 15 minutes for this! What takes you so long??!” – Dear Jamie Oliver. With all due respect, please never ever give a time estimate for the recipes again ever. Pleeeeaaaaase!!!)
Truth
is that for this reason the most delicious things in the world are
served up every day – even without Instagram/Blogger/whoever
knowing about it.
7.
She is very enthusiastic about what she does.
She
puts great effort into everything and is only satisfied, once it is
per-fect.
(original
Joanna G. soundtrack after she has tried several times to rearrange
the entire set-up consisting of about forty-nine parts, because
something in the photograph is bugging her – we are probably at
today’s picture #7654894:”No, I am not a perfectionist, noooo!”),
but this is exactly what makes her work special.
8.
She is incredibly honest – if something doesn’t work out she’ll
say it and that’s that.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
Or
when she thinks something is to die for/insanely great/great/not
quite so great/not great at all at all.
She
doesn’t say things just to have said them, but she always means it
100%.
9.
She is wonderfully uncomplicated – well, her black tea may not brew
more than 2,84946 seconds and as soon as the chocolate cake’s
consistency has surpassed a certain stage (reached after exactly Pi
multiplied by e to the 2.71 minutes), there’s unfortunately nothing
that can be done to save it – but despite it all she is insanely
uncomplicated!
10.
She is partial to window cleaner.
Yes,
you read that right, dear reader.
Dear
cleaning agent industry:
if this sector of the economy was run by Joanna G., several cleaning agent companies would have had to close their doors long ago.
if this sector of the economy was run by Joanna G., several cleaning agent companies would have had to close their doors long ago.
There
is something that has long beat you to it: window cleaner!
For
everything.
No
matter what.
Window
cleaner works every time!
(And
really: its’ true.)
11.
Her ways with people.
With
the blink of an eye she wraps everybody around her finger and they
find themselves adoring her.
Her
biggest desire is to simply help everyone to greatness, to just lift
them up and make them laugh out loud.
12. She is one of the most generous people that I know and I love how she deals with money.
Even
if she will probably burst out laughing at this point and say: “Yeah,
come on, let’s just go to shoe heaven later on and I’ll show you
how I deal with money!”.
13.
She never gets wound up about anything she does, but always stays
relaxed.
Always.
Always.
She
knows everything will always work out just fine, however, she makes
demands on herself, so that the end result is always top notch.
14.
She is self-assured without being condescending – she knows exactly
who she is and acts accordingly.
At
the same time she considers it the worst, if somebody is insecure and
feels inferior – as soon as she notices this she will talk about it
and whoosh! It’s over.
15. She is incredibly intelligent and has impressive general knowledge.
Within
a few minutes of talking to Joanna G. you can cover subjects spanning
YouTube videos (let’s just say…they are NUMEROUS!), education
policy and architecture, and Shopping Queen.
16.
Car rides with her.
Reasons for them: see 17) and the aforementioned sense of humor.
Reasons for them: see 17) and the aforementioned sense of humor.
She
also always carries pillows with her.
Dear Joanna,
I
gives me great pleasure that I had the honor of spending so much
time with you.
You
are beyond words, fascinating and have wrapped me around your finger
more than anyone else by far!
I
REALLY DO LOVE YOU.
AND WE LOVE YOU, CHARLOTTE!
THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL TIME WITH YOU!
And we are waiting for a picture with Fernando!
Shirtless, you know what I’m talking about.
AND WE LOVE YOU, CHARLOTTE!
THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL TIME WITH YOU!
And we are waiting for a picture with Fernando!
Shirtless, you know what I’m talking about.
Love,
Joanna
Joanna
