my new home part 2: work in progress

I was very busy this weekend, wallpainting is really hard work!!!

Here's some new pics:

my pink kitchen

cuisine framboise ;-)

my little private chaos: my bedroom

red wall of my bedroom

the now white walls of my living room

my workpants

There is still a lot of work to be done, so you will see more pics asap! I promise :)

Love <3

Tanja

my new home

here are the very first pics of my new home

(for my curious friends)

my green door

one day this will be my pink kitchen :)

still a lot of work to be done....

coming in (view from entrance to living room)

living room, I will paint the walls white and hang pictures

more living room

bedroom

bathroom

view from the balcony

another view from the balcony

So now you can see the place the way it looks now, as soon as I'm ready with painting the walls and installing a kitchen I'll post new pics, and when I've moved in you will see how it looks then! This will be in approx. 4 weeks, so be patient! I have to be patient, too + I have to do all the work ;-)

Love,

Tanja

President John F. Kennedy's immortal words about freedom

Long time ago, but hopefully never to be forgotten, a speech by the greatest President America ever had,

John F. Kennedy

...
I have, therefore, chosen this time and place to discuss a topic on which ignorance too often abounds and the truth too rarely perceived. And that is the most important topic on earth: peace. What kind of peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, and the kind that enables men and nations to grow, and to hope, and build a better life for their children -- not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women, not merely peace in our time but peace in all time.
...
With such a peace, there will still be quarrels and conflicting interests, as there are within families and nations. World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor, it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.
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So let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal.


To hear and read the whole speech:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkamericanuniversityaddress.html

Times are changing....

Here are some phrases we will never say again:

May I use the phone?

Mad Men: Joan and Peggy

My typewriter needs a new ribbon!

Jimi Hendrix

Serge Gainsbourg

Mind if I smoke?

If you can think of more, please let me know!

All the best wishes for the New Year 2011!

Love ♥,

Tanja

Winterwonderland

Winterwonderland

(a Dog's Heaven)

I took a long walk with Ronja (the dog) through the snowy park. There are days when I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the world, today is one of them :)

Ronja found a friend

Prince Charming ;)

Love from Karlsruhe, Germany,

Tanja

(and Ronja)

❤