Good weekend

This was one of those good weekends. I should have been visiting a friend in Zurich and going to a comedy show, but he is ill with the flu, so we cancelled. You would think therefore that my weekend was not good, but as I had planned to go there, and now I couldn’t, I…

Breaking laws in the USA

It is pretty easy, as a European, to unintentionally break the law in the US; for example drinking alcohol outside in New York – apparently that is a crime, as several people were quick to tell me when I tried it once. How about trying to get into the US without a visa? Yep, I…

My Dream home

What a great prompt today, one I cannot let go by without attempting some sort of response. I love interiors, and my long term readers will know that I even did an Interior design course when i lived in Germany. But I can only dream of beautiful interiors, as my day job is still doing…

Clean up!

Last year we made the decision at work to stop the contract with the cleaning company that we had been using for 20 years, and employ our own people instead. As you might imagine, the cleaning company were horrified, and there were dark murmurings about “foreigners”, meaning me, who don’t understand how Swiss do business.…

Brain workout

A friend gave me some bags of books the other day for our Church sale, and there were a couple of women and home magazines in among them. English Magazine are like gold over here, so even if they are 18 months out of date, it doesn’t matter. I have just been looking at an…

Fit & Frugal February

As January comes to a close, I am already thinking of my challenge for next month. Dry January nearly worked, although it would have been more successful if January had ended on the 20th instead of the 31st. I also tackled an issue at work with an employee in my new mode of embracing conflict.…

Frei day

I had a day off from the office today, it was wonderful. I think you can only really appreciate the joys of a day off, when you otherwise have to go to work every day. It started with an extra hour in bed, such luxury, and then a leisurely get up and shower, plus a…

creating a good vibe

i found this good post from Holly Becker today about 6 ways to create Well-Being at home. She addresses all those amazing looking homes we see in glossy magazines and on instagram, and questions whether people can really live in such a setting. Nice question, and actually it applies to a lot we see on…