Pink Poinsettias

Driving the bus home from Poland we did a quick stop outside Berlin. Running through the store I saw these beautiful pink poinsettias. Two of them had to come home with me! I wrapped them up as best I could and they survived for a few days inside the luggage compartment of the bus. Now they are placed in my kitchen window, proudly announcing that Christmas is soon here. If you take a closer look, you'll see that it is actually snowing outside! This is Norway!

I couldn't leave without sharing this fabulous pink photo of my husband. We are celebrating his 40th birthday this weekend.

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The Lexington Company

I love the Lexington company. I'm not a shabby chic kind of girl, but my dream home would be a New England style home with a front porch, stone fireplace and plenty of Lexington pillows and throws.

Not far from our summer house there is this cute little Lexington store.

I bought two pillows that look perfect in my striped chairs.

Now I just want new pillows for my sofa as well. Maybe a christmas present?

If you want to be truly inspired go to www.lexingtoncompany.com and take a look at their holiday collection.

Happy Birthday Baby!

Today is your 40th birthday! Finally you will be in your forties too and stop saying that you are a man in your thirties married to a woman approaching 50 (which I apparently did the moment I turned 40 last year). No more teasing baby!

I am wishing you all the happiness in the world. You deserve the very best of everything sweetheart. You are the kindest, most generous, patient, funniest man I know and I love all those things about you. You are simply THE BEST! Keep me laughing and I will stay with you until all your teeth fall out, your head looks like a bowling ball and your butt sags. (Just don't start wearing those white grandpa underpants...)

For the family party this Sunday I got to use some of the crystal glasses I bought in Krakow. Aren't you glad I bought 60 of those? (Read all about it here.)

I wish I could have bought you one of these for your birthday:

Or brought you here:

But you did get a Nespresso Lattissima (and it wasn't covered with pink Swarovski crystals...)

And I am taking you to see these guys on Friday:

I hope you'll have a fabulous birthday!

Happy Pink Halloween

If you really want to Pink up your Halloween, this is the way to do it:

Place pink led lights inside your Pumpkin. You might want to place a plastic container over the lights so that they are not visible through the mouth.

Happy Halloween to you all!

Please stop by Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more great Pink posts.

Tamiflu blues - or what I have learned traveling on a bus with 32 teenagers through Poland.

More than 2 weeks ago I got into a bus with 32 teenagers, one other teacher and a few parents travelling to Poland and Germany to revisit the grim history of the World War II. We were excited and ready to have the trip of a lifetime. And it sure was!

I had actually written a very long detailed post about the trip, but realized that it would probably not be a very interesting read. So instead I decided to sum up the things that I have learned that has nothing to do with history:

1. After 12 hours in a bus your ass goes numb and every part of your body aches. Do not try to walk quickly off the bus, you will stumble and fall. And people will laugh.
2. Planning to not eat chocolate during 8 days on a bus is inhuman. You might fill a whole bag with fruits, müsli, wheat germ crackers and low fat cheese.... after a while these things will just make you grumpy!
3. NEVER fall asleep! If you do, some obnoxious teenager will take your picture with your mouth open drooling on your pillow. And yes, they will post it on Facebook.
4. In spite of being obnoxious, teenagers are pretty awesome to be around!
5. Do not assume that the weather in Central Europe will be more pleasing than in Scandinavia. Expect snowstorms and bring your rain-boots. Do not be too vain to wear a rain poncho.
6. Teenager girls will wear whatever is cool and not take your advice. Don't even bother telling them to bundle up!
7. If you wear rain-boots for a day, your feet will smell no matter how clean your socks. Don't expect the people around you to be happy when you take them off in the bus. And no, perfume will not cover it up!
8. Do not buy 60 crystal glasses in Krakow and expect to carry them yourself through a blizzard while you have to pee. It's impossible.
9. You don't need 60 crystal glasses!
10. If you want to buy 60 crystal glasses anyway you have to sweet-talk the bus driver. Buying him cake works.
11. Do NOT leave your iPhone on a restaurant table in Poland. It will disappear.
12. Life without an iPhone is pretty miserable.
13. There is nothing fun about bathroom breaks when you are 40 people on a bus.
14. If you tell people inside a salt-mine that the walls and floors are made of salt, some will actually try to lick it. Go figure...
15. When one teenager gets sick it feels like 10, when 30 teenagers get sick... Make sure you bring a nurse on your trip!
16. Polish Homeopathic medicine will NOT cure the Swineflu, no matter what that Polish doctor says.
17. If your head hurts, your throat is sore, your body aches and you have a fever... don't assume it's just a cold. Just face it... it's the Swineflu.
18. Finding 160 doses of Tamiflu in Berlin is almost impossible! Bring your own.
19. Do not carry 2 plastic bags full of Tamiflu into a hotel. They hotel staff will freak out!
20. When everyone is sick, no one will remember your birthday.
21. When no one remembers your birthday you feel miserable and unloved, even though you should be old enough to not care. Next time forget modesty and just tell everyone it's your birthday!
22. When enough bad things happen, you are exhausted and feel like crap, there is nothing left to do but laugh. Laughing is a good way to combat insanity.
23. Trying to get teenagers not to mingle with other teenagers on a ferry... Still haven't found out how to do that!
24. If you are on a bus with 32 teenagers and experience an outbreak of the Swineflu, you will be quarantined at home for 7 days.
25. Quarantine is good.
26. 7 days is not enough. You'll need a month!

One cup of swarovski coming up!

I'm back from a very long and eventful trip to Poland and Germany. (Post coming up in a day or two.) Thanks to everyone who left sweet comments wishing me a Happy Birthday last Saturday. I'll try to visit you all during the next couple of days.

My husband's 40th birthday is coming up soon and he really wants a Nespresso machine. It's kind of funny since he doesn't drink coffee. But if this is a sign of mid-life crisis I'm all for it (since I LOVE coffee!) Yesterday we talked about what model and color we should get. He said I could choose and suprise him. And surprise him I will!

Introducing the NESPRESSO LIMITED EDITION SPARKLE PINK ESSENZA!

A coffeemachine covered in pink swarovski crystals! I just know this baby will brigthen up those dark november mornings...

Wishing you all a Happy Pink Saturday. Please visit Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound for more pink posts.

It's my birthday!

It's my birthday and I'm in a bus somwhere in Germany.... It wasn't how I planned it, but I'll make sure to enjoy it anyhow!

This collage is from my birthday party last year.

Since it is PINK Saturday today I want someone to make me THIS birthday-banner!

It is so cute! It's made by Katie at Pink Paislee. Please visit Beverly to find more participant in this week's Pink Saturday.