5QF VI

Yay this is what I'm waiting for the whole week: 5 Question Friday by Mama M. :-)
And today she picked one of my suggestions :-))
Today's questions can be found here!

Let's go!

1. Which boygroup did you like most in your teens?
> Take That! Definitely! I really loved them and still listen to their old songs :-)
(But I'm not a fan of the "hello, we're back coz we need money"-band)

2. Do you do Christmas cards, letters, photos, nuthin', all of the above?
> I did our Christmas cards myself and maybe we will do a Christmas photo for some Email-Xmas-Wishes...

3. If you could meet one celebrity who would it be and why?
> Puh... Good question... Let me think a bit...
... I still don't know...
Uhm maybe one of the Klitschko brothers, they're smart and interesting...
Really, there's no celeb I'd really like to meet.
So boring... *shock*

4. Favorite thing to cook with (i.e. stainless, non-stick, Dutch oven, microwave, debit card...or, perhaps, a cauldron, etc.)?
> Just a normal pot, for my tomato sauce. Or my wok. Cannot go for one thing...

5. What is the one thing you wear the most, besides your unmentionables?
> My trackers, jogging pants, tracksuit bottoms - whatever you call it. Those are the most comfortable pants at home. I NEVER would leave the house in trackers but at home - and as a SAHM I'm spending most of my time at home - nothing better.

So now, have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!

Fill In The Blank Friday II

This is a carnival by Tamara. Hop over to her blog and join in :-)

Today:
If I had spare money that had to be donated to 3 charities, they would be _________, _________, and __________.


I think I would choose

• SOS Kinderdorf / SOS children's village in Africa
• Die Tafel (a sponsored "supermarket" for needy people with very few money, they get grocery stuff there, like a food bank)
• an AIDS Foundation like the German AIDS-Stiftung

How about you?

Fill In The Blank Friday I

Hop over to her blog and join it the Blank Friday:

The children's show I can't stand is_____________.
But the show I secretly like is _________________.

I cannot stand the Teletubbies which my little son just discovered and loves them... I'm getting ill watching them!

I secretly watch Winnie the Pooh :-) So cute...

5QF V

Yay Friday again. I'm sitting here with a glass of red wine, a chocolate pudding and I'm tired. Just preparing for my birthday party tomorrow and I'm glad that my son is already in the land of dreams :-)

So here we go with Mama M.'s 5 Question Friday. Again, maaaaaany Christmas-y questions... Well let's see how I can handle it.

1. Does Santa wrap the presents he leaves at your house?
> Well up over here Santa's coming on 6th December. At Christmas the "Christkind" is bringing the gifts (Christkind and Father Christmas/Santa does mean the same as I learned from LEO...) but yes the gifts are always wrapped.

2. When is your "big" Christmas celebration...Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Tell us about it...
> Christmas Eve (24th December). That's usual here in Germany. We have a nice dinner, singing Christmas carols in front of the all made up tree and then sit down and unwrap our gifts. We eat cookies and have some fun together. Some do go to church after that: it starts about 10pm and it's a long and wonderful service; in the end they switch off the lights and only candles are glowing in the dark, the priest and ministrants are kneeing and then it's time for singing "Silent Night" - very emotional... (There's a kid's service in the afternoon, too for families.)

3. Are you big on keeping tradition every year?
> Yes! I love traditions. And I think it's very important that we keep those traditions within the family.

4. Do colored lights or white lights tickle your fancy?
> White lights. Simple like that.

5. Do you decorate outside your house for Christmas?
> No. As we do live in a 2 bedroom apartment we won't decorate outside. We have a glowing tree in the window for those people who're passing by. That's it.
But I really love passing by a made up house - lights, Santas and everything - I do feel like a kid again :-)

Happy Weekend!

5QF IV

Yay again it's time for the 5 Question Friday by Mama M.
Check out this week's questions here :-)



1. Favorite gift you are GIVING this year?
> Puh. I have no idea. I didn't have any gifts yet *panic* Does LOVE count? I'm giving love to my husband and son... But who doesn't? For me love is the best gift someone could give and get!

2. How many parties are you attending between now and Christmas?
> Christmas parties or other parties? I'm not attending any Christmas parties. It's not common here. We do go to Christmas markets, drinking Glühwein (hot wine punch).
The only party I join will be my birthday party next week. Nothing else.

3. What is your favorite Christmas song?
> "Wonderful Dream" by Melanie Thornton. I sooooo love this song! (watch on YouTube)

4. Who was your favorite elementary school teacher and why?
> Uhm... I'm honest. I don't remember anything from that period. I just remember getting my first kiss from a nice boy. But I don't remember any teachers or something. But maybe it was the German teacher. It's sooooo long ago - about 20 years or so. Damn, I'm getting old *gg*

5. If you had a choice to live in any other period of time (other than now) what era would you choose and why?
> I think the 1950's. I love petticoats and Rock'n'Roll. The music was great and they were all busy. The late 50's would be the time I wanted to live. And I liked their role allocation - men at work, women at home with kids. No pressure to earn money or be a succesful business woman. Just be a full time mother and wife and loving that job like it is.
Yes sometimes I'm very oldfashioned...

Did enjoy it again :-)
Happy weekend!

5QF II

I've waited for this the whole Friday and even it's already Saturday in Good Old Germany I want to join this thing again before my little man messes me up...

Here are this Friday's questions which you can find over at Mama M.

5QF is not her only thing to join in so hop over and check her blog :-)


1. Are you a Black Friday shopper?
> I haven't heard of a Black Friday ever before so I just looked it up. And well, up over here we don't have a Black Friday so I'm not a Black Friday shopper at all. (But I really want to know the difference between a Black Friday and a normal Friday - if anybody could tell me, please...)

2. What was your favorite childhood toy? (Think Easy Bake Oven, Cabbage Patch Kid, Shrinky Dinks, etc.)
> Well, easy as it is as a girl: Barbie... Barbie and Ken, the Barbie cars and clothes and whatever Barbie had. So girly... [I really wished I played with cars and whatever, that would sound much more cool and not that embarassing :P ]

3. Favorite Christmas movie?
> None. I really don't like Christmas movies and whenever they are around on TV I'd rather read a book. I'm not that Christmas-y kind of woman/girl...

4. What is the "must have" item on your Christmas list this year?
> Health! Not getting the "new flu" or "old flu" oder any flu at all.
And ... uhm ... a nice and pretty necklace for every day as well as a graphic program.
And love :-) Of course!

5. Do you all go out with decorations or do you keep it simple and classy?
> As mentioned I'm not very Christmas-y so I keep it simple, very simple. Some more candles and stars and Santa Claus around, that's it.


I hope I'm able to read some other answers but I always have fun with this thing :-)
So now I'll wake up my little man and get him ready for the day...
Enjoy the day and have fun!

STM

Well, I know I'm quite a bad blogger :-(
The last weeks when I wasn't able to blog I had so many things to talk/write about - and they are all gone now... I wanted to use Windows Note to write down the issues but then I had a "writer's block".
I really wanted to join the "Writer's Workshop" on Wednesday but there wasn't even the littlest idea...
So I hope I'll be back with the 5QF of Mama M then and hope to find new inspiration during the weekend.

Friday - so many Features...

OK, Mama M. has a "5 Question Friday". I thought it would be fun to join.

If you would do as well visit her blog and today's questions.

So, here we go:
1. What were you doing the last time you really had a good laugh?
> watching my son peeing at his dad while changing diapers

2. Who was your first CELEBRITY crush?
> uhm... well... Jason Orange, a member of Take That

3. What is one talent that you wish you had?
> Next to be a proffessional ballet dancer? I really would be a better manager, for my day and kids and life. Simple, I know... I'm so chaotic so being less chaotic would be nice ;-)

4. How often do you and your spouse go out w/o the kids? Is it frequent enough?
> We try to go out once in a month. And it's working quite good and we have a lot of fun. But well, it's not frequent enough ;-) It would be nice just to be husband and wife twice a month...

5. What colour(s) is your bedroom?
> We just moved in so the walls are simply white. Our bedroom furniture is white and dark brown.

This was fun so I'll join in next Friday again :-)