7 Sachen Sonntag - Birthday Edition

Hello lovely readers,

Another week has passed and I remembered to take enough photos to participate in Seven Things Sunday. Every Sunday, GrinseStern collects links to blogs that show seven things that were done with the hands that day. 

As today is my 28th birthday, I did some lovely things today. Here we go! 

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Hallo meine Lieben! Wieder ist eine Woche rum und ich habs wieder geschafft, beim Sieben Sachen Sonntag mitzumachen. Jede Woche sammelt GrinseStern Links von Blogs, auf denen sieben Sachen mit den Händen erledigt wurden. Da heute mein 28ster Geburtstag ist, hatte ich ein paar tolle Sachen in den Händen. Und los gehts! 

getting ready for my birthday lunch
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Fertig machen für's Essen mit der Familie

Yummy Ravioli
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Steinpilz Ravioli an Paprikasauce. Das war sooo lecker!

The weather was nice so we went for a walk on the lake
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Und weil das Wetter endlich mal ein wenig schöner war, sind wir noch eine kleine Runde am See spazieren gegangen

birthday presents
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GESCHENKE! :)

already fell in love with this project
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gleich mal durchgeblättert und ein tolles Projekt entdeckt. Dazu gibt's sicher bald mehr!

Spending the rest of the day wrapped up in my crochet blankets and my husband on the couch
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Den Rest des Tages werden der Mann und ich unter den Häkeldecken kuscheln

and going through all my wonderful birthday messages
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Und noch die letzten Geburtstagsnachrichten gelesen. War ein toller Tag!

P.S.: This was the 100th posts that I wrote for this blog. Another reason to celebrate! wohooo! :)

weekend update

Hello lovely blogfriends,

I'm just popping in really quickly to give you a little update of what has been going on in my life this past week. Lots and lots of work - as always. Long days, early starts and short evenings. But the positive thing is, that I'm leaving my house when the sun is already shining and I always come home before it's totally dark. Spring is finally on its way and for a summer girl like me this is always the nicest time of the year!

It was my birthday yesterday and I really got spoiled by my lovely family!

My man got up at 5:30 in the morning to make me breakfast. Now let me tell you that C is NOT a morning person. So for him to get up that early although he could sleep for 90 more minutes is really a sign of true love! And it was the most delicious breakfast. Now picture of that, let's just say, that I'm not really a morning person either.

I went to work early (so I could leave early) and was gifted with these nice things from my nice colleagues! I was really touched, given that I only work in that office for 8 months now! 

I spend the evening lying on the couch (with the window open as the weather was really nice) and my man and I went to have dinner with my mother in law (who's birthday is today). She gave me the most beautiful flowers and a voucher for a new yarn shop that just opened up but that I haven't gotten around to visit yet. And it's not only a yarn shop, they offer knitting courses as well. I always wanted to learn to knit but I somehow never get around to really sit down, watch endless youtube videos and finally get a grip on it. So that voucher was just the perfect present!

Oh and speaking of yarn: here's what's on my crochet hook lately. Or rather, on my hooks, as I am working on 3 projects at a time now.

This will be a baby blanket for my niece/nephew. My sister in law won't tell us the sex because the baby father doesn't want to know. We're guessing it's a boy, but secretly hoping for a girl as she already has two sons. But in the end no one cares about the sex, as long as it's healthy.

This is a shawl that I'm making for my wedding dress. My dress has got a little color in it and I think that this greyish lilac should match my dress perfectly. I'm nearly done now, just two more rows and then sewing in the ends. The wedding is "still" 5 weeks away so I should be able to finish it. I really hope that it will look good together with the dress. I can pick up the dress only two weeks before the wedding, so there won't be time to crochet something new. So it will just have to look good! Oh and it's made from a yarn that's made of Baby Alpaca and Silk. It's the most luxurious yarn that I've ever worked it and it's just so soft and snuggly and light and yet very nice and warm. I am totally in love with it. If you want to make the shawl yourself, here is the pattern.

And this is a top, that I showed you here. Once it's finished it should look like the first picture on the post. I want to have it finished for our honeymoon in Mallorca, but if I don't make it in time it's no problem either.

Oh and because the Mario blanket photos are really, really, crappy, I'll show you the big blanket in all it's beauty and this time in sunny daylight. Looks much better, doesn't it?

So ladies, I'm off to Bratislava now. It's my bachelorette party and I'm spending the weekend "abroad" with my friends. It's really just a thirty minute train ride from where I live but hey - another country is another country. 
You won't hear anything from me for the next days because I rarely drink alcohol and I'm absolutely no party girl so I am in no way used to going out all night long and I will suffer for days on end for that. But hey - you only marry once. Or at least that's what my goal in life.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone! :)