"N"aily Days ...it's all Greek to me :)

Hello my dearest friends all over the world !!!
Nooo I don't say it just like that , I can see it on my view tracker that many people from around the globe are visiting me .... Thank you all so much <3

Today I have a confession to make and I know that many of you will be like "WHAT?"- "NO WAY" - "WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER ?"

are you ready to hear ...
Today I am getting my first professional manicure ....... Till now I am doing the nails myself and I really pay attention to clean and nice cut nails . I am just not much into long nails and colorful varnish . I like it the pale , whitish way ...my favorite shade is : Faint of Heart from Mac . It is a pale milky nude and I really love it .

This morning as I was taking a walk with my mom I met an old friend of mine ( teenagefriends) and she is a nailartist . While chatting I asked her about semi-permanent nailpolish and I spontaneously made an appointment for today . I am very curious to see how it will look like and of course how long it will last . As I will be away again for about a month I asked her if I can take the colour out myself and she told me that this is no problem . I did a before picture of my nails and I will publish an after picture .
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Next day !

So I went for my manicure .... It was great as we talked about old times, our adventures as teenagers and how much we waited for the summer vacations to see each other as I was living in Germany . But it was not only me she was waiting for ... she couldn't wait for her goodie bag full of Haribo Gummibaerchen :)

Somehow it was more like a coffee chit chat , the manicure was irrelevant but at the end I liked it . I chosed a colour just like my Mac favorite and she did a small design . Nothing fancy as I am not into this and it can also be removed at any time without doing any damage to the permanent varnish .

Now I start counting the days to see for how long it will last . Maybe I become a huge fan !!!??? Anyways , next time I'll tell ya how long it lasts . 

Enough of the beauty talk ... time to have a big cup of hot chocolate ! You have to try this one ! It's the most delicious chocolate I ever tried ! 

That's for now ! Have a great day you all 

Love - Hugs &

XXX

                                       

BiThDaY- GrEeTiNgS

Hello you all ,

so it was my bithday on the 31th of october far away from home working . But thanks to my wonderfull colleagues and friends it was a great day ! I love you <3 all !!!
I wanted to start my day walking throu the city , doing some seighseeing , feeling like a tourist . I was lucky as I started work at 2p.m. So there was a lot of time and I can't believe it myself ....I walked 13,9 km !!! Maybe you wonder how I know ? Well , I started my MapmyWalk app :) The day was sunny , like I ordered it for my special day !

Starting with a Latte and waffles chocolate breakfast ....mmmmm

Even thou I work now for almost a year in Thessaloniki I discovered great new places , I never saw before . Fenafresh - This shop is so AMAZING ! you can find almost everything , from shoes , to clothes ( one floor with discount up to 60% ), accessories  and amazing , smart , cute things for your home !!!

Walking on to the archaelogical museum I met a group of great grandmas and grandpas from the U.K ! I joined them for about an hour and really had a hilarious time ! They took this pictures :) 

but the great adventure was getting the bus !!!!!! This bus reminded me of my childhood when I was visiting Greece with my parents !!! I really thought that I would never see this again or maybe just in some old movies ...the only thing missing was the bus collector hahahaha

In the evening we had some tapas and as we talked about having a drink afterwards we run into a great Halloween party at "The Pub" !

This day was just perfect !!!
Many thanx to all this precious people in my life ! To all my friends thinking of me and of course to my family <3

                                      Have a beautiful Sunday
                                           Love - Hugs &
                                                 XXX

Do U Noodle ?

Hello everyone ,

again it's been a long time since the last time I published on my blog but time really is flying away !!!
I am on my 10 days break right now after working for about 12 hours a day .
I become a Noodle fanatic ........... everything started looking for a birthday present . My colleague and friend Gerlinde loves everything handmade . She also loves the greek "Kourelou" , which is a carpet made from old cotton cloths on a loom . I have a lot of them from my grandmothers . But as I have no loom and I could not find and cut off old T-Shirts I discovered the noodles yarn . Beautiful colors and it was hard to decide what colors to choose. After talking with Gerlinde , I figured out that she loves redish things for her home .
The yarn is very thick and easy to crochet . I used a 20 crochet hook and it was very easy . The only difficult part was the weight the bigger the carpet become and that it was very hot and having the carpet on my body with 35 degrees caused some sweaty moments . BUT looking at Gerlindes face when I gave her the present was so worth it !!!
I forgot to took pictures from the start but here is what it looks like !

Now it's time to prepare one for me ! Maybe reading this you got in the mood to Noodle too ??? The time is right , days are getting colder ...just imagine you , sitting on your selfmade carpet enjoying hot chocolade and reading a book ...tempting ???

Have a beautiful day 

Love-Hugs

& XXX

TaaaaTOO - 2

Happy Tuesday everyone !!!

Last time I was preparing myself for my first tattoo . It took me a while to choose the perfect word, fonts ,style .... which wrist should I have my tattoo on , left or right ? After a lot of thoughts and conversations I did it .
I was kind of nervous as I did not know how much it hurt and how long it would take . Well .... it HURTS a LOT !!! The wrist is a place which is very soft and delicate and you really feel it . My tattoo artist told me that the wrist and the side are the most painful areas . Of course he told me that after the tattoo was done .

Here are some pictures during the process .

Stencil is ready after about half an hour working on the computer 

Word is ready ..lets go for the birds 

...and here it is !!! My first tattoo !!! I LOVE IT !!! 

I am proud of myself :)
What I did not thought about was the time after . You have to take care of your tattoo , washing it softly with a mild soap and putting a special cream on it 4-5 times a day . The first two days you can not touch it cause it hurts . Ah and don't sleep on white sheets on this first days cause the ink is coming out . I could see all my night journey the next morning . After 5 days it becomes itchy and the skin peels off . The flakes have the colour of the tattoo so don't be scared if you see your skin becoming multi-coloured. The first 15 days don't swim ( which is not that easy living in Greece with hot temperatures ) and avoid the sun ( impossible again ) !!! Put on Suncream at least with indicator 30 and as I said keep it moist and clean .
OK , I think that most of you know all about tattoos as I must have been one of the last people not having a tattoo but just in case there are some freshman's like me out there it's good to know what to expect , no ?
After all I am very happy with my tattoo and I can't look enough to it :)

                                            Have a great day
                                               Love-Hugs
                                                 &XXX

TaaaaTOO

Happy lazy Sunday everyone ,

last day at home ! Tomorrow I am on the raod again full of memories of a beautiful relaxing month .
Something I am very excited about is that I will get my first tattoo . I am thinking about some years now and now is the time . I want a wrist tattoo reminding me that I am a fighter ( getting over some difficult times ) .
So this past days I am searching all over the web for some designs , ideas ...
I would love to have a birds - star - word combination . This is no easy as I find out . Colour should be black but with on small red detail . Also I am not sure if I want it on my left or right wrist ...puh , people are right when they say that finding the right tattoo is a headache . It's for a lifetime and it would be great to like it everyday for the rest of your life . I don't want to end up like this  hahaha

But I also figured out that too much searching can be bad also cause you find a lot of things you like and for me this means that I could be ending up like this but no , I am already scared to shit getting a small one ....

Well , as long as people like theirself I am fine with it !!! 

I want to share some designs with you I like 

What do you think of them ? Would be great if you could tell me all about the pain and chosing your tattoo experiences ...

have a lovely day 

Love-Hugs

& XXX

PictureIT

Summer - Beach - Holidays ...ahhhh

Hello everyone !!!
as you will see later on I am enjoying my holidays to the top !
My batteries are full charged , my skin is happy for wearing just Sunmilk and my hair for treating it only with shampoo and no beauty products whatssoever ! I am sleeping a lot and read all this books I had on my list for months .
But as they say ....Pictures say more then thousand words !

 

I hope you enjoy your holidays as well ! 

                                         Love-Kisses
                                           & Hugs

                                

"Die Welle" - BookReview

" Be careful who you follow 
  because you never know 
  where they will lead you ..."
                          Mark Hancock
                       ( Third Wave Student )  

Excellent , fascinating , dangerous .... a Must read !
I have  seen the movie some years ago and I was shocked and fascinated at the same time . Some days ago I won the book and was part of a reading group. We all agreed that it is so easy to lose control over everything especially during the sensitive "teenager-years"
Here  you can find more information about "The Wave"
Story :
In spring 1967, in Palo Alto, California, history teacher Ron Jones conducted an experiment with his class of 15-year-olds to sample the experience of the attraction and rise of the Nazis in Germany before World War II.  In a matter of days the experiment began to get out of control, as those attracted to the movement became aggressive zealots and the rigid rules invited confusion and chaos.  
This story has attracted considerable attention over the years through films, books, plays and musicals, and verges on urban legend.  It serves as a teaching tool, to facilitate discussion of those uncomfortable topics of history, human nature, psychology, group behavior, intolerance and hate.

"Die Welle" 
Ich durfte wieder bei einer Leserunde teilnehmen ! Diesmal das faszinierende Buch von Morton Rhue - "Die Welle" . 
Hier nun meine Rezension 

        Gefaehrliche "Macht-Spiele"

Die "Welle" ist ein faszinierendes und sogleich beispielhaftes Buch . Es zeigt , wie schnell sich Menschen leiten lassen . Wie schnell sie sich einer Gruppe anschliessen um gleichgestellt zu sein , einem Fuehrer zu folgen der ihnen den Weg zeigt und alle "Probleme" wegschafft . 
Das Buch hat mich genauso wie der Film sehr fasziniert .
Die Welle sollte eine Pflichlektuere in den Schulen sein um vielleicht so die Jugendlichen von Fehlern zu bewahren . Um einem Buergerkrieg aus dem Weg zu gehen , denn es scheint eine Frage der Zeit zu sein bis das Fass ueberlaeuft ....

Hier meine Rezension auf Lovelybooks und hier die The Wave Story Homepage !

                                       Have a great Day !!!

                                       Love,Hugs & XXX