and then a new year started

Hello my lovelies,

long time no see, right?
well to make a long story short, last summer I was bored of the internet, then I was busy applying for new position within my company, and whohhoooo I got the job! :)
In January I started the new job, better money, better evening times, but completely different schedule. I was working as a med rep and now I'm working from desk again, so completely different, but I love it!
And the real big bonus, I have free evenings again. As a med rep your day is quite nice when out and about and visiting your clients, but when you come home there's still a lot of work waiting at your "home office". I loved the fee spirit of my former position but OMG I so enjoy my evenings and sundays now. Nothing to do than cooking, family, friends and knitting.
And I can tell you there has been a lot of knitting happening this year already. I'm about to finish my second cardigan this year. Two knitted cardigans in just two month. That's an awful lot of knitting in my world!

But first let me show you a few impressions from the last couple of month, in case you don't follow my instagram (which you should, Tee-hee!)

-- Hallo ihr Zuckerschnuten

ganz schön lange ausser Sicht, was?

ja, da gab's so einiges in den letzten Monaten was mich vom Rechner ferngehalten hat:
zuerstmal keine Lust auf Internet, ja sowas passiert. Dann wurde es aber spannend. Ich hab mich für eine neue Stelle innerhalb meiner Firma beworben, aufreibende und aufregende Phase. Und, ja, ich hab die Stelle :)

Im Januar ging es los. Komplett neuer "Stundenplan". Vorher war ich im Aussendienst, jetzt wieder am Schreibtisch. Die freien Abende jetzt sind toll. Im Aussendienst kann man sich zwar seinen Tag super frei einteilen, aber abends sitzt man dann meist am Rechner und macht noch sein Büro. Jetzt sind meine Abende und Sonntags plötzlich wieder frei und das ist großartig. Zeit für kochen, Familie, Freunde und stricken.
Und da gab's schon ne ganze Menge stricken dieses Jahr. Ich hab doch echt schon zwei Strickjacken fertig, also fast, die zweite ist praktisch auch fertig, noch knapp 10cm Ärmel. Und das in zwei Monaten, verdammt viel stricken in meiner Welt :)

aber zuerst einpaar Eindrücke aus den letzten Monaten, auf Instagram war ich nach wie vor recht fleißig, ihr solltet mir da echt folgen, hihi

I made a hat for myself -- eine Mütze für mich

I went a little crazy with washi tape for my journaling -- ein bisschen arg wishi-washi ;) bei meiner Art des Project Life

I made a "pinterest made me do it cake", looked fantastic, tasted good, was my birthday cake, somehow -- mein erster Blumenkuchen, frei nach pinterest, toll geworden ist er, und sowas wie mein Geburtstagskuchen

I went stash busting and came home with these beauties (they're going to be a cardigan too, desk people can wear a lot of cardigans, right?) -- beim Wollwechsel war ich auch, aus gefühlt 20 Teilen wurden diese drei Schönheiten, sie sollen auch eine Strickjacke werden, am Schreibtisch kann man doch bestens Strickjacken anziehen, oder?

made a hat for my man and enjoyed autumn: -- eine Mütze für ihn gab es auch

enjoyed the "Lichtgrenze", marking 25 years of a united Germany, with light balls all along the former wall of Berlin -- und wir haben die Lichtgrenze abgelaufen, schon beeindruckend war das

started my first cardigan, and went all happy over my first vertical buttonhole -- die erste Jacke, mit vertikalem Knopfloch, ich war so stolz auch mich

showed a few of my journal pages -- ein kleiner Einblick in meine Tagebücher

finished the first cardigan (of a few more to come) -- die erste Strickjacke ist fertig

ate a weird egg for breakfast -- ein äusserst komisches Ei zum Frühstück

started the next cardigan -- und die zweite geht los

bought him some flowers for Valentines Day -- ich hab ihm Blumen zum Valentinstag mitgebracht

ate "a bit" of sushi -- ein klein wenig Sushi gab es auch

and

last but not least caught the cold so I had some time with TV on the sofa. -- und zu guter Letzt hat mich ne dicke Erkältung vor den Fernseher auf die Couch gebannt

I hope you had a nice last six month as well and read you soon :) -- ich hoffe eure letzten Monate waren toll, bis bald

hugs, Diana

Framed - Feb 2014

a quick month February it is, isn't it? I don't really am aware of already two months past this year. On the other hand spring is soo near, it get's warmer and warmer each day and best: the days get longer, soon I won't need to wake up "in the middle of the night" but with bright sunshine outside my window. I'm ready for you summer! First things first though, February is over and March just started today, we spent a lovely day checking out various playgrounds today, I hope you got to spend a nice 1st of March as well.

Now let's check out my Feb!

1. YOU: :)

2. FAVOURITE: switched to sulfate free shampoo and I already love it

3. SOMETHING ORANGE: my eyebrow powder (originally two mac eyeshadows: rule (the orange one) and tete-a-tint)

4. CHILDHOOD: sherbet powder with a lollipop to poke in

5: SQUARE: crossstitching frame and the needle case my mum made for me when I was about ten years old ♥

6: C IS FOR…: curls!! barrel and pin curling, I really liked the result, although my hair is still slightly short

7: UTENSIL: nail file (made from glass, I think these are the best)

8: WATER: almost! This is a closeup of my brush cleaner from mac (love the store and felt a little too girly going in there that day with a friend)

9: DETAILS: on my blanket

10: I AM…: hungry and all I had was a handful of nuts..

11. MISTAKE: I thought I didn't make any mistake that day, then I went with the wrong exit in a roundabout, realizing it like 5km later

12. OUT + ABOUT: at a friends house, Berlins facade

13. PERFECT: weather with a not so perfect pic of my pretty lovely hair (I'm going with the "Natalie Teeger look from Monk at the moment)

14. HEART: I made pizza ♥

15. MY DRINK OF CHOICE: water, a plain glass felt too boring so I went a little crazy with my photo apps (I'm using photo editor and picsart on android, very good free apps)

16. CREATE: the first couple of rows of my new blanket, I really like the "baltic ripple" design so far, as I called it (this reminds me to start my WIP Wednesdays again)

17. VEGETABLE: carrots, love them raw, and the're good for your eyes!

18. MAGIC: do you believe in magic? in a young girls heart? How the music can free her, whenever it starts? (the lovin spoonful) ... hope you have the same earworm I had that day, gotta love me some nice tunes

19. FEET: I was with my boss that day, you don't want to see his feet, the evening I've spent babysitting my best friends girl, I don't feel good with showing her baby feet (although they are so pretty) sooo, drumroll, the feet of teddy sitting next to me on the couch

20. PEACE: my bed!

21. FUNNY: what if unicorns where just fat rhinos?

22. AN ACT OF KINDNESS: my man, he's a sweety! loading the dishwasher everytime I cook

23. THIS IS WHERE I RELAX: my couch apparently, guess I've been too relaxed to take a picture ^__^

24. HALF: I got new sunglasses *insert big happy smile here* and this half of it (btw they are the Oakley Newsflash in pomegranate - I love them)

25. CUT: my scissors, I'm not ready for a haircut, just yet!

26. LIGHT: a hotel lamp, kinda nice, only kind of ..

27: MY VIEW TODAY: very very early that day, about a minute after midnight, that's where I was waking up on the 27th, I've spent the night at a Hotel in Brandenburg as I was serving a training the evening before, what you see is the water tower of a town close to Poland

28. REFLECTION: I've been to the dentist today, not my favorite place to start a weekend, but neccesary, so yeah, my view..

Framed: November 2013 til Now

I guess you read my latest posts, I've been distracted enormously and therefore I just couldn't be bothered to update my blog as usual. Normally at the end of each month I will post my instagram pictures of that month. I follow Fat mum slims blog and do her photoaday challenge.
Now it's time to keep track of things. First things first, the advent calendar kept my busy and my november pictures are, well, incomplete. December however is almost completely done and January was skipped altogether. Now I'm back on track with February and you can expect some nice photos in four weeks :)

edit: oh I hope you can see the pictures, writing this post they were on and off all the time, seems like instagram might not be working too well right now, reloading the page helped a lot though

November '13

1. Fruit: is gone by now

2. I did this today: that's the fun thing about having children around you, playing all the good games too

3. P is for…: peppers

4. Table: gone?

5. I collect…: smurfs .. I guess I mentioned this before

6. Music: in my cupboard, I still have a huge collection of CD and prefer to buy my music that way, although I rarely listen to one, I copy everything to mp3..

7. Yes!: no baby yet, I was a bit nervous that day

8. Someone I miss: and obviously skipped too, all the following pictures, damn I took quite a lot pictures but never edit and upload them to instagram, and I'm not a cheater and do so now, I will have to live with this misery :(

9. Mine: 10. Book: 11. A memory: 12. Clouds: 13. Part of me: 14. Eating: 15. In my pocket/purse: 16. Play: 17. 5 o’clock: 18. Mirror: 19. Where you ate breakfast: 20. Communication: 21. I wish I had this: 22. Behind: 23. Simplicity: 24. A word: 25. Quirky: 26. Message: 27. No!: 28. I am grateful for…: 29. Black: 30. All done:

December '13

1. Red: the bow on top of my boyfriends advent calendar

2. Where I stood: on frozen ground with the sun fighting through the morning fog, this was pretty amazing

3. Silver: on my steering wheel

4. Tiny: tiny Santa - but perfect to decorate a tree

5. In the cupboard: there wasn't anything spectacular to take a picture of

6. Shadow: light falling through glass

7. 6 o’clock: dinner...

8. I shop here: it's been a sunday, I don't shop on sundays (well I do, but I guess online shopping doesn't count - well I don't want it to count)

9. This is the weather today: rain

10. R is for…: red (riding hood ^__^ that's my work outfit in December I like to spread the season spirits)

11. Green: a mermaids tail

12. Joy is…: fog? well I guess, it's more the vanishing fog..

13. Composition: nice, huh?

14. Drink: chai tea with milk and water, the morning routine

15. Lights: his window

16. Makes you feel merry: glitters of ice crystals at night

17. Tree: mine

18. Big: shortly before Christmas we always have a celebration with the company, this year we went to Harz Mountains and this is the Josephskreuz, it's only been a little cold up there, just kidding it's been colder than cold, ice-cold

19. ‘Tis the season to…: to light candles - and have fun

20. I’m listening to…: the radio

21. On the door: of the neighbours...

22. Sparkly: some detail on my tree

23. Tradition: salmon, I eat salmon regularly but on Christmas it's a must be!

24. Wrapped: for him

25. Best bit of your day: dinner with my boyfriends family and my brother at Schloss Britz

26. Where you slept: at my boyfriend, he was a bit irritated why I'm taking a picture of his bed for the interwebs ...

27. What you’re doing now: knitting on one of my WIP Wednesday project, yeah! I actually have some progress here, and soon will update too

28. Something awesome: the morning sky

29. Reflect: best bits of 2013, my boyfriend, he's till such a heart-breaker and sweetheart, My summer of music in Montreux was so awesome, and on January 1st last year I got to spent the day with some of my best friends in Berlin, all in all this year has been fantastic!

30. You: have I been too pretty for a picture? or just too busy?, I guess the latter

31. Celebrate: New Years at Brandenburger Tor, right in the heart of Berlin, it was a wonderful night!

January '14

hem, well there is actually one picture: 1. Lunch: Spinach and sunny side up, so yumm and perfect to start the year, protein, veggies...