Family gathering

We were invited to the confirmation of our nephew/cousin

 last weekend on the east coast of Norway.

It really was a family gathering were our daughter came from London and my in-laws came from the west coast of Norway. Nice to see them all again, that doesn't happen to often. Also nice to were our national costumes, which I actually brought back to Luxembourg and will wear on Friday. 

(why? because it's Norway's national day, that's why....)

Cruising the Moselle

During our 8 years stay in Luxembourg we haven't done the "tourist" cruise at the Moselle. So when the opportunity came up on Saturday, where we were inviteded to a gala dinner onboard, we couldn't say no could we?

Lovely weather and amazing scenery give us a perfect evening onboard the cruise that took us from Remich, Luxembourg to Sierck les Bains, France and back again.

Thanks to Round Table Luxembourg for organizing the event.

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 Pink - Party - Pompons

Had the pleasure to host a surprise party for my really good friend last Friday.

10 girls (ladies) were gathered with plenty of food and drinks and we had a great time. Our friend didn't have any clue so it was the perfect surprise party.

Sadly my friend has decided to move back to Norway but luckily for her she found LOVE!!!!! 

You can clearly see on this picture how bright our living room

 is now after the repainting.

And in the corner you see "grannies" old mirror which now is spray painted white. I'll give you a closer look later.....

And the pompons I made myself, so easy though I haven't done them in 20 years or so. Martha Stewart has great explanations on her website.

Early morning in bed

The morning 1st of May. In bed with my morning coffee and Mac, and that on a Wednesday. What a good feeling!

 Son is still asleep and husband decided to drive to Basel yesterday. 

So here I am all by myself..... and I find the time to do some blogging.

The last days have been quite busy and the first to suffer from that is my blog unfortunately. I am not complaining though since I put myself in this position.

 I am the one who invites friends over for dinner

 both Friday and Saturday (#1).

 I am the one who says to my husband that we need a lunch in town

 while doing errands (# 2)

I am the one who says that we shall repaint the living room on Sunday (# 3)

And I am the one who decided to spray paint "granny's" old mirror (#4)

What a pleasant feeling when you finally did what you've

 been thinking about for such a long time.........

Have a nice day off!

Chaos.....or not?

This photo represent my life right now!

Last week in Paris we came across this little bookshop on our search for a map over Paris ( ok then, we were a bit lost :-)). It's the tiniest bookshop I ever been to, but the lady who worked their seemed to have total control over her books. Unfortunately she didn't have more maps over Paris though (or perhaps she did without knowing?)

Any way, my life seems a bit chaotic for the moment. Work, traveling, fixing the garden and redecorating our house + + +.

 After several years searching for a house in Lux, we have decided to stay in our rental house where we have been for the last 8 years. House prices in Lux are not cheap and with the financial challenges these days we will wait and see how the market will change......

So while I'm waiting I will do some changes at home. New dining area, new sofa, new TV-room and office, you name it. All rooms will get a facelift (sorry husband, did I not mention this?)!

 A bit of chaos, but organized chaos...

So if there is a lack of blogging, have me excused.

Some inspiration

 The wonderful weather we've had the last days 

has put me in the mood for garden work :-)

The terrace is clean and the furniture is out, I even did some paintwork which I'll show you later. Tomorrow I'll go shopping for flowers and plants and I'll use these two photos from lovely Paris as my inspiration!

Yes, pink flowers will it be this year :-)

Lunch @ Ralph's

I'll give you a tip of a good restaurant in Paris.

The food was great but it was the patio that appealed the most.....

Ralph Lauren  in St. Germain.

J'adore Paris

I'm a lucky girl.

Been to Paris again......

My kind of recycling.....

From yogurt pot .....

.... to coffee cup.....

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hopefully the Spring will hit Luxembourg and give us some mild and sunny days. I'm looking forward to spend the days with our daughter who's on a visit from her London UNI.

C U