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Doing good

2010-10-27T21:53:00.000+02:00

Hey out there,

I am writing. Do you believe it? I am finally back to writing again. And I missed it so much. But I love it now. I am writing all day long. Right now to my pen pal Tanja. She will receive a novel, for sure. And when I am ready with hers, I will write more ;)! Still so much to answer. Please be patient, if you wait for an answer.

Thanks.

Love ya all,
Fabi

Long time ago...

2010-10-03T11:12:00.002+02:00

I am sorry that I didn't post a lot in the last weeks. But I was so busy with packing, going to school and hoping that my toe get well again, that I just didn't find the time for updating you out there.

But here is the first update for October, and I hope there will be many more.

I have around 20 packing cases which need to be stored in my cupboards in my room, but I just have 2 small cupboards...omg. This will be fun and need a lot time until I am ready with doing so.

The flat is still not full ready, but we are moving in already. Last night was the first night here (It was bad, I was coughing all night long and just slept 4 hours) and from now on we can't sleep in our old flat anymore. But we still have a lot to bring in the new flat. This is no fun, but okay.

Today my best friend Matthew will be here and help us. Yesterday it was just my brother, my boyfriend and me. But I have to say we are really good, most of the furniture is here already.

My toe is still not good at all. It is hurting like hell and doesn't cure like it should...but the doctor always says: "It is okay like it is!" Last week I saw that he didn't even cut away everything...so I guess as soon as my holidays started (which is on Friday), I will go to another doctor to see what he will say.

My school is really cool. I love it. My classmates are okay. Some are not so nice, but I guess I can feel comfortable, as I have at least 7 people to hang around with, not 0 like in the last 3 classes...I really love the subjects we have and I am excited to have my next practical time, which will be from 29th November to 10th December. So happy.

What else can I tell you? Nothing right now. No writing at all the last month...it was just too much to do. Still waiting for the letter from the government if I get the school money from them or not (in Germany we have a so called BaFöG which is for pupils who are over 16 and need more money for living). So everything is still not really ready.

Now I will unpack more packing cases...we see us tomorrow or so. As soon as I find some time to update you again.

I'm getting crazy

2010-08-15T19:15:00.003+02:00

Oh people, I can tell you, I am getting crazy...
First my mum is finally doing something in her new flat now. Today we painted her living room. So hopefully, if I have a lot of luck, we can help her moving in on the next weekend or the days after that. But it is driving me crazy, she always says "I can't do it before next week!"...just because she won't be home before 5pm tomorrow. But Torsten has to work until 4pm as well and has to do stuff for her flat...sure...she can help.

Second I have to go to a doc tomorrow for a short operation. I am so fucking scared. I have an ingrown toenail and it has to be operated, at least I think so. So I am scared, as they need to put an injection in the inflamed part...so I could cry already just thinking of it.

And the third thing making me crazy is, that my dad will come over with a girl who wants to get our flat when we moved out on the 24th...but I don't know how I can clean my flat, help mum with her flat and getting okay with my foot again in one single week...HELP...

So please don't be angry...It is a total chaos here and I just don't find the quietness for writing. sorry. =(

Mailposts will be there again, as soon as I am less stressed.

EDIT:

I went to the doc today (Monday) and need to come back on the 24th August for the operation. So cross your fingers on the 24th for me.

I'm alive =)

2010-08-06T23:45:00.002+02:00

Hey people,

yeah, I am still alive. Just too tired for blogging most of the time. I am so stressed because of the movements of my mum and us. Today we paid 120 Euros for the floor of our new bedroom. It will be a dark brown. I will make photos, as soon, as everything is in it's place (and while renovating, to keep you updated).
We just got to know, that we can't finish moving before the beginning of September, so I have to say: FUCK xD! My school starts on the 30th August, so I don't have that much time for moving then...so it will take more time then the weeks before. But okay. We will do it somehow. I will pack some packing cases next week, so that most of the stuff is in the new basement, when we move. Then we don't have to pack so much when we really move. My mum will clean her basement tomorrow and then we can use it for our stuff.
So, you see, the next week will be full of packing...xD but okay. I will survive.

And now the song that keeps me inspired these days (just started a new story and it has 6 chapters which I wrote in 4 hours with this song in the background):

I need a break...

2010-07-28T23:38:00.002+02:00

Hey people,

I need a break from writing, because of my movement. I am still writing, but not so much as normally, so it can take some time until I finally get to your letter.

I will make photos of my mail and will show it here as soon as I find some time ;)! I mean, I still have time left until we can really start with everything, but my friend just moved here and my mum has to move before we can move...so still a lot work...

I will not make a full break, I will just need more time ;)!

And now I will try to sleep a bit :)! Goodnight.

Sugar Doll Blog Award

2010-07-21T09:26:00.004+02:00

My dear Belen tagged me with this award. The rules are, that I have to tell you 10 facts about me. Oh my god...okay. You will get to know a little bit about me now.

1. I am totally in love with Robert Pattinson. *smile* I mean, not in love like with Torsten, but when I see Robert somewhere I could melt away and I am always making "Ohhh" at least in my thoughts. This guy is getting all my attention at the moment...good, that Torsten is so nice and doesn't mind...

2. I am planning a wedding right now. But I guess it will last at least one more year or more until the wedding plans get true.

3. I am excited to work with the children and work, but scared as I always want own children when I have to do with them for some time...and that would be not the right moment at the moment. So no children for me...maybe I should get a little more professional and don't think about myself all the time?

4. I am addicted to the sound of my mailbox. Whenever I hear the post man I am running to my door, just to listen to the sound of the mailbox when he puts mail inside.

5. I am scared of thunderstorms...I am scared of the thunder and of the lightnings. I am scared of everything. Just the rain is okay for me.

6. My cousin Christine was born on my 10th birthday. I still hate to share my birthday with such a close family member, as we always fight who can party when, but I love her. She is such a wonderful and smart girl. I hope she will grow up using all her special skills.

7. I love food shopping. It is relaxing for me. Being in an Aldi or so makes me more happy than a H&M or so. Maybe because they normally don't have my size but Aldi always have food to make me happy? I don't know.

8. I normally read news online or I take the newspapers which were left lonely in the bus with me. Sometimes I even ask people in the bus if they still read it, to get some written news. But most of the time I found out all about the world online.

9. I have a library card for nearly one year now and never used it really. I got it because I love reading but the way to the library is so far, that I never use it. So I paid 10 Euro for nothing, but okay.

10. Last but not least I love maths. I love numbers. I can remember every phone number I ever had and the ones of my grandma as well. I am a number junkie. In busses, trains and such I always read the phone numbers of the advertisements and I can promise I still remember it at home. Crazy me.

So, this were the 10 facts about me. Now I have to tag someone.
Here we go:
Maria :)
Tove

That's all for this time. You can take the tag and tell me that you got tagged by me and I will add you to the list. :)!

Movement

2010-07-20T18:54:00.003+02:00

Please use my new address on the right for the letters to me. I will move probably in August, but it is not sure. My brother said I can use the address already, he will keep care of my arriving letters. It is just a house number change, but please don't forget it!

I am so scared of the movement. We don't have a lot money and that could be a big problem...

I have to sell some stuff now. And now I will write a bit and then I will start making things ready for selling. Cross your fingers for me that I will do it somehow...

Mail Time Monday...=)

2010-07-19T15:25:00.008+02:00

Mail Time Monday without mail today...I guess the mailman has a free day on Monday. There is NEVER mail on Monday. I don't know why. Maybe I should write them a mail and ask what is wrong...but they would tell me: "If there is no mail for you, the mailman came and had nothing for you!" Yeah, right...there was no mail man on the street, but okay. I have to live with it, I guess.

INCOMING:

OUTGOING:

I will write now :)! And then have a new mail post next week, I hope. :)

Crafty girl :)

2010-07-08T22:30:00.003+02:00

Last month I joined a swap at swap bot which was called "Disturbingly yours (Personal doorhanger swap)". I joined it as I thought this would be a nice idea.

My partner was a girl who like sewing. First I had no idea how to make her a matching doorhanger, as we had to make one for the hobbies of our partner. But then I found a postcard with sewing cotton on it. So I used this as the background. I am so proud of my work, that I want to share it here.

Don't look in the background (you can see my really not clean desk and my Twilight calendar). What do you think of the doorhanger??? =)

Mail time Monday

2010-07-05T19:05:00.002+02:00

So, now I finally write a Mail time post again. And as it is Monday, it is right in time. Just 2 pictures for incoming and 2 for outgoing, as I have not a lot photos from the last days and nothing arrived today. But I made pics of the things that were around me.

I am still in writing fever and I hope I can finish some letters today, so that I can send them soon.

INCOMING:

Postcards from Postcrossing

Postcards from Postcrossing and one swap card

OUTGOING:

Swap postcards from towns where I was in the last months

A letter to my dear pen pal Sara. :)

I hope I can post more often again. I wasn't in the mood for being online ;)! But we will see how it will be in the next days :)!

Writing letters =)

2010-06-25T21:27:00.002+02:00

I am writing a lot letters at the moment. My pile of unanswered letters is getting smaller every day. I am happy about that fact, as I had a bad unmotivative time some days ago. I was so depressive on that days that I wasn't even able to write a little bit. But now I am writing again and I hope I can answer the "old" letters soon :)! They are so long, that I really need more than one day for them, for sure. I started the one for Sara already and I hope I can do a lot on it this weekend.

What are you doing at the moment? Are you writing letters? Do you have a big pile of unanswered ones? Or is it not so big at the moment?

I will blog with photos next week again. Got some postcards from good friends which I want to show and won something I want to show as well :)! You will see.

Hope to hear from you in my comments. Hope you all are okay.

Europapark

2010-06-18T01:23:00.003+02:00

I still wanted to write about that. Just a short entry with some pictures. It was a nice weekend, especially because of my brother. He and me came closer again and I am really happy to see him when Germany is playing against Serbia today. He will come over and we will watch the game. Hurray.
So now some pictures with me. I have thousands without me, but I will show them later, as I still have to look through them to see if there are pictures I don't want to show here. You will see them then.

The Europapark mouse and me

My brother and me in a big dryer after we got really wet at a water rollercoaster

my brother and me

my brother, my dad and me :)

me and my brother - you see we are crazy :)

I am a little bit behind with writing as I have a bad phase of my depressions at the moment and I have to find back to myself before writing for more than 2 hours a day. So I am just writing 2 hours or less a day and that makes me slower than normally. I hope no one minds, as I feel really bad because of it myself...

Where I've been

2010-06-15T01:59:00.000+02:00

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Europapark :)

2010-06-02T22:30:00.006+02:00

Just an outgoing mail post before I leave to Europapark tomorrow.
Most of them via postcrossing. Just the naked girl was for Roxy, to shock her mailman a bit :)! Not sure if it worked, as he put it in her mailbox and she didn't see...bad...

Will be back on Sunday. Wish you all a good weekend.

My daddy

2010-06-01T03:03:00.005+02:00

Today I will make a post about my daddy, as he brought me some cards from his holidays and I want to share them with you.
My daddy was together with my mum since last year October. Then he left her and moved together with his new girlfriend Hannelore. I don't mind that anymore as we talked a lot after that and now I know what was wrong and I still don't understand why my mum didn't do something. He told her more than 1 time that he will leave if she doesn't change something and she didn't. But when he left she was crying that he never gave her a chance...how much chances does a human need? I don't know.

Since my daddy moved out we have even a closer relationship than before. I am absolutely a daddy girl. My dad is jealous because of Torsten. He cried when I moved out of the flat (just 3 houses away) and he was the first who helped me when I had problems with my last jobs.

Sure, there were a lot of problems with us as well, but I love him, no matter what was and what will be.

Yummie :)! Nice food.

My daddy is lovely called bear in our family. He lost a lot weight last year and is still on the right way. I wish I would be so good in losing weight as well. But okay. He loves food and is originally from Bavaria and not from Essen. He taught me Bavarian (just a little bit, but enough to survive) and went with us to holidays I will never forget (China for example).

In Disneyland with my little brother Stefan, my dad and me.

We went to Disneyland twice, to China, to Heidepark (an amusement park in Germany), to Europapark and so much more. On Thursday we drive to Europapark again and I am so happy about that.

sleepy Fabi on daddys stomach :)

He is really nice to all my friends, drives me wherever I want to go and never asks for something back. He is a good dad, even when he made mistakes as well. Daddy? I love you!

HIS POSTCARDS
from his holidays at the Spessart and the Lake Constance

What do you think of the cards he brought me? Before my travel I will try to make one more mailpost and then I will go to Europapark and make pictures for showing you here :)!

I was tagged...

2010-05-28T02:31:00.002+02:00

I was tagged...two times...:) And today I will fulfil the stuff I have to do for it :)!

First I got an award from Stationery Addicted - Sara . Thanks a lot for that.

Here is the game:

Rules:

1) post the picture below, 2) link back to the person who gave it to you, 3) nominate another ten blogs and 4) let them know by leaving a comment.

So now I have to think of 10 (OMG) more blogs? Ah...yeah...okay...
Here we go: (if you got it already, be happy ;) )
Bianca from Goodnight Little Spoon
Maria from How many Kilometres?
Ilona from The Missive Maven
Megan from Time after tea
Marianne from Royal Mail
And if there is someone who wants this, just take it and link back to me :)! And leave a comment so I can add you to the list ^^.

And my second tag. It is from Joana aka EcologicalStoryteller . And it goes like this:

In this tag we have to answer 8 questions and then make your own 8 questions and pass them on. I hope you enjoy this, and I'll try to pick random, funny and interesting questions about silly things.

Here are Joanas Questions and my answers :)!

1.When you were a child each band or singer was your favourite?
I was a big fan of Westlife and their member Nicky Byrne...but I have to say I still am...*smile* And when I was really young I loved Natural and before that B3. It was fun to run around with other fans catching the boys and trying to get a picture...it never happened with that bands...

2.If you could change your name, what would be the name you would pick?
This is a good question. When I was younger I always wanted to be called Natascha. But no...not now. I saw so much Nataschas and what happened to them that I don't like the name anymore...so now I would love to be called Fabiana instead of Fabienne. It just sounds better. And I still could use my nickname Fabi. Hehe.

3.Mention five things that make you very upset.
Okay...hm...let me think...I get easily upset when someone lies in my face. Especially when I know the truth. So that is number 1. Hmm...number 2...saying you will come and not coming then...so false promises. That makes me upset as well. Number 3 are people who tell me that they don't have money, but are going to the hairdresser once a month and such stuff...I can't go to the hairdresser because I really don't have money...Number 4 are cheating boy- or girlfriends, husbands/wifes and such people. I hate people who are cheating on their love...quit your relationship before jumping in another bed please. And number 5 are people who beat, abuse, rape, kill people or do other bad stuff with them.

And I would love to add a number 6: People who don't help other people which have problems. When I see someone being knocked out on the street, I call the police and try to help as good as I can...I won't take my mobile out and make pictures and then go away...I hate such people, really...

4.What do you do to protect Earth? (name a few things or just one)
Good question, really. Now I have to think. I put my heating on the lowest step even in winter to save energy. And when it is warmer than 20°C on daytime I make it out.
I use energy saving light bulbs. And I try to use all the water I get out of the spigot. When I cook my noodles for example I use the water after that for giving it to my plants. Crazy, but it helps a bit, I hope.
And I have a bus ticket :)! I don't have a drivers licence, so it is protecting the earth as well (and everyone in Germany...because me in a car...omg...xD).

5.Each book would you pick to go with you to other planet if life on Earth was in the end?
Okay...good question...which book would I pick...if it is right now I would pick Breaking Dawn from the Twilight saga, as I am reading it again and I hate to stop in the middle of a book. But if it would be in some time, then I probably would take a book which reminds me of living here. Hmm...but I can't think of one right now. Maybe my old geography book? ;)

6.Are you terribly afraid of something?
Yeah...of a lot...You can't leave me alone when there is a thunderstorm. And when I am alone, I need something to cuddle (and to bite in) and a room where I can make the music louder than the thunder...so pray that you are never alone with me with a thunderstorm.
And I am afraid of the death of a person I love...I don't want to think about how I would react when Torsten or my brother dies...it would be so bad...

7.Name five people you would love to erase from Earth.
Haha...my to-be father-in-law, because of what he did and did not to Torsten, my to-be mother-in-law because of the same reason, who else...hmm...and I would pick 3 murderes, rapers and such stuff for leaving the world with them.

8.Each one was the most beautiful moment of your life?
The most beautiful moment? Hmmm...there were lots of moments I would like to mention here, but I choose one which will be beautiful for you, at least I hope so, as well. The moment when the calf of a cow I was keeping care of was born. I still remember standing next to the cow, talking to her and pet her a bit. It was hard for her and we were in the barn for 6 hours already. And suddenly the little calf was there. The cow turned around and licked it and when she was ready I was allowed to touch the calf...I was the only person who was allowed to touch it for the time I was there. The calf was called Fabienne *haha* just because of me. I was crying so much when we had to leave the farm and go back home. I know that Fabienne got a milk cow later and I guess now she is in heaven, but I am not sure, as this farm had some cows who were older than 10 years and it was 9 years ago...so it could be that the cow is still alive and giving milk to us. Wow...:) It was an amazing moment and I hope I can see a birth of an animal one day again.

So, now my 8 questions and some people I would like to answer them:
1. What is your biggest dream?
2. Which place is a special place for you, and why?
3. Which title would your life story have?
4. If you could pick 10 songs for the soundtrack of your life, which would it be?
5. When you think back to your childhood, which smell, taste and sound comes back to your mind?
6. If you have to leave your flat in 5 minutes forever, what would you take with you?
7. Tell me 4 things which are always in your fridge.
8. Do you have a best friend and what makes him/her special?

People:
Bianca from Goodnight Little Spoon
Belen
Micaela from Dolce Vita
Megan from Time after tea
Marianne from Royal Mail

So have fun answering the questions :)! If someone else wants to play this, feel free to do so :)!

And again...MAIL TIME :)

2010-05-26T18:22:00.008+02:00

So, another mail post from me. First I have to say we will move in August. I will move in with my brother (and of course my darling will move with me). My address won't change a lot (just the house number), but just to let you know already :)!

I made myself some letter paper last week. With Homer Simpsons and some donuts. I made a picture of one paper that I printed out in black and white. Here you can see it:

selfdesigned Simpsons Letter paper

What do yo think?

And now Mail Time.

OUTGOING

castle tag in the postcrossing forum

castle tag again

Disney tag

cat and dog together tag

bird tag

letter to Mia

I just finished one letter, as you can see. But I work on some more and I hope I can show you more the next days.

INCOMING

cat and dog together Tag

cow tag

an official postcrossing card from Turkey

lighthouse tag

official card

official card

bird tag

Hello Kitty tag stamp

Hello Kitty tag card

official card

sunset tag

monkey tag

sand for snow tag

Disney tag

food tag

So, as you can see, a lot incoming postcards. I didn't make pictures of the letters I got, as there was nothing sooooo special ;)! The letters were wonderful, but normal envelopes, so no pictures. I hope you don't mind.

I will make an extra post for the postcards my dad brought me from his holidays. So much cards. I love them. But you have to wait some time. Not today. Today just my normal mail :)! Enjoy.

My weekend and a lot more informations

2010-05-18T21:01:00.006+02:00

Hello people!

I am back home from the Netherlands since 2 days and now I finally want to write an update about my time there and such stuff. I have a lot photos to share with you.

Utrecht, the city where my pen pal Roxy lives, is a really beautiful city. We went around and I didn't make a lot pictures of the city itself, but some photos which I want to share here. We ate some ice cream from this fabulous ice cream truck. Isn't it wonderful?

Ice cream truck in Utrecht

We went shopping for postcards and saw a lot nice shops in that time. I made some photos for you in one of the shops, as I really liked it.

Roxy in the shop with a lot nice stuff.

I love the decoration.

So much postcards in the wonderful city.

Wow...I love them.

Wow...so coooooool.

In the evening we went into the cinema to see Remember Me.

The poster of this wonderful movie.

I really loved Remember Me. Even if the end was so sad. I cried so much. Why didn't anyone tell me what happens at the end? Thanks...I was crying...so much...and I could start again when I think of it...

On Saturday (15th May) we went to a Twilight convention in the near of Utrecht. There was a Muse cover band, called Musle Museum and I loved them. They are so wonderful. The bassist, on the following picture at the right, was so cute and I was standing right in front of him...*love* Oh my god...

Fabi with Musle Museum. Wow...

The convention was okay. I bought a bag with Robert on it (oh, I want more bags, but they were so expensive...=( ) and I got posters and a bracelet (a wonderful one). The concert at the end was definitely the highlight.

On Sunday, my last day in the Netherlands, we played Singstar until Torsten came and picked me up. First we drove to a super market and took Roxy with us, so that she could buy some heavy stuff and then we brought her home and drove to our home.

Roxy and me (me and Roxy xD when you see it in the right direction from left to right).

Yesterday I made a lazy day and enjoyed my time at home. We went shopping a bit and such stuff. But nothing important happened. Today was a day I love. I have to say, I was so active today. I called some kindergartens, for my practical training. One said, I should come over and see the kindergarten first, so I did it. When I arrived the children were outside (a big playground, a soccer field (small one) and so much more to play) and I went inside. The woman, who talked with me on the phone, came out and we talked a bit and she showed me around and what can I say? I HAVE THE PLACE :)! Hurray. So now just paper stuff to do before the school times begin. I love the kindergarten as they have a group with handicapped children as well and I wanted to go in that direction, so I can work in that group while my practical training. Hurray.

In the bus I saw the following:

Hello my name is...sticker

Why did they do that? I am searching for those stickers like crazy and they put it in the bus and mess them up...thanks :P!

When I came home I decided I can do myself a big "surprise" and buy me tickets for the Twilight saga movie premiere on the 10th July here. So I went to the cinema and got 3 tickets (one for me and 2 for friends who will go with me) for the triple in the cinema. I will see Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse in a row. Wow...so crazy, or? ;)

My "surprise" for myself.

And now: MAILTIME

OUTGOING

I just sent some cards in the Netherlands, but I made a pic before sending them, so here we go:

Here you can see all cards that I sent

The card for my best friend Boris

The card for my boyfriend Torsten

And viewcards for all my friends and the 3 giveaway winners ;)

A close up of another view card I've sent.

INCOMING

I got some postcrossing cards, a postcard and one letter. Here we go.

Postcrossing card from USA

Postcrossing card from Slovenia

A card from Roxy (haha xD she sent it one week before I visited her and it arrived while I was at her house)

A postcrossing card from the Netherlands

And now to the letter. It was from Sara :)! I was so happy when I found it in my mailbox yesterday.

The envelope - so nice.

I love the envelope and the stuff inside was even more amazing.
So that was all my mail. Now I will go and write more to Roxy in her letter and then I will go to bed and sleep a little bit. So tired now.

Greetings

2010-05-13T18:34:00.003+02:00

Greetings to all my readers from the home of another awesome letter writer (called Roxy). I am at her house since yesterday. It is fun again. We already played a lot Singstar.

Just wanted to let you know I am alive ;) and I will post some pictures of us later. No pictures until now :)!

Greetings from the Netherlands,
Fabi

Fast Giveaway

2010-05-11T02:21:00.001+02:00

The first 3 people who comment here and send me their address to my email ( crazy_fabienchen@web.de ) will get a postcard from my time with my pen pal Roxy from Wednesday to Sunday :)!

I hope someone wants that ;)! You can choose if you want a viewcard from the town or a motive card with animals or so.

That's all for now. Maybe I can do a mail post soon again. We will see.

Outgoing mail

2010-05-07T02:46:00.004+02:00

Just Outgoing today, as I had no incoming. My boy got one card, but he put it away, so that I wasn't able to make a pic of it. And it wasn't for me, so no photos of it here.

I wrote some letters the last days. And I made them ready today. So here we go with the letters first:

A letter to my pen pal in Croatia, Marina.

A letter to my pen pal Franziska.

A letter to my pen pal Jessica.

A letter to my pen pal Elisa.

And a letter to my pen pal Mikala.

And I finally wrote some postcrossing cards again, which you can see here:

I hope the people who receive them will like them. What do you think?

Now I will go to bed. Byebye.

Mail time - again

2010-05-05T19:17:00.000+02:00

Another mail time post. Not so much outgoing, as I didn't write a lot and some incoming.

Outgoing:

A letter to Sara. I hope she will like the letter, the other stuff and the envelope.

Incoming:

from my pen pal Markus

from Postcrossing

from a friend who send me her toy for toyvoyagers.com

And from a swap at swap-bot.com

I love the last envelope. It is from Harry Potter and I love Harry Potter. Wow. I wish I would have stuff for making such envelopes as well.

I got some other letters as well, but these photos will come later, I guess. I forgot to make them before posting this.

Mail time - Roxanne

2010-05-05T00:57:00.002+02:00

Today I want to show you a special letter I got some days ago. My wonderful pen pal Roxanne from the Netherlands, who is my best friend as well, wrote me a wonderful and long letter. I won't show you the letter itself, but all the other stuff that came with it.

Here is the envelope. Isn't it cute? It is just a wrapping for the real envelope.

A close up of the wonderful stamps, she used for me.

Another close up.

And the envelope inside the wrapping.

Roxy is always so cute and sends me a lot of stuff in her letters. I love her letters and I am like a little child when I see her letter in my mailbox. This time she shared a lot with me again.

3 little packages for me.

First package: Souvenir shoes from Holland :)!

A keychain from Holland for me.

A Remember Me movie poster and a postcard from Belgium.

I have to show you this cute note. She thought of me while seeing this poster. I love that.

Roxy is such a wonderful girl and I hope we will write for a lifetime. Next week we will finally meet again and I can't wait to hug her again. We will do a lot together while I stay at her home. We will visit a Twilight convention and I am so excited about that. I hope it will be as wonderful as I think. I am sure we will have a lot fun together. I will show pictures here when I am back. I will leave on the 12th May and will come back on the 16th May.

Tomorrow another mail post will be shown here :)! But now it is time for bed. Goodnight.

=)

2010-05-02T00:45:00.002+02:00

I will make a real update tomorrow or so ;)! Just no real time for blogging.

But I wanted to write a short update now. :)

I won't be a part of Fill in the blank Friday this week, as I don't like the theme movies. I mean, I love movies, but I can't answer all of the questions, so I won't be a part of it ;)! Sorry for you.

My writing challenge is going in a good way. I wrote a really long letter last week and I hope I can do it more and more :)!

So, see you with my real next update. Have some pics for you ;)! And now: Good night ;)!

Tuesday Mail time

2010-04-27T23:44:00.004+02:00

Yesterday no mail arrived, so I wasn't able to make a mail post. But today I got some letters, so I will show you what I got. But I just have incoming mail for you, as I had no outgoing mail the last days.

this is a letter my pen pal Yvonne wrote me. I love her envelope.

she designed her letter special as well. I love it.

That is a letter from one of my blog readers - Audrey. Thanks :)! I love this letter and I am sure

I will answer it :)!

This card I got from Megan. Thanks a lot. I really love this card and I love the adresslabel you used.

This card was for a swap at swap-bot.com :)! Thanks for it!

As you can see I had a wonderful mail day. I have another mail thing I got some days ago already which will get an own post, as this girl is so wonderful and I loved what she sent to me, so it will be an own post. Maybe tomorrow if I can manage to make the photos and Co before.

I am cleaning my flat at the moment and the living room is nearly ready. I already did a lot and my desk is finally usable again. I really missed it :)! When we are totally ready with cleaning I will show you some pictures of my flat. But not before :)! Still too much chaos...;)

Fill in the blank Friday and other stuff :)

2010-04-24T00:56:00.009+02:00

my darling and me on last Sunday

I will participate in Fill in the blank Friday from now on. I hope I can do it every week. Today it is already to late (we have 0.55 here and already Saturday), but some of you still have Friday, so I will fill it out now.

1. One song that always takes me back to my youth is Haddaway with What is love.

2. My first concert ever was Natural in 2003.

3. If I could create my dream music festival I'd want these bands to be there: Schandmaul, Westlife, Backstreet Boys, Robbie Williams, Keisha and all the other musicians I love to listen to.

4. The best make-out/"boot knocking" song ever is hmm...bad question...don't know one...

5. The best concert I've ever been to was Westlife. It was such a fun to see them live and we had so much fun in the audience. Even when I shouted most of the time because of Nicky...*smile*

6. A memorable musical moment for me was meeting Lukas Hilbert and really talk with him. I know he is not famous anymore and he was never really famous, but I loved the fact that we were able to talk with someone so good which was a Star for me.

7. The song on my iPod that's getting the most play these days is Culcha Candela - Monsta.

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that's me on the concert on Saturday with my team-t-shirt (you can see Fab and the i is missing)

Last Saturday we had a concert in the youth centre again. It was fun. We had a lot fun all together. I have to say that I love our team now. I really enjoy being with them and I hope we will have a lot more fun in the next years.

my incoming mail from S. - I love the envelope and her handwriting.

I had one letter today. A wonderful and long letter. I really enjoyed reading it and had a lot of fun moments. I am sure I will answer really soon.

my letter to Júlia ~ I love bird envelopes. I hope she too.

On Friday (so yesterday) I brought my letter to the school that I want to be a part of it and that I am really happy to be a pupil on the school from August on. Now I have to find a place for my practical training and I have to get some papers for the school. I hope I will find a good place soon and easy. Cross your fingers for me, please. I will try to find a kindergarden near the border to Essen, so that I can walk there or go by bicycle. I would love that, even if it is in winter.

And now I will go offline, write a bit more and then sleep, as I have to get up early tomorrow for visiting the flea market and changing the tires of our car...we still have winter tires on it.

What a wonderful day...

2010-04-19T22:59:00.002+02:00

I wanted to join a school for becoming a nursery nurse (kindergarden teacher) in the next 3 years. They wrote that they will answer before the 17th April, but there was no mail, so I was afraid and scared and all those. My boyfriend was getting crazy as well.

So today I called them and do you know what?

THEY TOOK ME :)!

So I will go to school again from August on. But I don't mind. I am sure I will love it. I hope to be in a good class, but I can't choose that.

so happy :)!

Have to go to the dentist on Wednesday, which scares me again. Not sure if I will survive that ;)! I am sure I will cry. But okay, I guess the dentist saw a lot people like me - he is a specialist for scared people. ;)

And I have a lot other appointments at docs...will let you know what happened there or how I feel after visiting them then...

Will go to bed now, so tired. Good night.

Long letter writing challenge...

2010-04-15T02:11:00.002+02:00

I am still working on that and today I answered already a 2 A5 page long letter with 8 A4 pages. Which I guess is good work. Now I have to see if my pen pal does the same or answers with 2 A5 again...

Today, Thursday, I will have the team meeting in the youth centre where I am working. There will be a lot of stress again and I hope I can still enjoy meeting them after that. We have one theme which makes us all crazy and I guess it is time to speak it out and tell the girl what is wrong...

Tomorrow, which is Friday, I will go to a flea market again and sure I will have a look on all the stuff there to see if I can find a treasure (at least a treasure for me).

I am working on a lot selfmade envelopes and I am thinking of selling some at dawanda. Maybe I will really do it and show you the link here, so you can take a look at it. But I guess it will take some time, as I need some stuff for selling there first and a banner for my shop, which is difficult without Photoshop on my computer. Maybe I will install it again. Have to think about it.

And now, as it is the middle of the night, I will close my laptop, go to bed and sleep a while before the sun is back...

Just incoming mail

2010-04-13T15:26:00.006+02:00

Today I went to my mailbox and got a shock. There was so much mail in it. Wow.

I was so happy about that, that I started to photograph it and I really wanted to show it to you. So today just incoming, as I had no time for photograph my outgoing stuff. Maybe I will make it later and then show it tomorrow or so. Every day a new post here.

the stamps a girl used for a swap envelope - I love them

more stamps of this girl

another swap envelope with a lot nice stamps

a postcard for Random postcard swap

a RAS card from a postcrossing meeting ~ thanks to Carolien

a postcard from the Postcardia project ~ visit her blog

An envelope with swap stuff inside.

the letter from Ria *love* (is it okay to show your address here???)

Ugly postcard - nice message swap at swap bot

I love this postcard, really. It is one of a swap envelope full with postcards.

another one of this envelope

and another one :)

and again one of this envelope

I ordered this cute postcards at dawanda.de some days ago. I love them.

Now I will show you what was inside the envelopes. I just showed the outside now, and now I will show what I love inside the envelopes. Oh I love such mail days like today.

the Easter card I got from Ria

Easter stickers from Ria

A postcard from Ria

And a calendar from Ria. I love all these stuff, really.

Selfmade envelopes for a swap at swap bot (I love the ones with the flags on it)

Other selfmade envelopes for the swap-bot.com swap. I love the one with the eyes on it.

Postcards for a swap bot swap. All double, so I can send one of each to another person.

A postcard i got for a swap at swap-bot.com ~ I love this card, as I really like the idea.

Notecards, stickers and a pen for a swap-bot swap.

Wohoooo, happy day, or?

My mailing challenge is going well. I wrote a long letter to Júlia the last days and now I will start one to M., which will be a challenge, as her letter is 2 sites long. I guess I will do it somehow. I will tell you about it.

I will go to the store today to get some photos printed on paper which I would love to send to some of my friends. I hope they will like them. Still have to decide which ones, so I will go and do it now.

Giveaways

2010-04-11T21:28:00.002+02:00

I saw some nice giveaways in some other blogs and this post is for them. I want to join some of them and I am planning my first give away as well. I have an idea, I hope I can do it and will post it here then.

So, here are the give aways I like:

The graduation giveaway of Zoë:
There is so much in it and I love it. I would really love the labels and the envelopes that are inside this package and all the other stuff as well. So I hope I can win somehow! Try it yourself as well.

Time after tea Giveaway:
I love this package as well. I would love a mixed CD of her :)!

Goodnight Little Spoon Giveaway:
I think it is so cool that she opened her own etsy store. I hope she will have nice customers and that you will like the Giveaway of her.

I guess this is all for now. If I see more Giveaways I will let you know.

Love,
Fabi

Hurray...my camera works...

2010-04-08T06:32:00.003+02:00

Hurray, I finally can post pictures for you, so that you can see what happened the last days in my mailbox. Oh I love it. I hope you will like the stuff I will show you.

First I want to show you what I bought at the flea markets on the weekend. Three atlases for making envelopes and two postcards I just loved because of the style (and the writing of the back, but I didn't make a picture of that).

the three atlases for making envelopes =)

one of the postcards I've found. Duisburg is a town near Essen.

a postcard of Essen, an old one. I really love it. So nice and lovely.

Now we come to my outgoing mail. Just 2 letters left my house and I hope they both will arrive safety and in a good condition. Maybe there will be more outgoing mail next week, this week is really full with stuff and I am not in the mood for writing.

my letter to Sara ~ my longest introducion letter ever

my letter to Tove. A long one as well. So proud of myself for 2 long letters =)

And now I will show you my Incoming mail. A bit more than my outgoing, but okay. I will manage it somehow ^^.

to me, from Melanie

to me, from Francess (I totally love the envelope)

a postcard from a Postcrossing meeting from Nicolette

a postcard for a swap-bot swap (Cute postcards 2) and I totally love it

A postcard for a swap-bot swap as well ~ Weekend postcard swap #12

postcards for a swap-bot swap as well ~ Simple postcard shuffle

a postcard for postcrossing

a postcard for the cat postcard swap at swap-bot

the postcard came with this stamps. I love them.

the letter from Mikala to me. I love it. She styled up my address in a nice way. Or what do you think?

That was my photo round for this post. Maybe there will be more later. Today will be a nice day. I will see a friend and we will have a walk and have some fun together. I will make some pictures and maybe show you later, if there are good ones.

What are your plans for today? =)

Tuesday...

2010-04-06T13:57:00.002+02:00

I am soooo tired. I didn't really sleep last night so I slept from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. and I am so tired...

Later I will go to sports :)! We will play Badminton again. I am so excited about this. I hope it will be fun. I will let you know then ^^.

Today I finished one letter to my pen pal Tove. I wrote really a lot to her letter and I hope she will like it. I added some photos of yesterday and some My Little Pony stuff as she really likes them. I hope she will like the stuff and my letter.

Today I got 2 letters, one postcard swap envelope and 3 postcards (2 swaps, 1 friend). My camera is making fun of me and I can't upload pictures now, but I will, that is sure.

And now I will start a letter and then go to Badminton. Later my friend Gabi will come over for looking at some flats she maybe wants to move in. I hope she will take one, this will be fun.

See you later, maybe with a night post ;)

My writing challenge

2010-04-04T22:11:00.002+02:00

First, I want to wish my readers HAPPY EASTER! Hope you had a good Easter Sunday and will have a good Easter Monday.

My day started with a visit at a flea market where I found 2 old postcards, that I love. I mean there were more, but my boyfriend was with me and he was like: 2 are enough blablabla...so okay, just 2 for me. Viewcards with old writing on it. I will show you tomorrow or so. With the next mail I am getting (okay, then not tomorrow, as there will be no mail, but Tuesday hopefully).

After the flea market we visited my mum. We had meat loaf, potatoes and red cabbage. It was nice. After the food we had a nice dessert: chocolate icecream with chocolate sprinkles. And then we went back home and I called a friend who was so happy to hear my voice. I was happy to hear her as well and now we made a date for next week and we will meet for breakfast and then see what we can do. I guess I will call her before for knowing what we can do together.

Then I did another letter and tried to fullfil my challenge. I wrote as much as possible and it was a lot. I hope she will like my letter. It has 6 A5 sheets - which means 12 A5 sites. It is lot for me at the moment. I hope I can do some more letters in that lenght this week. I have another address where I want to send a first letter and then we will see.

I guess I am on a good way. I can concentrate more and I find enough themes for writing more than just the normal "answer". I guess it will be okay :)!

Maybe I will take the camera with me tomorrow to the flea market. But we will see. Not sure until now :)!

I got mail on Saturday =)

2010-04-03T16:12:00.006+02:00

Today was a nice mail day. I was so happy when my boyfriend came in with all the mail for me. One of my toyvoyagers came back home finally, which made me so happy. Then I got some swaps from swap-bot and I got a card of a pen pal. I will show you my mail now:

Just a postcard from Europe #2 swap at swap-bot

the postcard from my pen pal Carolien

Random PC swap at swap-bot

and this big pile of cards arrived for the Blank Postcards in an Envelope #6 swap at swap-bot.

Here are some close ups of the wonderful cards:

Oh I love them.
My boyfriend is watching the live scores of soccer...FC Bayern München against Schalke 04. We are both Schalke fans, so he is crossing his fingers. Me not really, I am not such a big fan that I have to cross my fingers. I don't mind if they lose. I just like them. And now my boyfriend is finally behaving like a guy. Normally he hates soccer and I am the one who watchs sports (Snooker) in TV. Okay...we are crazy.

I wrote a letter this morning. And I tried my best to make it long. And what can I say? I wrote the longest introducion letter I have ever wrote. Not just 1 or 2 pages about me, no, some more. I won't tell the exact number ;)! It is a lot for me and I love it. I loved writing like I didn't at the moment before that and it was so cool. I hope I can save this feeling and have it with my other letters as well. Now I will make a break and maybe write another letter later. We will see.

Dancing in the rain...

2010-04-02T23:03:00.002+02:00

Today there was no mail ~ what is common on Good Friday as it is a free day.
For maillovers Eastern is bad. 2 days no mail where you would regularly get mail...this is bad.
But I guess it is okay. So I can concentrate more on the stuff around here.

Today I finished some swaps for swap-bot.com. I made a lot recycled envelopes for swapping and sending to my pals. I hope my swap partners will like my stuff.

Then I thought about writing again and wrote down some things I want to change. I quitted some writing friendships already. I mean, I wasn't even sure when I wrote them last time and I didn't remember what I wrote. So I guess this was no real friendship anymore, or? I want to concentrate at my real friends where I know I can write more. Where I know they are important for me and they are real friends and not just people who like to write.

I hope I did the right decisions. I hope I quitted the right friendships and I hope I will have more fun writing again.

Now I will start a letter. Don't know when I will finish it. We will see. I will keep you updated :)!

The size of letters and the number of pen pals

2010-04-01T18:08:00.003+02:00

Some people think the size of a letter depends on how much pen pals you have. For me that is not true. I can write long letters, short letters, medium letters and I have to say I have a lot pen pals. I ended some friendships lately, as the people told me they are long letter writers and I got short ones and because the *click* was missing. I need this *click* for writing good and nice letters. And for having fun while writing.

I really would love to write longer letters. But my pen pals just write me medium letters normally (some write longer ones and I love that) and I try to write long letters as an answer, but when you know you just get a medium one back, it is always a little dismotivating. Do you know what I mean?

I have a small handwriting and 10 A5 pages are a lot in my handwriting. I would say it is size 8 in word, or so? Not sure. Can't describe it, you have to see it. So I can't tell you numbers of pages I wrote. My longest letter was 60 A4 pages after 2 months not writing with her. I loved that letter, but I got back a 5 A4 letter...and that was so disappointing...I was so tired of writing on that time, that I stopped writing real long letters and now I try to find back to that.

I can write for hours at one letter and still feel good. If my hand is hurting I try to put the pen away and write more on the next day. Normally I turned the PC on then and used it, but I guess my pen pals are worth my handwriting.

In the next days I will try to write long answers to some of my letters and I will let you know about my challenge here. I want to find back to my old me in case of letter writing. To find back to the person who was able to write about everything and not just about my life. I want to write about the world again. And I will try to do so now. And I will let you know if it works.

Now I will go to the mailbox and bring away some mail and then I will sit down, drink a cacao and let my thoughts walk around.

Here I am again =)

2010-03-31T23:25:00.003+02:00

Hello my dearlies.

There wasn't a lot mail the last days, but I wrote some. I just got 3 cards, which I will show you as well.

First I will show you my mail, before I will tell you a bit more.

INCOMING

for the swap Children of the world postcards at swap-bot Card 1

an Easter card from a friend of mine

A postcard from Postcrossing

OUTGOING

Card 1/3 for the swap Cute Postcards at swap-bot

card 2/3 for the swap Cute Postcards at swap-bot

card 3/3 for the swap Cute Postcards at swap-bot

Ugly PC/Nice message swap card

my letter to my pen pal Sinae

my letter to my pen pal Tanja

my letter to my pen pal Andra

my letter to my pen pal David

So, that was all. I still have 12 letters to write and I hope I will get more mail soon. I really miss opening my mailbox and find a lot inside. Even if it is "just" a swap. I would love that. But at the moment it seems like my postman just want to bring me the postcards.

I wrote 8 Easter cards for some friends. I hope they will like them. I am not sure if they all celebrate Easter, but I wanted to write them!

I am waiting for my acception at We Love Snail Mail...I joined it some days ago and now I am waiting...how long did you have to wait for acception?

And now I will go to bed. So tired...good night. Hope I can come back with more photos later tomorrow.

Outgoing mail

2010-03-29T05:19:00.007+02:00

I haven't updated for some days, but I wrote some things and want to show you now. I hope you like what you see.

First I had the idea to send 2 of my dearest pen pals a postcard just to let them know that I am thinking of them. So I wrote one to Tanja and one to Ann.

this is the one to Tanja

this is the one to Ann

I really hope both of them liked the card. Then I had to send some swaps at swap-bot.com, which I will show you now.

swap-bot.com swap: Blank postcards in an envelope #6 ~ partner one

swap-bot.com swap: Weekend postcard swap #12

swap-bot.com swap: Children of the world postcard swap ~ Partner 1

swap-bot.com swap: Children of the world postcard Swap ~ Partner 2

No picture of Partner 3 at the Children of the world postcard swap...it got lost somewhere =(!

swap-bot.com swap: Blank Postcards in an Envelope #6 ~ Partner 2

And then of course I wrote some normal letters. I still have 13 to write now, which I will try to do soon. The next is a really long one, so I guess I won't write it today, as my hand is already hurting. But I will write it soon, as I am really looking forward to this letter. But now the ones I am sending today:

letter to my pen pal Mag in France

letter to my pen pal Carolien in the Netherlands

letter to my pen pal A'ishah from Malaysia

letter to my pen pal Melanie from Germany

You can see a lot selfmade envelopes. I bought some old books at the flea market on Saturday and use them for making envelopes out of it. You can see I got one book about horses. The other ones are about nature and one is an atlas. So I will make some other envelopes, without horses, as well soon. You will see them all here. I have made a lot one ready already, but as there are no letters inside until now, I won't show them here. Just when I send them.

What do you think of the envelopes you can see until now? Do you like them?

Now I will make breakfast for me and then take my pills. At 10 I will go food shopping with my mum and then I can maybe sleep a bit. I don't really sleep at night at the moment...not sure why. I have a reason in my head, but not sure if I want to write it here. Maybe later. Now I will stop and see what I can eat.

IKEA and mail

2010-03-25T16:30:00.004+01:00

First I have to say that I have the best boyfriend in the world. We went to IKEA yesterday to buy ONE cupboard and came back with two, as he said I deserve some more room for my stuff and then I have enough space for new coming things. Darling? I love you for that.

My darling making the cupboard ready

When the cupboards were ready I was so happy. I even helped him making them ready, which makes me happy as well, as I normally don't do that and hurt myself if I try ~ but I didn't this time. And now a pic of the two cupboards standing at their place.

Aren't they beautiful?

When they were ready I started writing some letters, as I wanted to do it. And I wrote 3 letters. Which is a lot for me on one day. I even decorated the envelopes and want to show them to you. Pretty simple, but I love them.

my envelope for Katrin

my envelope for Lene

my envelope for Marieke (I wrote the address on it before making a pic, that's why there is a white spot on it)

Oh I love these envelopes. What do you say? Do you like them? Would you like getting them in your mailbox?

And I got mail today. Just one letter from Andreia from Brasil. But I love the stamps and I like what she is writing. It is a first letter which deserves an answer. So I will write her back as soon as I answered the other ones.

the envelope of Andreia to me

a close up of the beautiful stamps she used

So :)! I love the day today. Now I will leave and write some more letters with nice decorated envelopes =)! Will post pictures then tomorrow!

Maaaaaaaail

2010-03-24T16:38:00.004+01:00

Today is a good mail day. Just 2 letters and my craft stuff for making envelopes myself, but I am so happy about these. So it is a good mail day, or?

Samanehs letter to me with so wonderful butterfly stamps.

Christina wrote me a really nice first letter and used a cute envelope for it. And she's send me a little present, which I can wear as a necklace. Thanks a lot for that.Christinas letter.

the necklace she's send me

And then I got the things for making envelopes myself. So happy about that. Now I just need nice paper and then I can start =)!

for my envelopes

I love that. I will send out some stuff today as well, but I have no photos of it, as there are no special things. Just white and brown envelopes. I wasn't really creative decorating them. But soon I will start with doing envelopes that are worth a photo.

Hello

2010-03-24T03:49:00.002+01:00

Hello everybody,

I hope today will be a good day. I want to go to IKEA and buy a new cupboard for my crafting stuff.
I want THIS one. I hope you can see it. I really like the look of it and I hope my boyfriend will say okay to it. I have to talk to him later.

I have so much plans in my head that I want to do as soon as possible. But first I need to clean up the chaos in our living room and the other rooms of our flat so that I can work relaxed. But that is still a lot work. So cross your fingers that I can do it soon and that I have some time for my plans then.

I will show you everything here then :)!

EDIT: Talked to my boyfriend and he said "Yes!". So I will have a new cupboard for all my craft stuff soon. Hurray. *love*

About me

2010-03-24T03:41:00.000+01:00

What can I tell you about me?

My name is Fabienne, but please call me Fabi. I am a 22 years old girl from Germany.
Since some years I am writing letters and I saw so much nice blogs about this in the last weeks that I've decided to start one, too. I already bought some stuff at ebay for making envelopes myself and I joined some swaps at swap-bot, to show you some nice mail I am getting. But you will get to see every letter I will get here. I hope I can do that somehow.

I love:
Winnie the Pooh, Disney, Kawaii, Janetstore, Bees, stickers, stamps, ink pads, rubber stamps, candy, sweets, music, hearts, dogs, cats, birds, Hello Kitty, Tatty Teddy, Me to You bears, chocolate, sunsets, sunrises, waterfalls, rainbows, crafting, making cards, singing, cows, budgies, Miffy (or Nijntje), Raffaello, coconut smell, hot chocolate, cuddly toys and so much more.
I will add more!