Hello everybody,
because Christmas is just around the corner I thought about talking a bit more about my favourite two seasons (even tho a lot of the people won't consider Christmas as a season but I do). They are not only the last few months of the year it's also a time of joy and friends and family coming together.
Everybody has a favourite season, maybe you even love all of them but for me, these two are the best.
I think the reasons for this are quite simple, first of all: I love the weather when it gets a bit more chilly and you can cosy yourself up. Summer is way too hot for me just because I live right under the roof and I've got big windows on the south side it gets very hot in here in summer. Another reason why I love autumn is even tho it's chilly it's not freezing cold. I think the most obvious reason is what happens to all the trees, I mean doesn't it look beautiful having so many different colours on just one tree?! It's so nice to cosy yourself up in a nice warm jumper or hoodie, take an oversized scarf and a beanie and walk around in the nature. You all should consider taking at least a walk in a park or forest once a week it is so worth it.
It's time to light candles again (don't get me wrong I lit them up all year round) and having nice warm baths, which always get me into a good mood.
Let's talk about Christmas. It is the special time of the year to hang out with your friends and family more often than usually. It is a time not to worry about stuff and just enjoy every moment. Sure it is the most stressful time of the year especially for students because there are way more tests than at the rest of the time but I still do try my best to have as much time as possible with my friends and family. I think the best way to do this is to take all your worries put them in a box, lock that box and hide it far away from you until the new year has started. I know it's all easier said than done especially for people who worry a lot (but if someone who deals with anxiety and worries without even realizing it achieved it you this you can do this too), sure there are thoughts of worry that slip through sometimes but I try to not let them put me down.
Anyway, let's come to the real point.
To spend more time with family and friends, trying to do things you enjoy. Why don't you all have dinner together, decorate your house or flat, go to Christmas markets or bake. There is so much you can do together! Another thing that I love to do is to light a candle (of course), put on some Christmas jumpers or pyjamas and listen to Christmas music or watch a Christmas film.
I could go on and on and on and on but rather to read this five pages spend some time with your loved ones.
Just for the end, I've got two ideas what you could do at Christmas time:
1.) Do Secret Santa whether it's in your family or in your group of friends but it is also nice to do in school or at work. I love the version where you give each other some silly gifts nobody really needs it is so funny.
(This second one is not as christmassy as the Secret Santa one but for me and my family, it is a tradition now so we eat it every year several times.)
2.) The food I'm talking about is "Langos" it is a Hungarian meal and there are a lot of stands on my local Christmas market. If you don't know what it is I will try and explain it to you.
Basically, you have some dough that you fry. Then you put some sour cream on top and some cheese and ham (or anything else you want). You can also get it in a sweet version without the sour cream and you put but for example some applesauce on top. I love them (more the savoury version than the sweet) but is still love them to the end of time!!!!
If you ever see a sign that says "Langos" go and get one.
Right, I think you got an idea of how much I love these two seasons and there is way more to say but first of all: you get the point and second: go and spend time with your family and friends.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas!!!!!!
Love, Steff xx
PS: If you have reached this point I'm proud of you and very grateful. (you get another x for this)
PPS: I'm super sorry that the post was late :(
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19 December 2016
12 December 2016
Ponchos - the best thing to wear in winter
Hello everybody;
as you know winter is coming (or already started) and it is getting colder everyday.
There is one winter essential I want to share with you: PONCHOS
These are amazing! I mostly describe them to people saying it's like bringing a blanket with you but these are stylish too. Everybody can find a poncho for themselves, I mean there are so many different out there.
Until now I only got two but I'm definitely going to get some more. The ones I have both have fringes and have a tartan pattern. They are so soft I take them with me everywhere.
I will leave some links down below.
Love, Steff xx
(PS sorry that this is just a short one but I had a very busy week. There will be a long one next week)
as you know winter is coming (or already started) and it is getting colder everyday.
There is one winter essential I want to share with you: PONCHOS
These are amazing! I mostly describe them to people saying it's like bringing a blanket with you but these are stylish too. Everybody can find a poncho for themselves, I mean there are so many different out there.
Until now I only got two but I'm definitely going to get some more. The ones I have both have fringes and have a tartan pattern. They are so soft I take them with me everywhere.
I will leave some links down below.
Love, Steff xx
(PS sorry that this is just a short one but I had a very busy week. There will be a long one next week)
5 December 2016
Christmas Decorations
Hello everybody,
as it is December (Finally!!!) and there is no shame anymore of having your Christmas decoration up I thought I show you mine. I'm honest with you guys, I've put up my decoration a few weeks ago which feels quite late for me but in Germany there is this holiday called "Totensonntag" which is the last Sunday before the first advent and it is kind of a tradition to put up your decorations after this day has past. People here do not like it if you do it before.
Anyway, I did not put up that much of decoration because I come home from school quite late and I won't be home from the 22nd until next year, so there is not really a point to overdo it. But I still wanted a Christmas tree however there is not a lot of space so it had to be a small one and I've found the perfect tree for me.
Everything about it is perfect and I have found such cute little baubles.
I`ve got some cute tea light holder as well and a copper plate with some fake snow, baubles, tea lights and other things.
Last but not least I've got this vase with some white sand, fake snow and twigs which is so lovely, it actually is my favourite bit. I've got fairy lights and scented candles everywhere and, of course, my advent calendars. I hope you enjoy the pics that I took (even tho I'm not the best photographer).
What Christmas decorations do you have?
Love, Steff xx
PS: I try to link as much of it as I can or stuff that is similar to what you can see on the pics.
as it is December (Finally!!!) and there is no shame anymore of having your Christmas decoration up I thought I show you mine. I'm honest with you guys, I've put up my decoration a few weeks ago which feels quite late for me but in Germany there is this holiday called "Totensonntag" which is the last Sunday before the first advent and it is kind of a tradition to put up your decorations after this day has past. People here do not like it if you do it before.
Anyway, I did not put up that much of decoration because I come home from school quite late and I won't be home from the 22nd until next year, so there is not really a point to overdo it. But I still wanted a Christmas tree however there is not a lot of space so it had to be a small one and I've found the perfect tree for me.
Everything about it is perfect and I have found such cute little baubles.
I`ve got some cute tea light holder as well and a copper plate with some fake snow, baubles, tea lights and other things.
Last but not least I've got this vase with some white sand, fake snow and twigs which is so lovely, it actually is my favourite bit. I've got fairy lights and scented candles everywhere and, of course, my advent calendars. I hope you enjoy the pics that I took (even tho I'm not the best photographer).
What Christmas decorations do you have?
Love, Steff xx
PS: I try to link as much of it as I can or stuff that is similar to what you can see on the pics.
tree: http://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-real-'post-me-a-christmas-tree'/p3015258http://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-real-'post-me-a-christmas-tree'/p3015258
baubles: https://www.butlers.com/home
tealight holder: https://www.depot-online.com/teelichtglas-sterne-d7cm-x-h8cm-gold-XMM0116070.html#sz=16&redirected=true&start=1
fairy lights: https://www.depot-online.com/teelichtglas-sterne-d7cm-x-h8cm-gold-XMM0116070.html#sz=16&redirected=true&start=1
other decorations: http://www.nanu-nana.de/Themenwelten/Herbst/Deko-Apfel-Natur-8-cm.html?listtype=search&searchparam=apfel
28 November 2016
Some crazy rather funny things that happend in my life!
Hello everybody,
last week I told you 50 facts about myself (last blog post) but that weren't all of them and the craziest (for me at least), funniest and weirdest I left out so that we can talk about them today.
The first one is (for me) the clearest one in my memory and I think the one that I like the most (i know this sounds weird)
When I was 8 years old I accidently pierced myself (cause of it: gravity). It was late at night probably around 2 a.m. ( i know not the time an 8-year-old should be awake but it was the weekend and I've always been a night person). Anyways I was laying on the couch, my mum next to me fasten asleep. I kinda watched TV it was more of a background noise. And we have this alarm clock with only two pointed corners. I was holding it above my head and turned it around for some time. Suddenly my hands let go kinda like when you hold your phone over your head lay in your bed and it just smacks in your face. That happened there as well it just wasn't a phone and one of the pointed edges went through my cupid bow. I had a hole there it wasn't that big but big enough that you could see it. My mum woke up and took me to the emergency room. I still have a small scar to this day.
There was another time I got my finger stuck in a car door but the car was locked so I couldn't get it out. Luckily it happened at home. I started to scream and cry and my neighbour came to tell my parents because they had the car key and were already gone into our house. My finger wasn't broken or anything it just did hurt and I now got a weird scar on it but I think it has been there before.
The amount of times I fell down our stairs is crazy. The weird thing about it is that I only have fallen down our own stairs, not any other ones. But I never fell up our own stairs but pretty much 50 times on our school ones. Falling up the stairs is actually a thing a lot of people do it. Just don't ask me how!
Now jumping is another thing that caused a lot of hospital visits for me. There was this one time: I jumped on the bed of my grandparents as I have done it quite often. I don't really know how I got to this point but my forehead landed on the edge of the bed. I was bleeding and we had to go to the hospital. Turns out I had a massive laceration and it required stitches. I was four years old when this happened so as you can assume I was scared but they gave me some stuffed animals to cuddle (i still got them).
Another time at my grandparents flat I jumped on the couch and broke my arm.
When my mum was pregnant with me a deer ran into her car so I basically had a car accident before I was even born. The good thing was neither one of us was hurt, but her car was broken after this.
My tonsils were taken out when I was 5 years old.
I have a mole in between my lashes.
I once got stuck in a shops toilet and I still don't trust any toilet when I use them for the first time.
I'm done now I'm sorry if this wasn't the kind of blog post you like but I'll be back with beauty and lifestyle next week. I hope your weekend was relaxing and your week will be great.
Love, Steff xx
last week I told you 50 facts about myself (last blog post) but that weren't all of them and the craziest (for me at least), funniest and weirdest I left out so that we can talk about them today.
The first one is (for me) the clearest one in my memory and I think the one that I like the most (i know this sounds weird)
When I was 8 years old I accidently pierced myself (cause of it: gravity). It was late at night probably around 2 a.m. ( i know not the time an 8-year-old should be awake but it was the weekend and I've always been a night person). Anyways I was laying on the couch, my mum next to me fasten asleep. I kinda watched TV it was more of a background noise. And we have this alarm clock with only two pointed corners. I was holding it above my head and turned it around for some time. Suddenly my hands let go kinda like when you hold your phone over your head lay in your bed and it just smacks in your face. That happened there as well it just wasn't a phone and one of the pointed edges went through my cupid bow. I had a hole there it wasn't that big but big enough that you could see it. My mum woke up and took me to the emergency room. I still have a small scar to this day.
There was another time I got my finger stuck in a car door but the car was locked so I couldn't get it out. Luckily it happened at home. I started to scream and cry and my neighbour came to tell my parents because they had the car key and were already gone into our house. My finger wasn't broken or anything it just did hurt and I now got a weird scar on it but I think it has been there before.
The amount of times I fell down our stairs is crazy. The weird thing about it is that I only have fallen down our own stairs, not any other ones. But I never fell up our own stairs but pretty much 50 times on our school ones. Falling up the stairs is actually a thing a lot of people do it. Just don't ask me how!
Now jumping is another thing that caused a lot of hospital visits for me. There was this one time: I jumped on the bed of my grandparents as I have done it quite often. I don't really know how I got to this point but my forehead landed on the edge of the bed. I was bleeding and we had to go to the hospital. Turns out I had a massive laceration and it required stitches. I was four years old when this happened so as you can assume I was scared but they gave me some stuffed animals to cuddle (i still got them).
Another time at my grandparents flat I jumped on the couch and broke my arm.
When my mum was pregnant with me a deer ran into her car so I basically had a car accident before I was even born. The good thing was neither one of us was hurt, but her car was broken after this.
My tonsils were taken out when I was 5 years old.
I have a mole in between my lashes.
I once got stuck in a shops toilet and I still don't trust any toilet when I use them for the first time.
I'm done now I'm sorry if this wasn't the kind of blog post you like but I'll be back with beauty and lifestyle next week. I hope your weekend was relaxing and your week will be great.
Love, Steff xx
21 November 2016
50 facts about me
Hello everybody, how are you doing?
In todays post I want to tell you a bit more about myself and some of these things are quite random but I'm a curious person (51.) so I thought some of you might be as well.
Let's get started
Love, Steff xx
In todays post I want to tell you a bit more about myself and some of these things are quite random but I'm a curious person (51.) so I thought some of you might be as well.
Let's get started
- I was born on the 2. September 1999
- I live in Germany
- I'm still going to school (11th Grade)
- My star sign is Virgo but I don't believe in horoscopes
- I have blue eyes
- My natural hair colour is dark brown but I dyed my hair blonde
- I speak German and English
- I can speak a little bit French and Spanish
- I want to learn Spanish because I think it sounds amazing
- I was in drama club for 6 years (in total)
- I cannot sing but I'm doing it anyway (soz for anybody who has heard me sing)
- I cannot dance as well
- I don't like sport (especially in school but I do yoga when I have time)
- My favourite colour is purple
- The majority of my clothes is black and grey
- I love comfy clothes
- I'm short-sighted that's why I have to wear glasses
- I love scented candles
- My goal is to live in London one day (if this is not possible my second choice is Brighton and my third Birmingham)
- My favourite shops for clothes are Zara, Esprit and Orsay
- I'm not very patient but I'm working on it
- I only broke a bone once in my life
- I had to wear braces ('til last year)
- I have a very light skin tone
- I don't like maths
- I can't draw
- I have my driving licence (accompanied driving experience) and I'm very happy about it
- I have Twitter (@doublesteff), Snapchat (doublesteff) and Instagram (@doublesteff) I mean who doesn't
- I can't stand vomit or feeling sick
- I have a phobia of snakes
- I have anxiety and panic attacks
- I love cities
- I want to go to uni
- My music taste is weird I don't really have a genre I listen to everything except the songs I don't like
- My favourite author is Collen Hoover
- Autumn and Christmas are my favourite seasons
- I love to travel
- My surname has its roots in the Sorbian language and means royal
- My first name means crowned it's greek
- I'm a single child
- I have a lot of fantasy
- London is my favourite city without a doubt
- My favourite kind of car is an SUV
- My favourite/go to TV series are: Doctor's Diary (German), Die Rettungsflieger (German), Bones (American), House MD (American), Rizzoli & Isles (American) and Sturm der Liebe (German)
- I want to travel to a lot of places but number one on that list is New Zealand
- I have never been to America, Asia or Australia
- My worst school subject is Chemistry
- I have very weird dreams
- I'm a night person
- I have only been bitten by ticks twice in my life
Love, Steff xx
14 November 2016
Bullying is everywhere!
Hello everyone,
so as you are aware of this title this is going to be a more serious post this week but I think this is something that needs to be talked about.
We see things everyday that are not right but we just ignore them. We do not say that this is wrong. We just ignore them and move on with our life. It is devastating to see how many people are getting bullied everyday. Everywhere.
It really can be anybody, it could be that person on the bus you see, the waiter in your favourite restaurant or your own boss. Bullying comes in so many shapes and sizes we do not even realise it. Most of them we do not see as a bad thing but people might take it wrong. They think their bully is right and they need to change. But that is wrong, you do not have to change anything about you. Do not let them put you down. They are just stupid and their life is boring so they need something that they can do with their time.
Another reason for bullies is their jealousy. I know you probably will think now "what is there to be jealous about" but it can be just a small thing they can not do or they do not have in their life but you do.
Some bullies, but only a few, will bully you because they have a bad day or are going through a hard time. They might not know how to handle the situation they are in right now.
Do not listen to what people say who hardly even know you. You are special in your own way. Be proud of yourself and do not change for anybody.
Last week I saw a girl getting bullied in our school cafeteria. There were two boys probably from her class. They were the student supervisors for that break and they hit her and called her names. I was so devastated to see this. And I wished that this will not be happening anywhere in the world. But it happens way to much.
I know the next thing I am going to say will not really prove the point and help with this but because of various reasons I could not help her. I was too anxious to stand up for her and I have never felt so bad about myself in my life. That was without a doubt the WRONG thing to do. I wish I would have been brave enough but I promise the next time I see someone getting bullied I will stand up for this person because I do not want to feel the same way I felt that day.
So if anybody is reading this I want you to stand up for that boy or girl, man or woman because I will.
Do not do it for me, I mean who am I to demand something from you. I just want you to think about it and think about the person you care most about would you stay still or would you help?
Please remember to not be violent or harmful in anyway. You are doing this to help and not to be a bully yourself.
Love, Steff xx
so as you are aware of this title this is going to be a more serious post this week but I think this is something that needs to be talked about.
We see things everyday that are not right but we just ignore them. We do not say that this is wrong. We just ignore them and move on with our life. It is devastating to see how many people are getting bullied everyday. Everywhere.
It really can be anybody, it could be that person on the bus you see, the waiter in your favourite restaurant or your own boss. Bullying comes in so many shapes and sizes we do not even realise it. Most of them we do not see as a bad thing but people might take it wrong. They think their bully is right and they need to change. But that is wrong, you do not have to change anything about you. Do not let them put you down. They are just stupid and their life is boring so they need something that they can do with their time.
Another reason for bullies is their jealousy. I know you probably will think now "what is there to be jealous about" but it can be just a small thing they can not do or they do not have in their life but you do.
Some bullies, but only a few, will bully you because they have a bad day or are going through a hard time. They might not know how to handle the situation they are in right now.
Do not listen to what people say who hardly even know you. You are special in your own way. Be proud of yourself and do not change for anybody.
Last week I saw a girl getting bullied in our school cafeteria. There were two boys probably from her class. They were the student supervisors for that break and they hit her and called her names. I was so devastated to see this. And I wished that this will not be happening anywhere in the world. But it happens way to much.
I know the next thing I am going to say will not really prove the point and help with this but because of various reasons I could not help her. I was too anxious to stand up for her and I have never felt so bad about myself in my life. That was without a doubt the WRONG thing to do. I wish I would have been brave enough but I promise the next time I see someone getting bullied I will stand up for this person because I do not want to feel the same way I felt that day.
So if anybody is reading this I want you to stand up for that boy or girl, man or woman because I will.
Do not do it for me, I mean who am I to demand something from you. I just want you to think about it and think about the person you care most about would you stay still or would you help?
Please remember to not be violent or harmful in anyway. You are doing this to help and not to be a bully yourself.
Love, Steff xx
7 November 2016
Hi! Nice to meet you
Hello everybody (even though I don't know if anybody will ever read this),
but this is my first blog post. I am a 17-year-old girl who lives in Germany but I feel more like my true self when I'm writing in English. I think the reason why I started this blog is that I want a place to talk about stuff and I think this is the right place to do it. I want to post regularly on here which would be every Monday at 6 pm (GMT). I just want to let you know beforehand that I might not possibly do this every time but I will try my best. Just to protect other people's privacy I'm not going to use their real names.
I want to give you a little background story before we start this. So as I said I live in Germany in a little village. My school is a 30 minutes bus ride away and my parents are divorced. I don't have a lot of contact with my dad and my mum lives a few hundred kilometres away from me because of her job. Right now I'm living with my grandparents who I love a lot. They are just the best. My friends and family are the most important people in my life.
I love to travel but because school got more challenging every year I can't do it as often anymore.
I think this is enough for my first blog post.
There is just one last thing I want to ask you. Please bear with my English as it's not my native language and I know there will be some mistakes but nobody's perfect neither am I. But that's okay we are all special in our own ways.
Love, Steff xx
but this is my first blog post. I am a 17-year-old girl who lives in Germany but I feel more like my true self when I'm writing in English. I think the reason why I started this blog is that I want a place to talk about stuff and I think this is the right place to do it. I want to post regularly on here which would be every Monday at 6 pm (GMT). I just want to let you know beforehand that I might not possibly do this every time but I will try my best. Just to protect other people's privacy I'm not going to use their real names.
I want to give you a little background story before we start this. So as I said I live in Germany in a little village. My school is a 30 minutes bus ride away and my parents are divorced. I don't have a lot of contact with my dad and my mum lives a few hundred kilometres away from me because of her job. Right now I'm living with my grandparents who I love a lot. They are just the best. My friends and family are the most important people in my life.
I love to travel but because school got more challenging every year I can't do it as often anymore.
I think this is enough for my first blog post.
There is just one last thing I want to ask you. Please bear with my English as it's not my native language and I know there will be some mistakes but nobody's perfect neither am I. But that's okay we are all special in our own ways.
Love, Steff xx
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