pretty merry

this week.

 

These are the moments from my fifty-second week of 2014. All photos were taken with my iPhone.

 

1. Monday / a slight feeling of 'everything will be ok' after a tiny bit confused day. gotta love winter sunsets.

 

2. Tuesday / baking. THE potica. a big deal. always better when done in company of more experienced. my great aunt rocks.

 

3. Wednesday / Christmas eve at my dad's.

 

4. Thursday / Christmas lunch at my in-laws. table set for 12 people.

 

5. Friday / cheers with a passion fruit cocktail in a good company of my friends.

 

6. Saturday / spending the day on the couch, in my pjs, watching movies and eating chocolate. this was Ensemble, c'est tout ... loved it! oh, it was also the first day of snow this season ... whatever ;))

 

7. Sunday / and then it really snowed. but, since it wasn't a nice or inviting winter day, I opted for the warmth of my home, haha. yes, you know it, you can read the first part of Saturday's description all over again :)

merry!

 

this year's Christmas was (actually not too different than almost all previous Christmases and that is also why I loved it):

 

/ Christmas music. and singing along. and dancing.

/ Christmas lights all over the apartment.

/ Love Actually (again and again) and all the other movies I've watched (a lot of them!).
/ nicest surprise ever.

/ my fingernails painted red.

/ the taste of potica.

/ spending time making the said potica with my great aunt.

/ all the nice smells, especially when lighting the 'Christmas cookie' candle.

/ all good food consumed. a lot of food.

/ being with family.

/ all those 'we have to see each other before the year ends' coming to life and spending time with friends.

/ everything calming down, even if it is only for a day or two.

 

I hope you too had a great time!

 

every year I wish that this magical time would last longer ... and every time it's over I wish for the new year to start soon. there is something with fresh starts that I love, even though nothing ever changes for real, but at least it feels so new and so full of opportunities, even the ones that have not yet materialized as wishes.

this week.

 

These are the moments from my fifty-first week of 2014. All photos were taken with my iPhone.

 

1. Monday / friends for over 27 years! celebrating ... us and December with passion fruit-champagne cocktail and missing the fourth friend that couldn't come.

 

2. Tuesday / The Nutcracker! which resulted in hopping and twirling and dancing and all that for a few more days, haha, I love ballet. love!!!

 

3. Wednesday / one of the books I've been reading on and off for the past few weeks ... The forty rules of love by Elif Shakat. loved this quote:

"Intellect and love are made of different materials.
Intellect ties people in knots and risks nothing,
but love dissolves all tangles and risks everything.
Intellect is always cautious and advises, 'Beware too much ecstasy,'
whereas love says, 'Oh, never mind! Take the plunge!'
Intellect does not easily break down,
whereas love can effortlessly reduce itself to rubble.
But treasures are hidden among ruins.
A broken heart hides treasures."

 

4. Thursday / another long day in the office. but, a good, productive one. especially as I was alone in the afternoon which resulted in listening to music out loud and ... well, working, what else ;)

 

5. Friday / only the best work end-of-year party ever. seriously. my favourite Slovenian band of all times came to perform a few songs. I went a tiny bit crazy. just a tiny bit ;) and I danced so much the whole evening. loved it!!

 

6. Saturday / even though I didn't drink any alcohol on Friday, I did danced the night away and went to sleep way too late. or early, it depends on the perspective ;) so Saturday was a day for ... eating m&m's for breakfast, for resting, for gathering my thoughts (not too successfully, though) and ... for picking out (and decorating it! pics to follow) the Christmas tree.

 

7. Sunday / setting up the photo exhibition in the pediatric clinic as a last part of the project for this year.

this week.

 

These are the moments from my fiftieth week of 2014. All photos were taken with my iPhone.

 

1. Monday / tea party. errr, no ... meeting :)

 

2. Tuesday / watching football with friends, including one long lost one. and trying to get the dog away from the food. and drinking beer.

 

3. Wednesday / the week after holidays is always the hardest. overhours.

 

4. Thursday / a big presentation in front of ... a lot of important people. well, this is actually the 'try-out' before the presentation. and the evening was great as well ... happy merry December with my people.

 

5. Friday / it was just one of those days. chocolate was needed. and thanks, B for this yummy cake!

 

6. Saturday / Christmas shopping was even more successful as planned. a nice day.

 

7. Sunday / this is Ljubljana in December. Christmas lights, happiness and loads of people. the latter is not something I would like, it's better to wait till late and take a stroll around the empty city. magic :)

made my morning.

 

... and made me cry a little. the cutest!!!