oh the weather outside is frightful...

Are you ever in a situation and you know just the right song that fits that exact moment?
Well this is what greeted me Monday morning...

It just wouldn't stop snowing and it is October!! So while singing "let it snow" I built myself a fire. Take that weather.
If I say tiled stove or covered fireplace, people will think I'm nuts but it has become my new best friend and creates the best heat you could ever imagine.

look what my friends are up to

If you are anywhere near London in the next couple weeks and love art, please go and check out what the lovely Hannah Beth Stenberg has been up to.
She is one talented girl and her work is part of Showcase London at Richmix Arts & Culture Centre. Tickets for October have already sold out but there are still some available for November and December. Details are on their webpage.

Go and support young artists people!!!!

weekend fun

Some time last week my friends decided that it would be nice to have one last hike before it starts snowing and everyone changes to skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, etc.

All said and done five of us hiked up "Nockstein". I do consider myself to be fairly fit these days, I cycle everywhere and try to go for a run once or twice a week, so I assumed that this hike would be easy. WRONG!!! It has been a while since I dug out my walking boots and now that I've lived far away from mountains for so long, I don't even own a pair anymore! (massive thank you goes out to Lisa who let me borrow her boots).

The boys went ahead and left Andi and me all puffed behind :) How on earth are you supposed to breathe when you have so much to talk about????? 

Nevertheless as much as we were sweating, there's nothing quite like standing on top of a mountain and enjoying the amazing landscape...

The rest of the weekend, apart from church and sleeping, was spent hanging at the EheG and Lisa cooking beautiful food for us. I'll just say Spicy Chicken Corn Chowder!!!!! Yuuuuuum!

It was amazing to sit, eat, drink and just chat - for two days straight haha. Ruth and Ian joined us Saturday afternoon so lots of toasting them and us girls clicking our way through wedding, design and photography sites to get inspired for the upcoming festivities.
Yay for spontaneous hang out weekends and amazing friends. Life is amazing people.

exciting news in anglo-austrian relationship

My oldest and best friend Ruth and her lovely boyfriend Ian announced their engagement last week.
Hip hip hooray!!! I started screaming in the car when she told me and scared the crap out of my colleague who was sitting next to me haha. Well these things only happen once, right :)

This pic is from June 2008 but it is one of my favourites.

Love you guys, couldn't be happier for you!

NYC family

HILLSONG NYC LAUNCH from Hillsong Television on Vimeo.
This video just made me weep, excited, humble and in awe of how amazing God is! We're one big global family and cheer you on NYC.
Have a wonderful Sunday everyone x

flea markets

Courageous as she is, my bestie decided to sell clothes and other stuff that has been lying around for years, at a flea market the other weekend. They picked the coldest morning ever but equipped with three thermos of tea and a can of coffee, Lisl, JD and Michi set up shop in a massive under ground parking lot and tried their luck.
Sometime around lunch we rocked up with more hot tea and to keep them company.
Flea markets are their own little world. I admit I am a people watcher and the way stand holders were interacting with people strolling along was fascinating :) No other place will you meet such a mix of people.
Despite the weather being absolutely freezing, it was such a fun time and I really hope come summer they'll do it again.

dreams and what we make of them

I must have said that before but one of the reasons to move back to Austria was to start out on a creative adventure. The plan was really simple... get a warehouse and turn it into a workshop so we have space. Everyone's been a bit annoyed with creating stuff and never being able to finish and because there's no room for it, to always clear everything away. The result was that stuff got put in boxes and it was such an effort to put everything out and stuff it back unto shelfs every day.
So we've been looking and looking and after weeks we finally found the perfect spot. A lovely little warehouse tucked away in a courtyard, perfect for the four of us. Anyway the day before we were ready to sign the lease one of us pulled out and we had to cancel the whole endeavour.
Now what do you do? Go about sulking or believe that there is something better out there for you?! In a couple weeks it will probably make sense to all of us. Even though it sucks to be in this position right now, we're not gonna give up! And you know what I can't wait for the day we get the keys to it and we will celebrate!