The other F word

Have you seen this??

As there will be a cute little one on the road with us for a couple of days, I cannot wait to watch this.

A - Z

these have been all over the blogosphere and I'm hopping on the bandwagon :)
a. age: a couple weeks shy of turning 30!!!!
b. bed: right now a bunk bed :)
c. chore that you hate: mopping floors
d. dogs: love them but no pets for me please
e. essential start to your day: herbal tea
f. favourite colour: different shades of green
g. gold or silver: used to be just silver but ever since Monica gave me one of her gold necklaces I'm loving it
h. height: 5'9" I'm a giant in heels and yes I wear them :)
i. instruments you play: triangle - just kidding but that's about as far as my musical ability goes
j. job title: assistant/travel companion/partner in crame to these boys, costume assistant whenever the opportunity comes up (hello London!)
k. kids: not yet
l. live: Europe haha Salzburg/Vienna, Austria and London, UK with a lot of Germany thrown in the mix
m. mother's name: Bigie
n. nicknames: Yaya and for random others like "steamy" you'd have to ask my silly brothers...
o. overnight hospital stays: when I got my tonsils out
p. pet peeves: people who spit in public - yuk yuk yuk
q. quote from a movie: "difficult colour... green"
r. right or left handed: right
s. siblings: two very crazy brothers and one very lovely sister in law
t. time to wake up: anything from 6.30 to 8.30am
u. underwear: a girls gotta have her secrets
v. vegetables you hate: it all depends on how you prepare them
w. what makes you run late: usually having breakfast haha
x. x-rays you've had: several... arms, lungs, dental, foot, knee, etc
y. yummy food that you make: cakes, cookies, soups, salads
z. zoo animal: penguins and seals

love this

(via swissmiss)

Kubb in the afternoon

Ulrich had never played this game before the big Schnorres weekend and went home a convert.
So much that he bought a set and one afternoon we went to Dave and A's place for some Kubb action in the garden.

 instant colouring

Christian giving his all

 when you're down to the king you have to throw your batons through your legs (might just be a silly Salzburg rule)

 in the end Gregor turned up to teach us how to throw these sticks into the ground haha

all back in the box waiting for the next turn (loving the grass stains!)

Inside My Head Is A Scary Place

the album is finally out!!! No more pre-ordering or anything :)
You can get it at Amazon in cd or vinyl and on itunes. Believe me it's amazing and you will not regret getting it!
We've got 9 more days before we head out to Germany and catch up with the lovely people we call Jupiter Jones.
If you haven't bought tickets for a Konvoi Tour gig yet, please do asap as some shows have either already sold out or will do so very shortly. Check them out here.

what happens ...

... when my dad and brothers decide that they're really funny.

 They build another Astrid!!!!
I made a dress form for sewing purposes last week, so when the family got together for Sunday lunch they found a torso with my measurements  hanging in my room and thought it would be fun to scare me  haha Ulrich put about eight layers of clothing on it and they stuffed my leggins with packing peanuts, used a small pillow and hat to make a head and my dad printed out a photo of myself to stick on the pillow. They even got out some of my gloves to make up for missing hands!
When I walked into the room I got really confused but wasn't really paying attention haha leave it to my brother to hide inside the bed, laughing hysterically! Yeah they're that crazy!!!! Welcome to my world. At least they had the time of their lives haha

macaroons - attempt number one

At least I tried haha... they were way too big and wouldn't stand up, on the plus side: super delicious!
Chocolate ganache also very yummy :)