Yule part 2

... I hope it is not too late for this but:

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!

I have been pretty busy, busy, busy, busy... and had to manage a lot of stuff in my head, but finally... here we go again :)

Last year I have promissed you to tell you how we celebrate Yule.

Please note, this is not a direction how to celebrate it, just the way we, my hubby and I, do.

Of course at first you need a Yule tree. I am using a fake one for years now, because I'm just too lazy to get rid of the needling...

This is how our tree looked like last year (Yule 2011)

From this view you really can see that it is a fake tree, but believe me or not. You wont recognize this, sitting next to it or simply watching the lights.

My Irminsul balls, to decorate the tree with.

As Yule is not just a holiday to meet your loved ones, but to celebrate the re-rising sun, what we do to be thankfull for the light and the fact of being together is simply reading a story out of the Edda - in the candlelight. I can not explane why, but it really is a strong, good fealing to do this.

This is how our copy of the Edda looks like. Pretty awesome, huh?

And of course... Yule is a holiday for the whole family.. As we are both grownups it should not be that kind of an event but unpacking Yuleclub is just awesome. Why? Well.. our family members are Mike, Lucie and me. Therefore, every parcel needs to be wrapped 2 times. (of course it is more fun, the more family members there are. Add one layer of wrapping for every additional family member.) But it is not to make your presents look bigger. To do this makes it possible to write something on every layer. Let me explain it using an example.

This Yuleclub is for Mike. I'm wrapping it once, writing his name on it and something special like an event we have shared in the past year or what I feel for him. Then I gonna wrap it again, going to write Lucies name on it and something special for her.. and so on. Unwrapping gives you a smile, weather the present is yours our not.

Small family, but pretty awesome gifts. :)

I have just talked about candle light, right? But we're not talking about candle light in general. We are talking about the special candle we lit.

This candle was lit by Mike and me to honour what Odin did to become as wise as he is. Google it, if you dont know it.. I am a bit too lazy to explain right now. :D

 

 

This little altar is right here at our living room the whole year. Just the wreath is added for Yule. Actually, I am sitting face to face to it right now and everytime, I am looking for the right words I am glancing at Freyja. This may sound a bit strange to those guys knowing me since I was a kid, but my faith is really helping me with everything I do. Every single day.

Anyway.. I almost forgot the one and only topic of this blog (.. so it seems.. ;) ). Yeah, you name it. Food. ;)
What I need to do at this time of year, because otherwise I wont be complete, is spending a lot of time at my kitchen. Exactly. Baking cookies. A lot of cookies. And different kinds of. Strullerhasi proudly presents... last years favourites:

vanillekipferl <3

cinnamon star cookies


multicoloured shortcrust Hagal cookies


shortcrust reindeer cookies


chocolate and hazelnut cookies


"the making of gingerbread reindeers"


finished gingerbread reindeer


collected works
- actually I recognize lemon-orange shortcrust Hagal cookies -

And finally.. in case that you are wondering what we had for dinner that night.. there you go:

soy fricassee and rice :)

I hope you kind of enjoyed this and.. well.. don't mind the mass of pictures.. ;)

Oh. By the way. I hope you're reading it... I miss you Angela. <3

xoxo Strullerhasi

Yule...

Yesterday we celebrated Yule :) I gonna give you a few more information how we celebrate it, but today I just wanna share with you what me hubby got me as presents...

handcrafted swiss watch from Audi


handcraftet fleur de lis ring, made in Hamburg

I think there is not much more to say about those two.. just.. pretty awesome and I never thought of presents like this..

What did you get your loved ones for Yule? :)

..what a girl needs..

Don't you want to know what a girl needs? Well in my case it is pretty simple. I need to have my purse with me, when I'm out. It does not matter if I am at work or just out for shopping or even only out for a coffee with friends.

Well the stuff in my purse differ.. wanna have a look at the stuff I am taking with me to work everyday? Alright.. there you go.

One of my favourite purses. The one I am taking to work most frequently, because of its size..

..and this is what's inside of it.

• at least one scarf, but most of the time it is not only one
• my wallet
• a bottle of water or any other softdrink
• coffee
• cough drops
• painkillers
• lump sugar
• keys
• my works ID card
• a pen
• cigs and couple of lighters
• parfume and vanishing creme samples (don't ask me why.. I got no idea at all)
• tea (at the moment black tea with choclate and raspberry flavor)
• tissues
• an umbrella
• gloves
• my glasses
• pocket mirror
• antiseptic
• couple of lipsticks (two different colors, lipgloss, lip balm)
• chewing gum
• ear phones

.. well at least now you know why my purse has this size..

Hope you enjoyed.

xoxo

shoes.. shoes... shoes

Why shoes? Well, because I am just a girl and I loooove shoes. Luckily Mike is almost as crazy with shoes as I am so there is absolutely no need to explain why I need to buy a new pair of em..

I would like to start with two pairs of shoes, so different, but linked together like no others in my collection. Pictures first... ;)

Demonia Boots "Vampirella", 4.13 inch heels, size 10

converse chucks, size 9.5

You now may ask why those two are linked to each other? Pretty simple. I was wearin the "Vampirella" boots at our trip to Poznan, because I simply love them and - to be honest - they have been purchased for this trip. I was naive enough not to take another pair of shoes with me. What to say, my feet hurt like hell one day after the concert. But on the other hand Mike and I wanted to take a walk trough the city. So what to do? Exactly. Get myself a new pair of COMFORTABLE shoes.

Luckily stores are opened on sundays in Poland and not closed all day like they are in Germany. So I could get myself those beauties and start walkin... ^^"

Hope you kind of enjoyed..
... and consider yourself as forwarned.. there are a lot more pairs of shoes available.. and every one comes with a small story.

xoxo

foods...

Last week has been a late shift week, therefore I had absolutely no time to start the project I got in mind for ya. Additional to this I had to fight damn flu again at the end of the week and did not do that much, but cooking. It may be not only classic german dishes, but at least all are vegan ;)

Thursdays dinner

boiled potatoes and savoy cabbage with cured tofu

Fridays dinner

mac n cheese with soy sausages

Sundays breakfast



toast with vegan cold meat, vegan yoghurt with fresh kaki and cocoa, cup of tea

Sundays lunch

mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts and vegan meat loaf

Hope you kind of enjoyed this little information, huns. I will try to find some more time for you guys asap.

xoxo

Lunch on sundays

Once we talked about recipes, I think it was the one for Bigos. At the moment I am too lazy to translate it, but I'd like to share this one with you. Vegan fast au gratin potatoes with mushrooms and tomatoes.

What you need for 2 people:

• 8 - 10 potatoes
• 300 g white mushrooms
• 125 g cherry tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 100 g grated vegan cheese
• 1 cup of soy granulate
• salt, pepper, paprika, dried sweet marjoram, cayenne, granulated vegetable broth
• 200 ml soy cream
• vegetable oil

Take a cup of soy granulate and add salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne and granulated vegetable broth. Add water until the soy granulate is covered completely and heat into microwave for 3 minutes at maximum. Peel the potatoes, cut in halves and slices, let potatoe slices simmer in salty water until almoste done. Peel the white mushrooms and cut into slices as well, cut cherry tomatoes in quarters and slices onion into small pieces.
Heat vegetable oil in a large pan and slightly broil the onion pieces. Add precooked soy granulate and let broil until slightly brown. Add white mushroom slices and tomatoe quarters and let broil for a few minutes until you add the precooked potatoe slices. Let broil a few minutes again until you add the soy cream. Finally add the grated vegan cheese, dried sweet marjoram, salt and pepper. Stir and let boil for at about one minute. That's it. Ready to serve.

Hope you enjoyed. :)

the last..(almost) two weeks...

As you have recognised.. my time to write for you is quite limited. But at least I am taking pictures for you of whatever.. ;)

Let's start with my day off last week, wednesday.

I am not sure if I told you, but Mike and I had a quite small bed for the last years. And finally we found one big enough for both of us and... uhm.. Lucie, who actually occupied Mikes part of the bed.. As long as she stays over there it is quite okay with me. XD Actually thats all what I have done that day.. After the bed has been delivered at about 8 am I needed to remove our old bed from this room. It is now on stock in our spare room. :p Hardest part was to get the new bed together.. I still got two lovely blisters at my right hand, but it is just a lovely bed, so we're really happy with it.

This is how breakfast looks on weekends. When I got enough time to prepare it and we can take our time to enjoy it. What it is exactly? Vegan yoghurt, fresh pomegranate, cocoa, vanilla sugar and fresh plums together with a large coffee. Afterwards? Taking a long walk with Lucie. As it was unbelievable foggy this morning I took a lot of pictures. See below.

As I sad.. quite a lot of pictures.. but this has just been a great morning with my silly dog in the park :)

This week is an early shift week again.. As it is quite cold and I am afraid not to arrive at work in time I am using another bus connection. So I leave for work at 4:10 am.

Yeah.. I know.. too early.. too cold.. too windy and too foggy. But what shall we do.. the week is almost over. Looking forward to quit work tomorrow afternoon and take a bit time off.. My sister and me are planing another project on our blogs. More to come soon ;)

xoxo