Fracas Noir – Susanne Waldau – te Brake ~ for better or worse

As of today, I am 35! We’ll strictly speaking 34, but since the age of 20 when I really needed to add some numbers to my meager age, I’ve been in a habit of adding an extra year. It works fine, also in later years. When I say I’m 34 (and in this case 35) [...]

I’ve been pampering myself this evening, leaving my favourite glyco peel from Natura Bisse on extra long, to remove any traces of the “perma tan” I sustained last Friday. My skin looks a lot better now, and the orange shade is finally gone. I use these great products from Natura Bisse. It’s a beauty range [...]

And so Christmas eve has come to an end. My day started early with laundry and cleaning to prepare for the big day. As an expat in a foreign country, traditions become even more important, and most important of all is Christmas Eve. It’s the evening when a big family meal is prepared followed by [...]

The thing with having a digital camera is that you take so many pictures. In a way I miss having the old fashioned photo albums. Those carried memories for life, invaluable, whereas their digital versions are forgotten as soon as the picture was downloaded to some anonymous folder. Well digital version in all honour, here [...]

I just woke up. My alarm clock was staring back at me with a clear message that it was already 12 o’clock. Fantastic! Every bit of extra sleep I catch right now is welcome. — It wasn’t a particularly busy day yesterday. Apart from having to go and file a report at the police for [...]

Sunday nights are the worst. For some obscure reason it’s the night that gives me least rest. Apparently I wasn’t the only one, and somewhere between 3 and four am I stared my husband straight into the eyes and we both knew it was not going to be our night. He pulled me closer, and [...]

…and here are some more pictures from Reinout’s birthday get-together! The birthday boy enters Viqh …checking things out The birthday party has gathered My two most beautiful boys Victoria and M in conversation Reinout is getting into some obscure stuff Time to open the gifts Reinout was showing off his party tricks 38 roses for [...]

I dashed off on my lunch break for a much needed haircut at Pierot. My hair is still thinning but luckily it’s all growing back again. On my way back I stopped by le Maquilleur for a lipstick and mascara. As usual I came out with a lot of of goodies, this time from the [...]

Good morning! I’ve slept like a log. One of those deep, dream fuelled sleeps. It’s a perfect start to the weekend. Last night I’ve been busy cleaning and doing laundry, all in order to make sure my weekend is as relaxed and restful as possible. So I don’t really have anything on my agenda today [...]

It’s my birthday tomorrow! And Reinout have been spoiling me like crazy. On our way into town, just as we were hitting the first exclusive shoe shop, Players, Reinout told me I could select any two pairs…anything I liked, which in essence is a girls dream. But here lays the great paradox..it’s like walking into [...]