This morning was the worst morning ever! I woke up and my back and stomack muscles were hurting like crazy (I still haven’t adapted to our mattress yet…….), that was leading me to get all cranky and grumpy and Adrian tried to cheer me up with being cute and silly (what made me even more rusty…). After we went to Best Buy, Costco and Walmart to find a great deal for a new photoprinter (remember, my old one just died a few days ago….) I tried myself again on that one layout that I was working on all afternoon yesterday. Let me tell you something: it is still unfinished! I couldn’t believe that! Usually I am done with a layout in about an hour, not this time…
Since Adrian had to work this afternoon (thank goodness for him, I wasn’t the best companionship today…) I took on the challenge on cleaning this place up again. Gosh it was dirty 
So I cleaned the floors and furniture surfaces (and still haven’t done the kitchen..) and tried again to scrapbook. I changed the picture, that helped a bit, but then I was done again. No way to get that layout done with my mojo on vacation…
Anyways, so I made myself a cup of hot Swiss Miss chocolate, opened a (very old) bag of marshmallows, lit a candle and watched “Wives & Daughters”, all perfectly snuggled up with Adrian’s Adidas pants and my old hoodie (yeah, the blue one I am always wearing )
My mood has changed and I am feeling very peaceful again 
What a nice feeling after such a bad morning….
I hope I didn’t bore you too much with that little episode of “Rahel-Live”, so I am having a couple more photographs to share with you. I love them very much. They have that sence of quietness, sadness and still a great deal of hope.
Pistol River – Oregon
This and the two following pictures are from Newport – Oregon
Some building in some city…
Hope you guys have a much better weekend than I had by now
And: Happy Scrappin’
Hey Rahel!
Bi grad zuefällig über Facebook uf dini Siite cho. Ha di mol im Fründeskreis gha vor glaubs mehr als eme halbe Johr, weiss nid öbd di no chasch erinnere. Mir sind zämme in dr CBS Riehen gsi
dini Eule findi voll cool 
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mach wiiter so!! Bi en neue Fan und glichziitig Früschling in däm Gebiet Scrapbook 
Und jetzt bini voll Fan vo dinere Site, ha dini Layouts gseh und was du alles kreativs vollbringsch und ich finds obermegagenial! Ich muess sage, do het Gott scho öppis genials gmacht: är het Dir sone megariesigs Talänt gschänkt!! Ha grad minere Sister gmailt, dass si die Siite au mol muess aluege! S gluschtet mi au grad, so kreativ z sii und so tolli Sache z ha wo zur Verwürklichung dient
Ach und d USA isch sowiso au cool, finds schön, dass ich Lüüt wider neu darf kennelerne, wo d USA au liebe. Isch sicher e Herusforderig, alles hinter sich z loh in dr Schwiiz und e neus Läbe afoh. ich gratulier übrigens nochträglich zu dinere Hochziit! Händ im gliche Johr ghürote, so cool
Also das isch mr grad so ufem Härzli gläge dir z schribe. Ich dänk i wird no es paar Mol uf dinere Siite ineluege, wasd grad neus tolls kreiert hesch
Ich wünsch dir e gsägneti Wuche!
Liebi Grüess us Basel, Kathrin
welcome home! are you better now?
i love your pictures and i hope to see beautiful layouts with them
xoxo,
rafa!