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“If you put a bunch of chameleons on top of a bunch of chameleons on top of a bowl of Skittles what would happen? Is that science? Because if so, I finally get why people want to do science.” ― Jenny Lawson

This book I picked up because of all the hype. Honestly, I don’t usually listen to this but I have read a couple of posts on The Bloggess and I liked what she is all about. She has a very funny way of writing and this book is her memoir.  I also liked the author’s note when she explains how she struggles with depression and then she changed her concept of just being furiously happy. I still don’t know if this “extreme joy” that I read throughout her book is really good either, but it is funny. So very funny. The story with the dog food at the pharmacy made me cry laughing when I read it out loud to my husband. The author is just doing whatever she feels like and this I love. Like saying whatever you want, jumping into whatever you want (like a fountain or a pool with no water in it and just lay in it for the fun of it ordering a piña colada). All this made me order her first book so she did something right. 

Jenny Lawson mentions some of her issues pretty fast. She is suffering from compulsive hair-pulling (ahm… I had to look this one up: trichotillomania), anxiety disorder, ADD, OCD and depression. She is sharing stories of her life that are just funny, strange and weird at the same time. The arguments she describes in Furiously Happy that she had with her husbands seem weird to me. I would never argue about anything like this. Not even for five minutes. But she does, and again in a funny way. She just has a very wicked sense of humor. 

I don’t think she leads a boring life but to me it seems somewhat chaotic. The book is a great mix of really cry out loud funny and quite serious topics. I love how honest Lawson is about her mental illnesses. If you suffer from a mental illness and you simply just need to lighten up a little then this book is defiantly for you. Even though having my own blog I would not be that open and share as much as she does. This must have taken her a great deal of courage to write and talk so freely about all her problems. Or maybe it did not. But then again I guess she does not care what other people think and simply accepts herself the way she is – with all her flaws and mental disorders. 

This book was simply a great read from beginning to the end. You get a great insight on mental illness and laugh out loud at point and the next second you are thinking clearly and get overwhelmed by her ability to capture these diseased so accurately. Of course I will be reading her first book soon. 

Thank you for reading my blog and feel free to share if you are going to read her book or already read it. I would love to hear your thoughts. 

 

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“Wir würden Ihnen gerne helfen, wenn wir dürfen!” – Ottomar Uwe Meissner

Zu Firma SEHES bin ich durch Zufall gekommen, obwohl ich schon jahrelang daran vorbeilief und mir nichts dabei dachte oder eher nichts daraus machte. Ich denke, im Leben kommt alles zur rechten Zeit oder manche Tore öffnen sich, wenn man dazu bereit ist. Ich war bereit an jenem schönen Tag im Mai, als ich mit meinem Sohn spazieren ging “um dort einfach einmal reinzuschauen, um zu sehen was die dort so machen”. Gesagt, getan und niemals bereut. 

Wissen Sie, wer Sie sind? Die Firma SEHES ist ein ganzheitliches Gesundheitszentrum, das Antworten gibt auf solche Fragen. Sie haben Beschwerden, Leiden etc. und hetzen von Arzt zu Arzt und jene können nur noch Pillen über Pillen verschreiben aber gesund werden Sie nicht? Sie wollen gerne mehr über sich wissen? Sie sind an sich interessiert und wollen sich weiterentwickeln bzw sich helfen lassen? Wollen Sie wissen, wer Sie eigentlich sind? Wollen Sie Ruhe finden im täglichen Stress?  Antworten auf diese Fragen brauchen Zeit und Geduld. Wollen Sie das? 

Ottomar Uwe Meissner zusammen mit seiner Frau Martina Meissner sind die Verantwortlichen und Ansprechpartner der Firma SEHES in der Rosenauer Strasse 2, 96472 Rödental. Telefonnummer:(09563/405840) (Telefonzeiten: Montag bis Freitag 09:00 bis 18:00 Uhr) oder Email: info@sehes.de. Dort werden Sie Antworten auf Ihre Fragen finden wenn Sie bereit dazu sind und offen für das Neue. Mit Ihrer Einverständniserklärung wird Ihnen im SEHES Haus geholfen. 

“This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun! I don’t think about whether people will remember me or not. I’ve been an okay person. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve taught people a thing or two. That’s what’s important.” Julia Child 

My love for Julia Child started when I watched the movie “Julie & Julia” which was based on a cooking blog by Julie Powell. Watch the movie if you get a chance. It is just very beautifully done and makes you simply want to eat and appreciate food! After watching it of course I wanted to find out more about Julia Child. She has been on TV for several years on a cooking show channel. You want to know how to make Julia Child’s traditional omelette? Click here. She is just so sweet how she explains everything. 😀

Here is a little insight on Julia Child (1912-2004). She was American, 6 feet 2 inches tall, an author, chef and had her TV show. Julia was married to Paul Child (1902-1994) who was a diplomat.She moved to France with her husband and fell in love with the French cuisine. I mean how could you not!? She has written “Mastering the Art of French Cooking I +II” – together with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle; that I, being married to a Frenchi obviously own. Publishing these books was groundbreaking for them. Julia’s dream was to become a writer when she was young; so with her love for French food, France and her passion to write she did what she loved and always wanted to do. 

Julia’s TV-show was very popular and she proved again that if you do what you love you never work another day in your life. In her older days; and a couple of years after Paul passed away,  she lived in an assisted living complex but kept working a bit and still wrote at age 92! Pretty impressive. She said that “In this line of work…you keep right on till you’re through. Retired people are boring otherwise.” She died in 2004 of kidney failure.

In 2012, Julia Child would have been 100 years old. In celebration of her birthday, restaurants all over America took part in a “Julia Child Restaurant Week” and offered some of her recipes on their menus. There is an ongoing Julia Child exhibit at the Smithsonian – National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. that is worth checking out. When it comes to books I can recommend “My Life in France” which is an autobiography of Julia Child and very well written. My husband knows about my Julia Child obsession and purchases a poster with an original signature by Julia Child on eBay. Gotta love this man! He also bought me this book which I haven’t read yet. 

Thank you for reading and Bon Appétit!