The one with the bunnies in disguise, the faith in humanity and the stupid onions which should stay out of my food. {Ten On Tuesday}

Hallo meine Lieben,

happy Tuesday. I hope you are all having a wonderful December. You can link up with my friend Alyssa here. 

1. The most important thing first...please please pretty please sign this petition and help saving an animal shelter and 450 dogs in Serbia. Thank you so much!

2. I am a huge fan of socks because I always have cold feet. I am also a huge fan of animals because animals rule. Which is why I need these. 

{The Sock Drawer}

3. If this site would be completely vegan, it would be food heaven: Stupid onions, stay out of my food. 

4. Some things help to restore my faith in humanity. At least a little bit.

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5. I saw this quote on the internet (here and on Instagram) and I guess it is something to think about. 

No one wants Babe to be chosen for Christmas dinner.

No one wants the humans to foil the chickens’ escape plans in Chicken Run.

No one wants Nemo to be caught by the scuba divers.

When we watch these movies we see the humans as villains and we don’t want the animals to be killed or captured.
Then we go back to our lives and become the evil we hated in the movies.

Go vegan and stop being a villain.

6. Tea pot love. 

{Urban Outfitters}

7. The power of German engineering. Also works for turtles.

8. I don't know about you but I always loved Piggeldy & Frederick. I don't even know if they are famous outside of Germany but they were my childhood heroes. 

9. No words. 

{Cute Overload}

10. When I love a song then I usually listen to it a gazillion times in a row - without ever getting sick of it. Do you do the same thing or am I the only one?

Have a fantastic rest of the week! Thank you so much for reading!

Pancake mistakes, vegan handbags and bunny bookends. {Ten On Tuesday}

Hallo meine Lieben,

you can link up with my friend Alyssa for Ten On Tuesday here. Hope you are all having a fantastic week.

1. I started working out on a regular basis, at least for 30 days (You can read about it here) and one thing I realized is that cats love it when people work out. They even help you by jumping on your abs while training them. You can watch a compilation of people trying to do yoga while their pets are around on Cute Overload.

2.  My hero Philip Wollen discusses if hunting is a sport or "ignoble atrocity". Wise words, I can tell you. Please watch it, it is only 1:49 minutes long. I guess you already know what my opinion is...

3. By the way, here is a list of animals who are almost extinct. Thanks, human kind.

4. 17 of 30 days done of the Jillian Michaels Shred. I have to say that I am glad when it is over. I guess I will start with level 3 tomorrow. I feel a lot fitter but I can't see that woman anymore. 

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5. Would you please sign this petition and help a polar bear to have a better life?

6. If you read my blog before that I am obsessed with anything crime related...books, movies, documentaries etc. You can find out how to commit the perfect crime here. It's a pretty interesting documentary.

7. Do you often cook with polenta? If so, do you have any good recipes to share? My mom often used polenta and I always loved it and so I bought some recently but I am not sure what to do with it except of roasting it in a pan. I really need to try out some new recipes. I am kind of sick of all the stuff I usually cook.

8. I am totally obsessed with bookends right now. 

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9. When I make pancakes the first one always gets damaged. I don't know why but it happens every single time. 

10. Do you remember my Jill Milan bag? I love this bag so much, I carry it around every single day. Seriously in love. You can find it here. All Jill Milan bags are made of vegan materials of course. 

Have a wonderful rest of the week? 

The one with the kitty birthday. {Ten On Tuesday}

Hallo meine Lieben,

today is a very special day! One of the most special days of the year: my cats Lumpi ad Tiger's 7th birthday!! Time flies by. I can't believe that these guys are already making me happy for 7 years. Adopting them was one of the best decisions I have ever made. 

Two grown-up happy sleepy birthday boys. I might be a crazy cat lady but these guys are a part of my family and I could not be more thankful! 

Happy happy birthday Lumpi and Tiger! Hope you enjoy your birthday gifts! I love you!

You can link up for Ten On Tuesday with my friend Alyssa.

1. I love to celebrate cat birthdays. They get presents, lots of food and of course I sing Happy Birthday to them. Not sure if they like that part.

2. Last weekend I watched a French movie called "Intouchables" It is a comedy-drama about the friendship of a handicapped millionaire and his ex-con caretaker. I laughed a whole lot and if you haven't seen that movie yet then I definitely recommend watching it. There are even some Hitler jokes in it - something that every German enjoys. It is also based on a true story. 

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3. I had to realize that my rusty French is not good enough to understand everything they say in a 2 hour movie. So even though I really hate subtitles, I had no other choice.

4. Jillian Michaels is one mean b?#@%. I started her 30 day shred on Sunday and my legs feel pretty heavy now. Also my abs hurt when I have to sneeze. Which is weird. 

5. Click here if you want to see a yawning baby hedgehog. And this is another cute yawn. A triple yawn. 

6. I really like these vegan Toms. I always wanted to have shoes with the periodic system of elements on them. 

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7. My current food addictions include pickles, corn on the cob, ice cream and more ice cream.

8. Please take a minute and sign this petition to stop the South-Australian ag-gag legislation and to protest against cruelty in slaughterhouses. 

9. Do you want to be my friend on Goodreads?

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10. Because it is the most important thing today: Happy happy birthday to my fantastic cats.

Have a great week!

Five Things. Food addictions, a crime novel and a petition.

Hallo meine Lieben,

hope you are all doing fantastic! My laptop is at the computer doctor right now and I feel bad for the poor thing. And myself. Hope I will get it back soon. Fixed. I miss that thing. Sorry for the lack of posting...things will change soon hopefully. At least I was finally able to catch up on some blog reading.

Please check out my friend Celeste's Five Things as well. 

1. This bath bomb.

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I love Lush, especially their seasonal products. This bath bomb is called "Sex Bomb" and it smells like jasmine, ylang ylang and sage. It is vegan and cruelty free. And it looks to good to use it to be honest. Love to spend some time in the tub with a bath bomb and a good book.

2.  This book. 

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On January 17 I will finally be able to start reading another Icelandic crime novel by
Arnaldur Indriðason. I will definitely stop by the book store that day because I just can't wait to hold it in my hands. It is the first book of a new series and sounds very promising...

3. This food addiction. 

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I tend to get obsessed with different kind of food every couple of weeks. And then I don't want to eat anything else. Right now it is mandarin oranges with coconut flakes, agave syrup, walnuts and soy yogurt. It is so good. I eat a huge bowl of it every single day. Sometimes twice. But I will do an exception on Sunday and finally cook the vegan Pad Thai I found in my new cooking book.

4. True crime.

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I re-discovered  my love for true crime books, thanks to Emily! I got the book as a Christmas present from David and immediately started reading it. I did not have much time for my favorite thing to do yet (books) but I can't wait to read more of it and check out all the other books Emily recommended. 

5. This petition.

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Seems like you all feel the same way about declawing like I do. It is a horrible and cruel thing to do. Lots of you have never heard about it before either. I could not believe that people actually do this to their cats. So please sign this petition speak up against de-clawing cats. Thank you so much!

Here is what the website says:

Mutilating your pet because her natural behavior annoys you might seem incomprehensible but happens every day across the United States. Declawing cats doesn’t mean a nail trim; it is the equivalent of amputating most of a human’s fingers and toes.

Declawing causes serious pain in the short term and can result in chronic pain and lameness for life. As a result, declawing cats for non-medical reasons is illegal in many countries, including Australia, Germany, the UK, Israel and Switzerland.   

Although many individual vets refuse to carry out the procedure, the American Veterinary Medical Association’s vague guidelines on the topic provide no end of loopholes. This milkwater position has got to change. Deliberate, unnecessary cruelty to animals, legal or not, is not something any vet should participate in.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Five Things. A black rhino, World Vegan Day and pie pops.

Hallo meine Lieben,

hope your week is going fine and you will have a wonderful weekend ahead of you! Please check out my friend Celeste's Five Things as well.

1. World Vegan Day

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Happy World Vegan Day! Every day should be World Vegan Day but I guess it is a good start to raise some awareness. And I think it is a really weird to day "Be nice to all animals on this day (not just the cute ones)." It should be normal to be nice to all people on every day of the year. But I guess I know what they mean.

2. This petition.

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I was shocked and in disbelief when I first read about it. Then I just got rally angry. Here is what's happening:

"A Texas hunting group is auctioning off a permit to shoot and kill one of the most endangered animals in the world: a black rhino. The Dallas Safari Club, an international organization of hunters and wildlife enthusiasts, said they plan to auction off a permit to hunt an endangered black rhino from the government of the Republic of Namibia. However, the organization says their goal is actually to save the rhino, of which there are approximately 5,055. "First and foremost, this is about saving the black rhino," Ben Carter, the executive director of the Dallas Safari Club, said in a statement. "There is a biological reason for this hunt, and it's based on a fundamental premise of modern wildlife management: populations matter; individuals don't. By removing counterproductive individuals from a herd, rhino populations can actually grow." 

What a faulty logic. I hate these bastards.

You can protest against this here.  Please help. 

3. These pie pops.

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I know cake pops but I have never seen pie pops before.  I think it is a pretty cool idea and I will definitely give them a try. Anything pie-related sounds good to me.

4.  These socks.

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I need these socks, please. I mean, come on, the combination of warm feet and cats is just perfect. 

5. This baby got bat bag.

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How can you not love this? This bag is way too cute and the name of it is fabulous. I want, please! Christmas wishlist!

Have a lovely Friday!

Please protest against the dog massacre in Romania.

Hallo meine Lieben,

I will be back with some more regular posts tomorrow  but today I want to ask you to please sign this petition. It is written in German and English. 

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You know how much I love animals and what's happening in Romania right now makes me angry and sad. I am speechless, devastated and shocked . I can't believe that a modern country introduces laws like that. 

The background:

To "get rid" of the stray dog problem in the country the president passed a law which allows to "put down" dogs  if they are not claimed within two weeks which basically resulted in a "dog genocide". Thousands of dogs have been brutally killed since then, beaten to death, set on fire and so on. I won't share the pictures with you but I can tell you that they haunt me in my dreams. 

Romania refuses to discuss a spay and neuter program and to put up dogs for adoption. Animal right activists worldwide are outraged because of the way the Romanian government handles the situation.

The new law will be discussed again on Friday at the constitutional court. Please sign the petition here, every signature counts!

In my opinion Romania shows that the country is an unworthy member of the European Union.

Talk soon & have a good day!