Kate

Its' just another day, another date, another piece of paper in my diary, but there is still something special about this day. Tommorow there will be brand new year. Year 2017. Many people tend to make New Year's Resolution, because they think that there is only one day in a year that can change everything. Disagree. You can make a resolution about your future and better self everyday, because honestly, why the hell not? :-)
Anyway, I wish you love, joy, happiness, support, health, adventures, experiences, unforgettable memories,  happy family time, perfect Bithday, lovely summer,.... simply enjoy everyday of your life! And If you like my blog and enjoy reading my blog posts, stay with me in the New Year.

Christmas is over. This lovely day that comes only once a year is officially over. And I enjoyed it! I spent the morning at work, but it was allright, because I met only nice people who were kind, so I didn't even mind I was at work on Christmas Day. And when I was on my way home it was snowing! I felt like Olaf in Frozen when he was born - so happy and couldn't believe my eyes!
At home, first of all, I prepared myself some snack, because I was starving and after a little break and a cup of coffee, I helped mum decorating the table and together we prepared everything for the evening. And then the evening came, which means dining, presents watching a Christmas film, eating Christmas sweets and being happy together!
I hope you had perfect Christmas!

Have you heard of The BB BLC? It's a list of books made by an unknown author and it's very likely it is based on another Book List Challenge that BBC released after a survey made in 2003. I went through both of the lists and here are the books I've read:
(books from the first unofficial list)

• Harry Potter Series - J. K. Rowling
• The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
• Memoirs of Geisha - Arthur Golden
• The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
• Moby Dick - Herman Melville (currently reading)
• A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
• Madame Bovary - Gustav Flaubet
• The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Charlie & The Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

Happy & Merry!
I wish you all the best, lovely time with your family and friends, enjoy christmas films and stay positive, strong, be kind to each other and spread love! I spent yesterday (23December) at work all day and it was really busy day that I was exhausted in the evening! So I was glad I could drank my tea of the day, do Christmas salad, prepared myself some meal and watched my favourite Christmas fairytale.

Why did I use such title? The tea of the day was Guardian Angel, so I was thinking if you have someone in your life who is always there for you and helps you no matter what you are going through. For someone it can be family, for someone their friends, pets or even strangers that smiles at you on your way to work. And if you don't have someone like this, you can be your own Guardian Angel! According to what I can see around me before Christmas, people are going really crazy, so please guys, calm down, have yourself a cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate, sit down, grab your favourite book or watch your favourite film, or just meet your friends or members of your family and enjoy these little moments. Who cares if your home is perfectly clean or you have 20 different kinds of Christmas cookies, Christmas is not about food, about cleaning up all day, Christmas is about piece, happiness, gratitude, love, family and friends - don't forget about it!

Ahoy!
It's Thursday night, I came from work few minutes ago and now I'm sitting on the sofa and watching one my all-time favourite film The Holiday and waiting until my tea of the day becomes drinkable.
Today was the premiere of new animated film Sing and I was sceptical about this film, because I don't like animated films with main characters who sing all the time or worse: dance all the time! However, Sing is soooo lovely, amazing, perfect, adorable, cute and charming! You have to watch it! I was dancing and laughing all the time. And my tea is ready! It's unbelievable that 22 days ago I didn't like herbal tea and now I drink one herbal tea a day and I like them! Christmas time is magical and full of miracles!
Enjoy the last day before Christmas and be kind, friendly and share love with others!
I'm saying this, because my dad and my gradma are going really crazy during Christmas time and they don't have time to see me or my sis before our Christmas date, because they have so much things to do (for example buying Christmas presents, baking Christmas cookies, buying grocery for a traditional Christmas dinner,...) and I think they are missing the whole point of Christmas. It's not about spending all day in the kitchen, it's about spending time with people you love.

On Tuesday I didn't want to get out of my bed in the morning. I mentioned before I am very sleepy lately, but on Tuesday I realised I miss passion in my life. I miss that one thing I could be loyal and passionate about. Yes, I do many things...I work at the cinema, which si awesome, I also worked in a caffee this year for about 6 months and it was an excellent experience, I love sewing, I enjoy writting, I love my blog, I am into taking pictures with my camera, I have a perfect boyfriend, my sister is also amazing partner in crime for me, BUT... I bet everyone had days like these when you don't feel emotional about anything. And tea named Strong Will was a real joke, because I am trying so hard not to lose my self-confidence and faith, but then days like these come and I feel powerless and can't think of any good target in my life. Luckily, I always try to look at the bright side of everything, so I know these days pass and next day evrything will be better, sun will shine brighter and I will be thankful for every breath I take and every sunset I can see.

Christmas is coming so quickly! While I was drinking my daily tea named Inspiration Tea and watching an episode of Mentalist, I didn't realise it's almost Christmas. However, how the day is getting closer and closer I am more and more sleepy! I usually go to bed about midnight and I'm so exhausted in the mornings, but this week it's getting worse! I don't want to leave my bed in the mornings, but I'm not so sleepy at night. I hope this weird disorder will fix soon :-)

The Christmas films are the best! Which of them I prefer and love the most?

Serendipity

A Christmas Carol (2009)

My weekend in one word: RELAX. That's all I've done. Wrapping up presents I forgot to wrap during the week, buying a Christmas tree, watching Home Alone 2 and Zoella's Vlogmas, repairing my phone, watching some more Christmas films, drinking mulled wine with my girls..well, just an ordinary pre-Christmas weekend. And of course I drank my Advent tea - Chai Rooibos with milk and Fireplace together with mulled wine-in two separate mugs!

This was a really bad day for me. It started good, but then I uploaded a new update into my new phone. Yes, I haven't mentioned this fact yet: I have a new phone, a smartphone, the first in my life. And the phone broke down. There was a fault in the update and it didn't cooperate with Czech, so the phone was almost dead. For me it meant spending too much time online and finding what to do and how to fix it. I am pretty good at fixing things actually, but having a smartphone is new to me, so I didn't have any experiences, but luckily on Saturday morning I found out what to do and how to fix it and voila-it's working! I lost all my data, but what the hell :-)
And the tea of the day? Such an irony: Fortune!

Came to bed at 3 in the morning and slept almost till 10, what a great start of the day! In the afternoon I went to the downtown with my mom and sis to check out local Christmas market. Beside delicous food and lovely Christmas trea in the middle of the townsquare, it was the same as always: crowded town and nervous people, long queue everywhere, expensive mead and mulled wine. I don't feel comfortable in crowded places, but Christmas market is a must-visit! In the evening I attended the last zumba lesson this year and spent the rest of the evening in front of a tv with a cup of hot Hildegard's Breath Easy Tea and watched the last episode of Gilmore Girls:A Year in the Life. Can we stop here for a moment, please? Did you like the ending? Because honestly, I thought this whole series was supossed to give us some closure, but this, really? What is your opinion? I am really curious if anybody enjoyed the last scene...and the positive thing: I loved all four episodes and miss the girls already!
Have a lovely day,

The tea for Weednesday was called Calm down and  because I was awake for almost 24 hours (now I'm exaggerating, I went to bed at 3 in the morning and woke up at 8). And what was so special about Wednesday? The midnight premiere of new Star Wars Story: Rogue One! Have you seen it? It's amazing!
And now back to the tea of the day! I drank it in the morning while I was wrapping up Christmas presents, because I wanted to be prepared for Christmas Eve and voila I need to wrap up some more and it will be done!

The name of the tea of the day was tempting, but there was no snow outside on Tuesday. Instead of Snowball Fightiung outside, I went to the cinema (to work) and watched Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them, this time in 3D and sadly it wasn't good. The film itself is great, fantastic and Newt is so adorable, but it's way too dark for 3D, so the best version is 2D in English! ;-)

What a great weekend!
The Saturday morning ment work for me, but after that I had a very pleasant and relaxing rest of the weekend. I spent the afternoon in a whirlpool and sauna and felt almost like a princess! And because every princesss  needs a happy ending I went to a burger restauran for a burger with fries and when I came home I prepared a tea bag of the day and watch the finale of Dancing with the Stars with my girls.
Sunday
In the morning, me and my sis went to visit our grandma and had a brunch together at her place. Our grandma is very chatty, so she overtook the majority of our conversation. I cooked lunch at my place and watched a romantic Christmas theme film with my sis, after that watched my favourite winter sport -biathlon-and then just chilled out, drink some tea, played games and just simply existed and by the way, the name of th tea I drank on Sunday is Pleasant Leisure Time a d that's exactly what my day was like!

On Friday after work I felt very lucky I can finally go home, but before I opened the front door from the house I live in, I went for some sushi, you know, Ijust wanted to make my evening more special. And I also love the spicy soup! 

Milk, tea bag of chai and that's pretty much everything I need to feel relaxed and comfortabl and the 8th December was exactly that day! Thanks to my advent tea collection I enjoyed a cup of delightful chai while watching Gilmore Girls A Year in the Life: Summer. And I'm glad I was holding a cup of warm beverage that made me feel fine while watching this episode, because the ending was really sad and little upseting for me!

Wednesday was a good day. In the evening we had a baking session with my two girls, because the Christmas is coming and we want to be ready. I drank my cup of tea before, but the one and only magic potion I drank during baking - Mulled wine! Still, I will be hones to you, the tea of the day was also delicious!

Okay guys, I have a question: How does it work with Doctor Who? I started to watch the season 1 with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper aka Doctor Who and Rose and I'm very confused. I googled Doctor Who and found out I watch the 9th Doctor.....so confusing. Nevermind, I will find out soon, right?
And now, let's talk about tea! The tea number five was called Hildegard's Energy Tea and it consisted of mint, chamomile, hip and hyssop. I have to admit I'm not a fan of herbal tea, but these combinations from Sonnentor are delicious!

Second Advent Sunday and Christmas tea number four, What were you up to? I was baking Christmas Sweets and watching biathlon. That's it! I was exhausted after my trip, so I was relaxing and enjoying Sunday like a normal person - almost no work and pleasant things.
By the way, the tea for Sunday was named Brave and it was delicious!

Do you love snow? Do you enjoy winter? Come to the Czech Republic and climb the highest mountain of Jizera Mountains. I did that for the first time in my life and it was fantastic! The view, the weather (luckily) and also the way there and back. If you don't believe me, here are some photos:

Saturday was pretty crazy day guys! Me and my soulmate and best friend Kuba went for a trip and together we climbed the highest mountain of Jizera Mountains SMRK (A SPRUCE) and it was amazing! The view was breathtaking and the weather was just perfect!
And what about the tea of the day? It was very pleasant to drink a hot beverage when I came home and it happened to be the tea called It's All Good! Calming Tummy and in fact, the name pretty much sum up my evening after such a challenging trip!

The tea of today is Earl Grey with cute drawing of bear on the packaging. The tea tasted amazing! It felt like being in the UK when I was holding a cup of, traditional English tea. And what about me a the second day of December? Well, my morning was filled with work, but after that I prepared myself a delicious lunch, while eating I watched the first episode of Mentalist (and now I am seriously considering watching all the episodes, there are 151 of them by the way) and continued with the work.
In the evening I had a rendez-vous with my two friends from high school, we went to a local cafe and talked about everything, because we haven't met in a long long time, so we had a lot to discuss.

What a day! When I was going home on Wednesday night from the cinema, the whole town looked so romantic covered up in snow. However, when I woke up yesterday, it was absolutely clear that no one expected the snow (yeah, it's December and snow is very rare when you live in the mountains...sarcasm). Some roads were cleaned, but some were so full of snow I walked almost the whole way on the road and everytime I heard a noise of car, I quickly jumped to the side. In fact, I kind of liked this walk. It was adventurous and it was snowing the whole time.

When I was in Brno, two weeks ago with my sister, I bought myself a present. A collection of 24 tea bags for everyday from 1st December to 24th December. And when I opened up the first tea bag today I got an idea. I will add a post on my blog everyday with the picture of the tea of the day and add some comment about my day....
Starting tomorrow, see you!