Astrid & Her Amazing “An Intruder in the House” – Adventure

Oh, no, there is an intruder in Astrid’s household! Popular as Astrid’s house is, a new person has moved in. It is OUTER SPACE OWEN:



And together with RESTLESS RICHARD and MISS FRIVOLOUS FRAN he is in the running of becoming Astrid’s favourite housemate next to big boss, TERRIFYING TOM.



How will he try to defeat the two other housemates? Will he give Astrid roller-skate-lessons, so Astrid can get to work faster? Will he learn her to eat a bowl of curried chickpeas in less than 5 minutes with disposable chopsticks? Will he drive her to the zoo around lunch-time when Astrid really needs to see that baby panda again coz it is oh-so cute?!



Outerspace Owen starts off by giving Astrid a KINDEREGG:



Restless Richard and Miss Frivolous Fran think Outer Space Owen is NO COMPETITION to them, after all one of them went out to play Frisbee with Astrid in the park, while the other one sat next to Astrid in a church while Astrid sang Christmas Carols!!!





-to be continued-

Astrid & Her Amazing "Muffin-Diet" - Adventure

Sometimes you just feel like eating a muffin; sometimes you just feel like eating a muffin all day long and if your name is Astrid NOTHING -BUT REALLY NOTHING- STOPS YOU FROM DOING SO!

So last Sunday started off with a Lemon Poppy Seed-muffin, continued with a Classic Blueberry-muffin, and finished off with a MOUTHWATERING Peanut Butter-Banana Muffin for Astrid!

The end? No! It is just the beginning of a MUFFIN-ERA!!!



Each of these muffins were purchased without a single Pence discount in Notting Hill. You might have heard about this place or seen it in the movies, but Astrid really goes there to eat muffins and to make new friends: "HI MIGHTY MAX! HI LUCKY LUKE!"



Astrid ran into these fellows when ordering a drink when she really needed to go to the loo:

Astrid (not thirsty at all) to waitress: "I'd like a carrot-wheatgrass -apple-orange-celery juice, please, but only if you have a loo?"

I say there is lots of conversation material in that one phrase!



More friends/enemies were made later that day when Astrid boarded the tube.

Some Australians who were a bit tipsy were convinced that Astrid with her surfer-look was Australian, since they were maybe really a bit too merry, Astrid decided that her momma would be really proud if she just ignored these people.



So she boarded the tube, found a seat on the other end from where the Aussies were sitting, and then ... then they started singing all these Australian national songs and demanded that the surfer-girl would tune in while pointing at Astrid on the other side of the tube.



Everyone looked at Astrid, hoping she would show off her singing skills!?!?! Well, bad luck, Astrid doesn't have these skills, and besides, she would need a sheet with the melody and the lyrics of these songs!

When Astrid did not tune in, the Australians started dancing in front of her. Boy, they sure had some funny dance moves, so Astrid could no longer put up with her serious-face and had to go for the tears-streaming-down-her-face-look! Then she reached her destination and hopped off like any muffin-queen would do!