#fenja gets mail

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Fenja 🥰 i just turned off my laptop so, since we can't super boop on the app, consider the five boops you're about to receive as a super boop 🐾

BOOOP! Right back at you 🐾

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THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY! Thanks for the Lunch package cute anon <33

Here, I brought you some too: 🥐🍓🧋

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why?? do?? germans?? love?? bread??

Oh, my sweet summer child. The question should be: why?? do?? other?? countries?? not?? love?? bread??

No, but really, you must’ve never had the joy to taste German bread. Otherwise, you wouldn’t ask me this question. Let me give you a quick overview of the greatness that is german bread. Sadly (because we are on the internet) I can’t let you taste it so you’ll have to live with the greatest pictures I was able to find online. But trust me, it tastes even better than it looks like

1. First of all, let’s start with good old german Bauernbrot.

You see that beautiful and delicious looking crust? I can almost feel the taste on my tongue just by looking at this beautiful picture. It’s made from sourdough and if the word perfection could be photographed, it would be this picture

2. Then there is Paderborner Landbrot which looks like the following:

Paderborner Landbrot is also made from sourdough and has a very strong taste. At the same time, it’s also very soft and stays fresh for a very long time. I suggest putting some butter on your Paderborner. I would even eat it like a piece of cake. You know? A cup of coffee and a piece of Paderborner? Call your friends and tell them about Paderborner.

3. Pumpernickel, also known as Schwarzbrot, is what you call these slices from heaven

Wikipedia told me that Pumpernickel is known as typical German bread 🤝 it’s a heavy, slightly sweet rye bread. The word Pumpernickel comes from an old bavarian term for “hard”.

4. Last but not least we have sweet sweet Knäckebrot, which technically has its origin in Sweden. But it’s amazing and I wanted to include it so there you go. Also, rectangular Knäckebrot like this was first manufactured in GERMANY in 1927! So it’s totally justified that it’s on this list:

Knäckebrot is a flat kind of cracker, it’s the better form of a cracker. Treat yourself to some Knäckebrot. You won’t regret it.

There is much more AMAZING, GROUNDBREAKING, WORLD CHANGING german bread but looking at all of these bread pictures made me quite hungry so I am going to stop here (and go have a slice of BREAD!! Because I am German! DUH) 

But here have a picture of a German woman in her natural habitat

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Frohe Weihnachten!🎄❤

Ohhh dir auch frohe Weihnachten, Jess 🌲🌟

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you didn't know pedro was on got?? girl..

... i'm sorry!! I am like always having a hard time recognizing faces ajsksgsks. I think it was because of the moustache lmao

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Hi! I saw on your profile that you have fibromyalgia and I’m really interested in learning more about how you realized you had it - I’ve had unexplained pain in different areas for the past few months.. my mom has it and she said she was my age when she started getting the symptoms so just wondering what your experience was with it - thanks!

Hi! I am sorry to hear that you are having unexplained pain :( I really hope it just vanishes again and is not Fibromyalgia *fingers crossed*

But of course I can explain to you how I realized I have it:

Ok first of all, I had an accident when I was 11 years old where my knee cap was almost completely destroyed. I had to learn to walk again and it took about 8 years until the doctors found a way to fix it completely. And that was the same time period where I noticed the first symptoms. So I don't know how these two correlate with each other.

I first noticed that my tolerance for pain was severely lowered. At the beginning this only applied to my arms. Since I was still a kid, and a fairly active one when it came to outside activities, it often occurred that I fell while playing outside and ended up in the hospital every single time (for a period of time it was like once a week) because my parents thought I'd broken my arm or wrist etc. And this was never the case and the doctors were so confused. And I was in so much pain.

Two years later I also started having lots of stomach problems. I ended up in the hospital again and they removed my appendix because the only logical explanation for my stomach pain, in the eyes of these doctors, was an inflammation of the appendix. It wasn't the case though. I still have lots of stomach problems to this day and I guess its just part of the fibromyalgia.

Over the following years the pain just got worse and worse and worse. I developed raynauds (my fingers just turned blue and hurt a lot) and my skin started to become very sensitive to the point where even wearing clothes hurt.

I got the diagnosis fibromyalgia approx 5 months after my eighteenth birthday. So it took them about 7 years to find out what was going on with my body. At age fourteen I was also misdiagnosed with rheumatism and took medication for that for about 2 years. Obviously it didn't help.

Symptoms like back pain, bladder issues, migraines etc appeared as well.

I sadly can't 100% recall anymore in which order my fibromyalgia symptoms started to appear since I've had it for 12 years now. I only remember that it started with this lower pain tolerance shortly after my accident.

Here is a list of symptoms I have that not necessarily have to point to fibromyalgia but since I have these, I thought I'd just list them:

wide spread muscle pain

joint pain

fatigue and headaches/migraines

stomach pain and ibs

back pain

bladder issues, the urge to pee a lot, pain in the bladder like its inflamed

skin sensitivity

cramps in my legs

restless leg syndrome

raynayds syndrome

insomnia

not feeling rested no matter how many hours of sleep I got

overall weakness and being exhausted super quick

stiffness

cognitive problems and memory issues

feeling too hot or too cold, especially in the hands and feet

Anxiety

I am not sure if this is any helpful at all but please keep me updated (if thats ok for you!) on how you are doing <3 again, I am keeping my fingers crossed for you.

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just stopping by to drop some hearts ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖💗💞💕 i hope you're doing good ❤️🤗

Oh thats so sweet! Thank you Nefeli! Sending you a hug🥰❤

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🍓 (I know you said you felt the same about me but... 👀)

Sophieeeeee! Hello! I hope you are feeling a little better now (I accidentally typed ‘bitter’ instead of ‘better’ and was like ... well who isn’t feeling a little bitter these days?)

But yes, let’s go back to the compliment part. I LOVE your blog. I still can’t believe that some anon once walked into my inbox and was like ‘guess what, you and Sophie would be friends’ and I had NEVER heard about your blog before but when I clicked on it I felt like 

yes, I just made that with paint please don’t judge me. So yes, very glad that this anon forced us to be friends! ♥

I really like that you are a fellow bread loving german and your posts are just always so relatable. Also, I like that we sometimes talk in English and sometimes talk in German. And just like you said before, it’s quite handy that you are a fellow tag talker (that’s what I just established to say when I wanna talk about people who talk in the tags - as one should) it makes me feel less like a stalker when people put their entire lives in the tags because honestly same.I love that you also blog about stuff I didn’t know yet and therefore you make me discover and learn about new things! Especially when it comes to politics! 

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List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box of the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. Spread some happiness in the world :P 💕💕

Hi! 🥰

1. My girlfriend @prinzessinglitzerfee ❤

2. That I got accepted for my literal dream job today!

3. Nature. Mountains. The Ocean. Bees. Flowers. Enjoying this summer weather atm

4. Food. Especially Cake.

5. My friends and family 🥰

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do you know @korusalka? i feel like you guys would be great friends

I didn't know them but I just checked out their blog and saw a post about germans and bread and yes, as a german bread lover this is my kind of blog

Hi @korusalka this anon thinks we could be friends :D

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hater

No hate anon, only love!

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i'm just gonna bunker down on your blog and spend the next few hours staring at Marti 💖

Hehe 🥰 that's always a good idea

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THE ENGLISH GAME IS SO GOOD!! i've watched the whole thing and it manages to bring out all the thrills and emotions that the actual game brings

NEFELI! The second I started watching it I KNEW you would love it too! I only watched the first episode so far but omggg you are so right! It definitely brings out the thrill and joy like watching actual football! Ugh I miss it so much so this show is just a blessing right now

I've ALWAYS wondered why there are no good tv shows about football! And now there is! Can't wait to continue watching later today 😍😍

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Omg I started watching Anne with an e too and omg I absolutely love the show! What are your thoughts on it? Where are you on it?

Hiiii! Ahh I love this show so much I am so sad I only discovered it now :(( I am currently on 1x05 and so far I really really adore it. Anne is so cute and I wanna hug her all the time. So far my favorite characters are Matthew and Gilbert tho! What about you? Which episode are you on and who is your favorite? Also do you cry as much as I do? (1x04 was the first episode where i did not cry lmao)

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are u friends with angela merkel? :o

Obviously! She's Mutti!

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9, 12, 15, 28, 32, 41, 44, 52, 56, 66, 69, 73, 96, 98 (there were way too many good ones I'm sorry)

Hello Baby ❤ I am so sorry that this took me so long to answer but I finally!!! did it lmao. Thank you for being so patient with me ily

9. favorite smell in the summer? Ok this is going to sound so weird but I love the smell of swimming pools. And summer rain! And just how summer evenings smell in general! And the smell of garden parties and bbq’s and :’) I just love summer. For me the smell of summer is the smell of happy childhood memories

12. name of your favorite playlist? “The reason I’m smiling”

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?Die Räuber by Schiller!!!! I just JSGJDGKGA loved it so much! I really wanna reread it this year! And I really hope that I’ll still like this because I read this one when I was like 15

28. five songs to describe you? Anxiety by Julia Micheals, Zero by Imagine Dragons, Someone to you by Banners, Never forget by Take That and Elf vom Niederrhein because I believe that being a hardcore football fan is just part of my dna

32. top five favorite vines? “Hey babe, happy one year” - “I’m 27″“aw fuck I can’t believe you’ve done this”“hey I’m lesbian” - “I thought you were american”“my name is michael with a b and I’ve been afraid of insects my” - “stop stop stop where is the b? - “THERE IS A BEE?”and I leave number 5 open because there are just too many great vines and I cannot decide

41. last person you texted? you ♥

44. favorite scent for soap? anything lemon! And I also love lavender

52. favorite font? Maybe Baskerville 🤔But I’m so used to use times new roman that I don’t think I have a favorite font. I prefer handwritten things if that counts lmao

56. favorite tradition? My sister and I have this tradition of spending time together while we are waiting for “santa”. When she was little we always stood in front of my window and I would point out lights from planes or even stars to her and tell her that it’s santa. And while doing that we always talk about EVERYTHING. And we still do that today (but leave out the “oh look that must be Rudolph's red nose part”)

66. favorite flower(s)? Tulips!

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? I don’t think I understood this question correctly lmao. As in something I am able to do but don’t remember how I learned to do it? Hmm 🤔 or a fact I know? i’m confusion I’m so sorry

73. favorite weird flavor combo? when I was little I always had grapes on my bread rolls lmao. Like I would poke a hole in my bread roll and then stuff it with grapes until it was full. And it was THE BEST. But my mom always told me not to do that and now I’ve been legally an adult for almost 5 years and I have never tried it again even tho no one can stop me now :(((((

96. desktop background?

98. favorite historical era?THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE QUESTION FROM AN ASK GAME THANK YOU SO MUCH BABY!!! Probably late modern period because ughh yes! But I also love the late middle ages and then, super random now, the 80′s!