Peek into my world

Shopping!!!!

2009-07-12T19:50:00.010+02:00

Daphné and I planned a scrapbook shopping trip to Holland. We live in the West part of Belgium so it took us a 2,5 hour car ride to reach our first shop. What do we need during a long car ride??? Indeed, ascrapbook magazine and chocolade :-)

Our first stop was the beautiful shop Paper & Pictures. It was our first time there and we will surely go there again. What a nice shop!! Lots and lots of paper, alphabets, embellishments, ... The shop owner is such a nice lady too. Can't wait to go there again.
Normally our first stop is 'De Creatie' in Veghel but that shop is closed now. We needed another shop so we decided to go to P&P.

Me, myself and I ;-)

Daphné and I

After P&P we drove to Heesch for 'De Scrapbookwinkel'. You can't shop with an empty stomach so we stopped at Mc Donalds and had lunch. After lunch, we did some more shopping at the Scrapbookwinkel.

It was a hot day. After shopping in the Scrapbookwinkel, it was 38°C in the car.

Some of the beautiful paper and stuff that I bought.

Can't believe ...

2009-07-04T23:04:00.007+02:00

that the schoolyear is over now! It ended on June 30th. Here are some snapshots of the last days.

The kids of grade 4 wrote 'Thank you' and all their names.
In the weekend, Eric and I were invited to a party.

Our principal is retired now. We made a little show and gave him some presents.

The girls of my class.

The last minute of the schoolyear :-)

News

2009-06-17T10:14:00.003+02:00

Hi everyone,

Just a short note to let you know that the spot on my arm was nothing bad. I had my stitches removed last Wednesday and then the doctor told me that the lab result was good :-)

Thanks for all your thoughts
xxx

Zumba

2009-06-07T16:01:00.003+02:00

Daphné and I went to our first Zumba class together. Waw, this is really fun. The music really invites you to move and dance. It's like you are on a vacation in the Caribean. It was so much fun to move again after being lazy for almost 1 year. After the class I was wondering why I didn't start this earlier. Yeah, I'm addicted to ZUMBA!!! And this after only 1 lesson :-)

Dizzy

2009-05-30T18:57:00.002+02:00

On Monday I saw that one of those little brown spots on my body (don't know the name in English) was bigger and it was bleeding a bit. I was so worried that I phoned my doctor and I had to go and see him in the evening. He told me that it had to be removed and send to the lab for examination. Today, the doctor removed it. I was so nervous that I got dizzy during the little surgery. I had to lay down with my feet up till I was feeling better.
Right now, the anestetics are not working anymore and it's getting sore. Still feel a bit dizzy too ...
I hope the result will be good.

My week in pics and some scrapbooking

2009-05-17T10:33:00.010+02:00

Another week in pictures. I know, I'm terribly behind since I started in January but here is last week.

May 10: Every 3 year we have a cat parade in our city

May 12: Looking through the order book for next school year. Need to order new manuals for the kids.

May 13: I made tomato soup with little meat balls in it

May 14: Took a relaxing, hot bath

May 16: Went to the scrapbook store to buy some new stuff

Finally found some time to scrap.

Made a page about my dad with his 'Opinel'. That's a brand of knives. He always has this pocket knife with him in his car. He uses it for all kind of stuff. Mostly when we have a picnic.

This is my sister and I. She lives a 2 hours drive from my home. Last month her boyfriend broke up with her after 6 years. I went to see her during the weekend. While I was there we went shopping to cheer her up. On that moment we decided to buy colourful clothes instead of black, brown or white.

Wedding

2009-05-07T18:46:00.003+02:00

Almost a month ago we had a wedding to attend. My sister came over to our house to stay with us. On the first pic you can see my sis and I getting ready in the bathroom. The other pics are showing us, ready to go to the party.

Pictures + RAK

2009-05-02T14:15:00.005+02:00

The youngest son of Eric is having his confirmation on May 17th. I made some pics of him to use as a gift to the people who come to celebrate with us.

And a RAK

Sarah is cleaning up her scraproom and she gives another RAK. So go over there quickly and have a look

http://redoaklines.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/its-raining-ribbons-and-scrap-piles-rak/#comment-1725

RAK

2009-04-28T20:57:00.001+02:00

Sarah is cleaning her scraproom and therefor she's giving away 2 RAK's!! So go over there quickly and get to know her. She's a fantastic scrapper.
http://redoaklines.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/waiting-for-may-double-rak/

Cavas

2009-04-22T17:25:00.002+02:00

I made a canvas for my sister. First I painted it green, then added the flowers to the picture. Finally I decorated it with owls, more flowers, a deer, title and quote.

What do you think about it? My sister loved it and it's decorating her living room right now.

New bed

2009-04-10T13:36:00.004+02:00

We bought a new bed. Our old bed was not good anymore. We had trouble sleeping and we were still very tired when we woke up. Now we have the bed we always wanted. It has a boxspring an

d that's so soft to sleep on. We went to Ikea to buy some new bed sheets and cushions. What do you think about it?

Hey there

2009-04-01T13:37:00.003+02:00

Just a quick post to let you know that my mum is doing fine. The surgery was difficult and she had lots of pain. She stayed in hospital for 1,5 week and has to stay at home for about 6 weeks. All she can do is rest and relax. We were all happy to hear that the tumor was not cancer.

I think spring has found it's way to Belgium. The weather is sunny and about 17 degrees. This afternoon we are going to Ikea to do some shopping. We have bought a new bed and it will be delivered next week. On the bed I want lots of cushions and nice bed clothes. I love bright lemon green so maybe I'll try to find some stuff with that colour.

Next week I'll have Easter holidays. Can't wait to have some time to scrap and read books. I'm missing scrapping so much :-(

Surprise birthday party

2009-03-18T17:48:00.009+01:00

On Saturday, March 7th, we were invited to a surprise birthday party. We all had to be dressed in a disco outfit. The birthday girl turned 50!! Her husband is a client of our pub so we were invited too. It was so much fun. I danced a lot and even Eric tried the dancefloor :-)

Eric is in the middle

My friend Isabel and I

Eric again

The birthday girl. Doesn't she look surprised?

There was a lady who gave dance lessons to the men

Eric and Philip

Finally another update

2009-03-14T16:41:00.021+01:00

Life has been hectic over here. My mother is in hospital since a week. She had to go through a surgery. I go there every evening so I don't have much time left for anything else.

Three weeks ago, we went to Gent for 2 nights. Gent is a wonderful, medieval city. I went there to study to become a teacher. I stayed there for 4 years. It was like a trip back in time for me :-)

Warning: long photo post!!!

This one and the next one are my favourite ones.

Medieval building

Can you believe this??? This is a pub called 'the littel bike'. It has all kinds of bikes and other stuff on the ceiling. It is so packed with stuff that there are only 2 tables. I guess there is only place for 8 people.

The owner of the shop

Lovely dinner

We went for a late drink and saw a couple that we know. It was his birthday so we ended up drinking champagne

This street is called 'grafiti street'. Hmmm, why did it get that name??

The old post office, now a shopping mall.

There are so many nice bars in Gent. This is one of them. Can you see Eric and me??

In the elevator (I <3 align="center"> The town hall by night

Having dinner with a friend who lives in Gent

Some layouts

2009-02-28T12:18:00.003+01:00

I've done some scrapping!!! Yeah, I know, only 2 layouts. I really should scrap more but I just don't find the time. There are still 6 letters waiting to be answered too. So, if you are one of my penpals, don't worry, my letter will come your way soon :-) I haven't forgotten about you.

My niece gave birth to a daughter last year. The girl is named Hera. I took these pics on the birth party.

My boyfriend Eric had his 40th birthday on January 3rd. We celebrated at the pub where we love to go.

Week 3 in February

2009-02-23T21:19:00.002+01:00

Febr. 17th: I love watching the Designers. It was the final episode.

Febr 18th: Need to hurry and leave the house as my friend is waiting for me. We had to go to a meeting for school.

Febr. 19th: Yeah, it's Grey's Anatomy again.

Febr. 20th: It was carnaval at school. This is Gilles, he's only 3 years old but totally in love with me. So funny. His mum tells me that he can't stop talking about me.

Febr. 21: We ordered Chinese

Febr 23: Although it's spring break, I worked for school.

Tagged

2009-02-23T12:34:00.003+01:00

I was tagged by Daphné, Karin and someone else. I had to scroll to the 5th file with pics on my pc. There I had to take the 5th pic. This is what came out: Brugge.
I took this picture in December when we were in Brugge. You can see the market place with the ice skating ring (blue and yellow lights).

I don't know who to tag next, so if you like this, just go ahead.

Some highlights of my week

2009-02-16T17:51:00.010+01:00

Febr. 8: Working on my 365 project

Febr. 11: My lunch

Febr. 9: Had to see the doctor as my ear was very painful.

Febr. 10: Taking a shower

Febr. 12: It snowed during the night.

Febr. 14: Having dinner on Valentines Day

Febr. 13: Our headmaster will retire at the end of the schoolyear. We gave him a surprise party last Friday.

Febr. 15: We had friends coming over for lunch. They have Singstar and they brought it with them. I loved it!!!

Febr. 16: Some other car must have hit my mirror. It was hanging apart when I saw it.

New pics

2009-02-07T23:04:00.009+01:00

February 5th: Finally!!!! The kit has arrived. Now I can start.

February 1st: Going out for lunch. We had lobster and I drank a mojito to start :-)

February 2nd: We had snow this morning. I took this pic on the playground of our school.

February 3rd: Every evening while watching Home and Away I eat some fruit. Right now, I'm addicted to red oranges

February 4th: Next month, we have to go to a birthday party and the theme is 'Disco'. We decided to go to a shop where you can rent costumes.

February 6th: My mum and Walther. We went out for dinner.

February 7th: my yummie breakfast this morning

Awards

2009-01-28T19:09:00.002+01:00

I got 2 awards in the past week!! Am I a lucky girl, or what???

I got this one from Cathy, thanks a lot!!

So now here is what I got to do. I must list 5 addictions, and 5 people I'd like to honor with my "classy award" also. Ok, first with addictions...

1. I'm addicted to chips.
2. I'm addicted to scrapbooking (of course)
3. I'm addicted to baking cookies, cakes, ...
4. I'm addicted to my bed :-)
5. I'm addicted to the internet

Hmm, and now 5 persons who get this award:
1. Kelly
2. Daphné
3. Birgit
4. Mika
5. Revlie

I got this one from Arianne. Thanks a lot! I want to give this award t o all my blogreaders. It's always nice to read your comments so you all deserve it.

2009-01-23T17:07:00.009+01:00

I finally found some time to upload some daily pics for the project.

Got some mail from my penpals in the mailbox (January 16)

Ready to go to a basketbal match. (January 17)

Relaxing in the sofa with a good book and chips (January 20)

My voice is gone, I can barely speak (January 21)

The kids in my class made a project about 'old proffesions' (oude beroepen) (january 22)

The weather s*cks. It's raining cats and dogs. (January 23)

Baileys always loves the bathroom but she know she's not allowed to go in there. So every now and then (when we forget to close the door) she jumps between the towels and sleeps over there.

She loves to rub her face.

Is the weather that bad at your side of the world too?? I don't mind if it rains when I'm inside the house with cosy clothes on and a nice book. But I hate it when I have to work and run from my car to school, from playground to classroom, .... Yikes!!

Thank god it's Friday!!!

Here we are again ...

2009-01-14T19:16:00.007+01:00

Look at my sweet kitty. She's relaxing on the heating.

I'm still working on the 365 days project so here are my new shots

January 11

It was just a lazy Sunday. Relaxing and watching some DVD's. In the evening we ate French bread with cheese. Of course we drank some yummie wine with it.

January 12

The first day of the working week. I ate some white chocolate for breakfast.

January 13

One of my pupils is in hospital and the kids made some lovely cards for her. I went to the hospital this evening to see how she was.

January 14

I baked some chocolate muffins yesterday and they are so yummie!!! I was looking forward to the moment when I came home and could eat some :-)

Yeah, Gillmore girls is on tv. I'm off, girls! Love this show :-)

365 days - January 9 and 10

2009-01-11T14:09:00.008+01:00

Januray 9
Since more than a week, it's freezing like hell. We didn't have such weather for the past 10 years. When I wanted to go to work this morning, I had problems with the doorhandle of my car. I could unlock my car without any problems but when I was inside the car, I couldn't close my door anymore. I tried several times but with no result. I started to panic as I had to be at work so I phoned my dad to know what I had to do. I couldn't leave my car alone because I couldn't close it anymore. My dad told me that he would come over to help me but luckily he didn't have to. After trying several times to close it (and touching all kind of stuff in the door) it finally worked. Pffff, I was so happy to drive to school without any further problems.

January 10
I took down the Christmas tree. Don't you think it's strange that decorating the tree takes more time than removing all the stuff :-)

Enjoy some 'freezing' pics of the last days

PS: If you want to know when I updated my blog, than you can add my blog to the list of blogs you 'follow'. I don't know how it is indicated in English on Blogspot (or any other blogsite) but I've added the blogs I read very often on my list and now I can see which blogs are updated. I can find it under the 'Dashboard' link on top. It's so much easier than browsing through all the blogs to see if they are updated. :-)

2 new days

2009-01-08T16:47:00.004+01:00

in my 365 days project.

I tried to bake banana cake but it seems like somthing went wrong. Look at the inside of the cake. I threw it away cause it doesn't like tasteful. (January 7)

Jan 8: I took 2 pics today and I don't know what to choose. The one above is a page in a scrapbook magazine. I tried my new camera while changing the diafragma.

This one is my boyfriend playing his Playstation 3. He's playing Brother in Arms.

So now I'm asking your help. Do I have to take the first pic of the pic with my bf as picture of day 8.

365 days

2009-01-06T21:03:00.011+01:00

I decided to take part at the 365 days project by Becky Higgins. It took some troubles to order the kit but Lilith told me that she got the confirmation e-mail :-). All we have to do now is wait till it arrives.
Until I can start scrapping, I write down what I did everyday and I take a pic too. Below you can see my most recent ones.
Anybody else who's participating at the project 365 days?

Jan. 3: My boyfriends birthday

Jan 4: Baking croissants

Jan 5: Back to work and it was snowing when I woke up

Jan 6: At home on the sofa. I'm ill

I've done some scrapping too during Christmas holiday. Here are some of my pages:

We moved in July 2008. These pics were taken when the cats went outside for the first time. They were so scared :-)

The last day of 2008. I wrote about some stuff that happened to us in 2008

Some of the gifts I got for my 29th birthday

I'm feeling so weak today. My throat is still sore but my head is a bit better because of the pills the doctor gave me. All I want to do is sleep but I can't because then my mouth gets very dry and I wake up for some water. The pills give me a bad taste in my mouth too, yikes!!

Hope you are feeling better than I am. What a bad way to start the year 2009 :-)