Oki I'm tired of the mess. There is so much stuff in this little house its not funny. TOO much stuff. So I am working on it all now. What is no good, broken, missing parts, old is getting thrown out, the other stuff that has to have more looking into will get boxed in the attic until mid march when I have more time to go through, sort better, box things that can go to salvation army or something else. I wish they did yard sales here... i'd be having one thats for sure.
Anyways back to the cleaning...
21 February 2006
20 February 2006
I feel like I'm getting cabin fever...
Early friday I went out and then friday for work. But I've been inside since then. Making beads yes, but inside none the less. Its been raining all weekend and I'm ready for some sunshine.
Judy has been sick all weekend and is once again home today. She's got a slight fever, is very white and coughing a lot. Been feeding her cough syrup and cough drops to help reduce the coughing. And with this rain wallking outside is out of the question. Not to mention today I feel like I'm gonna be sick. This is not good. I can't be sick, Carnaval is friday!
Judy has been sick all weekend and is once again home today. She's got a slight fever, is very white and coughing a lot. Been feeding her cough syrup and cough drops to help reduce the coughing. And with this rain wallking outside is out of the question. Not to mention today I feel like I'm gonna be sick. This is not good. I can't be sick, Carnaval is friday!
15 February 2006
Rain, rain go away!
If there is anything I dislike about living in the Netherlands, it has to be the amount of rain that we get. On days like today when it is raining, and raining and raining... what is one to do for exercise? Walking the children to school is a good thing, but not at a speed to get my heart rate up. So I did some crunches and leg lifts. Man that hurt... guess I need to do them more often.
Now I'm sleepy and could sleep all afternoon but the children want to go to the library and turn in their books and go to this play afternoon. I don't know if I want to go out in the rain again. I told them if they clean up their stuff and help me get the upstairs sorted a bit then we might go.
I wish I could stop working and just concentrate in the evenings making beads. Someday I guess.
Now I'm sleepy and could sleep all afternoon but the children want to go to the library and turn in their books and go to this play afternoon. I don't know if I want to go out in the rain again. I told them if they clean up their stuff and help me get the upstairs sorted a bit then we might go.
I wish I could stop working and just concentrate in the evenings making beads. Someday I guess.
14 February 2006
Happy Valentine's Day!
This morning I woke up to this on my computer screen!
Sometimes he can be VERY sweet and thoughtful!
My mom had sent gifts to the girls for Valentine's Day and they were all very surprised this morning when they came downstairs to this:
I wish everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day.
Oh and btw I don't care if it was created by the card companies, valentine's day has always been special to me from the time I was little and in school where we would decorate shoe boxes in red, white, pink and silver and give all of our class mates valentine cards and eat candy and be dressed in red, white and pinks. Next to Halloween, valentine's day is one of my favourite holidays. I am teaching my children to keep it a special day as well so that they learn that everyone deserves to be loved and cared for even if you aren't 'in love' with them.
Sometimes he can be VERY sweet and thoughtful!
My mom had sent gifts to the girls for Valentine's Day and they were all very surprised this morning when they came downstairs to this:
I wish everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day.
Oh and btw I don't care if it was created by the card companies, valentine's day has always been special to me from the time I was little and in school where we would decorate shoe boxes in red, white, pink and silver and give all of our class mates valentine cards and eat candy and be dressed in red, white and pinks. Next to Halloween, valentine's day is one of my favourite holidays. I am teaching my children to keep it a special day as well so that they learn that everyone deserves to be loved and cared for even if you aren't 'in love' with them.
13 February 2006
Long weekend
After the kids had a long weekend, which consisted of Kristel being sick. Its time for a new week, finally. Kristel is still sick and now I'm not feeling so honkey dorey...
But tomorrow is another day. The eating part of my diet is still going strong, the walking has been put on hold. I know I shouldnt use the kids as an excuse, but I can not expect them to be able to walk fast enough to keep up and with Kristel sick, that just didn't seem like the smart thing to do. So tomorrow hopefully she will be feeling up to going to school and then I can go for my walk again.
Sunday was the open day for my nail specialist and it went pretty good. :D She used me as a demo for a facial and eyebrown shaping and colouring. Its kinda odd to be able to see really see my eyebrows.
http://www.magicalbody.tk is her website which she is still working on.
Here is a picture of my valentine nails and a picture of me with my new formed and coloured eyebrows.
But tomorrow is another day. The eating part of my diet is still going strong, the walking has been put on hold. I know I shouldnt use the kids as an excuse, but I can not expect them to be able to walk fast enough to keep up and with Kristel sick, that just didn't seem like the smart thing to do. So tomorrow hopefully she will be feeling up to going to school and then I can go for my walk again.
Sunday was the open day for my nail specialist and it went pretty good. :D She used me as a demo for a facial and eyebrown shaping and colouring. Its kinda odd to be able to see really see my eyebrows.
http://www.magicalbody.tk is her website which she is still working on.
Here is a picture of my valentine nails and a picture of me with my new formed and coloured eyebrows.
07 February 2006
Headaches...
They hardly stop anymore with or without tylenol/paracetomal, not even my walking and vitamins are helping to reduce them. I hope its this odd weather, and not migraines. They aren't terribly painful, but they just throb on and on and on and don't go away. Sometimes sleeping helps, but who has time for that during the day? Too many things to do and not enough time to do it all.
Sometimes I feel like I'm going to turn into a piece of fruit or a head of lettuce, or some other vegetable. I eat so much of it you would think I'd be looking like one soon.
Well I gotta finish my salad and get ready to go help my nail specialist stuff mailboxes with flyers.
Open Day - 12 Feb 2006 - 12pm - 5pm
Magical Body Beauty Salon
van Hogendorpstraat 55-05
Tilburg
Sometimes I feel like I'm going to turn into a piece of fruit or a head of lettuce, or some other vegetable. I eat so much of it you would think I'd be looking like one soon.
Well I gotta finish my salad and get ready to go help my nail specialist stuff mailboxes with flyers.
Open Day - 12 Feb 2006 - 12pm - 5pm
Magical Body Beauty Salon
van Hogendorpstraat 55-05
Tilburg
06 February 2006
A busy busy busy day today
Just got home from my walk. After having a VERY stressful morning with the kids it was nice to walk off my anger at them. They aren't that bad but we were running late and they were more interested in the tv than finding their shoes.
But anyways, today is a full day.
Walk, shower, groceries, finish tacking hubby's costume and put the sewing stuff away, and then clean the house, at least start on it. For some reason when I go into sewing mode I don't pay attention to anything else and of course everyone else lets things go too. So of course the house looks like a bomb went off in it. Even though I swept on saturday. The kids have not been keeping their stuff cleaned up, guess it is time to throw things away again. And hubby is leaving his stuff all over the place again too. Then he whines at me when I ask him to get me toilet paper cause someone else empty the roll and didn't fill the holder afterwards. Why am I the only one in the whole house who knows how to do this? Is it really soooo difficult to put a new roll on the toiletpaper holder and if the extra holder is empty fill it up when you take the last roll off it? Urgh!
Oki no more time for chitchat, I must get my shower and get busy today.
I want to try and make beads tonight to go with my costume. Costume you ask? Oh its nearly time for Carnaval (the dutch version of Mardi Gras)
Here is what I have made.
The Devils in Angel Disguises (aka my daughters)
The Devilish Dad
And the Flaming Hot Devil Mama
The only thing I've noticed with mine, is that I think I will add a piece of elastic across the back to make it more form fitting around my waist, but still have the give for movement, normally I would make such a costume out of stretchy fabric but this stuff was awesomely priced. 3 meters for 5 euros. :)
But anyways, today is a full day.
Walk, shower, groceries, finish tacking hubby's costume and put the sewing stuff away, and then clean the house, at least start on it. For some reason when I go into sewing mode I don't pay attention to anything else and of course everyone else lets things go too. So of course the house looks like a bomb went off in it. Even though I swept on saturday. The kids have not been keeping their stuff cleaned up, guess it is time to throw things away again. And hubby is leaving his stuff all over the place again too. Then he whines at me when I ask him to get me toilet paper cause someone else empty the roll and didn't fill the holder afterwards. Why am I the only one in the whole house who knows how to do this? Is it really soooo difficult to put a new roll on the toiletpaper holder and if the extra holder is empty fill it up when you take the last roll off it? Urgh!
Oki no more time for chitchat, I must get my shower and get busy today.
I want to try and make beads tonight to go with my costume. Costume you ask? Oh its nearly time for Carnaval (the dutch version of Mardi Gras)
Here is what I have made.
The Devils in Angel Disguises (aka my daughters)
The Devilish Dad
And the Flaming Hot Devil Mama
The only thing I've noticed with mine, is that I think I will add a piece of elastic across the back to make it more form fitting around my waist, but still have the give for movement, normally I would make such a costume out of stretchy fabric but this stuff was awesomely priced. 3 meters for 5 euros. :)
02 February 2006
Could it be colder?
Man talk about reasons to avoid the walking round. Which I have NOT! Even though by the time I get home from the 30min walk I'm freezing and need a hot shower, just to get warmed up. The dog loves the walks as well as I'm enjoying them. I walked on tuesday without the dog and talk about lonely walking. So she comes with me everytime. I haven't had a chance to make it to the wandelbos to check out how long it would take to walk around there, but if I do that then I can't take the dog. I keep wanting to go to the woods to walk, but each time I plan to go it rains or snows or I have to do the shopping, so I just do the 30min round the neighbourhood instead. Course the wood walk would be better cause its also a 15 min bike ride away. So I'd actually be having an hour work out. Guess I need to get my butt in gear and go do that.
Yesterday when shopping for dinner with the girls, sometimes it is just SOOOOOOOOOOO hard to walk through the cookies, chips, candies and ignore them. I'm doing pretty good with that, my real downfall is ice cream. When it gets close to that time of the month. MAN... I MUST have Ben & Jerry's New York Chocolate Fudge Chunk ice cream. NOTHING else fixes the need. But I'm doing good now... 2 months no ice cream. Talk about killer when you walk past it in the store.
Well anyways the costumes are coming along slowly but surely. The girls costumes are complete aside for the devil tails. Hubby's is being a real pain in the butt with my stupid idea of applying the left over flames on his sleeves and front of the shirt. I'm having to stitch them on by hand cause the machine isn't letting me keep them flat enough.
Today for dinner is left over pea soup cause with all the sewing I have yet to get done I am SOOO not in the mood to cook anything else. Tomorrow will prolly be pizza. During the day I try very hard to be good, take my vitamins, which is just the local drugstore brand specially for women, and some apple cider vinegar tablets that will supposedly help increase my metabolism. I'm hoping, they also seem to be a type of hunger suppressant, cause I take 1 in the morning and one 30min before dinner and I'm fine with one bowl or one plate of something. And most importantly, I'm enjoying my salads (veggie or fruit) much more now. I have more energy if I stick to the fruit and veggies during the day than if I have a cheese sandwich or meat sandwich. Don't get me wrong I'm turing into a vegetarian or anything, I LIKE meat. I'm just trying to stay away from too many pasta, potato, rice or bread products. I do get my whole grains, I'll have some whole grain crackers or a piece of bread and I do eat pasta and stuff, just not as often. I have noticed when I do, that I feel sluggish and slow. So, I eat the foods that make feel better. Its also VERY hard to not drink cola and drink water or tea instead. But its getting easier. Even though I do enjoy a glass of cola once in a while. I've noticed if I have a small urge for it and I allow myself to have one glass, then I am satisfied for another few days, and each time the craving takes longer to come around. I did notice the other day, hubby had rolos in the house, and so I had some, but it was just not the same. I wasnt wanting chocolate and it didn't taste all that delicious like it used to. Know what I mean?
Well anyways, back to the sewing I go...
Yesterday when shopping for dinner with the girls, sometimes it is just SOOOOOOOOOOO hard to walk through the cookies, chips, candies and ignore them. I'm doing pretty good with that, my real downfall is ice cream. When it gets close to that time of the month. MAN... I MUST have Ben & Jerry's New York Chocolate Fudge Chunk ice cream. NOTHING else fixes the need. But I'm doing good now... 2 months no ice cream. Talk about killer when you walk past it in the store.
Well anyways the costumes are coming along slowly but surely. The girls costumes are complete aside for the devil tails. Hubby's is being a real pain in the butt with my stupid idea of applying the left over flames on his sleeves and front of the shirt. I'm having to stitch them on by hand cause the machine isn't letting me keep them flat enough.
Today for dinner is left over pea soup cause with all the sewing I have yet to get done I am SOOO not in the mood to cook anything else. Tomorrow will prolly be pizza. During the day I try very hard to be good, take my vitamins, which is just the local drugstore brand specially for women, and some apple cider vinegar tablets that will supposedly help increase my metabolism. I'm hoping, they also seem to be a type of hunger suppressant, cause I take 1 in the morning and one 30min before dinner and I'm fine with one bowl or one plate of something. And most importantly, I'm enjoying my salads (veggie or fruit) much more now. I have more energy if I stick to the fruit and veggies during the day than if I have a cheese sandwich or meat sandwich. Don't get me wrong I'm turing into a vegetarian or anything, I LIKE meat. I'm just trying to stay away from too many pasta, potato, rice or bread products. I do get my whole grains, I'll have some whole grain crackers or a piece of bread and I do eat pasta and stuff, just not as often. I have noticed when I do, that I feel sluggish and slow. So, I eat the foods that make feel better. Its also VERY hard to not drink cola and drink water or tea instead. But its getting easier. Even though I do enjoy a glass of cola once in a while. I've noticed if I have a small urge for it and I allow myself to have one glass, then I am satisfied for another few days, and each time the craving takes longer to come around. I did notice the other day, hubby had rolos in the house, and so I had some, but it was just not the same. I wasnt wanting chocolate and it didn't taste all that delicious like it used to. Know what I mean?
Well anyways, back to the sewing I go...
01 February 2006
I've had my nails redone...
two times since my last posting about them.
Here are some pictures of them
Here are some pictures of them
Its been a busy few days
I've been keeping up with my walking and being busy with my beads.
I am borrowing from a friend in Alaska a torch called the National 8M, and I'm loving it! Its soooo quiet and soOOOOO hot!
Went to the market today and found the girls some new clothes, but most importantly...
I found myself some new good sturdy bras for 8 euros a piece and normally I pay 50 euros a piece and the same style bra has gone up 20 euros, so 70 euros for ONE bra I find a bit outrageous!
Eating so much fruit and drinking so much water, I spend a LOT of time in the bathroom. But there are results so far, 3 kilos are gone, where from I have no clue, but the scale keeps telling me its true even when I get on the scale 4 or 5 times standing in different positions to make sure its not lying to me.
But now I must get the pea soup finished, get a shower and this evening will be sewing costumes for carnaval.
I am borrowing from a friend in Alaska a torch called the National 8M, and I'm loving it! Its soooo quiet and soOOOOO hot!
Went to the market today and found the girls some new clothes, but most importantly...
I found myself some new good sturdy bras for 8 euros a piece and normally I pay 50 euros a piece and the same style bra has gone up 20 euros, so 70 euros for ONE bra I find a bit outrageous!
Eating so much fruit and drinking so much water, I spend a LOT of time in the bathroom. But there are results so far, 3 kilos are gone, where from I have no clue, but the scale keeps telling me its true even when I get on the scale 4 or 5 times standing in different positions to make sure its not lying to me.
But now I must get the pea soup finished, get a shower and this evening will be sewing costumes for carnaval.
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