I shamelessely stole this idea from Francine's blog, keeping in mind that you better steal a good idea than to think of a bad one yourself... Although my day wasn't way near as interesting as hers...
This was my day:
7.00 get up, wash, get clothes on, make breakfast for me and the kids, read newspaper online, help my youngest with her clothes, get bags ready for the kids... etc. etc.
8.15 walk the kids to school. Stay there to get an explanation of the school library computer system.
10.00 pick up youngest daughter from her class and drive to the dermatologist
11.00 drop off youngest daughter at my parents, drive to the dentist
11.20 with a mouth half paralyzed by anaesthetics and two new fillings, drive car to home, walk to school to pick up eldest daughter
12.15 have lunch at my parents (ate egg à la daddy, yum!)
1.15 drop the kids off at school again, on my way helped my daughters friend who fell from the climbing fence
1.20 pick up medication for youngest daughter in the pharmacy
1.30 back to school, to unpack books for the library
3.15 pick up girls again, one brought a friend to play
3.45 make homework with my eldest
4.30 start to prepare dinner
5.10 bring daughters friend home, on my way back go to the store to pick up some things for dinner
5.25 finish dinner, call my sister
5.50 dinner
6.30 bring some things my friend left here over to her
6.35 clean up the kitchen
7.00 write this blog entry
And now I'm wondering why I feel tired and dont feel like stitching anymore... off to my cup of tea and a bit of tv watching!!!
donderdag 4 september 2008
woensdag 20 augustus 2008
This is fun!
On one of my favorite blogs I found a fun link, and thought I should give that a try. I did this afternoon and made these:
The one with the pumpkins is for my friend Iris (she promised she wouldn't peek, but if she should: I hope you like them Iris!!!), we did a little private exchange between the two of us, she sent me this beautiful floss tag (see Iris, I immediately took it in use!), and I would make her a set of Halloween coasters.
The other set is also a present, I will be mailing both out tomorrow, and I will definitely be making more of these soon, they are such fun to make, so I think some of you should be watching their mail boxes...
Blogger is still making a mess of my layout, I don't know why...
The one with the pumpkins is for my friend Iris (she promised she wouldn't peek, but if she should: I hope you like them Iris!!!), we did a little private exchange between the two of us, she sent me this beautiful floss tag (see Iris, I immediately took it in use!), and I would make her a set of Halloween coasters.
The other set is also a present, I will be mailing both out tomorrow, and I will definitely be making more of these soon, they are such fun to make, so I think some of you should be watching their mail boxes...
Blogger is still making a mess of my layout, I don't know why...
dinsdag 19 augustus 2008
School started again...
... on Monday. And so, this past weekend, we "celebrated" the end of summer vacation. On Saturday the children went to their grandparents for a sleepover, so we had an unexpected evening "off duty". First we wanted to go to the cinema, but there wasn't any movie that appealing to us to leave home for. Instead we took a long walk with the dog, made ourselves a lovely dinner of buffalo mozzarella and spanish ham
and pizza, and after that watched a dvd while sharing a jar of Ben and Jerries cookie dough icecream... we thought it was a nice evening! Just before going to bed we had a (kind of blurry, there was a bit of a mist) view at the partial moon eclipse
On Sunday, we baked a pie
for dessert and then vacation was over... Fortunately both our daughters like school so much, although the youngest had a bit of a problem saying goodbye when I left her at school in the morning.
Finally, I have some stitching to show you, it is my design on the RR to start on Sept. 1. I have adapted LHN's "Spot of Coffee/Tea" to fit both the coffee and tea theme I want my RR to have. I haven't finished it yet, but I hope to do have done so by the end of this week, so that I can make the parcel ready to send out for the first time.
sorry for the messy layout on this post, I cannot seem to get it right, hopefully the next one will be better!
and pizza, and after that watched a dvd while sharing a jar of Ben and Jerries cookie dough icecream... we thought it was a nice evening! Just before going to bed we had a (kind of blurry, there was a bit of a mist) view at the partial moon eclipse
On Sunday, we baked a pie
for dessert and then vacation was over... Fortunately both our daughters like school so much, although the youngest had a bit of a problem saying goodbye when I left her at school in the morning.
Finally, I have some stitching to show you, it is my design on the RR to start on Sept. 1. I have adapted LHN's "Spot of Coffee/Tea" to fit both the coffee and tea theme I want my RR to have. I haven't finished it yet, but I hope to do have done so by the end of this week, so that I can make the parcel ready to send out for the first time.
sorry for the messy layout on this post, I cannot seem to get it right, hopefully the next one will be better!
zaterdag 2 augustus 2008
Some things to show
As I am sure she must have unpacked it by now I want to show you a little something I made this week to send along with Chantals birthday present. She loves blue and tea so I thought this would be just right for her:
"Tea with Jane" freebie by The Sampler Girl, done on off-white 28 count jobelan in GAST threads.
Yesterday the mailman surprised me with a package from Chantal in our Dutch Borduurhoekje group's summer needleroll exchange, and this is what was in it:
Besides the beautiful needleroll there were some fabrics in yummy yellow colors, fun buttons, satin ribbons in various widths and colors, and a Jeannette Douglas design called "Summer at the Ocean". Thanks Chantal for the great package!
Last Sunday we returned from our summer vacation, which this year we spent at a camping in the Belgian town of Virton. It was a nice vacation, the weather was nice, and I got a lot of stitching done. Allmost all of it are present so I will have to wait showing them until they are received...
Today I am going to start a new project, an RR with 5 other ladies from the Borduurhoekje group. For my subject I have chosen LHN patterns with a coffee/tea theme. The RR is supposed to be finished on my birthday next year. First sending date is Sept. 1, I am very looking forward to receiving the RR packages every time!
"Tea with Jane" freebie by The Sampler Girl, done on off-white 28 count jobelan in GAST threads.
Yesterday the mailman surprised me with a package from Chantal in our Dutch Borduurhoekje group's summer needleroll exchange, and this is what was in it:
Besides the beautiful needleroll there were some fabrics in yummy yellow colors, fun buttons, satin ribbons in various widths and colors, and a Jeannette Douglas design called "Summer at the Ocean". Thanks Chantal for the great package!
Last Sunday we returned from our summer vacation, which this year we spent at a camping in the Belgian town of Virton. It was a nice vacation, the weather was nice, and I got a lot of stitching done. Allmost all of it are present so I will have to wait showing them until they are received...
Today I am going to start a new project, an RR with 5 other ladies from the Borduurhoekje group. For my subject I have chosen LHN patterns with a coffee/tea theme. The RR is supposed to be finished on my birthday next year. First sending date is Sept. 1, I am very looking forward to receiving the RR packages every time!
zondag 6 juli 2008
I've been spoilt
Yesterday was my birthday and boy have I been spoilt... I got a Zen, Jamie Olivers latest book, gift certificates, tapas bowls and a book called "Sleeping Arrangements" which seems perfect for taking on vacation!
Also, there were some stunning gifts in the mail, first of all I got a gift from Saskia, she was making something for me in the birthday exchange of our Dutch Borduurhoekje mail group. I was stunned when I opened it, she has kept in mind what I like so well! She had made me this beautiful needlebook with a lovely LHN design on it, AND the matching scissor fob (which was stitched over one thread and so neatly done!):
But there was even more, an Isabelle Vautier pattern I have seen on her blog once, with the necessary threads AND frame, and last but not least two beautiful summery LHN fruit thread packs:
I'll just have to find three matching pieces of fabric, they will definitely all go in my stitching bag for vacation!
Then there was this package from my dear friend Chantal, which contained the most beautiful bag she made:
Also in the picture are the two patterns with matching JABC buttons she sent me: January and February in the Stitch Every Day Teapot Series. I don't think I can manage to stitch on them while we're on vacation, but hey, I can try, can't I?
Saskia and Chantal, I want to thank you both so much for these precious gifts, they made me very happy!
Also, there were some stunning gifts in the mail, first of all I got a gift from Saskia, she was making something for me in the birthday exchange of our Dutch Borduurhoekje mail group. I was stunned when I opened it, she has kept in mind what I like so well! She had made me this beautiful needlebook with a lovely LHN design on it, AND the matching scissor fob (which was stitched over one thread and so neatly done!):
But there was even more, an Isabelle Vautier pattern I have seen on her blog once, with the necessary threads AND frame, and last but not least two beautiful summery LHN fruit thread packs:
I'll just have to find three matching pieces of fabric, they will definitely all go in my stitching bag for vacation!
Then there was this package from my dear friend Chantal, which contained the most beautiful bag she made:
Also in the picture are the two patterns with matching JABC buttons she sent me: January and February in the Stitch Every Day Teapot Series. I don't think I can manage to stitch on them while we're on vacation, but hey, I can try, can't I?
Saskia and Chantal, I want to thank you both so much for these precious gifts, they made me very happy!
woensdag 18 juni 2008
this is nice!
I saw this at one of the blogs I regularly visit, and loved the idea so I decided to do it on my blog also...
The Concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.
The Questions:
1. What is your first name? Willeke
2. What is your favorite food? Italian
3. What high school did you go to? 't Stedelijk
4. What is your favorite color? indigo
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Ben Affleck
6. Favorite drink? Nespresso
7. Dream vacation? Ireland
8. Favorite dessert? tiramisu
9. What you want to be when you grow up? mama
10. What do you love most in life? family
11. One word to describe you. caring
12. Your flickr name. none
1. Willeke, 2. Sunday's supper ~ rotini w/ Italian sausage & simple tomato sauce, 3. Wall of characters/calligraphy - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 4. An Appointment with Indigo, 5. Ben Affleck, 6. Nespresso, 7. DREAMSCAPE IRELAND, 8. tiramisu, 9. Mama and Baby, 10. Duck Family Portrait, 11. ♥♥♥ i CaRe AboUt U ♥♥♥, 12. Time and Tide waits for none!©
The Concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.
The Questions:
1. What is your first name? Willeke
2. What is your favorite food? Italian
3. What high school did you go to? 't Stedelijk
4. What is your favorite color? indigo
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Ben Affleck
6. Favorite drink? Nespresso
7. Dream vacation? Ireland
8. Favorite dessert? tiramisu
9. What you want to be when you grow up? mama
10. What do you love most in life? family
11. One word to describe you. caring
12. Your flickr name. none
1. Willeke, 2. Sunday's supper ~ rotini w/ Italian sausage & simple tomato sauce, 3. Wall of characters/calligraphy - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 4. An Appointment with Indigo, 5. Ben Affleck, 6. Nespresso, 7. DREAMSCAPE IRELAND, 8. tiramisu, 9. Mama and Baby, 10. Duck Family Portrait, 11. ♥♥♥ i CaRe AboUt U ♥♥♥, 12. Time and Tide waits for none!©
donderdag 12 juni 2008
Wet wet wet...
No, I don't mean the Scottish pop group from the eighties... but the weather! It's a very wet day here today:
By the way, that is our "new" garden... with the plants getting plenty of water!
We got very wet walking from school to home just now, so I put the children in dry clothes... but now it is almost time to go back to school, and it is not getting dryer outside. So there we go again! Wouldn't want to be that teacher with 30 very wet children in his class this afternoon!!!
I just hope the weather will be better when we head on our vacation in about 4 weeks... I still remember the loads of rain that fell while we were camping last year!
By the way, that is our "new" garden... with the plants getting plenty of water!
We got very wet walking from school to home just now, so I put the children in dry clothes... but now it is almost time to go back to school, and it is not getting dryer outside. So there we go again! Wouldn't want to be that teacher with 30 very wet children in his class this afternoon!!!
I just hope the weather will be better when we head on our vacation in about 4 weeks... I still remember the loads of rain that fell while we were camping last year!
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