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A message to my children:

I hope you will always be close like this.

Supporting each other.

Being able to forgive and forget after a fight.

Taking care of each other.

Singing songs together.

There may come times when you might not get along,

but even if that time should come,

know that you will never be alone.

Remember how close you were.

Cherish this moment.

My hero

Just the other day, when I was sitting behind my computer I thought I saw something fall onto the ground. You know, when you catch a glimpse of a movement out of the corner of your eye?

When I turned to pick it up I quickly decided against it since the thing that fell down hadn't exactly fallen down... it was a huge spider and it was sitting a mere 30 cm away from me.

Lucky for me my heroic savior was still downstairs and he quickly took care of 'the job'. I honestly think that I would rather kiss a (preferably non-poisonous) snake than kill a spider. I don't want to go near it and I certainly do not want to crush it. So if my heroic savoir no. 1 is not around, I have a different remedy. I bring my other heroic savoir to the scene: Mr. Dyson. He's even less messy than hero no. 1.

Bye bye spider!

Only 83 days

till Christmas!


I've been busy lately working on a custom order for a lovely lady that contacted me through Etsy. She had ordered a Robin Red Breast Ornament and she wanted a few more ornaments for her Christmas tree, so I've been looking for designs and I've been making a few more decorations:




I'm spontaneously singing Jingle Bells everytime I look at them (but only in my head though. For now.)

Tagging along

I've been tagged by Amanda of Penny 'n' Pounds to blog about 6 unspectacular quirks that I have. I googled "quirks" first, and since it means "odd habits" I thought I could give it a try.

Here are the rules:

• Link the person who tagged you
• Mention the rules on your blog
• Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
• Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them
• Leave a comment on each of the tagged bloggers blogs letting them know they have been tagged.

1. If the clock in the kitchen doesn't work I get real cranky. Even though I have a watch on my wrist and there's a digital clock on the microwave, I ALWAYS look at that clock. Since we have been using rechargeable batteries I get cranky more often (I know they're better for the environment, but they don't last long!)
   
2. Before I go to bed I check if my children are still breathing. Since they are 8 and 5 I presume this habit has turned into a quirk.
   
3. I sometimes check the ending of a book before reading all the chapters.
   
4. No matter how much I eat for dinner, I can always eat a little chocolate directly afterwards. Not that I always do so, I just can.
   
5. I make lists for everything.
   
6. I like spaghetti with meatballs. If the meat is just "scattered" through the spaghetti (sorry, don't know the right word for this) I don't like it.

I'm not going the follow all the rules: I'm not tagging anyone else. But, if you would like to "tag along" and tell me six unspectacular quirks about yourself, then please leave me a comment so I can check out your post.

Winter may come

She's ready for it!

The kids and I went shopping for winter coats this afternoon and the moment my daughter laid eyes on this coat she fell in love with it. I did make her put on another one, just to see what it looked like, but I let her have this one anyway. It's just so her.

She also chose a new hat and scarf and although they were quite expensive (I felt a little guilty about spending all that money on one afternoon), she just looks so good in them!

Robin has a new coat too, but I wasn't able to take his picture since he had soccer training.

Robin Red Breast

There are butterflies in my stomach right now thanks to this post over on One more Moore.

Morgan is hosting the NieNie Benefit Sale (see my post below) and she featured my Robin Red Breast tag! I'm pretty excited over here!!! Thanks Morgan!

UPDATE: half an hour after opening the Nie Nie Benefit sale, 155 items had been sold (including my bookmarks and Robin Red Breast tags!). I love Etsy and the blogging community!!! Morgan will be listing more items tomorrow at 10.00 am PST.

Don't forget

Go here (www.NieNieBenefitSale.etsy.com) on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 September if you want to help the Nielson Family! If you have not yet heard about this family, check this post.

I've donated some butterfly bookmarks and a few Robin Red Breast tags myself.

Remember: this benefit will be held for 2 days only!