2008

has been great! But, who knows, 2009 might be even better!

I had some one on one time with the curling iron I bought for myself as a Christmas present. It took me over an hour and a half (!) to get this result:

I had no idea this would take me soooo long! Guess it won't be used unless for special occasions. And this is a very special one.

I wish all of my blogging friends all the best for 2009!

I hope to see more of you during the coming year.

See you next year!

Santa

has been good to me!

I didn't get sick (at least I'm not yet so I'm hoping I had a lucky escape) and... my personal Santa gave me my present on Christmas Eve (he had told me before that I would have to wait until New Year's Eve)!!

So, after two late nights and not doing much around the house yesterday I have finished Eclipse and I must say I loved it! I can't wait until I get the final book!

Thank you Santa ;)

Merry Christmas!

To all of you, from all of us:

a very Merry Christmas!

Christmas picture from 2006

What's a girl to do?

When the rest of the family is sick?

Just wait until it's her turn?

Avoid kisses and cuddles (not me!)?

Secretely reading her copy of Eclipse which is currently sitting underneath the Christmas tree, testing her willpower (no I did not!)?



The house is quiet. All is still, and I seem to be the only one to have escaped the viruses that are currently inhabiting our home. My daughter is on the brink of having an ear infection, my son has got the stomach flu and my husband is starting to run a temperature and is still cold underneath his two blankets.


So much for our Christmas holiday.


I guess this means I will be sick on Christmas day.


Maybe they'll feel sorry for me and give me my present a few days early... ;)

A new friend

May I introduce my new friend? His name is Reese...


Reese's peanut butter cups, sent to me by my snail mail friend Dani from across the ocean! And it gets even better... she also sent me these Christmas PJ's!!! I love the colour and it's super soft... I feel like watching the Polar Express or The Holiday. With a little of Reese's company of course... ;)

Thank you so much Dani! I'm so happy that you introduced me to Reese. :) I don't think he'll stay long, but I'm thoroughly enjoying his company!!!


And here's a little loveliness from today. She hasn't been feeling well these last couple of days (bad cold and running a temperature in the evenings), so I'm happy that the school holiday has begun and she can stay home and get better.

Australia Day

Last week it seemed that Belgium was having an Australia Day. Or maybe it was just my letter box? Anyway, it did make the distance between Belgium and Australia seem a lot smaller, since it felt like my bloggy friends arrived on my doorstep and left me a present.

First a sweet card and gift arrived from sweet Elise. A Christmas bauble complete with kangaroos and koalas now has a special place on my Christmas tree. Thank you so much Elise! I'm sure I'm the only person in Belgium to have one, so I will definitely treasure this unique gift!

Then, another parcel arrived from Down Under, from lovely Tanya. Isn't it just beautiful?! Since it is dated, it will always make me think of the first year I started blogging and made such great friends. Thank you Tanya, for my lovely keepsake gift!

I have to admit that I wasn't feeling up to writing cheerful Christmas cards last week, but of course I'm not forgetting about my snail mail friends. I think I have zero chance that my Christmas wishes will get to you still before Christmas, but you can keep an eye on your mailboxes anyway!

The reason

why I haven't posted/visited much this week.

Well, there are a few.

A friend of mine suddenly lost her husband. I'm not going to elaborate on this, since I think it's a bit too personal but it did have a huge impact on all of us (her son was in Robin's class last year and the year before that and her daughter is only a year ahead of Caitlin).

Then there's the parent committee which has kept me busy and which will continue to keep me busy the next few months.

It's not all bad though... there was a highlight in the middle of the week.

On December 10 Kenneth and I celebrated our 9th anniversary. And of course that kept me busy ;)

and then of course there were his presents which have kept me busy as well:

And yes, I have finished both of them! A colleague of Kenneth had to go to the US and she brought them back for me.

I may not be posting much in January either, since there is still a rectangular package under the Christmas tree (which I won't get to open until New Years Eve..., bummer) and another one is hidden somewhere in the house (which is probably my Valentine's gift... now that's just plain cruel if you ask me...)