Today must be a productive one

Goodmorning everybody!

I am a little aahamed to say, that yesterday nothing was done here in the house! It was a grey day, and Jan and I both were feeling without real energy to clear out the backroom. So nothing much happened overhere! Not a very productive day, at least, not as I planned, but still got things done on the computer. I worked on a kit I started already and it's progressing nicely. And I did a lot on the daily downloads for the forum already. I will give you a little teaser for it:

Here one of the days for January

And here already one for February

And I saw already some contributions of the other memebers of the team and I can assure you these kits are going to be marvellous!

Okay, today some work has to be done and I really am planning to do so! That measn not too long rambling now, getting a bit more awake LOL and then hoppa, doind the things that have to be done now.

I have a real nice kit for you today, I made it bearing in mind the holiday season is approaching and you could need a bit of a chic kit. So I made "Festive Black and Gold"for you. I really hope, you can use it for some stunning layouts! Now you all have a nice day, and hopefully I can report tomorrow that the backroom is looking fine again! LOL.

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Yeah, it is finished!!!!!

Goodmorning everybody!

It took a bit of time yesterday, before my contractor came over, but finally he did! And he finished his work! WHOOPEEEEEE!!!! Now we have to paint some of the woodwork ourselves, but that isn;t really a lot of work. But oh boy, are we happy it is done now! Only the contractor didn;t make good advertisement for himself. The work he did is good, and looks nice, but the way of handling appointments(or not actually) could change. Well, next time we need somebody to do some work(hopefully we don;t nedd it for a looong time) we surely don;t want to deal with him. I was so pissed off at the end, that yesterday when he was finished he of course wanted the rest of the money. I agreed to pay it cash, that's no problem, but I told him to come back on Friday, if he could and then pick it up, because I didn;t have a chanve to get it from the bank(hahaha, I had it already). But I thought, if he can let us wait unnessacary, so can I too! Ohit's not nice from me, and I usually don;t act like that but with all the trouble we had, well, he can wait for a few days. He didn;t like it and was doing all he could to change it but I stood firm! If he sticks to the appointment he will be back on Friday evening, around 20.00 o'clock. We;ll see if that happens.

Now today I think Jan and I will be in the backroom to clean up all the mess that is there. We had to moce a closet from there because the contractor had to fix bit a crack in the wall, where the wind could play thourgh too much, LOL. Well, all the stuff is lying around now in that room and we have to put the (not too big) closet in another part of the room and put all the things back into it. Oh, the room will look much better after that will be done. Now we still have to bear for one day another contractor who will put the windows up from our upper neighbours, that will be done on Saturday. And then I've had it for a while with contracting business.
And oh what a blessing for you, no more rambling from me about contractors and such! May be just one more time, when I will have some pics of the finished thing, bu today weather isn;t looking nice at all, so perhaps I will wait a day.

You should go again to Edna's blog, to look at another layout she did with a kit I made for her birthdaypresent. She is also offerig the QP as a freebie, so hurry up, it;s a lovely QP!
And my other scrapbooking friend Snowy, had some sad news from her home country Germany, that the cat she left behind when she moved over to the UK, had died at the age of 16. I know it is always sad to loose a pet. Consolation is though her Timmie had a good life at her parents.

Okay, I can tell you I did work on the new DD we are already preparing for next year. But Snowy is a bit ahead of me! LOL, sometimes it's looking almost like a bet who is coming up first with some work for it. Snowy, you did beat me, just a bit till now but I am coming near, I am catching up, be prepared ROFL!!
If you want to know what is coming up, you should take a look at her blog.

I have another nice kit for you with some interesting papers(I think) and named it "Tell the Story". Well, with layouts we make we do tell a bit of a story, isn't it? Hopefully the cleaning mess will go quickly so that I can do some more on the DD and the other kits I already started. Have a fine day you all!


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My glassless door looks fine again!

Goodmorning everybody!

Well, there is again a window in the slammed door! He actually came yesterday to fix at least that! And it looks good. There was a window in it with textured glass and he put back another one that looks almost the same. Great!

Let's see if he shows up today !

Last week I downloaded some music and burned it to a cd. And yesterday I was a good girl, because I did the ironing again and in the mean time I had that cd playing, rather with a big volume and you would have laughed, seeing me at the ironing board, swinging along and singing out of full chest with some of the songs. I had a GREAT time! It were some oldies like Believe from Cher, Xanadu from Olivia Newton John, Tornero from Santa California(a lovely sentimental italin son) Soley, Soley from Middle of the Road(Oh I have sweet memories at that song!!) and more of such songs.

At the moment we are watching a crime serie called "The Eagle". It;s a Danish serie I believe, but I liked the title song. And now I have it too, it's called "Forgiven" sung by Misen Groth. So I am all happy.

You should take a look at Edna's blog to see the layout and QP for you she has made with one of the kits I sent her for her birthday. No, I am not giving that kit to you, it is Edna's kit! But I was so proud to see she used it and in a lovely way!

I am also busy on two kits actually, and one of them is quit a bit funny. Not giving away yet a clue. You'll just have to be patient for a few days! I even tried to make a new bloglayout for the month of December and I think I made a rather nice one. It can still change, but for the moment I think it isn;t too bad. If this thought remains, you will see it in a few weeks.
I also made a layout for the quote challenge on the forum, this one

I am almost dying for another cup of coffee, so I shall post the preview for your freebie of today, called "Valerie". Then I'll take my coffee and take advantage of the fact it still is quiet in the house and do some designing. Hope you will have a great day!

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Some events took place.

Goodmorning everybody!
It was an eventful weekend in a way! I must start with something I even didn't tell you yet!Last Thirsday afternoon, Jan said he went for a quick visit to the cafe and as usual he takes his keys, his wallet and he looks in it to see if he has money in it and suddenly I saw him searching all over the room. So I asked wat was the matter and he told me, he missed his new ID card in his wallet!!! Oh no, not that on top of all! So we first looked around but didn't find it. Jan thought he might have lost it the day before when he went out to buy a little thing and went back with the tram. He needed his little card for the tram and was hustling to get it out of his wallet. So he thought it might be at te tram station, perhaps. We first called the store he went to, but nothing found. So I let him call at once the police and he had to go there at once to register it. But if you loose your ID (even when it is stolen) you'll have to pay again for the ID plus an fine of about 50 euro! Gosh, we really needed that. But okay, he went to the police station and after a while he came back, all happy smiling! What happened? The police on another station had received the ID card! Somebody found it and actually brought it to the police. I cannot bless this anonymous soul enough! Well, Jan wnet to the other station and had his card back! I still cannot believe the luck he had!
Then the contractor. He told me he probably came on Friday, if not he would let me know too! Do you guess??? Nobody on Friday and no phonecall. Understatement to say I wasn't happy! And oh wonder, mircales still happen, on Saturdaymorning 09.00 o'clock he was at the door! They did finish some stuff, cleared almost the whole garden of the mess and he promised to be back on Monday to finish all the rest. I suppose he got it through his brain, that I wasn;t happy at all with him( I didn;t receive him very nicely on Saturday morning!!!). Let's hope so at least! As they were walking on and forth on Saturday from garden door to front door,clearing the mess, doors stood pen, of course. Normally not a problem, but Saturday there was quite a lot of wind and because of the draft, a door slammed. see situation as this:kitchendoor to garden>>>>> hallway>>>>>door>>>>>little hall>>> front door.The door to the front door slammes and I heard a strange noise! Yes, it is for part a glass door and no more glass in it! Well, we could have that on top of it all, @@@@@@@$$$$$$$####### (better not translated LOL). So the contractor has to put a new window in the door, pity for him, but nothing to do about it. He wasn;t pleased with it either, so I suppose his helper has heard some unpleasant words from him!!!
Okay, Sunday I left everything as it was, slept a bit later and took it real easy! I how happy a person can be when nothing happens on a day? I was very happy LOL!.

This morning I took again a quick look into the garden, I hadnt the courage yet to go out into it to have a look. So the "control"I left to Jan for the moment(hahaha) but what I saw from the window I didn;t like too much. A part of the border isn;t looking very much like a border anymore after the treatment with heay footsteps and such from the contractors. Just lucky, that it happened in this time of the the year and not in the spring when all has to come up fresh and nice again! But I think there has to be done some work there, oh,poor me! May be nature will be strong enough to restore a part by itself( sometimes amazing what plants can endure and still keep coming back bright and beautiful) and on the other hand it also gives me opportunity to change it a little bit. I am not too grumpy about it. All will be fine again after a little work on it( I have good hopes anyway LOL).

It seems in good old England there was some really bad weather going on! Heavy winds, real strong ones which caused with the rain some flooding and chimneys and walls tumbling down and more of such unwanted surprises. I hope these winds will not reach our coast, although the next few days were predicted to be very unsettled, with sometimes rain, sometimes a bit of sunshine, sometimes some stronger wind, very unpredictable. Although temperature is still rather good giving the time of year. We'll see what it will be, we cannot do anything about it. But perhaps it will be time to get a few bricks ready to put in my pockets when I go out, to prevent me from flying suddenly LOL.

Today I have a kit I made for the September colour challenge in the forum. It had great autumn colours in it and the theme was also to make something for that saeson. So here you have my "Heading for Autumn kit". Have a lovely day, hopefully with not too bad weather!

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I am getting stressed LOL

Goodmorning everybody!


Well, I was rather pissed off yesterday! No workers appeared! Tried to contact him, and no luck. Then I called the "big"boss and explained the situation to him. Well, that didn;t help too much. Then in the evening we got a call from the other contractor who has to place the windows for our upstairs neighbour. If he could come Saturday etc. and that is was going to be tricky with the council and so on. He got again a phonecall from our neighbour, after I had contact with her explaining I couldn;t make an appointment yet. Obviously she didn't understand it all(she is not Dutch and speaks reasonable understandable English, but still it is difficult) so she gave my number to her contractor. To keep it short, we made an appointment with the window-contractor for next Saturday and oh my, miracle, this morning my contractor phoned me. With big excuses for not letting me know anything yesterday etc.etc. Well, I told him, still a bit in a nice way, but not too much (LOL) how I felt about it. If weather gets a bit better today(it;s raining) he hopes to come this afternoon to do the solding(can;t do that with rain) and clear up the mess still laying around in the garden and finish the thing may be tomorrow. Fold your hands and pray, that it will be happening!!!!

Oh boy, will I be glad when this is over, can you imagine??? Well, than we still have to deal with the other contractor next week, but that should only be for one day.
You must be tired of me rambling all the time about the roof thing, but I had to get off some steam today!

Okay on to some nicer things. I did finish another Christmaskit yesterday and also did some work again on the January daily download for the forum. These things take more time , you know, because I want to make it look better than a few months ago and I am trying out new things etc. But I think the January daily download will be a lovely and rather special one again. The team is terrific!

Also got another fairy card in the email from my friend Miny again. I just have to show you!

Just click it to have a BIG view, it;s worth it!

So today I have the 3rd part of the Family Photo Album for you. I hope you enjoyed this kit. Time for me to try to get some new stuff in the storage this weekend, oh my! I am done rambling for today, thanks for all the nice reactions during the past time, I really appreciate them and I really read all of them! I hope your weekend will be a fabulous one and as Minky from Sulina Fairy Sanctuary would say it: Blessings for a magical weekend ahead, keep on shining and have some fun!

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I seem to be dangerous at night!

Goodmorning everubody!

Yesterday when Jan woke up he gave me a good laugh! After getting his coffee he told me, I surely had a good night sleep. And in fact, I did have one. But next he told me, that he had to protect himself, because I was a bit dangerous. What did I do? It seems I was turning around a bit and then I waved around my arm and hit him in the face! I answeed it couldn;t have been so bad, but he said it did hurt a bit(he said it with a smile, so it shouldn;t have been that painful LOL). And he asked me if I slept well, and I said: yes, I did nd he answered he was a bit surprised because after I found my right position it seems I put my head not ON the pillow but just in between mine and his. Hmmmmmmm, I do strange things at night and completely without knowing. So I hope I was kinder to him this night, don;t know it yet. Hahaha, I wonder what I was perhaps dreaming about when I was mowing around with my arm!!!!

Girls, take today just 10 seconds time to send a good thought to hevane for Edna's brother, who is having a nasty surgery on his nose for his cancer today. And also tomorrow will not be nice for him either. Who knows, it might help a bit, if so many people are sending a same message above! Sending you a big encouragement-hug from Holland, Moo!

I saw an amazing documentary on tv yesterday on the National Geographic channel. It was about the research they do about the deep sea and all the activity that is going on there and the amazing creatures you find on depths of 6 and more kms! It's really fascinating and at the same time shows us how little there is known about that part of our earth! I love that kind of documentaries, although it isn;t something you should watch too often. Not because it isn't beautiful and interesting, but you get so much information, that it takes time to swallow it and understand it by times.

Well, I hope the guys for the roof will be here again today, he said they were coming but we'll see about that, LOL. Still some work to be done there, although the big stuff is done, I think. Next week it will be time for some more pictures, I suppose.

Let's go to the second part of the Family Photo album then. And there is a 3rd part to pick up tomorrow! Have a lovely day, you all!

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Tiny bit less mess in the garden.

Goodmorning everybody!



The contractor and his help worked hard yesterday! A lot has been done and even they started to get rid of some of the mess in the garden. The coverage of the roof is almost ready,it seems but now they will have do the "finishing touch", and that will take still a bit of time. But slowly the end is in sight.

I was a bit dis-orientated yesterday afternoon as they were carrying away some of the mess out of the garden to the street into a container. I couldn;t move around in my kitchen with them all the time passing through and also it was cold, cause at both ends the door was opened/ Brrrrr. I left the kitchen and all in the neighbourhood as it was and installed myself in the room with the door closed. At least there it was a comfortable temperature.

I even might be quite happy to go out for the shopping today, leaving it all to Jan. LOL.

I am glad for my friend Edna that at last her new laptop seems to work properly. We even had a short chat yesterday evening, as she was still at her long working shift of 20 hours!

And do you realize that in about 4 weeks it will be time to get the house ready for Christmas? Every time I think of time passing by, I come to the same conclusion: It's really having a speed, it passes terribly fast, slips through your fingers like sand!

Oh yes, I promised you yesterday to show a collage made by my fairy friend Minky. It's really worth clicjing on the picture to have a larger view and look at all the things she has put on it. Amazing!

Today I have an already a winter themed kit for you with an eye wink of humour in it. It's a kit made with some penguin papers. I once did already such a kind of kit, but I just adore penguins to work with. They can be so funny! So here it is, named: "Penguins Like it Cold". Hope you can have lots of fun with it. And then I just have to do a bit of bloghopping to keep up. and may be even have a bit of time to start another kit, or go on with some daily downloads already for the next year. Yes, I made a beginning with two of them, better be ready in time than to hurry at the end, LOL. And after that it;s going to the shops, not too bad to be outside for a while, as long as it stays dry. You all have a terrific day. Bye.

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