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Birthday weekend 2021
In less than 6 months there is another set of candles to blow out on a new birthday cake, so it is about time I take you back to this year’s birthday. That it was going to be again a birthday celebrated in Belgium was already a given as non-essential travel was not allowed until after Easter because of Covid. However, as the numbers were getting higher again it remained still to be seen if it would be a stay-at-home one or if I could make a weekend out of it. The weather forecast was also a typical one for the time of year with March showers. So while I…
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Book recommendations: Burning for the bravest
I was planning on posting this blog post down the line, but seeing as the books I want to recommend are on sale this weekend (Amazon UK & US only) I would like to steer you in the direction of Kaye Kennedy and her “Burning for the bravest” series.The first book of the series came out over a year ago and the third book had its 1-year book birthday yesterday. So some details of those books may be already quite hazy in my memory. In total there are 8 books, 7 in the series and 1 stand-alone Christmas novel.I picked up the first one because it had nice artwork and…
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Hello September
Last week college courses started back up and each year I’m wishing I’m being one of those students going back. I don’t think I would thrive in a standard in-person classroom with freshmen right out of high school, so I would opt for evening or even fully online classes with some older students. However, while I’m still interested in many fields of study, from getting my Masters in Tourism, studying law, or (art) history to English language & literature there are study and carrier choices that don’t fit my personality. As an introvert I dread making phone calls to strangers, interviewing someone (even a family member), or working in a…
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Welcome back!
Welcome back to my blog everyone. I wanted to get back on track with this blog at different moments in time but didn’t feel I had enough material to keep it going after the one idea was put out there.I wrote this blog over a week ago so on top of finding ideas I also need to keep myself accountable to post them. Hence the publishing schedule may seem a bit random at times, while I figure out a rhythm for my posts. Let’s catch up on what you all missed from my life in 2020. This isn’t much as the longer I’m working from home and limiting my social…
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International Literacy Day
This post was to go up on, or before September 8th for “International Literacy Day”. How many to do-lists I write, not all of these things get done. This is the area in my life where my “rebel” tendency as Gretchen Rubin describes in her book “the four tendencies” (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33566873-the-four-tendencies?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Ep8j4HirOo&rank=1) is really pronounced. I don’t know if there is a relation between this tendency and the enneagram type 5, but that’s were books come in. For me books can be as much an escape as ways to gain information. However being able (to learn) to read is such a valuable skill, it doesn’t only help you to navigate in an…
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Goodbye August: highlights of the last 2 weeks of the month
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Goodbye August: highlights of the last 2 weeks of the month
My dad has his birthday today, so that means that it is the last day of August. In his honor I’m starting of this post with the card I made for his birthday. I only found out after my first Craftelier haul,(www.craftelier.com) that my Silhoutte cameo is no longer compatible with Windows 10. Hence for the word “Birthday” I used the “Marianne Design Col1349 Birthday-UK” cutting die with my “love 2 craft”. The 67 is from a paint stencil bought at Action and cut out with scissors on Kraft Paper. The happy is the top of a Happy Birthday stamp. I added all this on a facemask and more Kraft…
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International Literacy Day
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Before the pen in my Happy Planner
Continuing were I left of in my last post, my package from http://www.hobbywerken.nl came only on Thursday. It is easy to get addicted to these stickers and pages, and every excuse to buy more is good. I really need to work on my eating and fitness habits, so I placed a new order with the same shop the next day. This included the fitness kit and digital detox stickers. That Friday I worked from home, as they would let us know if we could stay or were let go from our jobs, I wanted to first process this news on my own. For those curious to know, I still have…
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Goodbye July, Hello Augustus
Another month has gone by, and as I haven’t posted in the meantime let me catch you up. Well last month didn’t start out that well. Not only was the weather mostly spring like after a really good last week of June. I also caught a cold from my dad. In the beginning this cold was quit severe and as corona is not yet over the anxiety took over a bit. Never had a fever, so it probably was just a cold. However I made sure I didn’t go out unnecessary and I also ordered some groceries to be delivered. One of the groceries were a fresh fruit & vegetable…
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A day at the beach
While in my last post I was eagerly awaiting the day I could put my toes in the sand, this day came earlier than expected. In Belgium every local government of a beachtown has its own rules on how they battle COVID-19: https://www.belgiancoast.co.uk/en/inspiration/measures-did-your-favourite-seaside-town-put-place. However the Dutch coast is in travel time for me a bit closer. Also their numbers for corona illnesses and deaths are better than ours (not sure if we overestimated and they did less testing). But while information panels on the side of the road still advise to not make unnecessary trips, their non-essential shops never closed. This made me think that a visit there would be…
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Walking Goals
At the beginning of this year I set different exercise goals on my list to accomplish in 2020. One of them was to walk 1010 miles. You maybe ask: “How did you arrive at that number?”. Well 2020 miles sounded a bit to overwhelming and not really feasible. Hence I just divided in 2 and that comes down to about 3 miles a day. So something that should be doable. I only occasionally reach 10 000 steps a day, but on a regular work day with going to/from the car park both when leaving home and going to work I average about 6500 steps. With the occasional hike in the…
