Archive for March, 2011

QOTD March 11 2011

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Katherine Mansfield: “Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only for wallowing in.”

House in NL is SOLD!

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

There is so much happening these days, it’s crazy…

The good news that I was supposed to blog about yesterday completely turns yesterday’s mood:

*** Our house in NL is SOLD!! ***

After 2 weeks of negotiations we reached an agreement yesterday, the transfer should be within 2 months, yayyyy!!!

Hehe, never a dull moment in life, eh?

…back in to HAPPY mood! Do I hear champagne? πŸ˜‰

I crashed my car

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Damn, this post was supposed to be about good news, but everything turned upside down after I crashed the bimmer on my way to home this evening… πŸ™ πŸ™

It became very slippery on the highway tonight (all of a sudden I was told), and I slowed down as I saw a police van a couple of 100m’s in front of me, I intended to slow down some more to match the speed of the cars on the right lane, used the brakes and…NOTHING happened!! I ‘pumped’ the brakes, the car lost grip, started sliding, I hit full brakes, ABS kicked in…NOTHING! I pumped the brakes again, tried the handbrake…still NOTHING!! The few cars on the right lane prevented me from switching lanes and I couldn’t avoid crashing into the police van! Quite a big and scary crash which deployed both airbags…DAMN!!! πŸ™ πŸ™

I was not alone, as it turned out that the police van drove slowly on the left lane, approaching another car that spun some minutes before…it was extremely slippery, it was even hard to walk on the highway without slipping…

Oof, I am so glad that I drove a solid and heavy BMW, so I have no injuries. I guess that the car is total-loss however. πŸ™ I won’t put up the pictures I took, since it is just sad…

Hmm, I even made it into the local news, Romerikes Blad…it’s in Norwegian and tells that it was extreme slippery on the road.

And the good news? Well, that will follow tomorrow, now it’s time to zzzzz…

Fantastic news!!

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

One picture says more than a thousand words…

Exactly one year after our Ode to Love, we are bringing a new Ode: an Ode to Life…YES, we are expecting our first baby!!

We had our first scan today:

Carnival, Day 2

Monday, March 7th, 2011

There is a big difference in celebrating carnival just one day/evening and being there two or more days; there is not so much rush to put all carnival-experience in one day, you can see more parades (Oosterhout yesterday, Breda today), you can take a short break and even have dinner at home (for some reason the food turns out to be much healthier πŸ˜‰ ), take a nap if you need, load the batteries and the option to switch outfits; I have been captain (Aye, Aye), a Lackey and am now considering a boyscout outfit…uuhhh, well, I’ll probably settle for the Captain’s outfit once more…Captain Love… πŸ˜‰

Carnival in Oosterhout

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

There is a first time for everything; today and tomorrow I am experiencing the ‘proper’ way to celebrate carnival. This means that I am ‘South of the big rivers’, in Oosterhout, uhhhh, Kaaiendonk as the city is called these days. Most companies are closed and everyone is in carnival mood for five days….part 1, this afternoon: people dressed up in the most creative outfits, beer, a parade with amazing vehicles (see pictures below!), beer, sunshine, beer and great company…so far I really enjoy the carnival tradition!!

Grannies Day

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

It is Grannies Day today; we’ve just been to my grandmother celebrating her 91th (!) Birthday and we’ll go to see Kissy’s grandmother tonight when she receives the ‘Anointing of the Sick’ sacrament. Two events with almost opposite emotional feelings…very glad that we can be there, for both grannies!

TGIF, Song of the Day: I gotta feeling!

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Thank God It’s Fridaaayyyyyy!! The Song of the Day is matching today’s spirit: The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling!

Let’s dance and have a party!

Love IS…

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

When you know for sure
that you are indeed connected
to All-That-Is
through love,
then you have,
even if it is for the briefest moment,
a perfect understanding
of who You really are.

For you are this love.

You are the very love
that connects all things
and all ideas
and that is the basis
for all creation everywhere.

In fact,
you could never be anywhere
that this love is not.

It is unconditional.

This love,
this powerful force,
does not know
that you are
ever
contracting away from it
or forgetting it
or pretending
that it does not exist,
for it never once loses sight
of who You really are.

So,
no matter the circumstance,
no matter the struggle,
no matter the matter,
you are always held
perfectly
in this perfect,
always expanding love.

To experience this love,
all you need do
is find something
or someone
to appreciate.

In that moment
when you see him
or her
or it
or them
as the delicious creations
that they are,
then you are experiencing
the love of All-That-Is.

In that moment,
you are connecting
to Source energy.

And we can tell you,
quite certainly,
that you will never
see things
the same way
again.

 

(via Communion of Light, thx for this! LOVE truly IS…and it is beautiful!)

iPad 2 launched!

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Less than a week after Apple updated its MacBook Pro line of notebooks, yet another ‘update’ event was held: Apple introduced the iPad 2!

Already available from March 11 (NL & Norway March 25), it is the next generation of its magical device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more.


The improvements compared the original iPad will make iPad 2 a killer once more!

  • 33% thinner design
  • 15% lighter
  • Apples dual-core A5 processor giving twice the performance and 9x faster graphics
  • Two cameras, front and back
  • Still up to 10 hours of battery life
  • Available in black or white
  • New innovative iPad 2 Smart Covers which are magnetically attached to the device are available for screen protection

 

Engadget posted a first hands-on impression; it’s THIN and FAST…nice!

QOTD March 1 2011

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Freya Madeline Stark: “There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”