QOTD March 11 2011
Friday, March 11th, 2011Katherine 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.”
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.”
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? π
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… π π
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!!! π π
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. π 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…
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:
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 π ), 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… π
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!!
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!
Thank God Itβs 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!
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!)
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!
Engadget posted a first hands-on impression; it’s THIN and FAST…nice!
Freya Madeline Stark: “There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”