Went to Amsterdam with the Potter Posse to see the final Harry Potter film.


Getting off the train I could see the mega movieposter on the side of the cinema. Ahw.


See how big it is!


Of course I had to get a good shot of it. Very impressive image.


And here we are: Benthe, Judith, Jelle, Silvia and Hans, ready for the final film. *sniffles* (Still very much in magic mood thanks to our Harry Potter Mega Marathon Weekend)

Harry Potter Mega Marathon Weekend

Decorated the entrance of my apartment with Harry Potter hankies and wands for everyone.


Up in the attic I made a little HoneyDukes corner.


We had all kinds of magic-related candy, such as: licorice in the flavours Troll, Witches and Werewolves, magic balls that change colour in your mouth and edible paper. Silvia had made chocolate frogs again and I had brewed Mulled Mead!

Saturday July 16
Watched The Philosopher's Stone by myself and was joined by Sil and Tan for the next three films:)




Sunday July 17
Hans, Jelle, Benthe and Gayleen joined our PotterPosse and together we watched films 5, 6 and 7. (On Monday five of us are going to the cinema for the final film)

I had made Butter Beer!


Ready for The Order Of The Phoenix!


Afterwards we wiped away our tears and put on a brave smile for an alp photo;)


Some of the edible pieces of paper had tongue tattoos on them....


Which we of course all had to try :-)

A brilliant weekend \o/

Mom's (belated) Birthdayparty!
We gave her baby-pictures of my brothers and me, and although she was thrilled with those, the best present was of course cuddletime with grandson Ruben;)


We selected 15 photos in total, not all of them were black and white originally, but I had them all printed like that, so they made matching sets of three:) Ahw, look at us.


Here is a proud mom with her kids today. All grown up. Sort of;)


And now mom is a grandmom of Ruben \o/


They love to cuddle:)


Auntie J. makes a funny face :-p


Ruben is still struggling with the concept of sucking his thumb.

Was very sad this morning when I found out I left my pink hat on the back of my bike at the busstop. It's been with me on travels all over the world and I thought for sure it was lost.
BUT: when I came back this evening IT WAS STILL THERE \o/

After last week's first experience with the CureTape my Physical Therapist put two shorter pieces on my arm. These were easier to cover up, so I could do... the dishes!

Charge!


Only the edges were a little damp afterwards.

But when I took a shower this morning, the cut off glove didn't really work and the tape got loose, so I took it off

See how tiny those pieces are? Imagine the pull on my arm when they were stretched;)

Taking them off wasn't that bad, but in the afternoon a red pattern came up on my arm:

Rash! Probably the combination of stessed out skin and the incredible heat today (32C) It only itches when I sweat and seems to be slowly fading. Hopefully it's gone tomorrow, but I'm definitely not gonna put new tape on my arm.

I was cycling through a rainstorm when through the clouds in front of me the sun appeared. So I looked back to see if there was a rainbow and... tadaah:)

MMmm, bonbons from Antwerp:


And this is just the top layer of THREE!
I brought them for mom, but she was kind enough to share them during our film-evening up in the attic;)

The Hague, Thursday May 12
After an epic tour following Panic! at the Disco in Amsterdam and Antwerp, I traveled back home with a short stop in The Hague to visit brother Jaap, SIL Gayleen and nephew Ruben. Guess who I took most pictures of;)


Looking at his dad:)


Look at those eyelashes!


On dad's lap.


Ahw.

Cycled to my mom this morning for a surprise visit to honour Mother's day. I picked flowers on the way:


I had already delivered flowers and a breakfast basket on Thursday, because I thought I wouldn't be able to make it today, but I didn't want to show up empty handed;) I also brought a special loaf of bread in the shape of a heart, ahw.


This was the official bouquet I secretely left on her table on Thursday (she found it when she came home at night:)


And this is how the hand picked flowers ended up. Tadaah!

Dinner, Saturday April 23

Omelet (made with eggs from the bossman's chickens) with chipolata (included on the bottom) and carrots. Quite proud of the result. Looked pretty good and tasted great:)

Delicious traditions...


The bossman gave each of us a bread basket for Easter:


And when I got home I found mom had left me Chocolate bunnies and chickens plus a piece of lemon-nougat, omnomnom.

Look what I bought!
Went shopping for a shirt and found out the shop was selling its mannequins. Unfortunately not whole bodies, but I just had to get myself a male torso:) I have to transport it home in bits, because it's too big to take on the bus and bike in one go. (I also had to carry a bowl of fresh eggs from the bossman's chickens for Easter).


I was relieved it fit in my bikebag:)


Now he sits on the couch waiting for his arms *g*

Roadworks are forcing me to cycle an alternative route to my bus. My 'own' busstop is closed and I now have to catch my bus one stop further. Since the roadworks also delay the bus coming from the station, for now I'm not leaving the house any earlier. One busdriver said this situation will likely be in effect until June 2012 (two thousand TWELVE). Jeebus.


It may seem like there is a more direct path next to the highway, but as far as I can tell that's for pedestrians. So I'm cycling in a curve back to my neighbourhood. It's a nice bit of nature actually.


Name of my alternative busstop translates to 'Happiness'. Yeah. Not so much.

I made dinner for me and mom tonight (before we went to the Arthouse to -finally- see Black Swan)

Chicken, potatoes in skin with oniondressing and miniature beets.

Dinner Saturday, March 26: Hot Dog Pizza!

Okay, I agree it sounds horrible, especially the pickles and mustard, but it tastes mm-mm-good. :-)

Dag Bammetje...



Wie bedenkt zoiets: heb je zo'n knus product als een Bammetje, ga je de naam veranderen in 'Complete Start'. Alsof ik dat in m'n boodschappenmandje wil stoppen. Niet dus. Jammer de bammer, ik houd het voortaan bij Snelle Jelle's van Wieger Ketellapper. Koek mag behalve 'gezond' of 'voedzaam' ook best een beetje leuk zijn.

Two succesful shoppingtrips today!

1. This afternoon I found a replacement button for the dimmer of my livingroom chandelier (I broke that lightswitch weeks ago).

Although I could still use it and it looked kind of funky and spacey without the button, I'm very pleased I was able to make it whole again:)

2. Bookweek started yesterday and since shops are open on Thursdaynight I went bookshopping:

There were many more books I fancied, but I figured I'd save some shopping for after my paycheck arrives next week (bookweek lasts 10 days;). When you spent at least 12,50 euros on books, you get an especially written book for free (De Kraai - Kader Abdolah). As an extra bonus you can use this book as a trainticket on Sunday to travel for FREE all over the Netherlands.
Amsterdam, here I come!

Yum

Huge bar of chocolate, bought for the design of the wrapper, honest (scroll down to final photo in that batch:)


"DuoBrood": one loaf of bread, two flavors:)


"Donker veelgranen en maisbrood" = Dark whole grain and cornbread.