I bought two pairs of jeans today: one black, one blue. I saved 9.90 euros, woohoo! Here I am showing off the snug-fit:) I'm also including some pictures of a statue I made years ago. Because while I was checking out my behind, I noticed a resemblance...


I think I might need supermom to shorten the jeans juuuuust a little;)


It's not that easy to take a picture of your own butt...


... so I used a mirror for an overview;)


Statue
(made on a piece of rock with a metal frame, stuffing and clay)






I already knew I put something of myself in it, but I didn't realize it was that much *g*

Today I said goodbye to my favorite pair of jeans. *sniffles*

I dyed my hair on Wednesday... meet the hairmonster the morning after:


But after I got dressed and put my hair up... not so bad:


And two days later, I'm used to it: I'm a redhead now;)


I really like this point of view:

Had an 'Elizabeth'-lunch with mom. We giggled a lot. We thought this warning under the lid on the syrup was very funny:


Do I need to comment on the lights in this Christmastree? Don't think so. *rolls eyes*


Happy New Year on mom's balcony: sparkles!


Mom!


I spent the night at mom's but forgot to bring my sleep-over cuddle. Now I'm parking him in my blog, so next time I can at least give him a little wave;)

Christmas & Birthday: 25 & 26 December 2007:)

Look: Cards!


Christmasdecorations #1: chandelier


Christmasdecorations #2: piglights


(And I had my funky Christmastree, just like last year:)

Made my own Christmasdinner: tadaah!


Birthday! Cake #1 = Skiing-accident,
Cake #2 = Bakery specialty. Both were scrumptious:)


Hans fixed my computer (best Birthdaypresent;)


And I treated everyone to a film up in the Attic (State & Main)
Trust me: everybody had fun. Honest.


After the film we went to my mom's for dinner: delicious:)


Score!

Presents included:

pictureframes

CD-racks

freaky lollypops (love skeletons;)

cool metal pig

Gentleman's pajamas from Robson (ooooooh)

Harry Potter Audio CDs: read by Stephen Fry
(absolutely best presents - thanks mom)

Winter is here!

View from the backroom:


I made a panorama-picture! Click it for bigger view. Click eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet:


View from my bedroom:








Zooooooooom:




More trees in the neighbourhood:














Going into town (bike is mine;)

Some more Sinterklaas-pictures made by brotherdearest:)

Pile of presents:


Me and my spine:


Mom and suprise-package:


Missed the party?

Sinterklaas 2007
I was sick as a dog. A dog with the flue and a bad back. But I managed to have fun, which is further proof that the family-unit rocks :-)

Let's start at the beginning. I finished wrapping presents on Friday:


and spend all day Saturday building suprise-packages...
A showbiz-mirror for actrice Benthe (she's rehearsing to play Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest schoolplay)

(present inside is 'Shakespeare In A Box'-playset with scripts and attributes for Taming Of The Shrew)

A busking-hat for brother Hans, who asked for a harmonica and one of those contraptions to wear it while playing guitar. I fear he's planning to perform on the street...

(present inside is one of those contraptions mentioned above;)

A burka for mom, who has been showing an interest in eastern culture the past year (cooking in a tajine, reading up on islam, bathing in hammams, etc;)

(present inside is bodylotion "Heavenly massage"

A camera for Jaap, who is very into photography and old fashioned cameras

(present inside: two rolls of very rare film)

A badge for Gayleen, who next to her job as a specialist-nurse is studying to become a nurse-practitioner while setting up a clinic for guiding heart-patients.

(present inside: CD-rom to experiment with hairstyles)

And this is what my room looked after all the arts & crafts:


On Sunday mom picked me up to drive me and the presents to her place. The big round diningroomtable is where we traditionally put all our gifts. When the tablecloths are removed, the big pile of pressies is revealed:

(and there are more on the floor...)

Let the fun begin! Sint made Gayleen a car. (she passed her Dutch drivingtest without any problems) The presents are in plain view and still a surprise: cushions (made by Sint mom!)


I got a new spine - not because I lack courage thank you very much, but because of the recurring back-issues. Present is a cable-organizer!


Jaap got a turban filled with tea, because of his trip to India (see pictures here)


Hans got a pillow with dark clouds, because of his study-troubles at research-centre TNO (I forgot what was hidden inside)


The award for best surprise goes to the otherbrother: he build Hans an amplifier, accompanied by a poem saying that it was a too expensive present to put on one's wishlist, so Sint had no other option than to build a mocking surprise-gift. Inside was an actual amplifier. Heh.


Mom assists Benthe in opening her marvelous surprise-gift...


...an eye! Inside are earrings to match the colour of her eyes. Not red. The suprise-eye can be used as a box. It also has lashes. Brilliant.


Today (Monday) I'm still recovering... from the flue and from the awesome celebrations. I cleaned up the battlefield and not only my room, but also my arts & crafts closet looks very neat now:


Here are all my presents; a ridiculous amount of generosity. Thank you, Sinterklaas!


What I got:

A gripper - so I can spare my back and still reach for stuff, high and low

Part of a human body - with body parts, cooool:)

DVD Elizabeth (to prepare for the new movie)

DVD BlackAdder 1 - 3

CD and special edition DVD The Who

moviebook Yes Nurse, No Nurse

book Instant Graphics (to remind me I love my job - despite the issues)

magazines: 2 Empires, 1 Xposé

Cable organiser

Kings & Queens honey-showergel (Nefertiti)

Green and purple glass puzzlepieces

a Pirates Of The Caribbean torch- and tablelight (awesome!)

a snuggle box with Dutch pancakes + sirop + popcorn + nitted legwarmers and special edition DVD Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix

socks

a bowl with a lid for the microwave

4 purple pictureframes

a Christmas ball you can write on - with a crayon

chocolate and candy

more chocolate

even more chocolate: frogs and mice!