yep...it was at 7:25pm
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho.
The heat is on.
xxx
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Finally Friday
This felt like a really long week to me. Maybe because I was not very busy at work (for a switch!). Maybe because we have an appointment next Monday that I'm really excited about. Maybe because I knew it was going to get hot again at the end of the week. Whatever the reason, Friday took forever to get here. I'm very much looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow. Too bad it's going to be really hot again, and so it won't be a very comfortable sleep. But sleeping in is always good, no matter what.
Also something else to look forward to this weekend is the World Cup finals on Sunday (20:30 here, but check your local listings!). The Dutch team is in it! I was a little surprised that they won the last one, so if they win THIS one, then I'll be surprised again. I am wondering how much partying there will be if they win, too. Wishing we had a garage to park the car in... On Wednesday, after the Spain-Germany game someone nearby set of a whole bunch of fireworks. It must have been someone from Spain, since they won! Will you be watching, and rooting for my adopted country's team?
Another thing this weekend is Ludi's sister's birthday. Everyone wish her a happy birthday!!!
Sounds like I'm really busy, doesn't it?
It feels strange to not have a picture in a post, so I'll show this one.
I ordered some yarn online from a Dutch hobby shop a while ago. It's been kind of too hot to do any hooking though, so I'm not sure when I'll finish this project and get to show you. I'll try to do it soon, though!
Enjoy your weekend, everyone! Stay cool!
xxx
Also something else to look forward to this weekend is the World Cup finals on Sunday (20:30 here, but check your local listings!). The Dutch team is in it! I was a little surprised that they won the last one, so if they win THIS one, then I'll be surprised again. I am wondering how much partying there will be if they win, too. Wishing we had a garage to park the car in... On Wednesday, after the Spain-Germany game someone nearby set of a whole bunch of fireworks. It must have been someone from Spain, since they won! Will you be watching, and rooting for my adopted country's team?
Another thing this weekend is Ludi's sister's birthday. Everyone wish her a happy birthday!!!
Sounds like I'm really busy, doesn't it?
It feels strange to not have a picture in a post, so I'll show this one.
new stash
I ordered some yarn online from a Dutch hobby shop a while ago. It's been kind of too hot to do any hooking though, so I'm not sure when I'll finish this project and get to show you. I'll try to do it soon, though!
Enjoy your weekend, everyone! Stay cool!
xxx
Sunday, July 4, 2010
HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!
Happy 4th to everyone!
Are cookouts planned? With potato salads or macaroni salads? That's what I think of for summer BBQs. Hamburgers and potato or macaroni salad. Yumm!!! We don't have anything special planned here.
I can hardly believe it's July already. Where is the time going? The days are just flying by. Though the last few days kind of took forever. I think I mentioned in a previous post that we were having a hot spell this week. Friday was to be the hottest day.
I don't think that it got to 93, but it got hot enough! Luckily the humidity wasn't very high. I think to a lot of people 91 degrees isn't very hot, really, but for here, that'sunreasonably unseasonably warm. We only have a few of these days a year, thankfully. Low to mid-80s is more of a normal temperature. But the weather has been cooling down now. Thank goodness!
I hope everything has been going well for you all. Enjoy your holiday!!!
xxx
ooooooooohhhh.... aaaaaaaaaaaahhhh
Are cookouts planned? With potato salads or macaroni salads? That's what I think of for summer BBQs. Hamburgers and potato or macaroni salad. Yumm!!! We don't have anything special planned here.
I can hardly believe it's July already. Where is the time going? The days are just flying by. Though the last few days kind of took forever. I think I mentioned in a previous post that we were having a hot spell this week. Friday was to be the hottest day.
Friday's heat wave
I don't think that it got to 93, but it got hot enough! Luckily the humidity wasn't very high. I think to a lot of people 91 degrees isn't very hot, really, but for here, that's
I hope everything has been going well for you all. Enjoy your holiday!!!
xxx
Friday, July 2, 2010
Oranje Mania!!!!
The country is deep deep DEEP in OranjeMadness. For their national soccer team playing at the World Cup. Everywhere people are wearing orange on the days the team plays. There are decorations everywhere, special orange foods for sale...it's insane! Here is a picture of the street next to ours.
One house even has a tent set up in their tiny front lawn (just behind the red car down the street)! They put their tv outside to watch the games, and have a party. One thing you can't say about the Dutch is that they don't have any national pride in their sports teams.
Today is another game. In fact, it's starting right now. Netherlands are playing against Brazil. Brazil is favored to win (cuz they're really good), but hopefully the Dutch will pull a miracle out of somewhere and win it.
This is the 2nd round of games, out of...what... 4? I can't remember. Here in our house we have watched every game possible. Well... one of us has. I started out watching them all (or most of them), but after the 12th or 13th game, I got a little tired of them. But this one I think I'll go watch, since it's my adopted country. And the USA is out now anyways, so rooting for The Netherlands is the next best thing!
Hup Holland Hup!!!
xxx
edit: Well, whaddya know. There was indeed a miracle (thanks to a Brazilian player and his hitting it into his own goal!) and the Dutch won, 2-1. More Orange Madness! Yippee!!!
the entire block decked out
One house even has a tent set up in their tiny front lawn (just behind the red car down the street)! They put their tv outside to watch the games, and have a party. One thing you can't say about the Dutch is that they don't have any national pride in their sports teams.
Today is another game. In fact, it's starting right now. Netherlands are playing against Brazil. Brazil is favored to win (cuz they're really good), but hopefully the Dutch will pull a miracle out of somewhere and win it.
This is the 2nd round of games, out of...what... 4? I can't remember. Here in our house we have watched every game possible. Well... one of us has. I started out watching them all (or most of them), but after the 12th or 13th game, I got a little tired of them. But this one I think I'll go watch, since it's my adopted country. And the USA is out now anyways, so rooting for The Netherlands is the next best thing!
Hup Holland Hup!!!
xxx
edit: Well, whaddya know. There was indeed a miracle (thanks to a Brazilian player and his hitting it into his own goal!) and the Dutch won, 2-1. More Orange Madness! Yippee!!!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Summer is HERE!
Summer is hitting us hard this week. It was in the 80s all weekend, and will continue to be until Friday. Then it changes a little, and goes into the 90s. Ugh. We don't have AC.
Ugh.
I can feel myself wilting already.
On Sunday I was enjoying the smells of summer. The breeze coming in through the kitchen window (fresh air), the scent of some mysterious flower somewhere in the neighborhood. There are so many flowering things around the apartment that I'm not positive what I was smelling, but I suspect it was this.
A dainty little yellow flower. There's a long oval kind of leaf right next to the flower clusters (you can see that at the top of the picture). The actual tree leaves are bigger (seen in the lower right corner of the photo).
It's a huge tree, and the tree is covered with those little yellow blossoms. The street is lined with them, so we get a lot of the perfumed air in the apartment. Actually, there are hundreds of these trees in Maastricht. I can't figure out what they are though.
Anyone know? If you could let me know, that would be great!
Stay cool, everyone!
xxx
Ugh.
I can feel myself wilting already.
On Sunday I was enjoying the smells of summer. The breeze coming in through the kitchen window (fresh air), the scent of some mysterious flower somewhere in the neighborhood. There are so many flowering things around the apartment that I'm not positive what I was smelling, but I suspect it was this.
the culprit
A dainty little yellow flower. There's a long oval kind of leaf right next to the flower clusters (you can see that at the top of the picture). The actual tree leaves are bigger (seen in the lower right corner of the photo).
the big picture
It's a huge tree, and the tree is covered with those little yellow blossoms. The street is lined with them, so we get a lot of the perfumed air in the apartment. Actually, there are hundreds of these trees in Maastricht. I can't figure out what they are though.
leaves and bark of mystery tree
Stay cool, everyone!
xxx
Thursday, June 24, 2010
A sad sight
My flowers, the ones I was so excited about... you remember, right?
THE flowers
They weren't doing so well. All the blooms went away!
sans bloomies
The leaves are fine, so I'm not over watering or under watering, that I know of. I guess the sellers force them, and make them all showy so we buy them. But that probably is hard for the plant, right? So it's just in recovery mode right now. I hope. There are a few buds starting, so I have hopes that they'll be all showy and pretty for me again soon.
Have a terrific rest of the week!
"Uhh.. that would be just Friday."
Ok, then, have a great Friday!
xxx
Monday, June 21, 2010
Well, where the heck have I been??!
I could list a number of excuses, but... it just doesn't matter, does it? Hopefully I'll be visiting more regularly now!
I trust you all had a good month? We did here. We did a First Communion (Ludi's nephew), we did some cleaning, we did some shopping, I started working more hours (did I tell you about that? I forget!) and now... now we're in World Cup Soccer heaven. Well, one of us is, anyways. More on that in a later post.
Happy belated Memorial Day, Flag Day and Father's Day to everyone!
Have a LOVEly week!
xxx
I could list a number of excuses, but... it just doesn't matter, does it? Hopefully I'll be visiting more regularly now!
I trust you all had a good month? We did here. We did a First Communion (Ludi's nephew), we did some cleaning, we did some shopping, I started working more hours (did I tell you about that? I forget!) and now... now we're in World Cup Soccer heaven. Well, one of us is, anyways. More on that in a later post.
Happy belated Memorial Day, Flag Day and Father's Day to everyone!
Have a LOVEly week!
xxx
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