Just wanted to upload two pictures before falling into bed.
These are 'some' things from the old attic that still have to be moved...
But it starts to look like home:
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Our house - part 14
We still have an internet connection in our old house, don't ask me why ;)
Just wanted to upload two pictures before falling into bed.
These are 'some' things from the old attic that still have to be moved...
But it starts to look like home:
Just wanted to upload two pictures before falling into bed.
These are 'some' things from the old attic that still have to be moved...
But it starts to look like home:
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Our house - part 13
Moving-Day is coming soon!
It's a chaos in the old house. Right now, there are no curtains in our living room, they are being cleaned tomorrow and then hanged in the new house. The hallway is full of boxes and every time we open the door to the hallway, it bangs into the boxes, because for some reason we seem to forget we've put them there time after time. Every closet we open is almost empty and all the pictures have been removed from the walls.
A lot of boxes (at least 30) have already been moved to the new house and in the new house it's almost invisible that we've put them there, because the house is just too big and there are many closets to hide the mess ;)
Today we also wanted to move some boxes to the new house, but we had some bad luck: Our car was standing on the parking with a flat tire! Damn! So first thing tomorrow, before going to work, is going to the garage to have it fixed. Tip for everybody: Make sure the air pressure of your spare tire is correct. I guess ours has never been checked before and the pressure seems pretty low. But it'll do.
Next Tuesday our internet/cable is moving already. I'll probably be offline for a while now. Next blog-post will be from the new house! Keep your fingers crossed for us please, I hope everything goes well in the coming week. Biggest concern, because it's not in our hands, is the carpet that has to be laid on Friday...
CU! X
It's a chaos in the old house. Right now, there are no curtains in our living room, they are being cleaned tomorrow and then hanged in the new house. The hallway is full of boxes and every time we open the door to the hallway, it bangs into the boxes, because for some reason we seem to forget we've put them there time after time. Every closet we open is almost empty and all the pictures have been removed from the walls.
A lot of boxes (at least 30) have already been moved to the new house and in the new house it's almost invisible that we've put them there, because the house is just too big and there are many closets to hide the mess ;)
Today we also wanted to move some boxes to the new house, but we had some bad luck: Our car was standing on the parking with a flat tire! Damn! So first thing tomorrow, before going to work, is going to the garage to have it fixed. Tip for everybody: Make sure the air pressure of your spare tire is correct. I guess ours has never been checked before and the pressure seems pretty low. But it'll do.
Next Tuesday our internet/cable is moving already. I'll probably be offline for a while now. Next blog-post will be from the new house! Keep your fingers crossed for us please, I hope everything goes well in the coming week. Biggest concern, because it's not in our hands, is the carpet that has to be laid on Friday...
CU! X
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Our house - part 12
I'm feeling a bit sick since Saturday and it's not getting better. There's an influenza epidemic in the Netherlands, maybe this time it will get me too? I hope not, there's too much work to do! The past couple of days I was free from work and I've been busy cleaning, packing and moving small things.
Things are really going on well, but I wish I could have done it without the headache, sneezing and sniffing... *sigh*. And tomorrow I need to work again... *bigsigh*
These are some of our books, now temporarily stored in a closet in the attic of our new house:
I have to tell you that the pile of books in this particular closet has grown even more... I think we've got too many books. But as it fitted in our old house, it will easily fit in the new one.
Things are really going on well, but I wish I could have done it without the headache, sneezing and sniffing... *sigh*. And tomorrow I need to work again... *bigsigh*These are some of our books, now temporarily stored in a closet in the attic of our new house:
I have to tell you that the pile of books in this particular closet has grown even more... I think we've got too many books. But as it fitted in our old house, it will easily fit in the new one.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Our house - part 11
The plasterer has done his work and this is the result:
And today we removed the floor protection and this is how our living room looks now:
The biggest thing that still needs to be done is the carpet in the bedrooms and on the stairs, but we have to wait for it another week.
The next three days I'm free from work and there are many other things to be done as preparation before we can actually move houses. The only not very nice circumstance is the fact that I'm starting to feel ill... Think I'm going to bed to have a good rest now.
And today we removed the floor protection and this is how our living room looks now:
The biggest thing that still needs to be done is the carpet in the bedrooms and on the stairs, but we have to wait for it another week.
The next three days I'm free from work and there are many other things to be done as preparation before we can actually move houses. The only not very nice circumstance is the fact that I'm starting to feel ill... Think I'm going to bed to have a good rest now.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Winter!
Dutch people love to complain about the weather. It's probably the number one subject for small talk. But when winter really is winter, like it is now, everybody loves it. I didn't hear any complains about it yet. Minus 15 degrees Celsius at night, wow! Snow and ice with blue sky and sunshine - it can't be better! Okay, it's cold and it took me about 20 minutes to get the car ready to drive this morning, I had to scrape the ice from the outside and the inside of the windows, the drivers side of the car was frozen and I had to get inside on the other side of the car. The windshield wipers had disappeared under 3cm of frozen snow. But who cares? It's winter! :) And eventually I arrived at work in time.
Of course, it is very clever to have the plasterer working in our new house in this week, exactly when the central heating has been removed. There are ice drops on the air vents in our house right now... maybe we'll have icicles inside tomorrow? And there's so much moisture in the house as well. I really hope it all ends well and nothing gets damaged because of cold or moisture. I'll be happy when the plasterer is done with his job! Not only because it will be so much prettier after he's finished, but also because Martin and I can't do much right now and we'd love to get on with our own work!
But instead of worrying about those things, let's enjoy the winter and its beauty. I just saw a beautiful report on TV with images of skating people on big lakes in the western part of the Netherlands, where I used to live. And although I never watch sport in TV, I'm longing, like many other Dutch people, for an "Elfstedentocht" (Eleven Cities Tour), a legendary skating marathon in the Netherlands which haven't took place since 1997.
Unfortunately the report I just saw, is not yet online... so I'll just add another video, which also suits the occasion. It's from my favorite Dutch cabaret artist (and it's in Dutch, sorry for those who don't understand).
Of course, it is very clever to have the plasterer working in our new house in this week, exactly when the central heating has been removed. There are ice drops on the air vents in our house right now... maybe we'll have icicles inside tomorrow? And there's so much moisture in the house as well. I really hope it all ends well and nothing gets damaged because of cold or moisture. I'll be happy when the plasterer is done with his job! Not only because it will be so much prettier after he's finished, but also because Martin and I can't do much right now and we'd love to get on with our own work!
But instead of worrying about those things, let's enjoy the winter and its beauty. I just saw a beautiful report on TV with images of skating people on big lakes in the western part of the Netherlands, where I used to live. And although I never watch sport in TV, I'm longing, like many other Dutch people, for an "Elfstedentocht" (Eleven Cities Tour), a legendary skating marathon in the Netherlands which haven't took place since 1997.
Unfortunately the report I just saw, is not yet online... so I'll just add another video, which also suits the occasion. It's from my favorite Dutch cabaret artist (and it's in Dutch, sorry for those who don't understand).
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Ice skating
Yeah!! Finally I had time to go ice skating today!! I love it :) Many people have been ice skating in the past week, but I didn't have time for it. This morning my sister-in-law and I woke up early to enjoy the last bit of ice. Afterwards it started raining and the ice is really defrosting now. But we really loved it!
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Our house - part 10
Happy New Year!!!!
Because there's not much work to do in our new house at this moment, and because we were a bit lazy from last night, we decided to start packing some things. By the way: we will probably move at January 24th!
Because there's not much work to do in our new house at this moment, and because we were a bit lazy from last night, we decided to start packing some things. By the way: we will probably move at January 24th!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Neue Gruppenbilder bei den Wise Guys
Das Abschiedskonzert ist schon wieder 10 Tage her. Jetzt ist Clemens aber auch auf der Webseite der Wise Guys verschwunden. Neu sind die Gruppenbilder von den Fünf, diesmal mit Nils. Aber was mir beim anschauen auffiel war nicht die neue Besetzung, aber den Hintergrund! Das kenne ich! Von unserem Kurzurlaub im letzten Sommer! (Mehr Bilder gibt es hier):
Neu sind übrigens auch die Steckbriefe von Dän und Nils. Und wahrscheinlich demnächst auch die von Eddi, Ferenc und Sari.
Neu sind übrigens auch die Steckbriefe von Dän und Nils. Und wahrscheinlich demnächst auch die von Eddi, Ferenc und Sari.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Zoo by night
Yesterday we visited the zoo in Emmen by night. Conclusions: It was cold, it was dark, 90% of the animals was not visible, and it was very cold.
Did I tell you it was damn cold?
To be honest, it was nice, but there were just too many people which made it too crowdy in the places where animals were visible. There was a beautiful laser show and a fire breather. The fire breather was very nice, mostly for the big flames that gave some warmth! The trees were beautifully lit in different colors. The little cup of hot soup was very nice and we enjoyed it fully - for it was 3,50 euro... We sat outside at a table which was frozen with ice *shiver*. One advantage of visiting a zoo in winter: no wasps around the rubbish bins!
Here you can see the home of the Nigerian Nightnosers, I guess... ;) and the pool with ehm... with many Dazzling Ducks. And, we saw See-lions! Oh wait, it were Sea-lions!
Luckily we could have a look inside some animal accommodations for the night, so we didn't leave the zoo without having seen an animal.
(click to enlarge)
Did I tell you it was damn cold?
To be honest, it was nice, but there were just too many people which made it too crowdy in the places where animals were visible. There was a beautiful laser show and a fire breather. The fire breather was very nice, mostly for the big flames that gave some warmth! The trees were beautifully lit in different colors. The little cup of hot soup was very nice and we enjoyed it fully - for it was 3,50 euro... We sat outside at a table which was frozen with ice *shiver*. One advantage of visiting a zoo in winter: no wasps around the rubbish bins!
Here you can see the home of the Nigerian Nightnosers, I guess... ;) and the pool with ehm... with many Dazzling Ducks. And, we saw See-lions! Oh wait, it were Sea-lions!
Luckily we could have a look inside some animal accommodations for the night, so we didn't leave the zoo without having seen an animal.
Our house - part 9
We're painting. There's not much to tell, not much to see (except for white door frames in stead of yellowish ones), but we're making good progress.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Our house - part 8
We received many, many Christmas cards this year, a lot of them were sent to our new house, with beautiful wishes for the new year. It's very special, to have so many people thinking of you :) Especially the cards from people whom we didn't expect to hear from.
This morning, I decided to take a picture of all the cards. The window sill in the kitchen is full!
A couple of hours later, the postman delivered even more cards!
Thank you all for sending them :D
Now, we'll take two days off to celebrate Christmas. I'm looking forward to these two days more than in other years, because I think a break will do us good. We're a bit tired of all the working and planning. On Saturday we'll continue painting.
Happy holidays!! -X-
This morning, I decided to take a picture of all the cards. The window sill in the kitchen is full!
A couple of hours later, the postman delivered even more cards!
Thank you all for sending them :D
Now, we'll take two days off to celebrate Christmas. I'm looking forward to these two days more than in other years, because I think a break will do us good. We're a bit tired of all the working and planning. On Saturday we'll continue painting.
Happy holidays!! -X-
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Our house - part 7
Yesterday we cleaned the house, together with my mother-in-law and our friend Marga. Most of the tools that were lying around have moved to our shed and the house is tidy and free of dust now. We were so busy cleaning, I forgot to make pictures until they went home.
After a great Wise Guys concert in Essen, a short night and a nice breakfast together with Lena and laptops for music- and photo-exchange, we started painting baseboards and ceiling this afternoon.
After a great Wise Guys concert in Essen, a short night and a nice breakfast together with Lena and laptops for music- and photo-exchange, we started painting baseboards and ceiling this afternoon.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Our house - part 5
After the noise with sanding machines, I started using our special vacuum cleaner today to get rid of mortar, carpet remains and dust.... and this vacuum cleaner makes even more noise.
I'm really feeling sorry with the neighbours right now. I used ear protection to avoid getting deaf.
This is the room in the attic, which will be our computer room later, and you can see the noisy vacuum cleaner (be happy it's a picture, not a movie!):
Right now, we can start cleaning - get rid of all the dust everywhere. In the coming evenings I'm going to undercoat some small things as well. Cleanerteam can come over and join us next Saturday! After that, we can start painting 10 door frames and some other things. We still have to buy paint by the way, we don't even know yet what color we're going to use...
Oh ja, the plasterer will come over in the first week of Januar. Perfect timing!
I'm really feeling sorry with the neighbours right now. I used ear protection to avoid getting deaf.
This is the room in the attic, which will be our computer room later, and you can see the noisy vacuum cleaner (be happy it's a picture, not a movie!):
Right now, we can start cleaning - get rid of all the dust everywhere. In the coming evenings I'm going to undercoat some small things as well. Cleanerteam can come over and join us next Saturday! After that, we can start painting 10 door frames and some other things. We still have to buy paint by the way, we don't even know yet what color we're going to use...
Oh ja, the plasterer will come over in the first week of Januar. Perfect timing!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Doch noch ein Weihnachtsbaum
Wozu ein Maybebop Weihnachtsshow führen kann:
Der lag noch unbenutzt in der Originalverpackung auf unserem Dachboden. Und mit seinem 50 cm ist er schnell aufgebaut und steht er uns nicht im Wege im derzeitigen Chaos und beim Packen :)
Die CD "Schenken" läuft jetzt im alten Haus und im Auto rauf und runter. Im neuen Haus kann ich sie nicht anhören, denn da haben wir leider keine CD-Player... Aber, es hatte sich heute doch nicht gelohnt, wir haben den ganzen Tag mit Schleifmaschinen nur ganz, ganz viel Lärm gemacht.
Und jetzt noch für alle, die Maybebop (noch) nicht kennen, frohe Weihnachten!!
Der lag noch unbenutzt in der Originalverpackung auf unserem Dachboden. Und mit seinem 50 cm ist er schnell aufgebaut und steht er uns nicht im Wege im derzeitigen Chaos und beim Packen :)
Die CD "Schenken" läuft jetzt im alten Haus und im Auto rauf und runter. Im neuen Haus kann ich sie nicht anhören, denn da haben wir leider keine CD-Player... Aber, es hatte sich heute doch nicht gelohnt, wir haben den ganzen Tag mit Schleifmaschinen nur ganz, ganz viel Lärm gemacht.
Und jetzt noch für alle, die Maybebop (noch) nicht kennen, frohe Weihnachten!!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Weil spontane Aktionen die beste sind....
... darum fahren wir heute Abend nach Münster, für ein Konzert von Maybebop. Das war so geil gestern!!! JUHU!! :D
Friday, December 12, 2008
Our house - part 4
We've got 10 door frames in our house that need to be painted. Our sanding machine died after two frames, but luckily we could borrow another machine. It's very dusty in the house now, but I guess we can start cleaning on Sunday or at least in the coming week. That means we can start painting within a week! But first, we are going out tonight.... it's a cappella night in Oss! Shiva Knows, Maybebop and Reset!
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Testosteron - iNtrmzzo
I'm looking forward to see these guys live again, but I have to wait until March... Their new CD is very welcome right now!! Listen to it and buy it! It's really cool!
Monday, December 08, 2008
Our house - part 3
This morning I used a crowbar to remove these things from the bedrooms:
(The carpet was nailed to it with many, many tiny nails)
And these are Pig and Duck, originally from my mother-in-law's old garden, now happily living in our garden:
This afternoon Martin is free from work and we are going shopping for some new furniture!! :) Hopefully we can make decisions today. If there's enough time, we will also choose the new carpet for the bedrooms. Oh, and did I tell you about the home cinema Martin wants to create? It's going to be so beautiful hahaha.
(The carpet was nailed to it with many, many tiny nails)
And these are Pig and Duck, originally from my mother-in-law's old garden, now happily living in our garden:
This afternoon Martin is free from work and we are going shopping for some new furniture!! :) Hopefully we can make decisions today. If there's enough time, we will also choose the new carpet for the bedrooms. Oh, and did I tell you about the home cinema Martin wants to create? It's going to be so beautiful hahaha.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
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