VACATION!!!

Yeah!! Finally I have 6 weeks vacation!!! Really love it, I don't feel too tired like the last 3 weeks or so. My feet hurt real badly, will have a feetbath this evening for them to relax. I also have a lot of headaches. That's what I'm worried about, as in January this year I had a sinus ignition (?? Hope that's the right word) and also had pain right towards my lefteye and that started last evening as well... It's ok right now, but am worried. Otherwise I will go to the doctor for some antibiotic. I just hope it's not the same this time.

Went to the hairdresser this morning. Really relaxing... having some chitchat and so on. Was there for over 40 minutes!!! Loved it!! Normally go to the hairdresser every 2-3 months, even though I have short hair and it grows really fast, but I have this great hair that I just have to style and I can go out :)
After that I did some groceries. And now I'm in the middle of cleaning my house. P.P. cleaned the shower and toilet, so that's fresh as well. I really love a fresh bathroom!
Have to pay some bills this week as well. Don't like them, but hee... guess nobody loves them :)

Also have to make a birthday-card for my brother who will celebrate his 24th birthday tomorrow (still know the day he was born and the days after that when family etc. came to visit). He's still my little brother, even though he rides a truck and is bigger than me :)

Don't have any photo to share yet, will update this thread with a photo of my Bro's birthdaycard when I finished it this evening :)

*UPDATED: Here's my brother's 24th Birthday card :) Used a Penny Black stamp, some Clubscrap paper and some letterstickers from my stash)

3 hours, 15 minutes

That's the "official" time I have my class of 2006-2007 for the last time together, even though there are already some kids on vacation.

I really can't want.

We moved classrooms yesterday, so today and tomorrow I will be in a different classroom. Really love it! It's so large! I now have so much space for the kids to play. Really love it and today I also loved it, because they seem to really enjoy themselves.

They were singing, dancing and stuff like that. A bunch of happy kids today, will see tomorrow. Loads of kids will go on vacation to Turkey and Marocco. Wish I could be with them... having loads of sun (need it!!!) and just relaxing.

I feel I just need that, and loads of sleep as well. Feeling really tired and my eyes are as well.

Still have loads of things to do for the new schoolyear, but I promised myself not to be in a hurry. Need time to load myself. I really want to work on those things, but have to be fit in the first place and right now I'm not.

Oh... will go to the hairdresser this Saturday. Been over 2 months since I've been there. I can still put my hair in the right direction, but I feel it just needs a big cut so I can keep it in better form.

Don't have much to tell... Just need to work 3 hours and 15 minutes :)

I spy with my little eye... (went to the forest in October with the kids. There was also a playing ground.)

Just need a break, real badly...

Never had this feeling before, but right now I just want it to be my summerholidays.
Yes, I always love vacation, but this year it seems like I really, really need it. So many things happened and are still happening here.
Just feels like it's too much right now, too much to handle for me.
Only 5 more days.... just 5 more...

Leave you with some close-ups of CJ-entries I made :)

Sharon's CJ...
Misti's CJ...

Donnette's CJ...
Camille's CJ...
Alice's CJ...
Susie's CJ...

Birthday Bash!

Yesterday, only a few hours ago... the Kindergarten teachers celebrated their birthdays together. That way we can have games all through the whole hallway and our classes. It's always a great sight to see all those kids with big smiles on their faces because they are enjoying themselves.

We started in our own classes with packing out all the presents the kids gave us. Got some really nice things! Loads of flowers, some chocolate, some speculaas (Dutch cookies..jummie!!), some showergel, a bracelet and a ring. They really spoiled me.

It's always funny to see the parents at the beginning of the day like: Didn't know it was your birthday! And when they come to pick up their kids, having some presents with them :)

Really have the greatest parents there are!

When my kids were in the class they spontainiously began to sing "Lang zal ze leven"(Happy birthday in English) and "Happy Birthday to you" (yeah, we also sing that one!!) and loads of other birthday songs. That moment really made my day! Seeing them all singing, the thing I really love doing with them (and hee... they sing really amazing I can tell you!!) and enjoying themselves. Felt some tears in my eyes of happiness. They're cute!

Then unpacking the pressies and kids who didn't have presents congratulated me with my birthday. After that a boy came to me and whispered in my ears: "Happy birthday dear sweet teacher. Hope you will have a great day!"

Now who can resist that, especially when you know he's the class most difficult boy, but he's changed so much the last year. From bad into good!! And I love to see that change!! Also other teachers notice that, so guess I'm on the right way :)

Here are some photos of today.

In my class the kids could make chipschains. A "dropveter" (a long licourice) with potatochips on it and they loved it!! All the kids (about 175!!) made them and it was fun!!!!

Well... just see the photos, they speak for themselves!

The girls and boys just love having their faces painted :) A girl of mine :) She was really into thoughts when I made this photo...
We have a game called "stoelendans", something like chairdance. There are about 10 kids and 9 chairs. When the music stops playing they all have to sit on a chair. One child doesn't have any and can't play anymore. Then one chair is put on the side, etc, etc.... Till we have 1 chair and 2 kids left. The one who sits on the chair when the music stops, is the winner :)

Catch the fish :)
Some kids of me :) Enjoying their chipschain :)
Making the chipschains...
"Jumping" is really hot overhere in Holland. Just watch this movie(http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=KkOikxh0kKg) and you know what these kids are doing :) It's really cool to see those little kids jumping..hehe

Workshops

Ok,...

I've been thinking again over and over and now I just know I have to do it: Giving scrapbookingworkshops.
Have done them about 2 years ago and it was really fun, but now I know I want to give it a go big time *ahehmm...*

Just inviting family over for some really easy to make scrapalbums or layouts. They have to take photos with them so we can make something with them.

Already have the details out here and the workshops I really like to give.

I've been giving workshops for children aged 10-12 for 2 years or so right now and they really like them and are always asking if I will do more. So guess they like it :)

I will post some info about my workshops and would like some feedback on them! Thanks!

Well... it's almost 12 am so will go to bed. Just a quick post to let you all know what I've been up to lately :)

As always... a photo... This time from a Circle Journal I'm in. This time I wanted it to be a more artsypartsy (hee, I just like that word *BIG SMILE*) and not the regular papers, but really texture, paints, dirtyness..haha... Love it!! Really enjoying it!! :)

If you'd like to see what one of the other people made in this CJ, please visit Nancy's blog:

http://www.myfiercewonderings.blogspot.com/

Breaking...

I don't know why I deserve it, but things just keep breaking last week.

First my alarm clock (may it RIP :)), last Monday I went to a shop for a new battery for my watch and it since Tuesday my watch doesn't work anymore...

And now last Friday... I was in the snackbar to order some French fries and stuff to eat and the zipper of my wallet just broke!!

AAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... people say things come in 3 when it goes wrong, so I had it all I suppose last week *LOL*

Don't know why I write it down here, but it just came to my mind to write it down for some reason. Probably to look back and think *POSITIVE* about it *LOL*

Today nothing much happened (it's 4.20 pm right now) so far, just having a day behind the computer for work, but have been surfing the internet only...hehe...

Well... will get back to work right now. Really!!!

As usuall will leave you with a photo :)
This one was taken on "Vlaggetjesdag" in Scheveningen. That's when the new herring is here. It's a day full of old handicrafts and old ships with loads of new herring to eat. Love it, especially with onions... jummie!!!

Positive

Yeah, got plenty of work to do this weekend.

Loads for work and also some scrapping to do for some Circle Journals. Really love them a lot!!

Seeing all the different scrappingstyles people have.

They are not always my kind of soup, but they do their best and that's what counts!

Right now, I'm in the middle of cleaning my house. There are papers and other things everywhere and they should be with the garbage and so on!

My scrappingroom is really messy this time. Have to reorganize this space real soon, which means I really have to organize the things I have and make something with them *LOL*

I keep being *POSITIVE*

Last Tuesday I went to Ikea and bought a cognac-glass. I don't drink alcohol at all (don't like alcohol at all that is...), but my grandfather likes it and I was thinking: Why not scrap a photo of him, put some stones in the glass and put the scrapped photo in the glass. It will work... don't know when as I still have to take photos of him and my grandmother really soon.

So I'm full of ideas, but now I have to find some time to make them reality! But I will be *POSITIVE*

Last week has been a hard week for me at work, but I know I made the right decision about 2 weeks ago and I already see the difference and so do my colleagues, so that's something to be *POSITIVE* about.

Been to my parents in law party. They were married 45 years and had a dinner with their families and their own family with children and grandchildren. It was alright.

Last Thursday I heard I will be having the same group as the last couple of years. That makes my 7th year in row, or 9th if you count my courses with them.

I will also be moving with my class to the other side of the school and will change my class from 1d to 1b. Can't wait to be in my new classroom as I've been in a sort of the same one in the beginning and it was great to be in there!!! Having more space and a place outside where I can put my watertable and other great things. Really looking forward and am already planning how I wanna do my decorations..hehe...

The only thing which isn't funny is that the last years I was in front of the teacher's room, so I could easily take some tea and now it's on the other side of the school. But hee... I keep being *POSITIVE* as I get a great new and big classroom!!

Yesterday I had my last photography class of portrait and modelphotography. The other people also wanted to learn more and yesterday the teacher told us he wanted to go further with us, so that's great news!!!

We will hear the details soon, so I'm also *POSITIVE* about that *LOL*

That's it for me really right now. Only 3 more weeks at work and than we have our vacation. I know where I wanna go, but BF doesn't and it has to be in our budget... well... I just keep being *POSITIVE*!!

Oh... Why I'm using *POSITIVE* a lot???

At the beginning of this year we were challenged by Ali Edwards to use a word for a year and I choose *POSITIVE* and I learned these last weeks I just have to be *POSITIVE* and everything will be alright.

That's about it right now. Will leave you with a picture of my messy room...

So much happened...

This defenately is a week to forget real quick, especially at work. Will not go into details, but I made a decision which was really hard to make.
Still not feeling too well after making that decision, but I know, and many people with me, that it's the best I could do, so I'm quite relieved with that, but why do I still feel so bad??
I know everything has their own meaning, so this must have been something to learn for me. I just don't know.
Slept very well yesterday. From 8 pm till this morning 8 am. Having a bad cough sometimes. Hope that will end soon. Otherwise I will get some medicine. Had some headaches too this morning when I stood up. Took a "paramolletje" (as I call this thing..), and now everything is alright.

I'm really into scrapping lately. Visited some blogs to inspire me, visited loads of online galleries to see all the great work other scrappers make. It's really fun!
Today I made a great layout, will show you only a part of it though... Hoping to become a DT member of a site, so really am nervous..hehe...
Really loved making this layout!

Today I went to the city to shop for a new alarm clock. It broke yesterday!! I was lying on my bed when me and P.P. heard a big "BOOM!!!". The tv was out, my pc was out... everything was out!! Luckily nothing happened, but my alarm clock is now officially dead. May it RIP :)
Wanted an alarm clock with also a function to play cd's, but those were a lot more expensive, so bought the 2nd cheapest clock around. After that did some more shopping, went to Pipoos, a craftstore, but there wasn't anything nice to buy. Didn't mind.
I'm challenging myself to not buy any stuff untill I finished 50 things, and right now I made 12 scrapthings, so not bad I think :)
Anyways. Looking forward to tomorrow. Loads of things to do, but really nice things.
For now it's tatatatatatata...

Finished

Yeah!

I just finished 2 layouts and 1 mini-album today. Now I only have to get photos for in that album.

I also need more photos for some mini-albums I started at SAG, but finished these days (hooray!!). Will just wait for the other people from my model-and portraitclass who've taken some photos of me, so I will finally have some decent photos to use :)

Nothing much happening here.

Did some cleaning today, some washing (wish I had a washing machine sometimes), some scrapping and some major scraproomcleaning!

Put all my Heidi Swapp and Bazzill flowers into one big box, without their own boxes, so loads of space already! Also organized my albums. Now I have one part of my closet with albums which only need photos in them, one part with the albums I work in (like my 12x12" and 8x5x11" albums) and one part with new albums in all kinds of sizes. For some reason I just have too many albums, but hee.... better too much albums than no albums to put my layouts in, right?? ;)

Anyways... when I was cleaning... a box of buttons fell on the floor!! Can't believe it and the only thing I was thinking was: Luckily those aren't eyelets sorted by color so I don't have to sort them *big smile*

Made a photo of it... will upload it later.

Only one more hour till the tv-serie 24 begins. Really love this and it's really exciting!!

Gotta leave right now with a photo from the view I had from my bedroom during SAG:

Pampered!

I really had no idea what to expect from Scrap-a-Ganza last weekend. I knew I had booked really too many workshops, but what I experienced that weeekend was way too cool!
Had the most wonderfull workshops I've ever dreamt of. Really made loads of cool stuff (have to finish loads too!!). Been to 16 workshops and finished about 4 already, including the make-n-takes (little projects you make within 15 minutes or less).
The atmosphere was so totally awesome, you just must experience it yourself.
Arrived Friday at about 13.30 at the hotel and my roommate Clara from Belgium (we had to speak English all weekend to eachother!! hehe) was already there.
Had some lunch and went to our room at about 15.00 when we could check in. 15.30 was my first workshop: Weather comes to mind from Karen Burniston. Made a really great mini-album about the seasons. Have to finish this.
Had some quick dinner before the 2 other workshops started at 19.00. It was soooooooo cool! Really enjoyed myself.
Saturday was my most exhausting day. Shopped a bit, my workshops started at 8.00!!! They were all too good to be true. Really made a good choice for the workshops, didn't regret a single one of them!
At 19.00 there was this workshop "About Me", given by Lisa Bearnson, the founder of the magazine http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com! It was so totally cool to meet her in real life. She's such a sweet person!! We could let our albums sign by her sister, who made this awesome albumcover for me with my name on it!! And Lisa signed my album as you can see on this photo:
What was so special about this event was the following: it's really international! People from Ireland, Germany, UK, France, Belgium... really cool!! So I spoke English almost the whole weekend which was great. Had some problems with it on Friday, but when my parents came to pick me up this Sunday I was still thinking English and saying some English words. Really funny.
Why my parents had to pick me up? Will tell you later.
Even Dutch people spoke English to eachother as we didn't know if we were English, from another European country or just Dutch. So really cool to laugh about it when we found out we were both from the Netherlands.
The workshops were really cool! Met some really nice people (we had a 2 persons table and I sat to loads of people from different countries which was cool!).
From an Irish girl sitting next to me at one of Lance's (from Rusty Pickles) I heard I didn't have to come to the 2nd part of the workshop after meeting eachother later that Saturday. I booked the 1st part for Saturday and the 2nd at Sunday. So I thought... I have all the supplies, the book isn't that hard to make, lets try to see if there's a spot open on Sunday for another workshop and on Sunday I made it! Did another workshop!
Had to sit in front of the class. Met an English girl Saturday evening during Diva's night (we were all wearing Diva clothes, like boa's, tiara's and stuff... we met on the SAG forum) and she's so really really cool! Had some great laughes with her!!
So I spoke to her before my last class and she introduced me to the teachers and I had to sit in front..hmmm...
Well it was great!
During Saturday evening Diva's night I won some great goodies and on Friday I won a Junkitz-book... It's so good to win stuff!!
Not only did I get loads of stuff from the workshops, but I also shopped a bit and won some fab prizes!!
Here's the stuff I needed to bring home with me:

I had 1 suitcase with me, 1 scrappingcase and 1 big bag, but it just didn't fit!!! I had too many stuff to bring with me.
As the car broke down the Thursday before SAG, I had to travel by train, and had to go home by train as well.... but with all of this... no way... just too much!!
So I called my parents to pick me up. They were with my grandma (my father's mom), but they liked it. So lucky me!!
Today I'm here, still really exhausted from the weekend, but have met so many wonderfull people, had loads of great classes (actually learned how to work with alcohol inks!! Really fun to do this!!), but most of all... I had great laughs and enjoyed myself every minute of the weekend.
No regrets for me. It was the first time, but no way it's going to be the last one!!
Heard there was going to be a mini SAG this November, but am not sure to go or not. Next year there will be another SAG :)
We'll just wait and see. Will have to make a start with finishing all the wonderfull workshops... gotta go....