Holland lost the semi-finals in the European soccer championship. It won’t take long before the orange mania here is gone; when I drove to work this morning I already saw people take down their flags and banners. We gave my dad an orange team of eleven goldfish for his birthday. He just mailed that they were nowhere to be found this morning 🙂 Lees verder Squeezing oranges

Having kind of a blog dip. Don’t know what it is, maybe I need a break. Another 3 weeks before holiday starts… where shall we go? France or Denmark? Lees verder Blog dip

Repaired the blog template. It didn’t seem to work properly for the comments pages. From now on you can comment again! Lees verder Comments

Got our car back on my birthday (last Friday). I can’t say that was a good birthday present, since I have to pay for it myself… but I’m glad it’s working again. We had our birthday party Friday night. To my surprise my parents were there, I expected them to be still on holiday in France. There were lots of other friends, we had a … Lees verder Partytime

Our car broke down. Last weekend I noticed one of those red indicators on the dashboard that usually mean trouble lit up. And trouble it was… On Monday I drove to the nearest garage to where I was, where they told me I could not drive further. I was shocked to hear the repair would cost over 550 euro. That was only the beginning. They … Lees verder Our car broke down. Last weekend I noticed one of …

This is what I call beauty. God, thank you for these girls!! [Click to enlarge] (Bart Guijt made these perfect pictures last Friday, while we were working in the garden) Lees verder Beauty

Worked in the backyard on Friday and Saturday. We enlarged the terrace, the ‘functional area’ of the garden. It was quite a job, but we managed to finish it before dark. Question: On the picture, which part is the new part of the terrace? This is actually half of the job; next week we’ll start another project to change part of the border and rocks … Lees verder Please, In My Backyard

Last Saturday Mira’s parents celebrated their wedding anniversary: 40 years! They took us on a boat ride on the Giessen, a little river in the middle of the Alblasserwaard. Brother-in-law Ron mailed me some pictures. Aren’t they cute? Lees verder Last Saturday Mira’s parents celebrated their wedd…