It was a wonderful, sunny day. So much fun to see all these children loving this tradtional welcoming of Sinterklaas! I was a little sad to remember the time I took my kids to see him, but taking pictures of the event (twice – in two villages) was good too.
Taken at 4:05 this afternoon. Yes, there is a reason these days are called the dark days before Christmas…
I went to the thrifshop to find something completely different (a smal tv for the girls), but I found this happy bunch of lace, and some great fabric. Now I wish I would find some time to actually do something with it…
Oh my, has it been so long since my last post?
I’m so sorry!
Since last week I’ve written about 30.000 words on my thriller. And then I decided I didn’t like it very much. It is readable, but not the pageturner I was aiming for. So, I’m going to start again soon.
I do try to keep writing everyday (but not that much anymore, I already did the NaNoWriMo challenge, in only 11 days). So now I’m returning to a romance novel I was working on. Somehow that’s a lot easier on me. I’m not sure the bloody scary writing really is my cup of tea.
Amidst all this writing there was little time for anything else. I haven’t touched my camera for anything else than work, I was too focused on words instead of images. Also there was no crafting at all.
I am trying to find a rhythm in this, doing a little writing everyday, but not that obsessed anymore. I really would like to be more zen about things, but instead it seems there is always something I am obsessed with. Fun, but tiring on the long run.
Anyway… I hope to return to somewhat regular blogging soon.
:: looking at the last leaves falling off the trees
:: thinking how great it is to see that nature is already promising good things for another spring (lots of buds in that tree!)
:: being happy for our neighbors who are finally welcoming their little ones home (ten weeks after they were born)
:: adjusting to being a writer (meaning I’m finding time each day to write an exiting new story)
:: quite happy with my life
:: wishing you a good weekend!
My oldest daughter is training to become a make-up artist. One of the courses she has to take is hairstyling. She needed to buy a whole set of brushes and combs, but they all came seperate. She has been carrying them around in a toilet bag, but she hated to have to dig around for the right comb. So she asked me to make “something” for it.
How can I refuse? So I made a wrap, similar to the needle holder I made two years ago, only with a strap to close it. I hope she likes it!
Too many again… I just can’t stop buying books. Luckily mostly at thrift shops, so the problem is purely storage, not money.
And that wraps up Blogtoberfest… I did miss a few posts, because I was sick, but I have been very aware of having to fill this space each and every day. And I now know that it’s just not really what I want to do right now. There are days, weeks and even months that are full of inspiration, beautiful pictures and fun family shots. But there are also periods when things are just about the same day after day after day.
I’m having one of those periods now.
Crafting is slow, very slow. I have little or no time to go up to my room and sew, because my husband works from home a lot lately.
It may sound weird and old-fashioned, but my husband needs me to be around when he works from home. He hates the loneliness of working in an office or even in the living room alone. Just being able to share a bit of what’s going on in his mind whenever he feels like it, helps him to keep going. He works at a very high level in software design and is known to be the one to call when there are database problems that no one else can solve (can you tell how proud I am of him?). He does run a one-man show in this, we have our own company, but there are no additional employees to help him. I feel like I owe it to him to be there as much as I can, not just because he works so hard every day to support our family, but also because I love him so much. This is our way of living together, working together and helping each other. I really wouldn’t want to do it any other way.
So my days are very much molded around his days. Not that I’m bored. Oh no! I still have a few assignments for the newspaper every week, adding my two cents (well, a little bit more, but not much) to the family budget.
Also I’m currently working on my fourth romance novel and on my first thriller (that’s a lot harder for me to write). It seems my husbands work and my writing are a good combination.
But there isn’t much to show for it, unless you want daily updates about word counts (believe me, you don’t).
Not being able to knit also limits my ideas for posting. Embroidering is not really catching on here. I like it, but it’s not something I pick up as much as I did my knitting.
I was leaning toward just blogging when I’ve got something to tell you. But that’s not it either. I love blogging, but I need a bit of a routine to keep going. So I am going to try a new routine. I think I’m going to blog on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday. And I also think there will be a returning theme on those days, so I can think about and prepare these posts in advance. Just to make my life a little bit easier. Of course there is always room for spontaneous extra posts (hey, it is my own blog!).
Well, that’s all for now. Sorry for rambling, but I wanted to share some of the things I have been thinking about this month.
I wish you all a very happy (Halloween) weekend!
