December is here! I've always loved this last month of the year even though I lost my Dad on Christmas. We've made so many wonderful memories before then and after too. I think it's what we should always keep in mind in times of sadness and grief: whatever happens, there will always be good memories to make out of every situation, even though it's very hard to see them at the time. This year is...
Fall has been pretty quick to leave this year. I haven't had the time to take pictures of all the changing colours. Mrs Rain and Mr Wind have taken a vow to get all the leaves down even if they were not ready just yet. This year has flown by at a tempo I wasn't ready to live, I can't believe that the Holidays are just around the corner and that the city is already...
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Aujourd’hui j’ai eu un cours avec une famille très sympa : la maman, Carla et les deux filles Hannah et Linde. On a beaucoup rigolé et elles sont super ! Elles n’ont pas toutes les trois le même niveau mais je suis sûre que le groupe va bien marcher. Je suis contente qu’elles soient mes étudiantes et je vais vraiment faire mon possible pour qu’elle aient la meilleure expérience et qu’elles apprennent beaucoup. Ensuite je...
Je me suis levée en même temps que Peter pour pouvoir me préparer pour Lille. J’étais sur le balcon en train d’attendre que Peter sorte du garage lorsqu’il a ouvert la porte-fenêtre. C’était trop drôle ! Il avait oublié son badge. J’ai pu lui faire quelques bisous en plus. J’ai d’abord manqué mon premier train parce que je m’y suis prise trop tard pour descendre de l’appart alors j’ai déplacer le RDV que j’avais pris...
It was fun seeing this exposition in Brussels, though since it was so short, I think it is more for the pure amazement and amusement of children. The animated dinosaurs looked so real and they were all made onto their actual real-life size. I think I would have been very very scared at that time on Earth, but it was fun discovering new dinosaurs and read about them too. My favourite were the Ankylosaurus (neat little...
I can finally say I finished a project! Hooray! My 30 days photography challenge of September 2011 is finally all up. The pictures were there, just not on my blog. It feels good to have something that is completed for once. I think I should put more effort into finishing the projects I start because it's so rewarding. I'm going to print the pictures and put them in a little album and write about each image....
I'm in a small room, all white and bright. It looks very comfortable and cozy but it's completely empty. I'm happy, I don't quite know why but the happiness radiates all around me, it makes me smile a bright smile and makes my eyes sparkle. I open the small closet by the door and see a baby mobile and baby sheets. Why are baby stuff in the closet? I close it and leaves the room....
I've been lacking time and (somehow) motivation to update my blog lately. Things aren't always going the way I want them to and it frustrates me. I think I live from day to day and often forgets that I started a few projects and never kinda finish them. I know I need to change my ways and priorities and I've started already (I am writing, yeah!). This year has gone so quickly already and I...
I haven't been home since April and it's been way too long for my heart not to see my family and dear friends since then (thank goodness for Skype). I can't wait to be there and enjoy the perfect weather and see all of these familiar faces I love so much. I can't wait to see the beautiful landscapes and hear the beautiful noises of the nature there. I can't wait to laugh and talk...
I was a little afraid of 31.But not as much as 30! It feels encouraging and promising, somehow. Of course I wish Peter was there with me because he's my favourite person in the whole world but all the other people around me made my day feel so fun and worth celebrating. I asked my students and colleagues at work and my family in-law during dinner to write me a little note in a diary...
It's funny how different this year is from last year when I was so anxious to be turning 30. It feels so strange and yet so normal, it feels like ageing doesn't matter anymore and that life is just happening and I'm enjoying it. I feel calm and happy and my thoughts are: This is nothing, I've done it 30 times already! My most favourite person is not going to be there with me and...
I called the doctor today because she planned an appointment but the timing isn't good. I stopped the glucophage medicine this weekend because it makes me sick and I don't want to take too many medicine and jinx our chances but she said to continue it until we know for sure that I'm pregnant. I think it's a bit ridiculous, especially because it makes me sick but she's the doctor. So I took the medicine today and as I suspected...
I had a blood test yesterday to see if the clomid + glucophage helped this time around. I was supposed to ovulate then. Unfortunately I couldn't get hold of the doctor to have the results and had to wait until today to know. *drum rolls* I did it! I'm ovulating! And oh boy, it's uncomfortable and a little painful. But I knew this from my first ovulation, a year ago (exactly, what a coincidence!). I'm...
The sun has finally decided to join us! Ok we're almost in June, but better late than never, don't you think? I can't wait for barbecues, picnics and bike rides. I can't wait for our Summer vacations and seeing my nieces. I can't wait for Ghent festivities and drinking something on the pubs' terrasse. I can't wait for dinner à deux on our balcony and long evening walks. Oh and birthdays... ...
Two weeks ago, in the spurge of a moment, Peter and I decided to go on a ride bike before doing the grocery shopping. What an adventure it was, we found a new lovely park (that we actually knew but never thought it was that huge) and met friendly sheep. Today we did the same thing because we really wanted to enjoy the good weather while it was lasted and met a family duck (they...
We finally got ourself a pet. We went to the market yesterday morning and I fell in love with a tiny little brown and white-spotted guinea pig. There were two different kinds but this one got all my attention. It was so sweet with its little spot on the head and it was friendly and calm. Maybe too calm for its own good: unfortunately, it wasn't well and passed away during the night. We only...
This video is amazing, it brought tears to my heart because inside, I'm still a little girl loving all the Disney princesses and still think about this wonderful world.Sophia Grace & Rosie are really cute and this made me so happy and looking forward to have a little girl of my own and see her amazement. ...
Lately I've been rushing through my thoughts and my chores and gone to work and back home and I haven't taken the time to just stop for a minute and enjoy the moment. I've been feeling like everything around me was a constant rush to do urgent stuff and that I needed to keep my mind busy to be sure not to fall into sad thoughts. I've just watched this video where Ellen talks about a snail...
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and moms-to-be out there! Here is Belgium, we celebrate Mother's Day the same day as in the US. We went to Peter's parents and the weather was very very lovely. Since I had my swimming lesson during lunch time, we couldn't go to the restaurant with them but they brought some take-away and it was so delicious (eels + fries). Peter's mom was happy to see us and...
I went to the gynecologist yesterday. Apparently, I'm being resistant to the Clomid. It happens when you have PCOS: my ovaries wall became harder and thicker and it means the follicles can't get out. We saw them, they're numerous, waiting patiently... I haven't had my period since early March. I'm not complaining, but it usually means that there's something wrong so it never reassures me when they don't come. She gave me something to first get my periods before...
On Monday, I watched this movie. The story is about a woman who loses her only child because of Malaria. She meets another mother who lost her child to it too. It's their battle against the first killer disease in the world. I couldn't stop crying for a little while. You feel so powerless and so deceived and I think it can only take some great courage to try and fight this f*cking disease. The...
