I want to wish you all a merry christmas.
The snow is raining away here.
Such a pity, even though it's a relief for traffic.
So many more people arrive healthy at the place they want to go to.
You have to be careful though, as this proofs:
Astrid asked which laundry machine is best for a large family.
Well, that depends.
When you dry your clothes in a dryer, it's best to have equal heavy loads.
That way your wet laundry won't stay in the machine too long, causing smell.
When you dry on the line I prefer a washing machine with as large a load as possible.
I can't afford an industrial machine, because it requires large wardrobes, so I opt for a 7 kilo one.
I don't care for many buttons.
Just the temperatures, full and half load and the possibility of centrifuge only.
It needs to give a good balance between clean clothes and saving energy.
For me a front loader is best, because I can put the basket under it and just pull the laundry out.
The filter needs to be at a level that I can put a small bowl underneath it to let the water out.
A filter that's too low is a problem, because it means using towels or stuff to catch the water.
I was asked when I started to make my children aware of nature.
Isn't it strange that we're now so conscious about introducing nature into the lives of our children?
In the past we just lives and nature was part of us.
When my children were born, the first 23 years ago, I wasn't conscious at all about the subject.
I just took my baby walking a few days a week.
Which was quite an enterprise... taking the pram downstairs three steep stairs.. and after that the baby. (Well, that was the reason we moved.)
When we moved, we had a garden and I put the pram in the garden for the afternoon sleep of the baby.
When he woke up, he heard the birds.
(And me chasing a cat! LOL! I didn't want cats to jump on the pram.)
I also often walked into the garden holding my child and pointing out the flowers, smelling the roses.
There mini-walks learned them that some insects needed to stay away and that could be done by slowly walking away. Not by trying to slap them.
When my children got a bit older and were able to walk themselves I took them to the park and we tried to find the plants we had in our garden and to see which animals were new. Like the ducks.
I taught them the difference between swans and geese, and warned them for their power.
Etc etc.
I just followed my heart and explained everything my dad explained to me, like never stepping at the part between the land and the ice on the lake, because the rim is the weakest.
It was fun!!
Over and over again.
2 items that made this week into a memorable one:
Susan Boyle (Need I say more?), and....
drums.....
tada!!!!!!...
ShopWiki is available for The Netherlands too!
I'm so glad, because ShopWiki really makes a difference.
I know, because ShopWiki already exists for Germany and France, and ofcourse in the UK and the USA: http://www.shopwiki.com.
Wiki means "fast", and in this case it means that you can get a fast comparison of products and prizes.
Because shops are not charged to be added, no advertising is involved.
For us, Dutch, it's the way it should be: clean, no ornaments and elbow work.
Just a plain representation of the facts.
Right now over 7000 online shops are participating and I'm sure that number will increase.
I don't know the amount of products are in the system now, but I'm sure it's huge.
Being the cheapest means not only that the consumer gains, but also that ShopWiki sends a lot of customers and potential customers to a shop.
Yesterday I had a dynamic discussion with the man in the house. I want to have one of those little hand-vaccuumcleaners and he'd seen one for 82 euros.
I had seen one for 49 euros, but I knew they were cheaper.... somewhere....
He just didn't believe me because I couldn't prove it.
Just a moment ago I showed him this page, and he was amazed how easy it was to find products and prizes.
Just chose the name of the brand, chose the product and your at a page where a lot of information is provided.
When it's too much: adjust the prize range at the top right.
Or when you just want to know the information about a certain color, chose the color.
ShopWiki gives you the best prizes and the shops where you can go, links included.
New products are added as soon as possible, with the date of addition mentioned.
Additional information, like descriptions and warnings are given too.
Whenever a similar product is available you'll find a link at the top of the page.
In this case I went to this page, where I found items with more gadgets attached.
Another way of shopping is using the list.
We wanted to know more about cleaning the computer and found good tips. The links in the text and a list of related products at the bottom provided us with the products we need, ofcourse with the welknown ShopWiki prize comparison.
We've bookmarked http://www.ShopWiki.nl and take my advice: you should bookmark this site too.
The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily
to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals.
It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on the purple box "fund food for animals" free.
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
We can't seen to get rid of the flu.
It's like it's turning circles in the house.
I think the girls bring it back into the house when it's gone.
They're the first who cough and snif.
Apart from giving them as healthy food as possible I air the house very regularly and keep it clean well.
What more can I do?
Put everyone in isolation?
It's such a pity I had an appointment this morning.
A few friends living near New York decided to go shopping and it would have been great to accompany them.
Ofcourse they all took the time to inform me about what they've bought and especially what they've talked about.
I can make a book from all the mails about new friends, silly events and everything else. LOL!
Well, it's almost weekend.
There's a lot that needs to be done, including tidying and cleaning.
I need to make place for a new desk.
The neighbour doesn't take it with her when she moves, and as it's the desk I always wanted...
But I really need to make space....
If I only knew how.
Slice an union into little squares and melt them in a pan with a little bit of butter.
Boil water in another pan, add some salt, a tiny piece of butter or two drops of oil and a bit of broth.
Add couscouss.
Add minced meat to the glacy unions and bake it, while "chopping it into little pieces.
Add salt, white pepper and nutmeg.
Take boiled carrots, green beans and fresh tomatoes.
Put them in a blender shortly, so they will be little pieces, no sause.
When the meat is ready, add this mixture and make warm.
Take a cucumber and slice it in the length, and again, so you get lang thin pieces.
When the couscous is ready lay it on a plate like a half ball.
Make a hole in the middle and pour the meat mixture in.
Around you can lay the cucumberpieces.
Serve with salat if you like.
Eat well.
There's a new cat in the neighbourhood.
I saw it's head under the gardengate a few days ago, but before I could look twice it was gone.
Some of the birds screamed and yelled, but the cat must have been very quiet as thing got silent soon.
This morning the blackbird signalled unknown entrance in our garden.
So I had a look.
And there it was. A brown furry animal, looking curiously.
He's not as stubborn as the red cat, because I took one step outside the door and it jumped and then ran off.
I wonder who's cat it is.
I don't like that some people don't take the effort to listen well.
One of them is the father of the children.
Today is one of those days he wants to take it easy.
That means he situates himself on the couch with the remote, and right after I've said I want to see a special program, he zaps to a detective and that's it.
One of the boys reminded him: "Mam wants to see something."
"Oh".
"Well, she said it loud and clearly"
The rest of the evening it's the same.
Whatever one of us says, he immediately asks: "what?"
So we keep repeating and we start feeling like we're growing feathers and are turning into parrots.
At last I tell him to give himself time to have his brains process what is said.
Interestingly enough that helps.
We woke up because there was a lot of noise.
One of the people in the street tried to start his motor and he couldn't.
He was so angry that he closed the door behind his back with so much force that the whole block of houses trembled.
Even my kids never managed to do so.
An hour later the garage people arrived.
Radio on.
While they were trying to repair the motor music sounded through the whole street.
What a mess!
Maybe I haven't read the papers well and missed the announcement that this is the most noisy day of the year.
Before the garage men left, the council cleaningcar was moving through our street, only adding to the noise.
I felt like taking my highland bagpipes and start playing in the middle of it all.
I want to wish all my readers a very happy new year.
I hope this year will bring happiness, health and a lot more.
To me peace is very important.
Peace of mind, peace in my family and between the kids, and peace in the world.
Ok...I'm dreaming on....
We've had the first night of frost.
Ofcourse we went for a walk at night.
Like so often.
There was a thin haze above the lake and between thje trees.
It gave that extra glow to the lights that enables one to see the freezing.
The grass was white and the wind a little bit too unkind.
A part of the sky was clear and we could see quite high up.
The geminids presented us with their ballet.
I saw 5 falling starts and my son 8!
So I have made the necessary wishes,a dn boy, feels that good! LOL!
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