Oh.... the joy of living in the countryside...

If you ever thought of living out in the country, keep the following in mind.

Things don't always go according to plan. Living in the country is supposed to be fun. There are oodles of outside to explore, there's cosy inside to enjoy. And sometimes, you just really really want to be outside. Why would you really really want to be outside, one might ask. Well, that one day when your septic system is backing up into the bathroom drains, you don't really want to be there from the moment the plumber arrives to fix it all. Secondly, you might want to run for the hills that day a skunk sprayed somewhere really close to the house, making you feel queasy all day.

The obvious solution would be to trek into the countryside, since it's there and ready and available and all that, with fresh air and all things good on offer. But of course, as one might expect, nature doesn't quite work that way. It's a funny thing, nature, with a cruel sense of humour.

The day your bathroom is disabled and smells like cat died in it, the day breathing makes you want to throw up, is of course the first day of rain in months. Which means no picknicks, no walks around the grounds, and oh, the truck isn't quite fixed yet.

Obviously, in a very obscure way, it's great to live where there are not too many people about. It just brings it's own set of peculiar problems. We don't have loud neighbours, or, loud neighbours, and we're missing out on that entire loud neighbour thing. Instead, we are blessed with mockingbirds, cayotes and skunks. But the view, that's amazing. Well, usually, it is. Just not this very moment. The rain, and all that......

paardje rijden, theetje drinken

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ikke op wel 2 paarden, de witte, Bo, was wat ongehoorzaam, en gooide Wade eraf, en later Ryan ook, na wat spectaculair gedoe met bomen enzo. het tweede paard, Ginger, was nog nooit bereden, dus, goed plan, we zetten Judith erop. zoals je ziet, dat gaat nog best relaxed, en ik ben er maar 1 keer afgevallen, en lang niet zo hard als de rest ;)

zoals je ziet, m'n cowgirl outfit is ook helemaal geregeld (verjaarscadeau) en achteraf was het alemaal lang niet zo erg als gedacht. volgende week Rodeo..... of toch maar niet misschien

tot snel, Judith

ehm...... moet nog even zoeken hoe je een filmpje upload....... maar hier alvast wat fotootjes......

btw, het was gister en vandaag 34 graden! hoera! nu nog onthouden om genoeg te drinken...... heidi, als jij nou eens hierheen komt? oh, ne heb je al nieuws van die trage lui?

groenten, judith

While you weren't watching....

i got on a plane, landed in Houston, spent 2 hrs waitng to get on my connecting flight, got onto it, and landed...... well...... we got to the ground, this last friday.
since then, i've had a banana shake, a bacon cheese burger with no mayonaise, no mustard, but with ketchup, swedish meatballs, IHOP, grill and a lot of fun shopping at IKEA...... yup, right into doing the house up, no wasting of time this trip. we spent about 5 hrs at IKEA, including breakfast and lunch, and spread over the weekend, about 8 hrs at Home Depot (Praxis). we have only returned a sink, pedestal, piping, and a number of other things, but i think i can get into action.... pictual evidence of the current state of the place will be provided shortly!

Harley Day 2006

Another August

Again, it's august. again, i need to think of things to do. So, another list.

- write newsletter, before wednesday, so, tomorrow
- bank.... cash the cheque, talk to them about the move
- IBG..... stop them from taking €100 a month starting in januari, which is when i won't have a job, and talk about the move
- city.... arrange for a new passport, and talk about the move.
- find an actual mover
- stop eating at night..... suffice to say, I'M HUNGRY!!! but that's mostly because of dinner..... white rice with some veal.... not very appetizing, not very filling either.... the 1/4th of amelon did not help much either. 3 kilo's do need to come of... hell if i know how though.

Hopefully, the list won't grow too awful long, as i'm tired and bored, and don't *really* want to do anything. keep in mind, i'm bored, cramped, annoyed and most of all, hungry. things might change after breakfast. in about 9 hours, maybe... [thank you shiggy, for mentioning pizza in my hour of need...... when i'm stuck with just a bottle of water...]

hell of a lot of dots in the above lines.... i should stop doing that. it's not like they have any particular function.

back to tasks at hand.

What happened next.....[insert drumrolls]
ok, he got here. a day late, but he did get here. got him home, then to the hairdresser who, (Joey) gave him a really nice cut. then home, dinner at De Egelantier, during which both of us almost fell asleep and the bottle of wine was mostly wasted. next day, grocery shopping for the BBQ, which didn't quite turn out as had hoped, but ok, it happened, everyone was there, and no one really did look bored ;) in between, went shopping for clothes, as W didn't really bring much, even though it was almost all he had. so, got him 2 really nice shirts, and one white and one black one for work, if that ever starts up. also, nice shoes, sandals, and, finally, some new shorts. after everyone went home, we went to town, had a drink at O'Mearas and then took a look at de graanbeurs, which is still the same as it was 10 years ago, only with mostly younger people in it now.

Sunday [insert screaming here, a fucking huge spider just walked across my floor and went underneath my bed....]

i don't think i can blog anymore now. this thing is huge. like palm sized, and no one here to catch it. i'll have to sleep in my chair

OK, the spider walked underneath my bed, back up to my *white* chest of drawers, onto it, and was wandering down to the desk i'm sitting at, bare-legged. after some screaming, more than i've done in probably the last 18 years, bro finally came up, played hero, and took the spider away. i still think i cna't do much more blogging now, i should probably get into bed, now it's all safe again, and before any more animals with more than 4 legs try to crawl beneath it when i cna see it. that should eb avoided at all costs.

Point and shoot