2021-02-16 17:00
or carnival...Although the children celebrated that one week before at school since shrove Tuesday is by definition in the carnival vacation week. Besides dressing up once at sch… Read More
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2021-02-15 17:00
G: Oooh mag je teddyberen meenemen naar de klas? Oh zal ik naar je klas gaan en dragen en zeggen “Beertje is mijn allerliefste teddybeer.”B: Neeee IK moet een teddybeer meenemen… Read More
2021-02-14 16:28
Just something I crossed while walking on the streets of LeuvenWhen visiting my mother-in-law, we must drive along the "chicken-tower" . the children try hard not to nap in the car not to mi… Read More
2021-02-13 16:59
Feb 12: The confederation of puzzle manufacturers warn the security council for risks of opening the pandemic restrictions too quicklyIt has become clear in the recent months that the B… Read More
2021-02-12 16:53
I am in awe with the many street art you see appearing in a lot of cities and Leuven certainly isn't missing the hype. It's fun to go and hunt for new appearances. Here's my… Read More
2021-02-11 17:26
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, st… Read More
2021-02-10 16:17
when we can travel againthe animals that live here or therethe amazing landscapes that can be foundthe people that you can meet... Read More
2021-02-09 16:07
Once again it didn't turn out the snowaggedon as predicted but we had nevertheless a small white crust of snow in Leuven previous weekend as in most of Flanders. Ironically the Ardennes only… Read More
2021-02-08 16:42
Another weekend with predicted bad road conditions so another weekend in Leuven. When I announced to go for a walk to search some street art, I found a partner in Beertje much to my su… Read More
2021-02-07 16:13
Previous week was a meeting marathon for me. I worked overtime and was knackered each evening. One evening I even got my first - I assume - migraine attack which was a scary experience… Read More
2021-02-06 17:49
So in one week hairdressers can re-open. I must admit that I was convinced that wasn't going to happen since the target objectives in the pandemic weren't achieved at all. I tend… Read More
2021-02-05 16:43
Since November, I started working on 2 puzzles: a winter themed one in the Ardennes and one of the 7 world miracles at home in Leuven. Early December I had finished a first puzzl… Read More
2021-02-04 17:04
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, st… Read More
2021-02-03 16:54
The toddler's in the children's school discovered it first. I saw on the FB page 2 weeks ago that some toddlers were admiring some damaged trees. And then Beertje's teacher announced t… Read More
2021-02-02 17:19
So last weekend we stayed around Leuven for a change. I quickly texted to our foody friend Yab whom we haven't seen in the last months and whom we miss during our many delivered… Read More
2021-02-01 17:16
I picked up the old interview again that I did in 2019 with Kabouter and Beertje following the example of many other blog mothers. It seemed interesting to repeat it after a small 2 years an… Read More
2021-01-31 17:57
Starting the new year with loads of fresh snow. YihaaFinding the album "The concert in Central Park (live) by Simon & Garfunkel online and reliving almost all my childhood Sunday noons w… Read More
2021-01-30 16:47
J: Wacht nog 2 seconden, ik moet de auto eerst nog sneeuwvrij gaan makenG: Als je 2 seconden zegt, bedoel je dan 2 minuten? Weet je waar ik blij voor was voorbije jaar? Raad eens, het i… Read More
2021-01-29 17:36
In the third weekend of January all of Belgium was treated to fresh snow. While I love snow, the idea of driving through snow for long distances (and not knowing how other's will drive or no… Read More
2021-01-28 17:11
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, st… Read More
2021-01-27 16:53
After profitting to the fullest all our free time in the last month in the Ardennes and enjoying the snow, we were disappointed this weekend to realise that the snow would have been melted a… Read More
2021-01-26 16:13
Saturday Kabouter joined me to catch some fresh air this weekend and I took him for a stroll through the nearby beguinage, Unesco world heritage. we were intrigued by this sign a… Read More
2021-01-25 17:06
This pandemic that hit the world about a year ago has changed everybody's lives. Within a year we got used to wearing face masks, work from home, homeschool children, appreciate… Read More
2021-01-24 17:08
The 2nd Sunday of the new year was a glorious Sunday. We had had a load of new snow on Friday and Saturday. While Jan didn't feel too well and Beertje didn't want to walk, … Read More
2021-01-23 17:10
I track blogs that I read in feedly. A lot of blogs have a Facebook page but I don't trust the algoritm to show me each post when I want it and when I'm on facebook I often don't… Read More
2021-01-22 21:01
This was the week that Trump left the White House again and the world collectively sighted with relief. In the last couple of weeks he became persona non grate quickly with news of peop… Read More
2021-01-21 16:59
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a na… Read More
2021-01-20 17:31
When I listen to Apple Music playlists about Belgian music I am sometimes frustrated by the amount of rap and hiphop. Those are not quite the music styles that convince me most unless… Read More
2021-01-19 16:02
The children don't always want to go for a walk and especially if there is a garden full of snow, so much fun is nearby. With the first snow before New Year there was a sense of u… Read More
2021-01-18 17:14
I walked 16000 steps on the last day of the year 2020. However I've never been further than 1km from our house. So where did I take those steps....well on this hill. Pullin… Read More
2021-01-17 17:12
I was in conversation with a friend lately. We both didn't sleep very well for no obvious serious reasons. All of a sudden I blurted out that my pyjama pants drive me crazy. They ride… Read More
2021-01-16 16:27
Too late, you've just been hit by a big snowball from my little goofballs! Read More
2021-01-14 17:44
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, st… Read More
2021-01-13 16:15
The snow in the east of Belgium sure attracted a lot of people, despite the local authorities' request to stay away. It seems that everyone in my Instagram feed had been on the Botrange last… Read More
2021-01-12 17:05
The last year has been heavy at times and have cause me to reflect myself and my values and personality several times. Triggers were my new function at work and the pandemic (and… Read More
2021-01-11 17:20
It seemed as if I could summarise my 2020 review in. "we walked a lot". So it might seem surprising, but I have walked less in 2020. I've tried to catch up a bit in the last mont… Read More
2021-01-10 17:02
For the first time in ages, we didn't spend New Year's Eve with friends. Actually I think for the first time ever (except for New Year's Eve 1999...the millennium night where I spent 4… Read More
2021-01-09 17:07
Almost at the end of 2020 we truly enjoyed the snow and praised ourselves lucky to spend a full week in the winterscenes. Even though we now had snow too, we went to check out the wood… Read More
2021-01-08 16:00
I've noticed it when my father passed away, and it has struck me since. It was very obvious again a month ago when I lost my father-in-law: We phrase (especially in Dutch) o… Read More
2021-01-07 17:38
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, st… Read More
2021-01-06 16:11
We've seen a few deer jumping through the fields, but we've seen more young deer in the house... they were everywhere: in the sofa, at the table, ... They were usually well behaved and reall… Read More
2021-01-05 16:49
With all the news on the big crowds of tourists going to hunt for some snow at the touristic stops at the boglands just after Christmas, Jan hushed us in the morning after storm Bella… Read More
2021-01-04 17:47
Just like the first lockdown, there is a lot of attention to supporting local businesses. If there is something that I miss when walking through the city, it is open bars and res… Read More
2021-01-03 17:34
The last weekend of 2020 we were promised another storm and in the east that meant a promise of a lot of snow. We were thrilled at the idea to be in a white landscape again without hav… Read More
2021-01-02 17:02
Christmas was different for most people. We were restricted to celebrating in our core family with maximum 1 house guest. So no gathering with my sister's family and not a gathering wi… Read More
2021-01-01 16:23
A more elaborate review than usually to log a remarkable year... January 2020We started the year 2020 with a group of friends in a big chalet in the Ardennes which was quite fun to do… Read More
2020-12-31 17:20
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, st… Read More
2020-12-30 17:20
A computer form error that pops up with the message "Computer says no"....hahaha, thanks for the smile. Computer forms that know their classics are fun.Finishing a puzzle and progressing wel… Read More
2020-12-29 17:22
Weet je wat ik raar vind? Dat wij sommige Pokémons nooit kunnen vangenJe kent wel het liedje van “heeeey sexy lady whop whop whop whoppa ganga style “ eh. Maar wist je dat… Read More
2020-12-28 21:09
The general tone of (social) media is how awful 2020 has been and that we should all be glad it is over soon to be forgotten quickly. It is a common opinion that 2020 has been an annus… Read More
2020-12-27 16:05
At the start of this Christmas vacation the children kept them busy with the splendid idea of making some glass covers (with space of a straw) to beat wasps in the summer. They constru… Read More
2020-12-26 17:47
The entire year I've been thinking about the many people that have lost a dear one this year and weren't able to say goodbye as we were used to. People that died alone without their lo… Read More
2020-12-26 09:41
We love to spend the time between Christmas and New Year in the east of Belgium and each year we cross our fingers to get some snow. The last years we've been out of luck so it had been a lo… Read More
2020-12-24 16:13
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a na… Read More
2020-12-20 16:02
With the recent events this week, this seems like a lifetime ago but a bit more than a week ago we celebrated our yearly personnel party at work. Traditionally we close the firm each y… Read More
2020-12-19 16:02
Just like the first lockdown where we rediscovered puzzling, I started puzzling again in the 2nd lockdown early november during our vacation week. I am writing "I" since Kabouter has l… Read More
2020-12-17 16:34
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a na… Read More
2020-12-16 18:31
Telephone calls in the middle of the night are never good.Telephone calls in the middle of the night are ominous, since we had recently understood this year might not have a happy endi… Read More
2020-12-15 18:23
Wie geen wandelstok heeft mag naar het bordje gaan kijken. Kijk daar staat dat paard dat op een koe lijkt. (Cfr zwart-witte vlekken)Nu ben je niet mooi mama, dat is niet moo… Read More
2020-12-12 20:48
A cat I see on my walk to school which makes me smile 2. Gorgeous sunset 3. A stone marten visiting our harvest farm at the same time as me. 4. Outdoor sport… Read More
2020-12-11 19:15
We don't get to go each weekend to the east of Belgium. But that doesn't mean I don't search my portion of walks in the woods. It's sometimes rather silly that we drive so far to seek… Read More
2020-12-10 17:56
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a na… Read More
2020-12-07 16:45
This weekend I realised my blogplanning was empty. I trusted there were still several posts planned but the planning was empty. Since our staycation end of August, I had managed t… Read More
2020-12-06 15:11
2020-12-05 17:01
A new challenge asks what are our life hacks. Which tips do we have to make our lives a little easier? It is not the first time that a blog challenge takes this topic. I blogged about… Read More
2020-12-04 17:49
Another weekend in November, another new walk to be tested. The new map of walks in Waimes and Malmedy showed us a loop around Ovifat and Reinhardstein that we hadn't done in that exac… Read More
2020-12-03 16:53
2020 killed the cultural sector. No (or hardly) concerts, no festivals, theatres closed for months or open with a lot of empty seats, ... It's a weird year.I saw this meme coming by at Anne… Read More
2020-12-02 17:24
In our little vacation house in France this summer I was in awe with the clear windows. Our first days there were moments I was in doubt whether the sliding door was open or closed. Th… Read More
2020-12-01 17:36
This walk was so gorgeous but very crowded so a few weekends ago we retreated to the quiet German border again. The woods and boglands at Leykaul & Kugelscheid are so lovely but also so… Read More
2020-11-30 17:25
This is my monthly list of gratitude things. Turns out this was also an assignment in the blogboost challenge so 2 birds in one blow.A couple of swans flying by above the cityA week of… Read More
2020-11-29 17:51
Kijk Beertje dat is Trump en die is niet goed voor Corona want die heeft gezegd J….en De Wever …. (conversatie over politiek )K: Waar is die bever?J…die zit gevange… Read More
2020-11-28 17:58
Discovering new itineraries is great but there's also beauty and comfort in the well known paths. A big plus is the fact that you do not need to take the car to just walk around the block… Read More
2020-11-26 16:32
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a nam… Read More
2020-11-25 16:27
There is a lot of hip hop in Belgium. I can enjoy some but very quickly I find it monotoneous. But Yong Yello is different. His rap has a strong attention to melodies. As a… Read More
2020-11-24 16:57
In the last years in summer vacations I realise I've become a rare species. When I look around, I feel distinctly different from the others. There's something missing.  &hell…Read More
2020-11-23 16:49
We already knew Pokémon a bit from YouTube movies and/or on Netflix. So the children knew the main characters from cartoons and since a year Beertje has a Pikachu stuffed animal in ou… Read More
2020-11-22 17:34
Since we have a new map of the newly signed walks in the town, we all of a sudden discover a loop from the city center. In 10 years it has never crossed our mind to go walking in the city ce… Read More
2020-11-21 17:40
It was a tradition in my childhood: I was puzzling in the Christmas vacation each year. I had a big wooden board that I put in front of the fire place and I spent hours of my christmas vacat… Read More
2020-11-19 16:40
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, s… Read More
2020-11-18 17:59
After the glorious walk through the Fagne de Polleur, across the partial boardwalks, Beertje wants to walk on more boardwalks. So that means we need to venture out in other peatlands… Read More
2020-11-17 16:12
Something struck me in October when the need for a new lockdown became apparent. In March I had to stay away from the news. I felt panic and wondered what on earth was happening. Schoo… Read More
2020-11-16 17:04
So the extended fall vacation is over and the children have returned to school. What we did previous 2 weeks with the children at home. 1) Cut a tiny Jack-O-Latern last minute jus… Read More
2020-11-15 16:58
Ik ruikte daar konijntjes dus misschien zat daar een reuzekonijnB: Ik ga de dierentuin missen omdat het weeral zo lang gaat duren eer we terug komenG: We zullen proberen komen deze winter al… Read More
2020-11-14 16:55
I've always heard the claim that LEGO is for builders, ingeneers that want to construct and that Playmobil is for children that love more social interaction, roleplaying, imagination. U… Read More
2020-11-13 16:52
WhereI never blog at a desk or table or so but I literally use my laptop...on my lap. My laptop always sits on the living room table near the sofa. Blogging happens wh… Read More
2020-11-12 17:08
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2020-11-09 17:52
After the big success of our walk in the Fagne de Polleur the day before, the children were easily enthusiastic to go out for another venture. We went out for a walk in an area we know… Read More
2020-11-08 16:59
We started the new lockdown with the school vacation. All our dream plans are cancelled, but we are very relieved we were allowed to the east of Belgium. The first days we were t… Read More
2020-11-07 17:32
A lovely walk in our neighbourhood a few weekends ago. We don't need to go far to find gorgeous nature. Read More
2020-11-06 17:12
This is one of my most read posts and each year in autumn, it pops up again in the reader statistics. I've written it 12 years ago and my opinion has quite changed since then. In… Read More
2020-11-05 16:49
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2020-11-04 17:44
We are currently in a new lockdown in Belgium but there's one significant difference from the one in Spring: we are still allowed to drive around. And every household is allowed to see one v… Read More
2020-11-03 17:05
When we are a weekend in Leuven it is usually filled with running some errands, getting fresh vegetables at the self-harvesting farm and a walk. Since the first 2 categories are done b… Read More
2020-11-02 16:21
Cemeteries with seas of flowersCrosses and gravestones with namesHundreds, thousands of them.Names that had a liveNames that have had laughter and sorrowEver more people precede usSome of th… Read More
2020-11-01 20:22
After writing my plog previous Monday, I also figured that Jan and I have gotten into stronger "who does what" habits in our household during this pandemic. Before Jan travelled… Read More
2020-10-31 17:39
A new government , finally, that wants to show more respect and collaboration. Hurray for that. No genuinely, I am happy for that.Driving by a pond at the moment of a great sunset and seeing… Read More
2020-10-30 17:57
K: hoe maak je kaas?G: dat maak je met melk en wat goeie bacteriën nodig en die maken kaasK: ah zo doe je dat! Oh my goodnessShitDat is, dat is, dat is van de afbij van &rsqu&hell…Read More
2020-10-29 17:43
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2020-10-27 17:41
We were too tired to go to the Ardennes mid October...well the boys were but I didn't feel like staying at home either. So on Saturday afternoon I proposed to go to the zoo again to ma… Read More
2020-10-26 21:33
The blogboost challenge for 2nd half of October talks about routines and rituals. I am not sure if I have much rituals but I'm sure I have a lot of routines. And working from hom… Read More
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