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More wondrous blogs and some thoughts.......

again, i have found more beautiful, magical blogs that fill my mornings up with such wonder and excitement......

first 1st picture is of Fiona from "The Secret of Roan Innish". it is my most favorite movie of all time. if you haven't seen it, i know you would fall in love with it, too. it is an irish movie, filled with fairytale feelings and a story that is wondrous, too. i've seen it 20 or more times. i never tire of watching it. it is magical!

the other photos come from.......

vox popoli,

79 ideas (blog),

aurelie alvarez,

brocantess (blog),

open (australian blog),

some other blogs that i have found that are so wonderful.......

manon 21,

jessie chorley,

it followed me home,

la bonne femme,

la pomme stories (etsy),

l'e dans l'a,

ada & darcy,

a thing for (blog),

bohemian vintage,

nectar & light.

i have been working on a new story, trying to work on it every day. what a challenge that is, to be consistent. i so often start a project and then leave it half finished. there is a part of me, though, that feels that is necessary or alright to do, as if i know subconcienciously that at some point i will continue to work on that creation. sometimes i like things unfinished, anyway. we all have a feeling of overworking things sometimes, i think. the most beautiful things are sometimes unplanned, unfinished, underworked, like children do.

i am a nanny for 3 four year olds right now. at first, i wasn't sure i could take care of all of them. they are from 3 different families and are all very different themselves. but we are having the most fun and getting along so well. they are so funny, too. they amaze me. what a great life they have ahead of them. such enthusiasm and humor and light within their hearts. i really enjoy them and am finding that i so look forward to seeing them.

i hope you can spend some time with children. they are such mood changers......if you are sad or upset, they will definitely help you to smile and see the good and beauty in life.

have a wonderful day!

debbie

One more night

Well, here we are in our last evening living in Taiwan. We've been here for 6 weeks and we haven't accomplished much. I guess if we've accomplished anything, it's been living together. This was Andy's and my first apartment together. We had fun finding the place (even though we have to walk up and down 5 floors every day to get to it), we had fun decorating it, we had fun cooking in it, cleaning it, hanging out in it, and making it ours. We have survived our first 6 weeks of living alone together. It wasn't all easy, we definitely have different opinions about things, but we made it. I think we now have a better idea of what marriage truly is. We also know each other much better. I thought that after growing up together, going to college together, living in a group house together, and traveling together, I knew everything about Andy...but I am learning that there is always more. More to learn, more to discover, more to love.

I have to admit that this has been a trying time for us. We thought it would be easy to quit our lives in the states, get married, pick up and start a new life in another country. Thing is...it's not as easy as we thought it would be. We thought it would be one grand adventure where everything would go perfectly and we'd be happy. It didn't turn out that way though, and we've had to deal with the ups and downs together. Each of us had been disappointed and frustrated in our own ways. Through frustration, sadness, sickness, tears, and harsh words, we are learning about marriage and life. It is work, that's for sure. But it's work that we want to do because we are invested in each other. This is all a part of learning for us.

Even though we feel like moving here was a failure, it was also a good thing. It has sort of brought us back down to earth in realizing that just because we are young and in love, it does not mean that we're invincible. We are learning how to comfort and take care of each other. How to take defeat together, pick ourselves up and keep going. We are learning that in times of frustration we can be there for each other and make things better by doing something as simple as making no-bake cookies together. So even though this chapter of our lives didn't work out, it doesn't mean that there aren't other great things to come for us. We don't know what the future holds, but I think if we can get past this defeat, then we'll be ok.

So here we are in our last evening. We went out to our favorite local restaurant and ordered our favorite dishes. It was nice to realize that we had become 'regulars' at the place and the cook was excited to see us. We will miss him and his food. It was a good night, and a good day. We spent the day blasting our music while we packed and cleaned the place. Occasionally we broke out in dancing or singing off tune. We argued about what should get packed in what bag, what to leave behind, and how to clean things. It was all in good fun. We can now laugh at each other when we don't disagree instead of getting frustrated. It has been good, it has been a learning process, and now we are leaving. May more good things come!

Lovely White Wednesday

Some aprons are just too pretty to be in the kitchen...

Stroll on over to Faded Charm for other white lovelies...

A few things to know

First of all I want to thank my Belgian friend Brigitte from Brigitte Garnier’s Lifestyle blog for the Kreativ blogger award I received from her. She asked me to tell 7 things about myself. In earlier posts I already wrote about myself so I like to refer to these posts here and here.

 

Thank you so much Brigitte!

 

For those who do not know yet Brigitte’s blog, please visit her beautiful blog! Click on the picture here below to visit.

A few days ago my friend Brooke from Velvet and Linen, did an amazing post! She told about a client’s room design she did together with her husband Steve!  Well, I was so impressed  that I wanted to mention this here and to advise you to go to see her post! I know that a lot of you have seen it already but maybe you should go see it for a second time! I LOOVVEE Brooke’s design of this room!!!

I assume that everything started with this beautiful Swedish cabinet Brooke found. So she begged her clients to buy it!

Isn’t it a gorgeous piece of furniture?

 

So Brooke’s husband Steve started to make a drawing of the room! Do you notice the Swedish Cabinet on the right of the chimney ?!

And here the cabinet is finally brought into the room!

 

  I might think that Brooke’s clients are proud now with this room and that they really are happy to have followed Brooke’s advice to buy the cabinet!

If you want to see more about this room or if you want to see it for a second time, go to visit Brooke’s post here.

Congratulations Brooke and Steve! I hope to work together with you on a room’s design once!

 

2 new blogs I discovered

Finally I want you to visit 2 interesting blogs I discovered.

Malvini Puur

This is a new Belgian blog. Véronique the author of the blog tells about the beautiful furniture of the company Malvini that she and her husband own and about all things in which she is interested.

As…this

a wine table of the Malvini Collection

a dining table of the Malvini Collection

Or this…

stoneware of Charlotte Storrs

or Anne Linneman.

So check Véronique’s blog on http://malvini.blogspot.com.

 

This Cobbled Path

 

This is a design blog. The authors are the owners of an interior design boutique in Tampa, Florida.

This boutique is called The Cobbled Path.

Check this blog on http://thiscobbledpath.blogspot.com.

 

So I assume that you know what to do this evening!

xx

Greet

A few things to know

First of all I want to thank my Belgian friend Brigitte from Brigitte Garnier’s Lifestyle blog for the Kreativ blogger award I received from her. She asked me to tell 7 things about myself. In earlier posts I already wrote about myself so I like to refer to these posts here and here.   Thank you so much Brigitte!   For those who do not know yet Brigitte’s blog, please visit her beautiful

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