Last Friday, I felt seriously under the weather. I had been sniffing a bit throughout the week, but I woke up that morning with a sore throat and feeling feverish. Although the media assure us that The Virus is not on the island, I thought I’d better be safe than sorry and rest as much…
Author: Maggie
Postcards from Klein Curaçao
Klein (Dutch for little) Curaçao is a tiny island east of Curaçao. It’s symbolized by the smaller star in the flag.Even though people always say going on a boat trip there is one of the things one should do when on Curaçao, we never did it. Until a few weeks ago. We took D. there…
Three things that make me happy
1. I’m knitting a hat. Yeah, I know. I was going to knit things that could be useful to me and hats certainly are not (since I’m living on a Caribbean island and only visit colder regions a few weeks a year).But I wanted to knit a hat. I love knitting hats (ha! I guess…
Trying to get back on track with healthy eating
Yesterday we dropped D. off at the airport. She stayed with us for four weeks and we all had a great time. We went swimming almost every day, talked a lot, did some sightseeing and well… just enjoyed having our daughter so close to us. But now life is back to normal. I’m going grocery…
A gray day
I took my camera to the beach that is closest to us (a 7-minute walk), to show you the blueness of the water. and the sky But I guess I jinxed the weather because when we walked down the clouds came in and both the sea and the sky turned gray(ish).But this is Curaçao, so…
Garden therapy
We had the most wonderful weekend. Full of sunsets, swimming, friends, music and good food. And also some hard work away from the computer.On Saturday morning I felt a bit (ahem, a lot actually) restless and stressed, but I decided to ignore my laptop and head into what will be my garden someday to attack…
Crafty goals
I didn’t have much time for crafting last week. But that’s okay. There was swimming, talking, laughing, reading and other good stuff instead. Last week’s list: / work on the cowl -> just a few rows. Need to concentrate a bit on the pattern. Not that it’s that hard to follow, but with D. here,…
Three things
When I’m too busy to write real blog posts, it’s always a good time to focus on the little things that make me happy. So that’s what you get today. Three things that made me smile this week: 1. Parrots! They fly over our house often, but they hardly ever sit down close enough to…
Crafty goals
This week was… well, busy. Mostly in a good way, but I am at that point again where I know I need to plan better or I will feel overwhelmed. Or actually, I’m already past that point, which is why I always get stuck there. I’m already at the phase of “just get it done…
Happy
Three things that make me happy today: – my daughter visiting. It’s so much fun to have her around (and she’s staying for four weeks). – work coming in. Yes, it makes me a little bit nervous to have a lot to do these months (need to learn to plan better), but I’m so very…