Birmingham... great to see my friends again!

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Last weekend I left one boy with grandma and the other with dad... so had the chance to go to England for the weekend with my (higschool)friend Kitty.

We chose Birmingham for the time zone (extra hour to shop), the shops (GAP, M&S) and perhaps there would be a chance to see my friends from Wolverhampton/Cannock/Stoke-on-trent....wherever they live in the area.

After a bumpy landing we were in time and all ready... so we shopped until we dropped... had the nicest meals and on Sundaymorning we met Carol, Danni and Gary. It was a great weekend, my head was all empty and that's a good sign....

We have to plan more weekends like this one!!

Karen

January.... january

Hi!

I don't like January after the first week... The first week makes me happy, it gives me sort of 'clean' feeling, like there's an empty page in front of me and I get to write on it... Usually I have the first week of the year off so that makes me feel even happier... and then real life starts again... Short days when you take the kids to school in the dark, drive to the office in the dark and only see daylight if (if!) I get the chance to peep out of the office for lunch... I finished work at 5.30 pm tonight, got home at 6..... DARK! Oooh I know I must be glad I don't live in the Scandinavian region but I want DAYLIGHT!

Ok so I better think of other things... I start looking for holiday destinations...when and where can we go this summer... I have worked at a travel agency for a while and I was a rep in Switzerland and Spain so I know where to find it and I know at what price... NOT! I search the web from here to Tokyo and back (not that I want to go to Tokyo)... Everyone says NOW it's the time to go to the States and hey, I have a long long GAP (and other stores) shopping list here so why not? Gladly I can give my shopping list to Petra because when I see high season ticket prices... it's NOT so funny anymore and we may have a strong Euro compared to $$$ but double the fares because the children have summer break? I vote for a president who makes fares lower when children have time to travel!! Hillary change your plans! Still don't know where we will be heading but well... at least I have spent hours in front of pictures of tropical beaches, hey!

A few layouts??

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Ok I am off to get some WEEKEND... a little daylight perhaps on Saturday and Sunday...lol... ow and some groceries...vitamins...feel like I have a cold and earinfection but I am not complaining...no work for 3 days!!

Have a great weekend!

Karen

Digiscrap Hyves!

Hi!

If you're Dutch you have probably heard about Hyve...it's kind of Facebook with friends and groups and so you create your own internet community....

About 2 years ago I started a hyves group about Digital Scrapbooking.... we now have over 100 members. To celebrate Melissa Bennett was so sweet to give away a $15 coupon for her store at SBB . Miranda from Rotterdam won the coupon and she already picked some great items from the store....woohooo... I hope we'll have 200 members soon and I am sure we can think of another give away!! Take a look here and become a member:

Karen

Happy New Year!!

So here we are in 2008!!

I hope you all get the sort of year you are hoping for! I still have to make my mind up what kind of year 2007 was... If I count all ups and downs it ends up in being a good one... I found my half sister again, I think I haven't seen her in 20 years... internet makes the contact a lot easier so that's how we got back in touch! Jana, you're the best!!

I just finished 2 layouts, images are clickable....






Let me know what you think of these!!

Karen