Forgive me Internet, for I have neglected my duty of documenting my every move online...(still hate Facebook), my last blog was October 2012 :S
This new year, once again, I will not be making new year resolutions: I will be keeping my old ones. So one of the thing I will be doing more of again, is blogging! As I have blogged before: I really do believe that we have been put on this earth to be good. Good to others, the planet and to ourselves. And I am recommitting to that. One day kindness will win over the world!
This has been the third holiday season in our own home here in Holland, fourth in total. And finally we are starting to get at the same level of us that we were when we left the island. Not to beat a dead horse, but ending up here unplanned has been really hard for our little family. Apart from constantly prioritizing our single income, our energy levels were sapped. And when you barely have enough to deal with your own lives, it is hard to give to others.
In 2013 I saw the return of some old parts of our lives. Funny enough I had the most to give through my company.
Kiki did some fun projects for charity over the summer and fall and just before the year ended I donated my hair for a good
cause. I am back in school full time since the fall, after a slow start in 2013. Joris is finding his way between the 2 teams he is working with, that took some character building from his part to balance that out. We had wedding and births and pregnancies all around us, and have made some amazing new friendships. Once again the garden was a joy to work in and DIY projects were finished. There were more and more days that the Happy moments were plentiful and prolonged. Writing this down, I am so counting my blessings! (another reason to blog more often!)
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| It'll grow back soon enough... |
Movember on steroids
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| Produce from the garden |
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| Good times in good company |
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| DIY greenhouse |
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| Cupcakes for charity |
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| Workshop for charity |
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| Good music |
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| We had a good summer |
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| Quality time |
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| New family: Galchi! |
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| New family: Finn! |
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| New toys |
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| Kiki Cupcake 1 year! |
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| Charity cookies |
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| Soespraisboxes galore! |
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| Many happy hours in the kitchen |
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| Long time dream: check! |
We have now arrived at the point where we have the energy and resources to think and plan and do outside ourselves. So 2014 we are upping our game! We started with a new year cleanup, de-cluttering our tiny home and lives. Holding on to junk can really weigh you down. And how we accumulate stuff!
Our ultimate goal for being here is to prepare for our trip around the world, after me finishing up university, so this year we hope to find the opportunity to foray a bit into the preparations for that. So we hope to see most of our friends around the world this year and make some new ones along the way. We will celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary in September, incredible how fast that went.
This promises to be a fun year. I hope for all of us!
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