Dear 2010

   Thanks to those who hated me, you made me stronger. Thanks to those who loved me, you made my heart bigger. Thanks to those who worried, you let me know you care. Thanks to those who left, you showed me that not everything is forever. Thanks to those who stayed, you showed me the meaning of true friends. Thanks to those who entered my life, you made me who I am today....

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Sew Me Something

Actually, the website is www.sewmesomethin.com by a gal named Rebekah. I personally don't know the her, but I've bought a few items from her and LOVE the products she makes. I learned about her through some other gals who have purchased their purses from her (all military girlfriends / spouses). I prefer...

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On a mission

I've been to The Netherlands more times than I can count.....been to Schiphol Airport (near Amsterdam) on a handful of ocassions..assaulted their Starbucks and not once have I ever seen this mug: Now I'm hell bent on finding it!...

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Nerdtastically Apocalyptic Christmas

As I was editing the pictures for this blog, I came to terms with how nerdy my family really is. Last year, I got Eric a Kindle from Amazon.com and he LOVES it. Comes in handy because he's very into reading and it cuts down on him having te physical book. I know you're probably thinking "Why does...

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Winter Wonderland 2010

Ever since Thanksgiving, it's been snowing on and off over here in lovely Belgium. I absolutely love it! Thing is, we don't have a snow shovel. Or, a shovel in general. So when you drive / slide down our street, you can see the majority of our neighbors have been rather diligent about shoveling their...

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Stateside Goodies!

A friend of mine, Stefanie, sent me some presents! I think it's because I sent her some Belgian goodies earlier last month. Yay for presents! Maybe I should make it a habit to mail stuff off to people more often, ha! I got ahold of her just in case I was supposed to wait till Christmas to open...

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Smash & Grab, Baby!

If you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll remember the post about when I attended the Bazaar in Germany a few weeks ago in addition to venturing over to Bernkastle to pick up some pottery for Eric. Well, that day didn't end well...so Eric and I figured we'd attempt again sometime in the Spring to...

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Day 30 - Car You Drive ( and past cars too!)

The current four wheeled love of my life is a 2006 Nissan Xterra! Her name is "Big Blue" and I got her October 4th, 2006. Yes, I remember exactly when I got her cause I bought her exactly a month before my birthday :) By far the best investment I've ever made and HIGHLY recommend an Xterra! Before I...

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Day 29 - Hopes,Dreams and Plans For The next 365 Days

A year...what are my hopes..dreams and plans for a year...hmmmm.... I dunno, really. I just live my life day to day! Sorry it's not something extremely "deep" and thoughtful, but, I don't like trying to count chickens I haven't bought yet. I especially don't like counting chickens before they hat...

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Day 28 - What's In My Handbag / Purse

Just a warning..my purse contents are very boring / simple.  My B. Makowsky purse: The contents; a Vera Bradley turn lock wallet (I highly recommend it!), cold weather gloves, my Blackberry Bold, Ray Ban sunglasses , apparently three things of chap stick, a pen and coconut body butter....

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Day 27 - My Worst Habit

LOL...this is fitting due to my last post.. I'm VERY forgetful. It's to the point where it feels like my memory gets wiped out or "reset" at the beginning of every week. I have a very very hard time remembering things, especially stuff that's over a month old or when it comes to setting something down and not finding it. I drive Eric NUTS because I always lose my sunglasses, keys, misplace my phone,...

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Day 26 - Your Week, In Great Detail

My week was rather scattered. Errrr...... I can barely remember what I did on Friday, nevermind the whole week :-/ Sorry. ...

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Day 25 - Guilty Pleasure

I know you're probably gonna laugh, but I don't care.  A guilty pleasure for me is Polish Pottery. Yes yes, pottery. When I first got here, I thought the pottery was hideous, but after going to Poland and checking out literally the hundreds and hundreds of different types of patterns and such,...

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