Fantastic news

Hi girls,
I have fantastic news. As you all may know, I work as a teacher in primary school. The past years, it has been so hard to find a job for the next school year. It starts in May when you have to mail out your letter to the schools. Oh god, I hate that.

We have a law here that says that when you work about 3 years in the same school or group of schools you have priority above those who aren't working there for 3 years. They count the days and it has to be 720 (or something like that) or higher. Well, this year I finally reached that amount so I'm priority. Yippee!!!!

And guess what's even better????? I love the school were I work now (I only have 3 hours per week) because I've been here for 3 years now. I know all the kids and their parents. It's a little school and I really like that. A collegue will retire at the end of the year. She works part-time so those hours will be free next school year. We had teachers meeting on Tuesday and the principal told me that because I have priority now, that I can stay at this school next year!!!! I'm such a happy girl now. I finally have found my own place at this school and I hope I can stay there forever. Because we have a little bit more kids than the year before, we get more teaching hours. That means that I have almost a full-time job next school year. Only 2 hours less than full-time. What do you think about that???? Isn't that great???? So, no more letter writting to principals for me. I'm so relieved.

Hope you have a wonderful, fantastic Thursday

Did I make it to round # 5???

Hi everyone,
How was your weekend? I hope you had a nice one. Mine was o.k. Nothing speicial. Well, I went out for lunch on Sunday as my mother invited me together with my sister, uncle and aunt to celebrate her birthday. It was on March 22nd but we didn't celebrate it with lunch then.
About the Scrapbook Chalet Contest ...........I MADE IT to the next round. I'm so happy. For all of you who voted for me: Thanks a lot. You rock!!

This is the instruction for the 5th round is this:

Challenge # 5 Week May 6th - May 12th
Hi Ladies..Job well done on the last round, you guys are awesome!Okay, this challenge is a little different, so here goes:I want you to go outside tomorrow and take 2 photos of something that inspires you.. It can be anything you want! It can be 2 photos of the same thing, or 2 photos of different things..When you create your layouts and/or altered item, make sure you have a jounaling area, somewhere on the project telling us why the image in the photo inspires you..Anything and everything else is up to you! Have Fun and Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you come up with..When you're finished, upload your challenge into the gallery by Saturday May 12th, 9:00 PM, EST.. Voting will then begin at 9:30 PM, EST..

Doesn't sound this difficult??? My god, I really have to think a lot about this one.

I take part in another contest on the blog of Theresa. She mailed me some paper and embellishments and I had to make a page and a card with it. This is what I made

A couple we know was in Erics pub about 2 weeks ago. They had their little girl Camille with them and I could hold her for a while. My dad wanted to hold her too. He would be a fantastic granddad.
I really hope I can win, what do you think??

Yikes, weather is aweful over here. It's raining every now and then and it's very windy. Unfortunatly its cold again and I need to use the heating inside the house. Perfect weather for reading books and scrapping!

My layout for round 4

It says: Sleeping Beauty. I'm the girl on the picture and I was almost 1 year old then. We were in holidays in France.

Hi everyone,

How are you over there? Yeah, I know, it's been a while since I updated but nothing special happened. The weather has changed and it's colder again. So I can put my skirts and tank tops away. Feeling very sad about that as I loooooove warm weather. On Thursday, it was still very sunny, I sat in the garden and got tanned. Wish I could sit there again. But now I should wear warm clothes. There is 1 positive thing about colder weather and that is that I spend more time scrapping, haha.

I finished my page for the 4th round at the scrapbook Chalet. You can see the ad on the last entry. Well, I tried to make a page like the one on the ad but with other colours. Don't forget to vote for me on Sunday at the Chalet!!! Don't vote earlier than Sunday or they will remove me from the list. Votes closes on Sunday evening so there is no point on voting on Monday, haha

I took some lovely pic from the roses in our garden. Enjoy watching them

Round # 4

I made it, I made it!!!!! Yippee!! I'm in the next round at the Scrapbook Chalet. I was so happy when I saw that my name was on the poll for round 4. I bet you're all curious about the next thing we have to do. So here it is ...

AD INSPIRATION:The ad inspiration I chose is simple but elegant! I love the colors and the style on this one!Remember, all you need to do is create a layout inspired by some aspect of the inspiration piece. It doesn't have to be a carbon coby of the ad, it could be based on the overall design, the theme of the ad, the color scheme or maybe the fonts or title used in the ad. Whatever gets those creative juices flowing, the possibilities really are endless with this challenge!

When you've finished your layout for the week, you can post it in our Designing Like a Star Gallery, then upload the link to this thread with your layout so we can see your take on the ad & also leave your layout some love!

Thanks for playing along girls!! Have a great week & Good Luck! You have until May 5th 9:00 PM, EST to upload.. The voting will then start at 9:30 PM, EST and end on Sunday May 6th, 9:00 PM, EST.

What do you think about it? It will be difficult but I like the challenge of this contest. I'm creating things that I've never done before.

Scrapbook Chalet contest

This is my entry for the 3rd round of the contest. We had to scraplift the LO you saw on the previous post. I made this page about my dad. The journaling tells how much I appreciate my dad for everything he has done for me during the years. I know he will always be here to help me. We get along very well and we can talk about everything.
There is a quote too on the bottom of the page. 'A father is someone you look up to, no matter how tall you grow'











So, please, go all to the scrapbook Chalet and vote for my page. If you are already a member of the Chalet, just press this link http://www.scrapbookchalet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3959
If you aren't a member yet, please register at the homepage http://www.scrapbookchalet.com/index.htm

Have a wonderful Sunday and cross your fingers for me!!

Round # 3 at Scrapbook Chalet

Yeah!!! I made it to round 3 at the 'Desinging like a star - contest' at the Scrapbook Chalet. This week we have to scraplift the page you see on top of the entry. I don't have much time left as the page has to be ready by Saturday evening. I'm still thinking about the picture and the pp I want to use. It's not easy and I don't want to be out of the contest this week. So I need something spectacular, haha. Wish me luck, girls!! I'll show you the page from the moment it's finished.

Have a wonderful Friday!

Sunday in pictures

Erics kids came over for the weekend and we had a bbq on Sunday. It was fantastic weather and we enjoyed sitting outside. Normally Eric has to work during the weekends in his own pub but he found someone who could work. It was so nice to have him at home. Only untill 8 pm because then he had to work again.

I've been tagged

I got tagged... by Miranda!
Here's the deal, I list 7 random facts about myself and then choose 7 people to tag to do the same thing on their blog. Here goes!

1. I love baking cakes, muffings, cookies, ... and then I give them away. I only eat 1 or 2 of it.
2. I'm completely addicted to scrapbooking. Need to scrapbook at least twice a week.
3. I love white chocolate.
4. I buy books every 2 months but there are still lots of books in my shelves that I have to read.
5. I need to check my e-mails and blog every day.
6.I love smoked salmon but not baked or cooked salmon.
7. I love city trips but wish that Eric would love them too.

I'm tagging Pflufke, Talesfromthecrib, Vanilla, Vanessa, Adrienne, Desi and Arianne

New site with sketches

I found a fantastic new site with amazing sketches. Here is a little info that you can find on the blog.

Welcome to 'Little Book of Sketches' a sketch resource centre for scrapbookers, cardmakers and stampers alike. We all hit that creative brick wall at times, or you have that photo you want to scrap but just don't know where to begin... well now inspiration is just a mouse click away!Here you will find all sizes of Layout Sketches, different sized Card Sketches along with Tag and ATC sketches. These are all original designs by us, and we hope you find inspiration from our sketches.

This is the link http://littlebookofsketches.blogspot.com/

It's a wonderful blog so go over there!!

Voting started

Hi girls,

The voting at the Scrapbook Chalet has started. It only lasts till this evening so go there quickly and vote for me. I really want to go to the next round of the Contest as I have so much fun creating. This is the link http://www.scrapbookchalet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3682 If you aren't a member yet, I guess you have to subscribe but you won't regret it as it's heaps of fun there. And it's free too!!! My name in the contest is Sollie79

This is my LO

If you vote for me, thanks a lot!! You are wonderful.

ps: Let me know what you think about my LO. You can see the sketch we had to use in the entry below this one.

Crop at my place

Hi everyone,

I don't have to work today so I feel great. My Lo for the scrapbook Chalet Contest is almost finished. I'm cutting the title right now. When it's post on the Chalet site, I'll post it here too.

This evening my friend Daphne is coming over again to do some scrapping together. I can't wait to scrap together again as we always have lots of fun. Maybe I can finish my Thailand album this evening. Hmmm, maybe that's a bit too much for 1 evening as I still need to make 3 or 4 spreads.

Here are some more Thailand LO's.

These pics were taken on the boat when we went scuba diving and snorkeling.

This is the pier from where the boat left to go diving.

Oh yes, I handed it the LO for the contest at the scrapbook store where I buy my supplies. Remember I was doubting between the one of my sister or my cat. Well, I chose the one of my sister who went snowboarding. When I showed the one of my cat to the girl at the shop, she asked me if I could leave it there too. She wants to expose it on the scrapbook days too. She loved the flowers I made and she will take a pic of it and put it on their website. I was very pleased with it.

So, enjoy your Wednesday everyone!!

I made it to the next round at the Scrapbook Chalet! I'm in the 'Designing like a star' contest. The first LO we had to make was one about ourself. We had to present ourselves to the others. This is what I made (see on top)

This is the new subject for this week. We need to make a LO using this sketch (see on top again). Can't wait to start with it as I think it's a fantastic sketch.

Feels like summer

Hi guys,
Sorry for not updating but I had nothing special to mention. We are having fantastic weather over here. Yesterday it was 24 °C!! These are temperatures for summer, not for spring. It's not normal for this time of year. The weather has gone crazy. Well, I don't mind as I love warm weather. I could wear tank tops and a skirt. Ooooooh, I love this weather.

Yesterday afternoon I cleaned my desk. During winter it's too cold to work and scrapbook at my desk because there is no heating in that room. As the weather is getting better, I cleaned my desk and moved all my scrapbooking stuff from the living room back to my desk. I took some pics to show you how much work I did. After cleaning I went outside and ironed the clothes while I was in the sun. It was so good to feel the warm sun on your skin.

Thursday evening we watched a movie (Zwartboek, a Dutch movie about the second World War). We love watching movies while we eat cheese with French bread. Mmmmm, it was so yummie!!!

Didn't scrapbook the past days but the weather is too good to sit inside. Maybe I'll scrap this evening, who knows.

ps: I'm still having problems to put pictures in the middle of the text. Strange thing, isn't it??

Start to run

As I've told you before, I started running about 3,5 weeks ago. My friend Kelly wrote about it in her blog and it really caught my attention. I was looking for something that would improve my condition but I can't afford expensive fitness classes right now. Kelly told me about the programm 'Start to run'. They say that I will be able to run 5 km after 10 weeks of practice. The first lessons weren't to difficult but now I'm at lesson 11 and it's getting harder. I have to run for 5 min and then walk for 2 or 3 minutes. The reason why I am still running (and not give up after 1 lesson) is that the lessons are on my iPod. The girl (Evy Gruyaert) tells you when to run and when to walk. While you are running or walking there is nice music. Well, it's a pitty that the music is the same for some lessons. You should have a look at your iTunes (podcasts). Maybe you can start running too.

The past days were nothing special. Just relaxing, surfing the net, watching tv, cleaning the house and car, ... I haven't been scrapbooking since Sunday but I want to scrap this evening.

Fantastic Sunday

Hey everyone,
Hope your weekend was great. Mine was good, loved every minute of it.
Yesterday evening I went scrapping to Kelly. It's the first time we did some scrapbooking together. It was great to spend time together. I stayed there till 10.15 pm. Yeah, I know that's late. Time goes by way to fast when you're having fun. Kelly has the book by Elsie Flanningan and she told me to take it home with me to have a look at it. I love the designs by Elsie so I'm sure I'll enjoy the book. If you don't know Elsie, here's her weblog http://www.elsieflannigan.blogspot.com/ (I have some non-scrapping friends too so I can imagine that they don't know Elsie) I made a page of my sister who went snowboarding for the first time. Now I need some advice of you, guys! I want to take part of a scrapbooking contest and I can enter only 1 page. I have 2 favourites but I can't choose. Can you let me know what LO you love the most?? (The pics are on top again)

Thanks Kelly for the yummie spaghetti and your fantastic company!! Hope we can scrap again soon.

ps: Does anybody of you know how I can post pics between the written part. All my pictures appear above my written part.

Heritage

Here it is! It's a wedding picture of my grandmother and her hubby. He died when my dad was only 3 years old so I've never met my grandfather. I gave this LO to my grandmother as a Christmas gift. It's framed so she can put it on the wall.


Enjoy the weekend!

Sneak peek

I made this LO a while ago and I gave it to my grandmother. I'll show you the finished LO soon. I love to make you curious, hahaha.

Again some Thailand LO's. The first one is about a jetski that we rented for half an hour. The second one is about an Italian restaurant on the island. We went there with another Belgian couple that we met there.

My Easter holidays are great so far. I am relaxing most of the time. Hmmm, maybe I should do some housework today. I can't let it wait forever. The dust has to be removed in the living room and maybe I can clean the kitchen too.

I really need to go shopping too. We have 3 events that we have to attend and I need new clothes now that I've lost 8 kg. On Thursday we have an opening of a new ice cream shop in the city. On Monday there is the opening of a restaurant/fish shop from friends of us and within 2 weeks there is a birth reception. Yeah, people give a little party because their child is born. So there are less people who visit you at home because they all come to the party.

Have a nice and sunny Wednesday!!

I've been tagged

A - Available or single: I have a wonderful boyfriend Eric since 3 years now
B - Best friend: Here in Belgium: Isabel and Tine, International friends: Tamara, Desi, Kaori, ...
C - Cake or pie: Cake
D - Drink of choice: White wine, diet coke
E - Essential item you use everyday: My computer
F - Favorite color: Blue
G- Gummy bears or worms: Gummy bears
H- Hometown: Ieper in Belgium
I- Indulgence: chips
J - January or February: Hmmm, don't like both
K - Kids & names: No kids yet
L- Life is incomplete without? My boyfriend, friends, family, ...
M- Marriage date: Not married
N- Number of siblings: A younger sister, Goedele
O- Oranges or apples: Red Oranges
P- Phobias or fears: Spiders….
Q- Fave quote: Even when it's cold outside, our memories keep us warm
R - Reasons to smile: A beautiful, sunny day
S - Season: Summer
T - Tag 3 or 4 people: Dawn, Adrienne, Vanilla
U - Unknown fact about me: Stays a secret
V- Vegetable you don’t like: spinach
W - Worst habit: Hmmm, don't know. Maybe I'm impatient
.X - Xrays: yes, my left knee and my back
Z Zodiac sign: virgin

Hmmm, where did the letter Y go????

De gevleugelde stad

My weekend was good, very good!! There was a street theatre festival in our city, called 'De gevleugelde stad'. In English it can be translated as 'city with wings'. In the city center there were artists everywhere. I saw many performances and all were very good. On Saturday I went together with my dad and Hilde. We saw an English lady called Abigail and she was fantastic. I laughed a lot. She used men from the audience to help her with her acts. It was soooooo funny. On Sunday I went to see her again. The show was the same but I didn't mind as the men were diffrent and they react diffrent too. On Sunday I went with my friend Isabel. The last group we saw was 'Shake That'. There were 5 guys and they pretended to be bartenders. They made coctails and shaked it in lots of ways. Very spectacular. Enjoy the pics of the festival, they are on top again! Oh yes, I saw Kelly (talesfromthecrib) on the festival!! It was great to see you, Kelly. Can't wait till Sunday as we'll scrap together for the first time. Should be lots of fun.

Today is my first day of the Easter Holiday Don't know what I'll do today. It's a bit overwelming to have so many days off. There are tons of things that I want to do but above all I want to scrapbook and knit.

Have a wonderful Monday and I hope the weather is as beautiful as it is over here.