Snow. Snow and even more snow. I haven’t seen this much snow in the Netherlands in my whole life. I’m getting sick of it. Although I have to admit it’s better than rain. It has been cold the last few weeks and I really need a sunny and warm day, but they predicted even more snow. Bugger.
Since my last post, nothing important has happened. Just school, work, and horse riding. I watched the Olympics and actually tried to stay inside as much as possible.
Winter 2010 does has it’s pros though. I’m not one to watch much television, but when I was switching channels in January, I found this series called ‘Flikken Maastricht’. It’s about these two cops in the capital of the province Limburg in the Netherlands. They solve cases but the series also focus on their personal lives. It’s been a while since I’ve watched and liked a Dutch series, but this one’s cool.
The Olympics were a small pain in the bum though. They didn’t broadcast Flikken for a month, because the Olympics were of course more important.
Although I’m not one for shopping (unless it’s in certain areas of London) I do love sales and especially when it’s in one of my favourite shops. After the Christmas days, there are always major christmas sales, and who can resist big discounts?
There’s this store nearby me called ‘Arthur’s Western Store’ and I reckon you can guess what they sell there, western stuff. Every year they have this XXL Christmas Sales and together with my mom and some friends we went to see what they were selling this year.
I needed a string for my hat, which was the only thing on my shopping list, but when you enter the store and see all the stuff, you just (or at least I) want to buy the lot. The only thing I’d still need is a (quarter) horse.
Now I know that most women have this obsession for shoes, but I don’t have that, or at least not for every single shoe on the planet. I narrowed the type of shoes down to a few that I really like and of course during this sale, they were much cheaper as well.
Because I have massive feet and they didn’t have every single boot in stock anymore, I fell in love with these as soon as they presented me a few pair in my size. I’ve always wanted brown boots with decorations on it. They also had this ace pair of green ones, but they didn’t have it in my size anymore. We browsed a lot after that, but didn’t buy anything more than the string and the shoes.
In the evening there was this clinic which we wanted to see: A crash course western riding. It was nice to see someone else ride and she gave some useful tips. After the clinic they showed the horses that were on sale and some were just beauties. I don’t want to know how much they’re worth, because I know I can’t afford them. Still, they were amazing to see.
Last but not least, I want to wish you all a very happy and healthy 2010!
Mood: Brilliant! =D
Music: Meditation – Joseph LoDuca
The snow is all gone by now, but I still have some photos my mom made to share with you all. Most of them are all on the site. Some were just crap (as usual) so I left those out. They have predicted more snow in a few days, but I doubt there will be any.
Christmas was ace! I had a blast and of course ate a lot, but it hasn’t been any different from other years, except yesterday at Mo’s. Christmas eve we always celebrate at home with pressies. I got season 1 to 4 of House M.D. *finally!!* earplugs for my iPod etc. It was fun.
At Christmas day we went to my aunt, where we met the family and we ate a lot xD like always.
At Boxing Day we went to friends and we walked in the forest with the dogs and ate in the evening. (You see the pattern, Christmas = eating)
The day after Boxing day, we (Kris, Mo and I) celebrated Christmas and we had fun with cookie dough and decorating collapsed ginger bread houses. Thanks for a lovely time girls! Celebrating Christmas comes with pressies (I’m so sorry I forgot yours Ilse!!!)
Today we went to eat at the restaurant Mo works and the pancakes were delicious. Ilse paid us a visit as well and we had another short but marvelous time.
Tonight I’m going to the cinema. I’m going to ‘It’s complicated’ with Meryl Streep with my aunt, uncle and mom. I hope I’ll stay awake.
Mood: Tired
Music: ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’
