Howling at the Moon

Best  wi shes to all my readers!! If there are any, that is. I mean: 1 comment in two months... Gives to think.  So, if somebody reads this, can you please say 'hello' or something :-)?

In two weeks my youngest girl will become 2 years old. Two years! Unbelievable…  Her birth could have been two days ago just as well. Time goes by so quickly.  Two little projects I’ve been working on last week for  her birthday:  A garland of crochet hearts in all colors of the rainbow. The pattern I’ve stolen from Skip to my Lou . In the crèche my daughter visits, it is custom to treat the other kids not only to a snack, but also to a little present. This year I made colorful cats of felted wool.     Linked to: Creations by Kara (Look what I made)  The Shabby Nest (Frugal Friday)  Remodelaholic (Remodelaholic Anonymous)  Be different, act normal (Show and Tell Saturday)  Craft Envy (Saturday Spotlight)  A Vision to Remember (Check Me Out Saturday)  Between naps on the Porch (Metamorphosis Monday)  Skip to my Lou (Made by you Monday)

How were your holidays? Spend the days with the people you love? Enjoyed delicious meals? Got pretty presents? And also thought a little while about the actual reason we celebrate Christmas? My holidays were great! Christmas Eve I spend with my little family and my in laws. First Christmas Day (in The Netherlands we celebrate a first and a second Christmas Day) we went over to my brother’s, were my whole family was gathered: parents, sister with boyfriend and our hosts of cours, my brother, his girlfriend and his little daughter. We shared a light lunch and after that we played a little game. It does not translate very well, but let’s call it ‘throwing the dice’, which I never played before.  Rules of the game (you can skip this text in cursive if you don’t like/hate games) Everybody who wanted to play, had to buy one present (some days before Christmas, that is). The rules of the game are as follows: everybody takes turns in throwing the dice and when you throw six, you can choose o

Now and than I take a look at the statistics of my blog and see that most of the readers come from anywhere but The Netherlands, so from now on I will write in English. Sorry in advance for the many mistakes you therefore probably have to read in my blogs, because English is not my mother tongue. Yesterday my little daughter had her very first X-mas diner at her elementary school and I, the mother of course, had to prepare some snacks for her classmates. I kept it simple and made cheese fingers and empanadas. ~*~ For the cheesefingers you only need three ingredients: ·          Puff paste ·          Grated cheese ·          Egg yolk Cut the puff paste in sticks, cover with egg yolk and sprinkle with the cheese. Put in a pre-heated oven (200°C) until the sticks are golden brown. That’s all. Little effort, great taste! ~*~ Ingredients for empanadas: ·          Puff pastry ·          1 chickenbreast ·          50 grammes of chorizo ·          ½ paprika (red pepper) ·        

Finally! I finished this poncho (and it will be my last poncho; I repeat LAST poncho). I worked on it for about four weeks. Four weeks of crochet and attaching fringe one by one. That’s a long time! I like projects that are finished in two, three days, one week max. Patience is definitely not one of those decent features I carry within me. But…, my daughter loves the poncho and that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?!                     Linked to : Skip To My Lou (Made by you Mondays) My Romantic Home (Show and Tell Friday) Be different, act normal (Show and Tell Saturday) Between Naps on the Porch (Metamorphosis Monday)  Serendepity and Spice (Manic Monday) It's a Very Cherry World (Rednesday)  Very Merry Vintage Style (Share the Love)  Ginger Snap Crafts (Wow Me Wednesday) Sew Much Ado (We Did It Wednesday)  The Shabby Nest (Frugal Friday)    Remodelaholic (Remodelaholic Anonymous)

It's never too early to show people your wishlist, so: * New red petticoat * Make up by Glamourflage * Jamie Oliver's book ' 30 Minute Meals '   * Lingerie by Pussy Deluxe * New bottle of Boucheron * This dress by Stop Staring! * BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook * This pencil skirt by Pinup Couture And now wishing someone (my husband for example) will read this before the holidays...

Mocht u eens een dag niet weten wat te koken in de op handen zijnde horrorwinter (zo heb ik mij laten informeren), dan heb ik hier een smakelijk winterrecept. Wat u nodig heeft voor twee personen: ·          300 gram hamlappen ·          Zout en peper ·          Boter ·          Een el bloem ·          Een ui ·          75 gram gerookte spekblokjes ·          250 cc donker bier ·          Een laurierblaadje ·          Een takje tijm ·          Een el mosterd ·          200 gram winterwortel Snijd de ham in blokjes en bestrooi deze met zout, peper en bloem. Laat de boter smelten in een stoofpan en bak het vlees totdat het rondom bruin is. Verwijder het vlees uit de pan en voeg aan het overgebleven bakvet de ui en de spekblokjes toe. Doe het bier erbij. Als dit kookt, voeg dan ham, laurierblaadje, tijm en mosterd toe. Laat dit 45 minuten sudderen met het deksel op de pan. Voeg na een kwartier de wortel toe. Laurierblaadje en tijmtakje verwijderen en serveren met dikke patatten. Smullen