Pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!

As promised some pictures!

Here's going Dorine to start with clothes on. She was very nervous, and she didn't give us a smile the whole time.

After swimming with clothes on, it was time to swim on her back:

And then, very exiting, swimming under water for 3 meters and then further. You see her look at me with asking eyes: Did I do it right, mam?:


After this she had to do (front)crawl, (back)crawl, float on her back for 10 seconds and float on her belly for 10 seconds.
And yes! She made it! Here first swimmingcertificate! (still not smiling!)


We are very proud ofcourse!

Please feel free to look for my first progress picture on the A Needlework and Garden SAL. You will found the link at the right!

Till next time....

It's been awhile!

Sorry to you all, that it took so long for a new message.

I have a lot on my mind at the moment: my father and mother, lots and lots of work, and lots of headaches.

First, my father is since last Friday in a nursinghome. He doesn't like it all and is very lonely there. So I visit him every (!) day. My mother got sick two weeks ago, so my brother had to take time off from work. She couldn't be alone at that moment! She is know recovering from a eye surgery (did I spell that right?).

My own accountancy business is so busy, I even did some work in the Easter Weekend. :(

All this stress gives me a headache daily.

But also good news: Dorine got her first swimmingcertificate on April 4th. Yeah, the first one, two to go.
I did some stitching on the A Needlewerk and Garden SAL on Sunday. But I didn't had the time to put the pictures from my camera to the computer.

I hope I can do that very quickly, so I can share them with you.

We are going away for a week on Friday April 24th; just a little vacation. I need some rest.

Thank you all for your patience with me. And ofcourse for the very lovely emails!

A Needlework Garden SAL

Patti and I are going to start an SAL for this


We also started a blog for this and you can found the link for the blog on the right. If you want to join in, you can sent us an email, you are more than welcome.

In the meanwhile I stitched some more on my model. It's Fractal 149 Bookmark from Cross Stitch Collectibles. It takes a long time to fill in the middle part. From some colours you have to do only 1 cross stitch each time. So lots of colours changes.


This morning we also had a consultation in the hospital about my father. For now he must stay in the hospital; the catheter is back in again after one day. That's not going well. When there is no medical reason anymore to be there for him, he went to a kind of nursing home, for at least 4 weeks. Yesterday my mother has had an operation on her eye (cataract) and she can't take care of my father. We all think that she can't do it anymore in the future also. Terrible decision.

Also good news: next Saterday my youngest daughter Dorine is going to swim for her first swimmingcertificate. So keep you fingers crossed! We are very proud of her, ofcourse! She will be the youngest there.

Lots of hugs and love!

Thank you for stopping by and for your lovely comments.

New Mystery SAL!

On the Legacy Board I found the message that Papillon Creations has started a new mystery SAL, Castles in the Air; it's not entirely a freebie as there is participation fee of 1 GBP payable through PayPal.
It is going to be a 24-month long project. Part 1 will be available when you pay the participation fee.

I have decided to participate, although not right away. First things first!
I can assure you, that the first part is very beautiful. You can choose for a cross stitch version, or a special stitches version.
You can see already the first progress pictures on the website.

To access the SAL, you must be registered to receive the newsletter.

I haven't any progress pictures to share right now. Even I'm very busy stitching.
Thank you all so much, for all the comments on my earlier post. I'm going to the hospital every day, and he appreciate it so much.

Till next time....
Lots of hugs!