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Anything on here new members need to know. I feel a little like a fish out of water at the moment :)

This is my all-time favorite scripture from the Book of Mormon

"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

It's been one and half year that I teach 8-11 years old at Primary Sunday School. I love these kids and have lots of pleasure when I taught them. In the beginning of this year, I asked myself what I want them to learn in this year, especially some of them aregoing to rise to Young Men group. So, I set up some rules for them to get points and when they collect enough points, they can…

While the rest of my blogs seem to read like a chronology of events for my time here in Paris today I am feeling philosophical and full of questions.  Once a good woman told me that we are lucky if we have one or two really good friends. We have lots of acquaintances but real friends are something else. I have been doing the whole navel gazing thing lately and have counted my lucky stars that I have always…

I am no one special! Just a common man, with common thoughts, I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but in one aspect I've succeded gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and for me that has always been enough.

 - The Notebook

Ever notice how some people tend to repeat the same mistakes?  Why and how does that happen?

There are men who are drawn to women who surprisingly turn out to be compulsive spenders, or nags, or substance abusers, or compulsive collectors.  There are women who are drawn to men who surprisingly turn out to be womanizers, chronically unfaithful, abusive, or scoundrels.

A highly respected psychologist and mentor of mine once stated that he did not offer marital therapy in his…

It has a long time since I have been writing about my Bed & Breakfast... my ex should pay alimony, my lawyer is not paying alimony... After having had aenimea for more then 18 years, without the doctors ever finding out WHY... now finally it is known... I have perniciouw aenemia... meaning I have a chronical lack of vitamine B12 which is not being taken in through the normal channels of my body. But at least now I hope it will all get a bit better, for soon they will start with B12…

Made with cashews, sunflower seeds, cherries, pumpkin seeds and figs. Yum. I might be better off with the chocolate and cream cakes actually, They were fattening but caused a few spasms of guilt. Eating these I feel angelic and should be bursting with health! Even though they might be a tad calorific ...

The healthy things are so healthy they must offset the butter and sugar - and I use goat butter and brown sugar. If you spread the mixture thin and…

Hi folks,

Time is marching on.... almost one of 12 is over... and I am working on my dinnertable mirror... it is not done yet fully, but the mirrors are now on the mdf. Had to laquer the mdf first for a better sticking process. Now I will dedicate myself to lackering the frame for the mirror... afterwards I will make "socket" for the mirror... a socket of 1.34 wide... :) To keep the mdf off the floor. I will paint the socket also at the bottomside, to keep water from going…

Me and the year are getting on okay so far. I just noticed it's the 16th and I still haven't bought any chocolate or cream cakes.

I've started writing a couple of books and it's great fun, so much so that I highly recommended it as a hobby, it costs nothing and it's so enjoyable. Like watching a brilliant film and you're in charge of what happens next. I've also started poking my 2 cents in a couple of online communities.

This is all because I had…

I can announce that my bathroom is - of from today and thanks to a very sweet friend - LIMEGREEN next to all the grey that was already there.... it looks very happy and sunny now all of the sudden :)

Will post some new pictures next week... depending on the sun if it is shining :)

Busy busy busy... but again something that I enjoy :) Just called a do-it-yourself market in Bad Bentheim... I need a MDF plate 1.30 Mtr wide and 2.15 Mtr high... to make a huge wallmirror for my dining-room :) I bought nice big square stick-it-on mirrors at Ikea and I make a nice wooden rim around the mirror... a littlebit like my small antique mirror that hung over my diningtable (see my pictures earlier on)   which I now hung upstairs against my new orange wall :) I put a very colourful…

Last Saturday painting the house went to a higher level, LOL... we went to the first floor and painted the whole landing... Which is big, it has three directions :) the hallway where my Laundryroom and my studio are, is yellow, just like the stairs..

The other hallways, one with the stairs, the stairs to the attic and the guestroom, and the one with the bathroom, and the two private bedrooms, are now a wonderful sunny orange! It was a heck of of job, but we got one layer done in that…

I had no idea I'd enjoy blogging so much. It's nice to have record of things going on now and then.Yes, I do keep a diary but can't read my handwriting so it's pretty much redundant. I have the other blog too, on which I'm working out some plotlines and that's going well also. It's so easy to keep things sorted - the posts and pages and topics work really well for me in that one.

Lose a ton is a great idea, but not for me I'm afraid. threw out the scales when my cat (now…

Going surprisingly well. We're slowly getting down all the things I've said I won't be buying again (it remains to be seen whether I'll break down and buy them or not.

It's funny how life changes. Things that were important are just not at all important any more. This is good. You'd think we'd expect it, after all, skipping was so much fun when i was seven-ish. I remember thinking how strange it was that adults didn't want to do it, and how I never wanted not to…

 On Christmas eve my family get together.

I had such plans!

Oh yes. We were going to tidy up and come home to a lovely neat house and that would cheer us (well - me) up for Christmas day (already happy from the family get together, we'd be pretty ecstatic).

Did it happen?

First the kids were running late and lost everything - you know how that goes, make up, clothes and shoes all over, cards and envelopes everywhere.…