Vote for a new hair style!

Friends, I want to change my hair, but am not sure what I want...you know the problem!

Long? Medium long? Short? Colour?
I need some feedback!
What should I do??

way too lazy!

As you all know I'm supposed to study my b... off for the statistics exam. My brilliant plan was to go to the uni in Enschede with T. every day, since I get too distracted staying at home. You know, cleaning, doing laundry, grocery shopping and less productive...watching the telly ALL DAY LONG!
What can I say...I went to the uni with him once...and since then I've found plenty of excuses to stay home and basically do NOTHING all day long, telling myself that I deserve some holiday days at least and that there's still plenty of time left to study. The problem with that is, that even though I tell myself that some free days are OK, I do feel sooo guilty when not doing anything, therefore I'm not really enjoying my lazy days that much.
Then why don't I start?? Because I don't want to! I really, really don't like statistics and it's sooo much to do (so I should start, right?)and I really, really don't like it!!
Now, I know what you are going to say! That we all have to do things we don't really like doing, that this is what a study is like and that I just have to get my lazy self off the ever so comfy sofa and start. Hach! I KNOW! I will! Really! Right now! Or maybe...maybe this afternoon... "homes under the hammer" is on and I just must know if Liz from Birmingham managed to renovate the cottage for less than 15 thousand pounds and hear what the local estate agents have to say...;-)

So, if you have any advice for me or Liz, let me know!

MJ's graduation party

My lovely Dutch friend Marie-Jose just graduated!!
Congratulations! Gefeliciteerd! Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
She had a party on Saturday and everyone was asked to dress up as if they were still living in the 80tes!! Check out some pics!

It has been too long!

I disappeared to Münster, into my tiny one-room apartment with no internet connection...But now I'm BACK! Well, at least back in Enschede for the next 6 weeks.
I still have to prepare for my statistics exam which will take place in about 4 weeks, but I'm happy to report that I have passed my exams on physiology, history of psychology and research methods...I didn't do very well, but at least I passed, right?!

I had a hard time adjusting in Münster, which is another reason why I didn't post anything for such a long time.
It was hard for me being away from home, from T., my house, my friends, you get the idea.
Also the study didn't really take off as fantastic as I hoped it would. I was thinking about stopping or changing the subject.
Everyone is sooo much younger (well, the average age is 19) and totaly in super-study-mode. The subjects took some getting used to - this first semester was really all about getting me settled in, in every way you can imagine.

Right now I feel happy with my choice of study and city and T. and I are looking at places in Münster and chances are we will be able to celebrate my birthday in Münster this year!

home sweet home and...AWAY AGAIN!

Oh, oh...yes I know...it's been too long...I have truly neglected this blog ever since I got on that plane taking me back to the Netherlands...

Now I have already left the rainy and cold Netherlands to enjoy the rain and cold in Germany! As you all know I've started a new study (Psychology) at the uni in Münster and I'm renting a room for the time being to avoid the commute.
I don't have a computer at my room yet but I really, really need to change that!

I knew I would have to be more self sufficient at the uni but THAT self sufficient?!
No Prof. hands out anything! They tell you to go online and there (wherever that is!) one would be able to find the lesson and print it to prepare for the next lesson or reflect on the one that has just taken place! And how am I supposed to find everything and everyone??? Room 2.245a...Mhhh...where could that be?? At this point I'm sticking to spotting other freshmen and following them. Works. Sometimes. I've ended up in a 3rd semester class at one point...no, the girl wasn't in my year...

And what about all that partying??? No human person can do it ALL! And get up at 6.30 in the morning! Cooking for one person - works, if you are one huge person, with a humongous appetite...otherwise, leftovers for the rest of the week...yammy!
Mensa ( ) food...cheap, sometimes really good but sometimes really, really bad!

Well, some more first impressions soon! This German keyboard is killing me! Where is the f*******....Y?????!!!!!

Cookies in the kitchen

Just a short but funny story...

L came home today after grocery shopping and went to the living room to take care of the baby. Meanwhile I brought in the bags and placed an open pack of cookies on the kitchen counter. When I was done I went into my room to check on something...

In the meantime L heard strange noises coming from the kitchen..."Aaah, how nice Sabrina is bringing in the groceries...Oh, she found something she likes in one of the bags - sound of ripping bag-oh my, Sabrina found something she REALLY likes, she's digging right in, tearing the bag appart!...strange, Sabrina must be hungry...or could it...could it....SABRINA!!

Ooooh nooooo!! MONA!!!

Yep Mona got the cookies before anyone else could and you can't really blame her! She's on medicine that makes her super-hungry, so hungry in fact that she ate ant repellent the other day (it's filled with peanut butter and oil) and we had to call the emergency hotline for animals (after 10 min and 58$ we knew she would be OK)!

Walking it off...

As my time here in Nashville is coming to an end it's necessary to evaluate my eating habits and their inevitable consequences (a.k.a tight pants)...

You are thinking about the hot dogs, burgers or my-not-so-secret-addiction to french fries (I've only had fries twice! Ok, maybe 4 times...), but I must say I've been rather good with the junk food (what an aweful name for such a...)!
Well, it's not enirely my will of steel that's responsible for that, but rather the family's better eating habbits...
Lot's of organic, localy grown or produced food, nothing processed and if we have to eat out it's always been rather good choices like sandwiches.

Aaah, sounds good doesn't it?! But L is also spoiling me! Fresh hard-crusted bread, black forest ham, French and Swiss cheeses, Italian salami...and always a bag of yummi chips in the pantry...T send us German chocolate and I've got Dutch stroopwafels...

In short, something needs to happen these last couple days!! Most of you, who know me well, also know that I truly HATE exercise! It's no fun being an exercise hater, I can tell you that! First because you always worry about what and how much you eat, because you KNOW you won't work out later that day/week/month.
Second, because people just expect you to exercise even if you don't like it, because it's HEALTHY!
Well, having my darms cleaned out is healthy too, but I don't do that twice a week do I !?!?

Aaah, I know what you're thinking: "How can she be blind to all the benefits that come with regular exercise??" Well, I'm not! I just don't like the idea of having to do it to stay fit. I like to be active, walk, bike places, carry kids, run up and down stairs but all of that as part of a regular routine and not pretending to walk or run up steps in the artificial environment of a gym!

But the Swiss cheese, German ham and Italian salami need to get off my hips so I've started to walk places! To the pool (by the way swimming laps is one the most boring things I've ever done!), around the neighborhood, to the supermarket...

Sometimes I even take one of the dogs for an additional evening stroll (well, it has happened once and I think I will do it again...). And this is fun! I see many interesting houses and their interior, meet interesting and somtimes strange people on my walks (old lady walking her dog, young landscaper...) and I think, think, think!

About going home, meeting friends, starting a study, starting to really exercise -let's face it, I'm not getting any younger and my arms won't stop wobbeling by themselves -living in a different city, having a house, having a dog, having a baby (in that order preferably)!

But once I've thought about all of these I start thinking about what I could have for lunch...just a banana!! Or maybe first a banana and if I'm still hungry a piece of dry bread...or just with a little bit of butter on it...mmhhh, we do have this good ham and the cheese might go bad...one or two slices won't kill me!

Yes, I'll have a banana and a sandwich with ham, cheese, salami and... some cucumber - I want to be healthy after all!!