We’re officially waiting: like really waiting for the baby to arrive. It is his due date today, I’m 41 weeks pregnant and there is no sign that he will be coming anytime soon. Tomorrow we’ll have an appointment at the maternity to check everything and decide what to do. Meanwhile I’m drinking a homebrewn raspberry Read article…
Twenty four years of love and now a little baby is growing in my belly! We’re so happy and excited! Our son, which sounds so cool & crazy, is due at the end of November and we’re currently in the third trimester and all is well. This will be our rainbow baby, a baby after Read article…
With this blasting Da Rona soundtrack on repeat for the past 11 months, we still managed to finally sell* and buy a new home in 2020-2021! It’s been a huge time consuming process, but we are ENFIN, finally, ready to move to our new home in the coming weeks. Our initial plan was to build Read article…
When my Mastermind buddies and I made our visionboards in January 2019, I didn’t expect that every single word and image I was sticking to the board would make its way into the new year. I wonder if having the vision board in my office, and the fact that I saw it every day, influenced Read article…
Een gelukkig nieuw jaar! Bonne année ! Happy New Year! For the world, I hope 2017 will be peaceful and with lots of love and common sense. For you and your loved ones I wish it will be filled with joy, love, energy and surprises. Our family's New Year's card is one of these projects Read article…
So happy, humbled and honored! This weekend I won the vtwonen Advanced Blogger Award 2016 with my blog JOELIX.com. It was such a surprise, because I was shortlisted together with two very talented blog colleagues: Marij from My Attic and Suzanne from &Suus. They both create beautiful content for their blogs and social media and totally Read article…
Een gelukkig nieuw jaar! Happy New Year! I hope 2016 will be a peaceful and full of love, good health and joy for you and your loved ones. Our family's New Year's card is one of these projects that's very close to my heart. My papa took the first photo in 1980 and in 2003 Read article…
Yes, I'm going bananas! It has nothing to do with minions, but with a crazy ear infection that's been chasing me for the past month. The different kinds of pills ease the pain but make me nauseous and I don't feel strong enough to run (so frustrating!). And overall I feel a bit bleh, despite Read article…
Finally after some very long and intense months (ehmmm it's been 2 years since our last big break!) we arrived in Spain. This past week we stayed in the Pyrenees, or even better in Spanish: los Pirineos. And that's immediately my biggest frustration of the week: I don't speak Spanish. I read and understand it Read article…
I clearly remember the day someone called me Sporty Spice for the first time. Me?! No way! But after my recent 300th run I can hardly deny it: I love running! And finding colorful or interesting things on my runs became a second nature. While I have no ambition of ever running a marathon, I Read article…
