Month: August 2013

Random Ramblings6 Comments

The One with the Blog Voice

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Lady Katza has revived the Blog Voices meme and I’m very curious about all of your accents and the way you pronounce the words. I’m not a native speaker but I am an English teacher and I’m very curious about my accent. I love English and everything involved and I actually feel just as comfortable using English as I am using Dutch. I almost exclusively read in English, watch TV in English and listen to music in English. A lot of the times I can’t even recall wether I read something in English or in Dutch. I think I inherited my … Continue reading The One with the Blog Voice

Random Ramblings8 Comments

The One with the Flea Market Find

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You guys, I went to a flea market today and bought the cutest thing ever! It’s a late fifties Vulcan Classic Toy Sewing Machine. I couldn’t just leave it there 🙂 My boyfriend didn’t want me to buy anything but he wasn’t paying attention and I smuggled it into the house… A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. The lady who sold it to me didn’t know if it was still working and after some internet research and upon further inspection, I don’t think it ever will. Somewhere along the road the batteries have run out. But that’s … Continue reading The One with the Flea Market Find

Planning, Random Ramblings5 Comments

The One with the Calendar

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I have been planning to do a lot of sewing but when plans just stay in my head and don’t get transferred to some kind of calendar, they tend to get pushed back. So I decided to make my own calendar as I tend to absolutely hate the ones you can buy are find online. I’m very picky about calendars 🙂 Because I put in the effort to make one, I thought why not share it with you all. This one is just for the month of August (yes, I know, it’s the 5th already, but the idea only came … Continue reading The One with the Calendar