This is the last time I will post pictures of the hyacinths.. I promise! Here they are in full bloom.

New layout! Yay! I try to learn something new with every layout and this time I learned how to costumize the famous Flickr Badge, as now seen above. I used the tutorial by Veerle and imidiatly gained myself a header, which I always struggle the most with when coming up with a new look.
I have to admit though that I’m not completely done with it yet, it still requires some tweaking, but I couldn’t stand the old look any longer.

ETA: I found out that the layout doesn’t look the way it should in other browsers. I will fix this once I get the chance.

I just received an email from PayPerPost informing me that my blog has been approved for their blog network. I decided to join them because I thought that there must be something about them that makes them so popular; the program really has to work! Unlike those programs where you get paid to read emails and visit websites that hold no interest to you. (Believe me, I’ve tried them!)
And since I’d rather earn some money from the comfort of my own home then having to slave away as a postal worker an extra hour or two a week, I thought I might as well give PayPerPost a try.

Of course I have about 16 weeks of maternity leave coming up in a couple of months. And there must be moments, especially during the first part of those weeks when the baby hasn’t been born yet, that I wish to do something fruitful instead of wasting time on adding items to my Ravelry queue. Conveniently there is also an item on my 101 Things List related to this, namely #079. And I pretty much live to serve The List at the moment.

I’m very curious to see what kind of oppurtunities I get to write for as owner of an unpopular and obscure weblog from a small, non-English speaking country. And so I really hope this won’t be my first and last sponsored post.

On Monday the weather suddenly improved over here and because I don’t work on Mondays I decided to go out and run some errands. My last stop was the petshop. For some reason I feel sorry for Elmo, our little bunny, because he has to spend a lot of time in his cage every day and he just seems bored. Plus whenever he’s out, he stalks Dixie the cat and in return Dixie punches him. So I thought I would have a look around at the petshop to see if there was something there that Elmo might like.
There was only one employee helping costumers at the shop, the other was busy stocking, and because the employee that was helping costumers was helping a couple picking out fish for their new aquarium, it took some time for anyone to notice me. I had put the stuff I wanted to buy on the counter and waited when all of a sudden I got really hot. And then dizzy. So I took off my coat, but it didn’t help. I started seeing black spots and I ran outside, where I crossed the street and collapsed on a bench.
When I felt a little better, I entered the building behind me, some medical center. I thought maybe they could give me some water or something. But as I entered I noticed the toilets and slipped in there, where I continued to down a couple of litres of water. I imidiatly felt a lot better.
When I returned home, I started bawling, because I was so upset with myself. I’m such a weak person and I was so scared. What if something like this happens when I have my baby with me? Will I start running then as well? And sweet little Elmo never got his corncobs or his carrot buns.

This was the state of my treasured and beloved hyacinths three days ago. They were starting to show some color! And pink at that! I felt proud! This might sound silly to most people, but I have a past full of neglected flowers and plants. I have no problem feeding my pets, but I always forget about our floral cousins. This is also the first time I have a balcony (lets not even mention a garden) all for myself to play around with, and I love it!
Today the lot looks as seen below, click for a better view. Amazing isn’t it? And their fragrance is just wonderful, I don’t think there is a better smelling flower. I think I can hereby cross #089 off of the list!

1. Love at First Sight: Fact or Fiction?
Romantic love? Fiction, most definatly. If there ever was such a thing it would be very naieve and stupid. There’s lust at first sight, for sure, but not love. You can’t love someone if you don’t know them. Unless it is your newborn baby or something.

2. Fortune Telling: Fact or Fiction?
Well, a lot of them are frauds. But I think some might actually be fact and really have a link with the beyond or above or whichever place.

3. Other Life: Fact or Fiction?
Other Life? As in aliens or something? Yes, fact, definatly. We would be very lonely if we were all there is in the entire universe! Other Life as in people living here and now in another demension? No.

4. Afterlife: Fact or Fiction?
I’m a strong believer of reincarnation. I think there is a place we go to “upstairs” if you like, where we oversee our loved ones and where we decide if we do or do not return here for another life on earth.

5. Bigfoot: Fact or Fiction?
It would be very cool if it was fact. But for Bigfoots sake, lets hope he’s never found by mankind.

Today I was naughty; I made a migraine out of a minor headache and stayed at home. The real reason I didn’t want to go to work was that my bike is once again broken. I’ve had two flat tires in the last week and now there’s a bump in one of the wheels. AAARGH!!!!#$& It nearly had me sobbing when I discovered this yesterday afternoon. All I could do was promise myself a 4-day weekend!

So far I’ve worked on #011 on the 101 in 1001 List today and I’m hoping my hyacinths will bloom some day soon for #089.

Just came back from my second visit to the clinic, where we got the hear the heartbeat of the baby! According to the midwife (or in this case, midman) all is going perfectly well. The results of the bloodtests they had done on me a couple of weeks ago were just fine. My bloodpressure was a little high, but that is because I’m always super stressed when I have to go anywhere that vaguely resembles a hospital. And I lost 400 grams in weight. Which I just really can’t help and where I have no explanation for except that I was sick last Sunday and I couldn’t hold anything down.

M. joined me this time and I suppose that too had a little to do with my nerves. Somehow I’m more at ease when I’m on my own. Speaking of M. we have one issue that comes up over and over again and I really don’t know how we will ever be able to get around it. It’s the name of the baby. No, not even its firstname, the lastname! I want to give it mine, he wants to give it his. Neither of us is willing to give in. I’m hoping he will be so thrilled when the baby is born that he won’t care anymore, that he agrees that I deserve to give the baby my name because of all the work and pain had I had to go through. Pretty please?

.. and pretended to be a yarn monster!