tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60718180495562926432024-03-13T02:41:22.607-07:00Liesel's Garden PartyLieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-24749067957170744982011-08-16T13:48:00.000-07:002011-08-16T13:53:20.599-07:00One Amazing Woman<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi101BqpkjokCPTamvSDzsC5PSb-CjHNPYOFwrlFSJgaLCMXf_Gy7jAz0cBP90u_sXXeuillwLkqARdvQtl7XtjMTEaEPzQO0gIDST3kyS27lAeabWVFL1eZxsDyKYTlWhr6EmAj3PK82hB/s1600/Irene+Sendler.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi101BqpkjokCPTamvSDzsC5PSb-CjHNPYOFwrlFSJgaLCMXf_Gy7jAz0cBP90u_sXXeuillwLkqARdvQtl7XtjMTEaEPzQO0gIDST3kyS27lAeabWVFL1eZxsDyKYTlWhr6EmAj3PK82hB/s400/Irene+Sendler.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641559327718995986" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Irena Sendler </div><div style="text-align: center;">1910-2008 </div><div>
<br /></div><div>A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist. Irena smuggled Jewish children out; infants in the bottom of the tool box she carried and older children in a burlap sack she carried in the back of her truck. She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises. Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children. She eventually was caught, and the Nazis broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families. Most had been killed. She helped those children get placement into foster family homes or adopted. Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected. Al Gore won- for a slide show on Global Warming..</div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-3160921139512704492011-08-16T01:55:00.000-07:002011-08-16T02:01:44.271-07:00Words of Wisdom St. Teresa of Avila<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JqpSb2crHTAR4ljJowarcBB5aPUGjRx0iRXNcc8ddDUOK0MH4v0lxp0zBRNhwW-k4HK20peRUqr2xvKrU4yk8AwuMEL0ubSuyPdn_CaEkVza5NHlUb4PROo_FcfNhArOJl6SqMlhiica/s1600/E-H-Shepard-Messing-about-in-boats-91998-300x235.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JqpSb2crHTAR4ljJowarcBB5aPUGjRx0iRXNcc8ddDUOK0MH4v0lxp0zBRNhwW-k4HK20peRUqr2xvKrU4yk8AwuMEL0ubSuyPdn_CaEkVza5NHlUb4PROo_FcfNhArOJl6SqMlhiica/s400/E-H-Shepard-Messing-about-in-boats-91998-300x235.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641375904842799490" /></a>
<br />Lord,
<br />Thou knowest better than I myself
<br />that I am growing older and will someday be old.
<br />Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking
<br />I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.
<br />
<br />Release me from craving to
<br />straighten out everybody's affairs.
<br />
<br />Make me thoughtful but not moody;
<br />helpful but not bossy.
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<br />With my vast store of wisdom,
<br />it seems a pity not to use it all;
<br />but Thou knowest, Lord,
<br />that I want a few friends at the end.
<br />
<br />Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details;
<br />give me wings to get to the point.
<br />
<br />Seal my lips on my aches and pains;
<br />they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them
<br />is becoming sweeter as the years go by.
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<br />I dare not ask for improved memory,
<br />but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness
<br />when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others.
<br />Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.
<br />
<br />Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person
<br />is one of the crowning works of the devil.
<br />
<br />Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places
<br />and talents in unexpected people;
<br />and give me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.
<br />
<br />Amen.</div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-48770165419827433572011-08-10T14:07:00.000-07:002011-08-10T14:14:15.509-07:00To Bake: Double Chocolate Raspberry Pavlova<div style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous gorgeous double chocolate raspberry pavlova (the name alone makes me swoon!) recipe from <a href="http://whatkatieate.blogspot.com/l">Katie</a> - A must bake!
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DzEiL-HBH2cxaUBqjDZl2X5AfWRYc-rhQoIKeRNDOzyYHmO-xmsirDOENKvQEBIeUF2w4qT17ytVtLLWdwHda1HoosbjLC_4iXblUNN_3DmItLV-zVT1oqQWyZGtVpzH50oQy_tUU5P9/s1600/Chocolate+Raspberry+Pavalova.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DzEiL-HBH2cxaUBqjDZl2X5AfWRYc-rhQoIKeRNDOzyYHmO-xmsirDOENKvQEBIeUF2w4qT17ytVtLLWdwHda1HoosbjLC_4iXblUNN_3DmItLV-zVT1oqQWyZGtVpzH50oQy_tUU5P9/s400/Chocolate+Raspberry+Pavalova.jpg" alt="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif""" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639337924899561714" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">See for the recipe <a href="http://whatkatieate.blogspot.com/2010/05/double-chocolate-raspberry-pavlova.html">What Katie Ate</a></span>
<br /></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-50451413329576999932011-08-09T07:07:00.001-07:002011-08-09T07:12:50.176-07:00To Cook: Salt and Vinegar Broiled Fingerling Potatoes<div style="text-align: center;">One of the great pleasures in life is vinegar. The smell alone makes me swoon and tingles my tongue in anticipation. Here's a recipe that's written 'for me'!
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAkEfRV4yAoRVewFqgNggppDjR0JXZW2dHX8KrcM_LDUh5tUlXiu-wuMIPARYZ3JD6A9VtOiHxOcxPcbUxUXZHbbwIqqcuG__bwPf8Efz7X33gy2mEy_zoASqp-WaZAwNopVyL2VXuz4u/s1600/Salt-and-Vinegar-Broiled-Fingerling-Potatoes-525x525.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAkEfRV4yAoRVewFqgNggppDjR0JXZW2dHX8KrcM_LDUh5tUlXiu-wuMIPARYZ3JD6A9VtOiHxOcxPcbUxUXZHbbwIqqcuG__bwPf8Efz7X33gy2mEy_zoASqp-WaZAwNopVyL2VXuz4u/s400/Salt-and-Vinegar-Broiled-Fingerling-Potatoes-525x525.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638857901385135202" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">See for the recipe <a href="http://umamigirl.com/2009/11/salt-and-vinegar-broiled-fingerling-potatoes.html">Umami Girl </a></span>
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<br />Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-19560913025381928862010-06-16T05:38:00.000-07:002010-06-16T05:56:28.845-07:00Liesel's Reading Habits<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGkOwwnWXWA-AZDXeglNcEU-VRMAQfnramr8zLU1oHDy452hzkX1bo-WV4bu7aUp_WUidnbv8RRbFWOWki2iZz0S3yPMqiqCTpIh_L3a3SO8XEBXbJ6aP5BGmoEFtEgtbQ6av1uqOl7P-/s1600/christopher.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGkOwwnWXWA-AZDXeglNcEU-VRMAQfnramr8zLU1oHDy452hzkX1bo-WV4bu7aUp_WUidnbv8RRbFWOWki2iZz0S3yPMqiqCTpIh_L3a3SO8XEBXbJ6aP5BGmoEFtEgtbQ6av1uqOl7P-/s320/christopher.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483350888351684834" border="0" /></a><strong>Liesel's Reading Habits</strong><br /></div><b><br />Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?</b><br />Depends what time of day it is! As soon as I wake up, and when I go to bed I will read for a while and obviously won't be eating anything then. But when I read during the day I do snack - right now it are raspberries <img src="http://www.babynameaddicts.com/forums/images/smilies/LoveComfortFriends/heartbeat.gif" alt="" title="Heartbeat" smilieid="327" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> Also Goij berries are quite addictive!<br /><br /><b>Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?</b><br />It horrifies me! My books are sacred!<br /><br /><b>How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?</b><br />My family and friends always give me bookmarks which I love, but I always lose them and up sticking any piece of paper I can find in the book to keep my place.<br /><br /><b>Fiction, Non-fiction, or both?</b><br />Mainly fiction, although I have been reading a lot of non-fiction books about cancer lately<br /><br /><b>Hard copy or audiobooks?</b><br />Text. I do have one audiobook which I love to listen to while travelling long distances.<br /><br /><b>Are you a person who tends to read to the end of chapters, or are you able to put a book down at any point?</b><br />I try NOT to read till the end of the chapter because the last paragraph of then end of the chapter always makes me want to read further! (does that make sense?) So I usually stop at the end of a paragraph. That is, if it's a fiction book. Non-fiction I will read till the end of the chapter.<br /><br /><b>If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop to look it up right away?</b><br />Most of time, if I can't garther out of the sentence what they mean. If I don't look it up straight away it will bug me to no end!<br /><br /><b>What are you currently reading?</b><br />This is really bad but I'm reading three books right now!<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQrP07SI7Q3uJU7b6f96Ums-nie2PmpVWwEv6KEYvk-YuRnNqlDiOJdQvNYAMs2O7R8jScDivQSELCeLzKhfBgef_PxhBtdV7uidwoxufiT8kdhXolGYP7JMXU7KWkCOak2oOxw0ChcWi/s1600/book1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 79px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQrP07SI7Q3uJU7b6f96Ums-nie2PmpVWwEv6KEYvk-YuRnNqlDiOJdQvNYAMs2O7R8jScDivQSELCeLzKhfBgef_PxhBtdV7uidwoxufiT8kdhXolGYP7JMXU7KWkCOak2oOxw0ChcWi/s200/book1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483352788236989218" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJE40ZmRkPzHTzdptSVVlpFCWgVFu2mtxRjNbm4Ok5IQF4T2ASOIWhyphenhyphen1BUG3Lv_0it9kjbQW49pwnJ81d9GhE4NyCR1kT-4U0_GILGsZoU3mzpM6tqpsU1u3JRJOlnUR7SKXH5ildLFzSj/s1600/book2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 83px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJE40ZmRkPzHTzdptSVVlpFCWgVFu2mtxRjNbm4Ok5IQF4T2ASOIWhyphenhyphen1BUG3Lv_0it9kjbQW49pwnJ81d9GhE4NyCR1kT-4U0_GILGsZoU3mzpM6tqpsU1u3JRJOlnUR7SKXH5ildLFzSj/s200/book2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483352787203401490" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw92Gz6HdgpuSEeoeRq0Xy4kM1vAbddfieyAhzpGShim_mDHLdDBlgRArzxSVu5KmWWoGTxA9Z76Gon1r_BocbcEqB6tv7envDyOa5JHNwQIXeA9uP8mPlImxzAtZGE4oLK-dAUeyDTzo/s1600/book3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 82px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw92Gz6HdgpuSEeoeRq0Xy4kM1vAbddfieyAhzpGShim_mDHLdDBlgRArzxSVu5KmWWoGTxA9Z76Gon1r_BocbcEqB6tv7envDyOa5JHNwQIXeA9uP8mPlImxzAtZGE4oLK-dAUeyDTzo/s200/book3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483352785344402946" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.catherineanderson.com/books/babylove.html" target="_blank">Baby Love</a> by Catherine Anderson, <a href="http://www.curledup.com/victoria.htm" target="_blank">The Victoria Secret's Catalog Never Stops Coming</a> by Jennie Nash and <a href="http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/%E2%80%98the-bad-beekeeper%E2%80%99s-club%E2%80%99-by-bill-turnbull-a-review-6830" target="_blank">The Bad Beekeepers Club</a> by Bill Turnball <img src="http://www.babynameaddicts.com/forums/images/smilies/YesNoLikeDislike/tyes.gif" alt="" title="Tyes" smilieid="358" class="inlineimg" border="0" /><br /><br /><b>What is the last book you bought?</b><br />The Seven Dials Mystery and Murder Is Easy, both by Agatha Christie<br /><br /><b>Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can you read more than one at a time?</b><br />I can read more then one book at a time. One for every mood <img src="http://www.babynameaddicts.com/forums/images/smilies/SmilingLaughing/%5E_%5E.gif" alt="" title="^ ^" smilieid="12" class="inlineimg" border="0" /><br /><br /><b>Do you have a favorite time of day and/or place to read?</b><br />When I wake up in the morning, before I go to sleep at night and outside in the garden when the weather is hot.<br /><br /><b>Do you prefer series books or stand alone books?</b><br />Both. Most books I read are stand alone but sometimes I like it when a character turns up again in later books <img src="http://www.babynameaddicts.com/forums/images/smilies/ExcitedHappyBirthday/happy62.gif" alt="" title="Nod" smilieid="195" class="inlineimg" border="0" /><br /><br /><b>Is there a specific book or author that you find yourself recommending over and over?</b><br />Being a detective fan I would recommened Agatha Christie! She is a master in creating murder mysteries where you can never guess 'who done it' and has some great and surprising twists!<br /><br /><br /><b>How do you organize your books? (By genre, title, author’s last name, etc.?)</b><br />By colour and then by author! I love how a whole row of yellow/blue/pink book covers look nicely organised on my book shelves.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVYehDeHmzR3E-NPRe-_9BLw1BcB0rOcydsOs7QbOMjUJwEfkMlkyttWGpC1-xT66X67yag19F08tWslsKh7i0nonpl1zO_O-rzjiXwBRhgMUMmWlZeH3uIOF3yftFWMVL5a1HqR3lNUF/s1600/organic+arrangement.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVYehDeHmzR3E-NPRe-_9BLw1BcB0rOcydsOs7QbOMjUJwEfkMlkyttWGpC1-xT66X67yag19F08tWslsKh7i0nonpl1zO_O-rzjiXwBRhgMUMmWlZeH3uIOF3yftFWMVL5a1HqR3lNUF/s200/organic+arrangement.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483354464038862674" /></a><br /> I know, I'm a geek <img smilieid="325" src="http://www.babynameaddicts.com/forums/images/smilies/SUSEN/blush.gif" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida handwriting;">Love, Liesel</span>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-6944467729103234482010-05-31T04:05:00.000-07:002010-05-31T04:36:06.869-07:00Marianne Faitful<div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Lately I've been rather addicted to Looklet where you can create and style fashion looks. It's right up my alley! A few days ago they asked me make a look inspired by Marianne Faithful because they loved my looks <img src="http://www.babynameaddicts.com/forums/images/smilies/Cool/shy.gif" alt="" title="Shy" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> And now it's featured on the front page! Now I have to say it's not the best look I created (afterwards it looks rather boring, but I do think it captures the essence that is Marianne Faithfull - knee high boots, boa, mini dress). Anyway I guess I just wanted to show off <img src="http://www.babynameaddicts.com/forums/images/smilies/misc/cool.gif" alt="" title="Cool" class="inlineimg" border="0" /><img src="http://www.babynameaddicts.com/forums/images/smilies/FDOF/tongue.gif" alt="" title="Tongue" class="inlineimg" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I really enjoyed this assignment and feel I now practically everything about Marianne now. Her biography is now on my To-Be-Read list and I love her song "As Tears Go By" ♥ (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhPPJ5dolxU">listen here</a>)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >The inspiration collage I made</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kGMBdm7MVxtgfV0wSU1mNFXOND9kYniDVFBuROU9NSTa9gw4c58_9ZNKO5Wq9RHfq0G128iU5ArDGUoC6mIU73WwuDJPOcLPglqkIf-HWYR06va7aLuK9iDHZz-Ku4fpQLVkewL0nvD1/s1600/Marianne+Faithful.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kGMBdm7MVxtgfV0wSU1mNFXOND9kYniDVFBuROU9NSTa9gw4c58_9ZNKO5Wq9RHfq0G128iU5ArDGUoC6mIU73WwuDJPOcLPglqkIf-HWYR06va7aLuK9iDHZz-Ku4fpQLVkewL0nvD1/s400/Marianne+Faithful.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477393522853269778" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >(click on the picture to enlarge)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">To me Marianne Faithfull is: </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: center;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Big floppy hats</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Knee height boots</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Fur coats and shawls</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Mini skirts & dresses</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Featherd boa's</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Huge sunglasses</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Dashing, Bohemian, Sensual, Florid, Stylish<br /></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;color:black;" >My First Look: (the one they choose)</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvFO3E7W8w3vxFaODzQq-d3fhsAGizGkwz7xXAUjgs0VG58N6v7rnsP6_STHhBGt5tP0tqWNWQ9dP_xZW2GrN6IPOFeZoWlC84BSIb2OTq_dID5r_ohCNpJhJr1Wp2nA6wDt_1c_R-uSx/s1600/Marianne+Faithfull+fashion.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvFO3E7W8w3vxFaODzQq-d3fhsAGizGkwz7xXAUjgs0VG58N6v7rnsP6_STHhBGt5tP0tqWNWQ9dP_xZW2GrN6IPOFeZoWlC84BSIb2OTq_dID5r_ohCNpJhJr1Wp2nA6wDt_1c_R-uSx/s400/Marianne+Faithfull+fashion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477389662000791842" border="0" /></a></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad<br />is to come out of it with <span style="font-weight: bold;">a few good songs</span>. - Marianne Faithfull</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Look 2: (which I prefer!)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkiufU4ilBpkXEt1nqZr_SDUOh_PhbFmXS-9-Qhmkde_eAeQqWjsUnsJaA8bB3yuGRaIIb7lgAdsBSkTG4AM4_4hNgWI0AsShOtjhWH00ANLQNNDjoQj6bTmu0R_J41rBMAT0M9s-gn9v/s1600/Marianne+Faithful_Fashion.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkiufU4ilBpkXEt1nqZr_SDUOh_PhbFmXS-9-Qhmkde_eAeQqWjsUnsJaA8bB3yuGRaIIb7lgAdsBSkTG4AM4_4hNgWI0AsShOtjhWH00ANLQNNDjoQj6bTmu0R_J41rBMAT0M9s-gn9v/s400/Marianne+Faithful_Fashion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477390068021229090" border="0" /></a></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The article page: <a href="http://looklet.com/" target="_blank">http://looklet.com/article/369</a></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:arial;">And for those interested in my other looks, here is my portfolio page:<br /><a href="http://looklet.com/user/259258" target="_blank">http://looklet.com/user/259258</a></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Does anyone else here have a Looklet account? I'd love to add you as a friend! And if you don't have one yet - join!</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:lucida handwriting;">Love, Liesel</span></span></span></span><br /></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-13504533428278948372010-05-10T10:42:00.000-07:002010-05-10T10:56:04.927-07:00Monday's New Look: Sweetheart<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Spring Song by Robert Browning</span><br />The Year's at the spring<br />And day's at the morn;<br />Morning's at seven;<br />The hillside's dew-pearled;<br />The lark's on the wing;<br />The snail's on the thorn;<br />God's in his heaven --<br />All's right with the world!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7RJiwc9MqugiUJwyMqfPgNSEqbv-P2In3r3VUHa5D3n2VBiH6QXByINdnkgNCguB9q2cyK51SjVo-7ufQ4jjDiGYl4vAks3xJQQjwR9JL4EY-BLpEvOo_GMG36o3-pH1MwjzxUVvISVZ/s1600/fashion+cath+kidston+girly.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7RJiwc9MqugiUJwyMqfPgNSEqbv-P2In3r3VUHa5D3n2VBiH6QXByINdnkgNCguB9q2cyK51SjVo-7ufQ4jjDiGYl4vAks3xJQQjwR9JL4EY-BLpEvOo_GMG36o3-pH1MwjzxUVvISVZ/s400/fashion+cath+kidston+girly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469699431867833826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlToRMWyefVPsGxI7K-vSiZM95Cy0fBrhrn_sd6yrjNV21vXojtzYYZD97f_-6vRX-zEM8uXH00YoJkmF8bv-M9JxrCXeQ8wSGJN8AKPeJoujLnbLylJ-6Pm8x8eedDmae2PtmMH_hkm8/s1600/fashion+cath+kidston+girly2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlToRMWyefVPsGxI7K-vSiZM95Cy0fBrhrn_sd6yrjNV21vXojtzYYZD97f_-6vRX-zEM8uXH00YoJkmF8bv-M9JxrCXeQ8wSGJN8AKPeJoujLnbLylJ-6Pm8x8eedDmae2PtmMH_hkm8/s400/fashion+cath+kidston+girly2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469699422576625874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Inspired by Cath Kidston's style. Styled by me =)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:comis sans ms;">Love, Liesel</span><br /></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-58470863684816124092010-05-03T03:52:00.000-07:002010-05-03T03:55:33.237-07:00Monday's New Look: Miss Jazzie Grey<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtX7cON4islDUVPV3Le6GBQgxONkCdaXChkjMEYeZo5rcm5QLs8MEJdLbb5mhcb2OmwiudFaD4ePOeyg4m8j6TvbDfGx-PrnqH9Hba-9p-UDuygIf34VtPNXP2yeNhRc4HLO_SG99QZ3v/s1600/Miss+Jazzie+Grey.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtX7cON4islDUVPV3Le6GBQgxONkCdaXChkjMEYeZo5rcm5QLs8MEJdLbb5mhcb2OmwiudFaD4ePOeyg4m8j6TvbDfGx-PrnqH9Hba-9p-UDuygIf34VtPNXP2yeNhRc4HLO_SG99QZ3v/s400/Miss+Jazzie+Grey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466995374722174050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcPLphL7VODO6Gl__dU8VlHuz1LVaT9ruWt6lDSq7lEGSpc2KCrWf1cmnPufIA966g4IUWlu2l7vjyMy3vsqtbZ0-FtkQv-H0YIOT-ijwCtLnxNhLFzr3thnfFegHUn1CDViN5683xeu-/s1600/Miss+Jazzie+Grey2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcPLphL7VODO6Gl__dU8VlHuz1LVaT9ruWt6lDSq7lEGSpc2KCrWf1cmnPufIA966g4IUWlu2l7vjyMy3vsqtbZ0-FtkQv-H0YIOT-ijwCtLnxNhLFzr3thnfFegHUn1CDViN5683xeu-/s400/Miss+Jazzie+Grey2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466995368138492306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Styled by me</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida handwriting;">Love, Liesel</span></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-6142113673413650902010-05-02T13:51:00.000-07:002010-05-02T14:37:03.015-07:00If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?<div style="text-align: center;">What do I answer to that? I want to go everywhere! Where do I NOT want to go would probably be a better question <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwi0OuWZ43Ogmbu1-ZIcaZMqqIVJ4QoUgmOAcYN_h5EdHWURo-L9g0q9La2DdD5Txmf0xp_Y_SZ5KPGFtFj901wrOzI2LP9Vc3vMzKvKyWGu4ayefOfDj53PFvq9J5GRi-49as3g-fG94K/s1600/tongue.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 20px; height: 20px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwi0OuWZ43Ogmbu1-ZIcaZMqqIVJ4QoUgmOAcYN_h5EdHWURo-L9g0q9La2DdD5Txmf0xp_Y_SZ5KPGFtFj901wrOzI2LP9Vc3vMzKvKyWGu4ayefOfDj53PFvq9J5GRi-49as3g-fG94K/s200/tongue.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466789378264623586" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQi_oijDOmCcUKOYPnmU8TNynjEwBTcouQcaAGtYz6eMNnoQQDLCB3wSFwzt3ediK-v_yNdbYShGoz80tt8UPCvtT-dGJU3zvsKk0qrsv6YtJMY6ZQUVW_JBptIhyR9QDyWp08VPtabd-/s1600/winking.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 18px; height: 18px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQi_oijDOmCcUKOYPnmU8TNynjEwBTcouQcaAGtYz6eMNnoQQDLCB3wSFwzt3ediK-v_yNdbYShGoz80tt8UPCvtT-dGJU3zvsKk0qrsv6YtJMY6ZQUVW_JBptIhyR9QDyWp08VPtabd-/s200/winking.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466789372604131010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />That said at the moment though I especially would LOVE to go to Sweden.<br /><br />Explore Stockholm<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQwth4-16Lk9I4OZ57bqNWDnpFK0b4jxOK71EnU5iRJsMd7Az9YwnXjceQvYoXpERSaDuBCh-UQSufN6MDKGD3MNa_ag7LvP3GA9YQAM-rUs171GncHrNvEYHaajSgIyM93Qdr6gBMqua/s1600/stockholm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQwth4-16Lk9I4OZ57bqNWDnpFK0b4jxOK71EnU5iRJsMd7Az9YwnXjceQvYoXpERSaDuBCh-UQSufN6MDKGD3MNa_ag7LvP3GA9YQAM-rUs171GncHrNvEYHaajSgIyM93Qdr6gBMqua/s400/stockholm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466781763663012114" border="0" /></a><br /><br />..see the Iron Ore mines in Kiruna<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGrQIeLrK3S4y3sZy_eXNl22_L0-YapgoZGHPDUWgu1Vg225xLEgRjb2peOlpHtdYse32Q5WWzBlGt-OPZay5mHA8GhHV8LwnuJdkfICVpsuE51t2uBN45jLdEj8gjqLpFiDeQraL3BmD/s1600/kiruna3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 379px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGrQIeLrK3S4y3sZy_eXNl22_L0-YapgoZGHPDUWgu1Vg225xLEgRjb2peOlpHtdYse32Q5WWzBlGt-OPZay5mHA8GhHV8LwnuJdkfICVpsuE51t2uBN45jLdEj8gjqLpFiDeQraL3BmD/s400/kiruna3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466782382392802994" border="0" /></a><br /><br />..go to an icehockey game in Globen Arena<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2HIk5lQe5APFoQiSHiW3IE453w9sZTC6sX1V5b6FJetWLBn11XVA2W7DyiJfi9i_rU1JZ6nGuI0jtW79Ah9F4Yoj-Irt5Du7dPD9uiAM3zY-aBi-lXMfXEgGhpfoBreKrnCroCUmVrB5Y/s1600/2945180768_fa4841b81d.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2HIk5lQe5APFoQiSHiW3IE453w9sZTC6sX1V5b6FJetWLBn11XVA2W7DyiJfi9i_rU1JZ6nGuI0jtW79Ah9F4Yoj-Irt5Du7dPD9uiAM3zY-aBi-lXMfXEgGhpfoBreKrnCroCUmVrB5Y/s400/2945180768_fa4841b81d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466783787975722546" border="0" /></a><br /><br />..hike through hike the beautiful nature<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarj3P8VG1BC8ElCT1153WD7gib5cFftSbWzRplVqnoEYhfJ-qv3y5D6h2LWA1aNzwC6IpPBWb6zPVKuJk1OKrobcwF7NFB1u11u06yZhYAeMA-x4ezu4nOIbDxwgm_NXJJxSHFXePRud6/s1600/Jorgen_Larsson_NP_HR_100_70_katterjakk_Lapland.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarj3P8VG1BC8ElCT1153WD7gib5cFftSbWzRplVqnoEYhfJ-qv3y5D6h2LWA1aNzwC6IpPBWb6zPVKuJk1OKrobcwF7NFB1u11u06yZhYAeMA-x4ezu4nOIbDxwgm_NXJJxSHFXePRud6/s400/Jorgen_Larsson_NP_HR_100_70_katterjakk_Lapland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466784196916986162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />..visit a Sami village<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBcWojIB5MRmDMKh_DiiAn9BKAHzomCPMBRtVadJpnFfX0u987LL-NKhPVORAIX1avkql5XCDkzOcXN3C-4nQEyklOHYbF9nfEIiPe0mgKor2tAPwNhRA3b34C6ypkwijNn7HwoGK8wnQ/s1600/sami4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBcWojIB5MRmDMKh_DiiAn9BKAHzomCPMBRtVadJpnFfX0u987LL-NKhPVORAIX1avkql5XCDkzOcXN3C-4nQEyklOHYbF9nfEIiPe0mgKor2tAPwNhRA3b34C6ypkwijNn7HwoGK8wnQ/s400/sami4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466785826830966018" border="0" /></a><br /><br />..sleep in the ice hotel<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEZzjzLumdWPe4bmGHnX3Nf0B-gzrStQduhU4bi2R4Nc2vaBq5s8D1VqAJyjevpxWyQhCNnha4w49wI2GU4CaR0zUCbhuUC58SGrZeOVtke7ycLbfuTRLVBno7RBQmVHos7VWfCrPvsbq/s1600/6a00f48cde8543000300f48cdfea950002-500pi.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEZzjzLumdWPe4bmGHnX3Nf0B-gzrStQduhU4bi2R4Nc2vaBq5s8D1VqAJyjevpxWyQhCNnha4w49wI2GU4CaR0zUCbhuUC58SGrZeOVtke7ycLbfuTRLVBno7RBQmVHos7VWfCrPvsbq/s400/6a00f48cde8543000300f48cdfea950002-500pi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466786643490739346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />..see the mysterious Northern Lights<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsT9VoMy_wOaDyHRDeKZy11uCgJHvaqIMcrbVUaEHAMDMux6MDE2_-8CfM-bjoSMdTAGV35FSKz-9bHyumjJKFs_ywpFdsnNrr_I_USiu-W5u8dZkC84fYWTM_MHziCUiTeT7kNGfF6qQV/s1600/northern-lights.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsT9VoMy_wOaDyHRDeKZy11uCgJHvaqIMcrbVUaEHAMDMux6MDE2_-8CfM-bjoSMdTAGV35FSKz-9bHyumjJKFs_ywpFdsnNrr_I_USiu-W5u8dZkC84fYWTM_MHziCUiTeT7kNGfF6qQV/s400/northern-lights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466788099061366290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />..and go dog sledding in lapland! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17u3ZRSfKTbXmROEb0cZU1pomF3KhowMRBRbuJmchlr0V5lgEOTR4gPjirApJwFAXsthb3kuc-tw_XD0B-t0KlsQO_6tK7wIwmc9nAohBw-QFswKYbFFer8XvefgXjOnXjuhfsgGDo5Vo/s1600/heartbeat.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 17px; height: 15px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17u3ZRSfKTbXmROEb0cZU1pomF3KhowMRBRbuJmchlr0V5lgEOTR4gPjirApJwFAXsthb3kuc-tw_XD0B-t0KlsQO_6tK7wIwmc9nAohBw-QFswKYbFFer8XvefgXjOnXjuhfsgGDo5Vo/s200/heartbeat.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466788466505512882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSL3NCFWrFF73MJnq6aiio4ox2bEcVTqmEGlv9hwtdjhI9RbZQW6Pi8I0g8mBf8zKPT8-KbM8OmjhbL93jVHcCEUcAm3JyC7VLvCAHpH-9lHRbTZZWgpCMBXYQ-GR1Ie51z7Piwdh9e3c/s1600/sweden-dogsledding.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSL3NCFWrFF73MJnq6aiio4ox2bEcVTqmEGlv9hwtdjhI9RbZQW6Pi8I0g8mBf8zKPT8-KbM8OmjhbL93jVHcCEUcAm3JyC7VLvCAHpH-9lHRbTZZWgpCMBXYQ-GR1Ie51z7Piwdh9e3c/s400/sweden-dogsledding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466787203151535346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oh if only.. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8FVmKqb_mPs_NTjAAqAynR8m4HDrOuk9KF65ORry1DL-QJ65Lf004Q1y6U9Lii_UUGoygxuoJ3ae3ldpFCabws_u4W_1S5f1-8F4fZVw1FYsQYx9GBLM0jstOk3aAmaiYWsO-N9C2eGW/s1600/ifonly.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 23px; height: 18px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8FVmKqb_mPs_NTjAAqAynR8m4HDrOuk9KF65ORry1DL-QJ65Lf004Q1y6U9Lii_UUGoygxuoJ3ae3ldpFCabws_u4W_1S5f1-8F4fZVw1FYsQYx9GBLM0jstOk3aAmaiYWsO-N9C2eGW/s200/ifonly.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466788220376584962" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Where would you go?<br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms;">Love, Liesel</span><br /></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-67152560444592875932010-04-26T06:34:00.000-07:002010-04-26T06:48:55.799-07:00Monday's New Look: Sapphire Summer<div style="text-align: center;">A friend of mine, Stacey, asked me what my plans are for summer but I've nothing solid yet. Like most summers I probably will work all through it and hopefully go away on holiday to greece in the September! That doesn't mean I won't have time to go down to beach and the swimming pool which reminds me..<br /><br />I really need to go shopping for a new bikini but it's so difficult to find the prefect one. The one below I just love so I'm very tempted.. I love this beach look ♥<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YU0yHVf-NpkZVi_Ux7n-huj4QBjv2-gRs7Vzv1yFBzm9TEocIiDojCcmA0xOicIgdmesM16hynsQgwmCG6tZaTg1xbJVExoyqUIrEk_JKp6Gp7q5FXEbpLN1LsvehHag1mqRa17Qi9i5/s1600/Sapphire+Summer1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YU0yHVf-NpkZVi_Ux7n-huj4QBjv2-gRs7Vzv1yFBzm9TEocIiDojCcmA0xOicIgdmesM16hynsQgwmCG6tZaTg1xbJVExoyqUIrEk_JKp6Gp7q5FXEbpLN1LsvehHag1mqRa17Qi9i5/s400/Sapphire+Summer1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464440356798086658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZJA9LdhDsYYdJ0K40Np1LN3vXxvbefkX5YEidGzx6TB-vcQijSBU9aEwALMbuZzZvAQ5XaNJdt8CulN1GIEy8bnKfnyKb_vm6Qy18cdBEo0ugg59SaFp6_MASYfB7T0eVagqKcLsPgFL/s1600/Sapphire+Summer2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZJA9LdhDsYYdJ0K40Np1LN3vXxvbefkX5YEidGzx6TB-vcQijSBU9aEwALMbuZzZvAQ5XaNJdt8CulN1GIEy8bnKfnyKb_vm6Qy18cdBEo0ugg59SaFp6_MASYfB7T0eVagqKcLsPgFL/s400/Sapphire+Summer2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464440347402653058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOTcH-QsW3ySTZIfGIswvnLY42sY-f5_i3ihaqwrpcS9ipjtLdMZPvnhrz64fgjBW6-WJk_Mo12cjtK8sREJtY6Kpv7B58amEwTM0DE2K2EvC8PJHaIlZkuzOzytBpHYQDlnBCagcVlCw/s1600/Sapphire+Summer3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOTcH-QsW3ySTZIfGIswvnLY42sY-f5_i3ihaqwrpcS9ipjtLdMZPvnhrz64fgjBW6-WJk_Mo12cjtK8sREJtY6Kpv7B58amEwTM0DE2K2EvC8PJHaIlZkuzOzytBpHYQDlnBCagcVlCw/s400/Sapphire+Summer3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464440344071434210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Look created by me</span><br /><br />What are your summer plans?<br /><br /><span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Love, Liesel</span><br /></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-57176608118785720822010-04-05T14:02:00.000-07:002010-04-05T14:12:31.509-07:00April 5: Monday's New Look<div style="text-align: center;">Probably not something I'd wear everyday, but really why not? Well apart from the mask that is :p I really love this look!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdWBDI1r3Nlq3sTYwp-pt6k4A1jHqoUCaLzOn2t3hdt0uXzda5aQE-WyCnjNmo9bi7P_vjq8DK8HvS13LnUgkb2WS2HteNBNsr5dZed5H_dOYhhjF9LzFKjLInvUCFkW9Zgn6bGED2-JK/s1600/Martini+-+fashion+look1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdWBDI1r3Nlq3sTYwp-pt6k4A1jHqoUCaLzOn2t3hdt0uXzda5aQE-WyCnjNmo9bi7P_vjq8DK8HvS13LnUgkb2WS2HteNBNsr5dZed5H_dOYhhjF9LzFKjLInvUCFkW9Zgn6bGED2-JK/s400/Martini+-+fashion+look1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456763204504222706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrKmwG86Smvr-VOPU4hqbsqddCuO39kj9HVu2vWiBXPP_I_PuaX3Kc1Pir_FTU8APl8p6gz_Mf0oSZ9Mc4dpsP1T8oKKVuXK2UC7j3M4vKCO5JaSeA9jhIPjexLW5qHq1P7_nAVjlLELA/s1600/Martini+-+fashion+look.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrKmwG86Smvr-VOPU4hqbsqddCuO39kj9HVu2vWiBXPP_I_PuaX3Kc1Pir_FTU8APl8p6gz_Mf0oSZ9Mc4dpsP1T8oKKVuXK2UC7j3M4vKCO5JaSeA9jhIPjexLW5qHq1P7_nAVjlLELA/s400/Martini+-+fashion+look.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456763199486848530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYT8VkdztuWvyfbHv5_lMzuF6ZWI0VbeeaYfZdYM_d2qVzYYYATA07_HwcpTzj2bije3CVscccbloZ9DXYpmHBtWEhXwrdcEanRrmEbNpB_Dew2WX3iVQecgMHjtYGGBeM4-6oVLi_eRr_/s1600/Martini+-+fashion+look2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYT8VkdztuWvyfbHv5_lMzuF6ZWI0VbeeaYfZdYM_d2qVzYYYATA07_HwcpTzj2bije3CVscccbloZ9DXYpmHBtWEhXwrdcEanRrmEbNpB_Dew2WX3iVQecgMHjtYGGBeM4-6oVLi_eRr_/s400/Martini+-+fashion+look2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456763195576329986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Created by moi :o)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Love, Liesel</span></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-50245186217326902202010-04-02T11:20:00.000-07:002010-04-02T11:35:37.376-07:00A Mum's Story: Adopting Older Children<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSpywd4mPc_vnBzYu_I17W0Wr1ipW-M_t-Usu2Me8fXfQSf8jjzTjfGWutysnAgw7TnegtcdtdmFSrDoCUDvf38tq1jPt48dhSZW0_AeezaFUknKFrtQuVdu-MODcbJNV0GAmrUp67z4a/s1600/motherhood-miracle.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 48px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSpywd4mPc_vnBzYu_I17W0Wr1ipW-M_t-Usu2Me8fXfQSf8jjzTjfGWutysnAgw7TnegtcdtdmFSrDoCUDvf38tq1jPt48dhSZW0_AeezaFUknKFrtQuVdu-MODcbJNV0GAmrUp67z4a/s320/motherhood-miracle.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455608188441158978" border="0" /></a><br />Adoption is something very close to my heart and God willing I will be able to give an child an loving home to grow up in. I was blessed with my upbringing and I want to something back to those less fortunate as me. I read this story a few years ago but I think this is so important I'm reposting it. It is quite long, but if you can make time to read this. It's rather special!<br /><br /><span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Liesel</span><br /><br />~*~<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96U6rEyAFg8pt0IfTONCYhHdfrWMe8ttKvLMYs9PMxiQqz_jSTlT8t0AFxnaNXsRYDVHMPPFtKJSnAvtH-ANge4r2EbMeHjfgteh2FJUwqD9A5GdSZ6yh8P8PMP3_njd0rAKfdPpYdskJ/s1600/10_saartje_en.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96U6rEyAFg8pt0IfTONCYhHdfrWMe8ttKvLMYs9PMxiQqz_jSTlT8t0AFxnaNXsRYDVHMPPFtKJSnAvtH-ANge4r2EbMeHjfgteh2FJUwqD9A5GdSZ6yh8P8PMP3_njd0rAKfdPpYdskJ/s320/10_saartje_en.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455609462698907362" /></a></div><br />By <a href="http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=628">Kate McKee Robertson</a>, reprinted from Adoptive Families magazine<br />At first, we envisioned welcoming a baby into our home. But we soon discovered that adopting older children was right for us.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adopting Older Children</span><br />We thought we wanted a baby. A tiny fist wrapped around our fingers. The smell of talcum powder. A coo, a cry, a cuddle.<br /><br />But after trying, unsuccessfully, to conceive -- including an attempt at in vitro fertilization -- my husband, Kevin, and I decided to explore adoption.<br /><br />Overwhelmed by the prospects of international adoption and the costs and risks of independent domestic adoption, Kevin and I decided to sign up to be foster parents. We could help a child, we reasoned, while trying to decide the best way to get one of our own. We imagined a toddler, delivered to our door, longing to be loved and nurtured.<br /><br />That's not what happened.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Special Needs</span><br />In Louisiana (where we lived), couples who want to become certified foster or adoptive parents first take a nine-week course, to learn about parenting and about the children who need homes.<br /><br />The faces of waiting children look much the same in every state. They are six and 10 and 12. They are children with difficult histories. They are not infants or toddlers. They are not blank slates. Some have emotional problems and learning disabilities and even serious health concerns. But like all children, they need permanent families. A place to call home, a place of safety and guidance today, a place to bring the grandkids for Christmas tomorrow.<br /><br />Kevin and I looked through photos of Louisiana's waiting children. The faces haunted us. They were smiling for the camera, like puppies in a pet store window wagging for a home. We were overwhelmed with sorrow and regret. Regret that we couldn't adopt them all. The question of whether to adopt one of the children in these photos became, "How do we adopt one?"<br /><br />A social worker helped narrow our search. Would we consider a sibling group? We had two extra bedrooms, Kevin pointed out. With bunk beds, we could easily take three.<br /><br />Special needs? Here we hesitated. Older children in the foster care system would likely have emotional problems, we reasoned. Could we handle learning disabilities, as well? Medical conditions?<br /><br />We decided that we could handle "moderate" disabilities, but that, as first-time parents, we did not have the skills or confidence to handle severe problems.<br /><br />And so we continued with our classes and waited for a call. It didn't take long for our children to find us. A friend was the temporary foster mother of a sister and brother, 8 and 10, who were on their sixth foster placement. They were not yet available for adoption, but were expected to be shortly. We saw their pictures, talked to their foster mother, and arranged for a visit. Three weeks later, our family grew by two.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNh4to_Tu7KQS5o2RVPhjYq7qcfPHv-LuqfhmtGciyIVu7Zn09WznOve0yre20AuIXhj4PciChdDbGCw4gN4mP7_PRXohMQNvzuUjtfmEaslzqrgob8S77RqShjWi5Ef76VYGjQ6lZdAu/s1600/schoen_top.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 118px; height: 36px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNh4to_Tu7KQS5o2RVPhjYq7qcfPHv-LuqfhmtGciyIVu7Zn09WznOve0yre20AuIXhj4PciChdDbGCw4gN4mP7_PRXohMQNvzuUjtfmEaslzqrgob8S77RqShjWi5Ef76VYGjQ6lZdAu/s320/schoen_top.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455609857887160034" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Special Firsts</span><br />Those first few days were a bit uncomfortable for us all. Kevin and I tried to help the children settle in. They were polite houseguests, busy with a new school and picking out new clothes and toys. The process of becoming a true family unfolded in the months to come. Couples who consider adopting older children often worry that they will mourn having missed the firsts: first step, first word...first grade.<br /><br />But parents of older adopted children have their own set of firsts. The first time my son, Derek, stopped calling me "Miss Kate" and called me Mom. And how he liked the sound of it, and for the next few days liberally sprinkled every sentence with it.<br /><br />"Mom, what's for dinner, Mom? Mom, can I go outside to play, Mom?"<br /><br />Or the first time my daughter, Arielle, blurted out "I love you" as she ran off to catch the school bus.<br /><br />Or the first time my son felt safe enough to whisper in my ear a painful secret -- a hurt he'd never told anyone -- trusting that I would help him heal.<br /><br />Or the first time someone passed my desk at work, noticed the photographs of the children, and asked, "Are those your kids?" And I said, "Yes, yes they are."<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Special Challenges</span><br />Our children, like many older adopted children, face challenges resulting from the losses they experienced moving from the home of their birth parents to homes of various relatives, to foster homes, and finally to our home. Their home.<br /><br />We have had some behavior problems, anger outbursts, and nightmares. But we have also had plenty of laughter, love, and a growing trust.<br /><br />One challenge faced by families who adopt older children is the birth family. In our case, a teenaged brother and maternal grandparents the children adore -- and an aunt and uncle who are temporarily holding up our adoption as they wage a legal battle over custody, an honor they abused and lost long ago.<br /><br />Each day we journey further into uncharted waters, as we find ways to bring some members of the birth family into the fold of our family while acting as sentry against those who can only do damage.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Special Support</span><br />The children's health needs are completely covered by the state, as is counseling. And we receive a monthly check to help cover the costs of room and board -- a far cry from covering all the costs of GameBoys and karate lessons, but a help nonetheless. Once our adoption is final, state financial support will decrease, but not disappear. In Louisiana, full medical coverage continues, as does room and board payment, though at a reduced rate.<br /><br />Derek and Arielle now have a home. As I hold my children's small hands in mine and breathe in their smell of strawberry shampoo and Sweet Tarts, I know I have the babies I was meant to have. And so, as the adoption moves forward, we wait for a judge to say what we already know: We are a family.<br /><br />Kate Robertson is a freelance writer. Since writing this article, she and Kevin have adopted Derek and Arielle, as well as a baby girl, Courtney. They recently moved to Texas, to a new home with more bedrooms to fill.Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-87984582499616107392010-03-31T04:54:00.000-07:002010-03-31T05:39:19.243-07:00Picture Survey<div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to my friend Brandi ^_^<br /><br />Use pictures (from Google Image Search) to answer the questions of this survey.<br /><br />1.<br />Where do you live (city, state, country, whatever)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74a-k5wqBU5F10paOXMd1TfCZZebKwd_9j3vIEGRIR3_iJ2q8Aye0_zNEmrpvMftelNZxQR5q2A0W5d22-eSIsjphyphenhyphenwr0zqWn1otqN0QwA9TTn3kLz4yqLL8Hdl1zWVzhmmi0lQCanEJk/s1600/disabled_traveler_netherlands.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74a-k5wqBU5F10paOXMd1TfCZZebKwd_9j3vIEGRIR3_iJ2q8Aye0_zNEmrpvMftelNZxQR5q2A0W5d22-eSIsjphyphenhyphenwr0zqWn1otqN0QwA9TTn3kLz4yqLL8Hdl1zWVzhmmi0lQCanEJk/s320/disabled_traveler_netherlands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454775839937324050" border="0" /></a><br /><br />2.<br />Do you have any pets?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRoPTazgk-qqdIKt_ZWGaJY9YX_voNU0SdGXL3KGxmd5NPKPLwTn20DTAP-a5K05nKNURMRfXLwW1q9pUcMaDwg7b_llUpfJj_iFvt7i4qHr-JoOp3fMWp8SMdeM-4EE7yHZ4Xlg0Wa4Xg/s1600/Spanish_Water_Dog.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1QRGH9vdHfMxJZckr_Rc16ztyRAKtrXQ2WvpERJgqvUmc_mLdItIC2acAILVZNuyJo7K0GQTQAJMYuku4Abqj0ne5ACaBZeODQiwoEod934iLJAba7Tzb6T11bpJxgoMfuy3NL-Z4LLF/s320/Ethan+Hazel+Eyes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454773163575839858" border="0" /></a><br /><br />8.<br />What's your favorite animal?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKy6A-p-7il3LoDzMygOWovFWhq7f7_Jsj1m4gwURnM2i3QdN1PgzC8EpGGxnc56FnL-YwS-hNbRl9DLuqb8qa2_Q-w1kzWyxrBZZExbrfdPcYy364v3M_vOPIbTIuJTi3LiUhIPPEmPoK/s1600/bumble-bee.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKy6A-p-7il3LoDzMygOWovFWhq7f7_Jsj1m4gwURnM2i3QdN1PgzC8EpGGxnc56FnL-YwS-hNbRl9DLuqb8qa2_Q-w1kzWyxrBZZExbrfdPcYy364v3M_vOPIbTIuJTi3LiUhIPPEmPoK/s320/bumble-bee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454773160315395074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />9.<br />Favorite store?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbBsAJdZck6Npn_IQ6WP7wznl0ml2yAtxqVX2VqYUN0Kiqof1VouS95p-x0b283oTXN1nzp347lttaCQnzUauWQaRAWg-k2KkmsfRU5FvLMxS_sKwqjTaVHyx4qGsbq-Z3nODwV7DM8GG/s1600/friis_company_shop_times.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BoGjEujBTpn7fWZ3AhTTQqH7JEBiaiv9WFm0aBa1qUBKc9uSX2wukVgHUxCHf8s5lrqXrep1CTHmmepkKUiExR1fy5V9W4SZAwaMs6jUvM8EzUjBfPe48Hb_BHb1NnHgQ5D-cNlBM6nw/s320/2008_10_24-grenadine6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454772339679205746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />16.<br />What was the last restaurant you ate at? (not fast food)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnRiXn2-BebtVb2VUzQlrUZQTnwrUpWyQQItSsm2D9P3tOm_6OpVkRIkkQLesJqqgm9-joNX5oMMN44To5rqRdIadimxCVcW8VjdngLgNJ-rc6n51rhQRGrd4qaB7Sv1A4Nril75ll7nv/s1600/la-dolce-vita-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnRiXn2-BebtVb2VUzQlrUZQTnwrUpWyQQItSsm2D9P3tOm_6OpVkRIkkQLesJqqgm9-joNX5oMMN44To5rqRdIadimxCVcW8VjdngLgNJ-rc6n51rhQRGrd4qaB7Sv1A4Nril75ll7nv/s320/la-dolce-vita-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454769975135008306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />17.<br />Do you collect anything?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTSpBTU2p_npsypUgFuT7iN9zMrfs-LdygV2GjOVepKEuApJuAw88NACEiv6UdpfoRnW_8wC8vrvt-1jpfnP28yCVi2GBBCFoAbFpXF8iPn-L7wXRVw1JSl5ENMk5PWmeB3gkkBLqDiuk/s1600/honey-bee-00+desktop.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSJSvD-YeKawPUp07wC2Bw4qJ7ggtwzE3eMg_dfJe0dXPWVG7XZvpFKUPhNUfdw8x081k3ruE8G682KCTtXikeCwPbDjMH6SUcATVfnkNjIvUoUxB9ddhglMi1p52dS4NsrjFQQ5b4BPa/s320/english-country-living.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454768219763632818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />20.<br />How is the weather right now?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5Z4V_E_JXy9oY5-hv6N4HrYUSqNWmw3WaMaW_dH4sGI35PdeS9uBSd79UPTq1_meHSeV5l-WI6HPBGKReFJA4rvNUDkdkNTtoihvn3iZKA2_HBPYFYQsBh5WymSTR0XqbR5_njE8maLf/s1600/img_6003_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5Z4V_E_JXy9oY5-hv6N4HrYUSqNWmw3WaMaW_dH4sGI35PdeS9uBSd79UPTq1_meHSeV5l-WI6HPBGKReFJA4rvNUDkdkNTtoihvn3iZKA2_HBPYFYQsBh5WymSTR0XqbR5_njE8maLf/s320/img_6003_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454768215403869218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />21.<br />Where is your favorite place to vacation?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEyu-3-MxvT-N5zLzFMjcnM2WEU6AiREm8dwI5lrzNdD6MGMlPfPxVuCRSQPFqfet-fti2Hj-FRXvyDLQGq9WuVeCxVcY6kpbBqM4M8yC0gmGlVpQQln4zTAEfvH9jUv7SlaaoB-ax4Pae/s1600/bugbog-england.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEyu-3-MxvT-N5zLzFMjcnM2WEU6AiREm8dwI5lrzNdD6MGMlPfPxVuCRSQPFqfet-fti2Hj-FRXvyDLQGq9WuVeCxVcY6kpbBqM4M8yC0gmGlVpQQln4zTAEfvH9jUv7SlaaoB-ax4Pae/s320/bugbog-england.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454767918708180514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />22.<br />What would be your dream destination?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3FCTs-6d4B7Iy6r-Wx2JjewgeKuGZzrvGJf_Tay_GVjWXNDpITKpRCVhLDGfCPl31CsYZCGP3PCv77iXoA0a1ElZA3IIlgGno-MEOy5jPg3HT_ZFTYRXTeMv73FwmBwOASc0vp_xtMoQ/s1600/Orang_Utan,_Semenggok_Forest_Reserve,_Sarawak,_Borneo,_Malaysia.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3FCTs-6d4B7Iy6r-Wx2JjewgeKuGZzrvGJf_Tay_GVjWXNDpITKpRCVhLDGfCPl31CsYZCGP3PCv77iXoA0a1ElZA3IIlgGno-MEOy5jPg3HT_ZFTYRXTeMv73FwmBwOASc0vp_xtMoQ/s320/Orang_Utan,_Semenggok_Forest_Reserve,_Sarawak,_Borneo,_Malaysia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454767908467751314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />23.<br />What are this weekends plans?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUh9UW3WYRecTk0-g-KqkY_T-CCsGzbKnPLC7Taz7FLP2ANKiaBJWIYFyesu7LVfV9eBlGD2ERHp6SmKYl5ltbAs-nnOczK2akuPtD6-7uUbgjBe_c27FSAP6SX11MHuNqETIyZrUjVadk/s1600/SF13-7774.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUh9UW3WYRecTk0-g-KqkY_T-CCsGzbKnPLC7Taz7FLP2ANKiaBJWIYFyesu7LVfV9eBlGD2ERHp6SmKYl5ltbAs-nnOczK2akuPtD6-7uUbgjBe_c27FSAP6SX11MHuNqETIyZrUjVadk/s320/SF13-7774.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454767509517401250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />24.<br />Any upcoming events?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yDI5wUqoCmXSd4OelwIAh4z3muk-scDGDVv4JUvS7uvidichUnH-mWpT6aOWW934MTjD0TLXYnB07o1QmuZlgOPaVNZTYt7XrKwTNyt6RXvcKFTiDGLx6XDMUQtv8zpVt8ktuTeldITu/s1600/England+-+UK.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yDI5wUqoCmXSd4OelwIAh4z3muk-scDGDVv4JUvS7uvidichUnH-mWpT6aOWW934MTjD0TLXYnB07o1QmuZlgOPaVNZTYt7XrKwTNyt6RXvcKFTiDGLx6XDMUQtv8zpVt8ktuTeldITu/s320/England+-+UK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454767520881876882" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyiM71iFsndv3ADK24GRWqW3JTaaBUUwvU8RoplxyJzQth3kDdqCquNNUnb0s4AcqYRgJfg9WpUaUwsqywlevSWTbBxbVjwWN423OFLA2DkA6JbZy5D-SNVah2iMXjLn2MUdd8YFG_ak1/s1600/Summer+holiday+-+Dreams.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyiM71iFsndv3ADK24GRWqW3JTaaBUUwvU8RoplxyJzQth3kDdqCquNNUnb0s4AcqYRgJfg9WpUaUwsqywlevSWTbBxbVjwWN423OFLA2DkA6JbZy5D-SNVah2iMXjLn2MUdd8YFG_ak1/s320/Summer+holiday+-+Dreams.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454768658594225602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />25.<br />Anything else you're excited for?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9gzgme87wdi7H1J9r_KF4tH0zZoJGHuv1esT3HS7A__1uqERf0Zm3rgRiZzfnbsRC4SO4UUhaq9oYsxEzJ5k9PW-rQYDV6_G6URxmv-083UrXHAWiQwOWYm4DVR179-mzYsVyKDR-huQ/s1600/keeping_chickens.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9gzgme87wdi7H1J9r_KF4tH0zZoJGHuv1esT3HS7A__1uqERf0Zm3rgRiZzfnbsRC4SO4UUhaq9oYsxEzJ5k9PW-rQYDV6_G6URxmv-083UrXHAWiQwOWYm4DVR179-mzYsVyKDR-huQ/s320/keeping_chickens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454767297396596530" border="0" /></a></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-46670083845864363082010-03-30T14:45:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:09:23.673-07:00Drinkin' From My Saucer; a poem<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Drinkin' From My Saucer</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxM1YP5sw-rD7FmC9Vjrg7oMZgVMRGxPRMMG8zfYACWVtfXo2np8Z4Y8g_DU1PdD1mUHtdyorvlaoo832o4jWVAxg8dKnxQzgTRhIyhjy_EZpvjozUVUVzC3rbfvRBdK00kzyVDAb56ZsH/s1600/thm_tgcatplaysincupboard.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxM1YP5sw-rD7FmC9Vjrg7oMZgVMRGxPRMMG8zfYACWVtfXo2np8Z4Y8g_DU1PdD1mUHtdyorvlaoo832o4jWVAxg8dKnxQzgTRhIyhjy_EZpvjozUVUVzC3rbfvRBdK00kzyVDAb56ZsH/s320/thm_tgcatplaysincupboard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454552119089848898" border="0" /></a><br />I've never made a fortune<br />And it's prob'ly too late now;<br />But I don't worry 'bout that much,<br />I'm happy anyhow!<br /><br />And as I go along life's way<br />Reapin' better than I sowed.<br />I'm drinkin' from my saucer,<br />'Cause my cup has overflowed!<br /><br />Haven't got a lot of riches,<br />And sometimes the going's tough;<br />But I've got loving ones around me,<br />And that makes me rich enough!<br /><br />I thank God for His blessings<br />And the mercies He's bestowed.<br />I'm drinkin' from my saucer,<br />'Cause my cup has overflowed!<br /><br />I 'member times when things went wrong,<br />My faith wore somewhat thin;<br />But all at once the dark clouds broke<br />And light peeped through again.<br /><br />So, Lord, help me not to gripe<br />About tough rows I've hoed.<br />I'm drinkin' from my saucer,<br />'Cause my cup has overflowed!<br /><br />If God gives me strength and courage<br />When the way grows steep and rough,<br />I'll not ask for other blessings;<br />I'm already blessed enough!<br /><br />May I never be too busy<br />To help others bear their loads.<br />I'll keep drinkin' from my saucer,<br />'Cause my cup has overflowed!<br /><br />by Jimmy Dean </div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-32837533508486704852010-03-29T05:40:00.000-07:002010-03-29T05:50:29.863-07:00Mar 29: Monday's New LookI am just in love with this coat! Isn't it just stunning? ♥*♥*♥ It's from Odd Molly, my favourite fashion brand atm Ü<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8mZjYZrCYZbOGtuCECrSLkYV8BSLrPP3e66L5lf3fM93P-mna1OHURAdtzkUk8VdZCXCu83QLr-4Trlxj3lg2DIuyaiQzeFaO6Pb7Mpo27slSQMpgk8zl6fUbmjlwVf4KdeahfIz4ZLC/s1600/Dream+a+Little+Dream+Outfit.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8mZjYZrCYZbOGtuCECrSLkYV8BSLrPP3e66L5lf3fM93P-mna1OHURAdtzkUk8VdZCXCu83QLr-4Trlxj3lg2DIuyaiQzeFaO6Pb7Mpo27slSQMpgk8zl6fUbmjlwVf4KdeahfIz4ZLC/s400/Dream+a+Little+Dream+Outfit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454036481955846866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kymtUPYZXuQ1yuK6ZNhm7Kz9H_-XcQrDeorE-vfuCjPenJK-noRnMhirFK_TSueNKUlUrhgI_dBZwcagSPJOvclTPChWBBK-AXRkelbkSYHc2xu_sPfjZZX1vmD02ABYFsDW4NYt220j/s1600/Dream+a+Little+Dream+Outfit2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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display: block; width: 125px; height: 125px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxthtxFCnhyTFsB6wzGF2-a26gxAVUD7LIvUkwzGNEscQGj2r5hbRTUf2UFl10HrLVl6Zv4BC9TE6jA6F1E7auQ8C9bkfbD1l59P70DcKbKNSgFjlYRTGj492S7P3EQl-zf8lwz0dvhTSN/s320/scenic+sunday.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274385237240521170" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 150px; height: 102px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20YBqMD_E7ZQX61-A9J7WBFcwBmeKYkSyOZw8C7e1RnEfgTp1nDdDxGhlXSkY-0ttAciyTgYowjvURoZSr06N6iaGPMXxWy2fm28ZKW3WoYfdy9cS91UC4WRvaKUT4ibtqyTq8L1DRiCf/s320/LOGOFlowers1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pretty lake-side flower<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW99q6lew2qFscznLvrjC-t19hHly7hZqsHHZ6sSl_uVT3LqiEFT8zYtOBjUkLxkS6rVaow4oMEjWQ_YeE6bKOS_KyHMXR_yKyAVBdZe1VD5zzfQDjhdNVuH-nP_ek-utOpaqsmPQKLm7O/s1600/July+09+055.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW99q6lew2qFscznLvrjC-t19hHly7hZqsHHZ6sSl_uVT3LqiEFT8zYtOBjUkLxkS6rVaow4oMEjWQ_YeE6bKOS_KyHMXR_yKyAVBdZe1VD5zzfQDjhdNVuH-nP_ek-utOpaqsmPQKLm7O/s400/July+09+055.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453680849473025922" /></a><br /><br />A pretty English Church<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsCGhgvbOrjapFsfyyHdi-idjIGo3rAH6lDzpBWmucZoNonk7x5zERQNc5t2UY9S5dfGOInu1Lv49_nxpA0oH95TopC48ffgiTrkorqCly8SEjO6orwhFs-TWbjUp-Cd9Y6nicapeG7OR/s1600/Bel's+New+Camera+196.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsCGhgvbOrjapFsfyyHdi-idjIGo3rAH6lDzpBWmucZoNonk7x5zERQNc5t2UY9S5dfGOInu1Lv49_nxpA0oH95TopC48ffgiTrkorqCly8SEjO6orwhFs-TWbjUp-Cd9Y6nicapeG7OR/s400/Bel's+New+Camera+196.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453680857495750722" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3UKRkb76PxDd41xaudiBnEIIFjSc4aUubKNJ3gUTyUYo2OwsVQZ0d9ojohrq_RIqcYl1CE7XkaWECtxP12kttdYfP1XXvpAUPOCK6c2T63V-WOWsKuD9bWjGznw5YDl5fQxyW7pO7Yna/s1600/Bel's+New+Camera+197.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3UKRkb76PxDd41xaudiBnEIIFjSc4aUubKNJ3gUTyUYo2OwsVQZ0d9ojohrq_RIqcYl1CE7XkaWECtxP12kttdYfP1XXvpAUPOCK6c2T63V-WOWsKuD9bWjGznw5YDl5fQxyW7pO7Yna/s400/Bel's+New+Camera+197.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453680866827150482" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCYF9TzzhKN3-mu7dZjOxlGW7JYcZRCoWLlhQG8Kv7moLszJoRFEI9k8b61ipLj2LIi2jgZ7Zl59Bvm2vgUpv1A_EsEpr-lngxgN3eH57b9S0Eba1gWoxDZkksnjmYAoZrAGdgUpXLac4/s1600/Bel's+New+Camera+198.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCYF9TzzhKN3-mu7dZjOxlGW7JYcZRCoWLlhQG8Kv7moLszJoRFEI9k8b61ipLj2LIi2jgZ7Zl59Bvm2vgUpv1A_EsEpr-lngxgN3eH57b9S0Eba1gWoxDZkksnjmYAoZrAGdgUpXLac4/s400/Bel's+New+Camera+198.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453680871547263218" /></a><br />The flower above is a campanula and one of my favourites. I think it's just so beautiful in it's simplicity and I love this purple hue. What a pretty flower to be growing on a graveyard.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Please do not use these photo's without asking my permission first. Thank you!</span> </div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-25017328275969028332010-03-27T08:13:00.001-07:002010-03-27T09:44:47.302-07:00Saturday Shopping: Celebrating Easter & Spring<center><span style="font-family:lucida handwriting;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.
<br />~ S.D. Gordon</span></span>
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<br />Vanessa (<a href="http://designsbyvanessa.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring-loves.html">from Designs by Vanessa</a>) posted her spring loves - a really neat idea I think! So my question to you as well, what are your spring loves?
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<br /><b>Liesel's Spring Loves</b>
<br />the warm kiss of the spring sun
<br />spring flowers!
<br />flipflops
<br />buying new plants for the garden
<br />birds collecting twigs for their nests
<br />enjoying a beer in the pub garden
<br />apricots
<br />going outside without a coat
<br />bees humming and buzzing in the garden
<br />chirping birds
<br />longer days
<br />dreaming of the summer holidays
<br />new sprouted buds
<br />icecreams</center>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFtR96gTWYG7VQHCQldFt86srZfSbdxy5rrMql46XVYsXldl0p88qV-EqEU-K9HOjk7ZCV0l422QEcVBH7NXdPYNaHiv3dca-3tYltyQh_ZbP2lrEOQ-OusAKqBInk3EtOKmcuvkXXoX7/s1600/Easter+Presents+Liesel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFtR96gTWYG7VQHCQldFt86srZfSbdxy5rrMql46XVYsXldl0p88qV-EqEU-K9HOjk7ZCV0l422QEcVBH7NXdPYNaHiv3dca-3tYltyQh_ZbP2lrEOQ-OusAKqBInk3EtOKmcuvkXXoX7/s400/Easter+Presents+Liesel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453333422688648962" /></a><center><span style="font-size:85%;">-click on the image to enlarge-</span> </center>
<br />1 <span style="color:#339999;">Eastery Upcycled Earrings </span>by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42709020">Jupita</a>
<br />2 <span style="color:#339999;">Orange and Spring Yellow Poppy Bowl</span> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=41837223">MarciG</a>
<br />3 <span style="color:#339999;">Genevie the Bunny Knitting Kit </span>by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=43458449">Yarnigans</a>
<br />4 <span style="color:#339999;">Tip Toe Thru the Tulips Cloth Baby Shoes</span> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42842107">Burkeheart Baby</a>
<br />5 <span style="color:#339999;">My Heart Belongs To Jesus Fine Silver Necklace </span>by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35011623">Silver Garden</a>
<br />6 <span style="color:#339999;">Easter Basket</span> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=43571438>La Tee Da Designs Shop</a>
<br />7 <span style="color:#339999;">Felted Easter Eggs</span> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42497637">Art of Felting</a>
<br />8 <span style="color:#339999;">Pastel Cupcake Liners</span> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=43473378">Kat Eyez Co.</a>
<br />9 <span style="color:#339999;">Handpainted OOAK Golden Rabbit Skirt </span> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38784408">NYhop</a> (so cute!)
<br />10 <span style="color:#339999;">Peonies in a Blue Vase, Note Card</span> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34582577">Judy Stalus</a>
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<br />Sorry I've been so quiet lately, life's been very busy! Hope you've all been well :o)
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<br /><span style="font-family:lucida handwriting;">Love, Liesel</span>
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<br />Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-14840837471292712132010-03-25T05:33:00.000-07:002010-03-27T09:02:55.356-07:00Going Down Memory Lane (2)<center>Ah the memories <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Z0AI_NUkpnlHByUMQOPyJXnmypUvGEsLt5vXq4rZb8Vio_O3BlLX9MTF2OeupKJYVXG3-oSOBbOXMUfKzbmwEZMYcNKlzlJA4wmQ6bkGRHR_mfQhlJiQ9rD0wHY8vy0axB_B3SECZ4LO/s1600/Herat.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Z0AI_NUkpnlHByUMQOPyJXnmypUvGEsLt5vXq4rZb8Vio_O3BlLX9MTF2OeupKJYVXG3-oSOBbOXMUfKzbmwEZMYcNKlzlJA4wmQ6bkGRHR_mfQhlJiQ9rD0wHY8vy0axB_B3SECZ4LO/s200/Herat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452549516403875090" border="0" /><br /></a> A friend asked me today if I had ever hitchhiked..<br /><br />The memories make me smile. Laura and I were looking at the ferry options to go from Crete to the Peloponnese when we saw that the the fery made a short stop in a little island called Kythira and so we spontantously decided to stay there for a week. The boat on came to island two times a week (wed & thu I think), you see. After a calm few hours on the sea we arrived on Kythira. We were only a handful of people getting off. As we looked around us there was not much to see: a parking lot (which is were we got off) and cafe/car rental. <br /><br />The port in the middle of nowhere<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxxd7Elwt2dwkW1rvpOLrcGzCPiyug3dqI4YFkkL0H9L9UgI05_hNDZO-FNinjwzPKaqkOdJ4P-RwmAoTtyZZLSS8QTwSC6EjMssvarEJT1neN0KvE674wdW76bG8tuJBc5OL1YqS2bZ4/s1600/Kythira+port.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxxd7Elwt2dwkW1rvpOLrcGzCPiyug3dqI4YFkkL0H9L9UgI05_hNDZO-FNinjwzPKaqkOdJ4P-RwmAoTtyZZLSS8QTwSC6EjMssvarEJT1neN0KvE674wdW76bG8tuJBc5OL1YqS2bZ4/s400/Kythira+port.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452551063229586754" /></a><br /><br />We read on a website that during the summer a bus drove through the island, but when we asked locals they told us was no bus! The only way to get around was by tpo renta a car or go by taxi. I (stupidly) hadn't taken my drivers license with me, and Laura didn't like to drive on the right side of the road (she's English you see), so we decided to take a taxi to a place we had seen on the internet and which was were the toiurist office was located. Not. When we arrived there the building of the tourist office was still there, but looking in sicde there hadn't been a lot of activity for a long time judging by junk inside. Okay so where is this going you wonder.. (I'll skip the part how we found our accomodation). We asked the lady (Frieda) of the hotel about the bus and she said that because the tourist season hadn't come to full start yet they buses (during the year used as school buses) didn't drive just yet. She said that the best way to explore the island was to rent a car, but we didn't want to that. We had read in the guide of the island about a small market town that we would like to visit and asked Frieda how far away it was to walk and I think (I can't exact remember exactly) she said 4 km. That's not too far really as 1 km is approx 12 min walk, we just forgot that it was up hill the whole time! Anyway Frieda said "Why don't you hitchhick hike? Nothing has every happened here so it's relatively save." :lol: Now we are both rather shy so standing on the road putting a thumb in the air we didn't do, so we walked. <br /><br />-the never-ending windy road on our way back-<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQ9FS_arKaKs9E77XPQzKegLbdo7wQ3a_OwdJ-cM09seO7Up7sdU0TioRsr157lKpe43qzQon5s-QdbGzMd4kPSnvZZaE45eJJxdgti8vOkk2MrA73ad6q4s2Vf2LqGZEST7jeH2EQqXr/s1600/Kythira+2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQ9FS_arKaKs9E77XPQzKegLbdo7wQ3a_OwdJ-cM09seO7Up7sdU0TioRsr157lKpe43qzQon5s-QdbGzMd4kPSnvZZaE45eJJxdgti8vOkk2MrA73ad6q4s2Vf2LqGZEST7jeH2EQqXr/s320/Kythira+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452552054581072098" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpFvPR4LVA0ckPlfI5W28dt_ynHIzj22cmHNte2YT-KVNkO85cWnsOQOUNtMY49fCdJaQlPxp1BZFbhMYF9pwXQLPNdv4RW76cQHJRSuFSyky9XpFfmKih3hgm8MUkP7k0u2VPML24dBg/s1600/Kythira+4.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpFvPR4LVA0ckPlfI5W28dt_ynHIzj22cmHNte2YT-KVNkO85cWnsOQOUNtMY49fCdJaQlPxp1BZFbhMYF9pwXQLPNdv4RW76cQHJRSuFSyky9XpFfmKih3hgm8MUkP7k0u2VPML24dBg/s320/Kythira+4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452551614851429906" /></a><br /><br />About a quarter of the way - hot and aching legs from the climb- a car stopped! Inside two Albanian boys (about 23ish) asked us in broken English we were going and if we would like a lift. We looked at eachother and then to long windy road in front of us and decided to take Frieda's advice and we so we hitchhiked to the market town. They offered us a cigarette (which we declined because neither of us smoked) we talked a bit, but there English wasn't really good so they turned up the music, windows wide open we drove the (longer then we though) way to the market town. Eve was really paranoid though during the whole drive and was so relieved when we got out of the car when we arrived at the town! After our visit we walked back to our hotel and hired a car the next day *g*<br /><br />A back street from the market town<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdQjBYD_QMFzg_sunTeUvM5OZnF2WT4-RcUMrKe7LXyOekOm7-s-zN0IiaaU6XB8LDgvxIPoutbnWRIfDti6ztgnhnkGR0miwcGXaCyib0avAdWeovtfa3Vls_iTHh3em207BPfrTih7A/s1600/Kythira+-+Potamos.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdQjBYD_QMFzg_sunTeUvM5OZnF2WT4-RcUMrKe7LXyOekOm7-s-zN0IiaaU6XB8LDgvxIPoutbnWRIfDti6ztgnhnkGR0miwcGXaCyib0avAdWeovtfa3Vls_iTHh3em207BPfrTih7A/s400/Kythira+-+Potamos.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452550320986344898" /></a><br /><br />You know this reminds me of something that I totally forgot! I though I only hitchhiked only once but we did one time on Corsica as well. Actually now I think of it when someone offers you a lift do you call that hicthiking as well? Because while waiting at the busstop to go to Ajaccio a lady and her husband asked if we would like a lift down to Ajaccio because they were going that way anyway. This time I was a more paranoid then Eve, eventhough they were the nicest people you could meet. In short I don't feel that comfortable hitchhiking, but I have done it :o)<br /><br /><font face="comic sans ms">Love, Liesel</font></center>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-40763331089578489022010-02-15T02:12:00.000-08:002010-02-15T10:03:52.832-08:00Monday's New Look: She's Got It All<div style="text-align: center;">One of my favourite fashion brands at the moment is Johnny Was by designer Biya Ramar. I especially LOVE this dress. Feminine, colourful and fun. My kind of outfit Ü<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rY2PpHtv2zD-7qCeVoJZ4VWS84T6NH4OYp19x2sS9ohJE2rW81qK-rTmncUaLnMu-pcraOMi0OBpRIPM5QNGHQKUV0juyld1Prdw8IASTuZAttk23suIWoixqTi2D9iJELD5eapqE4hb/s1600-h/Shes+got+it+all.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rY2PpHtv2zD-7qCeVoJZ4VWS84T6NH4OYp19x2sS9ohJE2rW81qK-rTmncUaLnMu-pcraOMi0OBpRIPM5QNGHQKUV0juyld1Prdw8IASTuZAttk23suIWoixqTi2D9iJELD5eapqE4hb/s400/Shes+got+it+all.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438531174207827474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGe3rHyHBEH2Myr998kJTlaS50_a6bpHNXchGlS16DWoFBol_4A1JLGK7RqxkdfVnbJmfrTdStBV0r2AteKcZot4EyRfdcvfC0DeYjl2VKs2lLfUiKcfFgR0N6y9mr0D39KUmHG_Q82cta/s1600-h/She's+Got+It+All2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGe3rHyHBEH2Myr998kJTlaS50_a6bpHNXchGlS16DWoFBol_4A1JLGK7RqxkdfVnbJmfrTdStBV0r2AteKcZot4EyRfdcvfC0DeYjl2VKs2lLfUiKcfFgR0N6y9mr0D39KUmHG_Q82cta/s400/She's+Got+It+All2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438530892067589074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIv0BOCNd1At-NLbsZmWMZkMLgxq_M0GWJVKUd_kt8_Brv2kGnqv1dpG1-Ix13SB8-HWZnaWE56-9NMsxAbuWreAUFPG990Qwvm9wyGCMtKSaMHxMUjdlL58LvP9WiZTZz1O_1yrjnNCIG/s1600-h/Shesgotitall.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIv0BOCNd1At-NLbsZmWMZkMLgxq_M0GWJVKUd_kt8_Brv2kGnqv1dpG1-Ix13SB8-HWZnaWE56-9NMsxAbuWreAUFPG990Qwvm9wyGCMtKSaMHxMUjdlL58LvP9WiZTZz1O_1yrjnNCIG/s400/Shesgotitall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438531178388992770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Love, Liesel</span><br /></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-9827077088955709592009-12-22T09:45:00.001-08:002009-12-22T10:39:43.561-08:00Going Down Memory Lane<center>It's been 1,5 years ago since Eve and I had our backbacking adventure but only last week I finally started on putting the 700(!) photo's in an album. Or albums I should say. I probably need about six! You know I realised how wonderful photo's can be. Going through them and sorting them out brought back so many memories and transported me right back to all the wonderful places we saw and adventures we had. Things I forgot but looking at the photo's remembering the stories behind them <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikp9N8rxPwdzzHza9li0CPzH-MKQWxeSCLoNom10QYYRZyOJ4l0uqUDkWYj3UBKwq_RGDtgq-iEEjx6cU84_3EAdxQwg4cwDA-o3hPoFX2Q5n5emViq0hKk9TjU2WkUZs_VFadgD702KCQ/s1600-h/2ue1y1k.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 15px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikp9N8rxPwdzzHza9li0CPzH-MKQWxeSCLoNom10QYYRZyOJ4l0uqUDkWYj3UBKwq_RGDtgq-iEEjx6cU84_3EAdxQwg4cwDA-o3hPoFX2Q5n5emViq0hKk9TjU2WkUZs_VFadgD702KCQ/s200/2ue1y1k.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418122213860188130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />~*~<br /><br />We had a budget we tried to stick too, but like most budgets we went through it pretty fast! For the first 6 weeks we stayed at Bed & Breakfasts, hostels and apartments but if we wanted to travel further we had too make a compromise on our accomodation. And we did: we traded it for a tent. In the burning heat going from one part of Alghero to the other in search of a tent only to find them closed for their siesta. We passed a supermarket earlier which was open so we decided to spend the half hour browsing and mainly cooling *g* their untill the camping shops would open. In Florence we saw scouts with these strange round rucksacks which I was told where tents and that's what we bought! Not too heavy, very easy to put up and handy to carry around seeing as our backpacks where already filled to the brim.<br /><br />Eve cycling back to our apartment with our brand new tent<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZfL7VePLfu-olxf6Q1Vh63U60L2vmRQ_eA8bFsuYj9SxhK8TD2JDrKdWQiDEoCk2nKkuPV9xx1u9qFy0RRzjnCy8rSJk77fJ0hsc6-gqyylfD98CZjZlJRxzZcHHhZ7pzwlfBqLLPmpu/s1600-h/Alghero+16.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZfL7VePLfu-olxf6Q1Vh63U60L2vmRQ_eA8bFsuYj9SxhK8TD2JDrKdWQiDEoCk2nKkuPV9xx1u9qFy0RRzjnCy8rSJk77fJ0hsc6-gqyylfD98CZjZlJRxzZcHHhZ7pzwlfBqLLPmpu/s400/Alghero+16.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418126736327980658" /></a><br /><br />When we got back to our apartment we had to see the tent up!<br /><br />To find out it was the same size as our small double bed! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxa8PV6MGFluBp2vFGSnUSgUNA8acOJMvv0YIlAw9bZaYqkKLk7TmK8Z-MHtP-iWPGvi34i7JSux-UUvhXlT90awqjW47raYQc7Z7XUovFsaf01T2dncUHyo_8pmDAh-6AQtevrk10OgSC/s1600-h/Alghero+20.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxa8PV6MGFluBp2vFGSnUSgUNA8acOJMvv0YIlAw9bZaYqkKLk7TmK8Z-MHtP-iWPGvi34i7JSux-UUvhXlT90awqjW47raYQc7Z7XUovFsaf01T2dncUHyo_8pmDAh-6AQtevrk10OgSC/s320/Alghero+20.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418127560940894082" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQYOy2M4LdQOOWi6223EsTOuYkNswgDlxeo2L9fJPMb17MLypEmB0efljwTfoi99gy6ucFDK0wmm-VlpARne9k9GCs5rR578quV7HudhZ3ji5e0PDiSEKm-oAraW-p4Gq-BgnIyJYQPtE/s1600-h/Alghero+21.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQYOy2M4LdQOOWi6223EsTOuYkNswgDlxeo2L9fJPMb17MLypEmB0efljwTfoi99gy6ucFDK0wmm-VlpARne9k9GCs5rR578quV7HudhZ3ji5e0PDiSEKm-oAraW-p4Gq-BgnIyJYQPtE/s320/Alghero+21.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418127566187717538" /></a><br /><br />That would be promising seeing as we already kept bumping into eachother at night!<br /><br />Yes well that might be a problem as we found out on our first campsite<br /><br />We had so much luggage it took up half the tent. Oops!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqABP5pt9UviGjs_ir2Lq2NJcityzSAiUKzDbceij1QyuG08nBNzWwVElxrmRcqfa2vwsxhlFIHiPE0ujMgp77AdkngXzhmiKQTPx6y6SKE0lEAg1MPzRFFcDQrnUmSxO2Ysmf_c6ewTD/s1600-h/Palau+tent.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqABP5pt9UviGjs_ir2Lq2NJcityzSAiUKzDbceij1QyuG08nBNzWwVElxrmRcqfa2vwsxhlFIHiPE0ujMgp77AdkngXzhmiKQTPx6y6SKE0lEAg1MPzRFFcDQrnUmSxO2Ysmf_c6ewTD/s400/Palau+tent.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418128553564233986" /></a><br /><br />So after an uncomfortable night squeezed between all our baggage we went back to the camping shop to buy another tent for all our luggage! <a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/vmq3hd.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> <a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2eancx0.gif" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TuO3o0tExzCXQmxDLHJrg32utrBJAoq53d0DQs9zmHkO7HoauKgn000MmBI5agV1CWlsptdYzHN2nKpMllzWKDkOV4kfbACEVyIqnu4RMpZIsUB_OREq4Cys6OEu-yoOZsA6FLSBalDq/s1600-h/Palau+25.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TuO3o0tExzCXQmxDLHJrg32utrBJAoq53d0DQs9zmHkO7HoauKgn000MmBI5agV1CWlsptdYzHN2nKpMllzWKDkOV4kfbACEVyIqnu4RMpZIsUB_OREq4Cys6OEu-yoOZsA6FLSBalDq/s400/Palau+25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418130771939948562" /></a><br /><br />More to carry but at least we could have a good night sleep *g*<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QsZDt3ePXDmZXerw5XVB3VfYhcjgm3A_xId0eMHty5_Y4Ykb9XZE_nM0J5Qp-2Rp2v796FeQ3jNoOPLDsjTErlfvYjvnnruB07kPClmyO6Q5hZP27YBvl3a_8baAwFHm5D1gySW0kkgC/s1600-h/Bastia.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QsZDt3ePXDmZXerw5XVB3VfYhcjgm3A_xId0eMHty5_Y4Ykb9XZE_nM0J5Qp-2Rp2v796FeQ3jNoOPLDsjTErlfvYjvnnruB07kPClmyO6Q5hZP27YBvl3a_8baAwFHm5D1gySW0kkgC/s400/Bastia.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418130777270872498" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Love, Liesel</span><br /></center>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-30400735456106001222009-07-31T05:37:00.000-07:002009-07-31T05:50:09.477-07:00Look what I received in the mail!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUZoDHLzLgKihn1A563692hI8kGcq90bpts20YpjECODMbL6xYRANMJBVui6WzpG7mdNMLH_vZFgiT3Ilgl491Oimu2o_sAYx9DzoOzRrRzrZ6ywM0SZ7iZKDXcje3iev46c7IGzUZhgI/s1600-h/birdie+%281%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUZoDHLzLgKihn1A563692hI8kGcq90bpts20YpjECODMbL6xYRANMJBVui6WzpG7mdNMLH_vZFgiT3Ilgl491Oimu2o_sAYx9DzoOzRrRzrZ6ywM0SZ7iZKDXcje3iev46c7IGzUZhgI/s400/birdie+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364603681493927650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK27EPMc_SMdGIg3dw5eStrxSGHAyepyo_REF02lC8cCQ2k82mzQKndJTgSv6XkjxtaJ-UsKZRamGqy_wfV7coITzmEVawhHvH2B1gW_k_oGR2sDH5pYcAw3TZSkDjUgfLtVcNvypE7bn_/s1600-h/birdie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK27EPMc_SMdGIg3dw5eStrxSGHAyepyo_REF02lC8cCQ2k82mzQKndJTgSv6XkjxtaJ-UsKZRamGqy_wfV7coITzmEVawhHvH2B1gW_k_oGR2sDH5pYcAw3TZSkDjUgfLtVcNvypE7bn_/s400/birdie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364603683302971922" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you Gisela for my present! I love my mug too bits! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6MHTYc8HQO42v4Ciz-pq8QFty_y7vH1soQzhN9Ex-lybEwTRWPZM4f1lN0PbEALGYRfrt49WYloZBfRbHxlQ6I6f76TfNx_DFURl86-jXO0mBQyOOyi0a6kwyuoJ3-hXtvhnuRmn-pkA/s1600-h/heartbeat.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 17px; height: 15px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6MHTYc8HQO42v4Ciz-pq8QFty_y7vH1soQzhN9Ex-lybEwTRWPZM4f1lN0PbEALGYRfrt49WYloZBfRbHxlQ6I6f76TfNx_DFURl86-jXO0mBQyOOyi0a6kwyuoJ3-hXtvhnuRmn-pkA/s200/heartbeat.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364604401124110034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If your jealous and want one of your own <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx_y-MIOsPO1fBWZNJU3VhGHLLCn0BI72VEd7xnFONYR-VUE_ZR-XX2lqNgpxBseIwZotPX_qlEb79fDweNvmDeTmcJnAMFhtwF4BDZ5PS-AhCUWWdsZcgr0iMOAUDk8j0TL_uve1WWd3/s1600-h/tongue.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 20px; height: 20px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx_y-MIOsPO1fBWZNJU3VhGHLLCn0BI72VEd7xnFONYR-VUE_ZR-XX2lqNgpxBseIwZotPX_qlEb79fDweNvmDeTmcJnAMFhtwF4BDZ5PS-AhCUWWdsZcgr0iMOAUDk8j0TL_uve1WWd3/s200/tongue.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364604401134714002" border="0" /></a>, visit Gisela's shop<br />http://arwenita.deviantart.com/store/<br /><br />or blog<br />http://www.giselejaquenod.com.ar/blog/<br /></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-79852150211839412112009-07-13T01:59:00.000-07:002009-07-13T02:50:09.078-07:00Self doubtAs always struggling with what to do with my life. I know the lifestyle I want, but how to fit my career around it?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I want a dog<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhix7fpXwr3h6tacWP4mLV_B1-OzS0Zi8toP-Y1T8hlu6uI_rPqL1QGb1evU8zc51aXkhgx_sAkSfuvM_P6r7BPp1Uch8p_oII2gJuE-n4gqJy-Z-7kdaCaji7U0LgXWyCWIeCzQ0WdRp6-/s1600-h/irish_terrier_03a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhix7fpXwr3h6tacWP4mLV_B1-OzS0Zi8toP-Y1T8hlu6uI_rPqL1QGb1evU8zc51aXkhgx_sAkSfuvM_P6r7BPp1Uch8p_oII2gJuE-n4gqJy-Z-7kdaCaji7U0LgXWyCWIeCzQ0WdRp6-/s320/irish_terrier_03a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357868288560804178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Keep ducks<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMOh_lWaa8sr4t5AbQQ1XY9j-yzJBzUEJrMT89VV7wVABC5pMtB0m4cpYTciznH-YOocogCCB96W0NTUzzHm_j0mzsF8TneTc3lvtz8NT8hg1IE8Y8Sicng2bFjF_y78Dha7gNW1-Jc5H/s1600-h/whitdk.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMOh_lWaa8sr4t5AbQQ1XY9j-yzJBzUEJrMT89VV7wVABC5pMtB0m4cpYTciznH-YOocogCCB96W0NTUzzHm_j0mzsF8TneTc3lvtz8NT8hg1IE8Y8Sicng2bFjF_y78Dha7gNW1-Jc5H/s320/whitdk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357870464553119538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Plotter in my vegetable garden<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ64e66Qnwu3K9v2_q2Lc8KmNL5ATOLoGCi9Nrm_BM9CRHj4lWXunYpRt130EcITgLWrBHhtlO4ynCJ5CHtTd3hmnKBPO_nNw3b2crOCQsj-Vd05n5d_v0aHIbOgGl1ypWnYRLen8-Odh9/s1600-h/VegetableGardens_1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ64e66Qnwu3K9v2_q2Lc8KmNL5ATOLoGCi9Nrm_BM9CRHj4lWXunYpRt130EcITgLWrBHhtlO4ynCJ5CHtTd3hmnKBPO_nNw3b2crOCQsj-Vd05n5d_v0aHIbOgGl1ypWnYRLen8-Odh9/s320/VegetableGardens_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357870466070446194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Paint, sew, make pottery<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5aPEHxwxnyvoY_Y5P26cJ9Ou_Z__YjnqtSzysd2c1w98SNPj8x-3Oa8WOTyjvHgwWUAnGhlW4BRCsu-yOe6BqudxCsEC5IzJe5RFumwldNECFs2fz1mNppHj430S3hxHnljhyphenhyphen88k-9rG/s1600-h/craft-room-craftproj0306-de.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5aPEHxwxnyvoY_Y5P26cJ9Ou_Z__YjnqtSzysd2c1w98SNPj8x-3Oa8WOTyjvHgwWUAnGhlW4BRCsu-yOe6BqudxCsEC5IzJe5RFumwldNECFs2fz1mNppHj430S3hxHnljhyphenhyphen88k-9rG/s320/craft-room-craftproj0306-de.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357870471722600930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Read<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbR_2aIChT1CBhl-m13wsvITbpU8YK6hFkdMhZlWMB2f_tZXm4sYQ6n8z61y4XTX3Hj2hzQXJiclRePbtvPQC56tmtA7_KAo-cTLacQ5AfUroOEe94rL7TV3hZWii5AjJgrjzoz6DicKI0/s1600-h/girl-reading-1878-perugini.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbR_2aIChT1CBhl-m13wsvITbpU8YK6hFkdMhZlWMB2f_tZXm4sYQ6n8z61y4XTX3Hj2hzQXJiclRePbtvPQC56tmtA7_KAo-cTLacQ5AfUroOEe94rL7TV3hZWii5AjJgrjzoz6DicKI0/s320/girl-reading-1878-perugini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357871673324731586" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />I guess you can say that I'm a romantic at heart :o)<br /><br />But most of all I want a dog. Badly. I love the company and comfort adog gives and it always great to come and be greeted with so much love. To go on long walks, and play catch. Also a dog makes me feel safe. She will guard the house and me. But to have a full time job and work full time seems egoïstic. The poor creature will be stuck home alone all day. Thankfully there are dog walking services who will walk your dog when you're not home, but still.<br /><br />I've always been struggling with my self confidence, or lack of it. I'm usually very enthusiastic about a college/university course I really want to do but after a while the doubts start to come in. Is it something I really want to do? Am I good enough? Can I find work in it? Even the bad 'what will other people think if I did this?'. It's get's be nowhere except in a big muddle. Perhaps I'm just unconciously scared to go back to school after such a long time. I don't like big crowds and I'm always worried about my memory and that I want's remember what I've been taught at exams. It took me four times to pass my drivers license. Not because I was a bad driver - I was good in the lessons- but during the driving exams I would totally black out. I had to go to an special examination office where they took more time with you. Fear of failure is what my driving instructor said. I would LIKE to go to college and learn -I always want to learn new things. Andf to be realistic, where are you nowadays without a proper college degree? Behind the till at Tesco? A factory worker? Nothing wrong with those jobs, but it's for me. I know I can do more then that.<br /><br />I will write more later.<br /><br />LieselLieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-25223702996777228392009-07-03T13:16:00.000-07:002009-07-03T13:22:56.912-07:00Oh my goodness!<div align="center">I won something!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF32Ig-nDMS9EShvZQZBuAhWRirlkZXTPzPM34iYsZBJK8XeomWSfOw2-wT5cXzPC4KVc6DBuAfCdTK2x9I_loSoEV4tLQqpvZ6NlbACHfRNfunHRNS8_KZgv-6At713_YnwMXdapcHUDP/s1600-h/boogie.gif"><img style="WIDTH: 25px; HEIGHT: 25px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354331384960058786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF32Ig-nDMS9EShvZQZBuAhWRirlkZXTPzPM34iYsZBJK8XeomWSfOw2-wT5cXzPC4KVc6DBuAfCdTK2x9I_loSoEV4tLQqpvZ6NlbACHfRNfunHRNS8_KZgv-6At713_YnwMXdapcHUDP/s400/boogie.gif" /></a> A while ago I took part in a contest (see here: <a href="http://lieselsgardenparty.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-contest-entry-d.html" target="_blank">http://lieselsgardenparty.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-contest-entry-d.html</a>) and I'm the first winner!<br /></div><div align="center"><br /><br />Look at that! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rnXLd68uMjA6bXC9XPHEhzk3KGKTdmoGZrt1H53A0phFcgStgYs-5fr_4fWnkXay5aNsYBo-72pqCS2-BZYNTZ6ILVPbcZNV9FmANZ2TgMywdBtzIY71rBWa8LKlZoI1UdBy_mQ5U-LF/s1600-h/biggrin.gif"><img style="WIDTH: 20px; HEIGHT: 20px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354331386344646722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rnXLd68uMjA6bXC9XPHEhzk3KGKTdmoGZrt1H53A0phFcgStgYs-5fr_4fWnkXay5aNsYBo-72pqCS2-BZYNTZ6ILVPbcZNV9FmANZ2TgMywdBtzIY71rBWa8LKlZoI1UdBy_mQ5U-LF/s400/biggrin.gif" /></a><br /></div><p align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVejU4fTSd4y8OcvasPXapjoTGj6Ga0lCkaiz7eOvQ3hsLcGRyntV-u8O481njGkRNI5sy3yWC0Jlm4dJbHG-mB4dwcS-44LVcUpibKHQMNbj_vH0Pph8t-NCehzik-zQKqRTbvYUG5hnw/s1600-h/bs_eggcellent.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 306px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354331781577043970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVejU4fTSd4y8OcvasPXapjoTGj6Ga0lCkaiz7eOvQ3hsLcGRyntV-u8O481njGkRNI5sy3yWC0Jlm4dJbHG-mB4dwcS-44LVcUpibKHQMNbj_vH0Pph8t-NCehzik-zQKqRTbvYUG5hnw/s400/bs_eggcellent.jpg" /></a> </p>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-90395319077252394072009-04-08T03:01:00.000-07:002009-04-08T03:11:27.759-07:00Liesel's Ambitions: Work<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rlb5MjlolF5sd4rkDHE1qA1dH7RvFu9Y8s28pV93TVeE6pnGIWBOokSr1kP1pmdoBvbH6gk88zh09wyUk6i0LfDBNt7WCFK3AcS_5SSXOnp4iCgGUagCKssEbZipmVffnJyqa0HgpfXI/s1600-h/children-clip-art-6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322260841133763506" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rlb5MjlolF5sd4rkDHE1qA1dH7RvFu9Y8s28pV93TVeE6pnGIWBOokSr1kP1pmdoBvbH6gk88zh09wyUk6i0LfDBNt7WCFK3AcS_5SSXOnp4iCgGUagCKssEbZipmVffnJyqa0HgpfXI/s400/children-clip-art-6.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>What to do with oneself?</strong></span><br /></div><div align="center">I finished secondary school, went to college after which I started at my summer job which lasted 5 years before I quit to go travelling and to be quite honest to get away from everything. A year later I have three part-time jobs and, to be frank, I'm just going with the (slow) current. I'm quite happy but really someone of my age (25) I should have a full time job and be able to provide for myself or, at the very least, study. I don't do either. Which really stopped me is that it's scarry to go back in 'society'. I have lived a sheltered life after college and have become a homebody. Oh I go out shopping and walks but nothing really sociable outside my family and work. I KNOW have to do something with my life - especially after my cousin's young death I have become aware that you shouldn't take life for granted and vowed to life by the day. Most of the times I do enjoy the little things; a cat sleeping in the sun, birds gathering twigs to build their nest, the glowing stars at night and I'm happy I can see and appreciate those things because I know many people don't and they miss out on so much! My parents quite rightly dispair of me and keep nagging I should do something. My mum has been telling me to become a secretary for years now but no longer is she saying to me to the course but she's telling me I am. It's one year course and even in this time secretaries are in demand which is a good thing to know. I just can't see myself as one. Then again I can't see me doing any job. I keep going in circles. I have so many interests that I find it difficult to choose one study because it means not doing another one that interests me as well. Of course now I'm letting them go all by not chosing any study. I'd love to study history but I'm very sensitive and honestly don't know if I can deal with the horrors of the death penalty and wars. I love art history but could you make a carreer in it? Thelogy, because I'm intered in different religions and I think I'm make quite a good Theologist. I suppose you could work in a museum (doing what?) or a teacher and one thing I am certain about is that I'm not teacher material! I have difficulty enough to make the dogs listen to me, let alone children. Something I will have to learn may I have my own children one day. I'd love to make a difference. That's always the first thing that comes to my mind when I think what I want to do with my life. I enjoy taking care of people but I could not be a nurse (I'm too skittish). I'd love to see the world but to work in the travel world I'm afraid it will rub away the fun out of it and being a vegetarian/vegan brings some problems along. So secretary doesn't sound too bad although a bit boring perhaps? A friend of my sister's is a secretary and she enjoys her work and being only 20 she just bought her own home! I'm a girl who likes her luxuries; getting my eyebrows plugged, going on holiday a few times a year, more expensive clothes like Oililly & Ted Baker (although I don't buy them too often and also love shopping at Primark & TK Maxx). If I have well paid job I could work part-time (4 days a week or only mornings) which would be ideal and like mum always says you can do fun things in your spare time. I've always wanted to learn riding, keep bees and make pottery and I would have time and energy to those. I have to say if you have read so far I'm impressed! It must be quite a bore to read about my ramblings but appreciate your having read everything so far. Now my question is what do you think I should do? And what would you do in my situation? Don't worry about sparing my feelings, I want you to be very honest and frank. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida handwriting;">Thanks, Liesel</span></div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071818049556292643.post-46898520947727753982009-03-27T09:26:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:48:55.173-07:00Too much? Liesel's Ambitions<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXAC2p-d3DUN2sW5EFDt5KQ1Wq5PSp5rEBX9V2VS9AmMFYDZgqpkRIPtB2DZdR9x6meXPM-wWhZtQVlfEiK7E7mDL7aHpOc5tUC8t3zeAIcbYf_wSIS9G8QG_4OFGvyF0_ogH55Q0JxSA/s1600-h/1108365_a3fa023fd2_m.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317910039404412866" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXAC2p-d3DUN2sW5EFDt5KQ1Wq5PSp5rEBX9V2VS9AmMFYDZgqpkRIPtB2DZdR9x6meXPM-wWhZtQVlfEiK7E7mDL7aHpOc5tUC8t3zeAIcbYf_wSIS9G8QG_4OFGvyF0_ogH55Q0JxSA/s400/1108365_a3fa023fd2_m.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Liesel's Ambitions<br /></span><br />Too much energy. I sometimes feel like doing cartwheels right on street, to run just for the fun of it around the block, to go kickboxing! Just to release energy. For a twenty-five year old girl I live a very simple life and monotome life. But I want to do things! Take sewing lessons and make my very own Jane Austen dress (and wear it!, learn to run a marathon (or at least a half one to start with), go linedancing! Jazz ballet! I think I have rhytmn but the how should I know? I only dance when noone is watching. All this energy bubbled inside me must be put to a good cause. I care about animals and my heart just breaks when I see an animal in pain. I always say that's the reason why I can't work with animals, but perhaps that's the very why I <strong><em>should</em></strong> do it! To fight for your cause and to put all your energy in it saving those lives! But can I live with it? Will I still be able to sleep at night without breaking out in a sweat in middle of the night because of nightmares? I don't know. Nelson Mandela once said that a strong will can go two ways: very bad or (thank goodness) in his case to be ultimate good. You can choose where you put your energy in. I feel like I have all this energy bottled up inside me, wasting it away while I good do good things with it. But what is that good? Perhaps I'll never know, or perhaps I do but just don't take the time to sit down and reflect and see things clearly. Not an easy task for a scatty brain and someone who has great difficulty to sit still and do one thing at a time. Who knows where I'll be in another five years. Hopefully up to something good :o)<br /><br /><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.<br />- Nelson Mandela</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida handwriting;">Liesel</span> </div>Lieselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844504225780514862noreply@blogger.com2