My secret-santa parcel arrived today (with a ton of other stuff – looks like the post-office might at last have realised that our postie had gone AWOL and replaced him)! We’ve been doing a secret-santa “thingy” (it’s the technical term, dontcha know) with a group of on-line friends for a couple of years now and...
Monthly Archives: December 2009
SNOW!
It snowed! It snowed! It snowed! Lots and lots and lots! AND I was on holiday AND Amélie’s school had a broken water pipe so they asked us to keep her home for the day AND did I mention it snowed?! Well it did. Everywhere! Can you tell I’m a little bit excited about this?...
Lunch with Lys & Nessim
Today was the first day of winter: bright blue skies but bitterly bitterly cold. Not that it stopped Amélie from spending half the day outside with nothing but her cardigan on. But then she did have an excitable dog to play with so there was no point in trying to stop her. Believe me, I...
Saint Nic.
You know Saint Nic. Or you think you do. Lots of red and white, cheery round fellow, reindeer, elves… Right? Well, yes, but not in Belgium (and, probably a few other countries, but I’m in Belgium so I’m going with that). In Belgium, Saint Nicholas is a bishop who carries a staff and rides around...