Turkish Delight

Libelle magazine always publishes recipes. This week I found one for turkish delights. I didn't think it would be so easy to make it. I'll try next week.

Empty Freezer: Start!

We terminated our lease agreement for our apartment this week. 
I think it's really exciting, because it opens a whole new chapter in our lives.
What's the plan? We don't have a plan, YET! (That's new for me, to not have a plan!)

One destination: Thailand.
Let's start from there :-) ...

Karate Grip

All you girls are going to agree with me this time.
Is there anything better than an evening in your lover's arms? :-)
My boyfriend doesn't love to cuddle, so I take advantage of every second! 
Sometimes I test my powers by getting him into a karate grip so he can't run away!

Kate Nash

Do you know Kate Nash and her music? 
She's not that good of a singer, but she's always telling stories that make me laugh. If you don't know her, you should definitely check her out!

Here's one of my favourite songs:

Kate Nash - Birds

You should also check: We Get On.

Evening Market

Once a year there's an evening market at Herselt. My sister has a booth with some products on sale. The weather this morning was truly awful, so we feared we couldn't place our booth this evening. But the sun came through.
I love this sort of events!
If you're in the neighbourhood, come and visit us!

Under The Weather

I was feeling a bit under the weather these last few days. Always a headache and when I ate, I was feeling sick.
I had to leave work at noon, because I couldn't take it anymore and went to the doctor's. 
My colleague thought I was pregnant. I was scared there for juuuust a second, but had a good laugh!

Mussels, but not from Brussels

We've waited a long time, but they're back! I couldn't wait any longer

Jumjumjum!

Second Best Ice Cream

I ate the second best ice cream ever today! 
HMMM!
I remember that one time I ate THE best ice cream ever, but I can't remember when and where...

From left to right: Vanilla - Bananacoconut - Basil - Lychee
Lychee was my favourite on the plate!

Delirious

Because of the hot weather yesterday, I got totally delirious, because I forgot to post...
Time for punishment... 
Anyone have an idea? 
Out of my comfort zone, spiders are over the top.

Summer Breeze. Need More. Now.

I did nothing today! It was too hot! I couldn't find a place to cool off at our apartment...
I'm sitting at the window right now and sometimes there's a breeze. Very welcome!

Hot Walk

My boyfriend participated in a triathlon again today. With our walking club 'De Stevige Stappers' we planned a route along the triathlon track. 31°C! It was really too hot for almost everything. Poor boyfriend! Swimming, biking and running in this heat. Exhausting! But we did half of our route and ended up at my parent's house for a refreshing drink.
Unfortunately, my athlete couldn't finish the race. His tubes went flat in the second round of biking. He couldn't repair the hole :-( . But he did his best anyway. A picture of his 'wings' as proof:

Respect for anyone who finished the race!

Iced Coffee

I'm not a coffee drinker, but I'm hooked on iced coffee nowadays! Calorybomb and soooooo delicious.

My Boyfriend Takes Care Of Me

My boyfriend takes care of me.
When I'm too tired to drive (I almost fell asleep behind the wheel a couple of times) he takes over and drives me home safely.
One time, he even picked me up from my parents' house because I fell asleep on the couch and couldn't get home.
He's my man! <3

Assertiveness Training Part 2

We had our second session of the assertiveness training.
I still don't know what to say about it. Our HR manager, who leads this training, has a great perspective on how your beliefs influence your behaviour and how to form you believes to something new to let you be more assertive.
For example, I have troubles with standing up to my superiors, because I fear for my job and because I think you have to respect them and you have to do what they say. Apparently my values are respect and acknowledgement and my believes of respecting hierarchy are wrong in a way.
I will have to train on forming these believes to something realistic.
Heavy shit for a Thursday night, but very informative!

Still a Size S

I received my first package from Zalando today.
I bought a light bustier summer dress in sale to take with me to Thailand. 
When I took it out of the box my colleagues were like "Ow, that's kind of a tiny dress. Looks like it's made for kids!". I thought "Ohoooh!".
I tried the dress on in the bathroom immediately and FIEUW, I'm still a size small!
Celebrating with a tiramisu!

Event Planning on Post-its

I had a meeting on event planning at work today. 
We wrote all our ideas down on Post-its. 
I love Post-its :-) ! They make everything uncomplicated!

Won Ton Soup

Have I told you how I love Asian Cuisine? I probably did, many times!
I make noodle soup on a regular base, but this time, I tried to make Won Tons along with it. It was my second try to be totally honest. You can buy frozen won ton pastry at the Asian store, but I defrosted it the wrong way last time.

The soup:
Make a broth with some cubes and your vegetables.
I use carrots, paksoi, shiitake, oyster mushrooms, beans, baby corn and dried wakame. (Carrots and dried shiitakes first! Paksoi last!).
I always add coriander, sesame oil and soy sauce. Then I add some garlic and mixed spices. You can also add chili oil if you want.
Let it boil for a while.

The won tons:
I mixed some prawns together with some coriander, sesame seeds, a liiitle bit of sesame oil and some spices. You can add a bit of egg white if you want to let it stick together. When you get some kind of paste with still a few pieces of prawn in it, it's ready.
You take one square of pastry and stroke two sides with egg yolk (works as glue). You take a teaspoon of filling and place it in the middle of the square. Now, fold your square to a triangle, pushing the air out. Make sure they are tight.

Add noodles and wontons last to your soup. Let it boil for a few minutes. Don't stir too hard, because you can tear the pastry like that!

READY :-) !

Have a nice meal!

Mojito

I love mojitos!
But I don't have a picture this time :-), although I drank enough of those this fine evening!

Late Birthday Present

I went to Antwerp with a few of my old classmates today. Because my birthday is right before exams, we always get together during summer. First we went shopping and in the evening we went to diner. I found a cardigan and a dress in sale and a blouse from the new CKS collection. I love this brand!

A fun day and evening! It's been a long time since we've seen each other, so we had lots to talk about!

As a late birthday present I got a travel diary and a voucher to get a backpack or something else 'adventurous'! I love these guys!

Kitty Wash

Our old kitty Pluch is too old to wash herself properly, so once a week I comb her fur. She loves it when I pet her like that and everytime a huuuuge ball of fur comes off.
After the combing, I wash her with a washcloth. Happy soft kitty :-) !

Assertiveness Training: Part 1

The company I work for organizes a lot of knowledge sharing sessions with a diversity of subjects. Sometimes technical for our consultants, sometimes sessions where anyone can benefit from. 

I joined a two part session about assertiveness today and I was stunned on how deep this goes. All the way to your feelings, your beliefs and your values. 

I have to get my head around it before i can tell you more about it. But I'm intrigued, that I can tell you. Next week's Thursday is the follow-up session. More on my personal difficulties then ;-) !

Have a good night!

xL.

Viking Kubb

We went Viking Kubbing this evening with some family.
I lost almost every time, but what a fun game to play with a weather like this!
You have to try it once!

Hand Cream

To stay with the topic hands and beauty I'm going to tell you something personal: I can't live without hand cream :-) !
Sad but true! Dry hands make me super crazy so I'm glad I always have it with me!

Painting Nails: Lesson 1

My sister tried to teach me how to paint nails.
I'm not good at it... YET!
Who wants to volunteer?!

The Sun and Sangria

I went for a long walk with the dog and my boyfriend to watch the Cesar Milan skills he got from watching season one in 1,5 week. 

I thought: "Let's get those legs out girl and give those white tights some colour!".

Half way our walk we bumped into some friends that were sitting at a terrace, drinking beer and sangria. We joined them to get some fluids in our system, because what if we get dehydrated!? I drank a tasteful sangria with a lot of fruit. Healthy healthy ;-)!

It was a nice and warm day and I enjoyed every minute of it!

Old New Watch

I was desperately looking for my old watch and my mommy found it again! She's the best!
I'm following the flower trend as of now with my old new Oilily watch. Retro style :-)

Fré Got High

Fré had to go to the vet for his yearly checkup.
Because he hates the vet and we had to give him some sort of anesthetic the last time because he was so agressive, Nick went jogging with him and afterwards we gave him Acepe to calm him down. We gave him 6 tablets but nothing was happening. So we went to the vet and put on his muzzle for safety. He was a very good boy!
His vaccins were given and then the Acepe started to work. Fré has been high all evening! Super funny. We could do everything we want with him! So we played dressup :-) !

Pink Bib for Anna

This was the present I made for Anna, the baby we went to visit yesterday. 

Cute :-)

Chillin' With My Gnomies

I had a busy night!
We had to go to the dentist for my boyfriend's wisdom teeth. The professor said they all have to be taken out in September. My boyfriend chose to do this with just local anesthetics. Brave man! I remember going in, crying like baby. I was afraid I was going to die!

After the consult, we went on a babyvisit.
After that, we went picking up my order from the USA... A couple of weeks ago, David&Goliath Tees held a 2 days sales. Everything was -50%! I couldn't control myself and bought a whole pack of T-shirts and pajamas. They only ship to the USA, so I let my order go to one of my dad's old mates. They come to Belgium once a year for Rock Werchter. Before they leave for Werchter they come together every year at the same pub. I went to pick up my order there and  bought those old guys a round.
Because he was so nice to bring my order, I also bought him a T-shirt from David&Goliath. One with gnomes and the lettering: Chillin' with my gnomies". I thought it was perfect for Rock Werchter!
Thanks again, Robby! I'm going to sleep great in my new PJs!

Kung Fu Kitty

She knows all the secrets...

Sleeping Alone

I have not seen my boyfriend for the entire weekend, because of Graspop Metal Meeting at Dessel.
I'm so glad he's home, because I don't like sleeping alone :-) 
I've missed him <3