More snow, more Chance

Heya everyone!

I survived the trip to the therapy and back. And then I uploaded some more pictures, read some incoming e-mails (still working on an answer for Sjak) and watched some DVD. When Joyce came home, we went for a walk with Chance and then we could also drop in at the Jan Linders for our evening meal. George told us he'd be home between 19:30 and 19:45, so we will wait for him. But after that, I will put my food in the microwave and get ready to eat (didn't want to cook...).

Today, 3 DVD boxsets I ordered at Amazon.co.uk (LOVE the low English Pound rates!) finally arrived! *yay* And Saturday I received Supernatural season 3 as well. Finally... Stupid Dutch TV DVD boxsets always take so long to come out... Sigh... Ah well, they promised us loads of cold weather for tomorrow, so I know where I'll be: inside with my laptop and a good DVD.

But I promised you some more pictures, so I will post them now.



A good girl in the snow.



"Will you play with me?"



Picture time!



Getting a cold behind in the snow



Playing with Joyce in/with the snow



Throw some more snow, please!



And a video I made this evening.

Hope you enjoyed it. I also made some pictures of the neighbourhood. Will upload them soon so I can post them as well. Please leave a comment if you like. I know I like getting nice comments to the posts I make *smile*

Have a good evening everyone. Be carefull when you need to get on the road and keep warm, it's getting cold out there!

Ta-ta for now,
Cynni xxx

Another vid

This is another video I made of Chance when we took our walk this morning. I uploaded it so you could all enjoy this as well.

Hopefully you'll enjoy it...



Much love, ta-ta for now,
Cynni xxx

Chance in the snow

Here you all can see how much Chance loves the snow *smile*.




I also made some vids, uploading one now for you all to see. So I will publish this blog in a minute, after I have the code to the video of Chance playing in the snow. I really hope there'll be snow in Center Parcs so she can enjoy it some more. And of course give me more opportunity to make pictures of it.

I will have to leave for therapy in about 45 minutes (as I am writing this) but I really don't want to. The road is slippery due to all the snow and I have to walk to the gym so well, not too enthousiastic about that. I guess, once I am busy there I will feel OK, but all the way through the snow. I am just afraid I will slip and get hurt and all. Maybe I am too cautius. I mean, walking with Chance went OK as well...



Ah well, here's the vid and I am going to prepare myself for the therapy.

Loads of love and hugs, till next time!
Cynni xxx

Hello everyone,

here I am, again. In about two hours I will have to leave the house to get to my therapy. It has snowed last night, about 5 cm (1,5 inch) of snow has covered all of Cuijk. So when I woke up around 9:45 this morning, I got dressed, got my snowboots on and took our little doggie out for a walk. I do believe that George has done the same before he went to work, but with all the snow, I saw a nice picture opportunity. So I made some pictures of the snow in our area and of course of Chance in it. I will upload them to my photobucket shortly and then share them with you all here in my blog.

I am now watching a Medium DVD (season 2) and trying to upload my pictures and add some video's to my photobucket. And I am trying to plan an interactive game weekend with some friends. But that seems quite a job to be. So I do hope we can find a date on which (most) people can join in.

I will post this blog now and come back when I have some pictures to show you.

Much love, ta-ta for now,
Cynni xxx

A whole new year

Hello everyone,

First of all: best wishes and all the best to all of you for 2009! Hopefuly all in good health and of course with loads of fun!

Just 8 more days to go and then finally we'll be taking the mini-vacation. I am really looking forward to it, it's been such a long time and I really could use a change of scenery. Being at home has some advantages, but after a while, it can drive you nuts. You feel like the walls are coming at you and that is why I am really looking forward to our small trip to Center Parcs Hochsauerland, Germany. I soooo hope there'll be snow for George and Joyce to ski on, and for Chance to play in (with me making pictures of course) I'll pack some books, my journal, laptop and psp and OF course my bikini and ready I am. Ok ok, warm clothes are welcome as are some things one wishes to eat and drink. I'm sure we can shop there as well, but some things I'd like to bring from home so I'm sure what we've got it to use!

I am now waiting for Joyce and George to come home from the fitness. I backed them some bread (it was pre-baked, no worries!) and I did my best on hoovering the livingroom and hall. Chance leaves a trace of many dark hairs... Now both Chance and Brutus are sleeping nicely in Chance's big bed (*yay for that*). I am having a cup of tea and reading Yvonne's "Twilight" book. Chapterfour now Yvonne ;-)

Last night we played Buzz on the PS3 (I finally found a PS3 version, it was sold out everywhere I asked so far) and it was fun. I kinda kicked both Joyce and George's @$$€$ so that was pretty cool... Ha ha! Then Joyce and I played some Guitar Hero World Tour. Me on the guitar and Joyce working the drums. We still suck though, only on a beginners level for me and Joyce is still practasing on easy with the drums. It is fun nevertheless and we do hope to become as good as some of our friends are (Gin, we hail Gin!)...

Ah well, back to waiting for my lovers and back to my tea before it's cold.

Ta-ta for now everyone!
Love, Cynni xxx

Goodbye 2008...
Welcome 2009!!!

Hello everyone,

welcome to my last blog of 2008. Almost done with this year, happpy times and sad times, difficult moments and also moments that are priceless have passed within the last twelve months.

I have been writing a flashback to 2008 in my journal. I bought it especially with that reason in the back of my mind. Reflect on myself and on the things that I've done and also were done to me. Many sad moments passed while I was writing, but also many things that made it worth while. A summery of 2008:

• End of January: hip troubles starting again.
• Early February: found the reason of my pain => no more cartilage between the bones.
• March: Joyce had a car accident and many things went not as I wanted them to go.
• April: first consult in Gent, Belgium, giving me some more hope for a BHR, with more tests to be done in the end of April and early May.
• April 30th: Joyce moving out of Zevenbergen and into our home in Cuijk.
• May 10th: Joyce and I celebrate our birthdays together. Joyce's family boycots it, giving her much pain.
• May 11th: my real birthday... George got drunk the night of the 10th on the 11th and threw up on me... Joyce got a nasty bugbite in her foot and I could go to the first aid center with her.
• Early June: our two German friends Swantje and Katha visited us for the weekend.
• June and July: the pain is getting worse, I've been walking with a crutch ever since the end of May and in the end of July I officially start working half days.
• August and September go by without any vacation plans...
• October 15th: my BHR surgery in Gent, Belgium. The surgery went OK but the hospital was NOTHING alike the Dutch ones and I so wanted to get out of there....
• October and November I've been living in the livingroom, bed and all. The muscleaches were bad and sometimes I felt really sick of all of it. BUT I went on, knowing I would be able to succeed.
• Now: I still have muscleaches that keep me awake at night. But I am still not giving up and I will succeed for sure.

BUT

I would not have been albe to go through this all without the love, care and support from people who care about me! THANK YOU to all of you, I guess you will know who you are *wink*.

Also a thank you to all old and new friends who accept me for who I am *big hug*!

In January we will finally have a short break, the first one since a week in Texel, October 2007! For 5 days we'll be "living" in a Center Parcs cottage, Hochsauerland, Germany. Hopefully there will be snow, since Joyce wants to learn how to ski. George is already good on them and they would be happy with snow. Mum is coming along as well. So when Joyce and George are in the cold, we'll do the grocery shopping and we'll visit the jaccuzi's in the Dome *smile*. Just 5 days taking it easy and not sitting at home the whole time. Some people think of being home on sick-leave is like being free from work. Yeah, I don't have to go to work. But not because I don't want to, but because I can't do my job yet. I am still doing my exercises and going to therapy and working on making my body like me again. I've walked "wrong" ever since the end of 1996. All the surgeries I've had did make my life a bit more easy, but my body had to get adjusted to the new situation each time. And this time, after 11 years, my right foot is facing forward, not outwards! But that also means my whole posture has changed and that is what's giving me all the muscleaches. Yeah I can walk again, better than before, but when I stop, my muscles all tell me that they really did not like it. But I have to keep going, they need to be able to adjust to the new way that I walk and live.

Ah well....

I am wishing you all a very good end of 2008 and a freakingly mad and terrific good start of 2009!

May all (y)our dreams for 2009 come true

Take care everyone,

Love Cynni xxx

Hello everyone,

here I am again. I "already" fixed two of the images. Will try to fix the other ones as soon as possible as well... I am working on it :D

Thanks for your patience!

Hello everyone!

After not using my account here for over two years (I see the links to the added pictures also died) I am back. I had my own hosted blog, but due to a change in providers, I lost it all... So I decided to use a webhosted blog again. It has some options that I loved on my own blog, so back to this blogspot account.

I know my WHOLE site has been affected because of the change. I am trying to get everything working again for sure, but some items already took alot of time the first time around so they will need a lot of time now as well. Please be patient with me...I am doing ALL I can...

Have a good 2009 everyone! I will be back to blog for sure!

Love,
Cynni xxx