Crying over MJ

Some people might think I’m ridicilous but this is just a quick shot of how I came through the memorial evening of Michael Jackson… together with my niece, the Kleenexbox was too small, and even at the end my son, Bart, was sobbing on the couch, realizing one of his big idols had left this world. [...]

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Gone Too Soon ! R.I.P. Michael Jackson.

You have always been in my life, your music helped me, comforted me, brought me joy, tears and hapiness. My first record ever, bought with my own money, was “Ben”… and all your music lingers on, I will never go anywhere without you! Goodbye Michael, Thank you!

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DON’T FORGET : today : When Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson get together… it feels like HOME !

Two of my idols, Yann Arthus Bertrand, one of world’s biggest photographers, and Luc Besson, again, one of world’s biggest filmmakers and producers, are associated in this wonderful movie which will start all over the world on June 5th, the entry will be free in every theater, everybody should go and see it ! HOME [...]

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Update on things… busy busy busy, and 40 for my love !

Things have been very busy lately, all our clients arrive for Easter or at the end of april, so houses to be opened, to be cleaned, pools clean and warm, gardens tidy, cars working, etc… Three new clients in a few days, that was boosting us to go on because crisis is hanging over our [...]

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St.Valentin entre Sand et Musset

Bien coquins nos écrivains   LETTRE DE GEORGE SAND À ALFRED DE MUSSET ! A lire du début à la fin pour comprendre l’humour de cette lettre! Je suis très émue de vous dire que j’ai bien compris l’autre soir que vous aviez toujours une envie folle de me faire danser. Je garde le souvenir [...]

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Irelands Call

Tomorrow 6 nations rugbycompetition starts again, starts off with Ireland-France, and one of the things I always love to hear and sing out loud is “Irelands Call” : Come the day and come the hour Come the power and the glory We have come to answer Our Country’s call From the four proud provinces of [...]

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Les Seigneurs de la mer (Sharkwater)

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How do you know…

How do you know if it’s real love ? Every night you think of what either seperates you from that person or what holds you together !

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A little update on things (as promised…)

Things have been a bit strange since the beginning of September. Good and bad things, happy and sad things, things of life! First of all, our house, family house, ‘was’ sold, it was a real relief, knowing we all could go on, my mother to a flat, we probably could have bought a fine home [...]

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AMERICAN DRIVE-IN CINEMA voor de 3e keer IN BREDA

Film: “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” , de nieuwste Indiana Jones uit 2008 met Harisson Ford!   Nodig vrienden, familie of relaties uit voor een unieke belevenis met een Amerikaanse filmavond vanuit de auto!! Vrijdagavond 12 september en zaterdagavond 13 september organiseert Rotary Club Mark en Aa alweer de 3e American Drive-In Cinema [...]

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Bart 10 !

  A super bike, a super b’day, loads of presents, nice lunch and cake, friends and family, wow I’m a teener !!!

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Angel 21 !

Happy b’day my Angel Michaela ! 21 ! That’s the age ! Go for it !

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Tante Simone, 100 !!!

Their great-great-Aunt Simone, 4 generations between them, very impressed, all of them, our children and their cousins came to wish her a happy 100th birthday !

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Afwikkeling Service Onno de Bruijn

Onno en ik kennen elkaar al… pfff, te lang om nog te noemen, we zaten samen op school, en zo spreken we elkaar iedere dag en dan ineens een paar jaar niet, en we blijven vriendjes. Hij is het wonderkind van Breda, de drummer die op hele jonge leeftijd al met de grootste bands mocht [...]

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Icare

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith – New clients ???

Brad and Angelina are around, they are staying in a huge house on Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, planning to give birth on the Riviera to their twins to come, but rumours are going that they want to buy a house. I’ve had several phonecalls from real estate agents who want to visit one particular house (that [...]

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Mijn Moeps

Last week was quite an emotional week, with a funeral (see my earlier post, on Tante Oek) and birthdays (Philippe also had his b’day on the 12th) so I didn’t really have time to write. Here’s to my lovely “Moeps”, a very special birthday (on the 10th) that we did celebrate after all, after our [...]

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Tante Oeke

My aunt Oeke was really the best with her heart as pure as gold. To me she was just so genuine and spontaneous so in my eyes she would never grow old. So intelligent to me, she, with the same amount of beauty in her heart. Of course she has had her share of pain and [...]

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Another of these days…

Just when you have another of these days, when things don’t go exactly the way you want them to go and you wish to be elsewhere… I just cheer myself up with some old videos that make me laugh… I love this, it lights me up, I should watch that Ally Mc Beal series again, just alot [...]

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Sinclair and La nouvelle Star

After Manu Katché, one of my favourite french artists, Sinclair, a great composer and artist, joined the new jury (see picture header) on the TV show ”Nouvelle Star” (french Idols). I am having a great time this afternoon, Bart is off for rugby, Philippe went with him training his team, Dorine is out with a friend, so here I am, [...]

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Au revoir Henri !

Sorry, but I just copied this from Wikipedia, Henri Salvador just died, I am sad, I loved this man, he would always make us laugh (with his famous laugh) and he could bring us the most nicest, funniest, romantic, swinging songs. We’ll miss you Henri, have a drink with Dad, he loved you too !(Specially [...]

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I finally sold that tree house ! The magic work of “La Cabane Perchée” !

This is a dream that we all had, as a child or later in life… Today “La Cabane Perchée” has build more than 50 tree-houses in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium ans Switzerland. I have known this firm for a long time and I have been waiting for ‘the’ moment to be able to sell one of [...]

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Sarkozy door Martin Bril

Iedere dag lees ik de webpagina van Martin Bril (met dank aan John wederom want ik vond deze link weer bij hem) en gisteren schreef deze over onze President Sarkozy. Ik ben blij dat te lezen dat Sarkozy toch niet overal slecht over komt. In onze tijd is hij een moderne man, die gaat scheiden, die gaat [...]

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‘s Josée

Van harte gefeliciteerd “grote zus”, ik zal niet ieder jaar overnieuw beginnen, (voor nieuwe lezers kan je hier mijn post van vorig jaar lezen) maar een hele dikke omhelzing en nog velen jaren !!!! Kus jezus…

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Papa

Cheers Daddy. We miss you !

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To my Friends

This is should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where one could read it everyday. You may not realize it, but it’s 100% true. 1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for. 2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way. 3. The [...]

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There is a purpose

People come  into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.   They have come to assist you [...]

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Funk this 2…

In my first post today ( I wrote 3 today, didn’t I have any work to do ?) on Chaka Khan’s “Funk it” you can listen to one of her new songs, Angel, here’s some more on it, knowing Chaka’s life and it is part of mine for a long time, this song is very touching. The whole [...]

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Funk this !

How could I have possibly forgotten to tell you that a new Ckaka album is out ! Check this out and click here to pre-listen to some of it ! It sure is funky, and I love it ! Chaka Khan does a brief interview about her foundation and performs her new single “Angel”: or maybe [...]

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An inconvenient Truth, I need to wake up

Having had a serious comments-conversation with Mike on his blog I decided I wanted to see that Al Gore movie, the Inconvenient Truth and so I did last night. (You see Mike, I didn’t even ran for it when it came out, so I’m not THAT hysterical about global warming !) I know what I [...]

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