This week I received the Happy 101 Award from the lovely Victoria of the Art House Design blog!
She wrote me that my blog makes her happy every time she comes over! Isn’t that wonderful to hear?!
Victoria, you make me so HAPPY with this! I appreciate it a lot! Thank you so much!!!
For those who do not know Victoria’s beautiful and inspirational blog, please click on the header of her blog.
So Victoria asked me to tell about 10 things that make me happy.
Here I go!
1/My family : my husband Jan and my son Anthony make me happy.
I love raising my son into a good and respectful young man. He is 14 years old now and I know that time is going on so fast and that he is growing up so fast. I have to enjoy every moment with him!
My husband supports me in everything I do and together, we are managing our business in the best way possible.
Watching my husband being happy with his grandchildren makes me happy!
2/ Family reunions : I so love gathering with our family. Especially when Nele (my husband’s daughter) and her husband
with the 2 grandchildren come to visit us.
My husband and his daughter with the grandchildren Alexa and Tristan.
I especially love summer reunions. Here a family reunion at my sisters last summer.
3/ Flowers : I really love flowers and love to decorate with these beauties.
This is a rambler rose, named Kir Royal, at the back of our house.
I can’t imagine living without flowers! Every week I bring fresh flowers to decorate my home.
4/Decorating : it is a way of destressing to me.
Sometimes it happens that I decorate and redo that same corner twice a week. I can’t help!
5/Inviting friends : to prepare a good meal (I have to admit that my husband is the best cook at home.) and setting the table for
friends and guests is making me happy.
My private cook!
6/France : going to France is making me so happy.
A city trip to Paris, spending our holiday at the south of France, visiting the wine castles at Bordeaux,
a search for antiques at Isle-sur-la-Sorgue,….. I adore the French way of living. It makes me happy!
A few years ago at the Ritz in Paris.
A view from Eze Village on the Mediterranean Sea, I took 2 years ago.
Me in one of the antiques shops at Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
7/ Castles : I love visiting castles. In Belgium there are a lot of beautiful castles to visit. Lucky me!
The interiors of them give me inspiration for my job!
The Castle of Beloeil.
8/Satisfied clients : one of the very important things in my life that really makes me happy and that gives me satisfaction!
9/ Reading books and magazines : mostly related to my job.
It is relaxing reading a book or a magazine, in the evening, after a busy day of work.
10/ Blogging : It makes me so happy that I met all these wonderful people through blogging!!! Some of them became
very good friends! I am so thankful for that.
This is my home office, where I also spend a lot of time blogging.
So now it is my turn to tag 10 other bloggers with this HAPPY 101 Award !
I would love to hear from them the 10 things that make them happy.
Have a wonderful weekend!
xx
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Happy Arbor Day! Founded by J. Sterling Morton in 1872, Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April and encourages tree planting and care. To celebrate here are some tips, facts and ways to help or our beloved trees.
Take care of your trees by pruning them. It is important to prune both ornamental and shade trees for our safety, the tree's health and of course to keep it beautiful. Pruning is also used to stimulate fruit production and increase the value of timber. For more tips on how and when to prune trees, please visit the National Forest Service.
Plant a tree. I didn't know this, but if a tree is planted correctly, it will grow twice as fast and live at least twice as long as one that is incorrectly planted. Go to ArborDay.org to find out how to plant a containerized tree the right way.
Teach our youth about the importance of trees. ArborDay.org has fun & educational online games for children to learn such things as how seeds take root, the anatomy of a tree and the life of the forest. Teachers and parents also have access to volunteer opportunities, school curriculum and other educational resources that get kids excited about learning and caring for trees.
On another earth-friendly note, the winner of the waste-free lunch Food Kozy from Kids Konserve is Lauren. She was lucky comment #6. Congrats!
It is not too late to receive the 15% discount off all products at Kids Konserve - please use coupon code: "earth15" at checkout (expires 5.8.10). And many thanks to Kids Konserve for sponsoring such a wonderful giveaway and for helping keep our planet healthy.
Happy Arbor Day! Now go hug a tree...
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Our huge TAG SALE is today April 30th from 3pm - 7 pm and Saturday May 1st from 7 am - 12 pm. I ran out of time to take more pictures but here are some of the other items that will be for sale:
To all the bloggers who left comments that you may be coming - thanks! Sorry that I didn't get back to everyone personally. Definitely ask for me when you come to the sale - would love to meet you.
Facing his former club for the first time on Tuesday
The England midfielder, who never faced United during four seasons at Real Madrid, will get the opportunity during a second loan spell at Milan from the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS.
AC Milan hosts United on Tuesday as the Champions League resumes after a two-month break, with the eight first-leg matches in the first knockout round split over two weeks.
An Italian source in Milan says,”Beckham will start on the right side of midfield with Pato just ahead of him in a 4-3-3 formation. Beckham has played up front in a three and it hasn’t worked – he is too old for all of that running around – but he is better off on the right of midfield, and we think he will start. That’s what we have been told and that is what has appeared in the press today.”
Beckham has been on the bench for the last two Serie A matches could replace Gennaro Gattuso in an attacking midfield line-up alongside Andrea Pirlo and Massimo Ambrosini. This position on the pitch suits his style of play much better than on the right side of the three man attack for Milan. It is expected that Alexandre Pato and Ronaldinho will then form a three-man attack with striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
David Beckham playing for Man. United vs. Leeds United in 2003
David Beckham did say it will be difficult to keep his emotions in check, but he admits this is the first time he will want Man. United to lose a match.
“As an AC Milan player, I want to beat Manchester United and to say that as a Man U fan is quite difficult. As much as it is emotional for me personally, it is important that we win the game. I am a Milan player and I want us to play well in the game and progress to the next stage.”
Beckham left Old Trafford under a cloud in 2003 after 394 appearances in 11 years, with manager Sir Alex Ferguson frustrated by the then-England captain’s celebrity lifestyle.
