tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138511342024-03-19T04:54:17.280+01:00GoofballsworldSometimes goofy, sometimes tired and grumpy, sometimes cheerful and sunny, sometimes lazy, sometimes too busy.... welcome to my world!!Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.comBlogger4685125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-91052408907222785672024-03-18T19:10:00.001+01:002024-03-18T19:10:00.133+01:00Beertje's birthday party There has been a birthday recently...Beertje turned 8 years earlier. He had requested to have his birthday party at the climbing centre in Leuven where both boys have been before on other birthday parties or with school. Good enough, that's quite easy for us since we just have to pay and show up. After a short explanation how to secure themselves , in a child-friendly systemGoofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-53984812658756158692024-03-17T18:19:00.004+01:002024-03-17T18:19:00.134+01:00New transportAfter weeks at home, except for getting a few rides, I started to get out of the house more often again by the end of February. Public transportAfter the first couple of weeks, my colleague couldn't give me a lift and I felt self-assured enough to take the bus and train to go to the office. Luckily enough I live in the center of Leuven with lots of nearby bus connections and we also Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-44758586637567056292024-03-15T17:57:00.045+01:002024-03-15T19:38:55.702+01:00Beertje's conversations - March 2024Het gaat nu veel gemakkelijker zijn (kreeg nieuwe grotere iPad) Mama, nu ik dat kan, kijk nu heb ik dit gedaan (ik had hem screenshots op zijn iPad geleerd en hoe hij startscherm kon wijzigen) Waarom zegt iedereen altijd dat de andere kant van de wereld China is? Dat is helemaal niet de andere kant. Ik heb het gemeten en dat is hierzo (toont op een wereldbol) Als jij klein was, had jij dan veel Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-10852406973913250072024-03-14T17:55:00.019+01:002024-03-14T17:55:00.144+01:00We keep on turning #wedraaiendoor: Grace Jones : La vie en roseEach Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, style, lyric, style, location or whatever crosses in our mind. We never know what the next song will be chosen and are forced to explore beyond our comfort zone due to each other's choices. You Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-33144641410516759672024-03-12T18:22:00.001+01:002024-03-12T18:22:00.139+01:00Tulips Spring is coming and it's so great to bring some of those first spring vibes into the house. Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-7079038039770712702024-03-11T18:05:00.003+01:002024-03-11T18:05:00.131+01:00Visiting secondary schoolsWe've spent our last 3 Saturdays visiting secondary schools in Leuven to get to know them and start thinking about the choice Kabouter needs to take next year. Lots of marketing stories with school programs that resemble a lot, but in the end you can't really learn the different cultures truly from such an open door. Pff, hard if you didn't grow up in a region and simply "know" the schools Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-53559836849151183592024-03-10T18:25:00.002+01:002024-03-10T18:25:00.159+01:00RevalidationIt's been 6 weeks since my ski accident that tore my knee ligament. Since two weeks, I finally know the verdict that avoids surgery. After the first hesitation and the first fearful steps along the bathroom sink, holding on, I started taking my brace off consistently indoors when moving on the same floor. Well in our house full of staircases, that means I spent a lot of Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-77403160540159047872024-03-09T17:55:00.001+01:002024-03-09T17:55:00.128+01:00Belpop BonanzaI like to think I am immune to FB ads but the 30CC add at the end of 2023 has triggered me. When I saw that a Belpop Bonanza show was getting scheduled I figured it would make a good holiday present. Isn't it always hard to buy a gift for adults who seem to have everything? Well buying them an experience seems better sometimes.I contacted a friend to check agenda's in secret andGoofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-77045041918677415682024-03-07T17:38:00.010+01:002024-03-07T17:38:00.140+01:00We keep on turning #wedraaiendoor: Tamino - Cigar Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, style, lyric, style, location or whatever crosses in our mind. We never know what the next song will be chosen and are forced to explore beyond our comfort zone due to each other's choices. Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-47325468512755327092024-03-04T17:30:00.005+01:002024-03-04T17:30:00.137+01:00Glasses In January, I went to my annual check-up at the ophthalmologist and I was convinced I'd get a prescription for some glasses. She had predicted it to me a few years ago that I had come to the age that I'd need reading glasses. And much to my shock I had indeed been moving some food packages back and forth to see some small ingredients. And when I had a splinter in my fingerGoofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-92055018650977673192024-03-03T17:25:00.006+01:002024-03-03T17:25:00.139+01:00Our dependency of our smartphoneEarly February, I woke up, and my phone had a full memory. Just half awake, I figured he had tried to download an update or so, so I quickly rebooted the phone. But then it got stuck on the login screen. Totally stuck. It seemed on and when I pushed the side buttons I got the screen to turn off again, but any swipe on the screen didn't respond. After a while it asked my Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-7078908664280131342024-03-01T18:20:00.022+01:002024-03-01T21:48:28.254+01:00The last New Year's lettersIt has become a solid tradition in Jan's family to read the last New Year's letters in the 2nd half of February. Apparently, all agenda's are always incompatible earlier. It has an advantage that it is far from all the gatherings and rush from the Christmas holidays, and in that sense maybe a bit more enjoyable. But it does feel strange to wish each other happy New Year so late. Kabouter Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-67445324535392487352024-02-29T18:16:00.023+01:002024-02-29T18:16:00.132+01:00We keep on turning #wedraaiendoor: Camila Cabello - Havana Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, style, lyric, style, location or whatever crosses in our mind. We never know what the next song will be chosen and are forced to explore beyond our comfort zone due to each other's choices. Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-44183132570628477082024-02-28T18:50:00.003+01:002024-02-28T18:50:00.130+01:00Count your blessings - February 2024Colleagues doing detours to pick you up and drive you to the office now and then. At least I've been out of Leuven 5 times in a full month. Escaping just in time the main road where farmers blocked the road on that commute. Jan ordering pancakes to be delivered at home for us at the start of FebruaryGathering with my cousins for the first time in years and really having good open Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-60070165762304749262024-02-27T17:52:00.003+01:002024-02-27T17:52:00.133+01:00Kabouter conversations - February 2024Ik denk dat jij volgende keer niet meer zal willen skiën.Ik weet al wat je gaat zeggenIk heb mezelf hier aan het bed vastgelijmd omdat ik een klimaatactivist benK: Mama sommige reclames werken te goed met zo’n muziekjes die ik dan hele tijd moet zingen. Nu zing ik de hele tijd “where is the sun”. G: van wat maakt dat reclameK: Van LenorMama, ik heb de hele week geen huiswerk! Blijkbaar Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-50845877847046998372024-02-26T17:48:00.001+01:002024-02-26T17:48:00.124+01:00With my mom to a cat caféIn order to break a bit our lockdown vacation and because I couldn't drive to my mom's as I usually do in the weekend, she came to Leuven by train. Much to the children's fun, I booked an appointment in the nearby Poescafé again and I introduced the concept of a cat pub. Somehow the children have managed to convince my mother into a card game which might have been her first game in herGoofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-75226479929423498352024-02-25T18:00:00.005+01:002024-02-25T18:00:00.235+01:00The mystery of my too small ski bootsWhen skiing the first two days, I increasingly had sore feet. You might be surprised, but I own my own ski equipment, which we bought about 13-14 years ago I believe when we got our property in the east of Belgium. We were enthusiastic and hoping to ski each year in Ovifat. It had been 12 years ago since we had been on a ski vacation. After all that time I had forgotten Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-56661120642219565152024-02-24T17:14:00.002+01:002024-02-24T17:36:04.589+01:00Our lockdown vacation Jan was travelling in the US during the children's spring vacation break. I had planned some days off so we could hang out in the east of Belgium together and to get some variation I had in mind to spend a day in the Brussels museums and then the boys could do 2 days of camp to also spend some time with other children and energetic youth leaders. But with my brace I cannot drive Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-85301362907914849322024-02-23T21:46:00.000+01:002024-02-23T21:46:33.227+01:00Diagnosis "So what happened?" "What's wrong" "How long do you need to be in this" Since my ski accident end of January, I am stuck in an impressive brace where I hear I jokes that I'm robocop now. For people that. have seen it on picture first, it seems bigger in real life.Tomorrow it's been 4 weeks since I had my accident and it finally seems to become clear what happened and what is the Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-39566893752619384022024-02-22T19:46:00.001+01:002024-02-22T22:09:29.980+01:00We keep on turning #wedraaiendoor: Eric Carmen - All by myselfEach Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, style, lyric, style, location or whatever crosses in our mind. We never know what the next song will be chosen and are forced to explore beyond our comfort zone due to each other's choices. You Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-71481012464367360542024-02-18T17:47:00.001+01:002024-02-18T17:47:00.126+01:00A new reunion with my Australian host sister in GenevaIt had been 11 years that I had been in Geneva. That means it had also been 11 years since I last met my Australian host sister who now lives over a decade in Geneva. After she lived with us when I was only 11 years old, we reunited at my wedding which was so incredible and then had some visits in 2010 and 2013 respectively. And than both our lives with our respective families Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-66204656479566457422024-02-17T17:46:00.001+01:002024-02-17T17:46:00.135+01:00Family time on skis in the shadow of the Mont BlancFrom our short-ski trip I guess I enjoyed hanging out with my crew together in this magnificent scenery...and we had so much sunny warm days (nope, I didn't curse the sun like most skiers). Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-43994445284306608902024-02-16T18:50:00.012+01:002024-02-16T18:50:00.138+01:00Beertje's conversations - February 2024Ligt het aan mij of lijkt dat wat op een kalkoenkostuum? (tijdens gala van de gouden K’s)Ik denk dat het is vastgemagneet aan de kantenWij komen van de natuur en mensen snappen dat niet… kijk wat ze doen! Waarom! (Zwerfvuil langs straat)Ik kom gewoon knuffelenG: Kuis je mond eens af. Die hangt weer nog vol sausB: Moet dat? G: ik denk dat het tijd wordt dat je een liefje hebt dat je wat properder Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-2570730506006979732024-02-15T18:45:00.001+01:002024-02-15T18:45:00.157+01:00We keep on turning #wedraaiendoor: Mr Big - To be with. you Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, style, lyric, style, location or whatever crosses in our mind. We never know what the next song will be chosen and are forced to explore beyond our comfort zone due to each other's choices.You Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851134.post-81687363053205755282024-02-14T17:45:00.004+01:002024-02-16T12:07:17.660+01:00Beertje & Kabouter learn to skiOur boys had never skied before and we wanted to give them the chance to learn it in their childhood as for some reason it's so much easier when you learn young. I had to learn how to ski as an adult and I've never truly got the hang of it. So for years I have hold off going on a ski vacation : first they were much too young anyhow, then there was the epidemic but also the Goofballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155032632164828945noreply@blogger.com3