Rachelle's Life

The IKEA observation

2013-11-07T19:40:00.001+01:00

Never knew I could feel this awkward in a store. The cheapness (in both ways of the meanig) in IKEA attracts certain types of people. The Dutch types explained.

TYPE 1
Moms in their early 30's with a stoller, flowerly shirt and second baby on the way, driving through this huge warehouse with their best friend., knowing her husband doesn't care about the wallpaper, the vases or the "SӦDERHAMN"couch. She cares.

TYPE 2
The desperate all-time single 45-year-old woman with a backpack. Wearing the wrong type of glasses, make-up and out-dated skirt. Walking 'round the store with free tiny IKEA pencils to write down all the funiture she could buy if she were to live with some sort of 'male person', some day.

TYPE 3
The confused boyfriend ; 'why did I agree to give up my Saturday out with the guys for quality time with you, again?' Yes, I see 'em thinking. He's probably heading home with candles, fluffy red-hearted pillows and a red/white checked bedspread.

TYPE 4
The spouses with nothing else to do since their kids moved out and they don't have to drive them to school or sports. They continue their shopping after they've had their meatball-lunch. (Ugh).

TYPE 5
The poor college students with tag-along grandparents who will pay for everything for the dorm room and are happy to finally spend time with their grandchild, eating a slice of $0,50 apple pie.

TYPE 6
Parents with 4-year-olds who have been bugging them since 6 this morning, desperate for a place to drop them: Småland.

Speaking of Småland, this place put up a sign saying: 'Pick up your kids here'. Well, never knew pregnancies went down this easy. Wanne-be moms; you are invited.

TYPE 7
Always the undescribed type. The type I stare at for a minute, and wonder what their occupation is. What made you so sad you had to cry in a "SKALUM" blanket for $4.99?

TYPE 8
Me. Sitting in what they here call a 'bistro' (you just totally ruined the image of a bistro, IKEA), drinking my refill coffee from a housebrand cup, wasting time while waiting on parentals to return from their walk around the store.

IKEA: I Know Everyone's Awkwardness.

Love, Rachelle

Happiness

2013-10-30T19:31:00.001+01:00

What is happiness?

pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction

Is it waking up on the right side of the bed?
Is it that person that smiles at you on the train?
Is it knowing that you have a free evening?
Is it being in a good mood?
Is it that one last kiss when your love leaves you?
Is it a grandpa and grandma standing under an umbrella together, looking like they've just fallen in love?
It is the feeling after two drinks?
Is it having a good hair day?
Is it that one cheesy joke that made you smile?
Is it graduating high school and knowing you never have to return to that horrible place again?
Is it the words 'I love you'?
Is it a good grade?
Is it the Friday afternoon?
Is it a good conversation?
Is it a beautiful word?

Happiness is the opposite of Misery.

Back in town!

2013-10-20T15:57:00.000+02:00

Dear all,

Yes, I am still alive! How have you all been? What has changed: I graduated from high school & I found motivation and inspiration to start blogging again! To be honest, I have been cheating on all of you for a while now... I've started a new blog without informing. From now on, you'll be able to find me on : Joesje I'm also planning on posting some blogs here, depending on the subjects.

Hope to keep entertaining you with my stories,

Love, Rachelle

So called friends

2011-05-05T17:05:00.006+02:00

Dear all,

How many friends have you got on Facebook or any other alike social media page? Most people have hundreds, only a few have got a handful. Studies show that you can only have about 200 real friends. The rest are just very vague acquaintances or family members you never even talk to. Why do we want to befriend so many people online? What's our goal?

If you take a look at your friends list you would find that only 150 to 200 people are actual friends. I guess you're just quick in adding because you've met him or her before, said hi to him/her in the hallway, or it's your best friend's sister. Why would you want to follow all updates of people you barely know?

One reason could be boredom, just checking people's statuses for fun. Minding other people's business just because you can.

Another reason for having so many social media friends is promoting your pictures, website or band. Telling the world about your product - it doesn't matter who looks.

I can say from experience that I get annoyed with people, who I might know pretty well, that keep putting lyrics in their status or update their whereabout every 10 minutes. I mean, I really don't wanna know that your sister threw you off the coach, you ate potatoes for breakfast or crave a bag Jolly Ranchers. Yep I bet you're gonna check my page now to see if I wrote one of these things in my statuses, but I'll save you the trouble - trust me, I didn't. :-)

I just had to write this blog because today I've been getting so many annoying updates. Honey, if you're heartbroken find a friend, don't spill your life on the web. And to you, keep the amounts of food you eat to yourself. I don't want to count your calories for you. And to you, who keeps spamming my page with 'fun day with ---' without telling me who and what you did. Be more specific or leave it!

Okay. I'm done. * Sigh *

Love,

Rachelle

Cocoa Butter Vaseline

2011-05-05T13:38:00.002+02:00

Hola todos,

So while I was in Limburg my lips ripped or something. It hurt so bad! I didn't have a good chap stick with me so I had to buy a new one. I got the Cocoa Butter Vaseline, which is pocket size and I love the cocoa flavor :)

- 2 euros

- smells really nice

- smooth and works amazingly well - healed my lips right away!

- not sticky

- soft lips (hehehehehe)

I definitely recommend this :) !

Love,Rachelle

Mother's Day Gift

2011-05-05T12:48:00.003+02:00

Hello you,

So Mother's day is coming up. I never know what to buy my mom... I mean, she always says she doesn't mind and doesn't want anything. But after all she's done for me - the diapers, the shopping, the food, the cooking, the shoulder, the advice, (I could go on but I'm in tears already... gosh!)...

I have to buy her something.

So I was thinking... A pedicure? She was talking about getting her nails done and I know a nice place in town... I guess I'll give her a pedicure and flowers!

Chocolates are sooo 2010, shopping is something we do on a regular base and going out for dinner - don't even get me started on that one. Since we were in Limburg this week I've been eating at restaurants and cafés way too many times. Conclusion; I need to start watching what I eat. And to start off in a good way; I'm going to volleyball at the beach in an hour. With my personal trainer Claudia.

Love,Rachelle

T-Mobile trouble

2011-05-04T11:19:00.003+02:00

Dear all,

I've been having some big trouble with T-Mobile (The Netherlands).

This is my second year with them. My plan has a 1000 texts and 100 minutes. For this I (only) pay 17 euros, which is one of the cheapest plans of the moment. I'm such a texter... I text all day long. But, I never ever text more than a 1000 a month. I also check the website to see how many texts I have left, to make sure I don't go past that amount.

Now, last month, I was checking "My T-Mobile" and I saw that I had only 14 texts left. I decided to stop texting. That day I only sent 2 messages... That same night I checked the website again, and saw that I had exceeded beyond my 1000 texts with 6 euros. This went on for days till it ended up being 13 euros. I called and wrote to T-Mobile but they kept telling me they couldn't do anything but wait on my bill and then check.

Got the bill; and guess what? 12 euros extra + the regular costs. Yay - not.

I'm writing a complaint once again and hopefully there will be a solution but I'm prepared for the worst- having to pay that bill.

To be continued!

Having trouble with T-Mobile too? Let me know and I'll blog about it!

Love,Rachelle

Thermae2000

2011-05-04T10:21:00.005+02:00

Hello you,

So we're on spring break here. Two weeks ago and I believe last week also, the weather was amazing. Almost like summer... I was hoping for a sunny spring break but unfortunately Mother Nature is being a --- . The lines define the word nice lady.

I was in Limburg, the most southern province of Holland, on Monday and Tuesday. The weather down there was better than my town, even though it was windy. The drive was very long and we got to Maastricht at like 2 pm. We had lunch and then shopped for a little while. The day after that I shopped again... (confession of a shopaholic... I admit to spending too much!) But hey, it's not like I shop on a daily base... AND I stopped myself from buying a bikini. Twice. Oh oh.

So anyway, after all the shopping, we got on our way to Thermae2000. Does it sound like a rocket or a vacuum cleaner you buy on the TellSell channel - yes. But what is it? It's a spa with natural water sources. They've got indoor and outdoor baths, whirlpools, a solarium, relax cinema, bars, restaurants, a hotel, massage chairs, sauna's, and more! It's the perfect place to relax and feel no stress.

The only thing that I would definitely would not recommend is to come on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month... It all comes down to this; everybody is naked. Enjoy.

We didn't know about this but luckily we came on the first Tuesday of the month, which means you've got to wear swim wear in all places of the building. I wouldn't have been comfortable if I'd have to go naked... I actually wouldn't have gone at all. I think that's pretty disgusting and not only that. I think and know a lot of (old) men would look at you. Ewwwwww. I'd feel so creeped out!

So, the pools are very warm and nice. There are tons of sauna's. I loved the Roman and the Turkish ones. They both weren't too hot and smelled like mint. There were showers everywhere, provided with shampoo, soap and scrub. Okay I could go on about Thermae2000 but doesn't it sound like the perfect place to be?

Entrance costs about 30 euros (45 dollars), it's far from my house, but it's soooo chill.

Love,Rachelle

Nails

2011-05-01T17:08:00.005+02:00

Dear all,

This morning I was googling summery nail art. Then I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LXtajmi0Mw&feature=player_embedded on this website: http://glamgirl.webklik.nl/page/nagelslakken

Inspirated by this video, I did it myself :)

What you need; base coat, white and multiple colors.

- apply 2 layers of base coat

- apply 2 layers of white polish

- take 3-6 colors that match, wipe off the brush so it doesn't drip on your nail, apply fine dots.

- apply a layer of clear coat

It's actually not that hard, 'cause even if you do mess up the dots, like I did on a lot of nails, it looks fine. It's almost like a painting to me :)

Definitely worth the try!

Love,Rachelle

Catching up to do

2011-05-01T15:51:00.004+02:00

Hello all,

Long time no talk! Honestly I've got no good excuse for not posting anything for so long. But hopefully this long time has given me a lot of new inspiration for new blogs :). To continue on my nail drama - they are still so breakable and short and just don't want to grow any longer somehow. The oil that I bought in February doesn't seem to work and I just gave up all hope I had. Hopefully my nails will grow again this summer...

Also, I never updated my webshop! I promise to do this very soon.

My blog exists exactly a year this month! Please see the chart above. My blog has known some ups and downs but I can definitely thank that to myself; forgetting to blog :/ Ugh!

So, time for new pictures, subjects and maybe even a new layout!

Love,Rachelle

I designed this at Converse.com

2011-03-27T17:23:00.002+02:00

Dear all,

I designed this a little while ago on the Converse website. I'm actually not considering buying them, since it wouldn't fit with any of my outfits... and yea, the colors all together look a bit odd and too funky for me. But oh well, I had fun designing these kicks :)

These cost $69 by the way... Not too bad for self designed ones knowing that regular 'original' Converse already cost $45.

Unfortunately Converse doesn't ship internationally :( ughhhhhhh... No pretty Converses for me I guess...

http://www.converse.com/#/products/shoes/converseone/builder/staPlaEVMid1101,,,241877614

Love,Rachelle

DON'T DO IT!!!!

2011-02-24T15:22:00.005+01:00

Dear all,

It's been a while since I last posted...wait it's been a month! Wow, I'm sorry!

Remember how I wrote about my acrylic nails? Well, after two weeks my nails started to grow out so my acrylic ones on top seemed longer (which was a big frustration since all cream, butter, make-up, food, etc. would get under my nails...). My thumb also got had a huge chip so I had to file it off. And, last but not least (hehe) 3 or 4 of them were badly damaged. The manicurist told me that they would stay on for three to four weeks. Well sir, it was no longer than two, unfortuantely... Got a lot of compliments though :)

I decided I was gonna take them off and not get a new pair. This cost me ten euro's. Doesn't seem like a lot, but I had already paid for the set which was 35 euro's. In total; 45 euro's spent on my flippin' nails.

The manicure salon wasn't too busy today so I went in the afternoon. First the manicurist put a cotton ball with aceton on my nails and wrapped them in foil. My nails would have to soak for five to ten minutes. What a horrible smell, by the way! After that, my acrylic nails would be all mushy and what not so she scraped them off. Some of my nails came off without

too much pressure, some really really reallllllly hurt BECAUSE they were still stuck to my real nails. Ouchhhhh!!! She then filed them and put on a clear coat. My (real) nails were actually pretty long but she cut off like all of it, so now I have little stumps. -Sigh-. Also, I don't understand why she put on a clear coat 'cause my nails are in repair and need to heal, and now ?!?! Oh, I'm confused. Removing my acrylic nails took about 4o minutes...

I went straight to a pharmacy to get Herome Exit Damaged Nails, which is a repairing oil that you have to massage onto your nails daily for a week. I hope it helps because...oh gosh, it cost me another 12,50 euro's. I'm broke!!!

As I was home, I removed the clear coat right away because that's just bs. Why would you put nailpolish on severely damaged nails?! I then massaged the oil. It smells pretty nice, by the way! :D

So, conclusion. My nails are short, they hurt like *%^#*@, this all cost me way too much money and I'm definitely not doin' this ever again.

@ FAIL.

Love,Rachelle

Was it worth it?

2011-01-30T10:16:00.006+01:00

Hola todos,

After a week long of testing, I decided I should treat myself to a manicure. A friend of mine got acryl nails and it sounded like something I wanted to try too. Hehe :)

I got a nice amount of money long due from my ex-employer so I didn't have to feel guilty at all...

The manicure guy was really nice... but spoke barely any Dutch haha. It took him an hour and a half to get my nails done. He put all sorts of powders and polishes on my nails and gosh! at some point I said; could we please take a break?! hahaha. Couldn't sit still any longer :)

Anyway, the result is really nice. My nails are French manicured, and it will stay on for 3 to 4 weeks. You can go back to redo it, for another 27euros (this was 35 by the way) or you can take them off for 10 euros... mmm..... Still thinking about what I wanna do hehe =]

The only thing is, I can't put any pressure on the tips of my nails. That really hurts :(

and I can't pick up any small or thin things, including money, hair clips and paper.

Was it worth it? Or is it too much trouble? I'll talk about it again next week hehe :)

if your claws are out, you might as well paint them. ;-)

Love,Rachelle

No more midterms :)!

2011-01-29T15:38:00.007+01:00

Dear all,

Yayy! I'm so happy! No more midterms :) And it's finally weekend...

I think my midterms went well, except Dutch. A lot of people got a bad grade...including me :/

Hopefully my other grades will be better! I'm eager to get my results! Because in the end, it's all about the grades.

But seriously, after I got home on Friday, I was flippin' tired and had a headache.

Didn't get the chance to take a picture of someone wearing sweatpants unfortunately... I was so close lol! :P

I'm guessing the next few weeks will be quiet, so more time for other things beside school! :)

Running, babysitting, hanging out, etc. That would be sooooo nice.

By the way, I'm posting new items on my web shop soon so please stay tuned!

Love,Rachelle

Something I noticed...

2011-01-25T12:52:00.002+01:00

Dear lovely readers,

A quick update today.

My Dutch midterm went well!

Just got home and ready to put my head in them books again :/

I have three tests tomorrow which I really need to study for...

Since we don't follow any lessons during midterms-week, nobody really cares about their looks. I see people wearing sweatpants, make-upless faces, hair tied up and unbrushed, people with glasses instead of their contacts.... What's going on?!

(I'll try to post a picture of someone wearing sweatpants as soon as I get the chance, hehe!)

Hug, Rachelle

Relax, take it easy.

2011-01-24T15:53:00.006+01:00

Dear nerdssss, 8-)

My midterms started today! Some students refere to it as hell, I will just call it a nerdy week. The tests that we get are just as hard as the ones you get during the year, so I don't see the point in stressing out. Some people, however, look like this is the last day of their lives.... Really, I should've taken my camera with me today. Those faces...haha. Halarious. But guys, come on. You have the chance to retake some midterms, I bet you wouldn't be stressing out if you had studied during the weekend instead of going to a soccer game, hung out with ya boyfriend, or visited yo grannies. It's (in most cases) your own fault. It's the truth, I'm just being realistic here.

For English, I had to prepare a subject free of choice; so I chose Thanksgiving. The teacher and I had a nice chat about this celebration, talked about Christmas and Sinterklaas and I told a little about myself. Oh wait, I also had to read a 30sentence-fragment to him. What a joy! :-D

After lunch, I had my history test. Even if you don't know an answer, fill something in! Some teachers really are that stupid. I was laughing to myself during the test, thinking about the person that is going to grade my midterm 'oh that sounds poetic, must be the right answer! -check-' haha, oh boy.

And, last and surely least!!!, cultural arts. That is the most laughable subject evah. It's about theaterish things, mostly everything to do with acting. All I heard of was that we had to read all six chapters, but apparently, thank you havo-students, we also had to expand on the show that we saw. And according to them, the test counts for 50% of your final grade. Okay, honestly I didn't believe that but somewhere in the back of my head an alarm bell rang. And yes, when we got the test it actually said 50% but I'm assuming it is 1% like our teacher told us...

Good luck studying! (:

<3, Rachelle

Midterms how-to

2011-01-23T16:36:00.002+01:00

click on the picture to zoom in!

Let's goooo!

2011-01-21T21:59:00.005+01:00

Dear all,

It's the weekend before my midterms-week. This whole week I've been concentrating on my homework; last midterm-week I had a quiet week and enough time to study. Now I didn't... I had this feeling eleven midterms would be A LOT, but exactly it's okay with me. I'm the kind of student that studies for 4-5 subjects each day, instead of just the ones for the following day. So I'm sure I know everything well enough :-) *nerd alert*. And my tests don't seem to be really hard. I hope they're not... :/

Well, I'm gonna keep my head in the books again.

It could happen that I won't write any new blogs for a couple of days, it could not.

Everybody with midterms this week; good luck to you all! Keep up the good work :D!

Love,Rachelle

Lost in Amsterdam.

2011-01-21T09:14:00.012+01:00

Dear all,

Lost in Amsterdam?! How could a Dutch person ever be lost in her own country? Well people, let me explain.

Yesterday, I was on a trip to Amsterdam with a couple of classmates and some random people from other classes that I didn't know (yet). It was voluntary, this trip. But, the things that we would do and visit that day would count as points for CKV ('cultural arts'). The only thing we really have to do for this class is visit museums, theaters, movies, etc. and write a report about it. It was free so I decided to go to Amsterdam instead of school.

Together with 19 other students and 2 CulturalArts teachers, we took the train to A'dam. The first thing we did when we arrived was have a tour with a guide through the city. She showed us a lot of historical places and explained about several things that happened in the past, how life was for nuns, for shelterless kids, for rich people, etc.

Yea, you know what I'm thinking. booooooooring. We walked for an hour and a half, I was so done with it!

We had to walk all the way to the Van Gogh museum from the point where the tour ended. Apparently we arrived way too late so we only had 30 minutes to look around the museum. Which was kinda a good thing haha... I hate museums. And Van Gogh isn't that amazing either, sorry. haha :) He wasn't even famous until years after his death....

At 1, we had a break for 1 and a half hour. The four of us realized it would be better if we first walked to the next destination before we'd have lunch. We were planning on getting there in 10 minutes.... apparently we needed to go to the OTHER side of Amsterdam! Nobody had told us anything. We were so pissed. Lost...yes that's the word. To brighten up the freakin' walk, we asked several passing people in English if they knew how to get to Waterlooplein. Haha, so I put on my American accent and so did the other girls :) some stupid ladies were talking to each other in Dutch like; 'no Tina, it's the other way I'm sure!' Hahaha. I was just looking at them like I didn't understand. What a joy! The walk was 45 minutes by the way...

Exhausted and mad, we arrived at the MacDonald's, had our lunch and went to the MusicTheater a block away. We had a tour in the theater itself, but also 'behind the scenes' stuff. The lady who toured us didn't speak that loud so I have no idea what she told us. Yea, it was pretty boring once again.

Thank goodness for the best part of that day; the workshop! Together with another school, we had to act out scenes and sing and introduce ourselves to each other. It was pretty fun. I'm not that into acting, but the people who really know me know I love to fake a cry once in a while haha. It was fun! Especially because the guy who led us was British and he didn't understand any Dutch. The perfect opportunity for me to hear and speak some 'real' English again! :)

The workshop lasted about 2 hours. Afterwards, three girls and me went to get pizza across from the theater building. We had a nice time! :)

We walked around town a bit, got some ice cream and watched the opera. Gosh it was boring! I mean, opera. They constantly sing everything. Even the word 'yes'. Yeeeeeeeeees. And the story didn't contain a story, if ya know what I'm saying. It was about a fox and a hunter. They fell in love. He shot the fox?! I'm not quite sure what happened, haha. All I know is, it took too long, I was tired and I wanted to go home after the teachers made this day such a bad organised one!

So, finally the opera was finished. The applause lasted about.... 10-15 minutes?! We decided to run out to get our jackets and get ready to hit to the stationnnn. But, the rest of the group held us up -sigh-. I wanted to go home! Locking arms with another girl who could barely walk, we strolled to the metro station and were there just in time. The teacher made a bad move by saying 'are you sure you can stroll down to the train in 6 minutes with feet like that?'. Oh, we were mad. We made it to the train 20 minutes early and we had to wait in the cold. Talking about submitting complaints about the teachers because they took off, without letting us know, to get something hot to drink?! Riiiiight.

Okay, so confusing long sunny but somehow fun day?

I love Amsterdam, not if you have to rush to see everything.

Love,Rachelle

Keeping you posted...

2011-01-17T17:32:00.002+01:00

Dear readers,

So Rachelle has come up with a new project. What am I getting myself into? Yea, that's something I don't know yet.

What I'm planning on doing this, and next week is spamming you with my midterms-week. I'll tell you all about what I study, what music I listen to to relax during this stressful week, what I'm drinking, etc. Really, everything! Pictures of course also!

So, are you prepared? At least I am.

1: before it all begins
Okay. so next week's midterms-week. We have this four times a year and this is my first year, second time this year. In the first three years of our high school in Holland, we just have tests. These, unfortunately, count as exam grades.

Last midterms-week, I had six tests. Now I have eleven, including a math do-over. Here's the list of my tests:
monday: english, history, art
tuesday: dutch
wednesday: management&organisation, spanish, literature
thursday: math
friday: science, economics, math do-over

Surprisingly, I'm not stressed or nervous at all! I just laugh at my books sometimes to brighten up the studying haha. Yes. No I was kidding of course. ;-)

This weekend I had already looked over history, economics and Management&Organisation. I was planning on studying some other tests today. Never got to it and right now it's 5.38 pm. toooo late to start anything new, right?

Side note: we don't have to go to any classes next week! you just come to school to do the tests and go back home to study for the next one. :-D

Last time, I was constantly drinking coffee and other bad caffeine-containing crap. I kicked the habit and this midterms-week I will only drink tea and soda's. That last one isn't that healthy either. Oh well. Gotta have some fun in life:)

Anyway, that was it for now. Keeping you posted on any new developments... hehehe

Love alwaysssssss,Rachelle

Wake up everybody

2011-01-05T20:06:00.004+01:00

Dear readers,

Hope you all had a great new year's eve! Nobody lost any fingers lighting fireworks? Okay, good! I think a lot of us want to start this year off fresh, with new plans, sports, friends, fun things in general... Too bad there's always school. Year in, year out.

I know my first week's been pretty hectic so far, so here are some tips to help you stay awake, alert and ready to ace those tests :-D

-drink tea ; keeps ya eyes open. 4-6 cups a day will help reduce stress hormone levels.

-take a walk ; a five-minute walk will help freshen up your mind

-let the music play; there are people who just can't concentrate with music on (*raises hand*) and there are some who can. Stop all schoolwork, put on a song or two, sing a long, pause your iTunes, and get back to work.

-flirt ; uhm yes no kidding. It gets the heart and brain working full speed! It's energizing :)

-2 and no more! ; you can't keep your head in the game after 2 hours. Just quite, do something else, go eat, sleep, whatever! Two is enough!

-freeeeze! take a cold shower. It wakes you up, believe me haha. If you're chicken and think you'll die, try putting the shower on 'cold' the last two minutes you're enjoying the rain.

-BRIGHT COLORS! yes, wearing bright colors and fun patterns makes you feel happy and peppy.

- Peanut butter....lemon time?! smell a lemon. I'm serious! citrus scents stimulate alertness ; the Vitamin C inside = miracle worker.

Good luck to you, sleepy people :) <3

Love,Rachelle

2011.

2010-12-30T21:13:00.007+01:00

Dear readers,

So this was 2010! What will 2011 bring us?

I do not expect everybody to be on their laptops/computers/internet in general tomorrow, since we're all gonna be busy preparing food, hanging out with friends and family members and celebrating new year's eve :)

I want to wish you all a greaaaaat day! Have fun,

enjoy, and last but certainly not least, be safe (especially you Dutch people; fireworks are dangeroussss!)

A shout-out to all Rachelle's Life readers of this year since May; thank you so much for supporting me so far and I hope to continue writing in 2011 and more years to come!

Keep the good things coming in 2011 ;-)

Love,Rachelle

Happy mood, happy song!

2010-12-29T13:42:00.004+01:00

Dear all,

Unfortunately no real blog post today, due to babysitting for about..uhm..8 hours?! It's gonna be a long day haha. Hope it's gonna be fun though :)

I'm in such a good mood, and this song really makes my mood even better.

You should definitely listen to it! Stay the Night - James Blunt

If this is what we've got, then what we've got is gold.

Enjoy!

Love always, Rachelle

Sieradenkistje.nl

2010-12-27T19:40:00.005+01:00

Dear readers,

Hope everyone had a good Christmas, with friends and family, presents and food. It didn't really snow here on Christmas day, though I believe I saw a couple snow flakes fall down....I don't even remember. haha. I checked Facebook about an hour ago and was amazed about all those statuses saying '16 inches of snow!!!' I'm so jealous!

So now that Christmas is over and ya'll got your money and gift cards, I thought this would be the perfect time to introduce you to www.sieradenkistje.nl ('jewelry box'). This website sells bracelets, rings and necklaces. Unfortunately ordering is only available to those living in The Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom. I was planning on buying the ring showed above, which is only € 6,50, plus shipping cost €7,50 and I think that's pretty cheap!
You can pay using PayPal, Ideal or sending the money in advance.

I will keep you posted on my orders (:

xoxo,
Rachelle

Lalalalalala

2010-12-23T14:33:00.013+01:00

I think everybody in Holland has heard of this show; The Voice Of Holland. It´s just another one of those talent shows where they want to find the next best singer but you know they won´t find him or her from the beginning. Yet a new show to watch on a Friday night, yet more of the same.

The only thing different about The Voice is that in the first couple of rounds, the jury has their backs turned away from the singers, so they won't be able to see them - just hear them. This makes choosing the 'good' singers easier, because you can't judge their clothing or personality in general.

So you get excited once in a while because someone has a really nice voice. And once in a while you hear someone sing SO BAD, you just want to watch another show. Been there, done that.

What I never understand is that the judges keep saying ´THAT WAS JUST AMAZING!´ while everybody knows that was just awful. I think judges should be judges and not be entertainers who just want to please the crowd. But hey, that´s just my opinion.

And i´m sorry to whine about this show. You´re probably wondering why I even watch it. But it´s just picky old me. Take these guys above for example! Lenny and Ben. Don´t look too ´super star´-ish, huh?

Guy number one, Ben, is the most beloved singer on this show, so I don´t even doubt he is going to win. He is going to, just because he´s different, looks interesting (yes?) and has a nice voice. He also lives in the same town, by the way. Totally forgot to mention that. Important stuff, Rachelle...