We Want To Know # 2

I missed last weeks 'new' Wednessday We Want To Know but not to worry I'm taking part this week.

Thanks Scriptor & Kenzie for hosting it:

So here are this weeks questions and answers:

{no. 1} Did you watch the Superbowl? Do you tend to like sports or do you only watch them if it is a big event or something a friend or spouse is in to?

No I did not watch the Superbowl … on account that I live in Belgium. However, I do know that the Baltimore Ravens won .. cause my blog buddy Amber is from Baltimore. But, I guess the Superbowl would be the same as say the Rugby World Cup (even if it only takes place every 4 years), then the answer would have been heck yes! Love me some rugby! Especially my beloved Springboks!

Sorry did I lose you there for a minute … my bad. Back to the list of questions ...

{no. 2} What is one thing you really like but cannot understand how or why other people do not?

Olives…. I don’t know how anyone cannot like olives …. they are sooo good!

{no. 3} Describe/explain one thing that annoys you on daily basis.

Rude people! Like when I get out of the lift in the morning and say ‘have a nice day’ and if I’m lucky one person might grunt something back.

{no. 4} What is one food you've been really into lately or something you have really craved at one point?

Cake! Is cake food? and Carpaccio. The cake I’m avoiding on purpose and the carpaccio I don’t make it at home, it’s something I like to have when we go out for dinner.

{no. 5} Name one thing you are saving or want to save money for.

A car

Craving!

I have been so good -  I’ve been avoiding stuffing my face with all things yummy. I’ve been walking, every night!  And it’s worked!  I’ve lost 4.2kg/ 9.2llb since I posted about my weight loss challenge.

But today, today I want this:

 

It made the news so it must be true ...

I don't have much time to watch the news on tv so I tend to listen to the radio on the way into work in the mornings and then, depending on how busy it is at work I'll try and have a look at the newspapers or read the metro on the train (free newspaper).

Here are just a couple of  news stories that I've noticed recently:

Menganno -- (Spanish for Joe Blow ) the super hero form Buenos Aires

According to the article he was a self-styled superhero, prowling the gritty outskirts of Buenos Aires wearing a mask and cartoonish outfit and armed only with a flashlight, compass and pepper spray as he took on bad guys. Only his cover was blown following at shoot-out with local thugs.

Easy enough for a dog to do: BUCHAREST - Stray dogs crossing at crosswalks are being used by the Romanian traffic police in a new safety campaign to convince pedestrians to be more careful. 

Would you vote for Vladimir?

 

Murder by vagina

and last, but by no means He's back!

LL-Cool-J – in da house!

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image via Google images

You know that LL-Cool-J is short for Ladies Love Cool James (real name James Todd Smith) well I have a little LL-Cool-J in my house. It is ridiculous. Yesterday I came home to found a pile of nearly 20 love letters given to Tiger (who’s middle name is James btw) by the girls in his year.

Some of them were one love letter from two girls. Other where a list of names and then he had to chose which girl he likes the best. And we you ask him who he likes best he just smiles and says ‘I don’t know’.

His sister is not much help either. Apparently, she told one of the poor girls (Emma) that she doesn’t stand a chance compared to two of the other girls. Since she is in the other class while Chloe & Chiara are in his class so they get to spend loads of time with him.

Chiara makes a point of saying hello to me and chatting to me (in her very limited English) whenever I make it to school for the pick-up. Seems she knows how important it is that the mom likes you.

Here I was thinking that at 8 boys think that girls are gross … maybe he’ll start thinking it at 10.

Cat, on the other hand is very quiet about who she likes. I know there are two boys she sort-of alternates between but she plays her cards very close to the vest.

O and this might be totally random but a very happy birthday to Tom Selleck who is turning 68 today. According to Cat he is looking very young.

Happy Birthday to Tom from probably the only 10 year old on the planet who thinks he is hot

Dancing and singing and sun

I can see blue skies! Amazing! we have one day of clear(-ish) blue skies and sun shine before the rain comes.  But we can’t complain too much, at least it is not as cold as it has been. We still to fresh snow on Saturday but most of it has been washed away by the rain the followed yesterday.

Well, now that we have the weather talk out the way, let me ask you how your weekend was?

Ours was good.

We sent the kids to my parents on Saturday night for a sleep-over while the man & I went to a combined 40^th.  It was fun. I can’t remember when last the two of us went to a party together.  I think we got home at about 2:30 so it was a good night.

Unfortunately I had to get up earlier than what I would have liked to after our night out, but I had to fetch the kids from my folks and drive to Duffle. We had tickets to go and see a pantomime.

Do you know what a panto is? If not I found this great website which will tell you all you have to know.

Anyway, we made it to Duffle and then we drove to Antwerp with my friend Noreen. We met up with some other friends and their kids so it was quite a group of us in the end.  Panto really is for the kids and it showed. The kids had a blast, they were shouting and dancing and taking part. There were times when Noreen & I just looked at each other cause the singing was SOOOOOO BAD! Honestly I had to bite my hand to stop myself from laughing out loud! (It would have been better if they were trying to sing badly, i/o just singing).

After a quick dinner we drove back home … poor kids, they got to bad long past their bedtime but they slept in the car so I didn’t feel too bad. Himself says I really ought to feel bad but it’s not often that they go to bed that late on a school night.  I’ll make sure they go to bed a bit earlier tonight.  I have loads of ironing to do in since I didn’t do any yesterday … so excited about that! (very sarcastic)

In my own hand

Today is the last time that Lena is hosting the Tuesday10 … which is a little sad. But, I’m very glad to know that as of next week we’ll be in the capable hands of Mindy. Thanks for taking over Mindy!

Joining Lena as co-host today is Cody (Solemn Sound) … Thanks ladies!

 

And since topic is handwriting I’ve written my post by hand only to realize that no-one will be able to read it. So I've added a typed out version below:

1. I hate writing with a black pen!  

2. I love writing with a blue pen!

3. I want a fine point pen.

4. I don’t like anything with runny ink like a felt tip pen.

5. I think my handwriting looks best when I write in pencil.

6. I turn my page on its side when I write … so the top of the page will be on my left

7. I like writing on lined paper

8. I can’t read my kids handwriting because they both learned to write in Belgium (weird cursive style)

9. I can change my handwriting so completely it looks like my aunts (she’s left handed)

10. I’m sad when I think how few people write things these days, soon no-one will know how to write anymore