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Eindelijk weer eens wat activiteit op a cappella gebied: Ik heb een recensie geschreven voor BALK over de nieuwste cd van Rock4. Je vindt de recensie hier.

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Nu Anton zes maanden is, krijgen we steeds vaker de vraag "Dus jullie zijn nu zeker ook met bijvoeding begonnen?". En inderdaad, dat zijn we. We geven bijvoeding volgens de Rapley-methode. En dat moeten we dan vervolgens vaak even uitleggen, want veel mensen kennen dit niet. Gill Rapley heeft de (eigenlijk eeuwenoude) methode nieuw leven ingeblazen door er een boek over te schrijven. Zij noemt

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We kwamen er laatst achter dat het bijna vakantie is! Vroeger leefde je weken naar dat grote moment toe, en nu besef je opeens dat het bijna zover is. En aangezien er nog heel wat geregeld moet worden, hebben we maar eens een lijstje gemaakt. We willen dit jaar gewoon lekker weer eens gaan kamperen in eigen land, mits het weer het toelaat. Vandaag hebben we (punt 1 van ons lijstje) de grote

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Onze Anton is een heel vrolijk mannetje. Vorige week kreeg hij van de trouwambtenaar bij de bruiloft van zijn oom en tante een beertje en hij is er helemaal gek op!

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Anton is te groot geworden om in de wieg te slapen. De lengte is geen probleem, maar de wieg is niet meer breed genoeg. Sinds vorige week slaapt hij daarom in zijn grote bed: Oh nee, dat is het verkeerde grote bed. Dit is zijn nieuwe bed: Mooi hè?

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Daar waar hij eerst alleen een grote grijns liet zien, laat hij nu steeds vaker ook geluid horen als hij lacht. Gisteren was hij in een wel heel opperbest humeur en kon ik dit nieuwe, nog zeldzame fenomeen zowaar op film vastleggen:

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Hieronder een aantal persoonlijke tips. Doe er je voordeel mee ;) - Slabbetjes met klitteband zijn handiger dan slabbetjes met drukknopen. - Als je babykleertjes koopt, let dan op de rekbaarheid van de stof. Niets is zo vervelend als stugge armsgaten waar je zo'n klein babyarmpje doorheen moet trekken/duwen/proppen/wurmen. - Na de geboorte krijgt je kindje direct een mutsje op het hoofd (tegen

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... wordt bepaalt door het ritme van de voedingen ... is af en toe uitputtend ... maar is heel bijzonder en mooi ... en maakt al het andere onbelangrijk 's Nachts word ik wakker van een naar melk smakkend kind, en dan denk ik: "Hoe kan dat nou, ik heb hem er toch net weer ingelegd?" Maar een blik op de klok zegt me dat de laatste voeding alweer 3 uur geleden is en hij dus weer aan de beurt is.

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We proudly present our son Anton, born this morning at 10.25:

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Het is heerlijk rustig thuis en ik vermaak me prima! Het voorjaar begint te komen. Buiten beginnen de krokussen te bloeien, binnen staan de tulpen op tafel en op zolder staat onze Azoreaanse plant te overwinteren. Deze laatste hebben we als zaadje meegenomen van onze vakantie op de Azoren in 2009. Afgelopen zomer hebben we de zaadjes geplant in de tuin en er kwam een plant uit die inmiddels zo'n

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From today on, officially, I am allowed to give birth at home. For my foreign friends this might seem strange, but in the Netherlands it's quite common to stay at home during delivery. And I really hope and wish I can stay at home, because I don't like hospitals much and I prefer to be in a place I feel relaxed. Of course, when things are difficult or whenever there are complications, I'll be

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Today I finished my cross stitch Pooh Bear calender!! This is the result of many years of work (hobby I should say). Now all I need to do is frame it and hang it in the baby room :D (click to enlarge)

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Het bed moet omhoog. We staan bij de thuiszorgwinkel om de klossen (en nog wat andere spulletjes) op te halen. Nadat ik aangeef wat we nodig hebben, kijkt de mevrouw achter de balie vluchtig naar m'n buik en vraagt hoeveel weken ik zwanger ben. "Zesendertig", antwoord ik, en weer gaat de blik omlaag naar mijn buik, die verscholen in een dikke winterjas niet echt opvalt. "Zo, dat doe je netjes",

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It's all about work now and I can't wait for the day I can put it out of my mind for a while. The reorganization at my work is making everybody nervous and stressed, and although we made good progress last week, I still don't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Three more days of work and planning ahead of me now. I hope I can finish it all with a good feeling, to return at the end of May

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Today it felt and smelt like spring outside! And we discovered the first signs of spring in our garden:

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I'm still counting down the days at work: 7 more to go and then my maternity leave starts. I can't wait! Although I must say I'm still doing fine at work. The tempo and intensity of my tasks have decreased quite a bit, but that's okay. I do have the feeling my brain is slowing down as well. I can't take in new information as easily as I could, I am easily confused and I experience busy situations

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In tegenstelling tot de energieboost die ik had willen opdoen in de kerstvakantie om daarmee 'fluitend' de laatste weekjes op het werk door te komen, werden we overvallen door een kleine griepgolf in huis en voel ik me steeds meer een waggelend oud vrouwtje. Dus doe ik het maar wat rustiger aan allemaal. Dat is niet erg, en het gaat helemaal vanzelf. De dagen op het werk tel ik nu echt af, tot

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Ever since passing the "30 weeks" I feel like time is flying and due date is rushing nearer. I am really looking forward to it, and to prepare I am collecting and buying the final things we need for our baby. I believe the only thing we still need is a baby alarm and (sooner or later) a bigger car. Today I even bought diapers, which was quite a task because *pfff* there are so many different

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Dit weekend staat er een a cappella kerstconcert op ons programma in Münster, van Maybebop. Een jaar geleden heb ik al kaartjes gekocht, en ik kijk er al weken naar uit. Het weer is ook helemaal in kerststemming, overal ligt een dikke laag sneeuw. Gelukkig kunnen we een auto met winterbanden lenen, wat wel heel erg belangrijk blijkt te zijn. Op de hoofdwegen is er weinig aan de hand, maar in

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Maybe I've shown you the following movie some weeks ago:  PITS en KeK in concert from Rogier IJmker on Vimeo. This is the result video which I shot during the festival and is finally online now:

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My mother and I sewed the curtains for the baby room this weekend :) They are blue with golden stars: 

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The Sinterklaas party on Saturday got canceled due to the bad weather. It's no good traveling through a snow storm to the other side of the country. Thinking of how to spend the hours at home I decided to bake some "boy or girl cookies" ;-) I'd also like to know your expectations, so please vote on the poll in the right bar on this website. For the rest, not much is happening. I've tidied up

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Afgelopen week voor het eerst naar de zwangerschapsbegeleiding geweest. Gewoon bij een fysiotherapeut, niks geen zweverig gedoe zoals zwangerschapsjoga. Het was erg leuk, met elf dikke buiken in een kring oefeningen doen voor spieren waarvan je niet eens wist dat je ze hebt. Erg informatief en ik denk zeker nuttig voor mij. Op mijn werk begin ik toch te merken dat het lichamelijk wat zwaarder

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Is this thing I'm feeling the famous "need" of getting everything ready for the baby? I just had to go shopping today. Ok, the fact that the big store with baby clothes and other baby necessities is offering a discount of 15% on their entire assortment did help to make me feel this way. Anyway, we bought some tiny clothes, socks and things like that and mommy feels really happy now :D For the

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Na een dagje ziek thuis te hebben gezeten met keelpijn en hoofdpijn, was het tijd voor het Totaal Vokaal Festival Oost van BALK, in Ulft. Ziek of niet ziek, ik moest erbij zijn. Gelukkig was ik redelijk opgeknapt na het dagje rust en hebben we een hele leuke dag gehad in Ulft. Lekker gezongen met Half Past Nine en gefilmd bij The Essence, Amusing en VPS KeK. Binnenkort op Youtube natuurlijk!

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Today my mother and I sewed the fabric for the cradle. The cradle is 55 years old and our baby will be the third generation sleeping in it. My grandfather made the cradle from old wood which was meant to be thrown away.

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Dit weekend ben ik niet thuis. Het is het jaarlijkse weekendje weg met m´n vriendinnen van de middelbare school. We zitten in een Landal huisje met internet, en aangezien er ook een laptop mee is (nee, niet die van mij), kan ik toch nog even wat schrijven. Van de 9 meiden zijn er op dit moment 4 zwanger, ik ben de eerste die straks gaat bevallen en in de twee maanden na mij zijn de andere 3 aan

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It looks like we have a new pet, living in our garden....

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The furniture we ordered, arrived after five days! That's why we have been furnishing the baby bedroom this weekend, which is a lot sooner than I expected! It was a lot of fun and we are very happy with the result. It looks a bit boring/empty on the pictures, but that will change of course. And we still have to hang a shelf, but we'll do that later. (click the picture to enlarge)

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De afgelopen weken ben ik op marktplaats op zoek geweest naar een commode. Nieuw kopen leek ons niet perse nodig. In de loop der weken hebben we ook besloten de grote kledingkast, die nu nog op de babykamer staat, weg te doen en een kleinere kledingkast aan te schaffen. Dat betekende dat de zoektocht op marktplaats werd uitgebreid naar een commode en een kast in dezelfde stijl (een bedje hebben

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Last Wednesday we went for our ultrasound (20 weeks). Quite exciting, but also fun. The baby is developing normally and we could see it move. I can feel it move a lot as well lately. It's a very special feeling. But I can imagine it could keep me awake when the movements are getting more powerful in a few weeks... We didn't want to know the gender of our baby, so that will still be a big surprise

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Wat is de Nederlandse taal toch moeilijk. Regelmatig vallen mij in de lokale krantjes artikelen op die geschreven zijn door mensen die blijkbaar zoveel mogelijk informatie in zo min mogelijk zinnen willen proppen, wat gewoonweg foutief Nederlands oplevert. Vandaag in de Weekendkrant een artikeltje op de voorpagina over een dementerende vrouw die vermist werd (en gelukkig weer gevonden is): "De 61

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Afgelopen weekend bracht mijn schoonzus een doos mee met allemaal positiekleding van haar zwangerschappen. Gisteren had ik geen puf om de boel te gaan passen, maar vanmorgen heb ik eens even alles aangetrokken en de berg in twee stapels verdeeld. De eerste stapel met kleding die niet past, me niet staat, of absoluut niet mijn smaak is. De andere stapel met kleding die past en die ik leuk vind. De

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Last Thursday it was my birthday, but I didn't celebrate it that day. I had to work, and in the evening I was singing with my choir. On Saturday our parents and brother and sisters came by and we celebrated my birthday with a delicious lunch. The weather was so good, we could even sit outside in the garden! I can't remember such nice weather on my birthday before. One of the presents I got, is a

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Eerder deze week kwam manlief thuis met twee kortingsbonnen van Lief!. Dat is natuurlijk altijd mooi meegenomen. Vandaag ging ik eens even kijken in de winkel. Het assortiment van Lief! bestaat voornamelijk uit kinderkleding, maar ze hebben ook tassen, accessoires en verzorgingsproducten. Een erg leuk winkeltje. Doordat er wel veel dingen specifiek op jongens of meisjes gericht waren, en wij niet

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There we are, 18 weeks and the little baby inside is 20 cm now! Whooo, can you imagine? That's quite big already! Sometimes I feel a little movement inside my belly and I'm quite sure it has nothing to do with digesting my food ;) On the other hand, the movements are very small, so I'm still not 100% sure it's him/her.Although, what else could it be? :P The amount of energy I have varies from

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Het zijn de Mama Mazzeldagen bij Prenatal. Tot 20% korting op het gehele assortiment! Daar moeten we natuurlijk naar toe. We hebben een heleboel spullen nodig, lijkt me. En het is leuk om ideeën op te doen, toch? Daar lopen we dan, in een overvolle winkel tussen spelende kinderen en vrouwen met nog dikkere buiken dan ik. De afdeling babykleding slaan we over, als ik daar ga beginnen, dan is het

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Whoo! A lot has happened this week. I went shopping with my mom and found some nice clothing which I will be able to wear the coming months. Martin and I also had an appointment with the midwife. We heard the heart of our little baby beat - it's so special to hear this! We are also slowly furnishing the baby bedroom and clearing out things. For instance, I'm reorganizing my wardrobe and we're

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Wat een heerlijk weertje gisteren!! Ter ere van Anne's 65e verjaardag zijn we met z'n elven naar Zutphen geweest en daar hebben we eerst koffie/thee gedronken in De Pelikaan en daarna hebben we een boottocht over de IJssel gemaakt in zo'n luxe sloep. Heerlijk in het zonnetje gelegen op een kussen voorop de boot en gerelaxed :) Daarna nog lekker uit eten en toen was de koek ook wel weer op. Een

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Nooit gedacht dat die paar kleine zaadjes het zo goed zouden doen!

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This weekend VPS KeK had to perform twice. Of course, I came along to make pictures, and to capture audio and video material. Don't ask me if they sang okay, because I was quite busy operating the three different devices (photo camera, video camera and sound recorder). But, as far as I can judge their performance, it was great. The audience was really enthusiastic and so were the guys themselves.

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Our garden is beautiful (thanks to the previous owners of our house), but slowly we're changing small things to make it more a garden of our own. We had to cut back a lot of bushes and trees in the past few months and planted some new bushes, because some died last winter. On one side of the garden we have a lot of roses. First, I loved them, but not anymore. There's always the problem with when

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Planning a holiday is supposed to be a nice activity, right? For us, it often comes with some stress. That's because we are always a bit late with planning our holiday. In the past we would always go camping and we never made reservations or whatsoever. But the past few years we like to go a bit further away and reservations are inevitable. This year, we thought about going to Norway. In April I

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Back in March I made some recordings for the vocal group Drienerlalala during the Dutch Festival for Vocal Ensembles in Almelo. Today I discovered the movies are online on YouTube, so if you like a cappella you should have a look. They don't sing every note in tune, but their subtle humor and the fun they have during the performance make them a group I always love to watch when I get the chance.

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-47665625342748393492010-06-10T23:55:00.002+02:002010-06-11T15:39:39.789+02:00

One of the things that is keeping Martin busy these days is singing. Not only with his quintet Amusing, which has actually started to be more amusing in the past few months (which is a compliment really), but also with his still pretty new vocal group VPS KeK. Thanks to RJ the group now has its own website and I can recommend you to check it regularly, because they intend to upload new things all

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And after that busiest week of the year came another busy week, with two nights filled with a cappella music in the theater and lots of other activities. Meanwhile, my "to do" list has grown and is not really shortening yet... But, today, I've finally planted strawberry plants in our garden, I've been to the travel agency to get some travel brochures (wheee! :D) and I enjoyed the beautiful

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-35193950595339055462010-04-16T17:47:00.000+02:002010-04-16T17:47:57.568+02:00

concerning birthdays... Next Sunday it's Martins birthday and I've just chosen the cakes I'm going to make tomorrow. So if you like cheesecake or "Fantaschnitten mit Pfirsichschmand", you should come over on Sunday to try some :) Now all I have to do is think of something to eat for dinner for 6-10 (?) people on Sunday... And make a grocery list!

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-24404651071716102392010-04-13T11:00:00.001+02:002010-04-13T12:27:09.853+02:00

I'm in a James Bond mood, sorry. I was just practicing a medley for my choir with James Bond themes - that's all - and I thought it was about time to write something in my blog. I almost never have time to kill, but if you are bored I guarantee the following will fill at least the next hour, if not the next two hours. Let's say it's a small a cappella sub road I'm taking here. Maybe you've heard

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I'm browsing the internet to find the best place to buy some a cappella cd's. I was hoping to find one online shop where I could find all the cd's that are on my wish list. Not that I would buy them all at once (I don't want to hurt my bank account too much all of a sudden), but just to know that I could buy them all at once (and by knowing, maybe I would buy them all anyway). But that shop

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-18374204526013434292010-03-29T19:17:00.000+02:002010-03-29T19:17:45.449+02:00

It's been a while since I wrote a review for my website. I haven't visited that many concerts in the past months, due to... due to what actually? Maybe the fact Martin and I are both too occupied with other things (singing with VPS KeK, singing with Amusing, singing with Half Past Nine, you name it...) caused it. Anyway, to see Rock4 last Friday was definitely a good thing to do! And I even found

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That's what I call dessert! :D The only "problem" is, I ate this at 14.30 after a huge lunch and now I'm not hungry anymore. Guess I'll skip dinner completely today.

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Maybe you know the monthly Sightseer Newsletter from Google. Martin always receives it and showed me the following question: Can you find where this feature is in Google Earth? Here are a few clues: This location can now be "viewed" from the "street" as part of a recent update. It is in the half of the world now experiencing increasingly longer days and shorter nights. The location was once

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I'm updating my a cappella fansite. I will probably upload the newer version in another couple of days. Slowly my website is growing into a compilation of all the a cappella / vocal groups I know. Right now I've listed 68 groups on my website: A'Cappella Expresss, Aquabella, Audiofeels, Basix, Basta, Bauchklang, The Bolyki Brothers, Boyz Nite Out, Cadence, Cash-n-go, Chapter 6, Cluster, Cosmos,

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Aaah, the fifteenth Sparkassen-A-Capella-Festival in Dortmund is coming up (May 23/24)! I don't know if we'll go there, but there'll definitely be a good chance. Here's the line-up: Vor dem Start des Festivals schnuppern Newcomer große Festival-Luft: In diesem Jahr stehen who’s that? aus Köln auf der Bühne. Die 6-Zylinder gehören schon viele Jahre zur ersten Garde der Vokalsembles. Mit ihrer

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I read a nice article in the local newspaper. It's about workshops for (amateur) photographers, among them a workshop about photographing a live band. Wow, I bet I can learn a lot of cool stuff there!! This week I took a look at the events website..... the prices to participate start at 200 Euro..... and after reading all about the event I guess I'm a bit too much an amateur to participate.... *

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I still don't know the word 'boring'. The past week has been a good example of that. I decided I could write about it in this blog, which I hope to revive the coming time. With so many different things I do during the week, there should be enough to write about, right? So here's an overview of last week: Saturday Dutch Festival for Vocal Ensembles. I spent the complete day in Almelo, heard/saw

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With Facebook as a main tool to communicate with friends and stay up to date with lots of people and vocal groups around the world, this blog is slowly becoming unnecessary. My main interest at the moment is expanding my 'a cappella collection', by finding and listening to new vocal groups. The scope of content at Facebook is growing enormously, and an attempt to do networking there, in a

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Despite the two hours delay on the way there, caused by a problem with one of my rear tires, and despite the storm on the first night, I had a wonderful weekend camping with friends in the dunes near the North Sea. I'm really glad I noticed the ticking sound in my right rear tire when I slowed down because of a traffic jam and I'm also glad I decided to leave the highway to find out what it was.

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-11418083183151079542009-08-26T21:47:00.001+02:002010-04-04T12:24:57.733+02:00

Azores (Faial & São Miguel) 2009

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Monday night we got back home from our holiday on the Azores. We spent one week on the island Faial and one week on the island São Miguel. Both places were beautiful! We've been exploring the green islands and saw big volcanoes, hot sulfur springs and steaming fumaroles, huge crater lakes, steep cliffs, beautiful waterfalls and about a dozen sperm whales. The over 1800 pictures have already

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With not much vocal activities right now (no choir rehearsals, no festival organization and administration, etc.) there's lots of time to watch movies in the evenings. I can recommend V for Vendetta, The Prestige, The Wedding Planner and The Holiday. The first two are really great if you love original, unexpected plots and the last two movies are more 'girls only' and should be watched with a

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Today I felt a bit like a kid on fathers day. You know the feeling when you made something special in school for your dad, with a little poem which said "you are the best dad in the world!" and you'd feel proud when you could give it to him. Today I felt so proud of my dad. He came to visit us - and he came by bike. For those who don't know: he doesn't live next door, he lives practically on the

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And because all good things come in three: I've written another review for my website. The last one for this season. It's a review from our trip to the island Borkum which included a Wise Guys concert. Apart from the concert, we had a wonderful weekend on the island with sun, sea and beach.

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I've just uploaded a new review on my website. This time an English one, describing the concert from Vocaldente in a cave in Balve (Germany) last Saturday. It's less detailed than usual, but I don't think it's short. Somehow I am not able to write short reviews. But I can write short blog posts! -end-

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Endlich ist es da, mein Bericht vom A Cappella Festival in Dortmund zu Pfingsten! Ich weiß übrigens nicht, ob ich nochmals ein so langer Bericht auf Deutsch schreiben werde. Pfffff.... das hat Stunden gedauert! Hahahaha. Wäre schön, wenn ein paar Leute es lesen würden und mir davon berichten, ob dass es gut ist ;)

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I'm still here, don't worry. Just a bit busy. June is a pretty full month this year. Our vocal festival Amusing Hengelo took place last weekend and it was fantastic. Due to this festival though, I didn't have time to finish the review I'm writing about the a cappella festival in Dortmund, which was also absolutely fantastic. I hope to finish writing it today. It's a bit hard, because my notes are

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This story is bizarre. Nine years ago, my father-in-law sold the Landrover they had owned for years. The Landrover was very typical for my father-in-law, because he had converted it into a mobile home. He was a very handy man who liked to invent things. They always went camping with the Landrover and when Martin and his sister were young, they all four slept in the car. Mom and dad in the back,

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-4400280035813138272009-05-22T09:59:00.005+02:002010-04-04T12:28:49.121+02:00

Danke Dani! Die Regeln 1. Beantworte die Fragen und füge Sie auf deinem Blog ein. 2. Ersetze eine Frage die du nicht magst durch eine neue und füge zusätzlich eine weitere Neue hinzu. 3. Tag 8 weitere Leute! Was, 8?? So viele Blogschreiber kenne ich gar nicht! Das Spiel 1. Welches Parfüm benutzt du zur Zeit? Gar keine, ist das schlimm? 2. Song des Tages? Also heute? k.A. Blöde Frage, die

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-28700086732793718812009-05-17T14:16:00.006+02:002010-04-04T12:29:04.062+02:00

(click to enlarge)

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Vocaldente has finally uploaded sound snippets from their new album and the latest videocast is online. I always like the Maybebop podcasts, there are 22 of them already! I just watched their latest one. Voicemale is about to start their new show "At the movies" which sounds like fun. Just when I think I know quite a lot of different vocal groups already, my brother sends me a link with a

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That was the discovery some friends and I made yesterday. I meet these friends few times a year (because I don't live so nearby) and almost every year we are spending a weekend together somewhere in a holiday-residence. But yesterday we only met to drink tea, chat, make and eat dinner and watch a movie in the evening. A couple of years ago, we said: What will it be like, later, when some of us

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-43607246217422997052009-05-05T07:49:00.001+02:002010-04-04T12:31:05.171+02:00

Later as I wanted, but still sooner as expected, is it online: My new website!! Rebuilding it was necessary, because I wanted to share so many information. The old structure of the website didn’t quite fit to that. I hope people will like the new design and content! I want to invite you to have a look at corine.located.nl and I would love to read your comments in my guestbook.

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Somewhere in the first week of May, my new website will be online. It just had to happen now! For those who want to have a look at the old site, here's your last chance!!

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-72922083712316672172009-04-22T21:04:00.004+02:002010-04-04T12:31:42.123+02:00

...ich habe gerade entdeckt, dass wir die Wise Guys in diesem Jahr wahrscheinlich gar nicht sehen können. Ich wollte eigentlich noch Karten für das Konzert in Osnabrück kaufen (November), aber da ich an dem Abend Generalprobe für zwei große Konzerte mit 'meinem' Chor habe wird das wohl nichts. Dann gibt es noch die Möglichkeit, Ende Juni nach Köln zu fahren für das Konzert im Tanzbrunnen, aber

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-58316255075551075382009-04-22T20:12:00.005+02:002010-04-04T12:32:07.732+02:00

My grandmother is 83 years old and some years ago, she got a computer and I taught her how type and how to send e-mail. Her handwriting is very bad, so now she can communicate with people by writing e-mail or by writing a text in Word, printing it and sending it as a normal letter. It is fantastic how she learned this and I'm proud of her! Today my mother had to come over, to "put a new pen into

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-82412356058216894622009-04-14T09:12:00.005+02:002010-04-04T12:32:27.177+02:00

Yesterday it was my mothers birthday, but we decided to visit our new-born nephew first. It was only a "little" detour - we didn't mind. After 450 km and having seen many relatives we got back home and found a hungry cat waiting for us :)

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It's the 12th of April and I haven't blogged anything in April yet! It must be the beautiful weather, I'm outside in our garden most of the time right now. I've removed old leaves and lots of weeds and I've been staining the banisters (finally got that job done). In the meantime I'm working on my new website every now and then, with help from Martin. The website will be published in the first

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-27450891036800403362009-03-29T13:58:00.006+02:002010-04-04T12:33:15.418+02:00

It's still too cold and wet to sit in our garden, but already there are beautiful flowers. And considering the concert free weekend I had to find something else to photograph... (click to enlarge)

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Das ist mal ganz außergewöhnlich: Sechs Wise Guys melden sich innerhalb eines bestimmten Zeitraum zu Wort auf ihrer persönlichen Gästebuchseite und so tauchen sechs Bilder gleichzeitig nebeneinander auf. Dieses Bild wird es wahrscheinlich nie wieder geben - deswegen sollte es mal in meinem Blog 'verewigt' werden *g*. Sehr interessant dabei ist natürlich Clemens' Eintrag, in dem er erzählt wie

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-44815526896692319302009-03-22T16:35:00.004+01:002010-04-04T12:33:51.939+02:00

Today Piet moved in. Piet is the aged cat of my mother-in-law. Since my mother-in-law moved to an apartment last year, it was always the plan that Piet would come and live with us one day, because she doesn't have enough room for a cat. This is Piet:

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-31666261739667256312009-03-15T12:58:00.004+01:002010-04-04T12:34:13.964+02:00

Seeing iNtrmzzo live is one big pleasure, being able to make great pics is another big pleasure! My weekend can't be better! :D More pictures can be found on my Facebook-page (hint: join it!).

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-72350313700858704402009-03-13T17:45:00.007+01:002010-04-04T12:34:40.358+02:00

So what's new? Not much actually. We still have to find and buy chairs. We still have to stain the banisters. And we still have to connect the DVD-player to the TV, which is most important *cough*, because there are three (!) very nice a cappella DVD's coming up this year and I want to have them all and be able to watch them ;) New is, that I found out how to take a shower without leaking water!

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-63887696109606129372009-03-09T17:30:00.006+01:002010-04-04T12:35:01.353+02:00

Und Gläser mit Wasser auch. Das müssen die Jungs von theGlue wohl gedacht haben als sie ihre neue Outfits inklusiv Wasserrücksacke ausgesucht haben. Aber, ich muss sagen, es sieht geil aus. Und vielleicht ist es auch nur praktisch, während des Singen schnell ein Schluck Wasser trinken zu können. Wie theGlue live bei diesen Bildern klingt, weiß ich leider nicht. Aber auf das neue Album Kin' de

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Due to moving houses I didn't find time to report about concerts we visited in the past few months. But now I've found time to write a story about the fantastic concert of Vocaldente in Marienthal! Ok, I have to admit, the report is a little longer than I'd planned... Check it out at corine.located.nl.

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Or whatever it's called ;) But it's very, very nice and sweet! Here's the recipe: 500 gram peanuts (I used salted ones) half a packet of biscuits (+/- 120 gram) 2 bars of white chocolate (I used bars of 75 gram) 3 bars of dark chocolate (I used bars of 100 gram) (you can always use more chocolate...) honey, at least 150 ml Cut the peanuts and biscuits in small pieces (1), add 1 bar of

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At the moment, we receive many guests who are curious and want to see our new home. A lot of friends and family came over already. Yesterday Martins colleagues had the chance to see our house and they all stayed for dinner. And because of occasions like this we bought the resizeble table, which can be this big:

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Question: Thursday night, Rock4 is playing in Enschede. They're playing "A Night at the Opera", which Corine has seen twice already. Corine has choir rehearsal every Thursday night, also in Enschede. What would she do? I attended the choir rehearsal! Never thought I would do that, didn't you? ;) But I just like singing so much and because I'm singing in a small choir, I don't want to miss it too

Corinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15075973079977217361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012821.post-18562311520148224702009-02-11T20:54:00.004+01:002010-04-04T12:37:09.549+02:00

This is the new living room about a week ago, with our old furniture: This is the new living room yesterday, with some old and new furniture, and with McDull peeping over the edge of his cage: And this is the new living room tonight, with the new couch:

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Some people are interested in our home cinema, so here are some pictures. It will take a while before we can watch movies in this room, though. This room is also the place where guests can sleep. Because my family and many of our friends don't live close by, this room will probably be used for this purpose more often at first. Here you can see Beddinge, which is a couch but also a bed for two

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I didn't expect it to happen so soon, but it happened today... When I drove home from work I took a wrong turn and ended up driving towards our old home hahaha. Think I'm just tired and ready for the weekend :) PS: The phone is working again!

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...and the internet is up and running again!! :D (the phone isn't yet, for those who are wondering why they still can't reach us.) We've been busy the past few days, but the big, huge, enormous mess has changed into a normal mess and I'm sure it will be tidy one day. I don't understand how all our stuff fitted in our old house. I'll post some pictures soon, for now I just wanted to say: We're

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We still have an internet connection in our old house, don't ask me why ;) Just wanted to upload two pictures before falling into bed. These are 'some' things from the old attic that still have to be moved...But it starts to look like home:

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Moving-Day is coming soon! It's a chaos in the old house. Right now, there are no curtains in our living room, they are being cleaned tomorrow and then hanged in the new house. The hallway is full of boxes and every time we open the door to the hallway, it bangs into the boxes, because for some reason we seem to forget we've put them there time after time. Every closet we open is almost empty and

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I'm feeling a bit sick since Saturday and it's not getting better. There's an influenza epidemic in the Netherlands, maybe this time it will get me too? I hope not, there's too much work to do! The past couple of days I was free from work and I've been busy cleaning, packing and moving small things. Things are really going on well, but I wish I could have done it without the headache, sneezing

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The plasterer has done his work and this is the result: And today we removed the floor protection and this is how our living room looks now: The biggest thing that still needs to be done is the carpet in the bedrooms and on the stairs, but we have to wait for it another week. The next three days I'm free from work and there are many other things to be done as preparation before we can actually

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Dutch people love to complain about the weather. It's probably the number one subject for small talk. But when winter really is winter, like it is now, everybody loves it. I didn't hear any complains about it yet. Minus 15 degrees Celsius at night, wow! Snow and ice with blue sky and sunshine - it can't be better! Okay, it's cold and it took me about 20 minutes to get the car ready to drive this

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