Nimavenl - Nicole's Random Ramblings

Street View ~ Binnenstad Alkmaar A photo posted by Nicole M. Verhaaf (@nimavenl) on Nov 4, 2013 at 10:20am PST

Ladybug on a Leaf by Nimavenl Photography The world is changing once more as it does every year. Green leaves are slowly starting to turn yellow, orange, red and brown. The flowers, sunshine and blue skies of summer give way to the grey skies and golden colours of autumn. Not long now before we turn the heating back on and get our winter coats out from storage. Yellow Sprig by Nimavenl Photography I love the cold purity of winter snow, the new beginnings of spring and the warm weather of summer. However what I love even more are the amazing colours of autumn and the way the world seems to farewell summer and the warm weather in slow stages of colourful changes. If only winter didn't follow autumn, it would be my favourite season! ;-)

I like to think that I try to be honest, realistic and open-minded. I try to see everyone's point-of-view, try to understand why someone says or does something. Sometimes, what I see makes complete sense to me. At other times I simply don't understand it, not at all. When  trying to learn from other people, I try to put myself in their shoes and learn from walking a different path than I normally would when wearing my own shoes. Sometimes, the shoes fit very well and walking around in them is a joy. Sometimes, the shoes barely fit and I need to really work at walking in them without falling over. What matters however is that no matter how impossible it seems to get into someone else's shoes and make walking around in them work; I still try. No matter how many times I trip or fall or bump my little toe, I keep trying until I figure out how to stay standing. Walking may not be easy, running may be impossible, however standing and taking a few small steps - I will keep goi...

I am not usually one who 'gushes' about clothing, shoes or handbags. They are not usually things I care enough about to want to write about. As long as I dress 'appropriately', others are happy and as long as I dress comfortably, I'm happy. These amazing boots however I simply * have to * gush about. How super cute, extremely comfortable looking and totally stylish are they?! Loving them! Rocket Dog Rachel Boot   (see more laced up boots )

As part of my recovery from surgery, I've been daydreaming a lot about happier times to come. It is now six weeks since surgery and while I am by no means all better again (far from it, sadly), I am definitely noticing a lot of improvements in how I'm doing emotionally, mentally and physically. Daydreaming is one thing that keeps me going even when I'm sore or feeling depressed or wondering if my leg will ever get better. One thing I am daydreaming about is our next holiday. While it looks like that holiday will be months away yet, I am enjoying dreaming about where I want to go and what we'll do there. We've both been to France several times and would like to go again. I've been to Euro Disney and to Normandy so would like to see a different part of France next. As I love the sea and am looking forward to enjoying swimming and sunshine, my vote goes to the south-east of France. The French Riviera aka the part of France that borders the Mediterranean Sea...

Na de update die de SpringLevend app vandaag gekregen heeft is er bekend wie de sprong overleefd heeft en wie niet. Ik vind het erg jammer dat er vrijdag avond al bekend werd wie de sprong niet zou overleven na het eerste GTST Live evenement. Nu ook de eerste aflevering van het nieuwe seizoen via de app bekend is, blijkt het definitief te zijn. Degene die de sprong niet heeft overleefd is...

Source: Old Glory I absolutely love this Doctor Who hoodie! It is so very, very cute! Found this Old Glory Doctor Who hoodie while browsing for Doctor Who items online. Yay for Polyvore / Pinterest and all those amazingly talented users putting outfits together!!! You guys rock and I love viewing the cool themes you come up with!

Miracles boots   (see more black high heel shoes ) Very cute and love the red soles!  Style + comfort = these amazing boots!

Naar de YouTube video Inderdaad - Ik ben nog steeds aan het puzzelen over welk GTST personage dood is. Over 2 weken begint Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden weer en dan zullen we het zeker weten. Van 7 van de 9 springers weten we al dat ze veilig zijn. Maxime, Rikki, Nuran, Lorena, Noud, Wiet en Aysen zijn veilig geland. Zoals we gisteren via de app vernamen zijn alleen Nina en Mike nu nog over. Als het goed is leren we deze week via de app wie er overlijdt en wie er nog springlevend is. De eerste twee aanwijzingen zijn vandaag uitgekomen. Als eerste een schuifpuzzel waar op te zien is hoe Nina en Mike uit het vliegtuig springen. Als tweede een video waarin we kunnen zien hoe Laura een rode tang pakt uit de gereedschapskist van Noud die hij in bij de receptie van de Rozenboom had laten staan. Bekijk dit  erg handige filmpje van Kaas Koekje op YouTube om zelf te zien welke updates er vandaag uitgekomen zijn.

Bron: GTST SpringLevend app. Ik ben blij, blij, blij... Ja, zelfs heel blij! Ben me absoluut zeer bewust van het feit dat blij zijn vanwege een soap misschien een beetje vreemd is maar ach - Ik ben het lekker toch ;-) Vol verwachting opende ik vanmorgen de GTST Spring Levend app om de update te bekijken. Wie zou er deze week Spring Levend verklaard worden? Zoals al eerder vermeld hoopte ik dat het personage Aysen (Dilan Yurdakul) de sprong zou overleven. Na de update van vandaag blijkt dat inderdaad zo te zijn! Ergo: Ik ben blij! (So sue me!) Alleen Mike (Louis Talpe) en Nina (Marly van der Velden) zijn nu nog over; eentje zal overleven en eentje overlijden. De app zet de twee op een foto (ook vandaag vrijgegeven) tegenover elkaar en feliciteert mij dat ik al zo ver ben gekomen. "Gefeliciteerd! Je hebt de afgelopen weken zeven Meerdijkers  veilig zien landen en je bent hard op weg naar het antwoord op de vraag: Wie overleeft de sprong niet?" Ik wacht vol spannin...

Source: Daily Info Graphic A friend shared this on Facebook.  I loved it and now I'm sharing it too.  I even screencapped the silly picture that came with it to attach it to this post as I really liked that too! Not everything needs a personal motivation statement to help explain why I post it, so I hope you'll all enjoy these very helpful few hints and understand exactly why I'm sharing them!  Check out these 15 Grammar Mistakes that can make you look silly over at InfoGraphic!

Noooooo! Just read on the website of The Hollywood Reporter that Sandra Oh (Christina Yang) will be leaving Grey's Anatomy at the end of season 10. This means that another one of my favourite people will be leaving. I'm going to miss her! Still - Sandra Oh is an a-ma-zing actress and I am already looking forward to seeing her bring an entirely new yet also amazing character to life! I first fell in love with Grey's in 2006. I was a student living at a student hostel, had a tiny TV with rabbit ears that almost managed 'very little static' and a group of fellow fangirls who also lived in the hostel to discuss every episode with.

Gisteren is in Den Haag onze Prins Johan Friso overleden. De tweede zoon van Prinses Beatrix en daarmee de jongere broer van onze Koning Willem Alexander werd 44 jaar. Hij laat zijn vrouw Mabel en hun twee dochters Luana en Zaria achter. Ik kende Friso zelf niet en vind het daarom moeilijk om er iets over te schrijven. Ik ben jonger dan Friso was, heb hem daarom niet zien opgroeien zoals nu gebeurt bij de dochters van de Koning - de band die ik als "gewone burger" met de Prins voel is daarom, denk ik, anders dan deze had kunnen zijn. Ik merk wel dat ik de gebeurtenis wil eren door er aandacht aan te besteden; dus zal ik proberen iets 'op papier' te zetten dat weergeeft wat er in mijn hoofd omgaat.

I'm a Very Happy Trekkie !!! Took a bit of searching online but finally managed to find a few new (to me) Star Trek books that I've been lusting after for ages! To celebrate that I woke up from open heart surgery a month ago today, I figured I deserved a present. And what better present for a Star Trek fan than four new books. I'm super happy! Finding the next four books looks to be a bit of a mission - the online bookstore I got the first four at was the fourth store I visited, however that's a mission for next month. For now I'm just hoping my books will get here soon! Want to know what I'll be reading - Check out these Star Trek : Typhon Pact books here!