As a craftsperson myself, I fully support the idea and will be taking my pledge one step further by offering free shipping and handling on all products purchased at my online store, Stuff Made With Yarn, between now and December 25th. For those of you who have not heard about this, I have opened up a shop on etsy.com to sell some of my knitted and crocheted items (we just don't have room enough for it all in the apartment!).
Stuff Made With Yarn carries beautiful, one-of-a-kind, handmade products all made from yarn. My eventual goal is for the store to contain any and all items that can be made with yarn. As of now, I have some beautiful capelets and scarves and will be adding to that list in the upcoming months. SMWY is also on Twitter and Facebook and has an official blog. Be sure to check everything out!
This holiday season, help myself and other artisans and give a gift made by hand and with love.
Also, I have FINALLY put up Halloween pictures! Here are the pictures from our Halloween party and here is the start of the IWCU Halloween party, which is part of my IWCU 2009 album. I was asked to come as a fortune teller and read fortunes for children during the party, and Bram came along as Scooby Doo to help.
We're now preparing for Thanksgiving and the coinsiding visit from my parents next week. I more than likely will not have the chance to post before Thanksgiving, so I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving from the Jansens!
Until next time!
So for the third part of the Jansen Family Members Update series, I would like to present: Turner Jansen, super star! Below is the write-up on our Little Buddy as seen in FM Magazine's October-November issue. Click on the image to enlarge. Enjoy!
I've also had several pieces published on various expat sites
- A Newbie's Advice: Thoughts on Learning Dutch
- Learning Dutch Using the 'Net
- Happy Halloween!
- Weighty Issues: The Dutch Edition
- Dutch Driving Theory Test: Gehaald!
- Vogue: Fashionin Holland
- Everything You Never Wanted to Know About the Dutch Toilet
And have done a number of expat interviews
- Expat Voices: Tiffany Jansen on Living in the Netherlands
- Expat Interviews: An American in Holland
- Expat Relationship Advice for the Netherlands
- Tiffany Jansen in the Hot Seat - Interview with an Expat
I now have 8 articles published through Demand Studios
- Cool Kids' Hairstyles
- How to Treat Depression During Pregnancy
- How to write the Dutch Language
- How to Care for a Bridal Veil Hanging Plant
- How to take care of Nectarine Trees
- How to Get Emergency Cotraception for Free
- How to Get Rid of Water in the Ear Canal
- How to Play Flats & Sharps on a Piano
- How to Keep from Getting a Sinus Infection
- How to Make Hutspot
- How to Make the Most Out of Your Local Renaissance Festival
- How to Become Less Dependent on Your Car
- How to Remove Tomato Sauce Stains
- How to Finely chop Herbs the Quick and Easy Way
- How to Use a Knitting Spool
The Spring issue of ACCESS Magazine will include my article on health care in the Netherlands and I have a meeting tomorrow with the Editor of XM and FM Magazines.
Feel free to take a look through everything and leave comments!
The Hooligans have been playing for almost a month, and last Thursday I was finally able to make it to a game! Bram's the team's goalie and stopped some really tough kicks. The guys did a great job, which showed through the final score: 6-3! They were not 100% happy with their performance, but it was their first win of the season, so that more than made up for it!
After the game, the guys hit the showers and then met me in the Sportcafe for a beer. It was Bram's turn to take the team's laundry home, which meant that I got to wash a bunch of sweaty uniforms!
Their next game is tonight. Keep your fingers crossed! GO HOOLIGANS!
Bank account. check!
Kamer van Koophandel (Chamber of Commerce) registration. check!
First gig. check!
Website and email address. check!
The first session will take place at the Violenschool in Hilversum on 26 October 2009. Sixteen students between the ages of 4 and 8 are enrolled and excited as I am to get started! Check out the website (still under construction and awaiting a proper logo) at http://littlebroadway.webs.com. You can also send an email to littlebroadwaynl@gmail.com.
I also recently did a theater workshop for the October monthly meeting of the International Women's Contact Utrecht. Ten women were in attendance and had a blast! I'm still hearing about it!
And Bram has been working hard at Egon Zehnder where they have just switched over to a new data base. They are still ironing out a few problems with the new system, but once everything's in place, life at the office should get much easier.
Turner is still helping me babysit Koen on Tuesdays and this upcoming week, we're adding Otto to the list. This means Turner will be cycling every day this week - a big step!
How to Remove Tomato Sauce Stains
How to Write the Dutch Language
Cool Kids' Hairstyles
How to Treat Depression During Pregnancy
How to Keep from Getting a Sinus Infection
How to Become Less Dependent on Your Car
How to Make Hutspot
How to Make the Most of Your Local Renaissance Festival
How to Finely Chop Herbs the Quick and Easy Way
How to Use a Knitting Spool
Here are some of the things we've been up to:
Turner spent a few weeks at "Summer Camp" (aka Yuppie Dogs dog vacation farm) and although he's not terribly fond of dogs, being with almost 40 other pooches on a large farm seems to have done him some good. Bram credits it to the fact that his time at Yuppie Dogs made him realize that he too is a dog! He's working on growing his winter coat back, which means more vacuuming for Mommy and Daddy.
Tiffany and Bram spent 2 1/2 weeks in the US. They spent some time in Florida at the amusement parks the first week. Then they flew to Maryland and had a wonderful time at Mary Kate and Brian's wedding, paid a visit to the Maryland Renaissance Festival, spent time at the Great Frederick Fair, and helped Tiffany's dad celebrate his 50th birthday with a surprise party! It was the longest Tiffany's spent in the US since her move to the Netherlands last December. Read her latest entry on Clogs and Tulips: An American in Holland about how this time, coming back was A Little Bit Harder.
Since coming back to Utrecht, Bram has begun another season of football (soccer to all you Americans). He and his friends have been playing with an adult Football league for several years but decided to take last year off. They all grew restless (not to mention out of shape) and decided it was high time to make their return. Unfortunately they lost their first game of the season, but they're sure to come back in the next game on October 8.
Tiffany has been busy with several things. Things are going well for Little Broadway (Bram came up with this adorable name for Tiffany's after school musical theater program). The business is registered with the Kamer van Koophandel (Chamber of Commerce) and soon will have it's own bank account. Another school in Amsterdam has shown interest and Tiffany's hoping that she will be starting at the Violenschool in Hilversum in the next few weeks.
While on vacation, Tiffany received a call from the all-female (except the director) all-Dutch (exept herself and another American expat) singing group Divina Close Harmony inviting her to join the group! So far, she's been to one rehearsal and is loving it! Her first performance will be in Apeldoorn on November 27th. She was also able to make it to the Netherlands Film Festival to see a wonderful film based on the short story Romance with Double Bass by Anton Tsjechov complete with live music and dance.
She has also been very busy writing. The new edition of Mary's Story is now available at Medieval Maidens and contains about 10 new pages and several beautiful illustrations. She is also keeping busy with Clogs and Tulips: An American in Holland (see link above), gotten her story A Glimpse in the Mirror published on Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorders Association's website as well as the site We Bite Back, seen her article Weighty Issues: The Dutch Edition published on expatexchange.com, published an article on eHow about Cool Kids' Hairstyles, and did an interview on expat relationships for expatexchange.com.
Finally, she jumped on the etsy.com bandwagon and is now selling her yarn projects online as Stuff Made with Yarn! Please check the site out and make a purchase. Right now, only capelets are available, but more will be coming soon.
On October 29th, Tiffany and Bram celebrated their 10th monthiversary (I promise I'll stop the monthiversary thing as soon as we make it to a year)!
And that's all from us! Hope everyone is happy and healthy and, as always, we look forward to hearing from you!
Love,
Bram, Tiffany, and Turner
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