winny’s blog

Just back home and again flying to Antigua. I have booked for a longer period this time. Its beginning to look like living there. Well, happily I won’t be alone. In fact that’s the only reason to go there again.

In the mean time I’ll have to find myself some things to do. Because the island is to small to travel around all the time. Although I do plan to do that for a couple of days. It’s a lovely island and I have seen only two or three places until now. And there are all these other islands around of which I want to see some.

But apart from traveling I’m going to dive of course. Didn’t get my license for nothing. And in the morning I can keep up with the news from Holland, English grammar, learning theory for my sailing license and there are some things or two of my administration I wanted to do for months and never did.

Also we want to rearrange the furniture to make the villa feel more at home. Maybe even I’ll pick up cooking. In fact, in a way I’m looking foward to that. I know, I know, I always said I really don’t like it. And that was true. But it wil give me something to do and, without being rude, it will tase better then in the most resaurants in the neighbourhood.

I’m flying with Easyjet to Londen on the 7th of june in the afternoon. We will stay there for a couple of days. I haven’t been in London since childhood so I’m looking forward to see all the highlights (what is the London equivalent of the Euromast for example?) and some.
And on the 13th of june we’ll fly with Vigin to Antigua.

Until then Graham is coming to Rotterdam this sunday. I’m so looking forward to that.
Tuesday we are sailing with the Watermeid for ten days or so to Dalfsen via the Lek and the IJssel. Back maybe via the Randmeren. And then what ever we want. Depending on how much time we have left. Click on the picture for an enlargment. The black line is suggested, the blue lines are optional. (sounds like a real itinerary…)

These two sweeties you read about yesterday made me beatifull presents, as you can see in the picture.

The drowing in the bacground is made by Marleen. She uses gold paint and wrote her name on it. Mind you, she is only to become 6 year this June. And Lisanne, she is just 10, made the paper giraffe, tree and fence. They can all stand by itself. Very nice. And what I particularly like is that she made it out of a book that was mine when I was her age (yes, a very old book ).

Today I visited my brother and his family in Dalfsen, in he Eastern part of the Netherlands.

The weather was good, we could sit in the garden. I don’t see them very often and we always have a lovely day when we are together. The girls would like to sail with me and of course I would love that. Maybe we manage to do it this year despite of my traveling so long and so far away. Wouldn’t that be nice?
My two sweet nieces played a bit with my phone and made this picture of me and I took a picture of them. I had learned from Theo what was wrong with my camera in the phone and this pics are therefore mutch better then the ones of the Watermeid a couple of days before.

will be Blair’s last day as prime minister.

Historic press conference this morning. There will be elections and probably Brown will succeed him. But until then Blair is still in charge. Let’s see if we will still hear from him.

World, UK and Business news and comment from The Times and The Sunday Times -TimesOnline

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Is this extraordinary or what!

Old foes sworn in to give Northern Ireland new start-News-UK-TimesOnline

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Yesterday, when I was in the eye clinic, the Watermeid was lifted out of the water. And there she is, on land. Very different then when in the water. I rather see her sailing.

Under the waterline it all looks very good. It is the wooden doghouse that needs work, a lot of work in fact, because there are a lot of seams yielding (is that good English? When there is room between the seams). The varnish must be sanded down completely, the seams filled with Sicaflex and then varnished again. At least 6 times.

It wil all be done when I’m in Antigua again in June and July.

Also in the Times is an online sudoku. Easy you think when you see it for the first time. Is that so? Then you can proceed with the fiendish version.

And in that same newspaper (NRC, a Dutch quality newspaper) was another very interesting article. Look for yourself.

In Mexico men has a habit of protesting nude!
The article didn’t mention anything about women but I wouldn’t be surprised if that will be different.

Thank god this is not happening in Holland. Imagine, all those fat, white bellies and…

Some things never change. I just was reading the weekend paper (a bit late, I know. But hey, I’m reading) and this article came to my attention. Is says that on Queensday the fleemarket was different then expected. Men had predicted that they should sell more then they actually did, women predicted the reverse. As always women are to modest and men….

I am not so sure about that….

The examination was very thorough and the results excelent. That is good news. Bit thin cornea but nothing to worry about. Got drops in my eyes to anaesthetise. The pressure was messured by pulling with a little tool in my eyes. I did not feel anything, really nothing. This drups are the same they use during the laser proces. That is quite reassuring I must say.

Also got drups in my eyes to widen the pupils for a while. That was necessary because he had to look inside my eyeballs to see if they were healthy enough. They were. But my vision was blurred for a couple of hours. With my strongest glasses I can write this now.

But the most interesting outcome is that I need much stonger glasses and thus contacs then I use now. +3 in stead of +1,75. I am going to try that first. If I can have contacts which don’t give me the feeling that I have to look with one eye or the other to see properly, I find that the best solution. Contacts I forget to put out at night because I forget that I’m wearing them, that would be the best for me. I can always laser later, can’t I?

And all of this made possible because of my good neighbourfriend Yvonne, who took me to the clinic and back. She even made me a very good diner which is now in my oven.