Born This Way

It took me 30 years to start feeling good about myself… The journey is still long before I can really feel beautiful but I’m working on it…

This song is just really inspiring to me… Love Chris Colfer in this video, truly amazing young man…

Facebook friend?! Really?!

I couldn’t stop laughing when I heard the lyrics of this song…

This song is so real, I spoke with some of my friends and I guess some old flames are really persistant!!! Feel free to share this song and hopefully old flames will stop poking you on Facebook J

Feeling of the day...

Do you ever have days when you feel overwhelmed, yet bored? Busy, yet restless? Here I sit making a mental to do list and feeling torn between different responsibilities and obligations. I want to spend more time with other half, but the times we go on dates are not as often as we’d like. I want to spend more time playing with the kids, but I can’t relax if the kitchen looks like WWIII just happened in it. I want to be the best parent I can be, but not ignore the fact that life is more than being mommy 24/7. I love my kids, but sometimes they can drive me nuts. This life as a mother/wife/working mom is harder to balance than I’d ever imagined. Many days I feel like a jumbled mass of contradictions. I’ve always been a perfectionist and now life is not always so perfect when it comes to organising.

I’m trying to work on the balancing act, without the act itself feeling like just another "job" on my never ending mental to-do list…

Tired, tired, tired….

Mommy needs a vacation and this:

Happy Birthday my Other Half!!!!

40 years ago today, the world became a better place with the introduction of Olivier Van Campenhout. Today is my Other half’s birthday. I am dedicating today’s blog to all the things I can think of that make my husband so wonderful .

 ·         He loves his comic books and has literally accumulated thousand of them

·         Him and Morgane lookalike.

·         He is his son’s hero.

·         He loves his children more than words can say.

·         He will do anything for the ones he loves.

·         He snores A LOT!

·         He is truly devoted to his family.

·         He loves the foods I make for him.

·         Nothing will keep him from playing with his kids.

·         He can fall asleep almost anywhere.

·         He talks in his sleep.

·         I had a dream and he made it all real.

·         He build us a house with his own two hands

·         He made me a better person.

·         He loves me with all his heart and soul and makes me feel special every day… For that I pray the Lord that He may bless us with many more years together…

I LOVE YOU OLI. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Beautiful FRIDAY!!!

Wordless Friday… Just enjoying every moment of it!

Sending all my love to all my beautiful readers!!!

No money in the world…

… could ever cover all the happiness I already have.

So yesterday, Other Half and I made the sad decision to cancel our trip to Tunisia for this summer. As much as we wanted to go on vacation, we also have another priority, which is to finish all the renovations of our home this year.

The text in this picture made me smile and also reminded me that I am still rich. I often act like a spoiled little child but the truth of the matter is that I have all that I need in my life and I am grateful for everything my other half has done to make our lives so comfortable and full of joy and love.

True Happinness is when my Other Half and children are by my side, I don't need anything else...

Inspiring & Happy Workout

So here are few vids I have been following at the gym lately… They are great and really making a change…



Working out has really change my mind set. I feel less guilty about enjoying a nice piece of cake or having a nice slice of pizza…

Beside, working out is perfect excuse to buy cute gym clothes!

Hope this will inspire some of you :o)

When Harry met Sally...

... A few years later :-)

For anyone who needs a good laugh:

***You don't eat the entertainment before the entertainement!!! Who does that ?!***

ENJOY!!!

 

Reality hurts sometimes…

I temporarily lost my mind during lunch today when I went into the "Mango" Shop. Who was I kidding? I think that store ought to be named "Hideously Unflattering to Everyone Over 21."
That's what you get when cheating on ZARA...

Life is short. Have an Affair!

Story:

Me: standing with my salad in front of the elevators while waiting for the door to open

Him: well that doesn’t look like a great lunch! You should come and have lunch with me…

Me: (smiling and trying hard not to blush) thanks but I’m fine

Him: no really, I’ve been working here for a month, I’m on the *bip* floor and I have tried to talk to you several times. Asian woman are really beautiful.

ME: thanks, I think my husband will agree with you on that matter (HIM GETTING THE HINT I HOPE!!!)

Him: so would you be free for lunch?

Me: hum, no not really I don’t have much time during lunch

Him: dinner then?

Me (slightly irritated): have I mentioned that I’m married?

Him: well he doesn’t have to know [insert wink], so can I have a number?

Me: sure 100 (being the emergency number in Belgium)

Him: 100?

Me: yes that’s what you’ll need once you have met my husband…

That’s when the security guy comes in and tells the other guy: hey be careful she’s married and her husband’s a cop, you don’t want to mess with him. (This man is my new best friend!!!!)

An affair???? Not for me Thank you very much!

Eye Candy :-)

Warning: not for the sensitive eyes…

A new version of Katy Perry’s song…. Enjoy!!!

Playground fight... Almost, but I chickened out...

Friday afternoon, I went to my kids’ school to pick them up.

One of the mom’s [and by "Mom" I meant: woman who had her 50^th nip-tuck intervention] in my daughter’s class came to me and said:

Oh hi Joy! You know your daughter is weird *[insert visual: me trying to keep a straight face and thinking did she just say my daughter is weird?! %,!$]* she freaks out every time she sees little insects in the playground and she taught my daughter to say the word:"critters".

Me: Oh really, yeah I know, you know what kids will be kids, it will pass…

What I really wanted to say was: Oh really? Maybe you should teach your 3 years old daughter more about nature and less about Botox! Because that’s what came out of HER mouth!!!!

Don’t piss mama bear by calling her daughter "weird"!!! Payback is a bitch you'll see...

Keeping up the good work!

So for the longest time, I have felt like I’ve been doing something for someone else. ALL THE TIME.  Either my kids, my husband, or my boss. I want to take back my life. I kind of like when I was in my 20′s (except now I’m smarter and have more life experience and know the difference between what is good and bad for me--- yeah right).

I’m done with the excuses: For me this journey for the month of April is not only going to be not worrying but also taking back my life.

Step number 1: continue taking care of myself. I am going to continue this diet and my workout. It has helped me feel better these past few weeks.  I’ve manage to cut back on the junk food and I’m not craving it that much. Swimsuit season is just around the corner and I can’t wait to see the backside :o)

Step number 2: I want to laugh at least once a day. My plan: spend more time with the people I love and take my kids as an example. They dance, sing and simply love life as it passes...

Now to keep the smile on my face, my 5^th coffee of the day!

I am really feeling good about this. Have a lovely week everyone!!!!