The Sunny Orangery

Clever skirt!

>> Friday, September 21, 2012

Not the best photo job, but you get the point. This is a very clever skirt not being too tight to constrain certain un-constrainables and having just the right amount of stretch in case the un-constrainables do indeed 'run away'. And never mind the toe cleavage...oopsi.

In case you're wondering how I've achieved such a banging thighs and butt.... ehem... I have to comment that it takes a LOT of work! It doesn't happen just over night! I worked on it hard! Spaghetti, pizza, cheese! Lots and lots of cheese! :) Speaking of which... I must go join Vito on the couch for hot Friday evening of TV watching and random grabbing (of cheese) from the fridge. Tooddles!

Tomorrow?

>> Thursday, September 20, 2012

Now, when I said "tomorrow" yesterday, I really meant, TOMORROW! Friday. And today clearly is not Friday, but it's Thursday. Ok, now I'm glad we concluded that this whole little misunderstanding was all your fault...

Today I worked from home and well, for the first part of the day I was wearing a very interesting combination that was screaming: "Pajama party while on safari". Then after lunch I got dressed because I had some conference calls. Do you do this too? Dress up for business calls? Mind you these were not video calls.

Ok, next topic... I agree.

Is it only me, or has Summer vanished without a trace?? It feels as if only yesterday we were.....

Ahhh... I'm a beach snob. I love finding these secluded places. Like this beach near Castricum aan Zee is only reachable by bike and via a steep foot path up over the dune.

Oh, and guess what!? Tomorrow is FRIDAY! In the words of my son: Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

>> Wednesday, September 19, 2012

I don't usually follow or care about celebrities in love, but this I like: Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis together! I'm rather a sucker for long brewed romances... and love at first sight. Ok, now how much sense does that make? But it's ok, I forgive myself.

The other report for today is that Summer is officially over. Fall weather is rolling in quickly. AREN'T you EXCITED!!?! Ok, I maybe sarcastic, but to be completely frank, I am excited. After moving to the Netherlands I have discovered something very admirable about myself. I love NASTY weather. The nastier the better! I really do! It gives me energy, and makes me feel so accomplished! When the weather is horrendous, just rolling out of bed is an accomplishment. If you make it out the door that's like double points! If you smile and exhibit signs of good mood that's like telling the rest of the world "ha-ha, I'm smiling and you can not bring your self to do it, I win!" And I LOVE to win. As I keep telling my darling Vito: the competition is on, whether or not you choose to play. Well I'm playin' and I'm a'WINNIN'! Ok, enough of this psycho babble, I will now go and act age appropriate.

Speaking of age appropriate, today during lunch hour I ran over to one of my favorite boutiques near my work and just in a very matter of fact way, grabbed me a wonderful knee length pencil skirt. The boutique is big on carrying Italian and French designers and I was so pleasantly surprised that this particular skirt is a Dutch label! YXN I'll model it for you tomorrow. I know you can't wait, but please, now it's your turn to act age appropriate. ;) ciao ciao

>> Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Waw, it's been a while... A long while. This is seriously like tearing through prehistoric cobwebs! But don't worry, I have GREAT excuses!!! The first thing I do when I start reading a certain blog is to look when the blog started, and usually go back and read the very first inauguration blog post. So if you're like me, you would see that I started writing since 2005! That is a long time ago. That is when you just picked a template out on blogger and it was exciting to figure out how to post photos. Anyway, that was when I started my blog Sempre Primavera. I was living in NYC and being a bit of a brat saying how much NY sucks and how I'm so bored. (Gosh, to be twenty something again!?) So in efforts to force myself to appreciate NY and enjoy all that the glorious city has to offer I started the blog. Let me tell you, it was MAGICAL! It really worked! Because I actually focused on seeing the good things, NYC became the glittering wonder that it really is. It was a fantastic "girl in the city" type adventure.

Then...the unimaginable happened! A gorgeous European man dropped into my lap from the sky (arrived on a KLM flight), and there proceeded to be all kinds of delicious romps in sexy international destinations. The blog became a romance diary good enough to outdo any chick flick. After a year I moved to Holland to be with Vito and the blog became an expat chick blog, "It's Sunny All the Time". It was a ton of fun keeping a diary about ignoring the rain, discovering Amsterdam, making new friends, getting settled and of course buying lots of shoes as always.

So here come the excuses... after the expat theme wore off, I mean there are so many times you can write about the windmills and the wooden shoes, I couldn't find my 'theme'. And by "theme" I mean, what I wanted the blog to help me accomplish. Sempre Primavera helped me to enjoy NYC and inspired me to have adventures. It's Sunny All the Time was all about settling into a new life. And The Sunny Orangery? It was just there and I got bored of it, but only because it's hard to pick just one theme.

So what is it not?

- Not a fashion blog, though I'm on Rue La La and Guilt as much as the next girl

- Not a mommy blog, though yes I like to give my input into how it's done

- Not a marriage blog, though Vito also like to give input, who knew?

- Not a cooking blog, while I do take photos of everything I eat, a crazy yet useful habit

- Not a travel blog, but my bags are packed and ready!

So what IS this blog going to be? A bit of all of the above. The good, the bad, the ugly. Minus the bad and the ugly! Maybe it should be like Sinefeld: Blog about nothing? ...These pretzels are making me thirsty...

>> Saturday, March 24, 2012

Gorgeous days of Spring have began! The other day we had 19.2C which was the warmest March 22nd in the Netherlands EVER. Ok, but this is not really the point of my post. What I'm trying to get at is that due to such freaky warm weather we had the door wide open at the house and we have not installed the screen door yet. This GINORMOUS, GIGANTICUS, ENORMANCE bumble bee flew inside.

The dumb thing buzzing REALLY loudly bumping his head against the window on the opposite side of the door. He was huge, he was so huge that you can see the hairs on his individual paw fingers. I mean, the hair on his paw fingers had hair. I have never seen such a huge bumble bee!

Unfortunately both Vito and I do NOT do bugs or insects. Usually I fake cry and get him to take care of those beasts but this time I tried that, he just looked at me and said Uh-uh! I'm not going anywhere near that thing!

Now all this dialogue is happening as we stand in the hallway behind the closed glass door clutching our child to our hearts. The child by the way looked pretty willing to wobble into the room and take care of the hairy beast himself. And me in spite of being a panicky, over protective mother actually for a second considered letting him. I mean the alternative would have been us moving out of the house...

Then the bumble bee flew out of the door back into the street.