TT #50: reasons for not blogging

Thirteen reasons why I didn't blog since last week's TT Hello, did you miss me? ;-) Last Saturday I received "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". I'm trying hard not to read or hear spoilers, because I'm not done with it yet. I finished Book 6 the same day I got it. Hmmm, must have been busy this past week... Yesterday evening (or better yet, this evening: when I post this TT, it's still Wednesday for me although technically it's Thursday...) the Witchy Girls met on the beach in The Hague for an Inner Journey. I've got a new "toy": a new digital camera! I now have the Canon Digital Ixus 70, a g-r-e-a-t camera!!! I'm busy exploring all the features and looking at the pictures I'm making with 7.1 Megapixels. I'm harassing Ron, my pets and everyone that comes close to me by making pics all the time. I'm so enjoying myself!! The mother of a dear friend of us has passed away after a short but heavy illness (cancer). Thursday (tomorrow / today) is the cremation service in Nijmegen and of course we'll be there to pay our respects. Ron's mobile phone crashed and was beyond repair. He has a new phone (Nokia N95) with a new subscription and a new number, so we had to inform everyone about the change of number. Two friends are going to live together and bought a beautiful house in Nieuwegein. We have been there Saturday during the day; Ron helped lay laminate in the living room. We've been busy shopping, running errands, helping others, cleaning the house, and lots more! Gaialynn had to undergo another operation on her breasts, because the first one (July 4th) had caused severe complications. Everything has gone much better now and she's okay but has pain of course. She is at home. I've slept a lot, because I'm very tired these days. Stress and being busy doesn't help much there... I have to take my rest to be able to do the things I have and want to do. This coming weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) Ron and I are going to the Anno Domini 1407 Festival in Luxemburg City. It's a medieval market throughout the town. We'll go there with a group of 8 friends (us included). Beemertje isn't developping as he/she should. Monique's pregnancy hasn't been easy all along, but today (at 22 weeks) she has to have amniocentesis. There was blood in her amniotic fluid and the little head seems to grow less than the rest of the baby's body. The results can vary from nothing serious to something a lot worse. I haven't been on the computer as much as I normally am. When I finally found the time, I had to handle a lot of mails, messages, etc. I have been logging into my Google Reader from time to time, but didn't comment much. Did I mention I've been busy? I won't have a lot of time today to visit your TT's but I'll do it for sure, even if it has to be after we come back from Luxemburg! Please, think of our friends in need and /or burn a candle, pray, send positive vibes, etc. Thanks! ~*~*~*~ Links to other Thursday Thirteens! ~*~ Toni AF Wife ~*~ The Gal Herself ~*~ Dewey ~*~ Friday's Child ~*~ Crimson Wife ~*~ Lara Angelina ~*~ the crux & damozel ~*~ Lori ~*~ Comedy + ~*~ Shannon ~*~ Joely Sue ~*~ MamaLee ~*~ Nathalie ~*~ Dorothy ~*~ Robin ~*~ Alasandra ~*~ Lesley ~*~ Nancy ~*~ colleen ~*~ Autumn ~*~ Titania Starlight ~*~ N.J. Walters ~*~ Mo ~*~ Vixen ~*~ Candy Minx ~*~ Tempest Knight ~*~ Mark ~*~ Joy Renee ~*~ L^2 ~*~ GuusjeM ~*~ Gabriella ~*~ Get the Thursday Thirteen code here! The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted! View More Thursday Thirteen Participants