Last year I heard there was an Instagram museum opening in our town: The Akwart Experience Instagram museum. I was looking at some pictures and I was excited right away to go and take a look! Unfortunately Covid came along so I couldn’t go. But when everything could […]

I think most people have heard of happy stones by now. Draw or paint a stone and leave it somewhere behind for someone else to find. It brings people so much joy! I decided to do the same, but smaller: I’ve been drawing mini happy stones with little […]

We adopted another African Grey parrot: Micky! Micky is 24 years old and he needed a new home because his caregiver got sick. My husband and I have been thinking about a second bird for a while, but we hadn’t made the decision yet to really take one […]

Last weekend I celebrated my 30th birthday! And I didn’t celebrate for one day… I celebrated my birthday for three days!!! On Friday we went out for dinner. We found a restaurant Osteria Pomodoro that has a playroom especially for kids. You can eat as many as you’d […]

I wanted to write this blog earlier, but because Micky came to live with us a bit “last minute” I didn’t have much time earlier. But here it is: Our Valentine’s Day! I celebrate almost every holiday with my husband and kids. I always buy a little gift […]

A quick update on my blog… because we are so busy at home with our new parrot!  Recently I ordered new business cards. Of course there’s one business card with Guusje on it! And of course the rest is also with birds. I already showed them on my […]

Last year we went to visit the art exhibition ‘Bob Ross Happy Painting’ at Museum More in Gorssel. My husband and I both love Bobs paintings, so there was no question if we would see the exhibition. All of Bobs paintings were lined up in a special room […]

Recently I wrote a blog about my new shitbook. The people behind shitbooking organized a challenge this month: Paint Yourself Happy February. I was excited right away! The goal of Paint Yourself Happy February is to play, experiment and explore. It’s not about end results, but it’s all about […]

I have already talked about my monthly planner and my weekly planner… Now I am going to tell you something about my meal planner! As you can see, I love planning! 😀 It took me a few years to figure out what works for me. Things were constantly […]

After waiting for more than a year we finally could visit Night Lights ‘Magic Forest’ at Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen. It was beautiful!! We wanted to visit Night Lights in 2020 and we already bought our tickets, but because of Covid the zoo was in a lockdown and […]