First day in Dublin

I had a very good flight. I like the aerlingus seats very comfy. Landed on time. Everything went very quick. A boy in the bus to Dublin city was so kind to walk a bit with me to the hotel. Hotel is good for the price. Great located very close to everything. Was already at penny's yep ;-) just bought a scarf a bkt to broke to buy stuff. Just had a great chicken hamburger at Fitzsimons thanks to some friends. Then walk very relaxing to hotel and just enjoy. Will unpack some stuff a bit of rest and then we will see were i go. Well i went to theatre and waited for keith. There was a sweet men that ask me inside because it was so cold outside. Then finally the man himself came and i could give him the stroopwafels and a little pressie. Was so happy to see him. He is sweet real back to earth guy. I went a bit shy, yes me shy?! :-s then i ask keith to call a friend and it was no problem at all. He also said maybe they come to holland next year. Well fingers crossed. Now in the loung to excited to sleep. Tomorrow finally nature day. Wooohoooo howth and malahide :-) Life, love and laugh, Wendy: me, myself and i in Dublin.

Enjoy a bit of Ireland

When you read this I left my home and on my way to Dublin, YES!! I thought give you a bit of an Irish feeling. When I´m in Dublin I will try to blog every day. No, promises because it depends of my internet connection there on my phone. My blog will look a bit boring because I do it with an app on my phone. Hope you like it. Music and picture´s. 

Music:

The Corrs - Toss the feather

 

Celtic Woman - You raise me up

The Corrs (Feat. Bono) - When The Stars Go Blue (Music Video)  

This is one with great picture´s of Ireland, music and a bit of Irish dance.

Welcome to ireland - music : Cry of the celts - Lord of the Dance 

 Ofcourse Boyzone and Ronan Keating can´t miss in this blog.

This is one of my cheer up songs. I also have a tattoo with that text. When I´m down I put it up and feel so much better Love it! But there are so many more songs I love of him.

Lovin' Each Day - Ronan Keating 

Boyzone difficult to make a choice. Some means a lot to me because they are made with a special thought, like remembering Stephen Gately, some are great to sing along etc. This one I like because of the special lyrics and its one of the first music video´s were 2 man are together hugging etc.

See what i'm try to say is
You make things better
And no matter what the day is
With you here it's better

Boyzone - Better   

Enjoy the beauty of Dalkey Bay. Dolphins, sea, sea dogs and island Dalkey.

It´s incredeble maybe you have to been there to understand how beautiful it is.

We need to enjoy the small things in life, because the time will come when we can’t enjoy anything.

Hope you all enjoyed a bit of the Irish.
taitneamh a bhaint as gach lá/  Geniet van elke dag/ enjoy every day

 Life, love and laugh!!

Wendy:Me,Myself and I.

Making ready for Dublin

So it´s Sunday weekend is almost over. Had a great weekend, lunch with friends, created a picture for this blog and also prepared Dublin. Also lots of rest so I have enough energy for my trip. Suitcase is almost packed and everything printed.  So many stroopwafels with me. Hope everyone likes them.
Getting a bit nervous now but also soooo excited. Tomorrow my last workday and I´m going to bring my dog Boeffie away. That´s the only sad thing he can’t come with me. Going to really miss him but he is in good hands at my lovely aunty. He can play with her dogs. I think he feels it, he is normally cuddly but now more. My friend takes care of the cats. She loves it at my home.
Planns so far:
Tuesday relaxing day and seeing what is in the neighborhood of my hotel.
Wednesday finally nature day and going to the coast. Howth and Malahide and maybe some stops on the way. Hopefully nice lunch with view on the coast. In the evening helping a tourism student she is going to interview me.
Thursday time to go to Bray and go to Dalkey with a lovely friend that lives there. Can´t wait to see her again. Friday tattoo getting colored after that lunch with a friend that lives in Dublin. Can´t wait to meet her, finally after long time. Diner with my German friends, yes hamburgers and onionsrings mmmmm lol. After that theatre Big Maggie and then meeting charming Irish Keith Duffy. Finally give him his stroopwafels, were he ask for. Then cocktails with some nice ladies. 

Saterday I think I have a big hangerover not just from alcohol but also because I´m going home. Maybe last shopping and short visit of the coast. And in between my plans visit pubs, good food, enjoying the lovely Irish people, keeping eyes open for blue eyes and brown hair man and relaxing.
YES!!! Day after tomorrow!!!!! 

 Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people. ♥ Mother Teresa

Life, love and laugh.

Wendy: Me, Myself and I.

Food and music

Hello readers of my blogs,


Thanks for reading my blogs. More then 500 people have read it so far in 11 countries WOW!!

So you know I love food.
When you are alone it´s sometimes difficult what to eat but I do cook almost every day.
I like cooking but like it more to do it for more people. When friends are coming over I don’t mind to cooke diner. Or just trying stuff out when my mum and stefdad are coming, glad pizza is around the corner hahaha.

I like chilli corne carne very much. Especially because of the variety you can eat it.
You can eat it with rice and  potatoes but I think you know that already. An ex- colleague came with the idea to eat it with tortillia/wraps. I think you didn’t know that. You can also do that in difference ways with salat or sour cream or something. 

  
Music
The music I listen a lot to at the moment and I added at my ipod. Really can´t without music.

Ed Sheeran – The A Team

Gotye – Somebody I use to know

Birdy – Skinny love ( love singing in combination with piano)

Music's the medicine of the mind.  
~John A. Logan

Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel.  
~Buffy Sainte-Marie

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.  
~Robert G. Ingersoll

Life,  laugh and love,

Wendy:Me,Myself and I.

  

Libra, making choices between London and Dublin

It looks like, I like blogging hahaha blog 4 already online.

I´m a real libra.
Romantic, easy going, social, easy influenced, idealistic, flirty and can´t deal with injustice and selfish people and sometimes I can´t make decisions.
Really have to make a list sometimes with positive and negative before I sometimes decide what to do.

So the decisions of going to London or Dublin was very very very hard for me.
I really like both countries.
London. Great vibe, busy city, Oxfordstreet, Kensingtonpark, tower bridge, pubs and meet very special person I never met.

Then you have Dublin. I love the coast there, there is so much to see. The nature is just so beautiful. Also I can there catch up with some friends. Some I never met and some I already seen a view times and I know I´m having a ball. And what about the Irish stew and patato soup mmmmmmmm. Ofcourse also seeing Dalkey Bay again.

I´m going to Dublin after lots of thinking.
After some trouble at work I deciced London is to crowded for me now.
I need just some relaxing, nature, the sea and surrounded by lovely Irish people. And a big need to laughs. Already have a busy agenda for the last 2 days with the ladies! Also going to the theatre to see Big Maggie. Friday get some inkt, my leg tattoo need some color. It´s to boring right now. Very excited and in mean time I know its going hurt OCH. .Its a sort of adventure because I will there be alone a view days.That is also new for me. Traveling alone, that is going to be so excited but also a bit scary and nervous. Then my mind thinks something like: what if something goes wrong with my health?! But then god my mind makes a switch to: They have hospital to and they understand English and I I´m home 1,5 hour lol. So it will work out fine!!

Ow and man!!!! Last time I seen so many brown hair blue eyed man, WOW! :-) I will keep my eyes open when I´m there hahaha hahaha.

 So I can´t wait to be in Dublin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Missed it. Fell in love with it!!!!!!!
Ladies I can´t wait to see ya all!! I bring some stroopwafels hahaha .Cheers!

 Love,

Wendy:Me, Myself and I.

What makes me happy.....

Hell yeah this is blog 3!!
This toke me longer to write it.
I wanted to do my blessings but I ended up writing so many pages to many details lol.
So I try to make it shorter and more like what makes me happy now in life.

Ofcourse my mum, stepdad, family and friends. They take me as I´m inclusief my madness silly stuff and my mistakes. Really enjoy being together with my loveones. Also kids of my best friend. They really cheer me up and put a smile on my face. They mean the world to me. I love kids. They just warm your heart.

My pets. They never argue, good listeners and always into a cuddle. I´m such a cuddle person. My dog Boeffie keeps me in balance. I have to walk 3 times a day. The chance to enjoy nature, relax and de-stress. I always say: Boeffie is my sport.

Food. Yes as simple as that! As a kid I couldn’t eat everything with my strict diet. Now I have to watch a bit my salt but I almost can say I can eat it all. Like meat mmmmm, fish, chocolate or a cookies.Also drink a glass of red wine mmmmm or irish cream mmmmm. 
People close to me still laugh sometimes how I can enjoy food and they hear mmmmmmm hahaha. That’s why I also enjoy to go out of diner in restaurants. Ow Yes!! 

Traveling. Since 2 years I know I love travelling. 2011 was for me the most happy year. Been in London, Dublin, Ibiza, Worms and Dortmund. Found out my heart is in Dublin and love London very much. What an amazing city. Dublin gave me such a positive vibe. The people are lovely and the the nature is so beautifull.  It was the first holiday I came home and see my mum started to cry and said: I wanna go back. If I had the money I would spend in these 2 countries so much time.

Music. The first thing I do is put music on when I wake up. Oh wel no eehh first pee hahaha.
It can cheer me up. It’s a good way to express feelings. Sometimes you just need that cheerfull music volume up, sing and dance. But also just let your feelings go and cry. Music can do so much. No day for me without it!!

Boyzone/Ronan Keating. Yep they do. Some people say: he you are in the 30 you aren’t a teenager anymore etc. Correct but can you just don’t be happy for the fact those Irish lads make me happy? Theire attitude, things they do for charity, time for fans, music just make me happy. I met them twice and Ronan three times. Lovely back to earth boyz. Very nice to talk to. They are such an inspiration and so strong what they been trough. Just sadley did never met Stephen Gately because he passed away. They learned me english. I´m now so more secure in that. If you ask me 3 years ago that I will write an English blog, I would say you are nuts! Because of those boyz I met wonderfull people and some of them I dearly love. The boyz made me travel and I now know I love it!

You! Yes it´s true. Some of you are at my facebook or twitter. Sometimes I see status updates that inspire me. Or I see what others do and how they are. How much people do for charity and how you make people smile. Also your support and your comments on my blog. 
Me inspiration..…? Who thought of that.

And there is more what makes me happy but to much for blog.

Live life, laugh often and love unconditionally

Look forward and up, not down and back

Keep your head to the sky.

 Last night some friends shared this at FB. It´s to funny. It really gave me tears in my eyes of laughing.Thanks ladies for sharing! 25 best autocorrects of the year: http://playingwithwordsisfun.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/25-best-autocorrects-of-the-year/

Love,
Wendy:Me, myself and I.

Well guess what...? Second blog lol.

Thanks for all the good nice reactions at my first blog. I´m a bit surprised. I started it without expectations. I thought and thought what will I write in next blog also what is my goal?!

The kidney is doing well. Every year at 10 April I celebrate it a bit. This year it will be 17 years that’s very long. Stastic say after 10 years 50% has already loose the transplant organ.  He works between 45 and 50% that quit good for a transplant one also because I´m 33 years but my kidney is 62 (my dads age).
Talking about my dad. In mean time sadley my lovely dad past away 8 years ago and also my aunty(second mum) passed away to. My dad heart attack and gone.  It’s horrible to lose a parent for everyone but for me personally it was also a bit confusing. Because there is still a part of him there. I have his kidney. The first year I was obsessed with it. With every pain or strange feeling I went to emergency scared that something was wrong with the kidney. When you are transplanted you never know how long you have the organ. It can stop today but also stay 50 years. Didn’t want to travel, what if I get kidney troubles in a strange country?! Or get sick?!
The kidney was the most important thing in life. Ofcourse there was nothing wrong, it’s just that stupid mind what is playing with me. After a battle of a year and some therapie. I realised my dad wants that I enjoy life that’s why he has giving me that.  I switched my mind and didn’t focus on my kidney anymore. If it happends, it happends I realise I have done everything to keep it. It will not be my fault. So life goes on ofcourse I miss my dad but it also made me stronger.
I think what happends in life in good or bad way it makes us who we are.


What keeps me positive?!
Well I have seen a lot in life. Kids batteling for cancer and didn’t surive. Or a little cute boy at IC that needed a kidney but they didn’t had one and he passed a way.
It can always wors in life. There are always people that have a harder time then me.
But also family and friends that always support me.  Especially my mum, reall inspiration.


What do I with all my experience?!
I try to help a bit others.
When I talk to kidney patient I try to give them some positive strength. Like: Look at me I survived it all.
Sometimes someone crosses your pad or friends that lost people to. Then I try to help. Sometimes it are the little things that can put others a smile on theire face and it can mean a lot for the other that you think about them.


I think also in general, you and me. Shouldn’t we look more at what we have then what we don’t have and see that we are maybe more lucky then we think?! It can be so much wors!

You can only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough!

Count your blessings!


Life, laugh and love.

Love,

Wendy:Me, myself and I

So I´m going to try the blogging. About….. Wendy: Me, Myself and I.

Yes I know it sounds maybe kinda boring and also selfish. I think it´s going to be a sort of real life stuff maybe some opinion I have, about health, travel, life quotes etc.
Firstly I already have to say sorry for any gramma mistakes you are going to read. I´m from Holland and I’m just not the best in English. I write how I will tell you with oh, ahhh, lol, wooohooo´s. That´s just me, silly me. I can’t write business English very well there is a lot to learn for me also in general life!
We will see if it works out or not a blog. I can always quit.


First a bit about me and my past so maybe you can understand why I´am like I’m if that make sense lol.  Sorry,this first blog is very long I know, next will be shorter.

I´m born in 1978 in Holland, Amsterdam. I life with 2 cats (Kali & Dewan) and one dog (Boeffie).
Since I’m born I have a kidney disease. We knew some day I have to go on dialysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis) till my 9th I grow up like other kids. My lovely dad always said you can have my kidney. After  my 9th the health trouble started. One kidney out and I had a diet no salt, protein and carbonic. To discharge my kidney and so I still grow but stil ended up a bit tiny. I couldn’t bother though my best friend is a bit tinier and others I know from primary school to.
At 14th I started with dialysis. That was no problem for me I did it 4 times a day. My parents were very free they didn’t want me 24/7 on the sofa. You life ones and you have to enjoy it like others from your age. So I did! I went on ballroom dancing, disco´s and pubs. My friends never treated me different then healthy people. I really loved it, to grow like normal kid. I knew not everyone could do that.  In meantime my dad get checks tests  if I can have his kidney.
At 15th there was a kidney for me from Germany. We were so excited wow.  Normally you have to wait for years that you can get a kidney. I felt very lucky.
Sadley I had him just for 24 hours and he didn’t work anymore. In 24 hours again I had an operation and back to dialyses. It was kinda hard the 24 hours after the kidney was out but then I thought positive. This is the rehearsal for when I get my dads kidney. I was never on a IC and tubes etc everywere. Now I knew how it’s like when I get dads kidney and I know all nursus and doctors. I felt kinda more secure after what happened. When I was 16 (1995) on 10 April was the big day to get my lovely dads kidney. We were excited, nervous and so much to worry about. What if it goes wrong?! Also every operation has his risk. What if something happens to my dad?
What if the kidney doesn’t work? Also poor mum has then me and her husband in the op. (Her sister/ my aunt Inge from Germany helpt us. She was always like a second mum to me. I went every year on holiday at her place in Germany.)
Well then god it went very well. It changed my life at so many ways.
I felt so much healther. But oboy I was so fat I was huge. The medication has lots of side issues (prednison) gives you hunger, in 2 months I weighted 25 kilo ( I think its arround 55 pounds) more also I had hair everywere. Especially as teenager girl you don’t want hair in your face.  It made me very insecure. Also you loose friends, because you arent that skinny anymore. You know then who your friends really are. I struggled a lot but still stayed positive. First year I wasn’t aloud to be in rooms with to many people my imuum system was/is very low because of all the meds. I get sick very easy. I went hospital in and out first couple of years. I had pneumonia, I really had to fight for my life. My family and friends already said good bye to me. Doctors said I´m not going to make it. Well tadaaaaaaaa I´m lucky,  I´m still here 
After that the party in life started again. Went again to disco, could go to school again. The sort of normal life starts again. Yes lots of rules and medication because of the kidney transplant and you always have a bit more health issues
Finished school at 21 and started to work. I loved my job in retail I was shop assistant at Esprit store. Loved to work with customers and ladies. Manage teenagers and look what they are best in it and learn them more.
After view years I realised that working in shop takes a lot from my health. I had to stand all day and made a switch to office administration. Lots to learn it was and still is a big challenge.
Also the people are so much more serious haha.

I think this is enough for now about Wendy: me, myself and I.

Feel free to comments about it or what you want to know more or if you have quistions.