March Week 4

Has this blog become a Jaclyn Moriarty fanblog?
Maybe. I’m not sure, but I feel obliged to talk about her again. Sorry!

The reason is that I finished her latest book: The Cracks in the Kingdom. I am not good at writing reviews but I can say this: I have not been able to stop reading. Even though I had to study really hard. The only negative thing that I have to say is that the book ended. It’s second in a trilogy, and obviously just came out, so I won’t know what happens until next year.. I will not hesitate to order it immediately when it’s available though.
She also organised a contest on the blog she was writing on. I found out about that on Friday, and had to have finished it on Saturday night. That was stressful, since I really really wanted to do it. I mean come on it's Jaclyn Moriarty we're talking about! So I finished my 'story' (the assignment was to write a letter, so it's not really a story, but okay) on Saturday afternoon and sent it immediately. It was scary, but it felt so good that I did it. And now we wait for the results! I have no idea if a lot of people participated or if there were like five people, so I have no idea how much chance I have.. Well, at least I tried! I'll keep you up to date.

The weather was great again and there are lots of cool flowers in my mum's garden, look:

And a kitty! Miep!

In other news: I had an exam on Old Norse, which is basically modern Icelandic, and this is how it went:

Yes I am using John Bacchus gifs to show my emotions. I feel obliged to do this since I have learned how to make gifs and there aren’t many people making George Gently gifs, let alone use them.

This was also the last week of March. Here are the photos I shared on Instagram (where you can also follow me if you like!):

It's a lot of Miep isn't it? And yes, I started another book by Jaclyn Moriarty yesterday. This is my favourite!

Hey guys, I wanna know how your month has been!! Have you been enjoying the amazing spring weather, or do you live on the other side of the world? Let me know :)

I have noticed how rewarding it is to write this blog for the past three weeks. I've been remembering all the happy moments so I can write about it. Which made me enjoy the happy moments more, and has made me specifically look for happiness and beauty. Try it and let me know!

Have a great first week of April, I'll see you next Monday,

Love,

Mia

Sweet! A new pair of shoes!

Hi!

A few days back my sister went to the thrift store and found some beautiful shoes. They were a bit too big for her so she asked me if I wanted them. She took them with her (after all, who would leave shoes that cost only three euros all alone in a shop?) and I tried them on. They are also slightly too big for me, but I can at least walk in them.

It was a bit rainy this morning, but during a short sunny period of time I was able to make some pictures with my sister Mayke. She was kind enough to help me out by making pictures of me. 

Meet Mellow, the sweet yet slightly slow pony who lives in a nice meadow behind our house. 

Miep also wants to know what's going on

Moomin and Sopje are very curious creatures! 

девушка (Little Girl in Russian) (My sister likes everything Russian) and Alice are a bit shy and stay in the background

Hi Floortje!

I hope you have a great day and that your weather wherever you are is better than it is here in The Netherlands!

Love,
Mia

Dyed my hair!

Hey guys!

Yesterday I decided that I wanted to dye my hair. I don’t know if I’ve told it before, but I’m a huge fan of Doctor Who. It’s just an amazing show and it makes me very happy. I have been watching it for a year now and now I have arrived at the eleventh doctor. Finally. With the eleventh doctor Amy Pond arrived too. She is played by Karen Gillan and she has gorgeous red hair.

 -Source-

Just before I saw Karen, I watched a video made by Mascha (from beautygloss.nl) in which she dyes her hair brown with a red glow using henna. I got excited immediately, until I read the bit that says you can’t dye your hair with henna when you have already dyed it with chemical stuff. It would become green, and that was not the colour I was going for.
Still dyeing your hair with henna is a great choice. Henna is a very nutritious product for your hair and it makes it look healthy. A lot better than chemical stuff obviously.

This didn’t stop me from trying however. I bought 200 grams of henna powder at the health store. This is what the packaging basically says:

Use: 100 grams for short hair, 150 grams for long hair. Stir the henna with boiled water until it is a thick mush and add a few drops of lemon juice or vinegar. Massage this in your hair. Put a piece of plastic over it and a towel and let it sit for 10 minutes (light red hair) or longer (darker red). Rinse this out with water. Tip: before you apply it to your actual hair, try it on hair from your brush.

This is almost the same as Mascha said. Still my story is a lot different from hers, so I thought it would be good if I tell mine too.

As I said before, I had dyed my hair with chemical hair dye. This is I think two months ago now. I used hair from my brush and separated them into two little wisps of hair. I made a little bit of the stuff and put the hair on a piece of plastic, still separated. I waited ten minutes and washed one piece of hair. It was EXACTLY the kind of colour I wanted, but I still waited another ten minutes before I washed the second piece. It had practically the same colour, so I decided that it would be safe.

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU TRY THIS TOO: Do not use any iron things, no iron bowl, spoon or even aluminium foil. Any metal stuff will create a chemical reaction and make your hair green too. Be carefull!

Ew.. (without flash)

(With flash)

So, I washed my hair, made the green stuff and put it in my hair.

Before:

This is how it turned out eventually:

I know, my braid is not what it used to be this morning..

I must warn you (again)! Putting the stuff in is not very difficult, but getting it out is the tricky part. It took me at least an hour to wash it out. It becomes like clay on your head and there are little clumps of green stuff EVERYWHERE. I assure you, you will be cleaning your entire house after you’ve done this.

Still, I am very happy the way it turned out. I’m not Karen Gillan, but I’m ginger. I know the photos don't really show, but it really is red!

Love, Mia

Happy cats

Miep:

Music: Ice age by John Powell

Relax...

In this period of my life I am everything but relaxed. Wanna relax like me? Check these relaxing pictures out.. (Mostly my cats Miep (black) and Floortje (orange).

Starring Vera the dog (lovely sunset!)

Ain't no sunset without a sunrise

Floortje, you're gonna see her a lot. She sleeps cute.

I don't know this cat personally, but it just played with me and then fell asleep...

I love watching cats lick their paws..

Miep :)