Mimi on February 27th, 2009

By day, it’s a cushion (or call it a throw pillow, if you wish)…

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Mimi on February 26th, 2009

the warmth and tightness of my children’s hugs that just take my breath away
the tranquil sound of silence, after a long and crazy day
the cool sweetness of water to soothe my parched throat
the delicate fragrance of flowers, a balm to my soul
the sight of the majestic beauty of nature, which is but an inkling of [...]

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Mimi on February 24th, 2009

Most hotels in Amsterdam require you to check out by noon. Hence, if you have a considerable amount of luggage with you, this situation might pose a challenge to you if your outbound flight is in the evening and you intend to do some last-minute shopping or sightseeing in the afternoon.
One way of dealing with the situation [...]

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Mimi on February 23rd, 2009

Digital cameras are getting more sophisticated yet cheaper by the day. They’re now in the range of 10 megapixels and, as a consequence, resulting photographs are now getting bigger in file size, as well.
This poses problems in terms of emailing photos to family and friends, as a huge file would slow down the sending/receiving process.  [...]

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Mimi on February 22nd, 2009

This was the cake that I made for the twins on their 3rd birthday, which I should have posted a month ago.

For those who want to know how I made this, I baked a chocolate cake, let it cool, then covered it with melted cooking chocolate. For the sand, I crushed some digestive cookies (I [...]

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