janien

A new year and not so much to tell about my mums illness ... she is still in a coma and we can not do much more then pray and hope ! I know I have to do some more swaps but I have not the courage and the money at this moment ... hope you'll understand! But later on this month I will pick up the thread and sent everyone his or hers swaps ... Keep my mum in your prayers and your thoughts please! Thanks a lot !

Today it is Monday december 15th and it is not going that well with my mum ... we are praying for her and have the candles lightened but she is still in a coma ...

Hello today it is Monday december 8th and I was whole weekend in hospital because my mum felt in a coma ... she is not doing so good! Here at home my dad and I are trying to get all hospitalbills payed and try to get out all the swaps but it will take a while I guess ... hope you'll all understand and be a bit patient ! But I promise everyone is getting what he or she deserves ... just give me a little time to fix it all!

Hello ... my mum is still at intensive care and the doctors keep her asleep, they told us she has a lot of pain and is getting a lot of morfine and other painkillers ... we hope the best for her and hope she will getting awake soon ! (update on Monday December first)

Please if some one is still waiting for a swap just let me know I will gladly resent ... I start to get loving 'swapping' (lol)

My name is Lies ... I am the youngest daughter of Janien. I am just back home from the hospital where my mum got a canceroperaration. She was 9 hours on the operationtable and the doctors tryed to remove the cancer. Now she is at intensive care. Why do i tell you this all ? First of all i want to ask you all to think of her in your prayers and your thoughts and secondly because she loves swapping, every swap brings a smile on her face and that is why my mum asked me before she left for the hospital for sending out the coming swaps around the duedate and if someone did not received her/his swap I will gladly remake and resent it. I am not such a swapcrack as my mum is but I will do my best and hope everything will turn out the way it has to be! So ... if you were expecting something and it did not show up (the postoffices in belgium are sometimes very slow ... and very uncompetent) please give me a sign and I will resent as soon as I can ... And as soon as my mum is back home she will take it over again ... and in the mean time I think I will get the virus of 'swapping' (lol)!

I am doing this swapping because I like to bring a smile on my partners face so if something went wrong, you don't like the swap or the swap was sent but has not arrived at your place (belgian postoffices are sometime gggrrrr!) please let me know and I gladly will resent ... If you are sending a swap to me and you will be late or have problems just let me know and we'll find a solution I'm sure about that ! I know a lot of things can happen in life and make it sometimes difficult ... we're just good friends aren't we ?!!!!

I am living in belgium, my native is Dutch. I am happily married for allmost 30 years with Berre and we have two wonderful daughters Saar and Lies. I am a catlover ... we have two (Javanelleke he is coffee with milk coloured and Jens a little red one) ! I am a proffessor at the social high school but at the moment I am a SAHM because I am fighting against cancer and am going through a bad time ... butI hope to survive and win the battle!

I love to be creative ... cross stitch - scrapbooking - making cards - knitting (esp socks (lol)) and much much more!

I love the beatles and the rolling stones ... both are great groups (lol) My husband is a real beatlesfan and has a very big collection with vinyl, memorablia, books, cd's ... so if anyone from anywhere would like to do a swap with me and change anything beatlesrelated you're more than welcome!

I also love Bob Dylan, jimi hendrickx, U2,Clouseau, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Julien Clerc and many more musicians ...

I don't like to see movies ... sometimes a musical I cap appreciate ! Last musical I saw was 'across the universe'

I love to travel and see other countries and cultures ... I have a big collection of postcards from all over the world (I specially love mapcards and lighthouses) ... prefer to receive the postcards new and unwritten, no stamp on it and sent in an envelop.

I also like reading, making poems, making photographs and computering!

I also love winter and snowmen and pinguin !

I am addicted to pink and purple

kitchen towels, socks, materials for cardmaking or scrapping, DMC threads, handmade cards, candels, tea, coffee, chocolate (yammie we in Belgium have very good chocolate (lol)) ... also looking for some real good penfriends for longlasting penfriendships via snail mail ! themed postcards : maps - lighthouses - cats - ladybugs - beatles or stones - animals in general - historical buildings - christmascards - halloween and eastercards

I also like stationary and notecards (jan vis - diddl - sanrio - hello kitty - suzy's zoo - cats - lady bugs - music - ...)

I am also addicted to cross stitch - like any aida or evenweave - dmc threads - patterns - cross stitch magazines (old and new ones)

I also like lipbalsem - earrings - socks - chocolate and candy - handmaded cards and postcards - ...

Oh this is so so difficult ... I think I love every little present gaven and chosen with love!

I am addicted to ladybugs and mailart (cross stitched envelopes oh this is so fun!) and my little family and cats!allways will come on the first place ... I really love them all!

• anything related to 'THE BEATLES'

• anything related to music

• anything related to cats, owls, penguin, icebears or ladybugs

• bath and body things

• lipbalm

• napkins, paper tissues

• scrapbooking materials

• postcards : maps, lighthouses, ladybugs, animals in general, cartoons, seasonal (christmas, easter, halloween)

• anything cross-stitch or DMC

• coc-cola (my last name is Colans so I am bit related to it (lol))

• anything cute is welcome and I am sure I will love all the things you sent to me ... I am such an easy person (lol)