Yay, Matthijs has fixed our car! The Kia is again as 'quiet' as before. For only 13 euro's, a chocolate cake and some work hours. I'm sure he will relate the whole story on his blog some time soon. It involved cola (to remove rust) welding a pipe (3 euros and a chocolate cake), some gun gum glue and a gasket.

I'm working on a new little project at the moment involving glass cutting (takes some practice), glass paint, lead and wire. I'm making a glass hanger for in front of the window. With the extra sun hours we'll be getting soon that should give a very cheery effect in the room.

I already have 19 projects on Cut Out + Keep, versions as well as how-to's. My cheese cookies even made it to number 13 of the 20 most popular items list for a day. That is measured by how many people list it as a favorite within one week. Being part of that community makes me itch for more projects.

Last Saturday we celebrated my mom's 50th birthday here. I made two cakes:

The left one is a simple chocolate cake with molten white chocolate topping, letters made of cocoa and chocolate decorations. The right one is a coffee cake with walnuts. It took the whole morning to make them (including cooling) and I was quite proud of them. They were very yummy too.

This Friday we have Stoffenspektakel here in Enschede after which Matthijs will go to his cousin's birthday in Den Haag. On Saturday we have some tyding up to do for the stock of EE in Made. Sunday is blissfully empty and on Monday we'll go to an Easter Balfolk in Utrecht. That morning we might go to Utrecht early, rent a bike at the station and check out some neighborhoods there as the first where-do-we-(not-)want-to-live orientation.