{"id":5623,"date":"2009-08-07T20:10:51","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T18:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2009-08-07T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T18:12:09","slug":"back-home-sorting-cleaning-catching-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2009\/08\/07\/back-home-sorting-cleaning-catching-up\/","title":{"rendered":"back home: sorting, cleaning, catching up&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_8.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_parisaugust09_8\" title=\"PJB_parisaugust09_8\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_8.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_8-87x65.jpg 87w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_8-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_7.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_parisaugust09_7\" title=\"PJB_parisaugust09_7\" width=\"500\" height=\"349\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_7.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_7-87x60.jpg 87w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_7-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well folks, after carting <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2009\/08\/05\/in-paris-my-creation-is\/\">that cardboard creation<\/a> across Northern Europe, I&#8217;m beat. <\/p>\n<p>Thankfully it&#8217;s Friday and I think, for the first time in I don&#8217;t know how many weekends I am going to put my hand up and &#8216;just say no&#8217;. I am going to strive for a work-free weekend. I know, I know, there will be repercussions come Monday. But, I need the break. And also, I&#8217;m thinking &#8220;when in Rome, do as the Romans do&#8221; or in this case, the Northern Europeans &#8211; the Amsterdammers (and Parisians)(not to mention Italians) seem to just disappear for weeks on end in August &#8211; they shut up their shops, they leave their work, they leave all their responsibilities and just declare vacation. It&#8217;s something I find rather peculiar since these are two international cities but you know, whatever&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_5.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_parisaugust09_5\" title=\"PJB_parisaugust09_5\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_5-87x51.jpg 87w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_5-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will not be following suit and declaring vacation unfortunately as I have alot on and next week will be a killer, BUT, I think a work-free weekend is in order. What do you think? <\/p>\n<p>Shall I don my summer dresses? Get out my straw hat? Put paper umbrellas in my ice tea and put my feet up? <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_2.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_parisaugust09_2\" title=\"PJB_parisaugust09_2\" width=\"500\" height=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_2-87x73.jpg 87w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_2-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will still have to clean, sort, and tidy though as I have completely neglected my household duties over the last few weeks and the boat is unsightly, and barely livable. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_4.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_parisaugust09_4\" title=\"PJB_parisaugust09_4\" width=\"500\" height=\"519\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_4-83x87.jpg 83w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_4-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next week I want to tell you what I got up to in Paris each day I was there. I took lots of photos&#8230; some I will share here, some I will save for an upcoming project. I also bought something that I have been dying to show you, it&#8217;s been so inspiring for me. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_1.jpg\" alt=\"PJB_parisaugust09_1\" title=\"PJB_parisaugust09_1\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_1-87x51.jpg 87w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PJB_parisaugust09_1-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wonder what you will be doing this weekend? Any plans? Whatever you get up to <em>mes chers amis<\/em>, have a beautiful weekend. <\/p>\n<p>xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well folks, after carting that cardboard creation across Northern Europe, I&#8217;m beat. Thankfully it&#8217;s Friday and I think, for the first time in I don&#8217;t know how many weekends I am going to put my hand up and &#8216;just say no&#8217;. I am going to strive for a work-free weekend. 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