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Sunday, December 9
We spent the night in The Hague where we celibrated JG and Tallotter's 16th anniversary. After breakfast JG is showing us the new location of his firm: the 23rd floor of a very new and modern building. A complete change of scenery compared to where the firm is located now: an old building in the center of the city. But most of all, with a awesome view of the city of The Hague, the North Sea and the skyline of Rotterdam.
Friday, December 14
The annual Christmas dinner of JG's firm is held in Scheveningen. The company did very well in 2007. It's growing fast and the atmosphere is joyful and vibrant. There are many new employees who will start working on a new project in Amsterdam in January. This year there are only a few gray suits and we literally have a very colorful group of partygoers.
Unlike other years there are no nasty remarks about a failing management. Still there's nothing more fun than to embarrass the management in front of all. For instance, by having the belly dancer wrap a huge python around the bosses neck. Or here, by forcing the General Manager to join the band in what can be best described as an akward Keith Richard immitation.
Monday, December 18
A few days before X-mas. A few small jobs still need to be done and we still have a little bit of cleaning and decorating ahead of us. For instance, putting up a Christmas tree. But after three years of hard labour we will finally be able to celibrate Christmas in our own stable. Next year we'll do nothing. No tasks whatsoever! Time has come to enjoy the group process of living together on a farm, to share and to invest in people again.
Saturday, December 22
Probably no white Christmas this year, says the weatherman. But who cares?!? This morning we were welcomed by the most amazing once in a lifetime view that will make up for at least the next twenty Christmasses. In all the years that we've lived here we've never seen anything like it.
Tuesday, December 25
Christmas Day and we are ready for it! We can finally enjoy our efforts, many setbacks and hard labour of the past three years and weeks. Tonite we're having dinner in the stable. With our (last) father and mother and our former neighbors (who used to live in the farm). Money is worthless, an extra house is nothing, unless you're able to share it with the people you love. Isn't that what the true meaning of "being rich" is all about?!?
We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year. Let's make a difference in 2008!