Canadutch

Is not just the name of a really good TV shows.. but is now the number of months that I have seen the words “Not Pregnant” on the software I use to keep track of my cycle. This is the 24th month that Xander and I have tried to get pregnant, and the 24th month we’ve failed…. and it seems …

The Movie Of Your Life Is An Indie Flick You do things your own way – and it’s made for colorful times. Your life hasn’t turned out how anyone expected, thank goodness! Your best movie matches: Clerks, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

Yesterday I was talking to my friend Gail and apparently there have been some issues with my website being dreadfully slow lately. She said it kept hanging on some “nerdsonsite” thing, which was the counter on the top of the bar to the left that used to say “Currently Visiting” and then show the number of visitors on my site …

I was looking over some old blogs from this time last year and can’t believe how quickly the time has gone by. My parents always told me that the older you get the faster the time goes by. If it goes this quick now I think I year will go by in a blink by the time I’m 70… Last …

Little self-scold there… seeing as I’ve been such a crap blogger lately. Not a whole lot new here. Been working on my quilting a lot and doing some knitting.. my scarf should be done just in time for when I’ll need it hehe. This is the example of the block I’m working on this week. I’ll pop a pic up …

Learned two valuable travel lessons this weekend. I had a petsitting job in Den Haag and on my way there my train stopped part way and wasn’t going any further, leaving me with no idea how the heck to get to my destination. Lesson learned: ALWAYS plan an alternate route when using public transit!! On the way back I learned …

I was living on my own in Canada, it was as if Xander never existed and it was a year or two after I had broken up with Jimmy in Toronto. I had to go to his place for some reason and he had this truly bizarre apartment that was all open but had 3 kitchens, one of which was …

Today I read one of the best comments I’ve heard in a very very long time. An expat’s nerve-wrecking journey through Helland. Where even service is below sea level. Now that’s some funny shit. It’s from this site: www.itsnotpossible.nl The site is named for the English translation of the Dutchies’ favorite saying… “Dat kan niet!” Classic… Thanks Darryn for pointing …

So Tanya did a 69 Q’s meme and I figured I may as well keep it going. So here’s mine :) (Btw Tanya I giggle when I see 69 too :P ) 1. Initials: — TBCS 2. Name someone with the same birthday as you: — Harry S Truman 3. Where was your first kiss? — Monroe Park with Aaron …

Yesterday I met up with three other expat women who are living here in Rotterdam. I met them on one of my “Life in the Netherlands” type of yahoo groups when I made a post about knitting (yes, I know.. I’m obsessed with learning to knit lately). Usually when I go to these gatherings I find myself in limbo between …

I’ve come to love the website www.Expatica.com because it makes me feel like my sometimes negative feelings towards live in the Netherlands aren’t completely without foundation. I just read another interesting article about a poll done on expats and their feelings about living in NL. I appear to fit in among the 15% of foreigners in NL…. that % of …