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A while back I wrote about being walk stalked by some African dude while I was out with the dog.  This was in 2006, but it has happened a number of times since then.  Tonight’s episode was especially nerve wracking for me though, because it was night, and I’m not usually out alone at night.  Xander is off at a …

Someone reminded me lately that I haven’t posted about any of my turtles in a while.  Fear not, they are all going strong!  I took a few photos of my little ones to share.  I’ve had them over a year now, almost 2 years actually, and they are doing really well.  They are growing, although you can’t really tell from …

“It was bad enough when we were fighting the Terminators. But then the Transformers came. Now we just call them the Transforminators – John Connor Maybe they should have gone this route and killed two birds with one stone?   I haven’t seen the new Terminator movie yet but I have heard some pretty bad reviews already.   Transformers is still a mystery.  …

A while back my friend Heather was raving on about this new movie she got that she was head over heels in love with.  She told me how she anxiously awaited the arrival of the DVD and how she’s watched it almost every night since it arrived.  Umm, yeah.  I am a total TV and movie freak but even I …

I love Ryan Reynolds and anyone who says he can’t act is a motard. Even though you know this video is fake you almost feel sorry for him anyway! How awesome is Betty White too, seriously?  She is such a crazy ol’ bird.  I always just saw her as the cute Golden Girl but when I saw her once on …

Over the past few weeks there has been a meme going around all the blogs about ten things you think but would never tell people.  These are mine: 1. I wish you never left. It’s not the same without you here and missing you really sucks. 2. Every time I start to think you have finally grown out of it, …

Ok, so yesterday I wrote about a teacher who was canned from her job because she decided she didn’t want to shake hands with men anymore.  Apparently, she made this decision for religious reasons and that didn’t really jive with the Dutch way of life. Now today I read this article over at DutchNews.nl about a teacher who was suspended …

On Wednesday night Xander and I were going out to see Star Trek – OMG What an awesome movie!!! – and I was getting cranky because he was rushing me.   Also because I was sleep deprived… AND PMSing.  Seriously, he should have known better. Anyhow, as I ran around getting dressed and brushing my teeth, I was mumbling and bitching …

A recent article caught my eye about a teacher here in the Netherlands who faced losing her job because she decided, for religious reasons, that she didn’t want to shake hands with men anymore.  Here is the article from DutchNews.nl: A school in Utrecht was within its rights to sack a female teacher who refused to shake hands with men …

People often ask me how our pets get along together, and there is no real way to answer that as it all depends on each of their moods.  Spencer generally avoids the dogs, and the dogs love to chase him every chance they get.  Bailey, at 6 years old still is very playful, but at times Pixel, our 1 year …

This photo of me and my  husband was taken almost 9 years ago in Paris.  We felt so grown up but look at us, we were babies!  I’d just turned 25 the week before and I was a wife!   We were so cute though, still in that stage where we called each other Mr. and Mrs. and giggled every time …