Spencer’s not the only one to enjoy the sun that comes into our living room in the morning these days.  The dogs have taken to lazing around in it as well. As promised, Rotterdam didn’t see any snow this weekend!  It’s still sunny and beautiful just like I planned.  Only 13 days now until the official start of Spring (March …

I HAVE LOST 50 POUNDS!!! Of course, like 19 and 25 lbs on my last attempt, and my recent 30 lbs this must be celebrated with a fish!  This fish weighs exactly 50 lbs 2 oz, which is how much I have lost as of this morning!  What a relief!  I was beginning to think that pound was never going to go. You …

It appears that I am not the only one looking forward to spring!  The sun has finally started showing itself in the Netherlands again and Spencer took full advantage by finding this warm sweet spot on a shelf in our living room. Everything seems to be starting to come to life again.  I see flowers starting to poke up through …

On February 14, 2010 (Valentine’s Day) the Lock of Love art piece was placed in Rotterdam’s popular district of Delfshaven.  The Lock of Love ritual has been taking place all over the world, and is now here in Rotterdam as well.  Not just a rail on a bridge or a chain around a lamppost, this work of art has love …

Well, fun for us anyway! It’s not so fun for Christiaan Van Vuuren at the moment, as he’s been in quarantine in Sydney Hospital in Australia since the end of last year. The info as of Jan 6th from his YouTube Page: On Wednesday the 9th December I was admitted into Sydney Hospital… It wasn’t just for my protection, but …

Bailey (top right) and Pixel (bottom right) peacefully engaging another dog.  A rare occasion indeed! This week’s Photo Hunt theme is Daily.  One thing that is a part of our daily life, come rain or shine, is walking the dogs… and the drama that comes along with it.  I snapped this photo last week while we were out for a …

This morning was weigh in day.  I got on the insult machine, looked down and told it to go fuck itself. It would appear that  making that 1 pound my bitch is going to be more difficult than I thought.  Instead, my body was all like HA, I’ll take your 1 pound and see you a half a kilo.  Then …

My father (seated center) and his band, The Morticians, in the ruins of Moxham’s Castle (1966) Today an old friend of the family posted these photos of my father and his band, The Morticians, on Facebook.  They were taken in the mid to late 60’s.   I’ve heard a lot about the band my father played in when he was a …

One of the things from my 101 List that I’ve been most keen to do is start riding my bike again.  I’ve not ridden my bike in the last number of years because I never found it comfortable.  To put it bluntly, I’ve been too fat and self-conscious. We bought it about 5 years ago because I wanted to join …

Yesterday morning we woke up and it was foggy and grey. Not exactly what we hoped for on a Sunday morning but it would have to do.  I had a lot of housework that I was avoiding, so I asked my husband how he’d feel about going for a drive so I could take some photos.  He was up for …

I know you’ve probably seen this before I did, and I’ll spare you the Haiti talk.  You can find that on pretty much every other website on the internet and if you are or aren’t going to donate nothing I say here will make a difference.  I wanted to share this video anyway for a number of reasons. I loved …