New show to love!   Usually I’m quite on top of good new shows but this one was recommended to me by a friend and I’m so glad, I love it!   If you haven’t watched it, you should… Toni Colette is better than ever and I think the story has some real potential.   I love the alter personalities and how completely …

OK, about 42,000 people have tagged me on Facebook to do this ‘25 things’ meme, so I’m gonna do it here and not tag anyone.  If you read this and want to do it yourself, by all means – meme your little heart out. Since I’ve been in winter hibernation and feeling a little Fuck You about all things Netherlands, …

(Photo taken by Carol, an expat friend here in the Netherlands) Apparently I am not the only one having problems with Shit Ninjas in their area.   Today when I checked one of my expat lists I saw a funny message from another lady who is fed up with the fact that people just don’t clean up after their dogs here.  …

Last night I crawled into bed and heaved a big sigh.  Our new bed is so comfy and with the fleece sheets on in the winter it’s like crawling into a cloud.  I was tired, it was almost 1am which is pretty late for us but not unusual lately since Xander has been working from home a lot. I was …

If you are a friend of mine on Facebook or have followed me on Twitter, you’re fully aware that my anxiety levels were through the roof this year during the holidays.  Mainly between Christmas and New Years. Why?  – Because of the firecrackers, bangers, fireworks and everything else that went off causing my dogs to spin circles.  It’s not just …

I’ve been reading the most fantastic series of books lately, and I’ve pretty much forced all my close friends and family to start reading them as well.   It’s the Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich.   They are about a girl who loses her job as a lingerie buyer and ends up blackmailing her sleezeball cousin into giving her a job …

It was just a few days ago I was telling Xander how happy I was that I could actually have things around without cats knocking them down or breaking them.   Spencer has been so good since he’s been here without Salem and I’ve noticed he’s a lot more careful about walking around things for some reason. I looked over last …

shoppers and crystal tree by wvs Every day I visit the website daily dose of imagery because I have serious photo envy, and because I like to torture myself by looking at photos of Toronto and getting homesick. Yesterday he posted this photo of one of the big shopping centers in downtown Toronto at x-mas.   When I first saw it …

Holy crap, can you believe it?!!  I remember when I started the countdown on my header, it was 68 days until Christmas and now it’s here! This is where Xander and I will spend Christmas Eve – in front of the tree, behind our laptops, just the way we like it!  Ok, I’m sure I’d probably prefer to be visiting …

This is my favorite photo from my trip to  Cologne, and it’s of a complete stranger. I was trying to take a photo through the crowd of a really beautiful stall with Chinese lanterns.  It was towards the end of the day and I was getting tired and a little frustrated with the crowd.  This guy saw me taking the …

Saturday myself and Penny were off to the Christmas market in Cologne, Germany.   We’d been looking forward to going for weeks on end so we were both totally stoked.   I think we weren’t really prepared for what was waiting for us though. We knew it was going to be busy, since it is getting closer to Christmas and we went …