Thuis means home in Dutch.  It’s been a while since I did some before and after shots of some of the renovations we’ve done so far.  So I thought I’d play catch up. Our most recent is the dining room, this is how it’s looked over the years: This photo was taken sometime in 2000, the year we moved in.  …

I have had a headache for that last week straight.  Sometimes it’s killer, other times it actually feels like it’s going away.  I think it’s all the stress since we came back from holiday, but thankfully all the things we’ve been stressing over have been sorted out. Some things aren’t worth mentioning, so I won’t get into them.   I do …

This is a candy shop in the town of Pezenas in France, which is the village we stayed in while visiting my mother in law a few weeks ago. The shop was huge and full of tons of different kinds of candy. I didn’t go in any longer than what it took for me to snap a few photos though, …

Last night at 9:30pm I was sitting on my sofa with the mother of all headaches.  The past two days had totally warped my brain and I just wanted the time to go by until bed, so that I could wake up to a brand new day. Then I heard my phone alerting me that I had a message.   When …

Last night I was devastated, this morning I was sad but had already started planning our new catless life.  It included curtains, new sofas, plants, fresh flowers, hair-free clothing and a multitude of other things. I was sitting at work at 10am wondering if I should have Xander phone and check on the cats to see how they are settling …

As you know, for a very long time I have been at odds with myself in regards to my cats.   It’s hard when you love the cats themselves for their personalities and who they are, but hate everything that comes along with them.   Every time I cleaned our flat and woke up the next morning to our sofas and floors …

One of the coolest places to see in France (in my opinion) is Cirque de Navacelles, described by wikipedia: The Cirque de Navacelles is large cirque landform, located towards the southern edge of the Massif Central mountain range in France. It is located near Saint-Maurice-Navacelles and Blandas between the Hérault département and the Gard département. After the cirque’s formation by …

Today I am celebrating my 8 year anniversary with my husband.   When I say celebrating I really mean it.   Not in the partying sense but in the way that I truly recognize how lucky I am to have him in my life and can’t imagine my life without him. Our marriage hasn’t been perfect.  There have been strains along the …

The village of Cantobre was an unexpected find on our journey with Xander’s mother last week.   As we were driving along I saw something up on a hill and as we turned the bend, this is what we found. The entire village of about 30 houses was perched up on top of these cliffs.  It was much higher than it …

Yesterday (my birthday!) we decided to come home.  We’d been in France for over a week and were both feeling like we were getting a little tired of sight seeing.   It was time to pack up and head home so that we could be home in time to have a nice long weekend to chill out before returning to work. …

It’s hard to believe it’s been a week since we arrived in France.   Since we got here it’s been nonstop and I have literally hundreds of photos to sort through.   This will probably happen when we arrive home finally, because I’ve not found the time since I’ve been here, barring the odd quickie, like this one! It’s amazing the things …