Tammy

A Canadian living in France with her Dutch hubby after 17 years in the Netherlands. A total TV and movie junkie who is never not knitting. She also enjoys other crafts, nail art, cuddling her dogs and general geekery. Otherwise just working on getting by and making a life for herself in her 'new' country.

One… two….three…. four…

This is me. This is me counting to ten. This is me killing everyone in my immediate surroundings in a PMS Rage. Today I am home having my turn to be with the plumbers and welders that are working on the pipes in the building.   What started out as a leak in our bathroom has turned into a leak in …

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Another Day in the Life

Today I was in a great mood at work, which was pretty remarkable considering it was a Monday.   On my lunch break I started realizing the world was working against me. No, that’s a lie, I really started noticing it on Saturday. We were leaving our flat and the sun was shining.  I commented as we were walking out of …

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Gratis Inburgeren!

Do you have any idea what I’m talking about?  If not, then you are proving something I’ve been asking myself about all the time. I’ve been seeing these ads on trams all over the city but keep missing the chance to take a photo, but the other day on my way home from work I managed to snap this quickly …

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Catching On…

I’ve been working at my current company now for almost three months and I’m finally reaching the point where I feel I have a decent grasp on what we do, which makes for a welcome change.   There is a lot to learn and for the first month I felt quite confused and came home every day feeling completely drained.   I’m …

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Dogs Balls – The Conclusion

A snippet from my Spats section: Dogs Balls – Repeated Since Bailey turned six months old Xander and I have had an ongoing argument about his balls. I want to get him fixed, Xander doesn’t. Now I understand it’s just male instinct to want to preserve all testicles on the planet, but there must be limits. Where I come from …

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Saturday Photo Hunt – High

I keep forgetting about the photo hunt lately, but there’s still a few hours left of this Saturday so I’m not too late. This is a photo of Seal Island Bridge in Cape Breton, taken from one of the viewpoints of Kelly’s Mountain. For me, it’s always the sign that I’m almost home.  Once we cross that bridge I know …

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RTFM

Today I went to get a remote for my new phone so that I could use normal headphones, the ones that came with it are garbage.  It’s not like a remote you use for the TV but a thing that plugs into the phone that you can plug your headphones into and it has all the buttons you need for …

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Nitch

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!  Would someone please tell Paula Abdul that there is no such word as NITCH?!  I swear, every time that dumb bitch opens her mouth I want to scream, but when she says ‘You have found your NITCH’ I want to go all unibomber on her ass.  GAWD!!  How do they let her continue to do …

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Gadget Geek

I think anyone who knows me and my husband knows that we are major gadget geeks.  Rather than clothes and shoes, holidays and whatever else people usually spend their money on, we are always on the lookout for a new laptop, PDA, mobile phone, etc.   My working has really made this easier for us. This is my messy living room …

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Holy Crap! It Works!

Ever since I’ve gone back to work, one of the hardest things to deal with has been leaving Bailey home alone.   He’s my baby!  Leave me alone, I know it’s sad!  For the past five years he’s had me by his side all the time and suddenly he’s being left all alone.  Look at that face, doesn’t it break your …

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