Day to Day Life

Ok, so as I mentioned in my post about my latest visit to the Doc the one thing he did agree to do was to send me to get x-rays of my foot.   I’d stepped on one of the dogs toys months ago and my foot has been bothering me since.  After squeezing around my pinky toe for a while …

If you have two dogs, and you use those extension leads with the big plastic handles… don’t do like I did today and think you can hold both of them and your camera at the same time.  Whatever is out there can wait.  Otherwise, you will just end up deciding it’s a good idea to put one lead between your …

April doet wat hij wil is a saying about the spring weather in the Netherlands.  It means “April does what it wants”, and boy does it!   A lot of people get irritated by not knowing what the weather will be like from one moment to the next, but I like it.   We go from days of 20-25 degree sunny weather, …

I hope everyone is having a good weekend!   Things are great here in the Soldaat household!  Hubby has taken an extra long weekend so he is off for four days, thank god!   After having him home every day for months and months when he was working from home, having him back in the office has been a bit of an …

At least that’s what my doctor said the other day when in the process of telling me why he won’t help me.  Nice. One common theme among expats here in NL is their dislike and distrust of Dutch doctors.  I’ve always sort of been on the fence because I’ve never had a truly horrendous experience like some others have, but …

Well this is something I haven’t heard of happening since I’ve been living here. Yesterday at approximately 2:25pm in the afternoon tram 23, heading in direction Holy smashed full speed into the back of tram 21, which was standing still at the time.   The crash took place in Rotterdam West in the Vierambachtsstraat near Mathenesserplein in Rotterdam. In total 39 …

I have a new lady power tool!  That’s what I call kitchen appliances because my excitement over a new blender or crock pot is pretty much equal to the joy my husband shows for a new saw or drill. It’s a slow cooker and I looooooove it!  It’s the best thing that has ever happened to my kitchen (except maybe …

This morning a plane crashed near Schipol airport in Amsterdam.   It’s still breaking news so there isn’t a lot of info out yet. Here is what is known so far (from cnn.com): (CNN) — A Turkish airliner crashed at Amsterdam’s main airport about 10:40 a.m. Wednesday local time, Dutch airport officials said. Images from the scene of the Amsterdam crash …

I’ve seen yet another meme that caught my eye, this time on Crafty Intentions and Dooce.com.  I like it because it’s about us and our husbands, and I love writing about my husband! Here goes: What are your middle names? My middle name is BREIGH, most people reading here know that by now.   Strangely, my husband doesn’t have one.   I’m …

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.  …