Day to Day Life

Yesterday afternoon Xander and I went to visit our friends Paule and Warnoud.   While we were in Canada Paule gave birth to a beautiful little girl named Faela.   I would post a photo of her but I forgot to ask them about it and I don’t want to put up pics of someone’s child without their permission.   You’ll just have …

One of the things that have been contributing to my good mood this year is my visits with the psychotherapist.  Every time I type the psycho part I feel weird because it has such a stigma to it but this is me being real… I was so frustrated when I last mentioned my sessions but things have gotten so much …

On Friday my husband and I had a total meltdown after dealing with our end of year bill from our energy company.   Getting a bill for 800 euros just before Christmas really sucks ass.  We can pay it, but it really screws up most plans we had for Christmas shopping and such, especially after just getting back from holiday. To …

Kerstversiering is x-mas deco in Dutch… it’s a word I’ve been saying a lot over the last few days.   I count the days until I can start decorating, and I even decorated my turtle tanks. For the first time this year we got that cheesy snow stuff that you spray on the windows in Santa and snowman designs and shit.  …

When we were in Canada we were at my sister’s place for a few evenings to visit.  While we were there, one of the things I loved most was her fireplace… it made her livingroom so cozy and really added to the atmosphere.  Of course, I couldn’t stop thinking about it since. I never really knew much about the fireplaces …

On the way through the airport in Amsterdam I asked Xander if there is a term in Dutch similar to Home Sweet Home, he said Oost West Thuis Best, which means East West Home Best.  Works for me… The traveling was long and tiring but we are finally back in the Netherlands and battling our jet lag (the jet lag …

I can’t believe I forgot to blog about our trip to the Apenheul last month!  It was the part of our long weekend that I was looking forward to most, and enjoyed the most.   Better late than never, I guess. The Apenheul is honestly the coolest place I’ve been to in this country yet.   I was so excited while we …

Wow, what a great day it’s turned out to be so far.   At a time of year when the weather is growing more and more dark and depressing, I was happy to wake up to a beautiful sunny day! I took this photo (WITH MY NEW CAMERA!) while Xander and I were out with the dog this morning.   I think …

I was just reading the news on Expatica and came across another blogger who writes for them.   I went to a page that explains who she is exactly and I felt much better after having read it.   It made me feel like I’m not completely hopeless after all. The truth is that I’m not from anywhere in particular any more, …

Back in January I was itching to get a new camera, but I couldn’t decide what kind I wanted.   I decided at the time to hold off until I knew for sure, as it’s something that I’d be using for a few years.   So for the last 10 months I’ve been looking at reviews and narrowing it down to what …

I remember years ago when I was living in PEI I decided I wanted to have caramel blond hair. I went to the hairdresser and spent hours, upon hours, upon hours while they tried to make me that color… and all they could seem to get is various shades of red and orange. Even when they bleached the bejesus out …