Day to Day Life

On Saturday we went on an excursion that was organized by Xander’s company.  It was a tour of one of the castles of the Dutch royal family.   We were supposed to be there from 2pm – 4pm but there was a big detour and our bus ended up arriving a half hour late. There was a few hundred of us …

We got back from our weekend away and we had a really wonderful time… but before I talk about that I have to show you this pic.  It’s something Xander pointed out to me today that made me laugh. This is a potholder that is part of a set that our friends Penny and Yuri brought back from California with …

In an hour we are leaving for our extra long weekend away!  We’ve been looking forward to this all summer and it’s finally here. It’s a family weekend arranged by Xander’s work.  We’ll be going here: Tonight we’re in a competition doing this: … which will be my first time using the big balls with the holes for your fingers. …

Today was my first appointment with the new psychologist – again.  I’m hoping this will be ‘the one’ because I’m getting tired of explaining what is bothering me.  I know that’s the point of getting therapy, but I keep having to start from the beginning over and over. When I first went to the doctor a few years ago to …

Ok, now this just ticks me off.  Who thought hot dogs could cause so much confusion and hassle. When I first moved here I found it so totally bizarre that they kept their hot dogs in bottles and cans with water… and not refrigerated.   I was used to hotdog’s in a plastic package in the cooler section.  How do these …

Why does psychiatric care in Dutch have to have PSYCHO in it?  It makes me feel so… Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys :/ As any long time reader of my blog knows, over the years I’ve had some pretty nasty bouts of depression.  This was mostly brought on by homesickness, my lack of ability to cope and adapt to life …

This morning Xander and I went back to the walking track and I remembered to take my camera.   We did the full track again and it didn’t seem nearly as long as it did the first time.  After 30 minutes of hard walking I was beet red, as usual. I’m hoping one day I’ll be able to exercise without looking like …

This past weekend Xander and I went to visit our friends Penny and Yuri.  They are housesitting for Yuri’s boss here in Rotterdam and it’s been great having them so close.  They live in Roosendaal, about a 35-40 minute drive from us, so we get together once every 1-2 weeks if we are lucky. The place they are housesitting is like …

Ok so Project Fatass has been back in action now for the past two weeks and things are going really well.  Keeping track of what I eat and my exercise helps a lot.  I stay within my calorie range every day and eat a lot more healthy food than I did before. It’s funny because I always thought of eating healthier …

… but it’s finally here! Today was such a great day, we woke up and the sun was shining and it was like summer had been here all along.   People were out in their shorts and tank tops enjoying the weather, it was great. At 11am we went to see the new Fantastic Four movie, which was really good!  Part …

I was looking at a group on Facebook today and saw an aerial photo of my hometown. (( HOMESICK!! )) Then I started looking for photos of other places I’ve lived… This is my home town of North Sydney, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.  It looks so small to me now but growing up it was my entire world.  It’s still …