Memory Lane

Today Xander had to go in to the office for a few minutes.  He is on a new project with the government in Dordrecht and the first day he was there he went to hunt and gather for lunch.  He phoned me telling me that there was a quilt shop around the corner, and a deli with import items up …

When I was out with my friend Penny the other day we were talking about Rotterdam and how it’s changed because of World War II, and it got me to thinking about how different things might be here had it all never happened. You see, during the war, the Nazis bombed the city center to bits.  They didn’t just blow …

Today two of my favorite people in the world are celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary… my parents! This photo was taken three years before I was born when my parents were almost 10 years younger than I am now.

This was me once, when I was 15 years old, in 9th grade. My boyfriend’s name was Aaron Tuck, I have no idea where he is now but wherever it is I’m sure he’s causing lots of heartache to some poor woman who loves him desperately regardless. I thought I was massively fat, even though I’d love to be that …

I took this photo a little over a year ago when I was in the city center with friends. I was excited to see the Christmas lights going up and wondering what the new year would bring. Life in the Netherlands was starting to come together for me, I was making friends and starting to feel more independent. I was …

This week’s theme is skinny, frig! What am I going to put for that? It’s not like I’ve ever been skinny.  At least that’s what the kids at school told me!   Ever since I was a child I was always the chubby kid.   When I look back at photos of myself when I was young, I don’t see myself as …

A few years ago, actually… more like 15 years ago (ugh!) my friend Peggi and I went out for a drive and were looking for some nice places to take pics. We drove about 15 minutes away from home and found these really nice waterfalls tucked in off an old dirt road. If we weren’t looking for a spot we …

Last year I wrote a blog about The Best Day of Summer 1996 from an old blog entry.  I was looking back to where I was 10 years before. To sum it up, where I was 10 years before was spending the day driving around the Cabot Trail with my friend Peggi and two friends we had picked up hitchhiking. …

I can’t believe that 14 years ago today I was spending my first day as a high school graduate.  Has it really been that long? That means that 14 years ago yesterday was my high school graduation ceremony.  It was about a thousand degrees out and I had a t-shirt and shorts on under that scratchy gown and thought I …

A while back a friend invited me to Facebook and I joined to see what it was.  Since then I’ve been completely addicted to it because it’s like a time machine!  I’ve gotten in touch with so many old friends, and even some family.  I’ve caught up with over 50 friends from my graduating class and it’s been great. Another thing …

This week’s theme is Memory.  I went through a few different ideas before choosing a photo.  Good memory, bad memory, scary memory, funny memory… I ended up going with a memory that gives me all of those feelings. My wedding day.  The day I literally married my best friend and the love of my life all rolled into one. May 12, 2000, …