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I am in so much pain today :( Yesterday I went to the shop with “Willie” to pick up some more tiles as we decided to have the toilet done as well as our bathroom. You see, here in the Netherlands it’s not uncommon for the toilet to be totally seperate from the bathing/showering area. So in our flat we …

We are first time house owners.. this is getting more and more obvious with every step of “Operation Face-lift” for our new flat. We started out with these big dreams, thinking the money we budgeted into our mortgage would allow for these grand designs. Now after a few months we’re figuring out what desperately needs attention compared to what would …

This weekend the guy came to look at our bathroom again and start the process of renovating it. Our bathroom really isn’t that big, it’s just the shower and sink really.. because here in NL they usually have the toilet seperate. We needed 15 square meters of tiles, if that gives you any idea of the size. Anyhow we went …

Every evening before dinner my father and I used to watch Three’s Company. I loved that show! If it was on TV today I’m sure it would still be one of my favorites.. but sadly the Netherlands has never heard of it. That’s one show that will never end up in the bargain bin so we’ll never see it here. …

It’s been raining for the past few days in the Netherlands, which is a bigger threat here than in a lot of other places in the world. The Dutch struggle constantly with water because a large part of the country below sea level and is reclaimed land. They’ve come up with an ingenius set of locks to keep the water …

Yesterday I felt like I was on my very own episode of House Invaders, only a shitload more expensive! In House Invaders they go to your home and use things you have hanging around to make over your house. The difference is, we didn’t have anything hanging around to do it, so we had to buy tons of shit. Wow, …

Project Home Reno is a go. We’ve sucessfully stripped every scrap of wallpaper from our apartment, Xander has sanded the door/window frames and I am in the process of painting them white. Soon there will be no more pink!! I just sit in the livingroom now, looking at the door frame leading to the hall and it’s a nice clean …

Naw I’m not giving out kisses but if you saw me you’d probably think I was. Not sure what I came in contact with over the last day or so but for some reason my lips are all swollen and itchy. It would seem I’m allergic to something, no idea what though. I look like an Angelina Jolie wannabe…. I …

Another day and another night of lost sleep. All last night Spencer was being a pain in the ass. It all seems so clear to me when I’m laying awake at 3:30am…. just get rid of the cats. Find somewhere for them to go and give them away. When it’s daytime again and they are laying somewhere sleeping and looking …

I absolutely love this stuff! It’s the first time in years that anything has challenged my alltime favorite Haagen Dazs Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream. This new Oatmeal Cookie Chunk ice cream by Ben & Jerry’s is definately giving it some competition. If you haven’t tried it you really should. It’s absolutely delicious! Last night I watched an interesting show on …

Yesterday I went for my first day of my lessons. Turned out it was just meant to be a quick meeting to sign the contracts for the course. There was only about six of us all together, not counting the husbands who tagged along. Silly me of course, I was like a 5 year old with her daddy. “No Xander …