It’s finally Christmas in the Soldaat household! It took me a little longer than normal but I finally got our tree up and decorations throughout the house. I haven’t taken photos of it all yet but Here’s a little something to start out. The tree is up! I love that we have gifts to put under the tree already. My …
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For the past few days I’ve been busy setting up our Christmas tree and getting other Christmas decorations organized around the house. My friends make fun of me each year because it gets worse, and as each Christmas goes by, my house looks more and more like Santa’s workshop. No matter how bad I ever get though, I’ll never be …
Read More »If you are a friend of mine on Facebook or have followed me on Twitter, you’re fully aware that my anxiety levels were through the roof this year during the holidays. Mainly between Christmas and New Years. Why? – Because of the firecrackers, bangers, fireworks and everything else that went off causing my dogs to spin circles. It’s not just …
Read More »It was just a few days ago I was telling Xander how happy I was that I could actually have things around without cats knocking them down or breaking them. Spencer has been so good since he’s been here without Salem and I’ve noticed he’s a lot more careful about walking around things for some reason. I looked over last …
Read More »Holy crap, can you believe it?!! I remember when I started the countdown on my header, it was 68 days until Christmas and now it’s here! This is where Xander and I will spend Christmas Eve – in front of the tree, behind our laptops, just the way we like it! Ok, I’m sure I’d probably prefer to be visiting …
Read More »Saturday myself and Penny were off to the Christmas market in Cologne, Germany. We’d been looking forward to going for weeks on end so we were both totally stoked. I think we weren’t really prepared for what was waiting for us though. We knew it was going to be busy, since it is getting closer to Christmas and we went …
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I have a bunch of stuff in my head but can’t really concentrate on one single thing. Welcome to my pity party… I went to a party last weekend that had a lot of crying snot covered little kids in a small area. Having not purchased myself a plastic bubble yet, I got ANOTHER COLD. Yeah, you heard me right… …
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For the last number of years I’ve been dying to visit the Christmas markets in Germany. Since my husband was never too keen, it never really happened. This year I was talking to my friend Penny about it and we decided to book a trip for the two of us to go. On December 13th we are going to Cologne! …
Read More »Today while I was in town I took this photo of the Christmas decorations in the city center. Everywhere I turn there are people complaining about Christmas decorations and items being out already, but I honestly couldn’t be happier about it. I think here in the Netherlands we are slightly early as well because we have Sinterklaas in early December. …
Read More »No, unlike some places in Canada at the moment, it is not snowing in the Netherlands! As much as I love the snow, I’m glad… because I’m so not ready for it yet! I am totally ready to do some Christmas crafting though! A few months ago I ordered this cross stitch kit from sewandso.co.uk and have had it set …
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It’s now only 29 (oops – Typo!) 69 days until Christmas and as my latest shopping excursions have shown, the Dutchies have their Christmas items out on the shelves already! So far we’ve found Christmas items for sale at Blokker and Xenos, and our local Intratuin is currently about 50% through setting up their winter wonderland! I know this would …
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