We got snow this morning in the Netherlands. So close to Christmas, but it just missed the mark. I think not having snow is one of the things that makes it more difficult to get into the Christmas spirit over here. Well, that together with not having friends and family around. It was so nice to wake up and see …
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Uploaded this photo to Instagram a few minutes ago and thought I’d share it on my blog as well. Anyone who has had weight loss surgery or been in the process of losing weight can tell you that there are times where you lose perspective. Where things seem to be going too slow, where you feel like the same old …
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Remember the time when my husband got into my pants? Well last night he got to return the favor! Get your mind out of the gutter, if you clicked the link you know I’m not talking about that. Yesterday was 5 months since my surgery, and I feel like I’m in a total time warp. How on earth has five …
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On May 12th my husband and I celebrated our 12 year wedding anniversary. It’s still hard to believe we’ve been together so long as I don’t think either of us feel old enough to have been married for 12 years. Wasn’t it just a few years ago that we WERE 12? A few days before we were clearing out our …
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When people ask me what my biggest problems are after my gastric bypass I think they are expecting me to say that I’m sick, that I can’t eat the things I love or that I have some freakish pain… but that’s not it, I have none of those problems. Right now my biggest problems are hair loss (I knew this …
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Three years ago Penny got me a ticket to see our favorite performer in the world, PINK! It was such an awesome evening and I had the most amaaaaaazing time (I’m already counting the days until she is in Rotterdam again!). There was only one down side… one thing that sort of put a momentary damper on the experience. When …
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One of the challenges we often face living in a small flat is making the most of the space we have. We had originally planned to be out of this flat years ago but there was no knowing what was going to happen with the housing market. We’ve outgrown this place, but we are stuck for the moment so some …
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