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This weekend Xander and I decided to visit Keukenhof. We both really wanted to make sure that we see it one last time before we leave the Netherlands, and since it’s only open for a few weeks a year, this was possibly our last chance. The only time we were able to go was yesterday, which we weren’t so sure …

Five years ago my husband and I visited the Lock of Love art installation that was put up on Valentine’s Day of that year (photo from 2010 above).  We bought a lock and had it engraved so that we could put it on there and throw away the key, thus cementing our love forever (or so the story goes!).   Being …

In an effort to gain self confidence and deal with body image issues still remaining after my weight loss, I decided to take part in a 365 project focusing on self portraits.  My hopes are that after a year of taking a photo of myself ever day, that I will stop hating photos of myself, stop picking apart the things …

A while back I saw some Cherry Blossom Nail art by Kayla Shevonne, and I loved it!  I may have pestered her a bit asking for a tutorial and last week she totally came through!  She made it look so easy, but she is an evil trickster! I tried twice and mine didn’t look nearly as good as hers. I’m …

A few months ago a friend of mine told me about a spot in Belgium that she thought I’d like, called Hallerbos. It’s a forest just outside Belgium that, for a few weeks every spring, is completely covered in bluebells. She showed me her photos and I immediately wanted to go.

Money is tight in our household this year, after a big bad surprise from the belastingdienst (tax office) that I never got into here on my blog.  I don’t plan to, but basically they screwed up and now we owe them over 2000 euro. So we agreed that Valentine’s Day wasn’t going to be an expensive event this year.  Not …

Today it was a whopping 27 degrees here in Rotterdam, and we don’t have our screens on the windows yet. Whew, it’s warm in here! We can’t open the windows wide because of the animals. I’d hate for one of my little fluffies to end up taking a three story drop. I’ll have to make a point to paint the …

Ever wonder what it’s like where I live? I found this website while chatting with a friend and looking for photos of Rotterdam. There’s lots of pictures from around the city on there, was a pretty good find. Stephanie voted off Survivor.. not like I couldn’t see it coming but I know Tom is next and then there’s really nobody …

My priorities are totally FUBAR. The things I think are important aren’t, the things I think aren’t.. are. I’ve always been that way.. I want things other people have, I don’t want the things I do have. I’m like a 5 year old child and the world is my toystore. It sucks. I keep thinking I’ll grow out of it …

I find it hard to think of titles for each blog.. my old blog I wrote in notepad didn’t have them. I mean a title should be something that catches people’s eye and makes them interested in what you have to say, but I struggle with titles. I chose “Manooky Juice” because it was the first thing that came to …

Ok, don’t worry I’m calmer than I was yesterday. I decided to take my NL frustration and use it constructively and finally finish my Life in NL page. I enjoyed making it actually, and was pretty surprised that my like list was almost as long as my don’t like list.Yesterday morning Xander went to “walk the dog” which meant “Escape …