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I have a PERIOD KEY! ……………………………………….. No more cutting and pasting! It’s wonderful! How do I have a new period key? It’s one of many new keys on my NEW LAPTOP! I know, this story just keeps getting better and better doesn’t it? It’s a Sony Vaio FJ Series and the things I love about it include: The glossy screen …

Well I made it through the hitlergolf and managed to sweat myself off another 2 lbs, go go gadget heatwave!! Maybe I should move to some tropical island and all I’d really have to do is drink a lot of water so I don’t die, as I’d sweat every time I moved and lose weight from it. Ok so not …

HITTEGOLF – When I first saw this word today the first thing that came to mind was Hitler, don’t ask me why. I’d probably have the same reaction if I heard Hitler was coming to the Netherlands next week though. So I’ve decided to create another Canadutch word (along with Hubbetje and the like) and call this Hitlergolf. Xander sent …

What is it with men and their ability to sleep through anything? Last night we had the worst thunder and lightning storm I can remember in a long time.. I leaped up out of my sleep, ran around the house closing windows and came back into the bedroom. I stood there for a minute observing the scene in there.. the …

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 …

I’m in Den Haag now in the beginning of my eight day petsitting gig with Gus and Ike. They are both snoozing soundly on the sofa at the moment while I sit here with my feet up watching the pre-show of the MTV Movie awards. It’s approximately 28-30 degrees outside here at the moment and the back garden feels like …

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 …

Yesterday I was talking to a friend and showing him some pics of Cape Breton when I found this pictures online of North Sydney, the town I come from. I felt homesick but it didn’t take me over like it would have in the past. It’s been so long since I’ve lived there, almost 9 years now. It’s hard to …

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 …

It’s sunny in Rotterdam today, for the first time in too damn long. I feel rejuvinated, I feel alive! Xander says I’m like a little rechargable battery, I go out in the sunlight and he can almost hear the hum of my body recharging. How strange huh? We’re going into town shortly, where we will grab some lunch, see Constantine …

I just saw this article I had to blog again immediately. The is what the article says: Call it rhino winter blues – a pair of rhinoceroses in a Dutch zoo are being given sunbed treatments to make up for the lack of sunlight during the cloudy winter months. Rhinos Jennifer and Petra don’t like the gray Dutch weather much. …