Tag Archives: Xander

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 …

This morning we woke up to a bit of snow in the Netherlands.  At 10am my husband and I hopped in the car and set off to Kinderdijk! I’ve been there a number of times, the first time back in 2007 with the girls, then in 2008 with my parents and also once or twice with my husband. I’ve been …

My husband came home last night after a weekend away with his Lego / Robot buddies.  They were working on… god I’m not even going to try to explain it, it’s this, and they did get it working. I love that my husband has a hobby that he’s so interested in and gets so much enjoyment out of.  I don’t …

The view from my balcony last night as my neighbours brought in the New Year with a bang! Every year on New Years Eve I am on my balcony in hopes of getting some good firework photos.  Back in 2007 I was bummed because it was raining on NYE so not as many people were out.  Also it made for …

That’s a lot of meat for only four people but in our defense, we did have veggies too! Last night Xander and I went down to Roosendaal to visit with our friends Penny & Yuri.  A few weeks ago when I went to visit Penny for the day we walked by a restaurant that sparked my interest.  Amigos is a …

This is the totally wonky snowman that we made together with a few of our neighbours this afternoon.  There was more laughing and throwing of snow than there was actual building, but he’s unique and we love him.  The people in our building so rarely socialize, it was nice to just be outside chatting and laughing together. As usual, I …

Yesterday is snowed in the Netherlands and I woke up and squealed like a crazy person.  Thankfully I was home alone as it was one of the few days this month that my husband was called in to work.  I thought about going out to take photos but it was so dark and dreary that I decided not to.  This …

Before Friday I had no idea that there was a Christmas Market at Kasteel Keukenhof, but thankfully DutchBitch not only told me about it but gave us her mother’s free pass to the grounds!  So not only did we get in for free, but I finally got to meet her after years of reading each other’s blogs and chatting on …

Actually, no… don’t! A week from today I have my 2nd appointment for a Gastroscopy, not fun.  It goes a little something like this… I just had it done on the 18th, and you’d think once would be enough but please… this is me we’re taking about.  It goes without saying that my body will play evil tricks on me …

Hrmm I think I may have… perhaps once or twice. Yeah, I definitely have!  LOADS! Yesterday was the first day of Autumn here in the Netherlands and what a great summer we’ve had!  Normally, I spend my autumn posts talking about what I love about the autumn but I’m pretty sure I’ve done that to death and you get the …

On Sunday Xander and I went to the Biesbosch in Brabant, just south of here.  It’s quite lovely around there with lots of water and nature.  There are boats you can rent to see the area from a different perspective and lots of trails for biking and hiking.   We drove around the area for a few hours, stopping every so …