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I am in so much pain today :( Yesterday I went to the shop with “Willie” to pick up some more tiles as we decided to have the toilet done as well as our bathroom. You see, here in the Netherlands it’s not uncommon for the toilet to be totally seperate from the bathing/showering area. So in our flat we …

We are first time house owners.. this is getting more and more obvious with every step of “Operation Face-lift” for our new flat. We started out with these big dreams, thinking the money we budgeted into our mortgage would allow for these grand designs. Now after a few months we’re figuring out what desperately needs attention compared to what would …

This weekend the guy came to look at our bathroom again and start the process of renovating it. Our bathroom really isn’t that big, it’s just the shower and sink really.. because here in NL they usually have the toilet seperate. We needed 15 square meters of tiles, if that gives you any idea of the size. Anyhow we went …

Every evening before dinner my father and I used to watch Three’s Company. I loved that show! If it was on TV today I’m sure it would still be one of my favorites.. but sadly the Netherlands has never heard of it. That’s one show that will never end up in the bargain bin so we’ll never see it here. …

The other day I had a problem with my computer when I was trying to patch my game. Xander helped me out with it and when he checked that the game was working he asked if he could make a character. I figured what the hell, Xander hates games anyway.. I’ll let him make his little character and he’ll lose …

There have been multiple bombings in London today. All taking place within the busses and underground of the city center. That’s pretty scary to think of all those people who were just doing their day to day activities, not having any idea that their bus would be bombed that day. Last I saw there were two confirmed deaths and many …

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 …

Our friend Erwin has been here visiting for the past two days. He’s an old friend of Xander and I that we met on the net and have known for about 12 years now. He is a Dutchie too but sadly lives all the way in Germany so we don’t get to see him that often. Last night we were …

Well I’m home again, the eight days in Den Haag flew by and I managed to hang out there by myself without getting too bored or into any trouble. I don’t really have much news to report. It’s the same old thing here.. gaming, hanging out with hubby, trying to make babies, working on the house (ok not so much) …

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 …

Don’t worry I’m not cheating on my husband… but this guy cracks me up. Go here to read Steve’s err.. blog, I guess you’d call it. Yet somehow these ingredients went from sweet and child-like to harsh and alcoholic quicker than Lindsay Lohan. Comments like that are why I love this guy..