I don’t usually do meme type stuff, but I’m in that kind of mood.   Avitable created his own and I like ones that get me thinking about life stuff so I’m gonna do it. My favorite age: 15 My best friend: Penny My celebrity crush: Jeremy Pivin (Ari Gold – Entourage), Jensen Ackles (Dean – Supernatural),  David Krumholtz (Charlie Epps …

The bedroom was completely cleared out and washed down.  Xander was a HUGE help with this part as he doesn’t really do painting. On Sunday my friend Penny came over to help give me a head start on the painting, which was great.   For the past 3 days I’ve been in and out of the bedroom painting.  I have until …

If you have never heard of the show Dead Like Me, it’s not really a big surprise.  It was one of those oddities, like Firefly, that doesn’t run for long but is mysteriously canceled, causing an uproar among fans.  It has a cult following and those who loved it loved it madly… including me. Here is a synopsis of the …

Last week when I went to visit my friend Penny in Roosendaal, I realized that it was the first time I was on a train here in the Netherlands in over 2 years.  Since we got our new car! I used to hate having to take public transit so much that when we got the car the long distance public …

When I was out with my friend Penny the other day we were talking about Rotterdam and how it’s changed because of World War II, and it got me to thinking about how different things might be here had it all never happened. You see, during the war, the Nazis bombed the city center to bits.  They didn’t just blow …

Today I went to visit my friend Penny in Roosendaal.  She showed me around the city center of Roosendaal, including this really beautiful shopping area that serves as a walkway between one side of the city center and the other. It’s been renovated recently and it just looks so nice!  I have no idea how it looked before but it’s …

I think anyone who knows me and my husband knows that we are major gadget geeks.  Rather than clothes and shoes, holidays and whatever else people usually spend their money on, we are always on the lookout for a new laptop, PDA, mobile phone, etc.   My working has really made this easier for us. This is my messy living room …

Have any of you seen the movie Juno yet?  If not, you really have to check out the trailer. Yesterday my friend Penny came into town and we met up after work.   I get off early on Fridays so I worked through my lunch so I could get off even earlier so we could hang out.   She is way pregnant, …

Laura, Penny, and Tammy Originally uploaded by laura95368 One of my closest friends since coming to the Netherlands is Penny, a California girl who moved here to the Netherlands about four years ago. She is also married to a former skater boy and like all my other friends, is PREGNANT! Ever since I’ve known her she’s talked about her friend …

It’s hard to believe that Christmas is over already!  I spent ages counting the days until it got here, and now it’s passed.   Isn’t that always the way? It was sort of weird on Christmas Eve because it didn’t really seem like Christmas at all.   We ordered some Chinese food and I spent a while making these rat hammocks for …

We got back from our weekend away and we had a really wonderful time… but before I talk about that I have to show you this pic.  It’s something Xander pointed out to me today that made me laugh. This is a potholder that is part of a set that our friends Penny and Yuri brought back from California with …