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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
On Wednesday night Xander and I were going out to see Star Trek – OMG What an awesome movie!!! – and I was getting cranky because he was rushing me. Also because I was sleep deprived… AND PMSing. Seriously, he should have known better.
Anyhow, as I ran around getting dressed and brushing my teeth, I [...]
This photo of me and my husband was taken almost 9 years ago in Paris. We felt so grown up but look at us, we were babies! I’d just turned 25 the week before and I was a wife! We were so cute though, still in that stage where we called each other Mr. and [...]
It’s funny how the little things stand out to you. Yesterday Xander came home with a strawberry tart for my birthday with chocolate and whipped cream. He decorated it with candles and brought it in to me after dinner. It was so sweet, and yummy!
Normally, we don’t make such a big deal about birthdays. This [...]
Random photo from some smarter people than us.
This is what I see for my future. A world where I am not even 40 yet and am already sleeping in twin beds. It’s 4:51am as I write this and I’ve already been awake for an hour. I am at the end [...]
Last night in bed my husband and I had the following conversation about my birthday.
Xander: Happy Almost Birthday!! Me: *Sigh* Only a half hour left of my youth… Xander: Oh the daaaah-RAHMAAA!! Me: It’s true. Tomorrow I’ll [...]
… but for today, I’m all about the grrrrr.
Another amusing, yet frustrating, addition to the Stupid Spats section of my site.
Honden Niet Uitlaten
This morning my husband was going out with the dogs for their morning walk. He asked me if I wanted to join him and I decided this would be a good chance for [...]
I hope everyone is having a good weekend! Things are great here in the Soldaat household! Hubby has taken an extra long weekend so he is off for four days, thank god! After having him home every day for months and months when he was working from home, having him back in the office has [...]
I’ve seen yet another meme that caught my eye, this time on Crafty Intentions and Dooce.com. I like it because it’s about us and our husbands, and I love writing about my husband!
Here goes:
What are your middle names?
My middle name is BREIGH, most people reading here know that by now. Strangely, my husband doesn’t have [...]
Last night I crawled into bed and heaved a big sigh. Our new bed is so comfy and with the fleece sheets on in the winter it’s like crawling into a cloud. I was tired, it was almost 1am which is pretty late for us but not unusual lately since Xander has been working from [...]
I have a bunch of stuff in my head but can’t really concentrate on one single thing. Welcome to my pity party…
I went to a party last weekend that had a lot of crying snot covered little kids in a small area. Having not purchased myself a plastic bubble yet, I got ANOTHER COLD. Yeah, [...]
Oh yeah baby! You didn’t think I’d go through the torture of sitting there while Xander had his tooth pulled and NOT get it to take pics of, did you? I mean I took pics of mine that time, so you should expect no difference now.
*snicker*
Seriously, that was in the mouth of the man I [...]
If I were to make a list of my least favorite places to be here in the Netherlands, it would be here. The waiting room at our local huisartsenpost (kind of like outpatients, where you go outside of office hours, only … different). I took this photo with my mobile while sitting there being miserable [...]
Today my crazy husband turned 34 years old. The other night in bed he threatened to divorce me because for some reason or another I thought he was going to turn 35. In my defense, he had me up talking for ages and I was so tired my eyes were starting [...]
The day before mom and dad left we took a drive a bit south to show them some more of the countryside and the beaches near Rockanje. We had initially planned on spending the day at home chilling out before they left but I think we were all feeling a bit weird so we decided [...]
Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan)
by Darren Shan
