Dear Mother Nature, What’s with the snow? I woke up this morning and this is what I saw out my dining room window. I must say, I was somewhat confused. It would appear that there has been some sort of miscommunication here. I SAID winter was over for the year, remember? Spring is coming, winter [...]
Tonight when I was getting ready to make dinner I saw a beautiful amber colored glow in our dining room. I looked out to see what was happening outside and saw the sun setting behind our building. I know when I start seeing the lovely gold and purple sunsets that spring is well on it’s [...]
Over the years I’ve had a lot of issues with seasonal depression. Not something I’ve ever suffered from in Canada, but it hit me quick and hard here in the Netherlands. I wasn’t expecting it but it happened, and it continued to happen for the past 10 years. Granted, for the first half of that [...]
This lady definitely made the best of the recent snow here in Rotterdam. When we saw her coming we initially thought she had a kid in the sled, but when she got up close we realized it was her groceries. We told her how clever we thought it was and she said she figured if [...]
Pixel loves the snow. When we take her out in it she sniffs around, pushes it with her nose, digs in it and runs around like someone put a firecracker up her arse. It’s a very exciting time for her! When we first got her she hated being outside if it was anything other than [...]
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 [...]
This little girl took great joy in pounding her father with giant snowballs yesterday. He was a really good sport about it, and I thought that was really cool, because he looked like he was freezing his arse off. It was nice to see all my neighbours out, not just the children but the parents [...]
Check it out, it’s Michal Keach again! Still no idea who he is, but he’s still serving a purpose for me. For the 2nd time in the past 3 years I am once again down THIRTY POUNDS (14 kilos / 2.1 stones)!! Well, 33 lbs as of today, but 30 lbs as of my last [...]
… until I get to see my parents again!! By that time it will have been 2 years since I’ve seen them. Again, far far too long. They will be here from May 3rd – May 17th and I absolutely cannot wait. It’s nice having something to look forward to like this. It also gives [...]
It’s 2006, how the hell did that happen. I moved to NL in 1999, that sounds like forever ago, but feels like it was just last year. That’s how much has really gone on in my life since I moved here. Sad huh? I have about 7 months worth of experiences all stretched across almost [...]
I love Fridays so much.. Don’t have to worry about what time I go to bed because I can sleep however much I want to the next day. Two whole days before I have to go to school again… love it, love it, love it! It’s been snowing here for the past three days or [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fearless Fourteen
by Janet Evanovich
