Xtreme Laundry

I need to remember to finish doing the laundry before it gets dark. I forgot today and had to climb up the Stairs-of-Death (TM) this afternoon in the dark. Our laundry room is on the top floor, up these very steep and narrow stairs. There’s no light to illuminate them, unless I turn on the [...]

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Areas of My Expertise

my waiting area
I’m starting to worry. It seems like any time G goes out of town, something unpleasant happens to me. Last time, my knee got badly banged up as I tried to stop Lola from going over the wall. This time — today — I managed to lock myself out of the house.
I had [...]

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Bird Watching

Yes, I’m still here, and no I didn’t finish the one-year anniversary posts. Let’s just say life intervened and leave it at that.
So, the picture. No, it’s not — at least not intentionally — a picture of Pippo’s dining bowl and the mess he makes each day with the kibble that goes flying or gets [...]

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Come Visit!

As I mentioned before, I was busy a couple of weeks ago, preparing the guest room by giving it a fresh coat of paint. As you can see from the before picture, the walls/ceiling were a light yellow, with the door, beams and built-in bench all a light shade of purple. A cheerful room, but [...]

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Follow Up

I mentioned the red light district in town in a previous post. It turns out that our own house was once a brothel, some time before WWII.
Maybe I should reconsider sitting here by the front window. I guess it’s a good thing we decided against the red lamp we saw at Kikke Spulle the other [...]

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Interloper

Interloper
Originally uploaded by indigo_jones

I was sitting at the table when I suddenly heard a thump at the window and saw this cat sitting on the ledge, with it’s paws outstretched against the glass, like one of those Garfield dolls you can stick on the inside of a window. Luna, who was sitting on the heater, [...]

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Bits and Pieces

Straight and Round
Originally uploaded by indigo_jones

I’ve been meaning to blog bits and pieces of the past week or so, but keep getting distracted. None of this is particularly exciting, rather just little observations and amusements.
The thing of most interest for us has been the fact that we FINALLY bought a light for the living room. [...]

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Dinner Plans

We’re having R & M (the former house owners) over for dinner tomorrow night. G’s making his famous lasagna, which I’m looking forward to devouring! Unfortunately, the house isn’t quite as finished as I would have liked, but I guess we’ve done ok for having started from scratch two months ago. Maybe we can invite [...]

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Success!

I just took Pippo out for a walk and as we were coming back and reached the area where all the cafés/bars are, a woman across the street from me was obviously looking at me and speaking to me. The usual moment of panic set in, but then it clicked as to what she was [...]

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De Grote Gele Bank

Our sofa finally arrived yesterday. Unfortunately, the whole not-being-able-to-breathe thing meant that it didn’t get put together properly until today. But today it is done! And comfy! Luna has settled in quite happily. She hasn’t moved since I took that photo half an hour ago.
Tomorrow we go to Hema to buy some orange paint to [...]

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