Adventures of a Cat Lady

  • Arty cat boxes

    For the purpose of this blog, we will be calling what is being created as “arty cat boxes:”, much more catchy than a ‘art cat bed’ which they are found as under google. When I first came across these super cute boxes a month or so ago, I knew instantly that I wanted to make…

  • How to create a mental health wall

    Mental health is something that affects everyone. Despite this, its still considered a taboo subject, which does no one any good. Although it could be argued that the world is currently taking many steps backwards and actively towards the later 1930s or early 1940’s… It is highly likely that you have had the ‘doorway effect‘.…

  • The Rijks Museum Library

    The experience of visiting the Rijks Museum Library, taking in the history and reading a few random books.

  • DIY Tie Skirt

    DIY Tie Skirt

    This is a project that Ive wanted to do for years and I mean years. When I started to look into more seriously, I realised that not all tie skirts are created equally and there are many options you can choose to make your skirt. This is a project that I started last year. I…

  • Finishing off 2024

    The round up of 2024, highs, lows and a few things in between.

  • Why you should be boycotting the Dutch Olympic team this year at the 2024 Paris Olympics

    SOME READERS MAY FIND THIS POST DISTRESSING, AS IT CONTAINS DISCUSSION OF CHILD RAPE. Have you ever considered boycotting the Olympics? I think it’s fair to say that most of the population like the Olympics, from being massive fans attending the games to following the games on tv or reading it on news outlets. Generally…

  • Dubai Bar in the Netherlands

    Have you heard of the Dubai Bar? If not, you’ve been hiding under a rock, lucky you! If yes, you’re either on social media or have a chocolate addition (no judgement from me). *Edited to add in additional bars, including Fix, the original Dubai Bar* What is this magical bar? I’m glad you’ve asked! It’s…

  • Half way into 2024

    At the end of every year and then the beginning of the next year, I always say to myself, I must blog more! If I blogged as frequently as I thought about blogging, I would have at least one post a month. Sadly I see something shiney and then minutes, hours, days later I think…

  • Sausage Stew – a winter warmer

    I recently stumbled across a instagram post that inspired this recipe, it kind of reminded me of my childhood… Not the the recipe that was used but the ingredients. As a child my mother made a lot of kielbasa sausage with rice, so much of it that it’s taken me years to want to eat…

  • 2023 Wrapped Up and Done

    Another year almost down, the older I get the shorter each year seems to feel. Ok, thats absolutely not true (but true). Jan-Mar always feels like a drag and you think, ‘when will this year end’. Spring arrives, things feel less dark and miserable. June arrives and you think, ‘what, already have way through the…