Personal Ramblings

In a very ideal world, this blog will be a mix of crafting, baking, making and personal antidotes. These are my experiences, thoughts and maybe even laughable moments:

Dec 2024 – Finishing off 2024 – A round of 2024, another year down
July 2024 – Why you should be boycotting the Dutch Olympic team this year at the 2024 Paris Olympics – Highlighting that one member of the Dutch Olympic team is a convicted child rapist
July 2024 – Dubai Bar in the Netherlands – Taste testing different Dubai bars

Jun 2024 – Half way into 2024 – Making excuses for why I haven’t blogged whilst summing up 6 months in a post

Dec 2023 – 2023 Wrapped Up and Done – Overview of the year, a year I’m happy to see the back of

July 2023 – Gardening, the hobby of love and loathe – Showing off the spoils of years of work to create a garden that I love

June 2023 – Museums and laughs  – Enjoying summer and visiting museums in the Netherlands and Germany

May 2023 – The things we do for our cats – An international road trip to buy cat scartching posts

Feb 2023 – The ugly truth of using third party websites – Have you ever wondered what are the disadvantages of the gig economy or what happens when it goes wrong?

Jan 2023 – Ice sculptures and Eindhoven – Winter activities keeing me busy

Jan 2023 – 5 Years in the Netherlands and 2022 – Summerisinng five years in the Nehterlands

Dec 2020 – Saying a very cheerful good-bye to 2020! – Summerising 2020

Sept 2020 – List complete, mudwalk done! – Wadlopen and completing my 2020 goals

Sept 2020 – Corona-Cation – Spanish break in the sun in Corona times

June 2020 –1 box ticked, 50% done for 2020 – Skydiving!

June 2020 –3 months in an ‘intelligent lockdown’ – The Dutch take on Corona

April 2020 – Cat Wall – DIY Project – Step by step tutorial to building a cat wall

Jan 2020 – 2020 and who would have thought we’d all be in worldwide pandemic fighting for toilet paper over tissues – Dating and getting to grips with Corona

Dec 2019 – 2019, I’m so ready to say goodbye – Round up of the year, good, bad and ugly

Nov 2019 – New home, new problems – The joys of being a home owne

Sept 20 19 – Moving house and adulting – Moving house, the good, the bad and the stress

May 2019 – 2019, where have you gone?– Being sick in Holland and buying a house

Jan 2019 – Goodbye 2018 – Summarising 2018, the good, bad and uncertainty that lies ahead

Aug 2018 – Going Dutch – Dating in the Netherlands – My experiences dating in the Netherlands

Aug 2018 – 1 Year in the Netherlands – Summarising my first year in the Netherlands

April 2018 – 8 months in… – How Im settling in to Dutch life

Feb 2018 – Ageing disgracefully – Having a birthday and accepting life milestones

Oct 2017 – The first 2 months of my new Dutch life –  Pros and cons to my new dutch life

Sept 2017 – My new Dutch life – Transitioning to Dutch life, with all its many challenges

Aug 2017 – Boxes, stress and moving – Good bye UK, hello stress!

Aug 2017 – Expat in Amstelveen – Introduction to Amstelveen, 

Jul 2017 – Tales of a crazy cat lady – Introducing the cats and my passion for cats

Jul 2018 – Going Dutch – Reasons for leaving the UK and how Brexit forced the move

Jul 2018 – Why I blog – Thoughts and reasons behind my blogging