Adventures of a Cat Lady

  • 2025 and done

    Every year I say the same thingsWhere has the year gone? But seriously, where has it gone?I know I didn’t blog enough and I promise to do better next year.Ok, the obligatory statements are out of the way…. Now let’s recap 2025.Is it just me or is it crazy to think 2025 is done and…

  • Finishing off 2024

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

  • Ice sculptures and Eindhoven

    A cold Netherlands ice Sculpture Festival and visiting museums in Eindhoven. From one side of the Netherlands to the other.

  • Corona-Cation!

    It’s crazy to think we are 4 months from Christmas and basically 2021! What a year! I realised that in August, I celebrated one year of being a single homeowner. It’s amazing and yet truly scary. My house and I have a true love hate relationship, I love it but it hates me and likes…

  • New home, new problems

    is what Ive put on my whiteboard in my kitchen and it is incredibly apt. I generally adore my home but equally there are sometimes where I wonder if its purposely testing what tiny amount of patience I have.  I can laugh at a lot of experiences Ive had with the house. In the Netherlands,…

  • Moving house and adulting

    This year,  has been crazy busy… thats my excuse for not blogging. I have had a few messages of disappointment at my distinct lack of blogging. I can always trust my friends to harass me and put me back on the right path!  Having said that, so much has happened in the last 5 months…

  • 1 Year in the Netherlands

    It’s officially been 365 days, an entire year, since I moved to the Netherlands. What a year, its had it’s up and downs and I can say unreservedly that its been an adventure. Brexit: This is the gift that just keeps giving, much like an STD. I literally have no idea what my future holds…