Wellll, it’s that time again. It’s Annual Check Up day (click link for more info) for The Kid at the Pediatrics Cardiology Unit… As every year around this time, my stomach is tied in knots… Mentally I know that he’s fine, because really at no time in the past year he’s been displaying signs of [...]

We’re out today. The Kid, The Lill Niece and myself will be venturing out to the zoo today. The Blijdorp zoo in Rotterdam to be precise. See you when we get back!

Goodmorning / goodafternoon / goodevening The DutchBitch is not in today. She will be smooching and cuddling and hugging  and smothering The Kid who is back after a 3 week absence while on holiday with The Ex. We will be spending the rest of the day eating the apple pie that I baked him… and [...]

I know you all have been going pretty nuts with my remarks on Facebook, Twitter and around here. And Gawd knows that The Sis and The BIL and The Mom have gone insane over me being on their doorstep all the time in the past days cos I didn’t know what the hell to do [...]

Well HELLO there! (if there is still anyone here, that is). I just emerged from my first shower after sweating my arse off in bed with a 104 fever. To me that is about the best shower you can have, after some days like that, all sweaty, achy, moany and then *poof * feeling all [...]