Paquita is happy again.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
My new Spanish Princess
Guess it is time to introduce her finally.
Sunday I brought home Cara. She is a Galgo Espagnol and arrived sunday morning really early after a long trip from Spain.
That wasn't going to be all, later that day we had to travel another 5 hours by train and bus to get home, since we were in Limburg, the other side of the country.
But I am very happy to say that Paquita is eating again and even tried to play today.
She got very lonely after Tom and Isa passed away and Reza left to her new home.
When I found out she got really depressed, I went looking for another dog.
It had to be a galgo or greyhound off course.
On the Scooby website I found Paloma, 3 years old, not too scared and a gentle dog.
Sounded like a good match for Paquita.
Turned out she is a bit younger. Just a tiny bit...
Her passport says 9 months, but we guess she is about 15 months old.
LOL, after Paquita I swore, never again a puppy.
Technically Cara (which is her name now) isn't a puppy, but behavior wise....
I think we are in for some fun, just hope she won't eat my books or other stuff.
Anyway, here she is:
Sunday I brought home Cara. She is a Galgo Espagnol and arrived sunday morning really early after a long trip from Spain.
That wasn't going to be all, later that day we had to travel another 5 hours by train and bus to get home, since we were in Limburg, the other side of the country.
But I am very happy to say that Paquita is eating again and even tried to play today.
She got very lonely after Tom and Isa passed away and Reza left to her new home.
When I found out she got really depressed, I went looking for another dog.
It had to be a galgo or greyhound off course.
On the Scooby website I found Paloma, 3 years old, not too scared and a gentle dog.
Sounded like a good match for Paquita.
Turned out she is a bit younger. Just a tiny bit...
Her passport says 9 months, but we guess she is about 15 months old.
LOL, after Paquita I swore, never again a puppy.
Technically Cara (which is her name now) isn't a puppy, but behavior wise....
I think we are in for some fun, just hope she won't eat my books or other stuff.
Anyway, here she is:
Thursday, June 19, 2008
25!!!!
Yes, there are 25 full days left before we will be getting on the plane that should bring us to the US.
Going to be 25 long days, mainly because I want to be there so much.
Not that I should complain, there is a lot going on that should make time fly.
I made a list that is hanging on the fridge right now.
Terrified I may forget something since everything is packed together in the last few weeks. School ends for my son so there is a lot of activities going on there, things are arranged for the new school, the 10th anniversary of the GINN reunion this weekend, maybe picking up a dog, buying stuff for the new school, clothes for my son for this summer (are teenagers on steroids? They grow so fast it is scary), getting the house cleaned up, making sure we have everything for the trip packed and oh, there seems to be a birthday somewhere in between also.
LOL, better skip that one,think I will just stay 43 for one more year.
And this is only from my side of the pond, Jack has his own hectic life rightnow.
A birthday somewhere in between also.
So, adding one and one together, it seems that time would be flying.
Strangely enough it is not. It feels like time is dragging on.
Feels like it will be ages until we will be close again.
But that is probably just me being impatient. Very, very impatient.
And guess what, when we are finally together, than time will fly...
Going to be 25 long days, mainly because I want to be there so much.
Not that I should complain, there is a lot going on that should make time fly.
I made a list that is hanging on the fridge right now.
Terrified I may forget something since everything is packed together in the last few weeks. School ends for my son so there is a lot of activities going on there, things are arranged for the new school, the 10th anniversary of the GINN reunion this weekend, maybe picking up a dog, buying stuff for the new school, clothes for my son for this summer (are teenagers on steroids? They grow so fast it is scary), getting the house cleaned up, making sure we have everything for the trip packed and oh, there seems to be a birthday somewhere in between also.
LOL, better skip that one,think I will just stay 43 for one more year.
And this is only from my side of the pond, Jack has his own hectic life rightnow.
A birthday somewhere in between also.
So, adding one and one together, it seems that time would be flying.
Strangely enough it is not. It feels like time is dragging on.
Feels like it will be ages until we will be close again.
But that is probably just me being impatient. Very, very impatient.
And guess what, when we are finally together, than time will fly...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
We turned the country orange
at least, for now.
For the Dutch, soccer is the game. And it shows.
For some reason totally sane people turn into madmen as soon as there are European or World Championships.
And even if I might have chosen to ignore the whole thing, today there was no avoiding it.
Tonight the Netherlands played their first game in the European Championships against Italy. Streets turn orange because of the decorations that are put up everywhere.
Every shop gives away little 'have to have it's' or sell every possible item in the color orange.
And you know what, at a certain point it gets to you, everywhere you look you see something in that terrible bright color.
And that moment you have to choices, accept it and go along with it, or go crazy and move to Iceland.
I choose the first option, I am actually enjoying the whole mood.
I won't go as far as actually sit down and watch the game, but when I was walking Paquita this evening and I suddenly heard the whole town cheering I knew 'we' scored.
I enjoyed the kids getting out on their bikes during the break, shouting and singing about us being the champions.
And yes, we won, big time, 3-0. Next time the Dutch have to play is Friday.
Against the French if I am right, might be a hard game.
But until than I will enjoy the crazyness.
Maybe I should dig up that orange doggy t-shirt?
For the Dutch, soccer is the game. And it shows.
For some reason totally sane people turn into madmen as soon as there are European or World Championships.
And even if I might have chosen to ignore the whole thing, today there was no avoiding it.
Tonight the Netherlands played their first game in the European Championships against Italy. Streets turn orange because of the decorations that are put up everywhere.
Every shop gives away little 'have to have it's' or sell every possible item in the color orange.
And you know what, at a certain point it gets to you, everywhere you look you see something in that terrible bright color.
And that moment you have to choices, accept it and go along with it, or go crazy and move to Iceland.
I choose the first option, I am actually enjoying the whole mood.
I won't go as far as actually sit down and watch the game, but when I was walking Paquita this evening and I suddenly heard the whole town cheering I knew 'we' scored.
I enjoyed the kids getting out on their bikes during the break, shouting and singing about us being the champions.
And yes, we won, big time, 3-0. Next time the Dutch have to play is Friday.
Against the French if I am right, might be a hard game.
But until than I will enjoy the crazyness.
Maybe I should dig up that orange doggy t-shirt?
Sunday, June 8, 2008
The Wild, Wild West.
One thing I wish we did here that I saw was common in the Netherlands was provide animal parks for the local village and towns people. I always enjoyed our doggie walks that went past the local animal park where Petra lives. While we do not have those, I think from what I saw and have heard, we have more wildlife roaming around in the wild and they can be seen often in the area.
We both like being outdoors and here in Pennsylvania we have massive areas that are wild and natural. Places to see all kinds of birds, reptiles and mammals that may be new to Petra and her son. We have already decided that we will take hikes and enjoy the wilderness around where I live so I thought I would show some pictures of some of the critters we should see as we take our nature walks.
First I thought I would show you some of the animals that I see regularly in my own yard and neighborhood and follow up with some that we should have a good chance of seeing on our walks in the woods.
From my own house walking the dogs, I see: Rabbits, skunks, squirills and groundhogs.
On our walks in the woods we should have a good chance of seeing: Deer, fox, bears, opossum, raccoons and porcupines.
There are many more that we may see and of course many birds and reptiles that are very common but hopefully we can see some of these mammals and Petra will have her camera ready. LOL
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
And than this happens...
until this morning I liked Jacks post.
Being a woman I started out thinking Hillary might be interesting, soon enough she reminded me of the way women can fight, mean, mean mean.
Believe me, I recognize it when I see it, grew up with three sisters.
Anyway, The US may have done a huge step as you said Jack, in the mean time they did a step back also in the world of free travel between countries.
Until now a visit for 90 days or less to the US could be done on a visa waiver that you would fill in during your travel to the US. Mind you, I never heard Jack about having to do the same coming here...
Well, they still avoid calling it a visa, but yesterday Michael Chertoff announced that from next year on, we (the non-americans) have to register ourselves electronically 3 days before we travel. That way they can do back ground checks and make sure no terrorists enter the country. Ok, seen what happened, I can see that a country does things to make sure that doesn't happen again. But this is close to having to go to for a visa.
This on top of the way you are made feel when entering the country makes it harder and harder to feel welcome in the US as a tourist and innocent visitor.
Being a woman I started out thinking Hillary might be interesting, soon enough she reminded me of the way women can fight, mean, mean mean.
Believe me, I recognize it when I see it, grew up with three sisters.
Anyway, The US may have done a huge step as you said Jack, in the mean time they did a step back also in the world of free travel between countries.
Until now a visit for 90 days or less to the US could be done on a visa waiver that you would fill in during your travel to the US. Mind you, I never heard Jack about having to do the same coming here...
Well, they still avoid calling it a visa, but yesterday Michael Chertoff announced that from next year on, we (the non-americans) have to register ourselves electronically 3 days before we travel. That way they can do back ground checks and make sure no terrorists enter the country. Ok, seen what happened, I can see that a country does things to make sure that doesn't happen again. But this is close to having to go to for a visa.
This on top of the way you are made feel when entering the country makes it harder and harder to feel welcome in the US as a tourist and innocent visitor.
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