Monday March 13th –
Packing.
Mess.
Disorder.
Sorting.
An un-desired state of semi planned chaos 😬
Our day was spent sorting through anything and everything.
We knew we owned more stuff then we thought, but we also may not have realized we had so many clothes 🙈
By we, I mainly mean me. Continue reading “An Un-desired State Of Semi Planned Chaos”
Friday Jan 20th –
We had an appointment at the gym close to our place that morning 😏
It was nearer then we thought even, and if we do end up attending it, we should technically walk there as our ‘warm up’ rather than take the car the half-minute drive away 😜
We went and talked with one of the gym employees, filled out a form about our activities or lack there of, our goals and expectations etc. etc. and booked an official first try out for February 😜
Far away I know, but my friend would be coming soon, leaving no time for the beginning of our healthy lifestyle 😏
Afterwords we quickly drove to a hardware store to look for some new reed-ish fencing to recover our balcony with.
A photographer would be coming on Wednesday to take pictures of the apartment so we wanted to clean up the image 😋
I was dropped off at the apartment so I could have some alone time, (something that has been scarce with Mike not working 😜) blog and begin making muffins while Mike went out to get a few things.
Blueberry muffins were made using wild blueberries brought back with us from Sask 💙 Continue reading “Cleaning Up Our Image”
(Title in english: Heartfelt Thanks To Opa)
Friday Oct 14th –
Breakfast, IKEA for a bed frame Inge had spotted for us in the sale corner, Gamma for paint, apartment.
We needed paint for the bed frame as it was going to go from gray ish to gold 😉👌🏻
We hauled up another cart full, including our two chandeliers!
So happy we can finally utilize them 😄
Oma and Opa stopped by to check out our little place and then a bit later Opa returned to help us out with electrical stuff and some fixer upping that had to happen.
The guy who lived there before us, reeeeeally liked to pretend he was a good handy man.
Wires were hidden with plastic covers, going multiple directions, (what he considered) nifty little boxes built to hide things when really it just made it look more tacky, odd placements and lots of glue, the list could go on 😟
It was Opa’s brilliant idea to get rid of the grey boards/cupboard space the same guy had built above the actual kitchen cupboards.
I knew I wouldn’t use them but I never would have thought of removing them myself.
Wednesday Oct 12th –
The much sought after and long awaited day finally came, the day we would no longer be homeless vagabonds but have a place to call our own👫 🏠
It was a process that started at 10:30 that morning.
We first went to the apartment to meet the current owners and look over the place one last time.
From there it was a quick drive to the office where terms, agreements, rules etc. would be read, papers signed and keys official handed over 🗝🗃
But of course things can’t go as smoothly as all that 😏
I already mentioned in the Jem Moment about us getting the apartment that the real estate guy had told us we would need an official translator for me the day papers were signed.
He then later said that no one actually wasn’t required.
We hardly sat down at the office with the realtor and owners before we were told an official, court ordered translator was indeed needed and we couldn’t go on without one 😳
Thaaaankfully there was a way around part of it, allowing us to still get the keys as expected but not having it be officially, 100% OURS until a translator could be present.
Hand shakes, keys handed over and it was (almost) ours!
We drove back to the apartment to look at the color samples I had picked the day before, Mike measured the bedroom with himself to see what size bed would be best 😋
We officially own an apartment 😱
After being technically houseless since June and living with each set of parents, today was the awaited day… papers were signed, keys handed over and voilà!
We almost didn’t have it today because an official English translator wasn’t present at the reading of the papers.
We had been told one wouldn’t be needed, only to find out today that one indeed was needed and getting a court ordered translator isn’t a one day (or sometimes even a one week) process.
Thankfully they found a way around it we were able to get it all done as previously intended 😁
We now have a house on the 8th floor ⬆️
Sneak peak at our 50 square feet😁⬆️
Be prepared for many house pictures, cleaning stories and decoration discussions coming up😉
Friday Sept 23rd –
The door to fall seemed to finally crack open here, so it was time to break out the new long sleeve shirt and post wedding attending-beach wave, pony tail hair 😁💕
(Long, overly descriptive sentence I know😝)
Mike and I headed to Arnhem on a mission to find some more clothing for ‘We Nomads’.
And the mission was accomplished 👫👕🛍
We managed to find, select and then downsize our selection and make it out of town with a bag full of things to take to the embroidery shop 😁👌🏻
That much decision making meant we needed some nourishment, found in the form of the very typical, very Dutch fries with mayo and peanut sauce.
After a quick, design/consolation stop at the house, we drove the goods off and now it’s a waiting game until we get the call to pick’em up and send’em out! 😄
I know it’s not my project, but I must admit I really enjoy the process of it all.
The finding, tweaking designs, writing up information for said products ✍🏻
And Mike is kind enough to indulge my tendency to take over and we worked together whilst sipping our test of the chai tea mix we bought and we will be buying more 😎
(I hope 😋)
We went over to Sarah’s to visit her and the girls for a little bit and then it was my lucky night because I got to eat Döner kebab all by myself, no sharing since Mike had already eaten leftover pasta 😏😜
It’s the little things about marriage that you sometimes don’t realize matter, like always having to share all the good food 😝
Saturday Sept 24th –
Brunch was eaten and the next memorable thought was that lunch needed to be found 😜
The human brain, such a wonder and yet ours seem extremely small and mainly food focussed.
We went into town and got kibbeling for lunch and then checked out a new homey/accessory store across the street😊
A few other shops were perused, groceries bought and then back to the car to go check out the second hand store quickly.
But somewhere between groceries and getting to the second hand store, tragedy struck.
Literally.
I closed my head in the car door…
I blame Holland as it has crazy small parking lots, which caused Mike to park in an itsy bitsy space, which made me have to squeeeeze into the car since I wasn’t able to open the door very wide.
Causing it to spring back and be stopped from closing completely, only by my head.
A headache then came along to the second hand store but was momentarily relieved after a find, was found!
An old school desk that needed some TLC and will hopefully be used as a painting/blogging desk once we get into the apartment 😄
The day before I had spotted a rug in the sale corner of IKEA and I was trying to decide if it was a good color combo with the other colors I was thinking of for the apartment.
I decided it was, (with the help of the mom and sister😉) but too late 😔
Sadly, it was sold and all my daydreams about on point decor that I’d had throughout the day were crushed.
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