It was vet time again today. The two youngins are doing great, almost 3 months now (on the 28th). Penny’s weight went from 0.5 to 1.1 kg (go girl!) and Sheldon from 0.8 to 1.3 kg. Penny still has the slight heart murmur, but we don’t have to worry too … » full post and pics!
We’ve been so busy since we got back from BC, that I couldn’t keep up with the updates!
PR Card
We both have our Permanent Resident Cards now (I got it in August, Nico had to send in new pics and got it … » full post and pics!
A sad day in TV history. I just watched the final episode of As The World Turns after being on the air for 54 years! Impossible to understand how crappy soaps like the Bold can exist and this one can’t. It had been my favourite TV show for 20 yrs … » full post and pics!
YEEAAAHHHHH we got the email from the Canadian visa office in LA that we can send in the passports for the permanent residence visas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… » full post and pics!
For the past 4 months we had our friend Mark staying with us, as he had been transferred to Regina, but was still trying 
to get his house in Lloydminster sold. Long story short… 2 weeks ago he was asked back at the Lloydminster branch and since he still hadn’t … » full post and pics!
Last night there has been a cougar sighting IN the city (the first ever!) only 2 km away from our house, by the Conexus Art Centre at the Wascana Lake. About 10pm, a city bus driver radio-ed in a description of the animal, saying he was quite familiar with what … » full post and pics!
We have all 2009 pics online now. This is not the complete list: we already posted many albums in our weblogs, like the camping weekends and the family visit vacation, but here are the photo albums of 2009 that we did NOT post here yet!
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Right now we’re in full Olympics mode!! The openingsshow in Vancouver was fantastic and made us so proud to be a Canadian resident!! And thanks to our wonderful neighbours Mike and Alison we finally have the Olympic mittens too now! As for the games… Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer has Gold … » full post and pics!
SPECULAAS SPICES MIX
mix ground:
90 g cinnamon
30 g nutmeg
30 g cloves
10 g star anise
10 g coriander
5 g white pepper
5 g ginger
5 g cardamom
ALMOND PASTE
150 g ground almonds
150 g sugar
1 egg
zest of a lemon plus … » full post and pics!