Yesterday, Nico received the papers for the medical examination from the Canadian Embassy. This morning he made the appointments for next Monday: first to the doctor in Maastricht to pick up a form for the blood test, then at 2pm he has to be at the GGD (a public health … » full post and pics!
11/24: application sent
Little over a week ago, we finally sent in the applications for our work permits. Yes, WE… even though the employer (read: Nico’s contact at the Human Resources department) had said before they would take care of the work permit on their end, it turned out to be a … » full post and pics!
house sold! / ProgPower
And.. house sold!! Well, we still have to sign the contract and all, but the first viewers did a bid and we have come to an agreement! And we can stay here until the end of February at the latest. Wow… 4 appointments in one week and sold to … » full post and pics!
house for sale! / Carin and Janneke were here :)

Awaiting Nico’s workpermit (we’ll probably have to wait several months), we already put our house up for sale. We made a lot of great pics in and outside of the house with sunny weather and the realtor loved to use those, didn’t even make some of his own. Since … » full post and pics!
celebrating life
Today is a day of mixed feelings… it being my birthday and Dave’s dying day 🙁

Because of this I dreaded my birthday, but it turned out to be a great day I must admit. The weather was perfect, sunny and 21°C, I took the morning off and Nico … » full post and pics!
busy bees and cute hedgehogs…
These past weeks we’ve been very busy bees, working non-stop in and around the house. The yard needed some usual maintenance (weeds) and one border still had to be finished in the same way as the one on the other side (with gravel). I’ve uploaded an album with various “summer” … » full post and pics!
slaving in the yard
Since we can put our house up for sale as soon as we’re ready for it, we need to do a few things in and around the house right away. This weekend we’ve been slaving away in the yard. Even though we have most of it paved, it still needs … » full post and pics!
Nico passed the RN exam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday, there was an envelope in the mail from the SRNA. I thought, it’s way too early for the exam results, maybe they sent some other info… and if it is about the exam, it’s not good because it’s … » full post and pics!
back in the old routine again
Time flies (again) once you get back to your normal (working) routine again. Not much was new in the past weeks…
Our desktop PC didn’t start up anymore when we got back from vacation and the hard disk turns out to be deceased. So often you hear people telling about … » full post and pics!


