Alexis in Amsterdam

• Out on the Town 21 hours ago OH and I went out for dinner and drinks on Saturday. Weekend Round up to follow... er, eventually though I can't say when. This week is going to be nuts as today is a holiday which means I have three days to cram in all my work. Good fun.
• Such a Busy Week 5 days ago Sorry for the paucity of entries. Work is going to be intensely, drainingly busy for the next couple months as we toil through this one very exhausting project. Especially as this week is for me emotionally very tiring, I find myself completely exhausted at the end of each night. It's all I can do...
• One Year Ago Today 6 days ago Today is a hard day for me. But it is so much harder for our dear, dear friends O and W. A year ago this day their amazing son came into the world. Three days later he left us and I still feel the loss. I was only able to write about it some days later. I cannot begin to imagine what my friends...
• Ingaugaration of Our Entertaining Season 1 week ago The new flat rocks for entertaining! It has a semi-open kitchen in the form of a window to the dining room. The dining room is really just the end of a big, long room that is dining room, living room, and front room, depending on where you stand. Previously the kitchen was a separate room and when...
• Weekend Roundup 1 week ago What a lovely, long weekend! We had a holiday here on Thursday and Friday was my normal mommy day. It's been incredible and we've taken advantage of it to really get the house in order. Thursday we did very little. In the morning we checked out a new (to us) playground at the Oosterpark. Good...

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