Id of an English Woman

I think I have mentioned previously that Cloggys Chickens are somewhat miffed by the unseasonably cold weather that we have been experiencing ..... The Clucky beasts have been refusing to return to their chicken run and are laying their eggs in the most...

What on earth do you do for a girls birthday party and not spend a fortune on doing it? Movie evening, bowling, decorating cupcakes, disco, swimming, pin the tail on the donkey .... you name it we've done it and if we haven't done it someone else has...

The Hockey season has kicked off again after the very Loooooooooooong winterstop. Snow on the hockey fields has put paid to pre-season training, winter competition and egg and spoon races. In short the snow has been pretty but frustrating. Friday evening...

SERIOUSLY ......... ENOUGH SNOW ALREADY! The Netherland region of Twente would have been an ideal location for the 2010 Winter Olympics. We have had more snow than Vancouver. The slight flaw in my statement is the fact that the downhill ski competition...

A week or so ago Amsterdam staged its 'International Fashion Week'. This blog entry has nothing to do with that I just wanted an excuse to purger a fashion-like saying .. you know the ones - " Pink is the New Beige", "Fat is the New Thin" (I wish)! The...

The boys have had a tough day chasing bunnies and killing rubber chickens.

In a week where it has been announced that Albert Heijn holds 32.8% of the Dutch supermarket market, I will be found shopping at the Aldi and the local farmers market. I am the worlds worst grocery shopper and I dislike it intensely. If you ever see a...

This is the beginning diary entry of how I will attempt to feed the Family Clog over the next 5 days spending only 50 Euros on provisions. (It's never gonna work but it will be interesting to try it!) I will admit that I have the free use of 'Augustine'...

Another Saturday and Another Winter Competition Hockey Game. Middle Baby Clog and his squad of pre-pubesent retro-bates (collectively known as Haackey Jongens C1) managed to haul their carcases out of bed in time for a 12.30 start, except Steijn who got...

Its been one of those days when time just got away from me and my best intentions of inflicting another culinary master piece on Family Clog disappeared down the pan. A combination of work and a knackered boiler scuttled my plans for making Coq Au Van,...