Sometime life is not too bad. This morning I find out that last night someone accepted the price for my television set on Marktplaats. Not that I watch tv very often, but I still have a couple of weeks to go, before I move to the UK. And sometimes watching television is just the right Read More →

It is really getting empty now, my house. There is an echo in every room. But the biggest difference is the lack of furniture to temporarily put things on. Charging the phone? No problem, but the phone has to lay on the floor. My office desk has gone, so I have to use the breakfast Read More →

I know we still have one week to go, before it is Easter, but me and Lawrance already had our “Last Supper”. Well, at my diner table, that is… Yesterday we dismantled most of the dismantable furniture: the book shelf in the office, the remaining office table and my bed. Last night we slept on Read More →

Above you can see the first print of an old science fiction book. I was captured by the date it shows, and by all the other similarities. Because yesterday was my Open Houses Day. But as always with science fiction, it’s FICTION. Everything is fact, except for the amount of cars and visitors. I had Read More →

…me and Lawrance met, on a boat. It is our anniversary day. Lawrance is in Holland, and we use the weekend to dismantle part of my office desk and another book case in the living room. After the book case is gone, I say something to Lawrance, and we look at each other in disbelieve: Read More →

The never ending story of getting rid of all my stuff. I make another appointment with the people from the second hand shop for next Tuesday. Although it is nice to have a lot more space in the living room, now the book case is gone, it fills the basement. So I move all the Read More →

…there was a book case. Full of books. Now there is   S    P    A    C    E    ! Most of the books I want to keep are in Scotland already. All the other books are in carton boxes in the basement, ready to get rid of. And like last time, when I dismantled part of this book case (see Saturday 8 Read More →

Four days ago I got an email from one of my neighbours. She heard from another neighbour that I’m planning to rent out my house. Was that really the case? Then she knew someone who is having a divorce and trying to find accommodation for herself and three kids. OK, so yesterday I had an Read More →

The plan was to do my bookkeeping for January and then do my Income Tax for 2013. But the Tax Department hasn’t released the software yet, so after bookkeeping it’s de-junk-time again. Only one family came to my ‘book shop’ yesterday. So I’m left with most of my books. Time to start throwing some away. Read More →