Fracas Noir – Susanne Waldau – te Brake ~ for better or worse

My morning started in the usual fashion. Teasing, joking ending in a sulk. I was a bit too intimate with camera again, taking snapshots of Reinout in the bathroom. But who can blame me, when there is a great opportunity for indiscretion? The job of a paparazzi suddenly seems strangely appealing. I wouldn’t have too [...]

I have worked so hard at getting rid of my Swedish accent. My English teacher, who was Irish, was doing everything in her power to beat it out of me. And it worked. Most people used to think I was Australian or South African which I had no problems with. Who doesn’t love the Aussies [...]

Reinout was shouting for me a moment ago. When that happens it’s best to shift my butt into gear and get downstairs. It could be good, it could be bad, depending on his  mood, you never know. “Honey, have you been blogging about my self-tanning cream?” Still in a light voice. Perhaps it’s the calm [...]

I woke up to a rainy Haarlem but to a sunny husband. He recently decided that he needed to acquire a suntan to his otherwise pale face. It was last weekend, whilst doing some beauty shopping in Amsterdam. I think it must have been his own idea, because I can’t see him being convinced by [...]

It’s 12.35 am and I’m tucked up in bed with the latest John Connolly book the Reapers. Reinout is still on his computer. Or should I say computers emphasising the plural here. When I came down this evening (he has now moved his office from the office to the dining room) I was struck by [...]

It’s getting closer and closer to D-day. I’m not really sure that I am prepared for this adventure. I haven’t read a single baby book, and I’m still missing bits and pieces for being fully baby proof. Reinout is more organised than I am though. Today he came home with the cutest baby furniture to [...]

Dogs and kids is a wonderful combination, for most parts. But then you see those nasty traits, that us adults have learned to control and master (Reinout perhaps being the exception….I will come to that later), you wonder if it’s such a good idea after all. I’m talking about the teasing, the playing that goes [...]

My life is not exactly glamorous, but compared to last night’s ordeal, a future reminiscence of what’s in store, it seems down right fabulous. Forget Chanel bags, Christian Louboutin shoes and celebrity parties when you can have a good night’s sleep. The choice is easy, right? In our normal fashion we went to bed somewhere [...]

I got a very nice surprise this morning, as a friend of mine that I haven’t seen for over a year unexpectedly stood outside my door. I love little surprises like that, and when you haven’t been in touch for so long, there is loads to catch up on. We went into town together with [...]

My mother told me of certain events in her life when she felt she was truly part of world history; the landing on the moon, the assassination of JFK and later Bobby Kennedy and when the news of Marilyn Monroe’s death was announced. These were events that inspired and shocked, that changed the world for [...]