I Heart Amsterdam

This is what I loved about Amsterdam ~

:: The canals.
We took a boat tour of the canals. Great introduction to the city.

:: Canal houses.
Tall, skinny and unmistakeably Dutch. Read more here.

:: Bicycles.
Everywhere. Everyone rides a bicycle~ old, rusty, loved, cruisers, with bells to be exact. It was amazing. I've never seen anything like it. I read that in 2006 there were nearly 500,000 bicycles in Amsterdam. I believe it.

:: Museums.
On Saturday evening my thoughtful husband insisted I go to The Van Gogh Museum - he tucked the girls in bed and hung out at the apartment. It was magnificent. Next time I hope to visit the Anne Frank House. Read about more Amsterdam musesums here.

:: Design, arcitecture, color.
These are apartments made out of shipping containers. Do you see what I see? A quilt! Read more about container housing here.

:: Dutch pancakes.
Sorta like a cross between a Dutch Baby and a regular old pancake. They come in sweet and savory versions. Both delicous.


:: Cutest store I've ever seen.
Fairytaleshop. Naturally it was closed. But I could shop it on line. You could too.


:: The best souvenirs in Europe.
I bought so much the store clerk gave me a free clog bank.

So many things . . .

There are so many things that I want to do I've become overwhelmed. I don't know what to do first. It's ridiculous. I'm not trying to "have it all." These are things I want to do - not have to do (there's a list for that too!) Has this ever happened to you?

I really want to write a post, telling you all about Amsterdam and how wonderful it was. . .

:: Upload all my pictures

:: Start on my first Kitchen SCRAPDOWN project. I've got the bags out and everything

:: Read all my favorite blogs

:: Peruse flickr and leave little comments at all the great shots

:: Finish the book I'm reading. I'm totally enjoying it.

:: Cut the binding for Beckett's quilt (since I finished the quilting)

:: Sew the binding onto Beckett's quilt

:: Take pictures of the *adorable* souvenirs I bought in Holland

:: Put together 4 packages of some of those *adorable* souvenirs to mail to my peeps.

:: Post more inspirational links I found for the Kitchen SCRAPDOWN project. Like this one.

:: Order Eva's 5 year old pictures

:: Call my mom

:: Call my sister

:: Watch Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. U.S. AND U.K. version.

:: Go to bed early. I'm tired. Not as wiped as I was after Italy. But pretty frickin' tired.

:: Look through the Jamie Oliver Cookbooks I borrowed from a friend

:: Start a wish list on Amazon.com. I actually want some things and I don't want to forget what they are. Yes it happens

I'm really tempted to write the list of all the things I SHOULD be doing. But I try not to should all over myself. Try. I think like most peeps though I'm covered with should on most days. Ah, the joys of being a responsible adult.

So here is a picture of Amsterdam taken from our canal tour. I think I mentioned this before but I LOVED Amsterdam. After being there for just 30 minutes Bryce and I looked at each other and said, "yeah, I could live here."

I'll be back when I've shaken off the crazies. Send help if I'm not back by Friday.

We're Back.

Oh. My. Gosh. I love Amsterdam.

More tomorrow.