No Ordinary Homestead

May 16, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Personal debt is a killer

With the house being on the market a little over week, things are looking very promising here that we will sell it before we leave for Berlin. And I have to say, that will be a HUGE weight off of our...

May 15, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Huthpark: Escaping Frankfurt to find a bit of peace and quiet

Although there are several green spaces in and around Frankfurt, like the beautiful Palmengarten right in the city, or Hessenpark which is a bit further out but offers a glimpse into history, one of our...

May 11, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

{Garden Life} Transplantation complete

Somehow, when we’ve got a lot of pressure and deadlines to meet, we work a lot more efficiently… Several days ago, I started transplanting the first of the many seedlings we started weeks ago...

May 10, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Done with these dishes

Hello. My name is Tiffany. And I am addicted to china & glassware. It all started back in 1998 when I left Virginia (home after we moved from Texas), to go off to college at the University of...

May 9, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Looking for local farmers & food producers in Hessen?

We’ve been going through a lot of old boxes, papers and so on around the house as we prepare for the moving phase. Trust me, the majority of the paper sorting has yet to begin. But my paper trashcan...

May 8, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

10 Reasons I Love Freecycle

It’s no secret by now that we are moving to Berlin and that we plan to move into an apartment in the city to do the whole “city living” thing for a while. It’s clearly a pretty...

May 8, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Discovering simplicity

We have had a couple of extremely productive days around here. We’ve built shutters for the guest house (which we’ve been meaning to do for a couple of years), we closed off part of the...

May 4, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

{Garden Life} Seedlings and flowers

Happy Friday to you! I finally got around to spraying my seedlings with neem oil yesterday and the whiteflies definitely seem to be retreating a bit. I’m extremely happy about that, and hoping to...

May 3, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Huge things happening in our lives

You no doubt noticed the frequency and perhaps even the increased urgency around our house lately when it comes to getting rid of things. What you may not know is that we have now been living in Germany...

May 3, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Getting rid of stuff for free

As you’ve probably noticed lately, our mindset about clearing the stuff and junk out of our house that we haven’t been using at all in the last 6-10 years has really clarified. If you’d...

May 2, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

So you want to move to Germany… Moving with Pets

Happy Wednesday friends! And what a cool one it is. Mom asked me to do something super useful today which is talk about moving to Germany with your pets. I’m not actually one of those pets because...

Apr 30, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Emotional Intelligence Supports Sustainable Choices

Smart, compassionate parents (and smart people in general) can sometimes find themselves at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to financial security. Now you may think this is counter-intuitive. I mean...

Apr 30, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Spring is in the air

Spring. It’s by far one of my favorite times of year. This spring we’ve had a strange spring. It went from really warm and sunny to cold (and even freezing over Easter, with almost all of...

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