No Ordinary Homestead

Jan 25, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Dear Mackenzie: Could you BE any cuter?

Dear Mackenzie, Wow. Thirty-eight months old and you definitely have the world on a string. You have gotten almost as many presents in the last month from two of your godfathers as you got at Christmas....

Jan 25, 2012 Posted by Ayla the Newfie

WW: Decluttering the toy box

Happy Wednesday, my friends! You are not going to believe this…but mom has seriously lost it. I mean really, really lost it. This past weekend, there was a flurry of activity in the house, and mom...

Jan 24, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

What’s wrong with Hessen

You may have noticed that in general, I try not to be a naysayer. I like to look at life as if the glass is half-full, and think positively so that good things happen. I fully believe that if you focus on...

Jan 23, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Using Evernote to organize recipes

Wow. We have had a seriously productive weekend around here. Actually, it was mostly a seriously productive Sunday because that is when things from David Allen’s book Getting Things Done: The Art...

Jan 20, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

{Garden Life} Why Heirloom is Worth It

As you may recall, I recently went into a long dissertation about why heirloom seeds are important to our future when I was mentioned the Seed Savers Exchange. But if you’re not really sure what an...

Jan 19, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

The power of new windows

It now feels like forever ago that we had new windows installed in our house — and for a while there, we weren’t even sure if they would ever arrive. But let me just tell you that they are...

Jan 18, 2012 Posted by Ayla the Newfie

WW: Helping Newfies in need

Woof, woof folks! How’s it going in your neck of the woods. I’ll tell you what — it’s cold enough to freeze pee drips in place on my legs right now. (Is that too much...

Jan 17, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

10 Reasons Seaworld Orlando Impressed Us

In case you don’t know by now, we went to Florida for two weeks over Christmas — and 4 of those days were spent in Orlando. We decided to visit SeaWorld and had the absolute best time. We...

Jan 16, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been on a pumpkin & squash kick around here lately. Roasted pumpkin seeds, pureed pumpkin…and the butternut squash soup. And as if that weren’t...

Jan 15, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Auf Deutsche: What did you just say?

There is no doubt that one of the hardest obstacles to overcome when you decide to move to Germany is the language…assuming you don’t speak German already. Those who speak other languages like...

Jan 13, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

{Garden Life} Our fall/winter garden

It’s been a few weeks since you were last able to peek into our garden…and there have actually been some noteworthy changes. We’ve had unusually warm weather here for the last few weeks,...

Jan 13, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Who is Tiffany?

As you probably know, I’m an American expat living in Germany since 2001. I’m originally from Texas but went to high school in Virginia and U of Miami in Florida (the latter of which is where...

Jan 11, 2012 Posted by Tiffany

Waiting on the electric bill

She came. The dreaded meter reader. Every January, we sit and wonder just how severe our bill will be for the previous year…and if the monthly payments we made in advance will actually cover what...

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