Sep 26, 2008 | Expat Life
“I’ve never seen you so excited about a piece of goverment mail before.” Surprisingly enough, I really was quite excited when my absentee ballot arrived yesterday in the mail. For one, this is the first time in the 7 years that we’ve lived in...Sep 25, 2008 | Homesteading Life, House & Home
Last Saturday after Stefan’s parents headed home, we got the chance to go tour our neighbor’s beautiful timber frame (“fachwerk”) house. We have been trying and meaning to get over there for months, after finally speaking to the owner for the...Sep 24, 2008 | Ayla's thoughts, Featured, Pets
Hello my dog friends! Hope you’re all having a bark-o-licious week out there. It’s been raining a lot here so I’ve been catching up on lots of sleep…but I heard a rumor from a very nice man who gave me some treats that the weather is supposed...Sep 22, 2008 | Decorating, Homesteading Life
It’s sperrmüll time again here and that means there are piles of junk on every street corner in our town, along with tons of white panel vans with Polish license plates cruising around. The vans started appearing on Saturday morning already, waiting with...