The pitter patter of little feet

It all started with a few potatoes disappearing from the mudroom. But I thought maybe my mom had made herself some lunch with them. Then there were the tulip bulbs strewn across the floor. But the bag as on the floor so I figured it was the dog looking for trouble....
Sucked in again by impulse buys

Sucked in again by impulse buys

I went to IKEA last week with my mom because she wanted to pick up a few goodies that she noticed us using around the house. Two of the things on her list are items that I use all the time and absolutely love: the KONCIS garlic press and the CHARM (now CHOSIGT) cheese...

Just out driving around

We decided to take a little outing this morning and drove over to the nearest Raiffeisen farm supply store (Hanauer Straße 52, 61130 Nidderau-Ostheim, Tel: (0 61 87) 93 92 90). We recently discovered that they are one of the few places  around here that carry charcoal...

Um yeah, that’s definitely broken

Well, things are finally starting to thaw out a bit here…but with the thaw came the revelation that we have a water line break. The copper piping running from our mudroom out into the courtyard and finally to the guest house burst wide open, with about a two...