{Garden Life} Jump start on spring

{Garden Life} Jump start on spring

The world around us has finally begun to thaw and I no longer need to wear long underwear, two shirts, a sweater and two pairs of socks when I’m inside our house. Seriously, it was COLD around here for the last few weeks — and I am so, so glad that...
Looking in on life

Looking in on life

I almost didn’t do You Capture this time around. I had some good ideas for the topic of “looking in” — which we actually had two weeks to complete thanks to some horrible hackers who have once again targeted Beth’s blog. But there has...

Keeping the love alive

Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone. For the last few years, Stefan has been traveling somewhere in Europe or the US. He actually thinks that he might have been gone for the last 8 Valentine’s Days straight. I honestly don’t have a clue, nor...
Use Online Calculators to Go Green and Save Green

Use Online Calculators to Go Green and Save Green

Sustainable living should be a main objective for any family which has the means to do so. With that said, making the transition isn’t always easy for those used to consuming an overabundance of energy and natural resources. But there’s a more immediate...

Debunking Myths about Germany: Trachten

I’ll bet that one of the first thing that comes to a foreigners mind when they think of Germany is people wearing funny outfits and Lederhosen. After living here for over 10 years, I can assure you that most people across Germany never wear those sorts of...