Still waiting on the counter

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you might recall that we are still living without a counter top in our kitchen. You didn’t miss its arrival or anything like that – it still simply is not here.We ordered granite counters from an Italian...

One million little things

As almost anyone who has ever owned a house (old or new) can tell you, it seems that there is a never ending list of things to do…and we are definitely no different. But it seems that each To Do List we compose ends up with a To Do List of its own. It’s a...

Back to life

We didn’t get anything done around the house this weekend because we weren’t here. But thankfully it will be a short week here as Thursday is a holiday here in Germany…and Stefan has taken Friday off just because he can. 🙂 We thought we would be...

Always impressing us

This weekend was another big weekend for Ayla. On Friday we went down to Bavaria to spend the weekend with Stefan’s parents. His grandmother celebrated her 80th birthday on Saturday night which meant Ayla would have another chance to prove to them that she is...

The greenhouse is FINALLY finished

Ok, so there are still a few small tasks to complete like building potting benches and we have to construct the upper windows still and attach those…but for all intent and purposes, the greenhouse is finished. We can move things in there if we want, especially...