I began blogging in 2006. At that point in time, blogging was a fairly well-known thing...but it was not nearly as popular as it is today. When I started blogging, it was actually a free Blogger blog that I was using to keep our friends and family up to date about our...
There have been some really useful things coming across my screen lately when it comes to planning your garden for spring -- which I know will be just around the corner despite this wildly cold spell we are having here in Germany right now. Thinking of spring and...
There was quite a bit of discussion on Tuesday after I shared my "what I don't like about Hessen" post...and apparently I got a lot of people thinking that I absolutely detest living here and should leave as soon as possible. Let me state for the record that although...
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 heirloom seed or plant actually is, let me break it down for you....
During The Hive European Bloggers Conference (hard to believe that was more than a week ago), I got to participate in a workshop that really helped to open my eyes when it comes to food photography. Since the first day that Stefan gave me my beloved Canon DSLR, I have...
Although Mackenzie has been out of the "baby stages" for quite a long while now, our move caused us to find and go through a bunch of Mackenzie's baby things -- and I realized I never really put together a list of my favorite baby things that turned out to be...
Most of the time there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get all the tasks done that you need to. Outsourcing is an ideal way to increase your productivity and grow your business exponentially.
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 really couldn't have asked for a better vacation -- and to think we almost...
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 Spanish, Italian or French may find the sentence structure similar, but...
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 I met my husband). I started blogging back in 2006, when I was looking for a...
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