If you keep up with me on the No Ordinary Homestead Facebook page, you know that we recently had a rather emotional and unfortunate journey. I really wanted to post something about this experience because the message of this post is now very near and dear to my heart....
Stefan and I have done a lot of renovating and decorating together over the last 14 years. But we often find that the smallest changes can make a huge impact. And that happened once again with this project. Since we've been getting into the renovation and decoration...
As you've likely heard by now, Stefan and I started running a little over a year ago, and already have our first marathon behind us, along with several half-marathons and other various races and long runs. One thing that you really have to keep in mind when you do...
You might find this hard to imagine, but until just a few days ago, I had not set foot in an Outback Steakhouse for about 12 years. It had nothing to do with the restaurant itself, because I've always found the quality to be great and very consistent (which you can't...
Something that has changed a lot about Naples, Florida, over the last decade or two are the demographics. When I started visiting Naples in 2001 with Stefan, there were mostly retirees here and not much to entice young families to hang out or live here. But all that...
I haven't talked much about our move back to Florida or our surroundings, but I plan to change that going forward. So be on the lookout for lots of new posts. But for now, I want to focus on one particular new addition to our place that feels like it was just made for...
About 6 months ago, I was thrilled to get a brand new Doxie One scanner. If you are not familiar with them, they are totally cute, super portable scanners that have revolutionized the way I think about paper and living my life without it. In fact, where we were in the...
One of the great things about living in Berlin is that there is always something great going on. But many of events and really special places you might never hear about because they are very "underground" and get their popularity because of word of mouth advertising....
A little over a year ago, after just 8 weeks here in Berlin, we had done enough exploring in our "Kiez" to know what restaurants and bars were awesome and what was just ok. And I first wrote a post about 5 places we loved to visit in our neighborhood. Meanwhile we...
Most of us that have essential oils around the home and use them for treating illness or for other therapeutic reasons know that you cannot use these oils forever. While essential oils don't go rancid, they do start to break down, oxidize and deteriorate with...
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