This post is one of many that you will find throughout the week on No Ordinary Homestead about infertility, because this blog has been dedicated to National Infertility Awareness Week (April 24-30). This is being done to raise awareness on behalf of the millions of...
With the Made in Germany giveaway only being a few short weeks away, I'm actually getting a little bit giddy. This is by far the most impressive prize package I've ever given away via NOH (combined retail value of over $1000) and I hope you don't forget to take...
It's an exciting day here. The sun is shining, it's already close to 60 degrees and it's shaping up to be an absolutely beautiful day. There are about a thousand projects I would love to be outside doing today, namely digging up weeds in the garden. But that's just...
Our little Mad Hatter, Mackenzie, is at a stage where she LOVES to help us do anything and everything she possibly can...but it can be a little bit challenging to find tasks that a 2-year-old can complete in the kitchen without making a mess or burning down the house....
I know that not all places in Germany are as unfriendly to shoppers as they are in Hessen, but one thing I am not a big fan of is being looked at like a crazy person when I go stand in line somewhere because I have a shopping cart full of stuff. The typical way of...
Because we're living in Germany, getting mail from America is not always as easy or quick as it may seem. We decided several years ago that having a box at a mail forwarding company would be a very wise choice, even though it can get costly. But when we have the urge...
At 2:15 this morning, Stefan and I both sat upright in bed and asked, "What the hell was that?" The sound of crushing, twisting metal on the street below our bedroom window was unmistakable. But we never could have anticipated what the situation would look like when...
I first learned about this fantastic diaper rash treatment from Jentry which I had the pleasure of meeting in person at the last year's WEBMU in Hamburg. As mothers do, we were sitting at lunch after taking an amazing walking tour of the city and our conversation...
When you've got a little one at home in diapers, you seem to go through an unlimited supply of baby wipes every week. I know there are some people out there that make their own baby wipes with old towels, rags or socks...and I'm sure you could use those with this...
We started using baby sign language with Mackenzie when she was about 6 months old and I think it was one of the best ideas we ever had. Not only could she understand us very early on, but she started signing back to us when she was about 12 months old...and to be...
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