If you've ever had the privilege of visiting our home, you may notice that we have pure white walls...nearly everywhere. I say nearly because we did actually get brave and paint the walls in our guesthouse something other than white (namely a warm caramel color and...
I don't consider myself extremely handy -- and when it comes to appliances and electronics, I tend to be less than effective at making repairs. But I have been known to break some electronics in rather notorious ways. I guess maybe my problem is that I seem to know...
The last few weeks of shopping here in Germany have been interesting. You've likely heard by now that in Germany there has been an Escherichia coli (my favorite bacteria, BTW, because of the amusing name) outbreak and for about two weeks now, no one has had a single...
Because we're taking on new web design and consulting contracts here in Germany, I decided it was finally time to do something good for my home office. It's been a bit of a mess for a while. And although I have managed to mostly keep my desk clean (which really is not...
Don't forget to enter early for your chance to win a huge prize package from Germany! A few weeks uh months ago now, I showed you some photos of the lovely new shutters that Stefan and his dad built for the front of our house. They nearly lost a few fingers in the...
Don't forget to enter the Venereous Shaving Trio giveaway. It's perfect for the woman who loves to be pampered...and for those with sensitive skin. No one likes to be left with razor burn or ingrown hairs! Only two days left to enter... If you've dug through the pages...
Warning: I am about to show you just how big of a geek I really am... Perhaps you' are way more organized than us and you don't hold on to stuff FOREVER. Maybe you don't just have a drawer-full of old floppy disks lying around, which once held crucial information on...
You might recall that I was gabbing about our living room remodel on Thursday. I am happy to say that it is mostly complete (aside from hooking up a few things like our media PC and Wii, and putting a few more things away) and it is fabulous! Now we just need a whole...
I was recently contacted by a reader who has had terrible problems with black mold (Stachybotrys chartarum). If you've never heard about this problem, let me tell you that it is BAD stuff. Not only does it smell gross, but it is actually toxic, and it will cause you,...
Last week I mentioned that we finally filled in the wall cracks where our electrical cables are laid. That little project only took us about 2 hours to complete...but we needed about a year to get around to actually doing it. Please forgive my poor photography below....
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