I wanted to post this almost two weeks ago but things have been a bit hectic around here (what's new right?) so I'm only getting to this now. Before my dad and his wife Barbara arrived here in Germany on April 28th, we were trying to get a few things done to spruce up...
This update is LONG overdue, but what can I say. The plants are doing really well. I separated and replanted some of the bigger plants today into bigger pots; White Runner beans, Rouge pumpkins and spaghetti squash. Next time we start those seeds will make sure to...
The weather forecast was really sketchy this weekend so we didn't get everything we wanted done...but we did make some progress. We did a little running around Saturday morning, trying to get a few things to finish up projects. That became harder than expected when we...
Things are finally starting to thaw out a bit here and the plants are just beginning to bloom - and that means we have a whole lot of work to get accomplished. Spring may not be right around the corner just yet but we're hoping it will soon set in. We've had plenty of...
Well, things are finally starting to thaw out a bit here...but with the thaw came the revelation that we have a water line break. The copper piping running from our mudroom out into the courtyard and finally to the guest house burst wide open, with about a two inch...
While Stefan's parents were here, his dad and he worked on several projects around the house that were not too labor intensive but still really needed to be done. One of those tasks was laying network cable through most of the main house. Yes, we have wireless here...
Last week, Stefan took advantage of his parents being around and scheduled a heater repairman to come out. We've had issues with a couple of our heaters since we moved in...partially because our contractor was an idiot - and also because we never managed to get...
Having guests in town is always a good reason to drag everyone out of the house on a sunny day and go do something incredibly touristy. We thought about making them do some work around here...but the weather was just too nice so we bundled ourselves up a bit (it was...
Ok, my hormone spike seems to have passed...and I have officially started on the first of the 31 day program from FlyLady. Wow, I kinda feel like a recovering alcoholic or something. 😉 I mentioned it before but the first step is to shine your sink...and keep it empty...
This post is part of the Before & After series I've started about the renovation of our house. If you'd like to read more about our projects on the house, please visit our Farmhouse page. When we bought the house in August 2006, the kitchen in the main house was...
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