Newfie Christmas tree pulling

by | Dec 2, 2007 | Christmas

I was catching up on some Newf-L list reading and came across a message about a few dog clubs who are working at local Christmas tree farms by pulling the trees out of the lot. In return they accept tips and donations to their local rescue organization or dog club....

Ideas for Christmas 2007

by | Dec 31, 2006 | Christmas

Since my mom is here visiting and it’s almost New Years, we decided to go down to the Rheingau with hopes of finding some good sparkling wine for the celebration. Our first stop was Kloster Eberbach which is more or less a tourist trap but the grounds are quite...

Making out like a bandit

by | Dec 24, 2006 | Christmas

Ayla got to celebrate her first Christmas this year and I have to say that she made out pretty well in my opinion. Lots of new treats, 3 new squeeky toys and the new found joy of tearing open presents herself and then shredding the wrapping paper afterwards. I never...

It’s Glühwein time…

by | Dec 10, 2006 | Christmas

Well, they’re back. It’s getting close to Christmas and the Christmas markets are everywhere. We went to our own tiny 6 hour market on December 2nd. We tried to take Ayla along but she was just too wound up and there were too many people for it to be fun....

Merry Christmas!

by | Dec 25, 2005 | Christmas

Christmas is here and Santa has been very good to us indeed. Stefan’s parents gave us a TomTom Go700 navigation system for Christmas. It rocks, we absolutely love it. For the past two year we have been enjoying a navigation system in our BMW 320d and have...