by Tiffany | Dec 26, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Expat Life
So my MIL & FIL were standing outside our house the other day and an older lady was walking by. She stopped to chat and mentioned that the decorations on the house looked really nice, “although they are a bit American. Not that that is a bad thing.” We...
by Tiffany | Dec 24, 2008 | Christmas, Entertaining, Food
The house is full today as both my mom and Stefan’s parents are spending Christmas at our house. A feast is being prepared to mirror what we would have had on Thanksgiving since we missed it this year: turkey, stuffing, current relish, fresh rolls, salad, sweet...
by Tiffany | Dec 23, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining
My mom and I went to find some pre-Christmas decorating bargains at the local home improvement store yesterday which already has all their holiday stuff marked down 50%. We don’t have too many Christmas-sy things around our house since those sorts of things are...
by Tiffany | Dec 17, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Homesteading Life
We went out Sunday to Hirzbacher Höfe in a little town called Hammersbach. It is one of the few places around here that seems to cut their own trees from their own lot. You can even go into the forest and cut a tree fresh if you don’t like anything in their...
by Tiffany | Dec 15, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining
We went to get our Christmas tree yesterday…and Stefan has been putting up lights and building yard decorations over the last couple of weekends. We were hoping that some more of our neighbors would find their holiday spirit…but so far they seem to be...
by Tiffany | Dec 1, 2008 | Christmas, Entertaining, Family, The First Year
Sunday we took our first outings with our Baby Trends Expedition LX jogging stroller. In the morning, we bundled Mackenzie up in her Eskimo outfit and went out to walk the dog. It was a bit of a bumpy ride, especially on the unpaved paths, and Stefan is already...