Today the plates came out

    Today the plates came out

    Mar 24, 2011 | Expat Life, Family, Self

    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....
    Garden plans and a play house

    Garden plans and a play house

    Mar 10, 2011 | Family, Garden, House & Home

    After throwing around a few ideas that we have for our garden, we’ve decided we definitely need to get our butts in gear. It’s starting to be a bit warmer during the day, and we’ve had lots of wonderful sunshine. We’ve got seeds to plant, a...
    10 Ways My Toddler Helps in the Kitchen

    10 Ways My Toddler Helps in the Kitchen

    Feb 28, 2011 | Family, Featured, The Third Year

    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...
    5 Sites to Keep You Out of the German Stores

    5 Sites to Keep You Out of the German Stores

    Feb 28, 2011 | Expat Life, Family, Food, Travel

    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...
    5 Sites to Keep You Out of the German Stores

    10 things that just arrived in my mailbox

    Feb 15, 2011 | Blogging, Expat Life, Family, Money

    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...