One of our more major projects down the road will be constructing a wine cellar here on the farm. We are not avid wine collectors since most of our money goes into the house but we do enjoy good wines and are trying to learn all we can. We are lucky enough to live...
We’ve been attacked
There is no need for panic. We haven't personally been attacked. But our swallows have. We have 7 nests around the courtyard. A majority of them are in a covered pass through which we never have open. Two more are over in front of the horse stalls and what will...
Fabulous Farmhouse Searches Vol. 2
Ok, I missed Thursday but I had a pretty good excuse...I had some dental surgery done yesterday and I wasn't really feeling like blogging. I actually started this post early with thoughts that I might get around to it yesterday but it didn't happen. But I wouldn't let...
Road construction
Our house sits on a main street which connects several small villages to each other. There are other ways to get from A to B but going through our town is probably the easiest and fastest since we have very few traffic lights and they are rarely ever red. A couple...
Cooking made easier
I mentioned on Friday that we had called an electrician to come out and hook up the stove and oven as well as take care of a few other things around the farm. He was supposed to arrive at 3pm but actually didn't make it here until almost 5:30pm. Not a huge deal since...
Come see our new look
Since we're always sprucing up the house , we figured it's about time to freshen up the look of this blog as well. The layout is no longer quite as busy as it once was and should also load correctly in IE finally 🙂
Fabulous Farmhouse Searches
If you read our Self-Reliant Yuppies blog, you probably noticed that we are going to be starting a new weekly feature (at least I'll be trying lol) featuring the 5 top searches from the past week. We don't really get too many strange ones but I always do find them...
Self-Reliant Searches
There's been a common trend popping up around a lot of the blogs I read...people have been addressing some of the more interesting search terms that have led to their blog and I figure it's about time to get that party started here. So with no further ado here are the...
Martens among us
Last night was a very exciting occasion at home. We were getting ready to call the dog inside and head upstairs to bed when we heard a screeching noise. Our first instinct was that something was wrong with one of our cats. But then we realized the sound was coming...
Back to life
We didn't get anything done around the house this weekend because we weren't here. But thankfully it will be a short week here as Thursday is a holiday here in Germany...and Stefan has taken Friday off just because he can. 🙂 We thought we would be having his ten year...


