I can honestly say that I believe Stefan and I are quite smart and creative when it comes to new business ideas. We have created quite a few companies over our lifetimes and we're barely even 30. I honestly do believe it has something to do with our current generation...
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...
Eureka, the granite man has come!
It is indeed a good day on the farm. Not only do we have blue sky and sunshine just in time for our party tomorrow night, but the granite man, Dino, has come and delivered our countertop. There has been a few weeks of delay and even though Dino called on Wednesday to...
Attencioni! Attencioni!!
I can barely contain my excitement as I type this. Stefan just called and....OUR COUNTER IS BEING INSTALLED ON FRIDAY!!!! WOOOHOOO!!!Just when we started to wonder if it wasn't going to happen at all, Dino came through. He really must have been riding their case...
Still waiting on the counter
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you might recall that we are still living without a counter top in our kitchen. You didn't miss its arrival or anything like that - it still simply is not here.We ordered granite counters from an Italian guy named Dino who...
One million little things
As almost anyone who has ever owned a house (old or new) can tell you, it seems that there is a never ending list of things to do...and we are definitely no different. But it seems that each To Do List we compose ends up with a To Do List of its own. It's a never...
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...
The greenhouse is FINALLY finished
Ok, so there are still a few small tasks to complete like building potting benches and we have to construct the upper windows still and attach those...but for all intent and purposes, the greenhouse is finished. We can move things in there if we want, especially after...
It’s a miracle!
In a few of my recent posts about the seedlings we have started for our garden, I commented that we ordered cheap, plastic pots from eBay because we couldn't find any stores around us selling them...at least not the home improvement stores we frequent. Unfortunately,...
Fruit galore
Since we have quite a few fruit trees around the farm, I thought I would share some photos.First, our grapevine growing in the courtyard along the wall of the barn. Last year it actually produced quite a few grapes and we even got to sample a few before the birds ate...


