Today the plates came out

Today the plates came out

by | 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....
NOH on Friendly Friday

NOH on Friendly Friday

by | Mar 11, 2011 | Blogging, Expat Life, Money

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of being interview by Christie Dietz, an expat from the UK who writes a blog about her life here in Germany. Her blog is called Letters from Frau Dietz and I hope you’ll hop over to her page and give my Friendly Friday...
5 Sites to Keep You Out of the German Stores

Des gibts doch nicht!

by | Feb 28, 2011 | Expat Life, Travel

I cannot believe the words I am about to type… Sometime in the very wee hours of Sunday morning, car capers rode down our street and stopped at Stefan’s car. And then they apparently worked their car theft magic and were probably inside and driving away in...
Homemade taco seasoning

Homemade taco seasoning

by | Feb 22, 2011 | Expat Life, Food, Travel

Last week I wanted to try out a new recipe and I realized I had absolutely no taco seasoning at home. This really doesn’t come as such as an enormous surprise to me since I generally don’t use a seasoning packet to make tacos. In fact, I’m not really sure I’ve ever...