It's probably no secret by now that we have lots of things to get rid in our home at any given time... The list to eliminate has gotten shorter...but I think that oftentimes, when you start getting rid of stuff, you find yourself wanting to just keep getting rid of...
More than a year ago, I wrote a post about 10 ways to get rid of excess paper in your life. Although I have gotten rid of something like 30 inches of paper in that time (from magazines to useless paperwork that was laying around, but not including all of the random...
When we bought our farmhouse 6 years ago, the initial idea was to build out the attic in the main house as a wonderful oasis for adults in the form of a rockin' master suite. Believe me, I can still totally see that finished room up there in the space. And we were...
With our moving deadline of July 17th drawing closer by the day, we have been scouring the apartment ads online for weeks now. If you've ever looked for a new place to live, you know it can get confusing, stressful and just downright crazy. Our plan is to see about 20...
It's no secret by now that we are moving to Berlin and that we plan to move into an apartment in the city to do the whole "city living" thing for a while. It's clearly a pretty major change of lifestyle for us (and some probably think we're nuts -- who knows, we might...
You no doubt noticed the frequency and perhaps even the increased urgency around our house lately when it comes to getting rid of things. What you may not know is that we have now been living in Germany for almost 10 years. Yep, as of July 28th, 2012, Stefan will have...
This is an updated post from January 2012. I wanted to share it again, because after using Evernote to organize recipes for the last few months, I've learned a few new tricks! Plus I think my new friends from the William Morris Project could really benefit from this...
Hi friends! Because we had a pretty mild end to our winter, and there was no freeze to kill off hatching bugs, the creatures are out in full effect. Ticks, mosquitoes and maybe even some fleas are running rampant around here. And I think mom and dad might actually be...
I first learned about this fantastic diaper rash treatment from Jentry which I had the pleasure of meeting in person at the last year's WEBMU in Hamburg. As mothers do, we were sitting at lunch after taking an amazing walking tour of the city and our conversation...
When you've got a little one at home in diapers, you seem to go through an unlimited supply of baby wipes every week. I know there are some people out there that make their own baby wipes with old towels, rags or socks...and I'm sure you could use those with this...
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