The last few weeks of shopping here in Germany have been interesting. You've likely heard by now that in Germany there has been an Escherichia coli (my favorite bacteria, BTW, because of the amusing name) outbreak and for about two weeks now, no one has had a single...
10 Ways to Get Rid of Stuff
I feel like I've been talking about decluttering and cleaning stuff out of your house for a while now--but I have to keep reminding myself that it's a goal or I may neglect to do it myself! Before you can really think about getting rid of stuff you have, you've got to...
Utilizing blocks of time
In the movie About a Boy, Hugh Grant plays a man who has more money than pure interest in life, and he talks about how he breaks down each day into "units" of 30 minutes. This not only helps him to structure his day, but most tasks he participates in take about this...
10 Ways to Part With the Excess Paper
There seems to be an unlimited amount of paper that can be thrown away in our home at all times. No matter how much I feel I've already thrown away, there always seems to be more, lurking in the office, under the coffee table, in the bathroom. And every week scads...
Natural diaper rash treatment (& good for runners rash too)
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...
Homemade Baby Wipes
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...
10 Things I Want to Accomplish Before the End of 2010
A new year is just around the corner and we've accomplished a lot around here, despite set backs. But, as usual, there are still plenty of things I want to get done in the next few weeks...in addition to all the holiday stuff. So here's my list... Find the top of my...
Natural stress relief using essential oils
Stefan and I have both had a lot on our plates for the last few months...and especially the last few weeks. We were both spending long hours on huge projects for work (for those who don't know, I'm not just satisfied to write this blog and take care of Mack, the...
Getting rid of the media case chaos
When Stefan and I first started dating (a million years ago) one of the first things we bought together was the entire collection of James Bond DVD's. And we didn't even have a DVD player. You remember those days right...when only about one-quarter of the world had...
Ten ways to take care of yourself
Saturday evening, we went out to dinner at one of our favorite local restaurants with Stefan's parents as an early birthday celebration for me. They'll be over in Florida in a couple weeks when it really is my birthday so even though Germans don't typical celebrate...
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