Eleven years ago, when we moved to Germany, we bought our first vacuum cleaner together. It was a hard working machine that never seemed to want to die. It’s called a Vampyr, and apparently they are just are hard to kill as the ones we all love to read about and watch on TV. Needless […]

If you’ve never seen a 3-year-old taking over your iPad and showing you how to actually navigate through the apps better than you do, then you are missing out. I think that in some ways, the iPad was developed to be the most easy to operate computer-like object on the planet — and it totally […]

Beth asked us to capture “life” this week — and I have to say ours has been a bit on the crazy side lately. Although a bit blurry, this picture has been the epitome of what we’ve been up to lately. We declutter and pack things up, and Mackenzie finds a way to keep herself […]

Expatriates or expats are people who move from their native country to a different country. They are usually professionals who are sent by their employers to work abroad. They enjoy many benefits and undergo a stringent selection procedure. Some expats take their families along with them, even though it is difficult to accommodate families in […]

With the house being on the market a little over week, things are looking very promising here that we will sell it before we leave for Berlin. And I have to say, that will be a HUGE weight off of our minds. In fact, once we actually know where we’re moving to (which should be […]