Hey everyone, How’s your week going? Did you get any snow? We sure did! Now I hear it’s not much when you compare it with all the snow my friends have been getting in the States, but for this area it’s rather uncommon. At the very least, it hasn’t been happening in the last 10 […]

When I was young, my mom used to make cornbread all the time. I grew up in Texas — it’s a staple there. But cornmeal here in Germany is not quite as course as the cornmeal you buy in America. And it can be rather hard to find. I guess it’s really more cornflour than […]

Woof, woof Friends! Hope 2010 is off to a stellar start for you and your family. It’s been quite chilly here in Germany…the humans are saying something about -11°C (11°F) in the mornings. I don’t really know what that equals in dog temperature but let’s just say I can see my breath when I’m outside […]

Aside from all the good cooking and eating we did last week, we also used the time to think a bit more about our projects for 2010 and hoped to get started on at least one of those projects last Saturday. There is a company in Frankfurt called Becker that specializes in all things wood. […]

The last four days have been wonderful. Stefan didn’t have to work on December 31st or January 1st so we had a nice little 4 day weekend, with no long trips planned or visits from anyone scheduled. We got to sleep in until 9 or so and prepared big, yummy breakfasts every morning. It was […]