I am sad to say that shopping in Germany is not really the same as in America. For one, you don’t have tons of coupons to choose from every week to influence purchases. Occasionally coupons will come out from specific stores which can be used but those were really not the norm. And for the […]

The Oktoberfest is a big deal for most people in Germany, especially those living in Bavaria. We unfortunately don’t live in Bavaria but it’s still a big deal to us. The first year I had the privilege of attending was in 2000 when Stefan and I flew over from Miami for a four day weekend. […]

I have so much to say these days, but my laptop has been standing in the way of my blogging progress. It’s also been hampering a lot of work I need to do with my laptop. It’s just not that easy to keep Mackenzie out of trouble in my office, and I can hardly move […]

We have been neglecting our garden the last few weeks. It’s been so crazy around that we just haven’t been back there to check on things…and as a result the rest of our tomato plants (a fabulous Big Rainbow variety with single tomatoes as big as both palms of my hands together) have gotten late […]

The last week or so has been a rough one here. Mackenzie has begun waking up in the middle of the night usually around 3:30am) and then doesn’t want to go back to sleep for a few hours. This is something quite new for us because Mack has always been a really good sleeper. She […]