It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been blogging for over 4 years now. I started with a blog about my Land Rover Defender and the traveling we were doing in Europe. We were going rock climbing and pimping the Defender so we thought it would be fun to share the experiences with others. […]

The Lantern Festival in Buedesheim is an event we look forward to every year – as do our friends. Most of the 5 friends visiting us on Saturday have been at the fest for the last 3 years with us. Once they’d seen it for the first time, they were as hooked as we were. […]

Most of the week I’ve been gearing up for the Lanternfest held every year in our little town. It’s a town-wide party and you run into almost everyone you know at some point during the event. Some you’ll see during the parades on Saturday and Sunday night, others you’ll run into during the bands and […]

I harvested our first zucchini today from our Fordhook (Burpee) plants. It’s a whopping 3 pounds (1.5 kilos), 10 inches long and 4 inches across at the biggest part!! I grated about 1/3 of it and made zucchini bread (which takes about 2 cups grated zucchini) and plan to use part of it tomorrow for […]

After 132 days away from my WiiFit, I finally got back on the balance board on Wednesday. I’m a bit sore but I’m loving the results. And I was rather shocked to see that I’ve dropped even more weight despite eating often. One of the great perks of breastfeeding. I’m now at about 125 pounds […]