I had to be up bright and early this morning so Mack and I could go to the US embassy. After we got the passport and birth certificate  in the mail with the wrong birth date (my mistake, not theirs), I had to figure out what we needed to do to correct it. One can […]

It all started with a few potatoes disappearing from the mudroom. But I thought maybe my mom had made herself some lunch with them. Then there were the tulip bulbs strewn across the floor. But the bag as on the floor so I figured it was the dog looking for trouble. When there was trash […]

I went to IKEA last week with my mom because she wanted to pick up a few goodies that she noticed us using around the house. Two of the things on her list are items that I use all the time and absolutely love: the KONCIS garlic press and the CHARM (now CHOSIGT) cheese grater […]

I just finished reading Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile by Geraint Anderson. I have barely been able to put it down the last few days, eager to learn how this poor sap’s life turns out, what happens with his insane bet against a fellow analyst and how he finally manages to break […]

We decided to take a little outing this morning and drove over to the nearest Raiffeisen farm supply store (Hanauer Straße 52, 61130 Nidderau-Ostheim, Tel: (0 61 87) 93 92 90). We recently discovered that they are one of the few places  around here that carry charcoal for the grill year round. This is useful […]