Just back from my morning walk with Ayla. Ran into someone with a pretty cute Spaniel of some sort (something hunting dog-ish) and her dog was quite the spazz. He wanted to eat Ayla so I had to hold her back a bit…she thinks a dog baring his teeth is some sort of wild & […]

Why is that after a certain amount of time, the alarm clock beside your bed just becomes unnoticable in the morning? When we stop hearing it, Is it a sign that we’re not getting enough sleep and our body just refuses to listen to it? Or is it just something to do with the days […]

There are few times when one can find ways to save money here in Germany, but apparently having a kid is one of them. I am beginning to notice that there are a few stores that will give new and expecting parents special discounts and sometimes even free stuff. Excellent! So far I’ve only stumbled […]

Acquaintances of ours are getting married in the next two weeks and we’re preparing to go to a pre-wedding party over the weekend for them. About two months ago, we received an email from a friend of theirs who had decided to put together a really thoughtful gift: she requested recipes from everyone invited to […]

Yesterday was pretty quiet for us. We did a couple smallish things around here but not really anything worth noting. Mostly we worked on internet stuff and watched lots of Olympics coverage (thanks to our hard disk recorder since everything good comes on at 2am here.) We did make another run for blackberries yesterday evening […]