We actually tried the recipe quite a while ago but I’m trying to turn over a new leaf or something so I figured I would finally post about it. Red Pepper Salmon Pasta seems like a bit of a strange combo when you read it but it actually turned out quite good. I used pre-roasted […]

So the neighbor came over last Saturday at 10 (he overslept and was supposed to be here at 8) and finished up the walls of the guest house. Read about him starting last Thursday here with previous photos. It’s really looking good and now we just need to get out there and paint. Since we […]

All right…the time has finally come. I am posting pictures of the garden regardless of how painful or embarrassing it might be. Who knows…maybe it will motivate me to get something going back there. The garden does not look good. It’s massively overgrown now and looks like we’ve left it for the crazies to take […]

Before Stefan’s party, we decided we better have the electrician come out and get some of the lights working around here so we could actually see our guests during the birthday party. Plus all the wiring seems to be about 30 years old and is starting to deteriorate and the last thing He installed three […]

Ok, in German “putz” is what you call the plaster or stucco you put on walls. So yeah, I’m just making a bit of word play. Call it your German lesson for the day. We asked one of our neighbors who happens to be a general contractor and painter if he would come by when […]