I happened to ask Stefan this as well and within a few minutes he said, “Cocoa Puffs. They’re dark and sweet. It’s not a serious cereal which works cause she’s goofy. It just fits.” I have to say I agree. I have had this question sitting in front of me for a long time. At […]

Today was supposed to be a very exciting day for us. When Stefan called to have the trash container picked up on Monday, he happened to ask them if they knew of a place that would take away the compost pile (“misthauf”) in our courtyard. It’s all sitting in a hole off to the side […]

Soooo, I mentioned that some progress had been made in the mud room recently…and that is definitely the case. When Stefan’s parents were here, the guys hung up our cabinets from our first apartment here in Germany that we have lugged around from place to place for the past couple years. They look quite good […]

I received an email the other day which shared a story used by Dr. Stephen Covey (author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) in his seminars. I found the message so important that I thought I would kick off my contributions again with it: I attended a seminar once where the instructor was lecturing […]

On the same day that Ayla showed us that she is an environmental doggie, she also got to meet a fun little puppy. Usually Ayla was the one terrorizing older dogs when she was little…this little guy was acting just like her, thinking he was the big dog on the block. It was quite amusing […]