The repairman was here at about 11am to check out the washer/dryer we have. He showed me that it was the carbon brushes inside the motor that were causing the trouble and informed me that it would be just under 200 euros to make the repair. Since buying a new machine would run us somewhere […]

Last year we had to buy a new fridge because the small one we moved here with died on us. Not that we were too upset about it. We were looking for an excuse to buy a side-by-side anyway…but now our washing/drying machine from Siemens has encountered a problem. It’s an all-in-one machine where the […]

We got an email last week from Houseblogs.net which suggested everyone write some New Year’s resolutions regarding their home projects. Last year, we didn’t even think about writing any – mostly because we were so concerned with just getting the last little things finished in the house so we could move in. When I think […]

We certainly should have written about this already but with all the chaos of the holidays, we just haven’t found the time. But Stefan is back to work now and so am I so perhaps the blogs will become a bit more frequent again 😉 You may be wondering how things turned out with the […]

We were out walking with Ayla tonight and had something new happen – she actually managed to knock us BOTH over at once! Since we go out at about 7 pm, it’s already very dark and we have yet to find a light for Ayla that lasts more than a week (despite the 3 year […]