We are starting to plan the first somewhat major party to be held at our home in the next year or so. We had Stefan’s 10 year high school class reunion here – but that turned out to be about 10 people including us. That party did require a little bit of planning but it’s […]

Today we harvested gooseberries from the bush in our garden. It’s amazing how much fruit was packed on this one bush. It’s actually about 4 kilos (9 pounds) of berries so now we’re trying to figure out what we will do with all this fruit. We don’t eat too many preserves so that isn’t really […]

I saw that Maggie was playing this game and thought it would be fun to play along… 1. Your age? 1 year and 4 months 2. Your age when came to live with your people? 8 weeks old 3. What color is the collar you’re wearing right now? black with a white stripe decorated by […]

Stefan and I were out walking the dog yesterday evening and one of the locals from town rode up on his bicycle behind us. The two of us were talking and didn’t hear him come up behind us…and we were walking side-by-side with the dog taking up the rest of the small street. It’s basically […]

nespresso We just got a Nespresso Le Cube and we love it. We have avoided drinking a cup or five of espresso every night but absolutely love the convenience, easy clean up and easy of having a machine like this which uses little coffee tabs. And I think that when guests come over or you […]