I have to admit that I am not really a major coffee drinker. While I do enjoy a good cup of coffee (with plenty of cream and sugar to accompany…and perhaps some caramel flavoring…yum) I do not generally make myself coffee on a regular basis. I think we bought our first coffee maker when a […]

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you might recall that we are still living without a counter top in our kitchen. You didn’t miss its arrival or anything like that – it still simply is not here. We ordered granite counters from an Italian guy named Dino who we haven’t really been […]

As almost anyone who has ever owned a house (old or new) can tell you, it seems that there is a never ending list of things to do…and we are definitely no different. But it seems that each To Do List we compose ends up with a To Do List of its own. It’s a […]

We didn’t get anything done around the house this weekend because we weren’t here. But thankfully it will be a short week here as Thursday is a holiday here in Germany…and Stefan has taken Friday off just because he can. 🙂 We thought we would be having his ten year class reunion here this coming […]

This weekend was another big weekend for Ayla. On Friday we went down to Bavaria to spend the weekend with Stefan’s parents. His grandmother celebrated her 80th birthday on Saturday night which meant Ayla would have another chance to prove to them that she is indeed crazy. But as she often does when we really […]