Today the weather here is absolutely wonderful. It could be a bit warmer I guess but the sun is shining, there aren’t too many clouds in the sky and it makes you really feel that spring is just around the corner. I know it’s much too soon to begin thinking that the winter could indeed […]

As I sit here, they are finally picking up the last container we will have for the winter. Since we’re done with the construction for the time being, we’re not going to order another trash container until the weather gets nicer. That way we can clean out the barn and other yucky areas when the […]

Well, after living here for almost a month, I finally made the first trip to the local supermarket. Up until now we’ve been living off of food we already had before we moved and from Metro, the wholesaler like Costco & Sam’s Club which we have here in Germany. But we decided to cook tacos […]

I’m not 100% sure what is going on with Ayla and the vacuum, but something is definitely up. Since Ayla was a puppy she’s gone absolutely crazy when I vacuum. She barks, she jumps around and she mostly just seems to be wanting the vacuum to play with her. But lately things seem to have […]

We’ve been in our new house for almost a month now and I can now list one of the benefits of carpet: it holds down the Newf fur to prevent the tumbleweeds. Our new house has no carpet at all. It’s all tile and old hardwood floors and that’s the way we like it. Having […]