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Erasing the dog residue in the entry way

by Tiffany | May 8, 2009 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home

I wanted to post this almost two weeks ago but things have been a bit hectic around here (what’s new right?) so I’m only getting to this now. Before my dad and his wife Barbara arrived here in Germany on April 28th, we were trying to get a few things done...

Just putzing around

by Tiffany | Jun 19, 2008 | House & Home

Ok, in German “putz” is what you call the plaster or stucco you put on walls. So yeah, I’m just making a bit of word play. Call it your German lesson for the day.We asked one of our neighbors who happens to be a general contractor and painter if he...

A progress report from 3 long days of work!

by Tiffany | May 27, 2008 | House & Home

Well, it’s taken a few days to recover but the marathon of work while Stefan’s parents were here has come to a close for now. We still have a few other small project that we are working on (like the mudroom which I’ll post about in a bit) but we...

More mud room love and the to do list

by Tiffany | May 21, 2008 | House & Home

Way back in December (which now seems like years ago), we did a bit of drywalling in the mudroom to accompany the other chaos that was going on in our guest house. We’d gotten things to a mostly acceptable state in there, and just ran out of steam and time so we...

Catching up on things

by Tiffany | May 9, 2008 | Family, House & Home, Pregnancy

Ok, it’s been too long once again since I last posted. But that doesn’t mean things have been at a standstill around here! For one, we got the glass replaced in the front door! And I got the bill yesterday which only came out to €63 so we’re pretty...