I’m NOT lovin’ it

We got out and about last Sunday morning, excited to be going to Sunflower Garden Center to find some further inspiration for our garden and courtyard. The weather was beautiful and on our way there, we made a pit stop at the nearest fast food place –...

No meal planners in Germany?

It was that time of the month again. Lots of meat frozen in the trunk freezer but nothing in the fridge to put a meal together with. It’s still going to be a little while until we can eat anything from our own garden so I had to make a trip to Lidl. It’s a...

She’s officially German

Yesterday, Stefan went and faced the folks at the Standesamt so Mackenzie is now officially a German citizen. We’ll be getting about 10 copies of birth certificates in the mail, all slightly different for the various offices where we need to register her...

One newspaper we’ll never read again

Wow. Now that was interesting. I’m sitting here on the couch. It’s 7:45 pm and the phone rings. A woman from the Hanauer Anzeiger, a local newspaper in a neighboring city, is on the phone and wants to know how we enjoyed our free two-week subscription to...

What’s wrong with using real words?

I find myself reading tons of emails and messages every day because, well, I’m a geek and I work on the Internet and my PC all day. People ask if I get sick of being alone most of the day, but most days I’m actually kinda thankful to not have to interact...