Welcome to No Ordinary Homestead

I’m so glad you’re dropping by, and thanks for reading!

No Ordinary Homestead (NOH) is a lifestyle blog where I regularly post about ways to live a healthier, happier life, marriage, travel experiences, yummy foods, and Gen X life.

I’m Tiffany, the editor-in-chief of this blog, a happy wife for 26 years, mom to an awesome teenager on her way to becoming a commercial pilot, and fur-mom to our two cats and a Great Dane.

My husband, Stefan, and I are lucky to be celebrating over two decades together and still going strong. He is not only best friend and my soul mate but also a great mentor who pushes me further and loves a good adventure as much as I do.

Life is full of adventures and unexpected changes. Sometimes we welcome change and other times it blindsides us. I started NOH because I wanted a way to share my experiences with others, especially since I began my life as an expat in Germany.

Now in 2026, I’ve transitioned to sharing more about my Gen X life changes as I approach 50 and we become empty nesters. I’ve got so many things I’m learning about how to hack your body and why you should want to – plus some advice from a married couple who have “been there.”

I can’t wait to share those adventures with you, too.

A First Timers Guide to EAA AirVenture

We've recently wrapped up our first EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, and I have to say it was everything we expected and more. We signed up for the event as a Christmas gift for our 17-year-old daughter, who had just gotten her PPL. What better event to attend to...

Our Honest Review of Starlink for RV Use – After Almost 2 Years

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Self-Care Habits That Actually Move the Needle

I was perusing the NOH archives recently and came across this vintage post called Ten Ways to Take Care of Yourself. Now wildly dated, my primary goal was to help out my fellow women by offering a few sound words of advice about life and how to survive. My passion...

Campground Review: Biloxi Bay RV Resort & Marina (Mississippi)

Starting our new travel lifestyle with a calm, coastal New Year’s stop with rules that mattered The time had finally come. Our bricks-and-sticks home in Texas was empty, with all the furniture and extra stuff in storage, and it was starting to get chilly in Texas....

7 Ways We Make Our RV Feel More Like Home

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Travel Tidbits

Weathering the Storm – Experiencing Hurricane Irma (Part 3)

This is Part 3 of a four-part Series on our Hurricane Irma story and the many things we learned through the process. If you missed the other parts, you can start at the beginning and read Part 1- Preparing for the Storm or Part 2 - Evacuating Before Irma. As soon as...

The Defi is gonna be jealous

We're doing something a bit different for Easter this year. We usually visit Locarno, Switzerland, to get in some climbing. The weather is usually a bit warmer there than here in Germany and we can enjoy our first taste of the summer....but this year a pretty yucky...

So you want to move to Germany… Visas & Permits

Over the last few years, I have gotten more and more emails from people who want to move to Germany or other places in Europe but would appreciate a bit of advice before they take the leap. From singles to entire families, there are a wide range of folks who want...

{Garden Life} Don’t be afraid to experiment

The following post was written by the lovely Carrie, who I've had the pleasure of getting to know better over the past few years via NOH and her own blog. Carrie writes about books, finances, and personal growth at her blog, Carrie’s Busy Nothings. She’s a lifelong...

Gardena Microdrip

Since we both work and don't have all the time in the world we are thinking of integrating a drip irrigation system into the raised beds. A company which is very big here in Germany has the perfect system which comes in many different modules one can piece together....

Germany’s quest for renewable energy

It is no secret that becoming energy independent is a major goal of countries around the world. It's been one of the driving topics of this 2012 election and it will be increasingly important to all of us in the future as the world figures out how to continue...

PC Maintenance – Wiping out the old and useless

As each year passes and we all get larger and larger hard drives, both internal and external, do you ever stop to take a moment to actually go back to the older files to see if you actually still need any of those things? Or are you just lugging them around, like...

Is clutter slowly killing you?

While I haven't talked much about our decluttering progress lately, I can say that we have managed to get rid of another couple bags of clothing (it's just crazy the amount of stuff we keep finding our closets that we haven't worn in years or is ill fitting), about 20...

My must have list for long runs

I have a confession to make. I haven't been running lately like I should be. It's not that I have fallen out of love with running...because I still love it when I get out there. But I fear all of the work we've been doing lately to set up our hybrid marketing company...

2012 Year in Review

Although it's only 3 days into 2013, I'm still having a little bit of trouble grasping the fact that another year has ended and a new on begun. As I have been preparing to write this post, and began looking back at all the things we did in 2012, I am amazed at how...

Soothing Natural Cough Remedies for Kids

We just went through a nasty round of colds again and there were a few days when Mack was really looking miserable. So instead of forgetting about my collection of essential oils until the cold was almost over, I actually remembered that I could probably make her more...

How to organize recipes with Evernote

This is an updated post from January 2012. I wanted to share it again, because after using Evernote to organize recipes for the last few months, I've learned a few new tricks! Plus I think my new friends from the William Morris Project could really benefit from this...