A Jumbled Mess
My head is a jumbled mess. It's been a roller coaster week. A roller coaster week that started off in the most horrible of ways. Tess' beloved pet, her rat baby (even though she's an old lady at two), her [...]
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The Yearly Advent Calendar X2!
The Studio Yearly Advent Calendar! John the Elf is in the house! The kids Advent Calendars are up on the sideboard and Dane is dying to take off the plastic wrap and start unraveling the mystery of Die [...]
Washington D.C.
Getting to Myrtle Beach from Stuttgart, Germany is not as easy as one might think. Unless your pocketbook is like Hermione's purse. Mine is not. I spent a couple of weeks diligently following Space Available (travel on military planes) flights [...]
Myrtle Beach
I did it again! I spent too much time looking at photo's trying to find the perfect captures of a perfect week. How can I get so lost in photo's? In memories? It's only a week ago. It feels like [...]
50th Wedding Anniversary
I have jet lag. And I didn't even fly on a jet! Jets are not in my price range. Still. I am sitting at my desk, hours later than I should be, struggling to keep my head up. It's like [...]
‘s-Hertogenbosch
It's hard to believe it's already been a week since I went "home" (De Binnendieze). Not that 's-Hertogenbosch is my actual hometown, but it is my moms', Omas' and so many of my family members. It's where I go when [...]
De Binnendieze
Sometimes you just need family. On Sunday I bustled Tess & Dane into the ol' VW and drove to Den Bosch (officially known as 's-Hertogenbosch, birthplace of my oma, my mom & countless family members). It was a gorgeous day. [...]
My Road to The Studio
I tell this story every year, each year a little differently because each year a different part of my own story resonates a little bit more with me. I think we all change as the years go by, and the [...]
Barfußpark
On Saturday night I had a fit. My teenagers had been sleeping, lazing about, enjoying summer. How dare they? In the meantime, Dave & I had been up to our ears in retirement paperwork (A Big, Huge, *Gulp*!), big decisions, [...]
A Black Forest Wedding
Two weekends ago we were invited to our very first German wedding. I had no idea what to expect, and that always makes me a bundle of nerves. I hate to do the wrong thing. I worry about inadvertently insulting [...]
The Road to the Mona Lisa
A couple of months ago we met Jack. Jack comes with owners. Those owners come with extended family. That extended family was visiting Germany, and her name is Cerina. This week Cerina turned 18 and her dream was to go [...]
Drielandenpunt 2016
Back in May, back in Holland, we had a wonderful afternoon at the Drielandenpunt, aka three country corner. We also did this back in 2012 with Cole, Tess and Dane. Look how little they were: Drielandenpunt! This time it was [...]
Dane is 9!
I have to go back almost two months to wish Dane a happy birthday! I can't believe how fast time flies. My parents have already been gone for weeks. I miss them. We were so lucky to have more than [...]
Cole Graduated!
The last few months my facebook stream has been filled with proud parents posting about their kids honors, college acceptances and high school graduations. My last few months have been filled with anxiety and worry if Cole will graduate. Not [...]
Lost in Portugal
The first thing you need to know about me... I have no sense of direction (Lost in the Schwarzwald). I cannot read a map. I get lost with a GPS. Now put me in a foreign country, with a map [...]
The Animals of Beekse Bergen
We spent half of Dane's birthday week at vacation park Beekse Bergen. He has two weeks of Pfingstferien (Pentacost holidays? Whitsun holidays? This one is a little bit of a mystery to me.), and we were in Holland anyway (Pimp [...]
Pimp your Clog
I have just spent a whirlwind week with family in Holland. My dads side, my moms side, and friends! My head, my camera, everything is overflowing with memories. I am having a hard time finding a starting place this morning. [...]
Ted & Anne-Marie & Thieme
Our whirlwind family week is over! It is sadly quiet in my house without cousins here to keep the laughter going. I admit to spending Monday in a funk with "only" my three youngest & Dave around. There's a reason [...]
Zoë and Heidi visit Stuttgart
After we said goodbye to Hans (Saying Goodbye), we met Zoë and Heidi (cousins on my mothers side) down the street at the local supermarket. It may have been only a day trip to Holland. It may have been for [...]
Everyone is Fine
Since I became a mom I've had a recurring nightmare, each time in slightly different settings. It's always the same. My kid(s) are in danger and no matter how fast I run, no matter how hard I try, it's like [...]