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Road trips in Europe are not the same as in the states. There's the obvious differences, new languages, new monies (not all countries in Europe are using the Euro. See: Chufs), new customs, and there's the not-so-obvious. We'd done our [...]
Last Saturday was the big Army ball for the troops stationed in Stuttgart. It was my first Army ball in almost 20 years. I'd forgotten how much effort it takes to go dancing for a couple of hours. For the [...]
Quick disclaimer, that is not our van, it is not us, and everyone got out without harm or injury. Looking at the photo now, it is hard to tell that was a full-size (albeit a smaller one) RV (recreational vehicle [...]
Remember how last week was not my week? This week is already 1,000% better. Except. Well. I goofed. Big time. Last week was so hectic, the racing around between home, schools, hospital and our on-post vehicle registration kept me hopping. [...]
Saturday was the farewell memorial for My Beloved Camels. It was the first warm, sunny day this year. No snow, no rain, just beautiful skies with light clouds. Tess & I had a stunningly beautiful drive through the Black Forest [...]
Everything gets a little easier with time. Even being in a far away land without my big boys. My life is slowly getting back to normal after Soren's whirlwind visit, excepting the pile of snowboards in my living room. We [...]
The last four days have been a whirlwind. It started with the latin Easter Vigil mass on Saturday night. Something I recommend everyone attend at least once. It is stunningly beautiful, mostly done by candle light. Ours included a baptism [...]
Every year I seem to be the only mom in church with not-so-beautiful dyed fingers. I'm pretty sure this is why pristine white gloves used to be De riguer for Easter. I just know that even if I invested in some pristine [...]
Sunday night, getting all the stuff ready for school the next day, I was met with protests. "but Moooooom! We don't have school tomorrow." What? No school. Why? What was going on. Were they sure? "When we left on Friday [...]
Last year I promised that I would figure out how to better use my camera at night. Sigh. Thank goodness we're stationed in Germany another three years, because a whole year later and I'mm still having issues taking night photo's. [...]
Saturday was an incredible day. After my morning NL, we went out for a drive to the new house and wound up making an offer! It's been accepted and now we are wading through the next steps. It is an [...]
And that's it. De Oma & De Opa are gone. They left late this morning, on the way to their next stop in Holland to see my Oma, de Oma's mother. I'm bribing Dane with my secret stash of Yu-Gi-Oh [...]
I am not a morning person. Not that I think 6 am qualifies as morning anyway, that's still night. Regardless of how I feel, the rest of the world seems to think that's a fine time to get up and [...]
I'd been hoping for weeks that we could make a trip up to Holland and see my Oma. There are so many things that must fall exactly right for us to go. Most important, the van must drive. Dave's back [...]
I should know by now that boys always go through a tree climbing phase, so why it surprised me to look out my office window Thursday and see Dane almost at eye level is beyond me. Since playing gargoyle for [...]
Tess had her first belly dance lesson last night. It wasn't planned, or anything we sought out, it was one of those experiences that just fell in our laps. Friday is "sport day". It is not the only sport the [...]
We are in week 5 of strep, colds & viruses at my house. There has been someone home sick keeping me company for weeks. As much as I love my family, I'm going a little stir crazy. Thankfully my husband [...]
We just returned from the kids Fasching celebration in the next town down the road. Fasching is Germany's carnival season. It starts on the 11th day of November at exactly 11minutes after 11am and ends at the stroke of midnight [...]
My newsletters tend to be filled with stories & photos of my two youngest, Tess & Dane. They are the two I spend the most time with, share the most moments with, and the ones who like to pose for [...]
And suddenly it’s really fall. The kind of fall that’s here to stay. Our Indian summer days are gone and the chill is permanently in the air. Gone are my tshirts, replaced by “down sleevers” (aka long-sleevers) and my favorite Lands [...]
