It’s almost November and you know what that means, right? NaBloPoMo is upon us. The official National Blog Posting Month is November of each year and I’ve been participating for the last four years. GASP. I know. It’s like there is no way around it anymore. So, I am planning on participating again this year. …
Baking has been a very frustrating undertaking here in the US for me. You might be wondering, how so? The thing is that cakes and muffins never turned out to be quite right. The taste usually was a-okay, but the texture was completely off. A marble cake, which is supposed to be spongy and dry,…
Here in California, fall always comes over night. There is no gradual decline in temperatures, a little rain to get you used to the idea that the colder and wetter season has begun. One morning you wake up and it’s cloudy and cold. Just like that. This year, this day fell on Saturday. I had…
{via} Right now, I am loving… … that today is Greta’s second birthday! I can’t believe my little niece is two years old already. Where did the time go? I am not loving the fact that I can’t be with her to celebrate, but I know that the rest of the family will let her…
{via my 365 project} In honor of J’s birthday – which is today! Hooray! – I unleashed my domestic goddess. I prepared a little birthday table for him this morning and baked some cupcakes (from this book!) yesterday. Actually, they’re muffins. J – who doesn’t have a sweet tooth at all (can you believe it?!)…
The other day, my sister called me at what struck me as a somewhat unusual time (10 a.m. PST – 7 p.m. CET) and I was wondering why she called me early. She usually waits until both kids are in bed and asleep, so we have more time to talk. Turns out, it wasn’t my…
{via GoogleEarth} In some ways, I have not moved around much in my life at all, in other ways, I’ve made a bigger move than a lot of other people will ever make, when I moved to a foreign country to live with the man I love. Grevenbroich, Germany. I was born and raised in…
As you can see, this little ol’ blog of mine had a tiny makeover. The changes are not huge, as I still like it clean and organized around here, but I wanted to work on a few things that I thought needed to change. If you’re reading this in your reader, please click over and…
{via} I saw this little meme floating around on the Internet and I thought, why not share this with you on a lovely Friday? Exactly. So here it goes. Six things I could live without, but it wouldn’t be pretty: 1. My family and friends. I know, they’re technically not “things” and I don’t mean…
“Hi, mein Name ist J….” With these three German words, J’s and my relationship began exactly 9 years ago today. He was this handsome Freshman in College and I was the exchange student from Germany. Two other exchange students and I had gone to the Freshman party on Campus and I didn’t really expect anything…
