OMG you guys, thank you so, so much for all the sweet birthday cards, emails, facebook-messages and calls for my birthday yesterday! I don’t know what to say. It meant a lot to me that so many people thought of me yesterday, especially since my sister (first and foremost) and...
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Monday morning, I woke up to something I had already accepted to not see (in the Rhineland) during my stay in Germany. Snow! Lots of it. Like 8 inches. I felt like a little kid, starring out of the window in awe at the beautiful white blanket that had been...
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Apparently, the second half of my vacation was so packed with activities that I didn’t have the time to update at all. If this recap might get a little lengthy, I apologize in advance. I spent New Year’s Day at my sister’s place. We had some friends come over in...
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After Greta’s baptism, there were two more days left for J before he flew back to California. On Sunday the 28th, we went back to Kaster (where we had our wedding celebration). It has a cute little “old town” and we had dinner at the local “Pfannkuchenhaus”. J had a...
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Last Sunday, we met my uncle in Köln for a stroll at the medieval Christmas Market. I had no idea that it existed and was very intrigued. It was a very interesting market with people in medieval costumes and many different stands. We walked around, looked at all the different...
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It is this time of the year again. Christmas is only 36 days away and I wanted to remind everyone that I am doing the Christmas Card Exchange again this year. Yes, I am sending out real paper Christmas Cards by snail mail. I am not kidding. A couple of us...
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I usually don’t like to talk about too personal things on my blog – especially if those personal things concern other people in my life –  and if I do so occasionally, I password-protect these posts. It is not so much about protecting myself as it is about protecting people that I...
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Since I returned from Germany a week and a half ago, I’ve been insanely busy. I was a little bummed leaving my family again and pretty much going straight back to work, but the fact that I was looking forward to another great weekend with friends (from Germany) made the...
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