Every time I travel back home, I have a bucket list of things to do when I am there. This is totally normal, right? Everybody makes lists like this. Since this is my hometown I...
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I know, I know. We’ve lived in our house for 7+ months now *gasp* and I still haven’t given you the big tour. The reason is that there is still so much more I want...
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I finally made a trip to Ikea a couple of weekends ago. It’s one of the places people love or hate (or so I heard), but I definitely fall in the former camp. I think...
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So, I have a little bit of some big news to share and I am just going to come right out and say it: J and I just bought a house and we got the...
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We’ve lived in our current apartment for 4 years and it has (mostly) served us well. I fell in love with its vintage charm when we first looked at it (and it’s in a great...
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I wonder if I’m ever going to catch up on the last couple of weeks, if not now. Christmas, Germany, family time – this all seems so long ago again. I am really not a...
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I took this picture of our state capitol yesterday. It was such a gorgeous, sunny day! We’ll be on our way to Germany today and I just wanted to check in one more time and...
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After years in the States, I finally baked my own whole grain bread. My Mom has been baking this for years and it’s one of the things I missed the most when I moved to...
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I started this series a while back, because as an expat, living in a different country away from home, you encounter a whole lot of things that are just different from what you’re used to....
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