My Granddad passed away Sunday night. It all feels like a blur. I’ve listened to my sister cry on the phone, I listened to my Dad’s calm and collected voice when he called and I heard myself scream inside. I was two months away from going to visit again. Two...
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As previously stated, I am on a never-ending mission of making our home as cozy as possible – however small our place may be. And it is pretty small to tell you the truth, the guesstimate hovering around 480 square feet (and this really is a very broad estimate carried...
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I am having big, big plans for this next (long MLK’s) weekend. I want to transform our apartment, once again, in some sort of spring cleaning frenzy. I mentioned numerous times that it is tiny and that I feel like there is NO space for anything… but I need to...
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This picture might seem familiar – I posted it a couple of weeks ago to show you some little improvements around our apartment. Last time, I was raving about our new curtains and how much they tie the bedroom together. I am still thrilled about them. However, let the tiny...
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Election Day Sunday morning, after we had cleaned up the party remains and had had breakfast, we took showers and got dressed to take a stroll downtown (there was “verkaufsoffener Sonntag” and City Fall Festival). We also stopped at the polling place to vote. I made it to Germany right on time for...
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Wednesday night my Mom made one of my favorite German dishes, which I always ‘request’ when I come home to visit: Reibekuchen (potato pancakes). We eat Reibekuchen the kölsche (colognian) way… with dark rye bread and sugar beet syrup and/or apple sauce. OMG, so freakin’ delicious! Later, my sister, my...
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On Monday morning, my Dad took me to the train station at 6:30 a.m. because I was going to go to Bremen to see my friend Kim. The train was on time (almost!) and Kim picked me up at 10:30 a.m. We got some fresh rolls at a bakery and...
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Last Friday afternoon I finished up the workshop. The shuttle bus took me back to the airport and I started my journey to Germany. The flight from Huntsville to Chicago on UA was quick and then I had to wait to check in with SAS (Scandinavian Airlines). Before I went...
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