Germany: We Miss You
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LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! STOP THE SNOW!
Social Networking Hiatus
John and I recently took a two week Facebook hiatus. Originally, I don’t think either of us intended to return to Facebook for about a month, but during the two weeks we were absent from the social networking site, we achieved what we wanted through the hiatus. I don’t want…
28 Weeks
Happy New Year everyone! Or, as the Germans say “Ich wünsche dir ein glückliches neues Jahr” and “Einen Guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr 2011!” I hope you don’t mind a totally pregnancy-filled post. I have been meaning to post something like this for months, and now that I’m this far…
Looking Both Ways
As 2010 comes to a close, I marvel at how much has happened in the past 12 months and how much is to come in 2011. I’ll keep this short. In fact, I think a list form is best, but before I go ahead with that, I have an announcement…
Books of 2010
This year I set a goal for myself to read at least 6-8 books during 2010. Thanks to pregnancy, I made it to 9! There may be more that I read, too, but I honestly can’t remember any others than the ones I’ve listed below. The first 5 were all…
The Markets Aren’t Over…
Although the Christmas markets have wrapped up for 2010 here in Germany, we have decided that we have not had our last Christmas market experience. John and I plan on hosting an annual Christmas party that is German Weihnachtsmarkt-themed. Hopefully we can pull it off with at least a good…
Our Last Christmas Market
Before I begin, I want to shout from the rooftops that hallelujah, the days will start getting longer now! Today is the shortest day of the year. We will have 8 hours 10 minutes of daylight. (At the height of summer, the daylight/darkness is reversed. There’s about 16.5 hours of…