by Tiffany | Dec 17, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Homesteading Life
We went out Sunday to Hirzbacher Höfe in a little town called Hammersbach. It is one of the few places around here that seems to cut their own trees from their own lot. You can even go into the forest and cut a tree fresh if you don’t like anything in their...
by Tiffany | Dec 5, 2008 | Decorating, DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
While Stefan’s parents were here, his dad and he worked on several projects around the house that were not too labor intensive but still really needed to be done. One of those tasks was laying network cable through most of the main house. Yes, we have wireless...
by Tiffany | Dec 3, 2008 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
Last week, Stefan took advantage of his parents being around and scheduled a heater repairman to come out. We’ve had issues with a couple of our heaters since we moved in…partially because our contractor was an idiot – and also because we never...
by Tiffany | Nov 24, 2008 | Homesteading Life
Those who know me well might compare me to Monica from Friends. I have some slight OCD tendencies (stop laughing those who are scoffing that “slight” as being generous) and while I may not have our house spotless all the time (I just don’t have the...
by Tiffany | Nov 7, 2008 | Garden, Homesteading Life
I made the journey into our garden today and was relieved that I didn’t want to run screaming from it as soon as I opened the back door of the barn. Unfortunately (and sometimes fortunately), we cannot see our garden from the main house…only when we walk...
by Ayla the Newfie | Oct 21, 2008 | Ayla's thoughts, Featured, Homesteading Life, Pets, The calming years (3-4)
A big woof to all my dog friends out there! Sorry it’s been a while since I last barked at you but I have been busy trying to seduce all the boys in town because I was in heat! Oh what fun!! I even managed to convince a couple guys to run away from...