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Milking Cows. Part I.

by Toiny 2 February 2013
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Unlike Dane, Tess has settled into our new little village like a fish taking to water.  From day one she had new friends, and it’s rare to see her outside of the house alone.  Sometimes it’s rare to catch her alone in the house, though she’s taken to hiding in nooks & crannies with her [...]

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Showers are no Fun

by Toiny 26 January 2013
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I’m not sure what possessed the former owners of our new home, but the shower, our shower, is a handheld-only kind of thing.  It’s not laying on the floor of the shower or anything, it’s neatly hanging on it’s shower holder-thingy.  But in order to use it on me, as opposed to watering the bathroom [...]

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Five is a Bad, Bad, Age

by Toiny 23 January 2013
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Dane is five.  I’ve always said, with all six kids, that five is my least favorite age.  Throw in a big move, and five is really turning me upside down on a daily basis.  I can’t imagine how frustrating it is for him to be away from his school, his friends, his house and at [...]

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The Perfect Sledding Hill

by Toiny 19 January 2013
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It’s been snowing in the Schwarzwald (black forest)!  I absolutely love the fluffy, white, cold.  My kids too can spend all day outside, only coming in to change mittens or boots and grab a drink of hot cocoa.  Driving is a little slippery, a little scary, and I’m not super inclined to come down off [...]

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Kikeriki!

by Toiny 16 January 2013
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This morning I spied a little bit of light peeking around the houses & the trees as we left the house. I couldn’t capture it in my early morning photo, but it is there!  I promise.  The shortest day of the year is almost a month past, and it finally is showing up in our [...]

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New house, New School, New Garten

by Toiny 9 January 2013
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With new houses, come new schools.  Dane especially was very anti-new school.  He knew he would hate it.  He knew he would hate the kids.  He would hate the teachers.  He would hate the garten.  There was an awful lot of hate & anger in that little body.  Then we went for a visit. The [...]

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The Big, Red, Intimating, not-out-of-order Machine

by Toiny 6 January 2013
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Much like our other house, our new home requires a degree in engineering to run properly.  We’ve got four, big, oil tanks in our basement, encased behind a spill-proof enclosure.  Refills happen by big tanker (Dane can’t wait till it’s time!) through a special hole in the wall.  The big, red, intimating, not-out-of-order machine sucks [...]

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New Years Eve 2012

by Toiny 2 January 2013
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Not only is there no snow, it’s beautifully sunny today.  Dane has been waiting all morning to go explore the new village, find his new school and see if the move was ‘worth it’.  I’m not sure he understands that even if it’s not ‘worth it’, we are here to stay. Our first experience with [...]

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Winter Garten

by Toiny 29 December 2012
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Every muscle in my body hurts.  Even ones I didn’t know I had, hurt.  My respect, admiration and appreciation for the legion of packers & movers we’ve had in our lifetime has risen a thousand-fold. Despite being evicted from our home, through no fault of our own (in Germany landlords can break the rental contract [...]

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New House

by Toiny 22 December 2012
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On Thursday we finally got the keys to our new home!  It was, again, a completely new experience.  We met the “old” home owner at our new house.  After some handshakes & pleasantries we all trooped into the not-so-empty house.  We bought the house fully-furnished. A win for us, after six kids, and countless military [...]

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