My Once Upon a Time...

And we're off... If you need to reach us...you can't, because we'll be chillin' right here... Wir sind dann mal weg... Falls ihr uns erreichen muesst...vergesst es, denn wir werden hier chillen... ...without any phone or internet connection, so I'll be going cold turkey for 17 days without my beloved blogs. I'm sure I can handle it...haha! Will I survive this long without couponing? ...totally different story! Just kidding...or am I??? :) And yes, you read correctly, we'll be gone for 17(!!!) days, taking our whole years worth of vacation time and then some, to cruise through Turkey, Israel and Greece! Katie has been planning this vacation for the last four years and I hope it'll be everything she hoped and wished for.  I know a lot of people would never post that they're going on vacation, in fear that potential robbers will read this and break into their house, so I thought, that I'll let you in on a few secrets, ju...

I love Fall. I love everything about it. The Decorations, Halloween and the cooler weather.  Although, living in Arizona, "cooler weather" just means that instead of 115 degrees, it's only 100 right now. Oh well, we'll get there eventually.  We don't have many decorations, but if I wasn't so dang cheap, I could easily spend a full months salary in the Halloween Section at Target, that's just how much I love this time of year. Almost as much as christmas. But like I said..." almost "! So for now, we add a few pieces every year and 20 years from now, we can go "all out".  Ich liebe den   Herbst .   Ich liebe   einfach alles daran .   Die   Dekorationen , Halloween   und das  kuehlere Wetter . Obwohl , wenn man in Arizona lebt ,  dann bedeutet  " kuehleres Wetter "  nur, dass es   anstelle von   46 Grad ,   nur noch 40 Grad sind .  Naja, irgendwann wird es schon abkuehlen. Wir   hab...

When Katie told me that her grandparents invited us to spend the weekend with them in their house in Mexico, I was beyond excited. In case you don't know by now, it's my favorite place and there is no vacation place in the whole world that you could offer me instead...this is my idea of a perfect vacation! The timing couldn't have been better, a weekend after our Show-Week, which translates to many many hours of work and me in major need of a break! Since we were off on Friday, we drove down on Thursday night and even though it was late and dark when we arrived, the moment I stepped onto the patio and smelled the ocean and heard the waves crashing, I felt relaxed and totally peaceful. I had arrived. Als   Katie   mir erzaehlte, dass   ihre Großeltern   uns eingeladen hatten, das Wochenende mit ihnen in   ihrem Haus   in   Mexiko zu verbringen, habe ich mich unglaublich gefreut .   Falls ihr es mittlweile noch nicht rausgehoert habt , es...