Der Liebster Blog Award ist wie ein Wanderpokal. Er kommt jedes Jahr wieder zurück zu mir (hier geht's zum Liebster Award 2015)! Ein guter Anlass, um mir ein paar grundsätzliche Gedanken zu meinem Blog zu machen. Und neue Blogger lerne ich so auch kennen. Nominiert...
It has officially started – the expat "Kaufrausch" or shopping spree! I used to laugh about my expat friends who were getting ready to move back to Germany and their endless shopping lists. As if you can't buy anything in Germany! Well, now that I'm in their position...
Did you know that Valentine's Day could be even more important than Christmas and birthdays combined? Well, I know now – my kids were absolutely CRAZY this week about crafting Valentines for their classmates and teachers! On top of that my daughter is also celebrating...
Link Love = formerly known as The Weekend Files! – It's been a while that I posted the best of the web. I've been so busy preparing for ALT Summit, traveling to Salt Lake City and back, enjoying quality time with my family and now not only digesting but also...
WOW!!! ALT Summit 2016, my first ever blog conference, was AMAZING! And it was so much more than that: incredibly good and professional speakers, a schedule packed with tons of information, all sorts of goodies from sponsors open for collaborations, cool fun parties...
I'm going to my first blog conference ever! Tomorrow! It's called ALT Summit, it's in Salt Lake City, Utah, and I'm pretty sure I'm not lying if I'm saying that it is THE conference for bloggers in North America. Want to know more about it? Click here. I'm excited,...
Wie versprochen, melde ich mich vor Jahresende nochmal bei Euch. Eigentlich wollte ich einen The Weekend Files / Best of Post schreiben. Ein Blick in die Statistik zeigt allerdings, dass die wöchentlichen Link-Tipps gar nicht so populär sind, wie ich immer dachte –...
As I promised you on Saturday, I'm going to share one of my favorite cookie recipe with you today! Ready? It's a shortbread recipe and I've made these rosemary-infused shortbread (Heidesand in German) several times over the years. And they never fail! They are easy to...
One day late, but hey, it's still the weekend, right? Enjoy this week's edition of The Weekend Files. There will be one more until we wrap up the year. And if you are interested in making these yummy rosemary-infused shortbread cookies that you see in the photo below,...
Hello everyone! How is your bank account doing? Have you splurged on Black Friday and Cyber Monday and crossed everything off your Christmas shopping list? I was quite successful but I wish I had been better prepared because I keep on thinking of things I should /...
How was your week so far? Mine was ok. I had a sick child at home, said good-bye to our visitors from Germany which is always hard, especially for the kids who just love having someone to actually live with us for a couple of days. And behind-the-scenes I've also been...
Zu aktuellen politischen Themen oder Ereignissen habe ich mich bislang hier auf meinem Blog nicht geäußert. Auch heute habe ich Zweifel, ob es richtig ist, ob ich das wirklich will. Doch nach den Attentaten in Paris und den vielen Fragen von Freunden und der Familie...
Farewell and birthday parties, fall family pictures, visitors from Germany, final soccer practice, backyard BBQs, brunch date, Sunday market stroll – what a fun-packed weekend ahead of us! So I'll make it quick today with The Weekend Files and my favorite weekly links...
It's happening today: OneDayHH on Instagram, hosted by Laura from Hollywood Housewife. As mentioned in my latest edition of The Weekend Files today I'm sharing (again! I participated last year, too!) bits and pieces of a very normal day of my life, with my morning...
How are you? Have you survived Halloween and the time change? We are still trying to get used to the dark afternoon hours and getting the sugar level back to normal... I always try to keep the kids busy in the afternoon and this month after some time outside we've...
Halloween is almost here and you can feel the excitement in the air. Our neighborhood is prepared for what is to come tomorrow and my pantry is stocked with bags of candy. Ariel and Spiderman are getting ready to roam the streets, looking for the best Trick or...
For whatever reason I've been drawn to all things about creativity recently – books, podcast episodes, articles, blog posts. There are so many helpful and inspiring pieces of advice in my head that I'm having a hard time to put them into practice. But I know that I'll...
Happy fall, y'all! It's going to be a beautiful sunny fall weekend here in Chattanooga. Leaves are falling down, red ones and green ones, yellow ones and brown ones. My kids are planning to pile them all up in our backyard, jump into them and throw them high up in the...