From the monthly archives:

September 2007

Buying Baby Stuff in Deutschland

September 30, 2007

Here’s a list of websites that are either in Germany or will ship baby stuff to Germany. I’ve put an asterisk behind websites that I’ve used and been happy with (*=ordered once, **=twice, ***=three or more times). As I come across new sites, I will update this list. See also a related post, Buying Maternity [...]

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How well do you know Europe?

September 27, 2007

I had the added challenge of doing this while holding a squirmy 2 month old – can you top that? *Courtesy of Cliff over at Regensblog Okay, this thing doesn’t seem to work on Blogger, but my score was something in the 27,000+ area.

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Yet more evidence…

September 27, 2007

of the odd musical tastes of Germans.

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We’re ba-ack!

September 24, 2007

We got back late Sunday night from our trip. Rainer’s father fell and is most likely bedridden now, but he’s better than we originally thought, so there’s that. Oma and Opa were very happy to meet, and spend a week with, their sixth grandchild, Oliver. Life’s been crazy since we got back, I’ve been running [...]

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Away for awhile

September 16, 2007

A family emergency is calling us away. We should be back in a week, but we probably won’t have internet access most of the time we are gone. So, till we return…

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Two Mini Meetups on September 29 – Be there or be square!

September 15, 2007

In honor of Carol and her daughter Elizabeth’s trip to Germany, there will be two – count’em two! – mini meetups on Saturday, September 29. The first will be in Nürnberg (Nuremburg); we’ll be meeting by the main information desk at the Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof (train station) at noon. So far, Carol and Elizabeth, Blythe and [...]

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I should be sleeping!

September 14, 2007

Things have been much better today. Except that I’m exhausted from lack of sleep over the last two days. And now when I can sleep (because Oliver is a peaceful little sleepyhead angel at the moment), I’m online surfing and posting – CRAZY! Oliver has now mastered the sucking-of-the-thumb skill. His passport arrived today (only [...]

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