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Maenner

October 16, 2007

Note to self: do not leave husbands in charge of children when football matches are on. Saturday, Rainer’s best friend Tobias came to visit with his wife Katrin and two beautiful kids, Hanna, who’s almost 5, and Simon, who’s 2 and a half. I made cookies, which the kids, and unexpectedly Charlie too, gobbled up. [...]

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Christina’s Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

October 14, 2007

Mrs. Fields ain’t got nothin’ on me! Although I’ve heard expats complaining about the consistency of their cookies being off, I’ve never had that problem with this recipe. For flour, I use Gold Puder type 405 für feine Backwaren, for butter I use Meggle die Alpenbutter, and for chocolate I use Sarotti and/or Côte D’Or [...]

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Happy V-day to ya!

February 14, 2007

Some folks are quite vehemently opposed to today, Valentine’s Day, and I can understand that, but it’s never really bothered me. I don’t go overboard and I don’t expect a dozen roses or anything, but I don’t mind having the holiday. Actually, I got a Happy V-Day balloon from a (now ex-)boyfriend once and I [...]

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Happy Holidays to all!

December 22, 2006

For those of you having holidays in the near future, I hope you enjoy them. We’re off to my inlaws now, where I will pray that the lit candles that are placed on the Christmas tree do not cause a fire that ends up consuming us all. I don’t know if this is a German [...]

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More Thanksgiving Recipes

November 29, 2006

I am completely exhausted. No matter how much sleep I get, I always feel like I just pulled a couple all-nighters. Then I had a doctor’s appointment today (at 7:30am) and the doctor is sick and I need to come back tomorrow (I might just wait till Friday, just to be sure she’s healthy again). [...]

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Danke danke danke!

November 25, 2006

So our one-day-late Thanksgiving/Going-Away Party went off without a hitch. Although I was just about exhausted from all the cooking by the time the first guests arrived (20 minutes early, that’s Prussian timeliness for you). Charlie actually behaved himself, in fact, I believe he very much enjoyed being the center of attention (btw, Charlie’s my [...]

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Are you experienced?

November 7, 2006

From Dawn’s blog, the point of this is to highlight in bold the things you have done… 01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink02. Swam with wild dolphins (my brother did this on his honeymoon and said swimming with sea lions was more fun)03. Climbed a mountain04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive05. [...]

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