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Geburtsvorbereitung, Teil 6

July 11, 2007

On Monday night, we had our sixth and final birth preparation class at the hospital. I really, really wanted to skip the class. I was tired and I’d decided that it wasn’t really giving me anything, but I felt bad since it’s covered by insurance and what if this was the one time that the [...]

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My God, I think I’m dying

July 6, 2007

After actually walking around and having a fair amount of energy yesterday, today has been a serious struggle to stay awake. I am tired to the point of feeling miserable. It was all I could do to get that Live Earth post up this morning. It’s a subject I care deeply about, so I felt [...]

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Geburtsvorbereitung, Teil 3

June 19, 2007

So last evening we had the third and final of the birthing classes for just us women. Next week the men get to join in. We graduated another mommy, Mrs. Too Much Information (a.k.a. Mrs. Have You Never Heard Of The Internet?) gave birth a few days ago to a healthy baby boy. We practiced [...]

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Diaper Bag Dilemma

June 13, 2007

Okay all you parents out there, I need some help here. The information out there is so conflicting, what have you found to be most important in a diaper bag? Size runs the gamut, from diaper wallets to weekend bags. How many do you really need and in what size? Have you found any decent [...]

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American food and cooking substitutes

May 31, 2007

Finding product replacements for your favorite foods and snacks is always tough for new expats (and occasionally some of us more experienced expats as well)! Here’s my attempt to help out and I have to admit, I learned quite a bit in my research for this post. Baking Baking Powder – Most North American baking [...]

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I’m back

May 29, 2007

We made it back yesterday evening. Rainer’s mom spent the whole weekend working on getting my weight-gain up there towards the average. I am working on getting that German-American products list together – there’s a rather hefty rough draft, but there’s still a few things I’m researching. Our next project is buying a stationwagon, or [...]

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NyQuil = Medinait? The results are in!

May 24, 2007

It comes up regularly on blogs and message boards, Wick Medinait, the German version of Vicks NyQuil, just doesn’t stack up with the original. I always wrote that talk off to psychology, we’re just more comfortable with what we’re used to. Personally, the couple times I used the German version, I didn’t really noticed a [...]

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