The Adventures of a German Girl

          Have you ever been to Key West? Especially to Duval Street? Thats where my dear friend Amanda met her now fiance Chet about 2 years ago. They ran into eachother one night while he was on a bachelor party and the rest is history. Last October they got engaged and in almost 30 days they will get married in the Keys. Today we went to their couples shower with their beautiful turquois colored scheme. Everything looked and tasted wonderfully. Even the M&M's had the matching color. Besides the gift, I decided on creating a special card for them. I cut a 12x24 ply wood board, painted, distressed and painted some more. Our wishes for them are on the back of the board for them to always remember their special time in life. Distressed sides and worn out look                    ...

It is never enough to just have one.   With two dogs in our house, life never gets boring. I'm so happy though that we decided on having both of them. Now that Toby calmed down just a little bit, we are able to leave him out of his crate during the day while we are at work.   If they wake up from their naps during the day, now they can play together, run in the house and destroy the remaining pillows.  During lunch we take them for their walks and mostl importantly check if the house still stands.   Coming home to two love bugs sitting at the top of the stairs, right at the door, tail wagging, waiting with unconditional love, makes my day, every day! No matter how bad the day was, it brings the biggest smile to my face.   Steele always turns over on his back and waits until you scratch his belly. Toby on the other hand is a little whirlwind, jumps right up on you, trying to cover up his fight he had w...

Long weekends are used by "normal" people to relax or go on a short vacation. For me, it is to tackle a project. My fingertips are itching and I'm getting restless if I don't have a project in line. For several weeks there was a table sitting in our garage waiting for an idea to update it. The top was completely destroyed I found it with this little guy. Remember when I updated the mirror ? I stumbled about a blogpost about a herringbone patterend table redo and new instantly that this is exactly what I need to do with it. I went to my favorite home improvement store and picked up small paint sticks. The lady in the paint department said that I can only have 10. I asked if I could have more, if I pay her. She got a  bit bitchy and I left with 10, driving to the next store and grabbed about 20. Then had Brian go back and pick up 10 more. I started with 35 small paint sticks. I cut them in half and laid'em...