The Adventures of a German Girl

  Two of my very dear friends were planning their wedding and scheduled to get married back to back weekends in June. We were ecstatic to be part of their special day and happy that we would have some time off. Our  vacation of the year spent with family, best friends, lots of party (my birthday was the same day as the second wedding we went to) but also some relaxation - 4 days Italy.    Since neither of us ever been to Italy, we didn't think long about the destination. W e wanted to get an overview of Italia's north. With the help of my dad we quickly came up with a nice tour.   I get easily bored and didn't want to be in one location the whole time, so w e decided on a road trip.   From Frankfurt we flew to Milan on Sunday afternoon and rented a little Lancia.     Driving around was at first a bit scary with all the Vespa's on the road, but I quickly got adjusted. Since Brian hasn't driven a ma...

  Dearest Deer,   When I saw you for the first time, I fell deeply in love. So True.   When a house in our neighborhood burnt down, the family did a yard sale with the remaining items they were able to salvage. For two years now, every time we walked by their house I was telling Brian that I am in love with the deer and owl they had in front of their house. (The house was in a pretty bad shape and is now completely torn down.)   For only 2$ I bought them! What a steal! The little deer had some roofing material burnt onto the face which I was able to take off. Look at this beauty.      It is now part in one of our bedrooms in the cabin.     For the bed I made different pillows. I used screen print for the first time and drew some deer with black fabric paint onto the pillow. It was so easy, I don't know why I haven't tried this before.   We got the head board ...