Did I mention we sold our home?! We closed at the end of Dec. The experience was bittersweet. Having our home in VA was the one thing I felt really tied us back to our life in the US. We knew we had a home to return to. It was a familiar place. We had friends & family in the area. We knew what t...

Friday night we decided to leave Garmisch a day earlier. So instead of driving 8 straight hours on Sunday we split the drive into two days and spend Saturday night in Heidelberg. Neither S or I really wanted to leave Garmisch. As you can see S is pretty upset. lol! In so many ways this area feels li...

We just got back from a fabulous week skiing in Germany. The snow conditions were great and my skiing really improved. Yeah!! It's so nice to actually have some control when you're zipping down the mountain. I'm excited to go skiing again! I just hope I don't forget everything I lear...

Ok, so I may have gone a littttllle overboard with the Pimm's. But it's such a fabulous winter drink I couldn't help myself. I'll explain... Earlier this month, the ladies from the UK sponsored a luncheon. While I waited to be assigned a seat I saw a bartender handing out these prett...

Living in a cold, damp place has a way of shifting my cravings away from my beloved orange juice and into the arms of a steamy, hot drink. If I'm not warming up to a cup of hot chocolate (thanks to my Bialetti Chocolate maker), I'm brewing hot water so I can enjoy some tea.  I fell har...

This year Lil' C began referring to Valentine's as Love Day. ;) I love it! Yesterday, I made these cute Lollipop flowers for Lil' C's classmates. Since Lil' C attends an international school it's really interesting to see how only the American children celebrate the day. For ...

Several years ago, I was at my friend TD's house helping decorate her Christmas tree. When I opened one of the ornament boxes, the most wonderful scent came out. It was an intense cinnamon smell from the cutest little gingerbread men decorations. TD told me her Mom made them using cinnamon and a...

One of my fondest memories of our week in Chamonix was coming home to the chalet and seeing the wonderful selection of artisan sausage, cheeses, and bread R set on the table with a bottle of wine for us to enjoy before dinner. We ate dinner at the chalet every night; Healthy E, R, and I took turns c...

Mornings to me at the chalet were always a bit chaotic. Everyone waking up around the same time, putting on layers of  clothes, eating breakfast, and then at the last minute rushing around putting on their jackets & winter boots, grabbing hats and ski boots, and then rushing back in from t...

Around 3ish we arrived into Les Houches, our new home for the next 7 days. Les Houches is about 8 minutes from Chamonix. We were all so happy to finally arrive. Little did we know things were just about to get interesting.  The road to our chalet was quite steep & extremely narrow so much ...