Author: Kris
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Photo by Annette Fischer on Unsplash It’s the end of the year, which means the Snook and I have both been diving deep into our financial accounts for 2020. While we have combined finances, I tend to track the month-to-month micro expenses and budget while he looks after the long-term retirement planning and investments. (If…
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The Snook is a big fan of Stella Parks’s recipes, and at some point in the last year, I bookmarked her Classic Chocolate Yule Log with the idea of challenging him to make it for Christmas. Folks, I didn’t think he’d actually do it. I throw out these ridiculous schemes and he’s usually game for…
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Not long after we moved to Germany, I started noticing people power-walking with ski poles in nearly every park. I looked on in envy. “I want sticks too!” Finally for Christmas, I got my very own sticks (aka trekking poles)! 😂
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So this is a thing that I’m doing now. It was partly inspired by the fact that I’ve had to do some Twitch streaming in recent months for my new job, and I’ve been learning more how it works. It was also partly inspired by the fact that we’re in lockdown in Germany, and I…
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As part of my team’s Christmas festivities, we held a virtual Cocktails and Pizza making competition. I knew that my pizza wasn’t going to win any awards (#teampineapple), so I decided I had to go all-out on the drink. Since there were points for creativity, I felt like I need to go SEASONAL and SPECTACULAR.…
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Subtitle: Why is your face like that?! You will recall that earlier this year I trialled several different free mask patterns, and I had some trouble finding one that the Snook deemed comfortable. We ended up just going with the ragmask for him, but it does smush his beard and leave him with unsightly Mask Face…
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I’ve always loved riding a bicycle, ever since I was a kid, but there were several years after university where I didn’t regularly ride. Mostly it’s because I lived in big cities (London and then Sydney) that aren’t super conducive to cycling. I eventually got a bike in Sydney and even commuted for a while,…
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Two weeks ago today, I got a message from OSS Shipping that our shipment from Australia had cleared Customs and was finally going to be delivered! All up it was about ten weeks door-to-door, which is actually incredibly fast for shared container shipping. (Normally you have to wait until an entire container load is filled…
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Normally for our anniversary we go out somewhere fancy for dinner, but right now everything is closed due to Covid. However, a couple weeks ago I started researching and learned that Restaurant Gabelspiel, a Michelin star restaurant in Munich, would deliver a four course meal! We placed our order and tonight the Snook got to…
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Sixteen years ago today I married this legend in Vegas. Love you, Snookums. ❤️