Anyone else get the The Nightmare Before Christmas reference? I sure hope so. Just had to share the brilliance of this Halloween costume. I mean honestly, how could you say no strictly on ingenuity alone? Did I just admit that, yep. In other news, I got this email from my mom yesterday and literally laughed so [...]
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1) I really want to win this blogger competition and appreciate your help. If I win, I promise to do a killer giveaway on this blog #markmywords. Here’s what needs to happen, I need to be in the Top 3 out of this list. Then, it will go to judges (where of course this post will [...]
Read moreI confess… That this post is for the sole purpose of getting you to go vote for my blog here. All you have to do is click the link and hit the Facebook like button next to Alex: ifs ands & Butts. OR just like the box right here So a few weeks ago I [...]
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So now that I am all semi moved in, I have some next ‘big’ purchases to make (when I get my next paycheck that is). The deemed November essentials are a bicycle and dresser drawers. I have already found two dressers on Amazon that will fit perfectly under my bed, so now my bicycle is the biggie. Here [...]
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Arrival The train ride from Karlsruhe to Triberg took 1.5 hours and was one of the most scenic I have been on yet. Autumn is definitely upon us in Germany: jacket + boot weather, leaves changing and falling, and there are more cloudy days than not. Being from Texas, I never really got to experience the whole ‘seasons’ [...]
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Beerfest season is over. It’s a hard reality to swallow. This is however, great news for my wallet situation. Moving + beerfests has proved to be quite a doozy. BUT just because this epic time of year has come to an end, I still have more to share with you guys who are trying to [...]
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Well, I seem to have slightly stepped away from my blog yet again. You see, I just had the busiest weekend of my entire life. While I cannot remember my entire life, I am still pretty confident that this is no exaggereation. Here I will explain in a lengthy post that lacks complete sentences. I’m going [...]
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I’ve realized Oktoberfest first-timers have a lot premeditated ideas before walking into the world’s biggest beer festival. I’m here to resolve some for you. Oktoberfest is just for tourists. Statistics say that 70% of users are from Bavaria (state in which Munich lies), 15% from other parts of German and the remaining 15% from other [...]
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I’m going to be real honest, after four trips to Oktoberfest, I can honestly say that attending the world famous Oktoberfest without a plan and finding a seat is pure luck. This luck is not bestowed upon few and I would not suggest being one. There are two ways to experience Oktoberfest: 1) drinking beer, [...]
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I can’t even apologize for my blogging absence because frankly life has been too good to be spending time on the computer, and I love me some computer time. Two trips to Munich in combination with the new job and preparing to move next Saturday has kept me the busiest I have been in my [...]
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