The Merlins in Berlin
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Wife, momma, coffee drinker. Still finding glitter from last Mardi Gras. Life as an immigrant in Berlin.
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FEIERABEND!! 🎉
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
FEIERABEND!! 🎉
Today has been so busy that I bought myself a Fritz while working. One hour left open then closing up and heading home!
December 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Today has been so busy that I bought myself a Fritz while working. One hour left open then closing up and heading home!
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In times like these, a little joy goes a long way. This story about a husband who turned his late wife’s "snowpeople" collection into a community exhibit will warm your heart. Read more and meet the snowpeople bringing smiles to thousands.
wapo.st/4s1L59D (gift article)
wapo.st/4s1L59D (gift article)
December 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In times like these, a little joy goes a long way. This story about a husband who turned his late wife’s "snowpeople" collection into a community exhibit will warm your heart. Read more and meet the snowpeople bringing smiles to thousands.
wapo.st/4s1L59D (gift article)
wapo.st/4s1L59D (gift article)
Mother in law brought me American deodorant!! 🥰
Don’t hate on the aluminum, Germany.
Don’t hate on the aluminum, Germany.
December 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Mother in law brought me American deodorant!! 🥰
Don’t hate on the aluminum, Germany.
Don’t hate on the aluminum, Germany.
Y’all, I just unboxed the last moving box! Everything may not have a home but some of it can live in the basement until we get a family sized apartment.
Now to decorate the tree and order Christmas presents. Oy.
Now to decorate the tree and order Christmas presents. Oy.
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Y’all, I just unboxed the last moving box! Everything may not have a home but some of it can live in the basement until we get a family sized apartment.
Now to decorate the tree and order Christmas presents. Oy.
Now to decorate the tree and order Christmas presents. Oy.
Finally doing all the little things I’ve put off since we got settled in the apt. Mother in law arrives Monday morning…nothing like external time limits to motivate that adhd.
December 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Finally doing all the little things I’ve put off since we got settled in the apt. Mother in law arrives Monday morning…nothing like external time limits to motivate that adhd.
Why is the 14 yo so resistant to making a Christmas list??
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Why is the 14 yo so resistant to making a Christmas list??
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If the last 5 years of your social media history doesn't get ban you from Trump's USA, then we can't be friends 🙅♀️💁♀️
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
If the last 5 years of your social media history doesn't get ban you from Trump's USA, then we can't be friends 🙅♀️💁♀️
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Totally washing my face and prepping for bedtime. 21 minutes and counting.
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Totally washing my face and prepping for bedtime. 21 minutes and counting.
Counting down the minutes until I can go to sleep. Holding out for 7:30…will I make it?
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Counting down the minutes until I can go to sleep. Holding out for 7:30…will I make it?
Um, how many immigrants are able to go into their actual profession as soon as they enter a new country possibly with a new language? The new country has to accept their qualifications, etc.
Stop being racist.
Stop being racist.
Lutnick: "Green card recipients made 1/3 less than the average American, so we were taking in the bottom quartile, the bottom 25% of America. Why shouldn't we take in the top of the top? That's what President Trump is thinking. Let's bring in the best people & put $1 million down towards America"
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Um, how many immigrants are able to go into their actual profession as soon as they enter a new country possibly with a new language? The new country has to accept their qualifications, etc.
Stop being racist.
Stop being racist.
I left work at my goal time and made the bus! The sun is still out and I’m wearing my sunglasses! ♥️
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I left work at my goal time and made the bus! The sun is still out and I’m wearing my sunglasses! ♥️
So I finished Nobody’s Girl and started a Holocaust survivor book (born in Poland the year before the invasion).
Give me a funny/light memoir to read, please. Fiction is fine but I don’t care for romance. Fantasy is good. Historical fiction is good.
Give me a funny/light memoir to read, please. Fiction is fine but I don’t care for romance. Fantasy is good. Historical fiction is good.
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
So I finished Nobody’s Girl and started a Holocaust survivor book (born in Poland the year before the invasion).
Give me a funny/light memoir to read, please. Fiction is fine but I don’t care for romance. Fantasy is good. Historical fiction is good.
Give me a funny/light memoir to read, please. Fiction is fine but I don’t care for romance. Fantasy is good. Historical fiction is good.
Dammit. Missed my train stop. It’s gonna be a long day. Just too tired to function.
December 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Dammit. Missed my train stop. It’s gonna be a long day. Just too tired to function.
Picked up my contacts all AUF DEUTSCH. 🏆
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Picked up my contacts all AUF DEUTSCH. 🏆
Everyone deserves a good holiday! Got a little to spare? Please consider sharing it with our houseless friends in New Orleans.
We will be serving the houseless for Christmas on Sun, Dec. 21st. We hope to accumulate as many supplies, Amazon items, and donations as we possibly can, so our houseless friends can, indeed, have a Merry Christmas. Join us, check our Amazon wishlist, donate to drinks/supplies. #TailgateTogether
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Everyone deserves a good holiday! Got a little to spare? Please consider sharing it with our houseless friends in New Orleans.
Saw this on a tour. First piece of art that made me cry.
Käthe Kollwitz's pietà from the Neue Wache memorial to Victims of War and Dictatorship, Berlin #womensart
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Saw this on a tour. First piece of art that made me cry.
Just realized how little time until Christmas. I have to put up our tree and order presents for the boys. Plus mother in law comes in next week. Plus school stuff.
Here we go.
Here we go.
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Just realized how little time until Christmas. I have to put up our tree and order presents for the boys. Plus mother in law comes in next week. Plus school stuff.
Here we go.
Here we go.
Is this the most German wrapping paper ever?
Don’t ever do this to me this is how grinches get radicalized
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Is this the most German wrapping paper ever?
Made our USA grocery pilgrimage today. Butter popcorn under the mini marshmallows.
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made our USA grocery pilgrimage today. Butter popcorn under the mini marshmallows.
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"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come." --Dietrich Bonhoeffer
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come." --Dietrich Bonhoeffer
20 years ago I went all the way to Boston to visit my then boyfriend. Who knew all the places we’d go. Or how many winter jackets I’d end up wearing. 🤣
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
20 years ago I went all the way to Boston to visit my then boyfriend. Who knew all the places we’d go. Or how many winter jackets I’d end up wearing. 🤣
Almost to work. Before sunrise. Late November to the end of December being dark is so hard. And weird.
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Almost to work. Before sunrise. Late November to the end of December being dark is so hard. And weird.
Been awake since 3 am and now it’s time to get ready for work. 🤦🏻♀️
Gonna be a long day.
Gonna be a long day.
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Been awake since 3 am and now it’s time to get ready for work. 🤦🏻♀️
Gonna be a long day.
Gonna be a long day.