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What we do when we are just around the house doing our normal thing.

Buying and fitting a muzzle for your dog

Posted on February 9, 2018November 5, 2018 by Sandra

When we decided to move to Europe, we knew we would need a muzzle for our Standard Poodle James. We had been to Europe before and seen dogs on the streets with muzzles attached to their leashes or collars.

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Learning to drive in Italy

Posted on February 8, 2018September 2, 2018 by Chris

Italians have a reputation for being chaotic drivers, from Hollywood to Rick Steves’ tours we hear about the traffic in Italy. But we discovered something interesting about Italy and now Italians

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Backpack Duffel from North Face

Posted on February 6, 2018September 2, 2018 by Chris

Wheeling around a large suitcase is a pain, especially when you get somewhere only to find that all of your things have settled and there is plenty of empty space that somehow wasn’t there when you

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You continyoued

Posted on February 5, 2018September 2, 2018 by Chris

A few weeks ago you may remember the funny story we told you about our silly restaurant idea. The restaurant called “You”? (All About You) Well this story continyoues with more things that are named

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Travel Tip: Noise App for Sleeping

Posted on January 24, 2018September 2, 2018 by Sandra

One of our travel tips for sleeping in new places is to get a noise app. When we first arrived in Vienna, Austria our apartment was SO quiet. Too quiet! It was actually hard for us to sleep because

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Now that’s an odd chip!

Posted on January 22, 2018September 2, 2018 by Chris

The other day I was finishing off the last of a small bag of chips for lunch and happened to come across a chip with an oddly familiar shape. I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to show it along side the

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American Made with Tom Cruise

Posted on January 17, 2018September 2, 2018 by Chris

We decided to stay in and rent a movie last night. The movie we chose was American Made – Doug Liman with Tom Cruise. It is about the CIA’s effort in the 70’s-80’s to battle communism in South America

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Benefits of a Hot Water Bottle

Posted on January 9, 2018September 2, 2018 by Sandra

The benefits of a hot water bottle include:
Providing comfort on a cool night
Easing pain
Easy to move around with
Not worrying about getting wrapped up in a cord

I had a few things in the US

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James Likes to Race Down the Stairs

Posted on December 27, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

James is a funny Poodle – any time we walk down stairs and start to speed up James wants to race us! It is really cute and James has been doing it here in Vienna in our building’s common stairwell.

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Walking, Walking, Walking!

Posted on December 6, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

We walked a lot in Washington, DC. But we were only on the 1st floor (well, technically we were up a half flight of stairs from the street level) so we didn’t get lots of stairs in our daily activity.

Here

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Dumpster Diving for Roses

Posted on November 23, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

Chris is such an understanding husband. He gets a little embarrassed when I do silly things and he definitely thinks I am nutty for taking roses out of the garbage. We have a florist on the first floor

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Prickelnd, Austria’s version of Soda Water

Posted on November 3, 2017September 2, 2018 by Chris

It seems like such a simple thing to walk into a store and buy a bottle of soda water, especially in the US where you can get Canada Dry, San Pellegrino or just the store brand in bottles as large as 2

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The Best Pillow for Shoulder Pain

Posted on October 31, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

I am a side sleeper. I love sleeping on my side. And with our super duper soft pillow top Stearns and Foster mattress I never had any trouble sleeping on my side. But when I stay with friends or family

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Settling in to Vienna

Posted on October 26, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

We are getting settled in to the 4th District here in Vienna.

Chris and James in our favorite park – Schweizergarten:

James near our flat on Argentinierstraรƒลธe:

How incredible that we live

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Birkenstock Makes Mattresses?!!

Posted on October 23, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

We went shopping tonight at Leiner on Mariahilferstraรƒลธe. It is such a beautiful store – I love the architecture, the chandeliers, the staircases and even the eco-friendly escalators that go slow until

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Recycling in Vienna

Posted on October 19, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

One thing you will definitely notice if you come to Vienna is the recycling bins. Vienna is very green and they make it very easy for you to recycle everything.

At our building we have garbage bins

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Herringbone Wood Floor Pattern

Posted on October 18, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

I love the herringbone wood floor pattern in our flat. I always wanted a place with a pretty wood patterned floor and now I have one!

James is quite comfortable in our new flat in Vienna. We brought

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Dyson vs. Miele Vacuum Cleaners

Posted on October 17, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

When we lived in Orlando, FL we had the corded Dyson Animal. It was a great vacuum cleaner and it was well worth the money for our 1800 square foot house. But when we moved to Washington, DC we didn’t

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Should we be worried? Vienna’s Siren Alarm System

Posted on October 13, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

On Saturday around noon Chris and I were both sitting at our computers when we heard a loud siren. It sounded like the siren you hear in old movies – something to let you know that things were about to

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Our Flat in Vienna, Austria

Posted on October 12, 2017September 2, 2018 by Sandra

We made it to Vienna, Austria!

Our flat is in the 4th district – just south of the 1st district which is Central Vienna. We can walk to the center of town and it takes about 20 minutes. We can also

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I had a white Christmas and ate lots of snow! โ„๏ธ๐ŸŽ„โ„๏ธ๐ŸŽ„โ„๏ธ๐ŸŽ„ #thankssanta
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Iโ€™m thankful for YOU my Instagram friends! You Iโ€™m thankful for YOU my Instagram friends!  You all make my Mum smile ๐Ÿงก Happy Thanksgiving!  Xoxo, James
Snug as a bug in a rug with my new Scottie Dog bla Snug as a bug in a rug with my new Scottie Dog blanket ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ โ„๏ธ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’™
My favourite trick or treaters with Poodle skirts, My favourite trick or treaters with Poodle skirts, shirts and socks.  My Mum squealed when she saw them coming - so embarrassing! ๐Ÿงก๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿฉ #poodleskirt
It was a quiet night this year but I still met a f It was a quiet night this year but I still met a few new friends.  #happyhalloween
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Looks like I will be wearing a new Christmas banda Looks like I will be wearing a new Christmas bandana this year!  My Mum found fabric at JoAnn with Poodles!  #poodlesofinstagram
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My pawrents finally got me professionally groomed! My pawrents finally got me professionally groomed!  Since January my Mum has been grooming me because of Covid and I looked like a dog not a Poodle.  Now I look fabulous and Poodlicious again thanks to Brittany at @emipetnewalbany
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