Author: Julia
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Pedagogy experiment on your own child: What to do in case of tantrums?
Anger management: shouting until someone gives in …and usually that’s me. You can read parenting guides on toddler tantrums galore, but your own child falls into the category of “first things don’t happen, and second things don’t happen”. So what to do when the child is so old that they not only has a will…
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Hiding in home office
About the advantages and disadvantages of working from home for working parents It’s 2:16 p.m. That gives me about five minutes to get a cup of tea before the kids get back from daycare. Daniel has already vacated his workstation at the dining table and disappeared into the bedroom – one of our two extremely…
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Construction diary #08: Radio silence – construction is at a standstill
For almost two weeks, construction has been at a standstill, and we don’t know why. After a few silently ignored text messages during the week, there was at least a small sense of achievement today: I reached the site manager by phone. Well, that’s great. But he didn’t know anything new either and told me…
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Construction diary #07: Excavation, basement – the excavators move in, the basement floor is poured, the basement walls are erected
Having started with a few inconsistencies, but all of a sudden it’s running like clockwork. RIGHT TO ONE’S OWN IMAGE He who digs a pit for others… No, no, neither the excavator drivers nor we ourselves fell into it. However, we had to be careful (and especially our dear relatives) of disgruntled construction workers, who…
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Construction diary #06: Coordination of site electricity and site road – We’re the inofficial site managers
In about the same breath that the “Dixi-gate” occurred, there was confusion about the establishment of the framework conditions necessary for the start of construction. We were again informed about the construction electricity and water at the staking out date and, upon inquiry at the locally responsible company, were informed that the connections were to…
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Construction diary #05: In the beginning was a Porta-John
My cell phone rings. It doesn’t happen often (messenger messages are usually enough), so it’s all the more exciting that it’s an 04 area code from the landline. All right, I’ll answer it, I’m curious who’s calling me: our future neighbors! And that’s to tell us that the Porta-John delivery man is standing in front…
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Construction diary #04: Stake-out date for the “start of construction” – radio silence, stakes and then happened: nothing
For a long time we have feverishly awaited the 04th of October, because we thought, finally it starts! But the total disillusionment came during the week and had already been apparent before. The site manager, whose name and cell phone number we were given by Viebrock in a side sentence of a letter with a…
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New construction basics: Hiring a building expert
At this point we provide information on the subject of building experts. Background information: We are laymen in building a house, have never built before and are not familiar with the subject professionally at all. So we needed someone with expertise and have hired a building expert who looks at different phases of the construction…
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Overnight stay in family room
Family room vs. parents’ holiday and hotel restaurant vs. self-catering. Two issues we’ve had to deal with over the last five days. Fridge: we asked the hotel for a refrigerator and lo and behold: no problem at all to get a minibar-sized refrigerator for our room. So nothing stood in the way of self-catering, at…
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About traveling with children: Day trips and travel essentials
Many things on the following list only come to mind when you write them down, as I did. It’s quite a lot that comes together when you’re traveling with children -be it babies or toddlers – which for us means 9 and 28 months respectively. At almost one or two years old, the little ones…
