Monthly Archive: February 2009

28
Feb
2009

WHERE WORDS FAIL, MUSIC SPEAKS*

Just the kind of day I needed after the week I’ve had. Waking at my own pace to frost and sunshine, puttering about, reading a bit here, cleaning a bit there, not really doing much of anything. Looking through Lego boxes with Martin to find all the different Lego people heads we have (41!), and having a delicious dinner of sushi out and then Melodifestivalen LIVE at Malmö Arena! There wasn’t anyone on the line-up that I cared all that much about, so I could relax and enjoy the show without thinking too much about it. It was quite different...

26
Feb
2009

SHE’S MAKING SURE SHE IS NOT DREAMING

Little stories, little loves. Little things we say and do. Small moments in the day that add up to a storied whole. I can’t think of anything to write about. Wait, that’s not really true. I CAN think of things to write about, but I don’t seem to be motivated enough to do the actual writing about them. I was going to gather my thoughts and write something about the discussion our stand-in guest speaker at the AWC meeting the other night sparked after her presentation on Social Media (or How Not to Waste Your Life & Ruin Your Reputation...

23
Feb
2009

DUCK & COVER

My rilly rilly good mood of 2 days ago seems to be evaporating. Fizzling out. Going slowly up in smoke. You have been warned.

21
Feb
2009

SUCH A FEELING’S COMING OVER ME

What a perfect day this has been! Anders got home last night from Spain, ending my 3 weeks of husband-less-ness and it just got better from there: ♥ sleeping in (no better way to start off my day!) ♥ being in a really good mood ♥ sparkly sparkly snow and sunshine ♥ whizzing through 3 loads of laundry…mmmm, clean soft clothes! ♥ several really productive hours catching up on the overload at work ♥ a half-hour walk soaking up sunshine with Martin: we saw geese in a V, a horse, 2 poodles (1 big & 1 small) and a pheasant...

19
Feb
2009

OVERSIZED BITS OF TID, WITH SNOW & HOMICIDAL MANIA

It’s snowing like crazy outside. Fat white fluff-flakes floating dreamily down, down and around in the white light of the streetlights. The street is filled up with snow. Clifford the Big Red Rock has a sparkly white skullcap. The plants are hunkered down, puffed up with the white stuff. We’ve had snow on the ground for almost 2 weeks now, though really it hasn’t been that much; it keeps melting down to a thin covering and then freezing. All the footprints in the yard: kid, dog, neighbor’s cat, are softening at the edges and filling in. They’ll have to stomp...

17
Feb
2009

INFECTIOUS, CONTAGIOUS, CATCHING, SMITTEN

Thanks to Geena I have not gotten a damn thing done in 3 days, since she oh so nonchalantly mentioned Color Infection in her Facebook status recently. Oh sure, it came with a disclaimer: an “addictive” warning label, but it wasn’t in really big neon-colored blinking letters with screeching sirens and strobe lights and police tape cordoning off the bodies of those who have died of starvation and/or dehydration because they can’t walk away from this damned addictive little game. Best part? When you pass all the levels, you can google “Color Infection II” and play some more! XD I...

14
Feb
2009

IT WAS NOT INTO MY EAR YOU WHISPERED, BUT INTO MY HEART**

One of the best things about elementary school was the preparations for each holiday as it approached. I shudder to think how many trees elementary school children go through in the form of construction paper. The whole school would be transformed by the new decorating scheme each month: orange & black for Halloween, orange & brown with gold buckles for Thanksgiving, red and green for Christmas, green for St. Patrick’s Day and of course, in February the brightest colors to cheer up the blah-est month: red & pink for Valentine’s Day! All the kids would bring shoeboxes from home and...

13
Feb
2009

PAPER NAPKIN INTERVIEW

If Sheryl and I could sit down at a little café and each have a half a ciabatta sandwich and a cup of chicken & wild rice soup together, we would, though I’m not altogether sure what kind of soup she likes best. I love soup. It’s one of my favorite foods. It’s hard to find a soup I DON’T like, though of course there are variations that are better than others, and I tend to prefer the cream- and broth-based soups over the tomato-based ones, but whatever, this tangent apparently has the bit in its mixed-metaphorical mouth and is...

11
Feb
2009

MOOD SWINGER

Things I’m not happy about right now: Trying to figure out how I’m going to get all the huge projects at work done within a reasonable time frame That my husband is gone for Valentine’s Day. *sigh* How long it’s taking me to read this book. It’s SO GOOD, but it’s SO FULL of words. And I know how it ends because I know the story: badly. I think I’m unconsciously slowing down because I don’t want to get to the sad part. It’s actually 4 books in 1 though, so I suppose I can take that to my credit....

10
Feb
2009

THE KEY TO IMMORTALITY*

Is there anything better for the soul than affirmation? It makes you feel all bubbly and weird; a champagne flutter of silly goodness. Hard to keep your feet on the ground when your mind is percolating and fizzing with good feeling. Affirmation is best when it’s made up of little things: a spontaneous embrace from a usually non-romantic loved one; a genuine glad-to-see-you smile from a child; a positive and unexpected comment from your boss on the work you’ve been doing; an exclamation of wonder over something you’ve created. My good friend Debbie was here last week during my family-free...

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