Author: lizardek

18
Sep
2008

PRACTICALLY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

♥ Waking up leisurely, realizing that I didn’t have to get up for work, and then reading for an hour before finally arising ♥ Having breakfast with Lizardmom ♥ Sweater weather ♥ Walking through the shopping district of Lund’s old town center and finding an absolutely beautiful sweater at Kriss and splurging ♥ Eating at one of my favorite restaurants that never fails to have excellent lunch entrees: chicken filet baked in pastry with potato terrine, sauted vegetables and tarragon creme. ♥ Stopping by Press Stop to pick up some American magazines: Martha Stewart Living and Real Simple ♥ Receiving...

15
Sep
2008

SLAVE OF THE GOLDEN CAP

Not too long ago, Marilyn linked to a really cool site that allows you to make word maps of text that you upload or that exists on a website: Wordle. So, of course, I popped this journal’s URL into the engine and came up with something that surprised me, though it shouldn’t have. The 2 most frequently used words on this here journal, on that day*, were Liz (no surprise there, perhaps) and KARIN. Her name was many times larger than both Anders’ and Martin’s and it took me a bit aback for a moment, and then I laughed since...

14
Sep
2008

THIS, THAT & THE OTHER

What’s your idea of a perfect weekend? Going away somewhere, away from the daily routine or the familiar surroundings and taking in new sights, new surroundings, new experiences? It certainly has its attractions: the chance to get away, if only for a couple of days. Or staying home and making plans: having friends over for pizza, or throwing a dinner party or filling the days with activities and errands that you never otherwise have time to do during the regular hamster-wheel of your week? Or, even better, staying home and just enjoying yourself with no definitive plans? Sleeping in, doing...

11
Sep
2008

TOWARDS TORPOR

A new visitor to my blog made a comment today, mentioning the “hammer of the sleep gods” and wow, did that phrase ever strike me, and resonate all evening until I had a moment to sit down and write about it. Living in Sweden or, I imagine, anywhere this far north, brings with it an increasing and desperate awareness of light. What the sun is doing or not doing, whether it is shining, was shining, will shine, becomes much more important to every day life than one would like to admit to. In the springtime, the anticipation of the growing...

08
Sep
2008

IT GETS SO LATE AROUND HERE

The days just whiz by. Sometimes at the ends of them, I suddenly stop what I’m doing, and give a little shake of my head, blinking a bit, wondering, “What just happened? What have I been doing all day?” when the truth is life keeps motoring along whether I’m consciously partaking or not. Living on autopilot is a bad habit. Some things I have listed quickly so I wouldn’t forget to talk about them: Dirty Jobs, election ballot, rotating CDs, spider season, weird mom. Then I look at the list, a list of things that I kind of mentally wrote...

07
Sep
2008

HOW MANY BALLS CAN YOU KEEP IN THE AIR AT ONCE?

How do you manage anticipation and scheduling when every day has something in it (apart from the usual weekday getting-up-and-going-to-work-thing) and every weekend for the foreseeable future is booked? Especially when it’s not just yourself that you have to keep track of things for, but your entire family? Things that have to be remembered in our household any given week include the following: Monday Gym bag for Martin, Chess club for Martin, remind kids to do their homework (evening) Tuesday Gym bag for Martin & Karin, remind kids to take their homework (morning) and do their homework (evening), Piano lessons...

05
Sep
2008

FRIDAY LOVE LIST: FILL IN THE BLANKS

Swiped in its entirety from Meg! Song you love: Word you love: Academic subject you love: Hobby you love: Type of baked good you love: Type of sky you love: Beverage you love: Vacation you love: Restaurant you love: Way of getting around that you love: Person you love: Room in your home (or ideal home) you love: Movie you love: Book you love: City you love: Future plan you love: Form of communication you love: Junk food you love: My list is first in the comments, now let’s see yours!

31
Aug
2008

IT’S BETTER TO WANT WHAT YOU HAVE THAN TO HAVE WHAT YOU WANT

It’s funny how envy works. Listening to the good news of a friend makes me envious sometimes. Not in the sense that I wish it were MY news, but just in the sense that I wish I had news, too. Even when you have things just fine, excellent in fact, it’s a weird feeling to find yourself envious of someone else. Not because you want whatever it is they have going on, but because they’re so excited about it and that feeling of excitement is such a rush that you are reminded of how fun it is. It’s much easier...

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