Author: lizardek

22
Nov
2007

THINGS I’M THANKFUL FOR

That your doctors caught it early and got it all because I can’t imagine life without you. That you are healthy and happy and funny and so incredibly well-behaved in public. That we had the money on hand so I could fly over to be there when you said I do. That your new job has made you so much happier and that we seem, in so many ways, stronger than ever. That you choose to come and visit us when you have the chance. That you recommend such great books, and movies, and recipes. That you show me in...

21
Nov
2007

CRACKLING WITH JOY DESPITE THE DARKNESS

It is so dark here that I feel I am living in a cave. Dark when I awaken, dim all day, pitch black when I get home. 5 in the evening feels like 10. And there’s yet another month to the solstice…I’ll be a fully-fledged troglodyte by then. Choir tonight: first time I’ve sung (except in the car) since MAY. We have a new choir leader and it was very surreal to sit before her and keep realizing over and over that she wasn’t Eva, our former choir leader. She has a very different style, but I think she’ll be...

17
Nov
2007

EAT, EAT! NO ONE LIKES A SKINNY SANTA!

Anders was gone all week, in Italy on business. He brought home: a huge wedge of parmigiano reggiano cheese 4 packages of pasta a pack of prosciutto ham one small hard Italian salami a package of salsiccia sausages limoncello, nocino and grappa And then he made dinner tonight: a plate of appetizers that included sliced salami, prosciutto-wrapped cantelope and prosciutto-wrapped parmesan slices mushroom risotto with fresh grated parmesan cheese perfectly cooked steaming sausages a bowl of baby plum tomatoes My friend Debbie came over with her son, who checked out Karin’s loftbed and declared that he liked it, and they’ll...

16
Nov
2007

TGIF

A good day of work with much progress made Leaving early; thank you, flex-time! A rare trip to the American store (stocked up for Thanksgiving!) Sushi for dinner with the kids and friends My husband home from a week away Myskväll with the family Some much-needed resolution The middle of a good book A neck and shoulder rub Anticipation of sleeping in tomorrow! aaaaah…and how was YOUR day?

15
Nov
2007

PICK ONE, THEN COMMENT! COMMENT SOME MORE! I LOVE IT!

I wonder what else I could write about besides BREAKFAST that would get so many comments. Candy favorites? Sex positions? Ways to add extra time to your day? The best book you EVER read, EVER? Nah. Bacon and cinnamon sugar toast and English muffins and filmjölk would probably top them all. Total monster drama day today. I’m wiped. I fucking HATE drama. Hate it. With a capital F. Tomorrow Anders comes home and I’m taking the kids to sushi. Also buying stuffing at the American store. Take that, drama! I get knocked down, but I get up again, you ain’t...

13
Nov
2007

MY SISTER CALLS IT BREAKFRIST

Sugar crystal slush cover on the ground, the yard, the car this morning. Slickery noises as the car tires skid and catch even at a snail’s pace on the tight turns in the neighborhood. Halfway through the morning, a glance out my window reveals huge fat white feather-flakes slowly drifting downward; nothing sticks. The only way is through. Through the darkness, the cold, the wet, the dreamtime of winter. Just as everything natural is slowing down, turning inward, hibernating, our calendar and schedules and lives are speeding up: full speed to the holidays. This time of year is always grueling...

12
Nov
2007

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW

Karin inherited my creeping cruddy throat and cough and has been sick, sprayingly so, for 3 days. No school for her today, and because Anders left for a business trip this morning (to Italy. All week sigh) I stayed home with her and attempted to work while she alternately gyrated and sprawled. A constantly crashing connection made my plans for getting work done rather sporadic and frustrating, as did the painfully blurry and dry eyes that were plaguing me ALL DAMN DAY. She’s going to school tomorrow come phlegm or whatever hell or high water: I have a massage scheduled...

09
Nov
2007

JUST TO SEE YOUR REACTIONS

TV Shows I’ve Never Seen A Single Episode of Lost Desperate Housewives Grey’s Anatomy The Bachelor Heroes Twin Peaks Survivor (but I have seen some of the original Swedish version) The Amazing Race Big Love Project Runway Ugly Betty Pushing Daisies The Anna Nicole Show 24 The Apprentice Dawson’s Creek Gilmore Girls Judging Amy The Osbournes The Simple Life Six Feet Under The Wire The O.C. 21 Jump Street The View Really. Not one. TV Shows I’ve Seen 5 or Less Episodes of Temptation Island (1) The X-Files Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Office (2) Scrubs (1) The Sopranos The...

05
Nov
2007

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Do you ever actually sit and count your blessings? I suppose because it’s November now and getting closer to Thanksgiving, and also because we are reading Those Happy Golden Years in which Laura is now a schoolteacher boarding 12 miles from home in a horrible household and SHE is talking about how wonderful her home and family and life are in contrast, that I am thinking so frequently about my life and the things that are good in it. Even if you don’t believe in BLESSINGS, per se; the idea that someone, some higher being, some all-knowing, all-seeing power PERSONALLY...

03
Nov
2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AWC!

The American Women’s Club Malmö turns 10 years old this month. I’m pretty proud of that fact because though I wasn’t the one who started the club, I HAVE been around since the very first meeting (at which there were 7 people, including Lizardmom, and of said 7 only 2 are still members: me and the founder) back in 1997 when I was gigantically pregnant with Martin. He was supposed to be due right then, practically the day we had the meeting but he chose to take his sweet time and in fact, had to be YANKED OUT 3 weeks...

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