Author: lizardek

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...

02
Nov
2007

AND THEN I TOOK A 2.5 HOUR NAP

Liz: (walking into the computer room, where the kids are playing Roller Coaster Tycoon) Hey! I haven’t been for a walk for 2 weeks because I’ve been sick…and do you know what that means? Martin: (rolls eyes) Karin: Maaaaama, I’ve been outside all day. Liz: It means YOU (points to Martin) haven’t been for a walk in 2 weeks! And YOU (points to Karin) haven’t been for a walk in 2 weeks either! Martin: And we’re not going now. Liz: You don’t love me. I see how it is. (starts to cry dramatically, leaves the room) Karin: (comes running to...

01
Nov
2007

NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT

Here’s what I think: Despite the very attractive and addictive qualities of sites like facebook and twitter I like blogging better. I think it was more fun before, when people took more time to read and to visit and to comment. Nowadays it feels as if everyone is beginning to be stretched thin and burning out on the whole internet togetherness thing. 140 character soundbites do not allow me to feel close to anyone, even if that is about how much time I really have available for online interaction. That doesn’t mean I will quit any of the other sites...

30
Oct
2007

NEITHER A PRINCESS NOR A PEA

We bought loft beds for the kids this summer, after checking and re-checking and triple-checking that loft beds were what they really wanted. YES, they declared most emphatically, YES WE WANT THEM. And we thought they would be great, as they would provide so much more space in the bedrooms by lifting the beds up off the floor. Martin loves his. It’s a little fort, a magic treehouse, a hidey-hole and cozy nest where he can lie and read for hours until I come in and yell at him to put the book down, for godsake it’s after 11 and...

29
Oct
2007

STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, THOUGH I THOUGHT I WAS THROUGH

I still sound verrrry sexy, but I actually felt worse today, compounded by unexpected project loads dropped on head at work. Sushi with a friend before the AWC meeting helped though and the new board seems very gung-ho which makes me happy. The kids are going to farmor and farfars tomorrow and staying overnight. My mom is coming for 3 weeks in December and I am thrilled about that. This morning, at work, I seated myself at the breakfast table and someone said hello to me and when I grrrrrrowled hello back, she was taken aback and asked me rapidly,...

27
Oct
2007

MONSTER MASH

67 kids, 61 adults and 3 hours of running around a huge indoor playplace. The only bummer was that the big bags of American candy I had brought were completely forgotten and didn’t get put out for the party. So I’ll be bringing candy to AWC events in the future, until it’s all gone. Karin won first prize for best costume with her “Mummy Karate Kid” that she thought up and planned herself. Martin was a “Boy of Summer” and I? Was a Magic 8-Ball! Whenever someone asked me what I was supposed to be, I said (in my very...

23
Oct
2007

LIGHT TOMORROW WITH TODAY*

Every time something happens to interrupt the flow of words to this journal—vacations, business trips, illnesses, general maniac busyness—I find it harder to get back on track. There was a time, some years ago, when for a whole year and then some I actually wrote something nearly every day. Every day! What perserverance I must have had then, back when I was a young thing, with sparkles in my eyes and a spring in my step.** Then I decided to cut myself some slack and you can see, if you look at my journal calendars, that I began slacking and...

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