Author: lizardek

20
Dec
2015

THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART

1 day until the light starts returning. 3 days until vacation starts. 5 days until Christmas (4 if you’re a Swede). 5 days until the very last episode of Downton Abbey. 6 days until we leave for Germany! 11 days until the end of 2015. 25 days until Martin stops annoying me with detailed playback of AHS Hotel episodes. 39 days until choir starts. 48 days until the first Melodifestival competition. 82 days until Pie Night! 164 days until our 20th wedding anniversary. 171 days until Martin graduates high school. 194 days until our summer celebration trip to the US....

13
Dec
2015

JINGLE ALL THE WAY

I am steaming through the Christmas to-do list! Tree is up and decorated, house is decorated, Christmas letter is written and ready to be printed, photos are cut and sorted, and the vast majority of my shopping is done. DONE! So late this year, but at least I’m nearly done. I still have a couple of things to get for Karin, stocking stuffers and a present for Anders’ mom, and that’s it! Next week I have to bake cookies for a work fika (I am avoiding baking cookies otherwise…if they’re not in the house, I can’t eat them, see?) and...

07
Dec
2015

GETTING IN THE MOOD

Liz: *sitting on couch, holds up iPad with something funny on it* Hey Martin! Look! Martin: *leans over and looks out the doorway of the computer room on the other side of the house* I’m not a hawk. Today, Martin turns 18. ADULTHOOD! Woot! Do I get a prize for successfully steering my firstborn through to adulthood? Oh wait, I already got one… when he was born. *rimshot* The first email I got this morning was one from the school system officially locking us out of his information. Since he’s now officially an adult, we no longer get to know...

26
Nov
2015

ANOTHER LAME BLOG POST

I’m reading along in a book I bought a couple of weeks ago, part one in a new paperback trilogy by one of my favorite fantasy authors (which continues the story from several other trilogies…she’s prolific) and about 100 pages from the end, the story abruptly switches from one page to the next. I stop in confusion and read back, then forward. It’s a complete jump in wording, in the middle of a sentence and in the context of the story. The page number on the left is 564. The page number on the right is…629. AUGH!! 65 missing pages...

22
Nov
2015

SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR

Things That Got Forgotten at Our Annual Thanksgiving Potluck Last Night Black olives Late night snacks Group photo for posterity People That Were Not There, Sadly Barbara (work trip) Camilla (sick) Alex (Angie’s oldest boy, better things to do) Emily, Martin & Molly My first family We were supposed to be 21 people but ended up 20 after Camilla called last minute to say she was sick. I took Friday off in order to be able to deal with shopping and cleaning and preparations and it really helped make things less stressful. Karin had the day off too, so we...

17
Nov
2015

MOSTLY KARIN

Am so unmotivated when it comes to writing right now. Karin is sitting behind me and I said, “Karin, help me write a blog post. What should I write about?” One guess what her answer was. It’s not a super busy week and work has been EXTRA slow. We are having a mandatory department meeting this week. I suspect some sort of re-org. Urgh. I’m taking Friday off, though, so that will help, haha! It’s hard to come up with things to write about that don’t have to do with my weight, my weight loss, my menu plans, things I’m...

15
Nov
2015

THREE THINGS

When I can’t think of anything to write, lists are always handy. I already did two things, so here’s three! Three things from my to-do list Get Martin’s US passport renewed Mail my US voter registration application You guessed it…clean the Tank of Death & Despair Three things I’ve already done today Vacuumed Showered Watered plants Three books recently added to my list of books to buy Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller Radiant by Karina Sumner-Smith Three really good books I’ve read recently Uprooted by Naomi Novak Bryony and Roses by T....

11
Nov
2015

PUTTING WORDS TOGETHER

Martin has to come up with 1-2 topics for essays to use for college and scholarship applications, but everything I suggest is apparently stupid, lame, pathetic, uninteresting and/or eye-rollingly bad. Some of the topic ideas I came up with in under 15 minutes: Growing up bilingual in a dual national home What watching TV shows with my mother has taught me How Tumblr has changed my outlook on life Places I’ve traveled to and which was my favorite and why My mom didn’t have to write a college essay or, how things were better before Having a conversation that doesn’t...

10
Nov
2015

THIS JUST IN

I only have a minute to write…we’re going to watch the last but one episode of Downton Abbey tonight. It’s already nearly 9 and I’m ready to go to bed right after. In fact, if we weren’t going to watch it, I’d probably go to bed now. How lame. All day today I kept thinking it was Wednesday and tomorrow is going to be such a let-down since I have to live through it AGAIN. Stupid brain. Anders’ mom was moved to a short-term care facility (assisted) this morning and she’s perked up so much the change is remarkable. She...

06
Nov
2015

HOW YOU DOING?

Megsie reminded me, in the comments on someone else’s blog today, that I am actually a blogger too…though you wouldn’t have guessed it by the radio silence here lately. Just lots going on, and other things on my mind, and two kids who hog the computer all evening, all weekend, so that I just don’t bother. Anders is in China for 2 weeks (1 week down) for work, and his mom is in the hospital, not doing well, and tomorrow Martin and I have to get up at the crack of dawn (not even, since it’s so damn dark here...

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