Author: lizardek

22
Nov
2013

I BET YOU CAN TELL I WAS HUNGRY WHEN I WROTE THIS POST

Next time I agree to dog-sit I need to remember to order better weather. It has been raining most every time we have gone out with him, which isn’t very fun and makes it hard to want to walk for very long. And the pissy kind of rain too which means that when we come back in the house, we have TWO dogs, because I have a POODLE ON MY HEAD. Ha! It’s gotten a lot colder in the last 2 days as well…winter is coming. No snow yet, but the air feels anticipatory. Our breath steams and when I...

21
Nov
2013

MOSTLY KIDS, WITH A SIDE OF STUFFING

Our Internet was totally spotty yesterday and kept cutting out completely, so with the slowdown, I just couldn’t get up the ork to sit down and write a post. Plus, CAKE BOSS. Martin warned me loudly and vociferously about the slippery slope dangers of The Learning Channel, which I had never previously watched anything on, and didn’t even know we had. “It’s the channel with HONEY BOO BOO, Mom!” he exclaimed, in utter disgust at my naivete. “Ohhhh,” was my response, “but but but CAKE BOSS.” haha! I don’t really care about Cake Boss. I was just filling time waiting...

20
Nov
2013

OUT OF INTERNET

Watching Cake Boss…while doing laundry…and petting the dog…and we have no Internet so I don’t know if this will post. Phoning it in tonight… 🙁

19
Nov
2013

WALKING THE DOG

Martin and I picked up Mental the dog after school/work and he was happy to see us…though maybe he’s happy to see everyone. Dogs remember people, though, so even though it’s been awhile, we’re pretty sure he remembers us. 🙂 We waved goodbye to 1222 and drove home. We really like Mental. He’s obedient and sweet and bouncy and he doesn’t yank your arm out of its socket when you are walking. Martin and I took him for a walk after we ate; about 40 minutes in the wet dark evening, just to reacquaint him with the neighborhood. It felt...

18
Nov
2013

THINGS, THINGS & MORE THINGS*

Things I’ve Run Out of: ideas, Internet, motivation Sweet Things I’ve Eaten Lately: mini-caramel cupcakes, raspberry & white chocolate pastries, Swedish cinnamon buns What I Do When I Run Out of Ideas, Internet & Motivation: use bulletpoints, make lists, drop F-bombs Things Talked About at Work Presentation Today That Went Completely Over My Head: pension plans, funds, insurance choices Bad Things That Have Happened to Someone I Love Lately: car accidents, near-miss tornado, power outage (the SAME someone) Colors I Wear A Lot More Than I Used to: turquoise, brown, orange (well, only one shirt but I like it a...

17
Nov
2013

I SHOULDN’T HAVE DONE IT

Eaten so much at lunch Laid down on the couch after the in-laws left, to read Fallen asleep Napped for 2 hours Talked to anyone after I woke up Now I’m tired and grumpy and I’m still full.

16
Nov
2013

16 THINGS FOR THE 16TH DAY

1. We are almost completely out of toilet paper. Someone emptied the stock without writing it on the shopping list, prompting an angry harangue from me. Everyone insisted on their innocence, so it was apparently NOTME that did it. 2. We have friends coming over for dinner tonight that we haven’t seen in ages. Anders is making a feasty menu that includes pulled pork sandwiches, spare ribs, American coleslaw and twice-baked potatoes. I am adding a green salad and making dessert: white chocolate & raspberry pastries with ice cream and mini-meringues. 3. I dusted the house and now I can’t...

15
Nov
2013

ADVENTURES IN MYSKVÄLL

Karin is gone overnight, playing night soccer and sleeping over at a friend’s house. Anders was watching a documentary about a Dutch photographer, so Martin and I decided to watch a movie…but we couldn’t decide what to watch. Everything I suggested he turned up his nose at and vice versa. Then we agreed on The Artist, but after a lengthy search, we couldn’t FIND it. AUGH. Where is my copy of The Artist?? Did I loan it out to someone? No. It’s gotta be here somewhere. I tried again to get him to watch The Fall, which is one of...

14
Nov
2013

COLLECTABLES

Things we have in the house that we can’t or don’t use A whole container of 3-inch floppy disks (can’t) An entire shelf full of LP record albums (can’t) 2 shelves worth of videotapes (don’t) A wall holder holding over 50 cassette tapes (need a transfomer but could) 20-ish 45 rpm records (can’t) A wall shelf holding 500+ music CDs (don’t, thanks to Spotify) 3 strings of colored fat-bulb Christmas tree lights (need a transformer) A Sony Walkman and a Sony Discman (don’t) 2 digital cameras (don’t, thanks to iPhones) Wii console (don’t) A small sampling of titles from the...

13
Nov
2013

MOTIVATION IS WHAT GETS YOU STARTED. HABIT IS WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING.*

Most weekday mornings The alarm goes off. I reach over and turn it off and get up. I slip on my house shoes and go to the bathroom without turning on any lights. Then I come back and still without turning on any lights, get underthings from my dresser, and in the (still dark) closet) pants and a top. Sometimes I turn the light on and stare at my clothes for a few minutes, but usually it’s a pretty quick selection process. Then I go back to the bathroom and get in the shower. Soap, shampoo, conditioner, shave if necessary,...

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