Lizardek

23
Oct
2014

AMERICAN IDIOTS

A woman I know, who is a member of the AWC here, despite having moved up north in Sweden several years ago, emailed me yesterday to tell me about something that had just happened to her asking if anyone else in the club was having the same issue. One of her banks, where she and her (also American) husband have their savings accounts, had written to them telling them that since they were American citizens, the bank was closing their account. Sweden recently signed the FATCA agreement with the U.S. As of July 1st, 2014, Swedish banks are obligated to...

21
Oct
2014

PAVING THE ROAD TO HELL

Despite all my best intentions, I seem to be lucky if I manage to write a post once a week. I am so lame. We’ve been having torrential downpours here for over a week. Huge puddles of standing water in the roads, lakes in all the fields, and the ditch around our lot is running with water all day. We’ve had armageddon clouds and grey skies for what feels like forever. Yesterday, there was actually about an hour or so of sun right in the middle of the day when I went for my lunch walk, and today, it was...

14
Oct
2014

MORE BOOK LISTS? YES, PLEASE!

The organizer for our AWC book group sent out an email yesterday asking everyone to send in their recommendations for next year’s book list. We all nominate 3-5 books and then, after we get the whole list, we vote on which ones we want to read, and the top 8-9 chosen are the next batch we read. We still have three books left in the current list, so I actually think this is a little premature, but our organizer wanted to get the voting done before Christmas so people could include the winners on their wish lists. We are reading...

13
Oct
2014

NO EXCUSES

Did I mention I started walking again? Finally? Baby steps, really, but at least it’s progress. One of my colleagues, who is also a friend, is helping to motivate me, along with herself. It’s only 15 minutes after lunch, but it’s better than the big fat nothing which it’s been for far, far too long. We actually started 2 weeks ago… we managed 2 days, and then I got sick. And then she got sick. But now, no excuses, every day, even if one of us isn’t there and even if it’s raining, which it was today. There are a...

09
Oct
2014

WORKIVERSARY

I’m having a bit of a blank spot. Writer’s block. Been there, wrote that. According to LinkedIn, it was my 10-year work anniversary yesterday. I’m not sure how LinkedIn knows, since I don’t even remember exactly which day I started with this company. I knew it was October, but I’d have to do some digging to figure out which day it was. … Well! That was easy! Helps to have a blog that I used to post on EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. What the heck did I find to write about?? I just went back in my archives and I started...

07
Oct
2014

ALL THESE THINGS

Things I’m kind of worried about: getting pneumonia again from this head cold, whether or not my shoulder will get all busted up again from traveling, how to stop sounding like I’m 80 what with the pneumonia and busted shoulder Things I’m kind of aggravated about: my daughter’s insistence that I am lying to her about the fact that I have NEVER said certain things, the way my eyes get blurry when I look at my iPhone or iPad too long, the fact that I have to start wearing socks again (it’s COLD) Things I’m kind of geeky about: Where’s...

29
Sep
2014

GOOD TIMES, OLD TIMES, FLYING(E) TIMES

Dang it, there went time again, flying. Every time I write the word flying now, I have to delete the e I automatically add to the end. Flyinge. (where I live, you know) We spent most of yesterday evening watching three old videotapes that Anders’ mom gave us when we were dropping her off yesterday after her appointment at the physical therapist (hers was after mine, my arm is MUCH better, thank goodness). She’s slowly cleaning out some of Einar’s closet junk and getting rid of stuff. One was a video Anders had made shortly after he moved downtown to...

20
Sep
2014

BIBLIOMANIAC

Picking lists of books is hard. I always hated that old question about if you were stuck on a desert island which 10 books would you want to have with you? The answer was, I thought, painfully obvious: Boy Scouts Handbook The Ultimate Survival Manual by Rich Johnson Practical Wilderness Skills by White Wolf Von Atzingen Living Ready Pocket Manual – First Aid by James Hubbard Fishing for Dummies by Peter Kaminsky & Greg Schwipps How to Survive on a Desert Island (Tough Guide) by Jim Pipe Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe That’s only 7 (all real books) but I’d...

17
Sep
2014

BEEN DOWN SO FAR ALL I SEE IS UP

Yeah, so the whole weekend sucked. I can’t think of any other time I’ve been in that much consistent, awful pain, since…mmmm. Childbirth? The toothache that led up to the root canal? Toss-up. Anyway, I went to the doctor on Monday and I have “frozen shoulder” and he gave me a cortisone shot on the spot and aaaaahhhh… sweet, sweet relief. It’s not 100% gone and I can feel it threatening to come back after only 2 full days of working so have to talk to my boss and get SOMETHING, anything, figured out about what in my work situation...

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