Tagged: beinglizardek

11
Aug
2026

BIRTHDAZE

It was my birthday yesterday. 62. What a weird number to be. I had a busy day planned so I got up fairly early. Anders is working from home this week, and he had roses and presents waiting for me. A poster of 100 Swedish sights to see that you can stamp off once you have seen them or been there. And 2 gorgeous hanging bird baths. I had asked for one, and he found 2 really nice ceramic ones…one in deep teal and one in off-white. The only problem is that they only have a center hole with a...

06
Aug
2026

THE KEY TO PRODUCTIVITY IS TO ROTATE YOUR AVOIDANCE TECHNIQUES*

It’s only Thursday of my first week of vacation, and I’m already more halfway through my clean/sort/purge list. I’ve done the our bedroom (my stuff at least), study, living room, bathrooms, playroom hallway, dining room, front hall closet, and today I went through all the drawers in the kitchen, and cleaned out the pantry. I still have some of the kitchen cabinets to look through, so I’m not counting the kitchen as done yet. It’s very satisfying: purging. Even when there’s not that much to purge. But the pantry got a MAJOR cleanout, which was way overdue. It’s been a...

03
Aug
2026

STAYCATION STARTER

I went early this morning to have blood taken for tests, in conjunction with my next dose of Zessly on Thursday. It was the first medical appointment that I’ve had since my last dose on June 25. I’ve been so used to dealing with medical issues, that this long in-between stretch caught me by surprise. Hoping it continues this way with big long gaps of nothing happening medically with my body. It’s the first day of a 2-week vacation if you don’t count the weekend. I’m taking it pretty easy today (after having to set that early morning alarm on...

01
Aug
2026

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY

Rabbit rabbit! It’s the first of August and 9 days from my birthday, which isn’t a big one, even if the number is bigger than I’d like it to be. I’m on vacation now, for 2 weeks, and although I don’t have any travel, I have a very long list of things to do: mostly involving cleaning out and purging in every cabinet, closet, drawer, and shelf in the house. But there are fun things lined up too. I have a massage scheduled, and we are all going (all 4 of us, plus Theo and Essie) to see The Odyssey...

28
Jul
2026

ALWAYS THE GOOD THINGS

Last week of July, and it’s already starting to feel a littly autumny, mostly because it’s cooled down, there’s a lot of rain and cloud cover, and the leaves are all falling from the trees (probably due to the heat we had and the drought). I would like it to stay sunny a bit longer, please. Today is my mom’s birthday. She’s turned 85. I’m calling as soon as I get done writing this because that will, I hope, have given everyone enough time to get up and dressed and all. Though it IS 1:39 pm there, so it oughtn’t...

21
Jul
2026

SUMMER DAYZ

I am having ZERO luck luring the neighbor’s cat over to be petted. He’s a very friendly cat…from a distance of about 3 feet. Any closer and he turns and casually strolls away, just out of reach. It’s so frustrating. Pspspsp doesn’t work, neither does mrp, or mrrrp, or scritching at a cushion. I suspect if I could get down on my knees or sit on the ground he might be persuaded, but I can’t and sitting in a chair, or innocently leaving the screen door and porch doors open, hasn’t worked either. Curses, foiled again. Today was simply stunning....

19
Jul
2026

DO YOU SPEAK BOOMER?

Anders and I watched Project Hail Mary last night, which I had seen in the spring, but he hadn’t. When we were done, the bronze World Cup match was just coming up to the halftime mark, and England was leading France 4-0. 0! What the hell, France! We were both boggled. The last 4 teams in this year’s World Cup are the top 4-ranked teams in the world: Argentina, Spain, France, and England. There has been quite a bit of controversy about the fact that these 4 teams were seeded into the groups in such a way that they could...

13
Jul
2026

ONE DAY, THEN THE NEXT

It’s Karin’s birthday today. She’s turned 27. Isn’t that crazy? We spent yesterday celebrating her, and driving around southern Skåne. Anders and I picked her up with Martin and Theo at Malmö C at 11 pm and then we drove out to Kivik and had lunch at Bhures Fisk, which is a well-known seafood restaurant. It was sunny and quite warm but by the coast there was a rather chilly breeze blowing, and I actually wrapped myself up in a blanket as our table was outside and since we weren’t in the sun, I actually got cold. Karin didn’t want...

11
Jul
2026

3 THINGS

3 things I’m enjoying right now: Our own produce, including cherries, cucumbers, potatoes, and tiny baby carrots Sunny summery days that so far have not been too hot (except once) Re-reading old sci-fi and fantasy favorites 3 things I am thinking about rather too much of the time: Aging My weight Work, when I’m off The last 3 really good NEW books I read recently: The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor 3 recent addictions: Anton Berg’s Dark Chocolate Sea Salt bars Chewy strawberry balls Fresh fruit 3 things on...

11
Jun
2026

SPRINGING INTO SUMMER

Spring has whirled into summer without my permission. We’ve been so busy that I have scarcely had time to catch my breath! And here it is, the 11 of June, and this is my first post this month. To be fair, Anders and I left on May 30 for our roadtrip to Normandy, the day after John and family went the other direction, north a couple of hours in Sweden. We were gone for 9 days, down and up again, and I’ll write some posts about the trip later this weekend (or tomorrow, if I get really motivated). So weird...

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