Tagged: beinglizardek

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...

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,...

09
Nov
2013

FEED ME

This is a list of things made for dinner lately during my ongoing total cooking dry spell: Anders made Lasagna, with proscuitto & parmesan salad Beef patties with sauteed onions and boiled potatoes Tomato soup with garlic bread Sweet & sour chicken with rice Meatloaf Pancakes Meatballs with macaroni Spaghetti with herb, cream and bacon sauce Oven-baked salmon with tomato, garlic & basil cream French onion soup Breaded whitefish with potatoes Oven-baked ham (kassler) with pineapple and rice I’ve made Tuna sandwiches Tuna casserole Martin tells me, when I say I don’t feel like making anything, that it’s my social...

07
Nov
2013

GOOD THINGS COME IN COACHING, ROLLED IN SEAWEED AND BETWEEN PAGES

I’m so glad tomorrow is Friday. I am working for the weekend. Loverboy references make me seem really young, don’t they? I suppose it doesn’t count that I had to google “working for the weekend” because I couldn’t remember who did that song? Baha. Tonight was bookgroup. In Malmö this time and I was stupid and booked my hair appointment, also in Malmö, about a block away from where I was tonight, yesterday. So I had to drive to Malmö twice in 2 days. On the plus side, Barky looks FABULOUS and I got to go to bookgroup! And before...

04
Nov
2013

PRIVATE PARTS

Once upon a time, I wrote a blog post that had a warning label on it. Male readers were advised to move along and read something else. I’m slapping up that same disclaimer today. Seriously, boys, go find something else to read. You’ll thank me. The blog post was about birth control, specifically mine, and how I had once again, fallen prey to my particular brand of math-impairedness. Refresher. Go on, I’ll wait. One would think it couldn’t get worse. But one would be wrong.

01
Nov
2013

A MONTH OF BLOGGING?

Doubtful. Judging by the way real life keeps grabbing my arm and dragging me down the street, chances are slim that I’ll actually be able to REMEMBER to write every day much less actually do it. But you never know. I’ve always considered myself a bit of an outsider, in many ways, despite belonging to this group or that group or this organization or what not. The reason why wasn’t because I wasn’t one of the cool kids, though I wasn’t…but more has to do with the fact that I had friends in ALL the groups. In junior high maybe...

27
Oct
2013

NOTHING SPECIAL

A whole day to myself and I didn’t do anything special…unless you count being completely selfish and not doing anything special. The clocks went back last night, but my brain’s influence over my body was negligent…I still woke up early and then couldn’t get back to sleep. It’s disconcerting for someone who defines the essence of weekend as the chance to sleep in. And here it is a quarter to nine and my eyelids are trying to clang closed: end of the day! Go to bed! SLEEP. Stupid eyelids. Stupid brain. It’s Daylight Savings Lag. One hour turns you into...

17
Sep
2013

APROPOS OF NOTHING

Usually when I write a journal post, I write it first and THEN title it, but tonight, because I have nothing to say, I started with that. Things Martin and I have looked up as direct result of watching The West Wing, usually WHILE watching The West Wing: 1. When Israel was created 2. What boondoggle means 3. Who was the first and who was the last President to have facial hair (Lincoln/Taft) 4. Whether Hans is really a Swedish last name 5. Where, exactly, the White House is, in Washington D.C. 6. What’s across the street from the White...

24
Aug
2013

REVVED AND READY

I just looked out the window as I saw movement from the corner of my eye and the little black and white cat next door was doing that just-before-pouncing butt-wiggle thing at the little grey cat from next door. Cute! It’s the first day of vacation again (3rd time round) and my brain woke me up at 6:30 a.m. for what I thought was a quick trip to the bathroom and then gave me a panic attack of thinking I might have to be at the airport in two hours which sent me scrambling to check my flight info and...

13
Aug
2013

O! THERE YOU ARE!

I cannot WAIT until the kids go back to school. Back to regular routine. Back to real life. We have had a super summer and I am kind of sad, despite that first sentence, that it is drawing to a close. The fields are bare, or full of hay bales and the clouds have started rolling in. The temperature dropped drastically recently (coooool) and we’ve had thunderstorms and sudden downpours. After this summer of nearly perfect weather, it’s quite the dramatic change. It’s been on my mind to sit down and write a post for…um. WEEKS. Eeek. It wasn’t intentional,...

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