Tagged: beinglizardek

15
Apr
2013

WEDDING PLANS & GARBAGE CANS

In the interest of helping my daughter be more organized with her homework, school books and papers, I promised to give her a large plastic case I had up in the back of the closet. It’s bright blue with 10 or so pockets and a flap that folds down over the front and closes with elastic bands. The pockets were all neatly labeled and there was an index card in a pocket on the front listing the contents of each pocket as well: ceremony, flowers, reception, catering, photographer, etc. I bought the case in 1995 and used it to hold...

13
Apr
2013

THE URGE TO PURGE

The dining room table is covered in Lego again, but I swear this is the last time. My mom sent 5 pieces home with Karin from Dallas and now they’ve been added to the kits that were missing them and labels are ready to be printed. Now we just need to decide what we actually want to do with it all: sell it? or stick it up in the attic for posterity? There is also a stack of old comic books on the table that Anders needs to go through; Karin and I did a number on her room today...

05
Feb
2013

SWIFT KICK IN THE BUTT

Work, sleep, work, sleep, work, sleep, work. Hmmm, I think I might be in a rut. It’s not the first time, and I’m pretty sure it won’t be the last, but I need to find a way to start climbing out of it. I could do something drastic, but I’m not really the drastic type. Although, come to think of it, maybe trying ON drastic would be a sure-fire way to leap, arms akimbo, from the bottom of this gorge. It’s not THAT deep…yet. Drastic things: quit my job, leave my family, move, shave my head oooh, far too drastic....

31
Jan
2013

NOT AN EXCUSE

I used to stay up really late. I’d write long blog posts after 10 pm and get them posted right before midnight. If my subject required it I’d spend a lot of time researching information to use in my writing. Or I’d read and read and read all my blogs and sites and use that as fodder for writing. Nowadays, I have to WREST the computer away from my kids or stay up late to use it, and sadly…I’m ready for bed by 10. In fact, most of the time, I’m ready for bed WELL before 10. Even if I...

27
Jan
2013

SWING LOW

With most of the family still sick or in recovery, it was wonderful to have a weekend that we were able to convalesce in as well as get things done that have been shoved aside by head cold, coughing, fever and general achiness. Even with being pretty productive, the kids and I got a lot of relaxation in and I feel pretty good about it, even if the part of my brain that is stressing about work had to be forcibly shoved back and down for a few days. Martin got sick 2 weeks ago, but only missed one day...

12
Jan
2013

HAD TO BE DONE

The other day I beat my husband home from work by only a few minutes. I had just sat down on the couch when he came in. It’s cold again here in Sweden after several weeks of rather warm for winter temps and rain. We had a dusting of snow last night and I’ve plugged the car heater in each evening for making sure I could start it in the mornings. When he walked into the living room I tipped my head back and said, “Hey there.” He responded by putting his hand on my forehead. It was ice cold....

31
Dec
2012

RETROSPECTIVE

e left snowy Sweden a week and a half ago, when the snow was melting and the rain was coming down…to come to Michigan for the holidays, where it was relatively warm and still green. A couple of days after we arrived, the snow came, too and it’s been a real winter wonderland ever since…a true white Christmas. My sister and her family joined us at my mom’s and the festivities included a huge party 2 days before Christmas with many of my cousins and other relatives, 2 college friends and their families and one friendly internet psycho (hi thehula!)...

05
Dec
2012

AUTO KNOW BETTER

I keep meaning to write, but when I look up from whatever it is I am currently working on so I can cross it off my to-do list, it’s after 10 and I need to go to bed. I keep meaning to read, but that darn to-do list squeezes out new items when I’m not looking and grows again. I keep meaning to get things done, but first I have to do this, and before this, I have to do that, and before that, well, let’s just say that it squeezes in both directions. Every time I looked out the...

04
Nov
2012

WRITIN’ SOMETHIN’

So much for NaBloPoMo this year…it’s already the fourth and there’s no way I’ll manage now, especially with going to London for 3 days this week. What’s on my mind lately? So much disjointed stuff, that I really feel as if I have no control over anything. Work has been so completely crazy that I can’t decide if I’m more relieved or stressed to be gone for 3 days this week. Last week, since the kids were on fall break, and I didn’t have to drive anyone home from school, I ended up working late every night. Thursday I worked...

24
Oct
2012

PARTS & PIECES

I’m down to the last few things to do with the diminished boxes of Lego left on the dining room table, but I have to admit I’ve been a little obsessed fascinated with trying to figure out what sets the pieces we have left might belong to. Several of our pieces are really old, from the 60s and 70s and a few are only inventoried in a couple of esoteric sets that neither Anders nor I remember having had, so we can’t figure out where they came from to begin with. Martin picked up at least 3 or 4 bags...

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