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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...

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...

18
Mar
2014

SOME THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS

Anders coming home on Friday Going to a play ON A BOAT in Copenhagen this weekend with my BFFs Debbie & Camilla Getting actual permanent high-speed Internet …one more day…I CAN’T WAIT Anders putting the final touches on the new storage room, so I can empty/organize the attic and get new bookshelves for the computer room Annual AWC Media Sale (even though I almost never buy anything, since all the best books are the ones I donated, haha!) Lilacs, duh. PIE NIGHT Getting some more colleagues on our team at work Finally getting that damn IUD replacement over with Midsummer...

29
Nov
2013

IF YOU’RE GONNA DO A MEME, DO ONE ABOUT SOMETHING YOU LOVE

Which book has been on your shelf the longest? I don’t know if this question means the longest as in that I have owned the longest, or if it means a book that has been waiting to be read the longest. If it’s the first, one of the oldest books I have is a compilation of stories called Animals You Will Never Forget. I used to read it over and over, and if I remember correctly, so did my sister. I have most of the books I had a as child, at least all the hardcover ones I received as...

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...

12
Nov
2013

BITE-SIZED AND PERSONAL*

I don’t think I’ve made it a secret how much I love cookies. But I actually don’t eat them all that often. And I almost NEVER make them. Because if I did, and when I do, I stuff my face with them until they’re gone. Mmmm cookies! I don’t remember that my mom made cookies all the time or that there were cookies in the house all the time, but we were definitely not cookie-deprived. My mom’s mom ALWAYS had cookies on hand, though. Always chocolate chips and ginger snaps. Soft ones. Chewy ones. NOBODY beats my grandma’s molasses ginger...

08
Nov
2013

QUICK ONE, PRACTICALLY DOESN’T COUNT

Posting from the iPad tonight because Karin stole the computer and took the Playstation too, and is spending the night with her best friend Julia and about 30 boys at their school for an overnight LAN event. Martin is out with a friend at a movie in Lund and Anders is asleep in the big chair in front of the TV, which is currently being loudly narrated by someone rhapsodizing about American burgers. I am going to make popcorn and read before I have to go get Martin at 11:30…I hope you are having a mysig Friday evening, wherever you...

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...

19
Oct
2013

WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF INTERNET

The amount of high-speed bandwidth we pay for each month gets used up by around the 15th these days. It’s due to 4 people being online pretty much all their waking hours. One child with a mobile glued to her hand, texting and skyping and instagramming and whatever else she’s doing. Two children listening to Spotify online, searching for music, watching YouTube videos. One husband watching television replays, news, and me…on the computer, checking Facebook, etc. We all check email. We all surf the web. We all rent movies on the Apple TV. It eats up our reservoir and leaves...

10
Sep
2013

WILLING MYSELF

It seems to take a gargantuan effort to get here and then when I do, meh. I am lame, admittedly. I have been blogging/journaling online/writing here since August of 2003. Dude! that is TEN YEARS!! I used to write 1-2 times a DAY in the beginning and once a day for years and years. Big, long, looping posts full of wishes and dreams and memories and happenings and what not. Now? I seem to have trouble conjuring up a simple paragraph describing my day, much less anything of actual importance. I know that bloggers and writers go through sterile periods...

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