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27
Aug
2014

WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION

We had several people boggle at us when we made the announcement that we had chosen Toronto for our BIG birthday trip. Even the border patrol goggled at my sister on her way into the Canada, when she answered the question about whether she was entering the country for business or leisure. “What the heck are you going to do in Toronto for a week?” he sputtered. Granted it wasn’t our first choice, but it turned out to be a good one. We had a fantastic time, and I’ve got the photos to prove it!

06
Jul
2014

A WEEK IN VÅNEVIK IN PHOTOS

Everyone took lots of photos while John and Simone were visiting, which makes me really happy. It’s ridiculous that we let 2 years pass since the last time we saw them. It’s not like they live on the other side of the ocean…It’s 2 years since I’ve seen my sister and her family as well, but since they DO live on the other side of the ocean, it at least make some sense. Plus we’ll get to see them in just a few more weeks, so yay! Simone and the boys flew up to Copenhagen the day after Midsummer Eve...

30
Jun
2014

WHEN A WEEK OR MORE WHIZZES BY

Good things for remembering The sounds a baby makes when he’s content Walking and talking with my husband during the long hospital wait A woozy Martin smiling from the recovery room bed Simone’s Maultaschen, yum yum! The green and blue of leaves and water The way Sammy runs: flat-out Reading Blue Hat Green Hat to Sammy and laughing like loons Spotify quizzes with John and Anders and the kids Simone’s victory dance when Germany won the group game against the USA in the World Cup Not needing the fans we brought and being able to have the bedroom window cracked...

07
Jun
2014

FILLING TIME

We’re halfway through the long weekend and once again I would like it to never end, plskthx. Think I’m ready for vacation?? O yes, indeed. And now I have 2 full weeks before my first week of vacation and then 3 full weeks before the rest of, which granted, is 4 weeks, so I will have to suck it up and wait. Still: so hard! Yesterday was Sweden’s National Day, the reason for this particular long weekend, as opposed to Ascension Day (last weekend’s reason) or whatever the reasons were for all the long weekends back in the beginning of...

20
May
2014

NILS EINAR EK, 1926-2014

I’ve been to four funerals in Sweden. And four in the US, if I remember correctly: my father, his mother, her housekeeper’s husband, and my maternal grandfather. Here in Sweden, the funerals were for the wife of one of Anders’ friends, the girlfriend of his uncle, my friend Carol, and now Anders’ father. We spent most of the day in Oxie, at the church and the congregation home afterwards. The church is tiny and whitewashed, from the 12th century…it’s Malmö county’s oldest church. Anders was five when his parents moved to Oxie; his sister was 3. They only moved to...

01
May
2014

ALWAYS TOO SOON

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks since I last wrote anything, with work filling up my brain and renovation projects at home squirreling in around the edges. Last weekend we did a big shop at IKEA and bought 3 new bookshelves for the computer room to replace the ones that have moved out to the garage storage. And yesterday I picked up another one from my friend Debbie, a skinnier model. So that made 3.5 new bookshelves to fill and organize. I started earlier in the week but finished it up today and everything looks nice and new and...

11
Apr
2014

WHAT’S UP

It is such a long time since I posted that I feel like the veriest tyro. A blogging beginner. Again! Today was spelunking day, and on Monday I got sick with a massive head cold. …NOOOO. I was determined that NOTHING was going to hinder today’s appointment so I medicated and rested and took half a day off and another morning, and by today I was fine, though a bit stuffy in the nose, still. Compounded by allergies, I am ALWAY stuffy in the nose, so I figured I could get away with it. Off to Landskrona we went, and...

03
Mar
2014

NEAT FREAKISH

This doesn’t happen to me so much outside of my own home, but it’s starting to drive me crazy. When I walk into the house, I immediately see the things that are out of place. The things that need to be cleaned, or put away. Today when I came home, the first thing I notice when I walk into the laundry room (aside from the blinking red light on the washing machine announcing that the load I put on a timer when I left this morning is done) is that Martin’s backpack is on the counter, along with his hat...

30
Dec
2013

NO COAL AT ALL

Just a select few of the photos that Anders and Mom and I took during her visit and the holidays. She’s already gone to Germany and it went too fast, as always. We haven’t even heard that she got there okay…assuming she’s adjusting from teenagers to toddlers & babies! I can’t believe there is only one more day to 2013! Happy New Year! Anders with his mom on Christmas Eve Julbord! Martin opens his big present OMG a typewriter! Be careful what you wish for! (actually, it’s really cool and over 100 years old!) Best for last, of course! New...

12
Dec
2013

A POST! A POST! MY KINGDOM FOR A POST!

HI there! Bet you thought I’d forgotten all about you. Nope. Just busy. You SAW my list of things to do this month, yes? And I am not even halfway through. REALLY, I have lots of time to post because my mom came on Tuesday and she has so far: made a gigantic pot of delicious soup for dinner, walked the dog (who is gone, boo hoo), washed the dishes, and AND IRONED EVERYTHING that I have been blowing off for WEEKS. She ironed 3 blouses, a pair of pants, a HUGE tablecloth and a giant pile of Christmas ribbons....

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