Tagged: goodthings

28
Jun
2011

COUNTING DOWN, OR UP, DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY YOU LOOK AT IT

When Anders first suggested Iceland for our summer vacation trip, I wasn’t all that enthusiastic. It’s expensive. People mostly go there for the scenery and outdoor activities. It’s small. But the more I’ve learned and read and heard, the more excited I’ve started to get about it. I’ve seen Jeanine’s photos and heard colleague’s accounts and it sounded lovely but what was there really to do for someone who doesn’t do bathing suits and isn’t thrilled at the prospect of horseback riding or nature hiking for days on end? I’ve heard Iceland compared to the moon and heard that it’s...

02
Jun
2011

HOLIDAYS, CASTLES, ANNIVERSARIES, SHOWERS & A QUESTION

It’s gone a week, nearly, and suddenly it’s June. And I’m beginning to have that panicky feeling of “where has the year gone?” It’s nearly half over! Eeek! Christmas will be here before you know it! Haaa! Anders comes home tomorrow from his 3-weeks of jaunting. He’s home for a week, then gone for a week then gone for the weekend, then gone for a week. THEN he’s on vacation, and we still haven’t bought tickets for our trip to Iceland. I don’t even know if we can really afford it. There seems to be no end to the things...

08
May
2011

WHEEEEEEEEKEND!

As far as relaxing goes, this weekend was a bust. Though I DID get about an hour on the trampoline, laying in the sun this afternoon (and the itchy sunburny forearms to show for it), it was go go go from the get-go. We had our company spring party on Friday night at Malmö Slagthuset (the old slaughter-house), which was a nightclub for years, but has since closed down and is used to large events and theater nights now. Our company has passed 1000 employees this year (!) and it felt like all of them were at the party (though...

05
May
2011

BIG BITS OF TID

Every day when I come home after work, I feel like I’ve been run over by a truck: SO TIRED. I’m not tired at work. I just seem to collapse and deflate as soon as I get home, and I can’t AFFORD to: there is still stuff to be done. Example: today, when I came home, I dealt with Karin’s salami selling (yes, again), got Martin off to piano, got dinner on the table, took Karin to soccer practice, went to the grocery store, put the food away, watered the pots and garden, planted nasturtiums, updated the AWC calendar and...

27
Apr
2011

SPRING FEVER

I’ve lost count of how many beautiful days we have had this past week. I don’t remember EVER having this many days of this kind of weather in a row before; not here in Sweden, anyway. And the forecast I looked at earlier just showed more of the same: sunny, sunny, partly sunny, sunny. Whee! Sweden, when you get Spring up your nose, you really get Spring up your nose! Spring is sproinging out all over. Everything that blossoms has suddenly exploded. The bird cherry across the ditch in the backyard blew up like a giant Jiffy Pop yesterday (without...

24
Apr
2011

LOVE LETTER

Dear Easter weekend holidays, Thank you for making the 16-week wait for another day off from January 6 to now worth it. You’ve outdone yourself with the unbelievably beautiful weather, the relaxation, the traditional egg coloring, filling of the baskets and egg hunt (even though the kids wouldn’t let me take photos this year), the getting-things-done in between lounging on the deck and on the trampoline, the kitty fix and dog-sitting, the amount of books I’ve had time to read, the good food and good sleep of several nights in a row. And you’ve still got another day left! Mwah!...

06
Apr
2011

THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO, THROUGH SUMMER

Bookworms tomorrow Lunch with Geena! Sushi Night on Friday (which means sushi TWICE in one day!) Sleeping in on Saturday Little Big Bookgroup next week, which means this interminable book will finally be over Bonfire at Mats & Annelotte’s for Walpurgis Eve SPRING! Willow Weaving course GAME NIGHT at our house! It’s been ages! Anders’ birthday Martin participating in his second World Run Wonders at Angie’s in May and at a castle in June to celebrate Debbie’s big birthday Midsommer strawberries and new potatoes! Bookworms at the beach in June Summer vacation 4th of July party at our house! Trip...

20
Mar
2011

SLUGBEGONE

Yesterday, I’d had enough of my own sluggyness. So I cleaned the bathroom. THOROUGHLY. Everything out, and scrubbed top to bottom. I felt much better when I was done. It was another day of downtime though, as Anders and the kids didn’t get home until 10 pm. So, after the major bathroom blitz I sat down and watched the pilot episode of The 4400 TV show box set that Anders brought home for me from Shanghai last August and which I hadn’t gotten around to. After only a couple of episodes I’m hooked and a little bummed that it only...

10
Mar
2011

IN WHICH FOOD FIGURES PROMINENTLY. ALSO, PIE.

Start of a family-free week-and-a-half and a husband-less 2-and-a-half-weeks. Don’t know whether to be sad or glad right now, but am mostly too busy to think about it. I worked from home this afternoon so I could be here to say goodbye when Anders and the kids left…it’s their annual ski trip up north with Anders’ best friend Mats and his son Viktor, and the addition this year of Mats’ brother Mikael and his wife Lene, both of whom are also very good friends of ours. Anders’ mom called this evening just to check in and seemed not to know...

06
Mar
2011

YOU LIKE PIE? I LIKE PIE*

Getting through the week at work is really helped by 2 excellent weekend days full of sunshine, blue skies, sleeping in, a fun AWC event with good food and lots of laughter, and the new iPad I bought with some of my bonus money definitely helped, too! Not something I needed, but nice to have a fun toy to play with, and I’m looking forward to being able to read magazines on it, especially. The issue of Martha Stewart Living that was specially designed for the iPad was amazing. I wasn’t out as much in the sun as I would...

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