Tagged: holidaze

22
Nov
2014

READY TO PARTY

It’s 3 o’clock and we’re nearly ready. One turkey is done and the other two are being basted as I write this. The kids have done their share of picking up and cleaning. I need to go wipe down the bathrooms one more time, and when Karin’s boyfriend arrives in an hour, she will put him to work with her setting the tables. It’s been a sunny day, for the most part, but it’s going overcast now. We went to the store twice…once for more potatoes and tinfoil and once for candles, which I had thought I already had. We...

06
Nov
2014

A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT

For some stupid reason, Martin’s school did not do individual school photos this year. Or else he missed the day and didn’t find out if there was a make-up day. I have heard from two other friends with kids his age that their schools didn’t do photos either. WTH? Now I have to find time to take him to a photographer if I don’t want to have a gaping hole in the parade o’ school photos that every child’s life (at least in the Western world) is not complete without. Warning: this post is going to be all over the...

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!

20
Apr
2014

WALKING ON SUNSHINE

So far, this has been an absolutely wonderful and relaxing long weekend and there’s still the rest of this evening and all of tomorrow to enjoy of it. Karin is up in Gothenburg, participating in the Future Cup Invitational, as goalie for her team. They are playing in the semi-final game tonight, but we can hopefully keep track of the match progress live on the website. They won their first 3 games and she only let in one goal, so she was sounding quite happy when I talked to her a couple of hours ago. Yesterday, we had some good...

14
Apr
2014

SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY

I love spring in Sweden. It’s not just the daffodils everywhere or the way the fuchsia glows in the lengthening light or the sheen of green that pours itself over every rolling hill. It’s the SHORT WORK WEEKS. Easter is super late this year, and because of it, I have this to look forward to: This week: 3.5 days of work Followed by a: 4.5 day weekend Followed by: 4 days of work Followed by: 2.5 days of work Followed by a: 4.5 day weekend And then at the end of May? Another 2.5 day work week, followed by ANOTHER...

31
Dec
2013

RETROSPECTIVE

haven’t checked to see how many years I’ve been writing a retrospective on the last day of the year, but it’s been several and it’s always fun to go back and look at what I was reading and watching and listening to. My goals don’t seem to change much, but that’s okay. Debbie, Camilla and I had a sleepover a couple of nights ago, which was very fun (and caused my daughter envy) at which we just talked and ate and watched movies. We saw Bright Star and The Adjustment Bureau, both of which were excellent in very different ways....

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...

26
Dec
2013

TIME FOR JOY AND TIME FOR CHEER

Karin was going crazy in the days leading up to Christmas: the anticipation was too much for her. She couldn’t sleep and she counted down the hours like a proper OCD sufferer, mentioning the fact that it was “nearly Christmas” almost every hour of the last couple of days. On Christmas morning I found her asleep on the living room sofa…she hadn’t been able to fall asleep in her own bed. We had our usual Swedish/American traditional mix of celebrating: Swedish on Christmas Eve with Anders’ family over, a Swedish julbord made by Anders and his mom that included homemade...

24
Dec
2013

EK FAMILY CHRISTMAS LETTER

How can it possibly have been a whole year since we were home for the holidays in the US last Christmas?? Every year I say time flies, and every year it just flies faster. This year, for once, Liz did more traveling than Anders! She went on several work trips, including jaunts to Madrid, Turin, Paris, Singapore (!) and the US. Anders did a 2-week stint in Bangkok and a week’s conference in Finland. Anders was honored at a ceremony for his 25-year anniversary with Tetra Pak (it was actually 27 years!) and received a gold watch. He went on...

17
Dec
2013

DO YOU NOM WHAT I NOM

I am officially on vacation! WOOT! We’ve been baking and wrapping and decorating and shopping and eating and putting up trees. We have a HUGE tree in the living room (the big tree) and a little tree in the playroom (the kid tree) and both of them are now decorated, though there are a lot of ornaments that didn’t fit, even with TWO trees. We went last Saturday and cut down the big tree and then bought the little tree but when we put them up, and got the lights out, we discovered there were two many sections of lights...

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