Tagged: martinbean

10
May
2017

THERE! THAT OUGHT TO HOLD YA

Gah. Time goes by too quickly. I think about writing all the time, but then I sit down to do something simple and my arm shoots pain and I give up and don’t stay here long enough to write anything. I suspect this is what aging is going to be about for me: falling apart, pain and doctor appointments. And who wants to read about that? NOT ME. Anyway, we bought our tickets to the US for the summer, or for at least 3 very expensive weeks of it. For Karin’s and my round-trip tickets and Martin’s 1-way ticket, it...

10
Feb
2017

UGH YAY AND OMG ALL AT ONCE

So much for not having winter. It snowed for 3 days straight but it was so cold that it was just dry and powdery. It glistens like diamond dust in the streetlights and blows all over the place. Tonight the moon was huge and round and hanging white in a pale blue evening sky. When I drove home I passed a huge snowy field covered in resting geese, their bodies black and plump against the whiteness. It’s a photo opportunity I’ve missed twice: too cold to stop and I’m pretty sure I’d scare the geese if I started walking towards...

30
Oct
2016

GOING TO PERU? ALPACA YOUR BAGS!

Karin went to Dallas by herself (well, with her soccer team, but none of us) in 2013, for a week and she has been gone for a week up to Gothenburg for the Gothia soccer cup several years in a row. Martin went to Berlin for almost a week last year. My children have spent plenty of nights away from home over the years and I’ve spent plenty of nights away from them as well, during work trips and for other things. But tomorrow morning, super early, he is leaving for nearly 2 months. If he gets his return ticket...

23
Oct
2016

UPDATEY

Things Karin was this weekend: a zipperhead on Friday and 1/2 of an Oreo cookie on Saturday. I asked her why her friends always have Halloween parties a week early and she didn’t know. Maybe because the school break starts next week and a lot of people are already gone at the weekend. Martin leaves next Monday, only a week and then he is gone for 6-7 weeks. He will be in Peru until December 10 and then is going to try to change his return ticket to fly to Toronto on December 10 and then stay in Detroit with...

16
Oct
2016

THERE I GO AGAIN

It’s been another crazy busy weekend in the string of crazy busy weekends that make up my life. On Friday, I had another (!) Wonders dinner, this time without Angie, at Kelly’s home. I joked the since we were missing “won”, we were only the Drrrrs. It was not the most fun evening, since we mostly talked about our anxieties over the upcoming election and divorce/custory horrors. The next time we’ll see each other is Thanksgiving here in Flyinge, but that’s not until the beginning of December (our date is late this year due to Anders’ work travel schedule). Last...

11
Jun
2016

GRADUATION DAY

Whew! We made it through the week! What a crazy few days it has been. Last Monday was a holiday, and Anders and I took Tuesday and Wednesday off work in order to get the final preparations done for Martin’s graduation and party on Wednesday evening. Tuesday was a graduation party for the daughter of a friend and Friday it was Anders’ nephew Henrik’s turn. Today has been, obviously, a day of rest. Much needed and much appreciated! Apart from the fact that the weather could have been a bit better, the big day on Wednesday went off without a...

02
Jun
2016

ALL AT ONCE

I am the lamest blogger that ever lived. Okay, not really. There are lamer bloggers out there (naming no names). I guess when you are a blogger who is no longer really blogging, you are an epilogue. There have been lots of things to write about, but they are all happening at once which makes sitting down and finding words harder than you would think. This past weekend was Swedish Mother’s Day. I was given flowers (peonies!), a Pandora bead for my bracelets of a lion with a crown and a little bag of my favorite dark-chocolate-covered cherries. In the...

06
Apr
2016

GRADITATION

Invitations are printed, folded, stuffed, addressed and ready to go to the post office for stamps. Anders confirmed today that the tent, tables and chairs are reserved. I’ve started the design for the student poster (very important item here in Sweden, apparently). The list seems to be endless and Martin just informed us that he’s planning to go to prom as well. He paid for the tickets today (1000 kronor!). AAAAAAGH. His suit is out on the table for trying on and then we have to see what’s next. I keep feeling like I’m forgetting something important. Graduation is a...

23
Feb
2016

NOT SO GREAT THINGS

It’s been a bad week for healthy eating and portion control. No excuses, just not doing what needs to be done. Back on track mentally at least, though. *sigh* Anders and I watched That Sugar Film last night…how timely was that? Perfect to help with the kick to the backside I needed. I actually went and deleted two Instagram accounts that I’d been following, both of which were only photos of unbelievable desserts. Trying to stop the triggers wherever they are. It also made me re-think some of the purchases we make at the grocery store, especially juice. I stopped...

07
Dec
2015

GETTING IN THE MOOD

Liz: *sitting on couch, holds up iPad with something funny on it* Hey Martin! Look! Martin: *leans over and looks out the doorway of the computer room on the other side of the house* I’m not a hawk. Today, Martin turns 18. ADULTHOOD! Woot! Do I get a prize for successfully steering my firstborn through to adulthood? Oh wait, I already got one… when he was born. *rimshot* The first email I got this morning was one from the school system officially locking us out of his information. Since he’s now officially an adult, we no longer get to know...

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