Tagged: thisisjusttosay

Aaaaand, there goes another weekend! The sun has set though we didn’t see much of it the past 2 days. It’s been grey and foggy and now it’s raining. I have been cleaning all damn weekend, so it doesn’t feel like I had any real time off from WORK. Just a different kind of work. Though I did take a 2-hour nap today after Martin and I got home from cleaning at his school for 2.5 hours. It’s a parent-cooperative and we are supposed to go twice a year on their Fixer-days and clean. I would rather pay something to...

FBAR: forms for the past 6 years have been completed, printed, ready to copy & mail in…what a load off my mind! Double Dog Dare: Swedish Citizenship application has been mailed in! I’ve heard everything for turnaround time from 2 weeks to 8 months…here’s hoping for shorter, since I need my passport back by May. Family: off on their ski vacation; so I have the house to myself until Thursday night! Game: The whole family is addicted to Draw Something. Do you have it on your iPhone or iPad? It’s like Pictionary in your pocket! Barky: losing it. The amount...

berchshill commented today that I wasn’t online much this week and she was right. Between Anders’ second week away, dog-sitting, work, researching US expat tax information, getting the kids fed and to bed on time, and driving Karin to practice and tournaments all week, I just haven’t had the ork. Tonight the dog went home (though he obviously didn’t want to, which was rather gratifying!), Anders CAME home, our 2 favorites went to 2nd-chance in Melodifestivalen and I am ready for bed. May your Sunday be sunny & bright! Best of ALL Birthday Wishes to Elizabeth!

I’m so sad and upset…one of my favorite people on LJ, someone I’ve been reading practically since I started writing this journal, just passed away. She was the most lovely person, full of wonderful, hilarious observations and stories and a quirky fantastic writer. I’m thankful that I ordered a book of her short stories a few years back so that I can read her words whenever I want to, but O!!! How can the place where her voice was be silenced? My heart goes out to her daughter and the rest of her family. jackiejj, you will be SO missed....

Augh! Only 2 days of November to go and damned if I know what to write about tonight! Anders left for Italy this afternoon. Now I have to get up early for 2 weeks to make sure Karin gets to school on time (she leaves before Martin & I do), URGH. I finished another project today and crossed a pile of stuff off my to-do list. Why is it that every time I upgrade iTunes or the iPad something doesn’t work?? I can’t get iTunes to open even though I’ve reinstalled it; it just keeps freezing. ARGH. Anyone out there...

I can’t believe it’s the 22nd of November. I can’t believe I have posted 22 days in a row. I can’t believe how bad some of those posts were. I can’t believe that it is Thanksgiving in 2 days and First Advent in 4. I can’t believe Karin has ANOTHER sore throat. I can’t believe how dark it gets by 4 pm. I can’t believe how long my to-do list is getting, and I haven’t even put the holiday stuff on it yet. I can’t believe how funny Martin can be sometimes. I can’t believe that I only asked for...

I am posting this from my iPad, mostly to get rid of the notification symbol showing I have an unfinished draft because I can’t figure out how to delete it. Posting from the iPad is too slow since it’s harder to type without a real keyboard for an old person like me. You should see how fast Karin can type on her phone when she is texting, with just one thumb! I am a snail by comparison, though I can beat her typing on a regular keyboard and my accuracy rate is higher 😛 It is Swedish Father’s day today...

My kids tell me I’m supposed to make a wish at 11:11 today, because it’s 11/11/11 (even if you write it the way the Swedes do: year/month/date and not the way the Americans do which is date/month/year). I missed the first 11:11 today, even though I did think about it, only it was only 10:32 when I thought about it and then I got absorbed in the major presentation that I was revamping and forgot about everything else until someone said it was lunch time. I feel like this has been an incredibly long, hard week of work and I...