Tagged: thisisjusttosay

My entire family is on vacation except for me. Martin has 8.5 weeks. Karin has 10 weeks. Anders changed his scheduled vacation time and took next week off, so he has 5 weeks off as of today. I’m still working next week (and as we speak, actually) but then I have 4 weeks off. And it’s a 3-day weekend right now (as soon as I quit working, already). But still. 10…8.5…5…4…I think I’m getting the short end of the vacation stick.* It’s 9 pm and the sun is still high in the sky. It’s shining right through the bedroom windows...

Pay bills, including money to klasskassa Buy teacher gifts for Debbie & Inger Get dryer fixed Search for and buy new or used trampoline WALK WALK WALK Start WW again Send email to regional speakers requesting bios Get presentation title from Laurie Renew Swedish passport for Karin File US taxes Send reminder invite for regional to all clubs Check with Cate about Embassy speaker Email Kamila about ad for company donation Email Tobbe about recycled printer for program & ad Start program layout for regional Schedule a long-overdue massage Book hostels for Iceland Plan Iceland itinerary Replace wilting/dead pansies with...

Zoomity! Thank goodness I got to sleep in both yesterday and today because it’s non-stop go go go otherwise. *** Sweden allllmost won Eurovision but got shoved under at the end by Azerbajian and Italy. Which was good considering Sweden’s song wasn’t very good. But which was bad since the 2 that beat it were actually WORSE. *** I have had it up to HERE with malfunctioning computer-y things. The router or the wireless or the internet or SOMETHING doesn’t work right and it keeps disconnecting, constantly. We have to constantly disable and reconnect and inbetween restart the router manually,...

I didn’t even remember it was the first of May today until just now at 9:16 p.m. This weekend has been full of lilac buds, neon green beech leaves, bonfires, berry cobbler, cheese & bacon dogs, real dogs (4!), and blue skies. Today I learned how to weave willow. We made a bottomless basket which can be used in a myriad of ways: as a raised bed, as a peony support, to hide a cement well cover. It’s as big around as my arms when I hold them out in a circle. Then I made a willow cone: a wigwam...

Black black skies with white white stars. Orion is tilted drunkenly to the left, leaning over our driveway. The big dipper lies lopsided across the other side of the sky, a big ol’ bowl of stars above my head. Our 5-day dog’s back end wags to and fro, tail in counterpoint. Her surprisingly small feet make swishy prints in the sparkley snow powder. I huff above the edge of the scarf wrapped over my head and around my neck: dragonbreath blooms and my glasses fog. I’m making messes of one-dish wonders for lunch lately; I’m sick of salads. Rice or...

We went to see Tangled tonight, partly because I’d been “boring” all day and Karin and Sydney and probably Martin, who didn’t actually say so, like his sister, who reiterated it several times, were BORED, MOM, and because I had forgotten all about Melodifestivalen starting this evening, but I think we got the better end of the deal because the movie was AWESOME. I admit to having a really soft spot for Disney when they get it right, and with John Lasseter, they REALLY get it right. At the end of the movie, we stayed to watch the end of...

Last day of sluggishness wasn’t very sluggy, though it got off to a sluggy start with a major sleep-in. Asked Anders to take an hour out of his day to purge clothes in our closet and he went bananas and filled 8 big paper shopping bags and a giant black garbage bag with discards. Whoa! Organized MY side of the closet too, clearing out some tops I never wear and putting things in order. I don’t switch back and forth between winter and summer clothes, but I do keep the hanging items organized by type: sleeveless, short-sleeve, long-sleeve, sweaters. A...