Tagged: thisisjusttosay

oh, it’s an insidious feeling…it’s the same sort of thing that happens sometimes when you’re standing on the edge of a cliff or driving. The urge to hurl yourself off a precipice without looking back. Can you fly? I think not. Although, in this particular instance, the feeling is more one of NOT taking action than of doing something impetuous and deadly. It’s what happens when you haven’t written for several days and the principle about a body at rest tending to stay at rest makes it hard to imagine being able to start … the … ball … rolling...

I was thinking of trying to compile a “Best of Lizardek” list but I’m unsure where to start. Do you have a favorite post of mine that you could recommend to the list? Just to get me started? Since I’ve been writing in this journal for about 2 years, I ought to have SOME stuff worthy of mention. October has grabbed Autumn by the throat and shaken her back and forth, leaving her limp and leafless. For weeks we enjoyed apple-crisp days of unmarred blue skies, sunshine and stillness. The leaves turned slowly, illuminating every grove, and as slowly fell,...

I don’t hear my husband get up but I hear when the kids do. The television displaces sound as it slams on with a whoosh. I bury my head in the pillows, burrow down the cocoon-tunnel of the winter duvet I put on the bed yesterday. Its warmth and thickness is not enough to keep out the jangling disharmony from the television set. “Turn it down,” I croak. Anders hears me and admonishes the children: shut mama’s door before you turn on the tv! Moments later, the door snicks to, a creaking slam, then not exactly silence, but quiet enough....

We were going to go go-carting for our team-building activity this afternoon on the 2nd day of our off-site meeting, but the sun was shining, and Malmö Festival was in full swing, and we were running late, and no one really felt like go-carting, so we ended up deciding to ditch it and go shopping in the late afternoon instead,…except that I went back to the office and worked for 2 hours instead. We were going to take the kids and go down to Malmö Festival tonight to eat festival food and cotton candy and walk around and see the...

… Work… So busy. *gasp* Send reinforcements. …

I had both good news and not yet news today regarding the people I talked about a couple of weeks ago. Kristian, the husband of Angie, our good friends, had surgery on his jaw today, is staying overnight in the hospital, and is scheduled for more surgery on his arm next week, as they are still unsure about the status of the cancer and are doing several procedures and biopsies to make sure if they got it all or not. They are concerned it has gotten into his lymph nodes, but the test results will take another 2 weeks to...

Yesterday’s Menu: Lobster soup with snowpeas and cognac Marinated pork tenderloin covered in leek and red onion Creamy garlic potato au gratin Marinated mushrooms Steamed broccoli Cinnamon parfait with warm apple sauce The Biggest Best Warmest Birthday Wishes to ozswede!