Month: February 2010

  • Madness

    In case you don’t live in Stockholm and were wondering what it was like earlier this week to fight off half a million people for buses when they shut down […]

  • ssons

    I had to look up a person’s email address at a Swedish university.  I couldn’t remember the first name, only that the last name was Larsson.  No problem, I thought….  […]

  • I’m so tired…..

    I’ve been so tired this week.  I can’t seem to remember people’s names correctly.  But I’ve decided now that I’m much better off just making up names that I think […]

  • Winter Olympics

    I’m hearing a lot about the Winter Olympics going on, but it can’t possibly be as exciting as my own personal Winter Olympics going on each day.  I have to […]

  • Tea

    I came across a box of Russian tea the other day.  I thought, “Hmm…. what makes this tea Russian?”  So I looked at the description which said, “tea with citrus […]

  • Cinammon

    Why isn’t there a cinnamon shower gel?  I’ve seen chocolate.  I’ve even seen amber.  Amber?  That’s not even a real flavor, but they have it!   So why no cinnamon?  I’d […]

  • More lovely pictures

    Speaking of pictures from books, this one is my husband’s favorite:

  • Bad Monkey

    I read a lot of children’s books to my kids and it’s always fun when you find interesting pictures in them.  Sometimes the illustrator likes to hide funny things in […]

  • Thank’s God

    While I was looking up restaurants today on the main restaurant site for Stockholm, I found some information on Thank’s God It’s Friday  – better known to you and I […]

  • Tornado School!

    It’s time to look at schools for our oldest son.  After careful searching through the neighborhood, I finally found the perfect school.  TORNADO SCHOOL!!!!!  I know nothing about it, it […]

  • My hovercraft is full of eels

    I saw a paper yesterday for new students coming to Sweden. It gives helpful phrases they may need to know in Swedish. There were only about 20 phrases. The best […]