Month: April 2013
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Valborg
Today is a half-day holiday in Sweden – Valborg! Valborg is a holiday to welcome the coming of Spring by burning all the dead branches in giant bonfires. Of course […]
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Oblivion
Saw the movie “Oblivion” last week. My question…. Why is it that in every movie I watch, when the couple has a romantic scene on top of the Empire State […]
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Little Red Wagon
Home with a sick 6 year old today. “Sick Six” – that’s hard to say quickly. This is my own fault for having the thought recently that we had all […]
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Swedish efficiency
Went to the doctor yesterday to have a mole checked out. The entire appointment took 1 minute. “Looks fine. Come back if it gets darker. Bye.” 200 kr (30 dollars). […]
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Jello for breakfast!
I won the mother-of-the-year award from my children this past weekend, and you know how I did it? With a nice little invention called “Jello!” Yes, I fed my children […]
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Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash gets way creepier when your 6-year old repeats that one line like a robot all during breakfast. “Ring of Fire….Ring of Fire…Ring of Fire….”
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Turning Swedish
Last week I met up with an American friend for lunch here in Stockholm. It was on Wednesday, which happened to be sunny and 11c (51 F) ! Now that […]
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Rainy days and explosions
Woke up this morning to a light rain. Ah, I thought… what a great day to be unemployed! I’ll crack the window open a bit, smell that fresh rain smell […]
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My son has all the answers
My 6 year old son got a book of “WHY” questions this week from National Geographic. We wanted him to be interested in the book, so we started asking some […]
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Reindeer Heart
I ate a reindeer heart this week. I feel like a barbarian. I was at a party for food tasting at restaurants and they had pieces of reindeer heart on […]
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Spring?
After all of my teasing of the Swedes who are too eager for spring, I myself became a victim. Thinking stupidly that since it was April I could take my […]
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Today’s complaint – Delivery men
I was asked today to wait for delivery men to drop off 2 large 250 lbs pinball machines. I did not want to do this job, because last time I […]
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Stab Assistant to the Royal Family!
The job ad says Stabsassistent Now, I know I could just ask or translate that and it means something totally different than I’m thinking, but I prefer to be alone […]
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The zombies awaken
Dare I say spring is here? No, but I will admit the sun has been out for over a week now and the snow has melted down to ice patches […]
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Easter Monday
We get Easter Monday off here in Sweden. I don’t know why, but I don’t complain about days off. Maybe it’s to reflect on how much candy and food you […]