Month: October 2013
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Halloween is the 31st!
As usual, I like to complain each year about Sweden not understanding that Halloween is one day, not a week or 2 weeks. It also never falls in November. Most […]
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St. George and the Dragon
I took the kids to a play on Monday. It was in a 13th century church that is famous for having a statue from the 1400s of St. George slaying […]
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Bank
So I went to the bank last week to deposit some money. Turns out you can no longer deposit money at the bank. Here’s how our bank has over the […]
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They’ve done it again!
First Spotify, then Amazon…. now the kids have gotten into my Netflix account and changed all the settings! I worked for weeks cultivating the perfect system for recommendations. I rated […]
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Candy Corn = Gold
There are a few things for an American in Sweden that equal gold. This would be Velveeta cheese and candy corn. (Not together, but hmm… I wonder….) I just got […]
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Do I trust Shatner with my flight?
I’ve been looking for some flights lately for a trip we will be taking later this year. I’ve tried all sites and finally came to Priceline, with celebrity spokesperson William […]
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Adult vs. 6 year old
Yesterday’s exchange with my 6 year old son explains why the kids are running late to school most days: Me: Max, put your dishes in the dishwasher. Max: I am […]
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Show your bald man you love him, give him a beer
I was just looking up cooking classes when I found an ad for “beer tasting.” That’s great. I’ve been to one and it’s fun. My problem is with the picture. […]
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Dreams of the dull
I had a dream last night that I found an amazing treasure – all of my lost earrings of which I only have one of the set. Wow. Best dream […]
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Life experience – category Coconut
Check another one off for life experiences. I opened a coconut last week. I’ve always avoided them at the grocery store because I thought it would be too much of […]
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Shopping – Sweden vs. U.S.
An advantage to shopping in Sweden – you can wander around alone in a store all day and not one salesperson will bother you. If you need help, they are […]
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5 minutes
I’ve realized that time is measured in different ways when I talk to my kids., 5 minutes can mean two things when I talk to my sons: 1. You can […]
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Pallbearer
Ad in the paper – “Do you need an extra job? Come work for us as a part-time pallbearer.” I’m getting so desperate for a job that I considered this […]
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Bow before me, I am your Viking overlord!
I like to look up my genealogy lines in my free time. I often have a lot of luck with one side of the family who was French. Apparently the French […]
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A morning without my phone
On Tuesday, I went into town without my iPhone. Was this some sort of experiment, you ask? No, I’m an idiot who dropped my new phone and smashed the glass […]
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Solar powered toys not for northern kids
While looking for a birthday gift for my sun last week, I noticed that half of the science toys were solar powered. All I could think of were all the […]
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Welcome to my nightmare
I had a dream last night that I was suddenly 33 years old. “Wow,” I thought, “Time really flies. I didn’t realize I was this old already.” Then I woke […]
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Ugly cake
My oldest son turns 9 today. Birthdays are fun, but I always have an ambition to make a special cake and it always turns into a disaster. For example, I […]
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Can I be in your dragon band?
Ok, this is my new top job on the Swedish unemployment site this week: “Militärmusiker Hornist Vikariat Livgardets dragonmusikkår” which I would roughly translate to something like “Substitute military horn […]