Month: January 2014
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How do you expect me to cope with only 15 mo. off work?!
Today in our local paper, there is a letter written by a woman complaining that she wants to breast feed her child for 2 years and it’s UNFAIR that the […]
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If you buy this, you’re no friend of mine
Some American products are unavailable or hard to find in Sweden. It’s getting better, but we’re still missing alot or if you can find things, they are extremely expensive. I […]
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Pool halls – Stockholm vs. Texas marina
I went to play pool this week in Stockholm with one of my friends. I haven’t played in a while, so it was fun, plus we were evenly matched, which […]
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In the year 2024…
My son asked me the other day, “Will you be alive in 2024?” Umm… I hope so? This was his opening question before telling me that WE are going to […]
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Attack on ice cream
Apparently a man was sentenced for drilling holes in the tires of an ice cream truck this past autumn because he couldn’t take the constant melody. “A prominent Swedish businessman […]
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Tiger Toothpaste
Why can’t my toothpaste look like this? I really don’t understand why adult toothpaste can’t have cool pictures too. We could have cool characters from our shows just like kids […]
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America is losing millions!
This is what I’ve been hearing from my 6 year old son for the past two mornings. He gets a very concerned face and then tells us, “America is losing […]
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Oranges can’t fly. Who knew?
My son forgot his fruit to take to school today. When he and my husband left, I suddenly remembered and banged on the window to get their attention. I threw […]
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Minister of Telephones was a new position
I rarely check my junk mail, but last week I was missing a mail and decided to look through it. I really should check it more often. I had a […]
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No.
From online Swedish news site, the local. If I had to guess – someone just broke up with an Italian.
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Once again with the Public Service Announcements
(Disclaimer: I am not trying to make fun of the issues in the announcements – simply the poor quality of the announcements.) I know I’ve mentioned this before, but what’s […]
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Is it really, though?
This car is parked outside our building. Can’t say I agree with the sticker on the back.
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On the bus
I was riding the bus when a group of daycare children came on with their teachers to sit in the rows behind me. It was very interesting listening to the […]
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Zardoz
Just a little break from the usual to say – How did I miss the movie Zardoz??!!! This was recommended by several people, so I looked it up. Sean Connery, […]
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Problems with telekinetic children
There are so many things about raising children that people don’t tell you. This was the argument between my 6 and 9 year old this morning: 6: Stop reading my […]
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Incredible shrinking pants
I put on a pair of pants the other day and they had shrunk. I could hardly button the top button. Strange. I haven’t worn them in a while. Then […]
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Sock trouble
I remember in high school, I had a writing class where we got the lesson – “describe how to make a peanut butter sandwich.” Most people probably got a form […]
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Defending my tooth honor
As I was looking at my bottle of Listerine mouth wash yesterday, I noticed that the name “Listerine Flouride” has now been changed to “TEETH DEFENCE!” I used to just […]
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Back to the grind
Today most Swedes go back to work from the holidays. The subways and buses will be full of bleary-eyed people chugging coffee and wondering where all those mornings in bed […]
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Candy coma
I’ve been away from the computer for a few days. I blame it on candy coma. The holidays were just a 2 week candy binge. It’s actually not over yet. […]