Month: May 2014
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“You get your way, she gets hers”
Oh, I see, ….. that’s funny because apparently women can’t drive a stick shift. Ah, the 60’s.
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Would you choose this man as your barber?
“I wash the hair and then I place the head on my mantel in the basement… yes…. with the others…..yes….”
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Spices
Don’t put these spices (cinnamon & cayenne pepper) near each other on a spice rack. I’ve already ruined 2 desserts.
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For those sort-of special occasions
Marriage = Champagne 3rd date = Champale Job promotion = Champagne Got to leave work early on a Wednesday = Champale College graduation = Champagne Certificate for completing your knitting […]
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Read this while I’m at the beach
I’m writing this a week before we go on our vacation, which we will be on by the time you are reading this. No internet and no phones. Total disconnect. […]
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Surprise trip
I’m taking my husband and kids on a surprise trip today to celebrate my husband’s 40th birthday. He knows he is going on a trip but has no idea where. […]
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39 holes?!!
My husband recently got some of my grandfather’s old Life magazines. As you know, the best part of old magazines are the commercials. I’ll be posting the best ones now […]
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Singlar vs. Sniglar
I have decided there are just too many Swedish words that are similar for me to read the news. Today I was wondering why snails (sniglar) were wanting to have […]
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Welcome Dunkin’ Donuts
Dunkin’ Donuts is planning to open in Sweden. I’m surprised this hasn’t happened earlier. This country loves donuts and many other EU countries already have Dunkin Donuts. Yea for us! […]
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How many women can fit in one restroom?
I went to a concert last week at Globen Arena in Stockholm. I’ve been to events there before but have never had the “opportunity” to use the restroom. Often during […]
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Long live creepy radio!
When I lived in Houston, I enjoyed listening to the college radio station. You never knew what they would be playing. It could be anything from Robert Johnson to the […]
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Apparently there is a “club sandwich index”
Oh no. There goes our tourism. C’mon guys, let’s get back up to at least third! This is our most important issue this year!
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But I saved the environment today too.
For 2 weeks now, there has been a booth set up outside McDonald’s that I pass each day as I walk my 2 miles to school. This booth is for […]
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Annoying and History
My children just ran up to me and said, “Mamma, can you help us with our music? We need a playlist that we want to call ‘Annoying and History’.” Seeing […]
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My half-Texan son
I found out that my son hit another boy last week at school. My son is normally very calm and quiet, so I was concerned and asked what happened. He […]
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These kids and their fancy bananas.
I had a test today in my Swedish class. It was a writing test. Out of the two topics given, I chose, “Write an opinion letter to your local paper […]
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Å
In Swedish, sometimes just one letter can mean a whole word. “i” means “in” “Ö” means island “Å” can mean river, so I was wondering if it meant anything else. […]
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All hail Pikachu
Now this is how you take over the world. My kids would follow Japanese cartoon characters anywhere.
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Camels and snow
Well it snowed this weekend again. Happy May from Stockholm. In other news, there were camels in the field by our house. Traveling circus or new neighbors with odd taste […]
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YOU drive the bus!
Ok, I understand that parents are outraged, and I probably would be too, but you have to admit it is a little funny. I think we’ve all had days where […]