Month: February 2015
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Fridges around the world!
Well, it seems I’ve made world news by simply posting people’s refrigerators from around the world. This week I’m in charge of @sweden, the country’s national account, and I decided […]
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Treat yourself!
Gee, thanks Amazon. I know my birthday is coming up and all, but I’m not quite understanding why this is on the top of my list.
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My husband – Mr. Synth Pop
If I haven’t mentioned it before, my husband sings in 2 synth bands – Art Fact and Sine City. He has a concert for each coming up soon, plus a […]
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Spotify War
My husband tried to mess up my Spotify recommendations today by playing numerous songs from the band Europe (“The Final Countdown”). This means war. I hope the husband enjoys “Wham […]
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Flying solo…
…or duet, in my kids’ case. Today we are sending our kids on their first flight alone to visit their grandparents. Luckily, it’s only a 30 minute flight and they […]
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I control you now, Sweden!
This week, I speak for the entire country of Sweden. Sweden’s Twitter account has a new leader every week. On their website, it states: Every week, someone in Sweden is […]
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Hello Twitter! I wrote a book.
Hello Twitter. If you are here because you’ve read some of my tweets, you might like my book. It’s my first book of collected short stories mostly focusing on my […]
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Who’s up for a little Frisbee?
Took the kids out for some Frisbee this past weekend on the big field by our building. We got a few strange looks from people going by as the temperature […]
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Fish sticks
My 7 year old was very disappointed with his school lunch: “Ugh! They had fish sticks at school today, and you know what was in them?! DEAD FISH!”
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Semmeldagen!
It’s here. One of the greatest days of the year! Some call it Fat Tuesday, Shove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday…. but here in Sweden, it’s SEMMELDAGEN! The day we are allowed […]
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Coffee Cow
A few summers ago as we were relaxing at a Swedish “beach,” a man came around wearing a white backpack with black spots and a hose attached. He was “THE […]
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HORRORtines!
My son is going to a party at his school this evening. No, it’s not a Valentine’s party. Because this is Friday the 13th, it’s a HORRORtine’s party! What a […]
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Abba reuniting?
C’mon. I can’t be the only one who thought that when they saw the headline.
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Important news from my email
Pizza Seasoning time running out! This important message was in my inbox this morning. I’m so glad they warned me. It’s a good thing I have email so I can […]
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A magical word
“förnämliga” That is the word I had to translate the other day (I work part-time translating documents from Swedish to English). As you see, it can have vastly different meanings. […]
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Advertising to children
Many people in Texas are often surprised when we visit at how seriously our kids take the commercials. When we’ve been there, they’ve told me things like, “Mamma! You should […]
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90 years
My grandmother is turning 90 in a few days so I was online looking for birthday ideas. I found a cake topper for sale that said, 90th Birthday Wedding Anniversary […]
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How to improve anything
I’ve spent the morning looking up food trucks in our area, the Taco Truck being the one I’m the most interested in. Then a while ago I found a company […]
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Let’s go shopping!
My husband was in a mall near our neighborhood this past weekend. Here is the picture they have to show what a great experience it is to shop in their […]
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Sign me up NASA
Sometimes I wonder which is harder…. docking the space shuttle or hooking a bracelet with only one hand. After 15 minutes this morning of balancing my arm plus short nails, […]