Month: April 2015
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Drinking wine and eating a baguette on bonfire night
Yes, we take a lot of trips. At the moment, we are in Paris. You may say, “How come you can travel so much? Don’t people work in Sweden?” The […]
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Why are Swedes not the happiest in the world?
Well, did you ask them during the month of January? That could be part of your problem.
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Paris – hunchbacks, cats and old robots
We are taking the kids to Paris today! It will be their first time there. I’ve been trying to prepare them for the past few weeks with movies about Paris. […]
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Inappropriate Nature
Sometimes at work, I like to listen to nature sounds. I made a few lists before with rain sounds, ocean sounds, forest sounds, and more. There is no music with […]
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My own magazine
I have to read a lot of online magazines for my job. So many of them are the same. Then I start thinking about writing my own online magazine. Much […]
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Tag lines
While pre-publishing a post for next week (I’ll be on vacation) about politics and Europe, I was suggested certain tags for my post in order to publicize it. I’m still […]
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Reasons my kids won’t go to sleep
Here are the reasons the kids wouldn’t go to sleep just for last night: 1. Thirsty 2. Thought they heard someone playing a computer game. 3. Had an idea for […]
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Twins
My oldest son has twins in his class. I said, “Are they identical twins or fraternal?” He replied, “There are twins in my class?” I guess that answers my question.
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Alexa, can you babysit the kids for 10 minutes?
So our family got an Amazon Echo yesterday. Amazon Echo is a voice command device that can answer questions and play music. Echo offers weather and news and can also […]
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Clear and to the point advertising in Sweden.
Swedes like to get right to the point. The electronic store is called OnOff, grocery store is Konsum (consume) and now this ad for toilet paper is at our subway […]
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Am I too cynical?
I have to read food news for my job. The headline for one said, “Make your own cheese with only 2 ingredients!” I do that all the time. Milk and […]
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I Don’t Like Mondays – and neither do the kids
Today is everyone’s first day back to school after Easter break. I had to haul depressed kids to the kitchen table for breakfast. Then, in typical Monday fashion, we all […]
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Alan Turing vs. the Sharknado
This weekend I watched both “The Imitation Game” (nominated for 8 Oscars) and “Sharknado 2″(nominated for 0 Oscars). I will now write an comparison essay on these two films: “Alan […]
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Don’t Mess With Texas
There’s a parent at my kid’s school that is ….. hm…. how shall we say….. not a nice person. I am doing my best to always be nice and polite […]
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Time for new shoes
My son does not agree with my decision to throw his shoes away. “They’re my secret pocket shoes!”
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Who decides? I decide!
My children were complaining this week that the weekends should be longer. I slammed my fist on the table and said, “I shall make it so that this weekend is […]
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Time once again for the Easter witches
It’s that day again. The day that Easter witches come to my door asking for candy. The Swedish children dress up as witches on this day because Easter Thursday is […]
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Beaver attack!
These are always my favorite stories around here. But I still have never seen a beaver! I’m always looking for them. Everyone says they’re around. I go to the nature […]