Month: January 2016
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Check-in time: 7-11
We are trying to book a hotel for our summer trip to the U.S. Here’s one that came up on the list: Pros: You can get a Slim Jim anytime […]
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Best news my son’s heard all week
My youngest has been suffering from a bad cold with a strong cough all week. This article couldn’t have come at a better time for him.
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Graveyard sledding
Our local paper has raised a question in our neighborhood; Should people be sledding in a graveyard? The initial picture one gets in one’s head is of sleds crashing into […]
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Swedish problems
I like that I live in a country where this story has dominated the headlines the entire week. Someone drew a penis on a frozen stream in the snow in […]
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Boot blades
If they can invent shoes where you can pop out wheels to roller skate, why can’t they invent winter boots where you can pop out blades to ice skate? It […]
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Winter scores
I had a spectacular fall on the ice yesterday. I’m talking a full-out comedy banana peel-type fall landing horizontally on the ice. The only thing missing was the Benny Hill […]
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Garden & Gun?
One of my Facebook friends posted an article about Matthew McConaughey the other day that discussed his love for the New Orleans Garden District. All of the comments were on […]
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-18c (-4F) Not fit for humans
As my kids are going to school this morning, it is -18c here in Stockholm, Sweden. We haven’t seen temperatures this low for about 3 years when I was last […]
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Just call me Ambassador
I’m looking for jobs lately and I came across this: Happy Socks: Social Innovation Ambassador I love when jobs make up titles. I only want this job so I can […]
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New stereo system
In order to save a bit of money, my husband and I decided to install our new car stereo system by ourselves. We took the car into a mall parking […]
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Why children shouldn’t be allowed at the buffet
Took the kids to a buffet the other day. They proceeded to make a hamburger filled with fries, chicken nuggets and hot dog weiners. Oh! Don’t forget the barbecue sauce! […]
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“You Decorated My Life” is not what I want to hear when Zlatan scores
Sweden’s getting better with different types of restaurants and foods, but they still haven’t mastered the Sports Bar. We have a chain of Sports Bars in Stockholm with the usual […]
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Oh, not THAT North Pole
I was looking for activities today to do with my kids. One event was labeled “North Pole Studio – open house!” Oh! That would be nice. It’s so snowy out […]
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Yet another holiday
Today is another holiday here in Sweden. I can’t remember the name of it. 12th day of Christmas holiday or whatever it’s called. What it means is that our children […]
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Chip thieves
My thoughts on this story from The Local: It must have occured on a Friday or no one would have noticed the stolen chips. If it happened in the summer, […]
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An 8-yr old’s New Years Resolutions
My 8 year old has informed me that he made it through 2015 without throwing up once and this is again his New Year’s Resolution for 2016. I fully support […]