Author: heather
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English
Conversation I had on the phone today: Me: Hello, I’m calling about…. Lady: Speak English please. Me: I AM speaking English. I’m calling about…. Lady: Please can you speak English? […]
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If I ran the Olympics
Opening ceremony: Olivia Newton John singing “Physical” Parade of cats wearing flags of the world. Closing ceremony: Man with broom sweeping everyone out.
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Summer in Stockholm
As an American, I am often confused as to why no one thinks to loot the entire city of Stockholm in July. Everyone is gone on vacation. It’s actually a […]
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Swedish driver’s license
So after 3 attempts at the theory test and 4 attempts at the driving test, I finally got my Swedish driver’s license! My idea is that they took a look […]
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Coffee
Major panic in the office yesterday. The man who orders the coffee went on vacation. NOOOOO!!!! Our department was completely out of coffee. There was a mild panic and traffic jam of […]
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Princess Superstar
We have a new princess in Sweden today. Very exciting. Everyone at the office is talking about it. It turns out that the Crown Princess delivered her baby in the […]
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Things I learned today
1. Apple cider vinegar can turn your skin red 2. If you put an egg in your hair and rinse with warm water, it will cook. Conditioning hair and […]
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Neighbor Wars
I’m convinced the upstairs neighbors put their faces to the floor and cough down to our apartment. I’m also pretty sure they’re playing basketball and moving furniture every night at […]
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Catch and Release
I’m currently trying to look up a way to get rid of fruit flies in the house so that I won’t have to throw away my Christmas plants. Unfortunately, the […]
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Slippery course
Today I will be spending 4 hours at a slippery course. What is a slippery course, you say? It’s a requirement toward getting a Swedish drivers license. From what I […]
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New one for me
I’m looking though Singapore Airlines webpage and trying to fill in a form. I have to say, all the airlines I’ve ever used only give a choice of “Mr., Mrs., […]
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Overalls
Listening to Dexy’s Midnight Runners this morning. When is the adult blue-Jean overall coming back into fashion? It was actually popular in the mid-eighties. I owned a pair. Legwamers have […]
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Crazy hair old men
I was in a meeting today with an old man in a suit. He would have looked very sophisticated except for the wild white hair going in all different directions […]
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Voodoo bathroom
There are only 3 bathrooms at work for our floor of around 60 people so with all of the coffee drinking around here I am sometimes forced to use the […]
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No one here but us chickens
Leo has the chicken pox this week. At the moment it is my turn to be home with him a couple of days. Lucky for me, this is also the […]
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Millineum Grandma
Just checked Amazon’s “Gift Ideas for Grandma” section. They suggest the Millenium book series. I’m not really sure that’s the right choice for most of the grandmothers I know.
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Wednesday Morning Subway Ride -or- How Diseases Are Spread
A little re-cap of my Wednesday morning subway ride: 7:31- Trapped in crowded subway tube next to child coughing up a lung. Apparently a side effect from all that coughing […]
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TAKE IT!
One of the cultural differences I noticed when I moved to Sweden is that Swedes will never take the last of anything. If you attend a Swedish party, by the […]
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Jeeves
One of the political parties in Stockholm wants to have butlers in the subway. My idea when I read the headline was that he would follow each person around, carry […]