Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
Infiltrating Sweden one cinnamon bun at a time
I’m not sure if it’s age or lack of sun, but almost everyone I know in Stockholm (including me) just wants to spend a quiet New Year’s Eve with their family this year. Oh, we still plan to dress up, eat a fancy dinner and have champagne, it’s just that … I’m not sure, maybe … Read more
No, wait…. not what you think…. My husband wanted to make his own dumplings yesterday, so he went to YouTube to find a good instructional video. This is the video he used to make our dumplings, narrated by…. a talking dog.
Before the year is out, I feel it’s important to once again touch on the subject of this card/ad artist who clearly has a problem with frogs. Did a frog kill his dad? Are they just swarming his house?
Every year, they have a gingerbread house building competition at the architecture museum. This was my favorite entry. Hey, just because you accidently burn your house, that’s no reason to drop out of the contest! Work with it!
Again with the frogs. What is it with this era and dead frogs at Christmas time? Or did this artist just really have it in for frogs? Merry Christmas everyone!
This is the final gift idea I can come up with. Also, in doing this list of Christmas gift ideas, I have totally ruined my Amazon recommendations. Merry Christmas everyone! I leave you with….. Clam Hat.
Don’t shake his hand, Little Girl! Don’t do it! There’s something off about this guy. I saw him on the subway last week. Stay away!
I was watching John Oliver’s YouTube clip about re-gifting this morning. He advised to just re-gift for office parties instead of re-gifting to your friends. I feel like most people already have that down. A few years ago I was forced to participate in an office Secret Santa exchange. I have no idea what I … Read more
I have needed this in so many situations. It’s a good size to fit in your bag as well.
Does this even have anything to do with Christmas besides the caption?
Some days, I have trouble fixing my hair, but if I had an awesome unicorn horn to wear, the problem would be solved!
It’s already time to look ahead to spring trips. I found a lovely apartment in Rome, but I’m a bit confused by some of the house rules: “Guests are asked not to cackle and have a decent attitude in public areas of the building; so as not to throw the cards out of the windows … Read more
These evil pigs would like to wish you a merry Christmas! And maybe eat your children.
Because sometimes I need to have Lobster Claw hands.
No, this time it’s not a drunken moose, but a sledding contest for drunk people!
Happy Friday! Did you know this Sunday is the first of Advent? Well here’s a horrible vintage Christmas card to mark the occasion!
Some people like to give gifts of food. May I suggest Bubble Gum Cocktail Weiners?
I brought home some catalogs yesterday so the kids could start making their wish lists. It went about as well as expected.
While looking for ideas for this year’s family Christmas card, I got stuck in a hole of very disturbing vintage Christmas cards. Either people of that time were really messed up or had a totally hilarous sense of humor. You be the judge. I’ll kick off the weekend each Friday with one of these until … Read more
My youngest son was trying to figure out why people steal. “Sometimes people are poor, so they have no choice….. but, hey… wait a minute….. then how do they afford their theif outfit?”