Important news
This is the only story I felt was worth reading today on CNN. It was far more interesting than tennis...
Our visit to the doctor’s office
My youngest son got a tick in his head this weekend. It was removed by a camp doctor but unfortunately,...
Life NOT better for Brits in the 80s
I’m not talking about Margret Thatcher or the Falklands War. I’m talking about THIS horrible show, watched by British children...
Bugs! Get them off me!
This is why I can’t have any indoor plants. The minute I spot one bug on them, I throw...
I’m on this new bee diet
Many people wonder why people in Sweden don’t get fat at the end of the summer after eating loads of...
Pet Rock – The Next Generation
I told the kids I had a Pet Rock when I was their age. They thought I made it up....
K.F.C., ads and wallpaper paste
Yesterday, I got into a heated discussion with my son about how it’s possible for KFC to have so many...
A day at the beach
While many of our friends were posting pictures from their beach vacations on the Mediterranean, we were on the Texas...
Customs video FAIL
As usual, when we arrived in the U.S. last month, we were subjected to a special video that re-played every...
Not everything is bigger in Texas
A little nature lesson today. This is what ant beds look like in Sweden. They are made from pine needles...
Pig history
I’ve been reading “The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough this week, and while it’s a great book and I never...
12 Angry Birds
My youngest son was extremely excited yesterday when looking over our movie list and seeing that we had “12 Angry...
Cat in the Hat
My husband and kids have wanted to visit Japan for quite a while. Of course they all want to go...
Badgers!
This sign was just put up next to our building. Badgers! Yes! I’m keeping a lookout but I haven’t seen...
New book coming soon!
When you have around 6 months of winter and darkness here in Sweden, you can do one of three things....
Librarian work is way more exciting than I thought
This job ad came up over the weekend. It’s for a library assistant. I think they’ll get a lot of...
‘Scuse me while my pigeons die
This was my 8 year old’s interpretation of the famous line in Purple Haze this morning when I played it...
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...