Happy Swedish mother’s day
Today is Swedish mother’s day and I got one present from my youngest son a day early when I picked...
Can I Photoshop us into summer?
I thought maybe if I used Photoshop, I could make winter go away and feel better. I tried this picture...
Pay toilets
Someone today brought up how strange it is that many European countries have pay public toilets. This is something that’s...
Where’s MY emotional support peacock?
Have you ever been around a peacock for a long amount of time? They have the most horrifying scream. There’s...
It’s melting!
The snow is melting today and it’s just a big slush of muddy roads and giant slabs of ice falling...
I’m a cabbage man…
My husband got a special pickling jar for Christmas. He is currently buying all the cabbage available in Sweden and...
It’s like riding a bicycle
I was talking to another parent in my son’s class about the weather being so snowy and icy outside that...
My kind of jewelry
I like to wear jewelry, but I also like to be practical. Fortunately, I found the perfect necklace!
This is why your cashier wears gloves
Just another news story to encourage us all to use credit cards instead of cash.
Yes.
I never read the context of these articles. I pretend they are direct questions posted to me and then I...
One step removed celebrity recipes
A family member posted a recipe today for a Pinapple pie. The recipe was listed as being “Johnny Cash’s Mother’s...
Toothbrush thoughts
My son had a good dentist appointment this week and the dentist gave him a new toothbrush when he left....
Bicycles and mopeds are a conspiracy to sell more bandages
I haven’t been writing much lately as I don’t have time between having accidents, putting on bandages and bleeding everywhere....
And THAT’s why you always wear a helmet!
Today I learned that you can’t jump a curb full speed with your bicycle if you’re a 42-year old with...
Overheard conversation between my kids
Boy 1: Are you ok with guacamole on your tacos? Boy 2: You don’t seem to understand the meaning of...
How to get kids to eat less chips
“Well kids, they might be chips and they might be cobras. How about a nice apple instead?”
If the war comes…
We inherited this book from the 1960s that was apparently given out to Swedish citizens. It’s called “If the war...
Always be prepared
Sometimes I think I might have a touch of obsessive compulsive disorder, but then I remind myself that there’s nothing...
Nice try, local doctor’s office
I had to look up my doctor’s name to get a prescription filled yesterday so I went to my local...