School lunch
My son recently got back from a school trip to Tallinn, Estonia where his class visited another school. A nice...
Noisy neighbors
In Stockholm, there are laws about how close apartments can be built to a highway because of noise pollution. Buildings...
Flea market finds
At a flea market in Lisbon last weekend. If only it could have fit in my suitcase. Spara
Chores
Sometimes my husband and I wonder what our kids might say to a therapist when they get older. Last week,...
Healthy food/Tasty food
I was telling my oldest son about an article I read in Reader’s Digest about the Best Foods for your...
Buried news
With all the government news lately, I’m starting to feel that we might be losing focus on what’s happening in...
Face/Off
I did one of those Face Swap photos on the phone the other day with my 9-yr old son. They...
Quiet? I don’t know the word
I’ve spent the last 5 days alone with the kids and their various friends who come over to visit. My...
Christmas in Sweden – Food
We celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve and celebrations start with lunch at noon. Christmas food in Sweden is ham, pickled...
Wrong season, I know…
… but my son just told me this weekend about what happened when he went trick-or-treating this year in Stockholm...
Merry Victorian Christmas pt. 1
It’s that time of year again… time to wonder what kind of drugs people in the Victorian age were on...
I am a mole person
My husband posted this on Facebook yesterday: “The official report is in: Stockholm had only 35 minutes of sunlight in...
Eye troll
For the second time in a month, I’ve gotten a nasty eye infection. Yes, yes I know it’s my makeup...
Autumn is like a mini-Christmas
Autumn is the time to put away the flip-flops and bring out the fall jackets. No more sunglasses for the...
Unsuccessful soap ad
You think maybe they had a falling out with their advertising illustrator?
Menu with pictures not a hit
I thought I’d start a new thing at home where I make a menu of what we will have for...
Butt roll-on with fox scent
I’ve been doing some translating work on beauty products this week and thought I would share with you how tricky...
Everything was better in the …
… insert decade here. I’m sure you’ve gotten one of these emails before, or seen a post on Facebook about...
Get the leeches!
One of my favorite Saturday Night Live sketches is “Theodoric of York: Medieval Barber” with Steve Martin. In this sketch,...