Coca-Cola Revives and Sustains
I’m spending my morning looking for a list of Coke slogans on Wikipedia. No reason really, other than I got...
Fake freckles
My kid does this once a month to his face and all he needs is an old Sharpie marker. I’m...
Last-minute gift ideas?
For the person who has everything… Well, I bet they don’t have THIS!
My kind of jewelry
I like to wear jewelry, but I also like to be practical. Fortunately, I found the perfect necklace!
Gifts for enemies
It’s the giving season! I’ve picked out this special gift for a number of people on my enemies Christmas list!...
Selling a jacket online. An unfortunately true story.
Jacket for sale – $10. — Message from Woman: I’m interested. I’d like to try it on. Me: Ok, here’s...
Typical Swedish magazine
While waiting in line at the grocery store, I spotted the magazine rack, which is pretty much what one would...
Unintentionally fashionable
When I fell off my moped this weekend and ripped up my jeans, both of my sons said, “Well, now...
Fancy dishwasher
Our new dishwasher is too complicated for me. We had our old dishwasher replaced after it finally refused to wash...
Fashion
Found this shirt for my husband, but he didn’t want it. Man, he’s picky when it comes to fashion.
Why we aren’t allowed in the makeup section
This is what happens when you need to shop for lipstick and leave your kids alone for 5 minutes.
Rules of Swedish advertising
Here in Sweden, advertising rules are fairly strict. No advertising to children. No cigarette or alcoholic beverage ads on tv....
Unrealistic language courses
I do a few lessons each day on the Rosetta Stone program in Italian. Today, my problem is not necessarily...
Food trucks
We may finally have hamburger and taco trucks in Stockholm, but we still haven’t reached Lisbon’s standards:
Flea market finds
At a flea market in Lisbon last weekend. If only it could have fit in my suitcase. Spara
Alexa and Google -best friends or robot revolution leaders?
Following my post last week on Alexa, or the Amazon Echo, we sensed Alexa might be lonely and added a...
Wish list
Why does my husband ask me for a Christmas wish list if he isn’t going to buy anything I put...
Kids don’t like my costume suggestions
It’s Halloween time again. I found these great costumes from the 70s for our kids to wear. Apparently, they are...
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...