Tag: summer
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Decorate your balcony… by moving somewhere else
I’m looking up ideas to decorate our balcony for the summer. I came across this list of beautiful balconies. I like the balcony pictured here, but I have a feeling […]
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Someday…
“Someday, when the weather is better…” began my son the other day. “Um, the weather is sunny and beautiful outside,” I replied before he finished his sentence. A surprised look […]
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Sure, the green nail polish felt summery and fresh until the lady at the party offered me a napkin so I could “get that avacado dip off” my nails.
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4th of July in Texas
It’s that time of year again! 4th of July – and we’re spending it in Texas. Let me write the equivalent of a school essay to help explain the 4th […]
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Oh thank goodness…. summer is saved!
I like the use of the word “fruit-related heist.” I’m going to work that into my conversations more often.
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Midsommar and EVIL Midsommar
This past weekend, we celebrated Midsommar here in Sweden. It’s a celebration of the longest day (though that’s actually yesterday, I believe), where Swedes dance around a Maypole like frogs…. […]
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A distaster of Swedish proportions
This headline is in The Local Sweden online news today. Once again, if this is the biggest disaster Sweden faces, I’m glad to live in this country.
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BlueBell off the shelves. Texas mourns.
As anyone living in Texas or the southern U.S. knows, BlueBell ice cream is one of the best things to come out of Texas. Most Texans eat nothing else. Recently, […]
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Why are Swedes not the happiest in the world?
Well, did you ask them during the month of January? That could be part of your problem.
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I will never understand
It’s the time of year again when some Swedes eat rotten fish. Yes, rotten. It’s called Surströmming. It’s fish in a can that has been allowed to ferment at least […]
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Slip-N-Slide
When I was growing up, there was a new water toy called the Slip-N-Slide that you could set up in your own backyard for hours of fun during the summer. […]
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Why does my children’s school torture the kids?
Here is the school planning for this week: “This week the children will continue to work with the summer season. Last week they looked at a day at the beach. […]
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Heat lamp for the summer
We had to buy a heat lamp last week for the balcony so we can enjoy sitting outside IN THE SUMMER. That’s right, it’s June and we bought a heat […]
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Caterpillars in my hair
I spent an hour the other day with a caterpillar crawling in my hair. I talked with my husband, typed on the computer and drank tea… all with a caterpillar […]
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Spooky sunbathing
Took a walk today at lunch through a graveyard. I’ve always thought it was creepy that they built a hospital across the street from a graveyard. Half of the patient […]