Tag: Sweden
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This is why Sweden is the best!
Here is the newest song from the government run kids channel. Hip Hip Hurrah for Periods! Complete with dancing tampons! Special lyrics – drippity drip, droppity drop, Here it comes […]
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Sweden has political problems too
(Be sure to read the caption on the photo. I wouldn’t want this weasel to be blamed for anything.)
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The elk did it!
I knew it! It’s always the elk. You can’t hide those antlers in a security video!
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Fermented herring
This was on The Local today. Umm…. I don’t think the world was asking, nor do they care to know.
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Available jobs in Stockholm
I work two part-time extra time jobs here in Stockholm, so sometimes I check to see if there might be a third extra time job I might be able to […]
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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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Riddle: What do all Swedes do when it rains?
Answer: They go to Ikea of course! (ok, not really a riddle… more of a question…. and pretty lame, I know.) We made our bi-annual, required by Swedish law, trip […]
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Drinking wine and eating a baguette on bonfire night
Yes, we take a lot of trips. At the moment, we are in Paris. You may say, “How come you can travel so much? Don’t people work in Sweden?” The […]
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I control you now, Sweden!
This week, I speak for the entire country of Sweden. Sweden’s Twitter account has a new leader every week. On their website, it states: Every week, someone in Sweden is […]
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Advertising to children
Many people in Texas are often surprised when we visit at how seriously our kids take the commercials. When we’ve been there, they’ve told me things like, “Mamma! You should […]
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Hot dog vending machine
Though I generally feel that America is ahead of Sweden when it comes to ridiculous items in vending machines, I do have to admit that Sweden wins this round - a hot dog vending machine.
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Hey, I wrote a book, ya know.
I wrote a little collection of essays about being a Texan living in Sweden.
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I’m a tap dancer!
Snow grippers are great until you get them caught between the ridges of an escalator.
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Thanksgiving in Sweden
Happy Thanksgiving Americans. Here’s my Swedish Thanksgiving meal. It’s called Thursday soup.
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Halloween in Stockholm
When I arrived in Stockholm 2000 they hardly knew what Halloween was. But today I give you – Halloween Globen! (One of our stadiums). It even lights up orange and […]
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My (fake) namesday
In Sweden, every day has a name attached to it. Why is this? I really don’t have time to Google it, I gotta pick up my kids in 20 minutes. […]
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Blood Pudding
My oldest son had his 10th birthday this week. I told him he could have anything he wanted for dinner, so he chose – Blood Pudding. Blood Pudding? You know, […]
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87.5 and not one minute more!
Sweden is great because sometimes you can get 50% jobs as well as 75% jobs. It works out well especially if you have kids to pick up from daycare or […]