Tag: winter
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My eyes!
This bright yellow ball pushed through our sky here in Stockholm yesterday. It seemed familiar, as though something from a long time ago, back when we didn’t wear coats. Some […]
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Oh, it’s that time of year again…
…you guessed it – Winter Vomit Disease! As usual, I still contend that I never heard of this horrible thing until I moved to Sweden. You northerners have some messed-up […]
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It must be winter
You ever have one of those days where you think, “man, my hand’s been hurting for like 15 minutes” then you look down and your thumb is covered in blood? […]
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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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How a Texan survives the Swedish winter
Today it has officially gone below freezing. You know what that means – I now switch to the winter coat! But that’s not really what this blog is about. As […]
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Winter coat dilemna
Today is 5 c outside and cloudy. Winter coat or fall coat? This question has been troubling me all week. Living in Sweden, I’m reluctant to take on the winter […]
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Advantages to grocery shopping in Sweden
In the months of November through April, I don’t have to rush home with the ice cream.
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You can’t win
The temperature is right at freezing and rainy. I put my youngest son in warm socks and a hat and he is sweating. I take off the socks and hat […]
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Winter Vomit Disease!
I got this email today at work: “Winter vomiting disease will soon be here, most active between November and April.” So ring the bells, lalala… it’s winter vomiting time again! […]
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More posts about the darkness
Unfortunately, I don’t mean the music group… It’s become even darker this week. I woke my youngest son up today who kept complaining that I was a horrible mother for […]
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Getting darker
It’s already getting darker outside. It’s supposed to be gradual after the autumn equinox. Just a couple of minutes a day. LIES! It jumped an hour earlier just 2 days […]
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Garbage
I used to live in a building with a trash chute in the stairwell. That was the greatest. I could walk 3 steps outside my door in my pajamas and […]
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Winter Olympics
I’m hearing a lot about the Winter Olympics going on, but it can’t possibly be as exciting as my own personal Winter Olympics going on each day. I have to […]
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Snow Chaos!!!!
The news reported yesterday that we were going to get a little snowstorm today with another foot of snow. It’s been advised that people should stay indoors if possible and […]
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Icicle of Doom
My son thought he heard Santa Claus this morning up on our roof. I didn’t think about it very much until I went outside and realized that there were several […]