I've been back in the states since a couple of weeks back and I'll be "over here" for another week ( Read more... )

Here's a BIG happy dappy super slappy flappy pappy HAPPY HAPPY birthday to lizardek who always wishes birthday boys and girls happy birthday in some fun wordplay way!

Next sushi date's on me Lizalicious!

This is me holding Michele, circa 1986.


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Our local library recently had a sale on older magazines. I got six issues of a women's magazine for just 20 kronor. For you American readers that's approximately 3 bucks. (A few days later they were giving away those that hadn't sold and I got five more magazines for free!)

I now have a nice little pile of these magazines on the coffee table out on ( Read more... )

Years ago I read someone's idea that the things that change your life happen more often in the middle of an ordinary Tuesday than on big-planned-event-days. It resonated with me then, just weeks after the otherwise ordinary Tuesday when I found out that my then-husband was having an affair with a woman in his office. (An event which ended up giving ( Read more... )

My four week vacation ended yesterday.

Today I happened to wake up all perky at 6am (even though my alarm was set for 9) so I got up, showered in my wonderful outdoor shower, took a walk, put on some real clothes (including a BRA!), went to my desk where I took a couple of calls that felt more like catching up with old friends than working, drove to ( Read more... )

* We had the delicious pleasure of a weekend visit from an old friend of Björn's. There are people in this world who are just easy to be with - people who fit into your home as if they lived there with you - and he is one of those kinds of comfortable people. R: you are welcome back absolutely anytime and I promise next time not to serve you a big ( Read more... )

* I am so glad that I flew home before the volcano in Iceland blew its top. I have a colleague who stayed an extra week in the states to visit his family in California. I have another colleague who had planned a two-week vacation in New York. He's still there, waiting to come home to Finland and she's still here hoping to salvage some of her long- ( Read more... )

When I first moved to Sweden Björn was a part of a small group of friends who always met on New Year's Eve. They were very kind to include me in their traditions the first few years, but we haven't been a part of that gathering the past couple of years. (I'm pretty sure it's not my fault that our invitations went missing but frankly I do wonder if ( Read more... )

It is just amazing and wonderful and a little bit embarrassing how incredibly wonderful my life is and how much I love every aspect of it.

I wish everyone could feel this way.