The turkey has been roasted and eaten. The Packers just kicked the opening kickoff of the Packers-Lions game. There is so much that I am grateful for this year. Mostly, I'm grateful for my family. Grateful that they are so wonderful that I miss them terribly this time of year.

I'm off to watch the game and knit some socks. Carry on.



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Happy 2011 to you all! It's started out just fine here (although, we are still on the edges of our seats watching the Swedish team playing Canada in *overtime in the World Junior Hockey Championships). How about where you are ( Read more... )

Tonight was julbord (think smörgåsbord with Swedish Christmas food) and the Christmas show at school. I was there almost 12 hours today. I'm exhausted, but I had a great time. Tomorrow the students finish around lunchtime and then we (the personnel) will have a common coffee break in the afternoon, before we head off to various corners of Sweden to ( Read more... )

Advent is a big thing here in Sweden. It's time to start pulling out the Christmas decorations, lighting the candelabra in the window and preparing for Christmas. So, I think I'll crank up the Christmas music, do a little bit of cleaning and pull out some window lights.



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Shhh, don't tell anyone, but in 1½ weeks I'll be leaving to spend Thanksgiving in Indy with my daughters and granddaughter...

YAY!!!



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Yesterday morning I left home and 1 bus and 3 trains later, I arrived at E & S's house in Malmö just in time for Disney cartoons and julbord (Christmas smörgåsbord). Dinner was fine, but after eating the same thing 3 times in 5 days and being limited in what one can eat that doesn't include carbs, I didn't eat very much. Shortly after that Tomten ( ( Read more... )

Salmon in Swedish is lax. But, I have not been salmon in my blogging ( Read more... )

Things here at Chez Sandykins have been very busy and life has conspired to keep me from posting to LJ, or I have just been lazy about it, one or the other. So, you are going to get a bullet list of things and goings on.

Oh, before I forget... Happy Birthday to my friend andy51! I hope you are reading this! Have a great day! Hope to plan a trip your way ( Read more... )

Greetings from the old new world! A happy and prosperous New Year to you all ( Read more... )

Here's the tree all decorated. L & I are down on Malmö to celebrate Christmas Eve with his children. We are staying with E & S and their children. They put up the tree last night while I was busy finishing my Christmas knitting.


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