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L’eggo my … Lego

November 20, 2006

I’ve been on an eBay and Tradera frenzy for the past several weeks, and my mailbox is overflowing with the evidence.  Every day I find some new thing that I never knew I needed, and before too long it’s winging its way to me.  Right now I’m trying mightily to resist bidding on a Lego… Read More L’eggo my … Lego

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Faster again*

November 19, 2006

I’m an auntie again. My brother, Bill, and his wife welcomed their second daughter on Thursday, November 16. She weighed in at 8 pounds, 6 ounces (3.8 kg), and measured 21 inches (53 cm), which, incidentally, is precisely the same size Lydia was when she was born. Her name is Seneca Marie, a nice match… Read More Faster again*

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Gourd times

November 18, 2006

Olof, the little kids, and I ventured out into the slush and fog this afternoon and came home bearing not one, but four pumpkins, as well as a half-dozen sweet potatoes and a frozen turkey. I’ve already roasted one of the pumpkins, and will shortly get going on the next. Now I have just about… Read More Gourd times

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Preparation

November 17, 2006

I finally roasted the pumpkin that’s been sitting on my counter for a month or so.  It turned out to be really good and flavorful, but unfortunately I got only enough purée for one pie.  Worse, all of the grocery stores I’ve been to are out of pumpkins so I might not be able to… Read More Preparation

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Nostalgia

November 16, 2006

We’ve been going through the pictures we’ve got stored on the computers, cleaning up a little before Olof burns some back-up disks. Among the treasures was this one of Lydia, one of my absolute favorites of her. She was not quite 17 months old here, so only a few weeks older than Petra is now.… Read More Nostalgia

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Halfway

November 15, 2006

Today Helena, Tage, and I made an impromptu trip to town to surprise Melanie with a present that we’d bought her, do some grocery shopping, and have a quick cup of coffee at Wayne’s.  We left Skellefteå at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and it was already  pitch dark.  Between the long, dark winters and… Read More Halfway

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Family Ties

November 14, 2006

Today is my grandma’s birthday. Or, it would be, I suppose. She would have been 74 today. She died in May 2003, when she was 70. Until a friend read me the obituary over the phone, I thought she was 69 when she died. I remember my brothers and I going to the county fair… Read More Family Ties

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Tage explains it all.

November 13, 2006

Dad is not a man, Tage said. He’s not? I asked. No, he’s a dad. And boys are not mans, they’re little guys. They’re just little bit tiny guys. And little boys can’t work big computers.