So yesterday was my birthday, but so far it’s shaped up to be a whole week of celebration. Monday afternoon Debbie, Helena, and Melanie came over and spent the afternoon. We ate lots of baked goodies and they brought me a bouquet of gorgeous flowers and a very, very cool clock. Lydia also talked me… Read More The Big 3-2

Stavfel was mentioned in Dagens Nyheter, one of the major newspapers in Sweden! It’s listed as “Utlänningar i Sverige skriver på svenska” under DN tipsar om 20 läsvärda svenska bloggar (DN suggests 20 Swedish blogs worth reading). Very cool!

So Lucy’s in heat again, and I’ve come to the conclusion that we simply must have her spayed in the next few months because this is the last time I want to have to deal with it. First, it’s gross and nasty; second, it’s too much of a hassle trying to keep her and Asbjørn… Read More Saturday

The most common complaint I hear from other expats in Sweden is that Swedes are cold and unfriendly. Word on the expat message boards has it that it takes years and years even to be accepted, let alone welcomed, into Swedish society and that the locals are so anti-social that even making eye contact with… Read More People person

It’s been snowing all day, and not just a little. As a matter of fact, it’s snowed every day for the past five days, and now it’s starting to stick. And to think that two weeks ago I was sitting out on the porch in short sleeves and my stocking feet. Mother Nature, you fickle… Read More It’s a regular winter wonderland out there.

Tage and I got home from Stockholm on Saturday afternoon, to no-one’s greater relief than Tage’s own. He loved the planes, trains, and automobiles, but when we weren’t actually in the act of travel, his most oft-repeated words were, “I want to go home,” “I want to go to Daddy,” “I want to go to… Read More Home again, home again

Lately I’ve been bad about posting regularly, but I just haven’t had much to say. It’ll be at least a few more days before I make a “real” post, since I’m on the way out of town to spend some time with a friend who’s had some very bad news, and don’t anticipate writing while… Read More Brief update

This afternoon I mentioned to Lydia that the baby’s kicks were so hard that they actually hurt me. She made concerned face and entreated me earnestly, “No matter what it does, don’t let it out!” * * * * * * When it was getting close to dinnertime, I went into the living room and… Read More Vignettes

Most of the time I think that I having Olof work from home is a great thing for our family, but there’s a downside, too. Of course, working in an office wouldn’t guarantee that he worked 9-5 days, but it would probably mean that he wouldn’t work until sunrise the way he has the past… Read More Friday

I had just gotten comfortable in my bed last night a few minutes before eleven o’clock when Lydia came into the room. She had complained earlier about having an upset stomach, but I put it down to all the junk food she’d eaten when she and Olof had gone to town to see Robots at… Read More Thursday