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Today was Olof’s and my first wedding anniversary. Not such a big deal, really, because we lived together for a couple of years before we got married, and we just had an almost-spur-of-the-moment courthouse wedding, but it’s an anniversary just the same. Olof surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of tulips this morning, and also… Read More Anniversary

I really need to get a new mouse for my computer upstairs so that I can stay more connected to my online life! I keep meaning to post here and to check the few message boards that I post regularly on, but I’m not spending much time downstairs at this computer these days. I must… Read More Twentieth Day

I feel like I should write an entry, but I just don’t have anything to write about right now. Now that the holidays are past and Lydia is back in school and Olof is back to work, sameness dominates my life once again. I’m not bothered by sameness, but it doesn’t make for exciting journal… Read More Miscellaneous

I got up late this morning and when I came out into the kitchen, Lydia was just coming in from the living room with a pair of scissors in one hand, a hank of hair in the other, and very short, very uneven bangs zig-zagging across her forehead. Why, oh why, does she do that?… Read More Hair today . . .

It’s late and I’m supposed to be getting ready for bed, but I sneaked into Olof’s office to write a quick entry after I took the dogs out and hanged up the laundry. How’s that for a switch — Olof upstairs waiting for me to come up to bed and me sitting down here playing… Read More Quickie

We did end up going to town this afternoon, so Lydia got her McDonald’s fix, and I got to do some grocery shopping. I got pretty much everything I need for Olof’s birthday party tomorrow (well, just dinner and dessert with his family, but we’re calling it a party to make Lydia happy), but I… Read More Sunday

This is probably the fifth time in the past few days that I’ve sat down and started to type up an entry, but one thing or another (usually Tage) has prevented me from getting anything posted. Come hell or high water, I will post this entry! Things are going along more or less okay around… Read More Playing catch-up

Lydia is sleeping over at her cousin’s house tonight, which is a nice change of pace, as we’ve had friends of hers over three nights in the past week. I usually don’t mind when her friends spend the night, but a little goes a long way for me, and three nights in one week is… Read More Kid stuff

We had a nice, relaxing day at home today, which was definitely called for after all the hectic Christmas celebrations. Like most people living in Sweden, we had the “main event” yesterday afternoon/evening, and we spent several hours over at Olof’s sister’s house with her family and their parents. We did all the usual Christmas… Read More Post-holiday update