We’ve got a busy day lined up tomorrow, which means I won’t be able to go back to bed after the kids go to school, which then means that I should have been in bed an hour ago, yet here I sit, waiting for Olof to finish working and Brynja to wind down enough that… Read More Hectic

So my neurologist called me this afternoon to follow up on our last appointment (which, by the way, took place eight months ago), and she figures it’s time for me to go back on interferon therapy. I balk a bit at the idea myself, so she said I should think it over and we can… Read More Slow-moving train

The fourth Thursday in November being just an ordinary workday here in Sweden, we had our Thanksgiving celebration yesterday evening. In years past we’ve had some pretty large crowds, with as many as five or six different families, but this year we scaled down quite a bit and enjoyed the feast with just our family–including… Read More Holiday

Over the past few years, I’ve seen mention made here and there of blue potatoes, but until a day ago I’d never seen them up close and personal. So when I stumbled upon them in the supermarket yesterday afternoon, I couldn’t resist buying a bag, of course, thinking it’d be fun to wow my kids… Read More Picky, picky

I guess my complaining about the weather must have reached the proper ears, because today we woke up to sunshine and blue skies. Here, photographic evidence, in case I find myself needing proof later on that it actually did happen:

I read in the paper this afternoon that our region of Sweden has had only five hours of sunlight so far this month. That’s five hours, folks, not five days. I’d better start making double sure that Brynja gets her vitamin D drops.

November really is the worst month in Sweden. With few exceptions, the days are grey and dull and the clouds hang so oppressively thick and low in the sky that it seems never to get truly light out. This year we haven’t even got snow on the ground to lighten things up a little. While… Read More Blah

I got a new cellphone today, the first brand-new one I’ve ever had. It’s nothing especially fancy–a Sony Ericsson K660i–but it’s got enough bells and whistles to make Lydia a little envious. I had to practically wrench it from her grasp this afternoon so that I could enter the settings and whatnot myself. She was… Read More Communication