I went poking around online today, looking for evidence to support the claim I made to Olof that orange cats are rarely female.  I found support aplenty, and also this interesting tidbit:  as uncommon as orange female cats are, long-haired orange females are even less often seen.  Only one in a hundred orange cats is… Read More Ginger

We woke this morning to find a blanket of snow on the ground.  It was a very thin blanket, maybe a centimeter or so, but the kids were happy to see it. After spending at least a solid minute admiring the white stuff out the kitchen window, Tage turned to me and said, “Now we… Read More Conservationist

Petra’s quite taken lately with the Playhouse Disney program, Lazy Town, and tonight at bedtime she asked for a pair of Stephanie pajamas.  Tage laughed dismissively and told her there wasn’t any such thing.  I guess she’ll have the last laugh when the pair I just found on eBay arrives in the mail.

Surprisingly, after last night, things were good between Lydia and me today.  There were no harsh words between us at all this morning, and when she came home from school she cleaned up the living room then set the table for dinner, all without being asked.  Even better, she willingly did a few little chores… Read More A better day

Lydia needs to learn that if she’s going to complain to her friends about how stupid and mean I am, she really should save it until she’s out of earshot.

Here in Sweden, Father’s Day is celebrated this weekend, so we were invited down to my in-laws’ house for a family fika (coffee and dessert), followed a couple of hours later by a surströmming dinner.  Because she is the kindest woman on the planet, my mother-in-law not only gave me a pass for the dinner… Read More Something fishy