I felt like a very successful hostess last night, with thirteen of the sixteen kids we invited showing up for the party (twelve of them in full, elaborate costume!). I knew it would be a good night when Magda, arbiter of All Things Cool, gave this verdict (translated and paraphrased, of course) ten minutes after… Read More Halloween Recap

So tonight was the night of the long-awaited Halloween party. It went mostly according to plan–I think “mostly” is the best you can hope for when it comes to two hours with fourteen second-graders–and everyone seemed to have a good time. I’m totally worn out, so details will have to wait, but I’ll leave you… Read More The Big Blowout!

This afternoon Tage fell on the porch and bit a nasty gash in his tongue. It looks horrible (we tried several times to get a picture, but we couldn’t get one that showed the true horrible-ness — it’s about a centimeter wide and it gapes like an actual wound when he sticks out his tongue),… Read More Boys will be boys?

For a couple of hours this afternoon I was a member of Blog Explosion, a new site that promises to dramatically increase the number of hits on one’s blog. Depending as I do on validation from strangers, I hurried to sign up first and ask questions later. I’m always on the lookout for great blogs,… Read More Explosive!

I really should get up and do something–make a fresh cup of tea, at least–but the sun is so nice and warm shining through the kitchen window onto my shoulders that I can’t bring myself to move.

They’re so cute when they’re sleeping: Oh, and I forgot to post a picture of the flowers Helena brought me when she came over yesterday afternoon. Aren’t they gorgeous?!

I am really sick of my dogs right now. As bad luck would have it, Asbjørn is one of those “rare exception” male dogs who can still “do the deed” after being neutered. Making matters worse, in this country it’s nigh-on impossible to have a female dog spayed (the surgery costs roughly $800 American —… Read More In the doghouse

In with our usual Sunday-afternoon ads, we got a new “magazine,” Vardag & Fest. Because I’m a sucker for magazines–even a fifty-page advertisement booklet in magazine’s clothing–I read it cover to cover. Most of the stuff I either already buy or wouldn’t consider buying, but three new items caught my eye. First, Vegetarian Tacomix, by… Read More Vi fick hem nåt gott i brevlådan idag.*

It’s been a couple of days since I posted an entry, but seriously, I’ve got nothing. I do have a little anecdote that’s a bit funny, but I think it loses quite a bit in the telling. I’ll lay it on you anyway. Today Lydia’s school had an open house, meaning that all the kids… Read More Saturday

The acquisition of the scanner has brought to life a barely-dormant nostalgia within me, and I’ve spent a good bit of the past several days poring over my old photos, scanning them, and transferring them over to our server. I expect that there will be at least a couple of “ah, those were the days”… Read More The way I was — the Teenage Years