I finally made my first trip of the year to my favorite plant nursery, and they had so many pelargoniums I wanted that I had a hard time narrowing it down to three. Actually, my first pick was a no-brainer — they had the Orange Rosenknopp that I’ve been coveting for months and months and… Read More Flower Thursday!

Sometimes I think my husband’s life would be a lot easier if he had married a Swedish woman (though, of course, if she were Swedish it is highly unlikely that they’d be married). If he had a Swedish sambo, he probably wouldn’t have to listen to her complain about him bringing home pickled herring and… Read More Food Fight

Though I always have at least one cat, I am not a cat person. While I have varying degrees of fondness for my own cats, I don’t particularly like cats in general. I’m not one to gush over pictures of kittens–they have a brief window of cuteness, but puppies beat them all to hell in… Read More That Darn Cat

I’ve been a crocheting fool lately, making baby hats like it’s going out of style. Because I find myself short of words at the moment, you’ll have to content yourselves with pictures of my three latest designs: And just because he’s cute as all get-out, you also get a picture of Tage:

Today I had an appointment with a new psychiatrist to work up a plan for weaning myself off of Zoloft. Last summer I had been planning to go off it entirely before we even started trying for a baby, but after discussing it with my original doctor, I decided to keep taking it through the… Read More Friday

Earlier today we ventured out in the snow (yes, it snowed this morning!) for a checkup with the midwife. It was an uneventful appointment, which was good. My weight is up only one kilogram from four weeks ago and the baby is measuring right on time. Less good is that my iron is still low,… Read More 28 Weeks and Counting

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