You might recall that Tage and I have been taking Suzuki violin classes together since last fall. This evening was the year-end recital for first-, second-, and third-year students. Because they’re the real stars, only the kids were playing. Here’s a little peek at Tage, et al., playing a song called “Mikkel”.

Yrsa turned four months old yesterday, if you can believe it. I hardly can, myself.

So we’re two weeks into our new lifestyle and we’re starting to find our footing. Honestly, it’s not as bad as I feared it might be. I worried that I would do nothing but sit around waiting on Olof all day, counting the minutes until he came home. I do miss him, and it is… Read More What’s going on

These past few weeks we’ve bought quite a bit more than we usually do, particularly some bigger-ticket items. We’ve also bought a few smaller things for around the house, and there have been enough new items that Petra said the other day that “our whole house is changing.” It’s really not as drastic as all… Read More Such a guy

Remember this? Well, now we’ve got this: We never could end up finding a sectional sofa that fit all our requirements, but several weeks ago there was a flyer in the newspaper from one of the local furniture stores and it had a great price for this leather sofa set. We went in last month… Read More Update

Tomorrow Olof starts work at 8 a.m. sharp, and wouldn’t you know it, we got a notice late last week that Yrsa is expected at the doctor’s office for weighing and a shot at 10:45, which means not only do I have to hold her while she’s jabbed — something I really prefer to avoid… Read More Groan

Clearly I’m allergic to something, but it’s not immediately obvious just what. These blisters started showing up last week, and they’re only now getting better (thanks, most likely, to the low steroid dose I’ve been taking since yesterday). They’re not unlike the blisters I had when I got “sun eczema” a few years ago, so… Read More Afflicted

Another beautiful day today, with almost summer-like temperatures and just enough of a breeze to keep us from getting too warm. This afternoon we took advantage of it being the last day of Easter vacation and took the younger kids to the park next-door for a little picnic. It was so nice being out and… Read More Monday

Today was such a gorgeous day, easily the most beautiful Easter weather in all the years I’ve lived in Sweden. The temperature was in the high teens Celsius (60s F), and there were nothing but clear blue skies as far as the eye could see. We sat on Olof’s parents’ porch in our shirtsleeves and… Read More Påskafton*