Since I dont have (and the way it looks like right now, I will never have) kids in Sweden, I dont know what kids do for after school activities over there. And when I think about what I did as a kid,...
I havent been an alien long enough to crave this Dalahäst carpet. But give me another 5-10 years, and I might spend some $2000 to get some real Scandinavian feeling in my house. (Picture from Scandin...
When I moved out, 10 years ago, it was before SVTPlay, e-book readers or Skype. At least it was in the time of the DVD so you could bring Swedish DVDs with you - if you hacked your DVDplayer. TV3s sh...
We have decided to repeat last years success and spend New Years Eve downtown and watch the fireworks - one at 9 pm and one at midnight. Im Swedish (or European) at heart - I need the year to go out ...
Sometimes the lack of standards here makes me crazy... it sure would make life easier and less adventurous... In our house we have five closets with sliding doors. We have decided to exchange the doo...
When I started up this blog in 2006, I had already been writing my personal family blog (but called it "diary") for over 3 years (and I still do - going on over 7 years now with daily updates...
Dear readers (if youre still out there), after a busy couple of months I had to take some time off my dear blog and focusing on other things. Now on Christmas break - I decided to take some time to m...
Whenever Im in Stockholm, I try to find the time to walk through Södra Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery) and visit my grandmothers grave. I grew up next to the cemetery so this is my well know...
What have I been up to this fall? Looking back - Im not sure - it feels its still - or at least should be August - but obviously Im stuck in the past. I have done some travels - a couple of trips to ...
The success of Stieg Larsson in the US is amazing - everywhere you go, every newspaper you read - youll find the books displayed and can read stories about him and his books. The Americans are obsess...
Every year we have the kids dress up and sing Lucia songs at the local IKEA. This year we also got a chance to to it a little bit more for "real" - a local Lutheran church let us sing in thei...
We got unexpected (Swedish) family guests over Thanksgiving and decided that we for once would cease the all American tradition and put together a real Thanksgiving. So we had them watch the Thanksgi...
To add to stress during my few weeks in Europe - I had managed to plan a trip to Toulouse where a old and very good, dear friend was tying the knot. She was getting married the same day as the Crown ...
After a very busy spring I took off with the kids for a couple of very busy weeks in Sweden. Working and visiting isnt a good combination. Youll end up in a weird situation when friends and family as...
Weve had a busy week.When Eyjafjallajökull decided it was time to wake up last Wednesday night my paretnts was en route to Sweden from CapeTown connecting in Amsterdam and my sister-in-law with famil...
I get tons of direct marketing material from apparel stores. Somehow I've ended up in a register and every day I find them waiting in my mailbox, no matter if I shop from them or not. Some of them ar...
When I flew back from Sweden, I had to go through Frankfurt. That means that you'll end up on a jumbo, either United's or Lufthansa's. Both are horrible. The are huge, old and outdated. I ended up on...
I like semlor. Even though it's basically just a bun with cream and some almond paste. It's a hazzle to make them on your own (and I actually think bought ones turn out better...). I was too lazy thi...
Since I grew up in Stockholm, I'm used to get around using public transportation. It's usually the quickest way if you're downtown and there is a subways system. And if you've used one system, you've...
During my visit to New York I got the opportunity to spend an evening at Madison Square Garden, watching New York Knicks play the Detroit Pitsons (where we have Swedens' first NBA player, Jonas Jereb...
New York might be in the same country and on the same continent, but it's still far from California. Getting there from here takes a whole day of boring flying. You don't just "pop by New York". I di...
I've been on the road and done a little airport hopping. Had to spend some time in New York and then continuing to Stockholm, Sweden. I used to be pretty good with jetlag - but these days, westbound ...
I saw this picture in the newspaper over the weekend. "Looks great!", I thought when I saw the picture of the wooden stair case. Then I read the text and yeah... sure enough... the wooden stairs case...
Last week we got notice that our Daughter, who is in 1st Grade, has now formally been moved from the ESL status to FEP - meaning going from limited English proficiency to fluent English proficiency. ...
When I signed up for the office I had to sign the lease by identifying myself... with my thumb print... Just like when we bought the house, the Notary came in when signing and got our thumb prints in...
All our walls were white when we moved into our house. And for years we've thought about adding more color - especially to the living room. But since we have 5 meters to the ceiling in half of the ro...
Last weekend our freezer failed. And here - that means that your whole refrigerator system breaks down since the freezer and the refrigerator parts are always connected. The Husband had just arrived ...
After a couple of weeks of having my foot in two places - I'm now moved in to my new studio. It's a 1 minute and 37 second drive or a 15 minute walk from my home office - so it's almost like working ...
After been working from home for 9 years - I'm finally getting an office outside the house. It's going to be great! We used to have a great home office in the house - but as the family grew, sp...
I must say that so far my flying experience this year wasn't too bad. I gave myself a lot of time and braced myself for crazy security lines - but in the end - I can't say I felt any extra security a...
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