Last year, we left NYC earlier and in a little more hurry than planned due to hurricane Sandy. Today, a year to the date, a hurricane is closing in on our coast line. Do not like this trend.
Category: Life in general
Happy, HAPPY anniversary
Time? It is a strange phoneme. You can not touch it, but you know it is there through memories, pictures and feelings. Today, one year ago, on top of NYC we said, what we decades before already had decided, to stick through thick and thin and to the ones we are. As individuals, as a…
364
364 days ago I was a all jittery as we where off to NYC in a day… our great trip. With so many memories that we love to return to. Like this one or this.
Tired of
I am tired of people in leading positions who: Do not listen Do not care about people Do not see consequences, when it involves people, but apparently can see consequences when it involves money … hmm strange… Do not see it as their responsibility to motivate people, but are more than happy to ask you how…
Educators
There are few things more giving, than a good conversation. Friday was one of these days and so was today. I had several good ones, but I really enjoyed the one with a friend who also happens to be (or work as, if you feel uncomfortable to equal a person with its proffession) a teacher….
My boys, my life
It must be impossible to have missed my boys. As any mother (I hope) I am so proud to have these individual around me. And little did I know 10 years back what effect their presence would have on me. This is my latest capture of the the two boy I once fantasized over 20…
To be proud of
Tuesday morning. No stress. No chaos. Still a Tuesday morning where time flies. In the car to work I reflect over the fact that I chose a different direction than before. When Fabian chose to wear his grumpy 7-year old mood and making it our fault that he didn’t want to eat breakfast. Instead of…
Have u seen this?
Here’s a clip from the Conan show where comedian, writer, producer, etc, etc, Louie C.K clarified, in five minutes, what your task is to be a parent and what life really is about. Brilliant!
Contemplation
The fireplace is burning, the wind i blowing, the rain is poring and life could not be much better. I have returned home after a week-end of laughter, discussion and reflection. Which usually is the result after seeing my childhood (and that is prior 18) friends. In a cabin, on the Swedish west coast we…
Attitude or simply put; stupid people
I say, once again, I am not surprised there are wars going on. Small people, with small self-worth needs to use bad attitudes towards other people… I am proud not not pick up the torch and add fuel to the discussion. I just write an angry reply telling the recipient how completely stupid it is…
No stress
The Friday didn’t go as planned. After a meeting I went to Sam’s teacher to help her to make distribution list for the school’s mail system. Partly to be a nice parent, partly because I really do not want to have the weekly updates on a piece of paper. We have all different skills in…
Wor(l)d of wisdom
Today I have been granted the pleasure of meeting several words of wisdom. One was delivered from my colleague, who is starting her fast as of tomorrow. She had a really interesting approach to hunger and actually all other feelings our body and mind encounters. But more important how we can meet these feelings. “It…
Re-run
I can’t believe the week-end is over, it has passed SOOOOO fast. The Mr has been working all week except Friday, but that was when I did my live here and now and when hardcore shopping with a friend of mine. Before that I started with a cup of coffee with combined with a loooooooooooooooong…
Long time no see, a short description of my current life
I can’t believe the week is over. It went so fast. There is a LOT going on at the moment, both professionally and personally. Schools is on its third week. Fabian who has been looking forward to starting first grade all summer, and bigger parts of the spring, suddenly got cold feet the day before…
The second day
They say that the second day after a work out always is the worst. They are right. After my killer (yeah, kind of) training yesterday the pain is slowly coming. This must be how Hans Wiklund feels. He who has done an extreme body journey. On the other hand is married to former topp model…
Equality
I just would like to share a video which came my way the other day. I support everything connected to equality (gender, religion, sexual orienation etc) . And I condem everything that has to do with hate. Hate and ignorance. Love is beautiful, always.
Chats
Today I had a wonderful lunch with an even more wonderful friend. A friend I found via work and who I can be absolutely 100% open and honest with. Someone I can share my inner most feelings and thoughts with. A friend who listens, supports and challenge me. Today she challenged me to make chocolate…
Love too much
Is it possible to love someone too much? So much, that your love for that person makes more problems for the person and for your self?
Congratulations all men
I must say it was a day of sadness the other day when Wentworth Miller released the news. Not so much that he is not coming to St Petersburg’s film festival. No, more so the fact that he is gays and I am not. On the otherhand me being gay, would’t help as he still…
Zzzzzzzz
So tired. A lot at work, good. A lot of other shit, not good.
Tomorrow is a huge day, huge
I will be a little late to work tomorrow. Reason? School starts. Our little one will start first grade. He has really been looking forward to it, until today. He thinks he will have a hard time to concentrate. To sit still. I told him, he’ll be fine. In one way or the other. He…
All worth it
Yesterday was a time warp for me and the Mr. The husband tied the football shoes on and entered his beloved pitch. With his home team, where he started and peaked he once again teamed up with the same old friends. The talks before and after the game, was all there. I took the later…
So what do I do
So, what do I do when my diligent colleagues stay with the big company and work hard. I wake up a little later than usual (this is an exception as the kids haven’t started school yet), I drink my morning coffee without any stress (and today the Mr joined, which is a bonus). I edit…
Suckers
He he, the small (?) devil inside me is laughing real hard. Thinking about them poor bastards who, at 9.30 pm on this very Sunday, are having a hard anxiety attack as they are off to work tomorrow, after a somewhat long and fabulous vacation. I started working a month ago and is well past…
What is important
Strange, huh, how life changes. Or how life changes you. And thank G*d for that. But still, how inefficient it is that we do not know what we know at 80 already at 20. Life would have been so much easier for that 20 year old. But it starts to hit me now, when touching…
What do you think about?
What do think about when you run? Or really what goes through your mind. Today, once again Sweden showed herself from the best of sides. The day have been really warm and I waited until 8:00 pm for my 7 k run. I did stop for some pictures, I just had to. My thoughts today…
All you need is…
… music, or really any form of art. But I would say, despite my unexisting musical sense, music is the form of art which, with ease, can bring you to the same level of high, which I believe (without knowing), the substabce abusers are going for. I mentioned this in this post. At the monent…
Goodbye summer
For some reason it felt like the last day of summer today. The weekend has been really hot, really, really hot. And we have enjoyed it. Today we went to Kattvik and further to the nature reserve Hovs Hallar. And if it was, it was a good one. With only one dog it is easier…
Limitless happiness
The answer to what brings you (OK me) limitless happiness is; When you find the forgotten (but not old) bag of candy with your favourite candy in the cupboard. And the fact that the kids are out and you can eat all you want! Hurray!
Hilarious
Already yesterday I wanted to write a post as tribute to my husband. Something I actually think is quite tacky thing to do in social media (just like posting an ridiculous amount of self portraits.. who does that?! … ;). It is something with the quadruple superlatives of one’s partner, that leaves me with the…
High on life baby, high on life (and without artificial substances)
Sitting on the train going back to Sweden after a short vacation to fab Copenhagen. The Mr, I and friends went to Robbie Williams’ concert. The Dock’s took the oppertunity for an extra day of vacation and walked about i the warm, WARM danish capital. Once again, just like last year with Coldplay at the…
More happy things and some false accusations
A friend of mine came to visit the other day. Just like today, the Swedish summer took a pause and the grey skies and winds conquered our country. But as we Swede’s live after they saying “There is no bad weather only poor clothing” (or no clothing in some cases…), we went out for a…
And the happy things
Yes, life goes on. Before our goodbye to Kinchie, we celebrated Fabian for his 7 (!) birthday. The other day I told him that soon it is time for “fritids” (the place school kids are after school and before parents pick them up after work) for some time before school starts. He first booed when I…
All they need is love
It is so clear that the only thing our children want is our time and ability to be here and now. Yesterday, for the first time in a long (two, maybe three, months) time, I read to my children. It has always, since they were really small, been something we have done at bedtime. That…
Busted
Went upstairs to tuck in the kids. Came down and found this. We have 100% animal free sofa… . We later felt sorry for him and invited him here instead.
I think it is called denial
2 days to go. I am reading the information thoroughly. I know where to pick up the start nummer, when the bus leaves to the town where the start goes. I know hos and where the race goes (will have a closer look tomorrow). But I have no idea how far 21098 meters are. I…
Late LATE mornings
One side (have not decided if it is positive or not) is that our mornings during our vacation have become very late. 09.30/10.00 is when we are all up and try to have some breakfast… Which leads to a late lunch etc etc. And really nothing absolutely NOTHING gets done. But I guess that is…
Knock-out
Here he is. Our little soccer player. After 4 days of soccer camp he decided to fall a sleep in the sofa. He loved it. He will not play defense. It sucks.
That coach
Last week Sam was alone at swim practice. The head coach was the stand in as his ordinary coach was away. I realized quite fast that I was to witness great coaching from a dedicated and skilled coach. He was disciplined. I am not for that east european (the head coach is from Poland…) style…
Phuuuu
It is great. Great! To have a customer feedbacken that they love your work.
Late night
Having a movie date with the Mr. It is going to be late. One week from vaction so I’ll take that. Django it is and it is goooooood (script, photography, music). Can always trust that Taratino. …And 15 minutes later, crule. It is so crule.
Happy birthday Sweden
Today was Sweden’s national day. Since Midsummer is “our” informal national day, and celebrated since the times of Thor, while 6 June has only been a bank holiday for seven years, we have much to learn on how to celebrate a nation’s birthday. I celebrated it with some work, slow breakfast, meeting up with a…
Louise Dock 