Well it has been here earlier this year. But now I see it. Spring sits in the neighbour’s tree. Green buds of life. Thank the lord, life has returned once again.
Category: Not really sure what this is about
I am the power
You realize you are one important target group when Coca Cola makes a altered re-run of your youth in their commercials. Striking cords in our nostalgic us. I remember that this was the first time I understood that songs (and people) could be bought in the face of commerce (and I was total confused when the…
Mathematics
Some have apparently done some calculations and come up with the fact that 25 years ago myself and others graduated from 9:th grade (which you can say is the equivalent of 8:th grade in the US). This makes it time for – reunion. Exciting.
Flower power
Getting flowers is grand. It means that the giver have been thinking of you when you’re not around. When you get them from your child is even better. ❤️❤️❤️
Mr B
This year we remembered it. His birthday. Our beloved ridgeback Buddy. Buddy is kind. The most important character for any dog. For burglers he is big enough (even if he from a ridgeback perspective is quite small). and his bark has pondus, which always makes me feel safe when the Mr is away. He doesn’t…
Half an hour
A walk for half an hour is what you need. I have no scientific proof behind this statement. But it felt good. A half an hour walk by the beach with a happy dog and you have the best possible base for a good day.
Who would have known?
Friends and food (in that order) is what I love the most after my family. Today I met with two friends. Actually two former colleagues who turned into friends, for some well needed conversations. I got served a vegetarian lasagna made of bean (!) pasta and home made tomato sauce. As I said I love…
Bad looser, worse winner
I am sure I am not alone. I am a really poor looser, publicly I can make efforts to not let it show, but privately… no way. When it comes to winning I have no boundaries, neither publicly or privately. This my son found out today (again) after a round of Uno. But then again,…
Now also available in Swedish
I have been blogging about life in seven (!) years now. Gee. For many different reasons I have done it in English, rather than my first language – Swedish. But to be able to be more relevant for the questions I am passionate about; present Swedish society, I have started a blogg in Swedish to (yes,…
Queen of the slopes
After the first full day (six hours excl. lunch and one fika stop) of skiing there isn’t much to be said then: SKIING IS DA SHIT! When the entire family is rushing down a slope, we are on the top of the world and higher power loves us just a little more than the rest…
Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!
I know I am not alone (I was told this yesterday) to feel like this and it was not long ago I blogged about it. But seriously? Is this the best evolution could do? And why on Gods green earth did so many of them end in my surroundings? Who I am talking about? These guys.
Music to my ears
Laila, a friend, former neighbor and if it was up to one of my sons, his coming mother-in-law. Laila is also a singer, songwriter and dancer. There is especially one thing that I admire about Laila and that is how she has pursued her career as a performer. She doesn’t do it just because the unbelievable…
6 ideas from creative thinkers to shake up your work routine
after my previous post I read this -what a conicidence
Step 1a
To make that marathon at all one needs to train. So therefore I have started. I will use the three run/week approach. One long, one short and one fast. Yesterday started with the short, I will continue with the long (long is now around 10 ks). It’s going to be an exciting journey this… However,…
Step 1
I was thinking that my first step would be to make an inventory and to summaries what is worth keeping. But no. First step was to tell you that I have registered to another half marathon this (next) summer. 21098 meters here we go. Time to beat 2:34 – no worries!
The ketchup effect
Nothing, nothing, nothing – everything. That is my blogging style at the moment. As the Mr is working two nightshifts in a row we try to leave the house while he is sleeping. The best place to go is the beach. No matter what season. It is the best playground for two boys. One can…
Going to the theatre
Friday was the boys last day of school. Something worth celebrating. Sometimes in a simple way and other times with a big bang. This year it was closer to a big bang, at least with our measures. We went to the… theatre. We enjoyed Charles Dickens’ A Christmas carol. Personally, I believe that when a…
Reflection
Today has been a day for reflection. For good and for bad. I thank my life for being able to skip work this morning and just be. Be with my boys. Out in the open by my beloved ocean. Laughing, goofing and just being. Getting back on track. Realizing that we are who we are,…
A day
Some days are best spent with the ones you love. With a dog. On a beach.
Another thing
Today I have realized yet another thing. Far more superficial than yesterday’s reflection. Life is too short to not use a good shampoo. What a difference a really good shampoo makes for your hair. ‘Nough said
Throw back Thursday
Since I am a nostalgic of rank I love to look through my photo albums with real pics. Found these ones of Sam. Gee what a darling he was (is, yes, it was him I met in Angryville the other day, but who does it help to be resentful?). A big pile of sunshine right…
Flexibility
The thing I love them most being self-employed (in contrast to the times when jobs and income are low)is the flexibility. To do different things, to be at different places and meet different people. The possibility to sit 10 minutes longer with an extra cup of coffee. To walk the dog a little longer and…
Zzzzzzzz – how to see life on the bright side
Watching a moving late (ending way passed midnight) is not good idea if you want to wake up rested at 05.45 am. I know this but suppress this fact EVERY time. Wise, no, but got me a feeling good when going to bed and on e never knows if will wake up to see the morning.
Grandchildren
When I grow up, I hope I get the chance to be the kind of grandparent my parents are. During summer the boys spent a week with them and even if my parents are in their mid 70’s and do not have the same energy level as before, they are still amazing. Making the best with their time…
21 cm
That is what he needs, then he has passed me.
My fighter
You know our little drama queen, the minor who loves to be the center of attention and who just turned eight? He, even if he knows how to get his older brother in trouble by forcing the big crock tears to his cheeks, is also a fighter. I have witnessed it on the pitch several…
Why worry?
Remember a while vack, I got pissed at my self for my poor planning? Well, it turned out it was OK for me to arrived late to the client on my children’s last day of school and… I was not needed today (tomorrow I will be), which meant I could home the entire birthday of my…
Sweden
I am in Stenugsund on the Swedish west-coast. I am here for a wedding which I am going to take picture of tomorrow. It is gorgeous. Actually whole of Sweden is.
Fail
This “having your own business” is not as flexibel as everybody claims. Today I realize, I will miss my kids last day of school (which is something I ALWAYS attend) and their fabulous singing AND I will make the biggest error a parent can do; I will not be home on Fabian’s birthday (well, it…
Well, well, well
Writing all day long, leaves apparently little energy to write when you are home. I am still alive. And well. And working. All good signs for an entrepreneur. Just very little energy to write.
Election and Mother’s day
Today I have used my constitutional right (no, not obligation – I mean right) to vote for the European parliament. As always it was extremely important for me to vote. And extremely hard. Who to vote for? I found some key issues that I think is important that the EU drives, that we need to drive…
The solution to the problem
So this is how we solve the solution to the problem described in my post “Contempt”
This happy stuff
Currently I am failing miserably at this “happy” thing. I do have short highs, but something brings me down all too fast. This is nothing new. This is how life (mine) is and one gotta continue to live. Personally I need to find some new truths and adjust my world to something that it clearly…
Home sweet home
Today I took the boys to their grandparents and my family home. The weather was fantastic, the first day with summer temperature and spring really showed that it taking over nature. These facts and that my parents are putting their place out on the market to move to something smaller got me nostalgic driving there, Knowing that…
Something wrong with my brain?
Had a stroll down memory lane tonight. I have some films from when the boys where small but not enough by far. When I watch these my brain can not really get it together. I KNOW they have been this small, but I can’t remember them in that age. Who were they. When I see…
Inspiration
This week I heard I was an inspiration to someone. What a trip. A total ego-boost I want more of, so I’ll continue.
Waiting
I am waiting. I do not like waiting. Patience is not part of my DNA. Next week can’t come fast enough. Or maybe it can.
Two boys, a dog and a walk on the beach
Wow! Today I spell happiness: Two boys, a dog and a walk on the beach. Simple but still not.
Every other
Nowadays the Mr’s and my lives are really overlapping. When I am at home, he is away and vice versa. When I fall a sleep on the couch he is awake and vice versa. The evil cause is soccer. And shift work. And starting your own business. I say it is temporarily. It better be….
Morning walk
Happiness comes in different forms and sizes for us all. For me it came this morning, with a late start, bit of sun and a walk with my darlings.
Apparently
Apparently there was nothing wrong with me. I am thinking on yesterday’s post and the comments that followed. Good to have that sorted. Once and for all. But now he is home again. The circle is closed. Sigh.
Younger peeps
There are few things I see as more interesting and giving than to have the respect and confidence of a teen. To be handed the possibility to be a sounding board to a teenager’s honest thoughts and feelings must be absolutely brilliant. One must feel like Yoda. Like a bottomless well of wisdom. The tricky…
He had me at “hello”
A while back I read Zlatan Ibrahimovic‘s autobiography (written together with author David Lagercrantz) and I enjoyed it. Maybe I didn’t think it was the most well written, but I still enjoyed it. What really captured me, and what made me determined to always respect one of the world’s most talented soccer players, was his…
Why on earth did I walk into this one?
Why is parenting so hard? Why? And why do I “fail” even if I know how I should do it? Fail = scream and shout. The kids room looks like shit, like shit. I could clean them for them, but I do not want to. Because they will need to know what they have and where…
Last call for doing nothing
Tomorrow I will start working again, so today I need to sort out all the things I should have been doing during the Christmas break… Gonna be tough, I who am so skilled at doing nothing.
Skiing
Today has been a fab day in the slopes. Sam has taken snowboarding to his heart and even if his body was soar we made it to the top and went down all together a couple of times. Fabian showed how his turns have developed :).
Louise Dock 