Queen of Rambles

I guess I could jump on the band wagon and do a year in review type thing. The only exciting bits of this year were travel. Boy, oh boy, did boy and I travel. We flew to Oregon twice, Oklahoma once, and Sweden once. We drove to West Virginia and Ohio. [...]

Santa Claus came for a visit this afternoon! I didn’t see him, but I heard a knock at the door and when I opened it there was a box with a North Pole return address. Santa must read my blog (or my mind) because he sent Erik a corn popper! I don’t [...]

We made it! Eight hours is a loooooong time to fly with an awake toddler. He slept two hours, but that still left six hours of him wanting to run around when run around wasn’t possible. He’s stubborn and has quite the temper, but it really did go pretty well.
The major bad [...]

We’ll be flying home in about 18 hours. Whoo-hooo! I´m not looking forward to the flight at all, since it will be during the day and there is very little chance of Erik sleeping, but I am looking forward to being home and in my own bed.
It has occurred to me that I [...]

Merry Late Christmas! Ho ho ho! With the children home from school, the computer is being used 24/7 so I haven’t been able to update or check things at all. Today everyone is away at a family birthday party, so Mike and Erik are napping and I am eating the last of [...]

I think I have a bad case of SAD. I know I need light to keep a light mood, but I didn´t think a case of SAD could hit in just five days. It is so dreary here that it´s not even funny. It´s foggy and gray and wet and just plain [...]

I want to read blogs and my LJ friends page and e-mail and various message boards, but I don´t really have the time. It´s time to get Erik started on his bedtime routine which will involve the sacrifice of seven virgin goats and 13 virgin lambs accompanied by a sleepy time dance performed by [...]

There are some serious advantages to having a baby: you can´t wake a sleeping baby. Erik fell asleep a half hour before we were supposed to go over to his grandpa´s for Sweden´s finest moose meat so I had to stay home and take a three hour nap with him. Aw, shucks. I [...]

We´re here! We´ve been here a few days I guess, though my time is so screwed up I really couldn´t tell you how long we´ve been here. Thus far all my pre-trip worrying has been for naught. I was not happy when I learned that Mike´s family had a new Rottweiler, [...]

Off we go into the wild blue yonder! It’s a good thing we checked our tickets this morning. We were planning on driving to Baltimore but our plane leaves out of Dulles. I’m shocked, but happy. Dulles is a much better airport and a whole lot closer!
I have my holiday cooking [...]