Queen of Rambles

There are so many things in my life to be thankful for that I don’t really know where to start. I’m married to a fantastic man who takes care of me on so many levels: emotionally, physically, financially, mentally. He is everything a husband should be and none of the things a husband shouldn’t be. [...]

I’m beat! Not a good way to go into the Thanksgiving weekend, but a mother can’t plan on a naughty toddler deciding that 4 am is a good wake-up time. I was at the end of my rope this morning and knew he needed to nap, but he just flat out refused. I did all [...]

Babies that start screaming at 4 am? Not good. Babies that won’t go back to sleep? Not good. Babies that are only happy when watching a Swedish DVD in middle of the frickin’ night? NOT GOOD. At least he’s learning something, I guess. He doesn’t normally nap during the day so I don’t know if [...]

I’ve been having a weird sort of day, introspective and down right in the dumps-y. For the first time ever I am seriously considering making this journal friends only. In the past I’ve never felt any sort of creep factor knowing that anyone in the world could be reading this journal. I’ve always kind of [...]

The scene: An overpriced family restaurant on a busy Saturday night. The players: Three tween children, one kind mother, one insane woman. The action: Three children beg their mother for hot chocolate. She obliges and the waiter brings out three steaming mugs of cocoa. But what’s this? Something is amiss! The cocoa has no whipped [...]

Does Goodwill take used underwear? Just kidding! I wouldn’t wish my old undies on anyone, though they are clean and non-holey. I am a strong believer in throwing out holey underwear. I have a confession to make: I am a granny panties kind of gal. It’s not that I like granny panties, but that’s just [...]

The Good: We don’t live in Sweden. The Bad: Going to the Swedish playgroup. GAH!!!!!!!!! Now I remember why I was so insistent that we move away from Sweden. It wasn’t the cold. It wasn’t the dark. It wasn’t the language difficulties. It was the national attitude! We attended our very first Swedish playgroup this [...]

This picture is so Erik. He is really grouchy sometimes, just like his mother. Luckily, the good moods out number the bad ones. You have to admit, he is cute even when he is totally pissed. I am just about ready to take that cute little face and lock it in a closet. He slept [...]

Ack! It’s going to be a loooooong night around here. Erik cuddled up around 5 pm and suddenly he was g-o-n-e. I tried shaking him, but it was no use. I know he needs the sleep, but geeze. I would like to get to bed before 1 am tonight. If only we could trick him [...]

I don’t know why I decide that I should just throw up a bunch of pictures as a post when I’m tired. Picture posts take a lot more time than writing posts and require a certain degree of skill. Not just anyone can copy and paste with the sort of panache I usually use. If [...]