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Thursday, June 30, 2005
tomorrow is the first day of my vacation. i'm going to sleep as late as i possibly can, and then i'm going to the cottage with the bob and the cats. tommy is allready there.
after work today i watered my own little "garden", worrying that all my flowers will be dead when i get back (the sun is shining for the first time in ages). as soon as i had emptied the last watering-can it started raining... maybe i don't have to worry too much :). (having a garden has made me appreciate rain, which is a very good thing as it seems to rain more than it doesn't)
the first rose in my rose bush has come out! it's pink and smells lovely. ...and tomorrow i'll have to leave it :(
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after work today i watered my own little "garden", worrying that all my flowers will be dead when i get back (the sun is shining for the first time in ages). as soon as i had emptied the last watering-can it started raining... maybe i don't have to worry too much :). (having a garden has made me appreciate rain, which is a very good thing as it seems to rain more than it doesn't)
the first rose in my rose bush has come out! it's pink and smells lovely. ...and tomorrow i'll have to leave it :(
Monday, June 27, 2005
i went to the dentist today. going to the dentist is much like going to the annual inspection of the car: i'm very nervous, but once i'm there it turns out very well. i didn't have any cavities, and the dentist (who looked more like a car inspector, actually) said my gums were better than normal. of course i realise he says that to everyone, to make us come back, but it really works. apparently i have three wisdom teeth on their way. that explains all the wiseness floating around in my head lately :)
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Saturday, June 25, 2005
yesterday was midsommarafton. we celebrated with dance around the maypole in näs, strawberries and smörgåstårta. in the evening we went for a walk with the drunk neighbour. we were invited to some more smörgåstårta, cake and coffee by other, slightly less drunk, neighbours. we had a nice evening, and the drunk neighbour behaved better than expected. he didn't fight with anyone, but he did say that one of the women present was a 2 on a scale from 1-8...
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Monday, June 20, 2005
the slaughter truck came to get the neighbour's bulls today. they screamed and shouted so you could probably hear them on the other side of the lake :(
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we spent most of yesterday outdoors, so today my forehead is red. it doesn't match my orange eye brows very well, but it was a nice day so i guess it was worth it.
we started with a long dog walk with lots of bathing breaks (the dog bathed, the tommy and i just watched). then the tommy and i biked to helgum and the amazingly fun swing they have in their school yard. (i got an insect in my eye on my way there, and it stayed there until this morning). we ?swung? until i was feeling sick (that must be an age thing... you're not supposed to feel sick from swinging!).
after that we went to see if the boat café in the river had opened. it hadn't. doesn't open until july. so we went to the golf course to see if they had a café where we could buy ice cream. just when we got there two of my colleagues and two other guys were starting a round/game/match/whatever you do when you're golfing, so we bought our ice creams and followed them around for a while. it was acutally quite nice. sometimes they hit a tree, and sometimes they hit the surrounding fields. no dead birds and no balls in the water though. when we'd seen them make four goals each we left them and went to the long, old, narrow, scary bridge over the river. tommy found it when he was biking on his own one day, and i had never seen it before.
when we came home i had a shower, planted some radishes and talked to the neighbour (who was in a good mood) while tommy was "cooking". then we had hot dogs and fries and coca cola in front of the tv.
in short: yesterday was good :)
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we started with a long dog walk with lots of bathing breaks (the dog bathed, the tommy and i just watched). then the tommy and i biked to helgum and the amazingly fun swing they have in their school yard. (i got an insect in my eye on my way there, and it stayed there until this morning). we ?swung? until i was feeling sick (that must be an age thing... you're not supposed to feel sick from swinging!).
after that we went to see if the boat café in the river had opened. it hadn't. doesn't open until july. so we went to the golf course to see if they had a café where we could buy ice cream. just when we got there two of my colleagues and two other guys were starting a round/game/match/whatever you do when you're golfing, so we bought our ice creams and followed them around for a while. it was acutally quite nice. sometimes they hit a tree, and sometimes they hit the surrounding fields. no dead birds and no balls in the water though. when we'd seen them make four goals each we left them and went to the long, old, narrow, scary bridge over the river. tommy found it when he was biking on his own one day, and i had never seen it before.
when we came home i had a shower, planted some radishes and talked to the neighbour (who was in a good mood) while tommy was "cooking". then we had hot dogs and fries and coca cola in front of the tv.
in short: yesterday was good :)
Saturday, June 18, 2005
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Friday, June 17, 2005
i just had a near-owl experience! on the evening walk with the bob we saw a big unfamiliar bird flying towards us, very close to the ground. when he came closer i saw he had an owl face (which is why i guess he must be an owl). i've never seen one before, but i've been told the sad sounding bird who complains at nights is some kind of owl. this one came quite close, so i had a rather good look. his face was quite "human like" compared to other birds, as it was so flat. but his body looked much more birdyish than i've imagined when i've seen them in pictures. i've found the face to be the most prominent feature in all pictures i've seen of owls, but i've never even really thought about their bodies. this one had a big birdyish body, and just a small flat face that actually looked quite silly on that big body.
and the lettuce is growing! ...unless it's weed... at least something is growing :)
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
since i was a kid i've had 4 goals in life. i've now reached all of them.
* turn 19 (which i recently did :). when i was on a riding camp as a kid one of the people working in the stables was 19. very old and clever, and i wanted to be just like that. i decided 19 must be the best age, and that 19 must be the best number. i recently won 700 kr on the casino, betting on number 19 through my personal gambler.
* ride on a bus with the number 1. when i was a kid i thought buses in general were fun, and i was convinced that number one had to be the one with the best destination (how else do they decide which bus to be the first?). the trip had to have a purpose, i wasn't allowed to go just for the ride. when i made our engagement rings the bus to the dentist whose equipment i used was the number 1.
* find a clover with four leaves. i remember lying flat on our lawn going through every clover i could find, in search for one with four leaves. i found several two summers ago. enough to make me happy the rest of my life, i hope.
* hear someone from kristianstad say "kristianstad". our teacher in school thought the city kristianstad had a funny sound. i didn't see what was so funny about it, and as my teacher was the most clever person in the world i thought i was stupid if i could see what was so funny. the teacher said it sounded even funnier when someone living in kristianstad said it. since then i've been looking forward to hearing the funny sound of kristianstad. early this spring i lived in kristianstad 2 weeks to work. it didn't sound fun at all. but i've heard it, so the goal is reached.
i now have to find new goals, i guess... but it's quite nice to have reached all my goals in life before i turn 30 :) now i can die happy
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* turn 19 (which i recently did :). when i was on a riding camp as a kid one of the people working in the stables was 19. very old and clever, and i wanted to be just like that. i decided 19 must be the best age, and that 19 must be the best number. i recently won 700 kr on the casino, betting on number 19 through my personal gambler.
* ride on a bus with the number 1. when i was a kid i thought buses in general were fun, and i was convinced that number one had to be the one with the best destination (how else do they decide which bus to be the first?). the trip had to have a purpose, i wasn't allowed to go just for the ride. when i made our engagement rings the bus to the dentist whose equipment i used was the number 1.
* find a clover with four leaves. i remember lying flat on our lawn going through every clover i could find, in search for one with four leaves. i found several two summers ago. enough to make me happy the rest of my life, i hope.
* hear someone from kristianstad say "kristianstad". our teacher in school thought the city kristianstad had a funny sound. i didn't see what was so funny about it, and as my teacher was the most clever person in the world i thought i was stupid if i could see what was so funny. the teacher said it sounded even funnier when someone living in kristianstad said it. since then i've been looking forward to hearing the funny sound of kristianstad. early this spring i lived in kristianstad 2 weeks to work. it didn't sound fun at all. but i've heard it, so the goal is reached.
i now have to find new goals, i guess... but it's quite nice to have reached all my goals in life before i turn 30 :) now i can die happy
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
today has been the summeriest day so far this year. the wind has been quite cold, but as long as you stayed close to a building where the air was warmed up it felt like a real summer day. our computers at work had some kind of mild psychosis big parts of the day, so a friend and i "played hookey" and went to buy ice cream at the petrol station. very nice. ice cream tastes best when it's not supposed to be eaten, i guess...
after work i've planted some lettuce. i like the smell of sun warmed soil, but i couldn't think of anything more to plant, so i had to stop. the funny machine-gun-ish flowers i found on last year's flower hunt in tierp have spread all over the gravel outside our house. i suppose our neihgbour isn't too happy, as he thinks everything that's growing is weed... i wouldn't mind having machine-gun-ish flowers in the gravel, actually. i'm not too fond of gravel, and the flowers are nice. and fun.
tommy and the galdor cat washed the toyota in the sun tonight. they both looked very male-ish and serious :) i hope tommy enjoys washing the cars... *i* certainly enjoy him doing it :) and i kind of think he likes being the one in charge of the car washing in this family. but i might very well be mistaken, therefore i won't ask him :)
a friend and i discusse males/females now and then. the other day we discussed what would be the first thing we did if we changed sex for a day. interestingly both our answers involved peeing, in one way or another :) i would really like to pee on a pine tree. i think that seems so nice and relaxing, somehow. especially when the sun is shining, and there are not too many mosquitoes around... and he would like to see why girls are "always" two in the bathroom at parties.
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after work i've planted some lettuce. i like the smell of sun warmed soil, but i couldn't think of anything more to plant, so i had to stop. the funny machine-gun-ish flowers i found on last year's flower hunt in tierp have spread all over the gravel outside our house. i suppose our neihgbour isn't too happy, as he thinks everything that's growing is weed... i wouldn't mind having machine-gun-ish flowers in the gravel, actually. i'm not too fond of gravel, and the flowers are nice. and fun.
tommy and the galdor cat washed the toyota in the sun tonight. they both looked very male-ish and serious :) i hope tommy enjoys washing the cars... *i* certainly enjoy him doing it :) and i kind of think he likes being the one in charge of the car washing in this family. but i might very well be mistaken, therefore i won't ask him :)
a friend and i discusse males/females now and then. the other day we discussed what would be the first thing we did if we changed sex for a day. interestingly both our answers involved peeing, in one way or another :) i would really like to pee on a pine tree. i think that seems so nice and relaxing, somehow. especially when the sun is shining, and there are not too many mosquitoes around... and he would like to see why girls are "always" two in the bathroom at parties.
i've been invited to my grandparents' birthday. my grandfather turns 90, and my grandmother 85. that's quite old...
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Sunday, June 12, 2005
i dreamt of the little old man in the shop tonight. i don't remember what it was, but there was something very special about him. maybe watching "the manchurian candidate" before going to bed influenced me a bit...
it rains and rains and rains, and the wind is very strong. the cats are lying on the floor, looking depressed. teo tried to convince tommy and me to make it go away, but after a while he gave up. he must think we are really bad people...
i have to admit i kind of like this kind of weather. at least if it doesn't appear too often... it was cosy lying in bed listening to the heavy rain and the strong wind tonight. the bedroom window was slightly open, tied with a thin rope so as not to open too much, and the wind was working really hard on breaking the rope in order to get into the house. and going for the morning walk the rain and wind cooperated on trying to get in under my skin. the rain fell so hard it hurt, and together with the wind i almost thought my face would break. amazing what a little water and wind can do.
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it rains and rains and rains, and the wind is very strong. the cats are lying on the floor, looking depressed. teo tried to convince tommy and me to make it go away, but after a while he gave up. he must think we are really bad people...
i have to admit i kind of like this kind of weather. at least if it doesn't appear too often... it was cosy lying in bed listening to the heavy rain and the strong wind tonight. the bedroom window was slightly open, tied with a thin rope so as not to open too much, and the wind was working really hard on breaking the rope in order to get into the house. and going for the morning walk the rain and wind cooperated on trying to get in under my skin. the rain fell so hard it hurt, and together with the wind i almost thought my face would break. amazing what a little water and wind can do.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
today i had coca cola and "princess cake" for breakfast. i'm suffering from a severe period, and as i didn't know if it would be my last breakfast i thought i should make it a nice one :)
i've spent most of the day in pain under a blanket on the sofa, but we also made a little trip to look at another house. it was nice, but very very big. and, as all houses we've looked at so far, too far from sollefteå.
on our way back home we stopped at a little shop/kiosk to buy ice cream. in the shop was a little old man, who started talking as soon as he saw us and may very well be talking still. i'll have to go there now and then, to make sure he gets a few answers.
we bought pizza in sollefteå, and ate it in the sun on a bench by the river. someone had left 8 hotdogs on the bench. i would really like to know why...
there's a new big black horse in the field next to our garage. with a little white prince on his back he would be perfect in a fairy tale or a john bauer picture.
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i've spent most of the day in pain under a blanket on the sofa, but we also made a little trip to look at another house. it was nice, but very very big. and, as all houses we've looked at so far, too far from sollefteå.
on our way back home we stopped at a little shop/kiosk to buy ice cream. in the shop was a little old man, who started talking as soon as he saw us and may very well be talking still. i'll have to go there now and then, to make sure he gets a few answers.
we bought pizza in sollefteå, and ate it in the sun on a bench by the river. someone had left 8 hotdogs on the bench. i would really like to know why...
there's a new big black horse in the field next to our garage. with a little white prince on his back he would be perfect in a fairy tale or a john bauer picture.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
summer in the air! finally! it was 14 degrees when i went for the morning walk today (it's been 3-6 for a veeery long time now). the first morning without gloves and winter jacket. nice! when i came home from work it was 22 degrees, so i even took off my jacket now and then during the after work walk. it's quite windy though, so most of the time i kept it on.
the cows in näs were let out today, which i hope means the summer is finally here. the näs cows are very nice; shiny and un-de-horned. i like cows with horns. somehow they look wiser.
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the cows in näs were let out today, which i hope means the summer is finally here. the näs cows are very nice; shiny and un-de-horned. i like cows with horns. somehow they look wiser.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
bob's birthday
he's 12 today, the old man... he just had a big piece of birthday cake, with 12 frolics instead of lights. tommy bought a nice human-cake on his way home from work, and fresh frolics to make bob's piece a little extra doggish. he seemed very pleased, but had hoped for a larger slice :)
he allready had his birthday present a few days ago; a new leash, as the old one was broken.
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he's 12 today, the old man... he just had a big piece of birthday cake, with 12 frolics instead of lights. tommy bought a nice human-cake on his way home from work, and fresh frolics to make bob's piece a little extra doggish. he seemed very pleased, but had hoped for a larger slice :)
he allready had his birthday present a few days ago; a new leash, as the old one was broken.
Monday, June 06, 2005
today is sweden's nationaldag. tommy and i "celebrated" by driving around looking at houses here and there (and almost everywhere). i fell in love with this pink princess house.
unfortunately it's too far away from sollefteå :(
tommy's parents left after breakfast. bob kept me awake from 7 this morning, to make sure i wouldn't let them sleep too late. after they left teo and i slept for a while on the sofa. very cosy! it's very windy today, and teo doesn't like the wind. good for me :)
the weekend was ok. rainy and cold and grey, and we didn't do anything special. the father in law fell asleep after dinner saturday. and woke up when i went to bed :)yesterday the parents in law looked forward to going to some kind of music thing in church. but we took them for a too late too long dog walk, and made too slow dinner. so we missed it. they didn't seem too sorry, so i hope they weren't... right before going to bed yesterday i accidentally abused the father in law sexually... he gave me a good night hug (they do that, the parents in law) while i was talking to the mother in law. so i wasn't very concentrated on the hug. and when the hug was over i let my hand slide down the father in law's back and behind... as i do when i hug tommy. quite embarrasing. especially as he was only wearing underwear and a t-shirt :)
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unfortunately it's too far away from sollefteå :(
tommy's parents left after breakfast. bob kept me awake from 7 this morning, to make sure i wouldn't let them sleep too late. after they left teo and i slept for a while on the sofa. very cosy! it's very windy today, and teo doesn't like the wind. good for me :)
the weekend was ok. rainy and cold and grey, and we didn't do anything special. the father in law fell asleep after dinner saturday. and woke up when i went to bed :)yesterday the parents in law looked forward to going to some kind of music thing in church. but we took them for a too late too long dog walk, and made too slow dinner. so we missed it. they didn't seem too sorry, so i hope they weren't... right before going to bed yesterday i accidentally abused the father in law sexually... he gave me a good night hug (they do that, the parents in law) while i was talking to the mother in law. so i wasn't very concentrated on the hug. and when the hug was over i let my hand slide down the father in law's back and behind... as i do when i hug tommy. quite embarrasing. especially as he was only wearing underwear and a t-shirt :)
Sunday, June 05, 2005
the cows are out
yesterday we saw the young cows in hamre for the first time this year. no real summer feeling yet, though.
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yesterday we saw the young cows in hamre for the first time this year. no real summer feeling yet, though.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
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