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Thursday, July 31, 2008
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Slumber party with sister l's weird candle, chocolate balls, expensive ice cream, coca cola, comedies and tragedies and pyjamases
Monday, July 28, 2008
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Friday, July 25, 2008
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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fjällpictures now available at flickr
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Monday, July 21, 2008
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vacation so far:
saturday went to tierp
sunday went soaring with the dad, the sister m and the o. it was fun. and a bit scary. i don't think i've ever felt so happy as i did for a second between the bumpy start and the merry-go-round-ish twirling (and i don't think i've ever felt so close to throwing up as i did for a second in the middle of the merry-go-round-ish twirling;).
monday met the sister l and the j. the last of the mother's rabbits died. went to visit the brother j and his kittens. they were wild and cute and shy, and one of them fell down the stairs.
tuesday the mother and i went to look at the old new kolonilott, and to look at the sister l's new home. after a sandwich-lunch in the sister l's new kitchen and coffee in her new living room the mother and i went shopping. back in tierp we met the j and her cool baby daughter and her cool mother. the poor sister m had to dog-sit all day.
wednesday went home with the sister m, the pup and the o.
thursday went for a walk along the älv with the sister m, the o, the husband and the pup. drank some water from a "health well". the water looked dirty and oily, but i thought it might be healthy oils. found a skull that looked like it had once been a horse.
friday the husband, the pup and i went to the fjälls, to meet the in-laws. i was disappointed, because the place we were staying at didn't look like the fjälls at all. it looked just like any village. and it was full of fat evil knotts. this was the first day my heart didn't race. maybe the health well worked. or maybe the vacation started just in time.
saturday went almost to norway to wallk in the fjälls. the sister in law couldn't walk because of a foot, so she slept in the car instead. and the children couldn't walk because they were children, so the brother in law went fishing with the son, and the daugther slept in the car with her mother. the husband, the pup and i left the others and went walking on our own. it was nice. we had coca cola and sandwhiches at a mountain top. the pup was happy and bathed in streams and played with a rotten lemming.
sunday the brother in law and his family left after breakfast at noon. i'm ashamed to say i thought that was quite nice. half a weekend with the little children in laws is more than enough :). the rest of us went walking on pieljekeise, which is the fjäll right next to jäkkvik, where we lived. the pup found out he is a natural-born reindeer hunter. i think it would have been nicer if he was a natural-born-something-else. had coffe and sandwhiches at the top. there's something about tops.
monday went home. the o bought pizza to us all, and he had filled the fridge with coca cola. he is my favourite brother in law at the moment :) now we're going to watch a scary movie. or two. or three.
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saturday went to tierp
sunday went soaring with the dad, the sister m and the o. it was fun. and a bit scary. i don't think i've ever felt so happy as i did for a second between the bumpy start and the merry-go-round-ish twirling (and i don't think i've ever felt so close to throwing up as i did for a second in the middle of the merry-go-round-ish twirling;).
monday met the sister l and the j. the last of the mother's rabbits died. went to visit the brother j and his kittens. they were wild and cute and shy, and one of them fell down the stairs.
tuesday the mother and i went to look at the old new kolonilott, and to look at the sister l's new home. after a sandwich-lunch in the sister l's new kitchen and coffee in her new living room the mother and i went shopping. back in tierp we met the j and her cool baby daughter and her cool mother. the poor sister m had to dog-sit all day.
wednesday went home with the sister m, the pup and the o.
thursday went for a walk along the älv with the sister m, the o, the husband and the pup. drank some water from a "health well". the water looked dirty and oily, but i thought it might be healthy oils. found a skull that looked like it had once been a horse.
friday the husband, the pup and i went to the fjälls, to meet the in-laws. i was disappointed, because the place we were staying at didn't look like the fjälls at all. it looked just like any village. and it was full of fat evil knotts. this was the first day my heart didn't race. maybe the health well worked. or maybe the vacation started just in time.
saturday went almost to norway to wallk in the fjälls. the sister in law couldn't walk because of a foot, so she slept in the car instead. and the children couldn't walk because they were children, so the brother in law went fishing with the son, and the daugther slept in the car with her mother. the husband, the pup and i left the others and went walking on our own. it was nice. we had coca cola and sandwhiches at a mountain top. the pup was happy and bathed in streams and played with a rotten lemming.
sunday the brother in law and his family left after breakfast at noon. i'm ashamed to say i thought that was quite nice. half a weekend with the little children in laws is more than enough :). the rest of us went walking on pieljekeise, which is the fjäll right next to jäkkvik, where we lived. the pup found out he is a natural-born reindeer hunter. i think it would have been nicer if he was a natural-born-something-else. had coffe and sandwhiches at the top. there's something about tops.
monday went home. the o bought pizza to us all, and he had filled the fridge with coca cola. he is my favourite brother in law at the moment :) now we're going to watch a scary movie. or two. or three.
Friday, July 18, 2008
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
I just came in from digging in the garden, and the sister m and the o have made dinner. I love vacation!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
my vacation is here! finally! and tomorrow i'm going to go soaring with the dad and the sister m and maybe some more people. i hope i will survive. otherwise i guess falling from the sky would at least be a pretty cool way to die.
the rest of the week i'm planning to rest and maybe find some plants to move from south to north and maybe visit the sister l's new home and maybe her new summerjob too. she's a clever sister, who got a summer job at a camping place by the sea.
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the rest of the week i'm planning to rest and maybe find some plants to move from south to north and maybe visit the sister l's new home and maybe her new summerjob too. she's a clever sister, who got a summer job at a camping place by the sea.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Sweet! There are so many of them we will have to ask someone to pick if we go away even a few days. Delicious problem!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
yesterday i worked 12 hours. so today i only worked six. and after five of those i took a break and went paint-shopping with the husband. so now i'm ready to paint the hallway as soon as i have the time and the energy.
i also bought three of those plants with wonderfully sweet white flowers called something with anemone and sylvester. so after dinner i planted the new family members, and some of the plants from the seeds that have been growing in the living room. i don't remember which pot contained which seeds, so i have no idea what kind of plants will grow where now. but i like surprises, so it will be good.
and oh! we found a wallpaper that we both liked! it had to be ordered from england though, so we couldn't just buy them at once.
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i also bought three of those plants with wonderfully sweet white flowers called something with anemone and sylvester. so after dinner i planted the new family members, and some of the plants from the seeds that have been growing in the living room. i don't remember which pot contained which seeds, so i have no idea what kind of plants will grow where now. but i like surprises, so it will be good.
and oh! we found a wallpaper that we both liked! it had to be ordered from england though, so we couldn't just buy them at once.
Monday, July 07, 2008
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Friday, July 04, 2008
the pup and i had ha nice talk with a man named ahmed on our after work walk today. when we met he asked very politely "Excuse me, is that a dog?". i thought he was a bit weird, or maybe he wasn't too sure about english and didn't know if he was using the correct word, so i said "....yes...?". ahmed said "Oh, I'm sorry. I thought it was a saluki."
then he explained that the pup reminded of salukis he had met with nomads in arabic countries, so he wasn't sure whether he was a dog or a saluki. apparently the salukis he had met were much bigger (up to my shoulders! :) and had very small faces.
the fun thing was that he seemed to really make a distinction between dogs and salukis, as if they were two different species. like dogs and cats. i've read romantic stories (or that's what i've thought they were) about bedouins who considered dogs unclean, but let their salukis sleep in the tents with them. i've always thought they meant as my father does about poodles (i think i've heard him say "there are dogs, and there are poodles") - that poodles are the best kind, but still dogs. i've never thought that anyone can think that there is a "real" difference between salukis and dogs.
i like the thought, though. and i kind of understand it. salukis are something between dogs, cats, monkeys and people, if you ask me :)
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then he explained that the pup reminded of salukis he had met with nomads in arabic countries, so he wasn't sure whether he was a dog or a saluki. apparently the salukis he had met were much bigger (up to my shoulders! :) and had very small faces.
the fun thing was that he seemed to really make a distinction between dogs and salukis, as if they were two different species. like dogs and cats. i've read romantic stories (or that's what i've thought they were) about bedouins who considered dogs unclean, but let their salukis sleep in the tents with them. i've always thought they meant as my father does about poodles (i think i've heard him say "there are dogs, and there are poodles") - that poodles are the best kind, but still dogs. i've never thought that anyone can think that there is a "real" difference between salukis and dogs.
i like the thought, though. and i kind of understand it. salukis are something between dogs, cats, monkeys and people, if you ask me :)
Thursday, July 03, 2008
the husband doesn't know it yet, but the ceiling in our downstairs hallway is now white. instead of pale see-through yellowish white with big yellow marks. it looks very much better now :)
i think i might actually be working too much, by the way. i always complain about working too much, but now i think it's for real. i have a lump in my throat, and i can't sleep, and i constantly think about work even if i try my best not to, and i'm so so tired and sometimes i just want to cry. it's a good thing the vacation is coming closer! i cut work a couple of hours earlier this afternoon, and even though the sun was shining and i have flowers to move around in the garden and lovely little plants to move to bigger pots and lovely little sun cats who'd enjoy cuddling on the lawn with me i just sat in the coach, staring at the tv not being able to think of anything to do.
after taking the pup for a walk i started painting the ceiling, and then i went on to two chests of drawers, and then i had a bath, and now i feel much much better. i wonder if it's too late to start working in the garden? or maybe i should watch doctor house? or maybe write just a few lines on the report, so i can focus on the interviews tomorrow, so i'll be prepared on monday when i will hopefully get to talk to that man, who hopefully knows what he's talking about, so i don't have to start looking for somebody else again, so i can finish the report as soon as possible, hopefully no later than thursday morning, so that when that other man comes back from his vacation on friday i can just talk to him quickly and add whatever news comes up in the report, so i can deliver the report the same day...but that woun't work if i have to go to stockholm to present it. o gosh i hope i can start my vacation the next monday!
i want the husband to come home, so i can think about something other than work!
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i think i might actually be working too much, by the way. i always complain about working too much, but now i think it's for real. i have a lump in my throat, and i can't sleep, and i constantly think about work even if i try my best not to, and i'm so so tired and sometimes i just want to cry. it's a good thing the vacation is coming closer! i cut work a couple of hours earlier this afternoon, and even though the sun was shining and i have flowers to move around in the garden and lovely little plants to move to bigger pots and lovely little sun cats who'd enjoy cuddling on the lawn with me i just sat in the coach, staring at the tv not being able to think of anything to do.
after taking the pup for a walk i started painting the ceiling, and then i went on to two chests of drawers, and then i had a bath, and now i feel much much better. i wonder if it's too late to start working in the garden? or maybe i should watch doctor house? or maybe write just a few lines on the report, so i can focus on the interviews tomorrow, so i'll be prepared on monday when i will hopefully get to talk to that man, who hopefully knows what he's talking about, so i don't have to start looking for somebody else again, so i can finish the report as soon as possible, hopefully no later than thursday morning, so that when that other man comes back from his vacation on friday i can just talk to him quickly and add whatever news comes up in the report, so i can deliver the report the same day...but that woun't work if i have to go to stockholm to present it. o gosh i hope i can start my vacation the next monday!
i want the husband to come home, so i can think about something other than work!
