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Sunday, October 5, 2008
Saturday happenings....
While I was digging through my paperwork to find everything I needed to complete my USA income tax file (I did mention in the previous post what a procrastinator I am....being a foreign resident citizen I have a different file date than the Americans living in the USA...I also have a different extension date...Oct. 15...so being the procrastinator that I am...this is LAST MINUTE MADNESS!) ...so back to my story. As I was digging a little voice called out to me to turn around...and there standing in the threshold of her bedroom I saw the SATURDAY PRINCESS MAYA! Where she was going and who she was going to marry is still a mystery to me but isn't she LOVELY!!! Several hours later after my tax papers were collected and noted and faxed to the appropriate places, I allowed myself time to sew in the basement with my wonderful assistant! (still avoiding the work with my students' reports!) To sew my October fabric postcards I decided it was high time to use my cute little applique iron (I've only had it 8 years and have never used it!) Well, who thought the iron was made especially for her?....just guess! She remembered that I had a mini ironing board so she ran upstairs to grab her "wrinkly" Barbie dresses and hankies. We learned that not all Barbie clothes should be ironed and now Mommy has some holes to repair! Next she had to set up a clothes line to hang up her freshly ironed things....she used her smallest hair clips to do the job! (Please notice the amazing peacock painting she made for me last week!) So finally between the various moments of assisting Ms. Maya with her ideas...I was able to FINISH my Stitcher's Angel armchair caddy! I like it so much that I'm going to make one for me and perhaps a few for holiday gifts! I'll show you a complete photo after I've sent it to my Angel lady in Australia! In the early evening....it was time for a FAMILY HUG by the fireplace! Not everyone is complete in the photo but you get the idea! Pappa, Mommy, Maya, Basil-the-cat and Pepe-the-dog! (if Maria-the-fish knew what we were doing, she'd probably want to join in too!) Hope your Sunday has been one of fun! This evening...I'm really going to get to those 33 reports I have left to do! Honest!
Hi Carol. Tell hubby that I don't need a permit. I live in the country so no one knows what goes on way out here.....LOL.....as for the next part of my broken glass story....stay tuned....tomorrow the new one goes in.....hopefully uneventful.
I am an American living in Skåne (southern) Sweden. A special man enticed me to move to this part of the world in 1999. Now we are a small family living in the countryside near a small village. When I am not at home, I'm at work in Helsingborg at a small, private Swedish elementary school. I LOVE MY JOB!
After 9 years of living in Sweden, I have finally decided that blogging just might be the best way for me to share what's happening in my life here in Sweden. I want to keep in touch with family and friends around the world. This will also help me appreciate the wonderful life I have in this northern European country!
The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The #1 Ladies Detective Agency (series) by Alexander McCall Smith
That Quail Robert by Margaret Stanger
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
Perfume by Patrick Süskind
Paula by Isabel Allende
Palace Walk by Naguid Mahfouz
Nothing to Declare by Mary Morris
Naked by David Sedaris
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little House on the Prarie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins
Evening Class by Maeve Binchy
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Cry My Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Chocolate by Joanne Harris
Charlotte's Web by EB White
Bean Trees by Barbara Kingslover
A Dirty Job by Chris Moore
1984 by George Orwell
What's Happening got an award!
Thanks G'G'ma! That's so kind of you!
Small Happenings that make me smile
I got a LONG letter from Pernilla today...put a smile in my heart!
Thank you for writing to me, your words were very touching and REAL!
Soon we'll be working together again! ;-)
How my daughter and our neighbor's son play so very nicely together all
the times they are together, no complaints, no arguing, no terrorizing
the animals, just good play time and lots of laughter. He is like a
surrogate brother only better because they really appreciate each
other. Actually he ADORES her because she is a year older and KNOWS SO
MUCH!
SEWING....projects not repairs!
Eating dinner with my family and talking about the day's events and planning the next day's activities together.
Planning lessons for my students....it thrills me to think of ALL the possibilities to help them learn new information!
My hubby's two day beard...but not the three day one.
Maya's daily drawings that she makes especially for me! I want to keep them ALL!
Bookworms...my book club that meets every month!
It's slowly getting darker each day and soon we can light candles everywhere to be "cozy" ...even at school!
I can see our goldfish swimming in the pond from my bedroom window
In the mornings I often have to slow down or stop the car to wait for the goose family to cross the road to go to the lake
When I go out to eat with my teacher friends, we laugh and laugh about stories of ourselves and our "kids" (students)
My Mom always leaves my birthday presents wrapped up in the guest room.
I wait to open them on the correct day...I've never been a peeker, even
when I was young.
Maya gave me kisses over the phone because she missed me putting her to bed tonight
My husband sets up the coffee pot so it is ready to start each morning for me!
Jessica, a teacher at my school, out of the blue came to help me carry
new art supplies to another building How did she know I was super
stressed and didn't have enough time to do it myself?
Åsa, my teacher friend who is on a year maternity leave, gave me a bag of beautiful children's books
1 comment:
Hi Carol. Tell hubby that I don't need a permit. I live in the country so no one knows what goes on way out here.....LOL.....as for the next part of my broken glass story....stay tuned....tomorrow the new one goes in.....hopefully uneventful.
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