Why do i end up cleaning on my day off?!
Today it was my fridge and freezer getting done, well..just the fridge. It had an iceblock the size that sank Titanic stuck to the element. And it took forever to melt and come away. I really should have taken a picture of it. It was HUGE! And still i defrosted both the freezer and fridge only a month ago. I have been complaining about the fridge unit for a while to the people i rent at. Last time they sent a grudgy little repair man that removed my fridge from the wall and had a flick of the on and off switch ( !! ) for a while before he stuck his head in and changed some sort of meltinglead? Anyway, it worked alright-ish for a while after that. But now it seems to have stopped defrosting itself completly and everything just builds up untill there is this big block of solid ice. I went after it with both an icepick and my hairdryer but still it wouldnt budge only untill i used brute force to crack it away bit by bit it started to fall off.

I didnt do anything else interesting today, yet i might add.....
Going to get me some take away kebab now, am hungry! Blog later

I have a passion..... Frankie, yes ol' blue eyes himself.
I didnt even know it before i bought a cd with his songs. But now im stuck. Theres always a mood that suits a Frankie song. Or you create the mood when listening to him. I dont CARE about what other people think. There is something special with his voice. Its weird really, because i listen to a lot of completly different types of music. There could be Frankie, La Boheme, Sade, Bruce, Barry White(yeees i know...)Staind, old Metallica, Cornelius Wreesvijk, Frankie, Garbage, Brian Eno you name it i listen to it. Well not name it, im lousy with names and titles so dont ask me what this or that records name was or what the song is called. I couldnt tell you even if i had a week to find out. My music collection spans quite a lot and is a bit... schizofrenic at times. But it is all music i enjoy to listen to at some time or another.

I dont understand people who say they hate a certain type of music. Just as i dont understand people who say the hate some type of color. There is an endless amount of music to listen to so how can you say you hate a specific type? You grow up, you change your taste, and i think its such a shame if you dont let yourself have a little change from now and then and listen to something else. Tease your brain and train it in being openminded about something different. I had a friend when i went to school that only listend to mainstream pop. No never would she even contemplate to listen to any of my records. and she often wondered how i could listen to such "garbage". I feel sorry for her that she doesnt want to try something new, because she still doesnt know how it feels like to listen to that perfectly sung opera libretto or that quiet shy folksinger from Outer Mongolia. And she still hasnt discovered Frankie Boy.... ;o)

Oh the unknown joys of working in a supermarket. I really could use my whole workplace as a research bank for a standup comedy act. After 7 years working there you dont flinch or even raise an eyebrow at ANYTHING the customers comes up with or say to you. And sometimes you really wonder if you are a bit crazy as you put up with so much (excuse the french) BULLSHIT from people. I often wonder if people go shopping just to let out some of that repressed anger and frustration they have to deal with somewhere else. I mean, in a supermarket, you can be just as rude as you like and say and do almost anything, as long as it isnt shoplifting, and get away with it. Becasue you can always say in the end that you have had poor service and complain about some poor little girl in the checkout being nasty to you and almost get her fired or whatever just so you can justify yourself being a total bastard. And we, the poor staff, have to smile and say yes we are so sorry we will make it up to you or else WE will get a good telling off from the boss for not being serviceminded and bla bla bla!
To get through those sort of days i think about the day i will finaly quit this job and what i will say to all those who have pesterd me or insulted me or whatever for all those years. It is NOT alright to be a total git only because you are a customer. Get it through your thick skull!

Aaaaaaaah... feels so much better now, would feel a lot better if i actually would be able to quit tomorrow and do all that.. But some day, some day..... ;o)

I have started another blog. In swedish... Even though my english is fairly good there is some times im lost for words and it is so frustrating not to be able to convey what you are thinking. So as an extra outlet for more complicated thoughts (yes i know...) im trying this out. Feel free to read or just have a peak

YAWN!
Im so tired now i could sleep all the rest of the day away. I went to bed at nine yesterday, ME that usually stays up untill 12 or later because im not tired. And this morning i could just get my eyes open enough to see that i had to get up or i would be late for work. Something is wrong, or maybe im just catching up on the sleep i couldnt seem to get last week....

So Midsummer has been(friday) and gone again this year. As usuall it was crappy weather and it all seemed to rain away. But after we had our picnic inside at our place it seemed to clear off so we took a gamble and went to Torsĺng on the other side of the lake for the festivities. We had miscalculated the amount of people that also went there though and spent at least 30 minutes in a slow crawl amongst lots of people trying to get a glimpse of the steamboat parade that was going on as we arrived. Finaly we got through the little village and found us a parking spot. We managed to get there in time to see the traditional lifting, hoisting (whatever you call it) of the midsummerpole and also the dancing around it. James got to see one of his favorites, Smĺ grodorna (ickle froggies) being sung and danced to with all the actions included. But i couldnt persuade him to go and join in the ring with me. Maybe next year.....

Yesterday the store was closed so i got a bonus of a free day! YaY to that but since everything was closed, well more or less everything, only a couple of supermarkets were open, there wasnt much to do. We went to my mums for dinner though and had plans to go fishing afterwards but the weather turned nasty again so all we could do was go home before it started to pour down again. And besides i was so tired i slept most of the rest of the evening.

And today i have worked and am going to do something, anything when i have rested my poor bones... Blog later. Gotta go dance to Frankie... ;o)

Ehm.. i just registered online so i could play a game where you shoot a chicken... ! I must be bored or maybe just amused by the fact that the chicken is very cute and looks funny when trying to escape.

James is already fast at sleep even though he makes this humming sound sometimes just to check if im here, it is quite cute... :)
He was tricked at thinking he had to work today! So off he went early this morning(5.30) in the POURING rain but came back again and woke me up when he made some breakfast in the kitchen. I asked quite silly and half asleep what he was doing home again when he sort of mouped that it was all closed and no one was there. Sorry to say i was too tired to think a second thought about the cruelty of it all untill now. And now im furious! How DARE they make fun of him like this saying they are going to work and they dont, making him get up at the unearthly hour that it really was (4.45) on Midsummers Eve!!! If this is a joke it is a very VERY poor one. I feel so sorry for him now when i think about how much it actually rained, and still was when i had to bike to work this morning. My poor ickle jeppy.... got to go. Feel a need to hug him to bits, night folks


P.s pls leave comments! Its so sad not to have ANY comments to what you write or ramble about....
Comments makes it worth while to write, silly i know but true..

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What is it that makes people insomniacs at times? Im tired, but cant sleep! I was just tossing and turning in bed so decided to come online and do some silly tests to try to lull my brain to sleep..
Heres one of them


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Today was mayhem at work. There were lots of people queueing to get in this morning and the trolleys had run out after 15 minutes! And ever since 9.15 today the queues just seemed to stretch from one end of the store to the other. I was very glad to work the morning shift so i could go home when the REAL rush started, after people finished work. I can imagine the scene of two desperate mums fighting over the only trolley left outside both arguing they need it NOW. ;o)

Part from work its been a very slow day, i was so tired i actually took a nap, which i usually dont do but today it was beddie byes for me for an hour in the afternoon. Must be getting old! Wheres me teeth dear...?

Do not try to walk on water, it has only worked for one person so far recorded. But still James tried it today.
We went fishing today again since James had bought me a very nice and lightweight new fishing rod as a surprise. I phoned Lotta and asked if she was interested in coming with us, which she was, she also brought her husband with her. Anyway, I dont know if it was nerves or what that made James try his Jesus inpersonating trick or what. But apparently he got his bait stuck a bit out and was trying to pull it free when his line got caught in a tree (cough) and to rescue it all he rolled his trousers up but forgot he was wearing shoes and just tried to walk on mentioned water.....Poor thing had to stand in one of the bags we brought some sandwiches in for the rest of the evening keeping his toes warm. And i didnt know what had happend since he kept it very quiet over where he was. I think he did better this time though in using the fishing rod and im sure he will think both once or twice before stepping off into water again... ;o)
I didnt get any fish this time but Roland managed to get a tiny little one. It was a nice evening out but a bit windy so fish werent biting as good as they did the other night.

Anyway, i must be trying out to be a saint because i borrowed him my shoes for when we were cycling back. Im more used to biking barefoot then he is so I thought it was the safest bet to get us home in one piece if he borrowed my shoes. And here i am, wide awake because i slept so much this morning. But i will try to go to bed soon since its an early morning for me tomorrow. And busy busy it will be since its the last day before the swedish holiday Midsummer. So night all, and please use the comment box AND the guestmap! Thats what their there for ;o)

I feel like i've slept half the day away! My alarmclock went off at 9 as usuall but i turned it off by accident instead of putting it on snooze so didnt wake up untill 11.30...! But maybe i needed the sleep since i didnt wake up by myself earlier.

I will wait untill James gets back home before deciding what to do with the rest of the day. But im going to spring into action soon and bake a bit. And i have some home made lemonade that i have to see to. I got this bunch of rubarb from my mum that i had to do something with. I didnt want pie so thought i make some lemonade and see if James will drink it... ;o)
It actually turned out very nice so might be doing that again.

Yesterday we had some serious thunder in the late evening. We were watching the South Korea - Italy game on telly when it all of a sudden went blank and we heard the loudest bang ever! Luckily the tv made it, it was just the transmission that got a hiccup in the powersurge i suppose. But James jumped up and started pulling every electrical cord he could find out of their sockets. Then i sat watching the lightshow while James huddled up behind me on the sofa. He dont like thunderstorms but i think their quite alright as long as they dont come very quickly and are very fierce. It rained a lot as well which will save us a trip to the cemetary to water the flowers there today. Its been really hot and everything was drying up so it was nice with a change of weather and a real downpour yesterday did some good.

Its now only four weeks untill i get some vacation, YaY. Sadly James will be working two out of my three weeks off. But we will try and do something togheter on that only week. Part from a music consert we dont have anything planned and that is really good. Can do stuff on the spur of the moment then and not feel all tied up in plans. Any suggestions?

Oh im a sucker for tests some days. But this one caught my eye when i was surfing a bit in various blogs.
Im this type and really, how weird it might be, it is really me :o)

INFJs are distinguished by both their complexity of character and the unusual range and depth of their talents. Strongly humanitarian in outlook, INFJs tend to be idealists, and because of their J preference for closure and completion, they are generally "doers" as well as dreamers. This rare combination of vision and practicality often results in INFJs taking a disproportionate amount of responsibility in the various causes to which so many of them seem to be drawn.

INFJs are deeply concerned about their relations with individuals as well as the state of humanity at large. They are, in fact, sometimes mistaken for extroverts because they appear so outgoing and are so genuinely interested in people -- a product of the Feeling function they most readily show to the world. On the contrary, INFJs are true introverts, who can only be emotionally intimate and fulfilled with a chosen few from among their long-term friends, family, or obvious "soul mates." While instinctively courting the personal and organizational demands continually made upon them by others, at intervals INFJs will suddenly withdraw into themselves, sometimes shutting out even their intimates. This apparent paradox is a necessary escape valve for them, providing both time to rebuild their depleted resources and a filter to prevent the emotional overload to which they are so susceptible as inherent "givers." As a pattern of behavior, it is perhaps the most confusing aspect of the enigmatic INFJ character to outsiders, and hence the most often misunderstood -- particularly by those who have little experience with this rare type.

Due in part to the unique perspective produced by this alternation between detachment and involvement in the lives of the people around them, INFJs may well have the clearest insights of all the types into the motivations of others, for good and for evil. The most important contributing factor to this uncanny gift, however, are the empathic abilities often found in Fs, which seem to be especially heightened in the INFJ type (possibly by the dominance of the introverted N function).

This empathy can serve as a classic example of the two-edged nature of certain INFJ talents, as it can be strong enough to cause discomfort or pain in negative or stressful situations. More explicit inner conflicts are also not uncommon in INFJs; it is possible to speculate that the causes for some of these may lie in the specific combinations of preferences which define this complex type. For instance, there can sometimes be a "tug-of-war" between NF vision and idealism and the J practicality that urges compromise for the sake of achieving the highest priority goals. And the I and J combination, while perhaps enhancing self-awareness, may make it difficult for INFJs to articulate their deepest and most convoluted feelings.

Usually self-expression comes more easily to INFJs on paper, as they tend to have strong writing skills. Since in addition they often possess a strong personal charisma, INFJs are generally well-suited to the "inspirational" professions such as teaching (especially in higher education) and religious leadership. Psychology and counseling are other obvious choices, but overall, INFJs can be exceptionally difficult to pigeonhole by their career paths. Perhaps the best example of this occurs in the technical fields. Many INFJs perceive themselves at a disadvantage when dealing with the mystique and formality of "hard logic", and in academic terms this may cause a tendency to gravitate towards the liberal arts rather than the sciences. However, the significant minority of INFJs who do pursue studies and careers in the latter areas tend to be as successful as their T counterparts, as it is *iNtuition* -- the dominant function for the INFJ type -- which governs the ability to understand abstract theory and implement it creatively.

In their own way, INFJs are just as much "systems builders" as are INTJs; the difference lies in that most INFJ "systems" are founded on human beings and human values, rather than information and technology. Their systems may for these reasons be conceptually "blurrier" than analogous NT ones, harder to measure in strict numerical terms, and easier to take for granted -- yet it is these same underlying reasons which make the resulting contributions to society so vital and profound.

Copyright © 1996-1999 by Marina Margaret Heiss and Joe Butt

Here's more waffle by another prof. so you who dont want to read more phycologhy please scroll down, quick! :o)

The Counselor Idealists are abstract thought and speech, cooperative in reaching their goals, and directive and introverted in their interpersonal roles. Counselors focus on human potentials, think in terms of ethical values, and come easily to decisions. The small number of this type (little more than 2 percent) is regrettable, since Counselors have an unusually strong desire to contribute to the welfare of others and genuinely enjoy helping their companions. Although Counsleors tend to be private, sensitive people, and are not generally visible leaders, they nevertheless work quite intensely with those close to them, quietly exerting their influence behind the scenes with their families, friends, and colleagues. This type has great depth of personality; they are themselves complicated, and can understand and deal with complex issues and people.

Counselors can be hard to get to know. They have an unusually rich inner life, but they are reserved and tend not to share their reactions except with those they trust. With their loved ones, certainly, Counselors are not reluctant to express their feelings, their face lighting up with the positive emotions, but darkening like a thunderhead with the negative. Indeed, because of their strong ability to take into themselves the feelings of others, Counselors can be hurt rather easily by those around them, which, perhaps, is one reason why they tend to be private people, mutely withdrawing from human contact. At the same time, friends who have known an Counselor for years may find sides emerging which come as a surprise. Not that they are inconsistent; Counselors value their integrity a great deal, but they have intricately woven, mysterious personalities which sometimes puzzle even them.

Counselors have strong empathic abilities and can become aware of another's emotions or intentions -- good or evil -- even before that person is conscious of them. This "mind-reading" can take the form of feeling the hidden distress or illnesses of others to an extent which is difficult for other types to comprehend. Even Counselors can seldom tell how they came to penetrate others' feelings so keenly. Furthermore, the Counselor is most likely of all the types to demonstrate an ability to understand psychic phenomena and to have visions of human events, past, present, or future. What is known as ESP may well be exceptional intuitive ability-in both its forms, projection and introjection. Such supernormal intuition is found frequently in the Counselor, and can extend to people, things, and often events, taking the form of visions, episodes of foreknowledge, premonitions, auditory and visual images of things to come, as well as uncanny communications with certain individuals at a distance.

I caught a fishy!!
Only a small one and it got away but still, i caught a fishy!!!

We did buy a fishing rod on friday at this lowprice barn because i thought it might be fun doing that sometime. James has never fished before so it was a first for him to get to grips about how to use a ....kastspö - casting rod?? and it took me a while as well to remember how to use it. Last time i did some fishing was with my brother and then i was only 10 - 11 years old. So quite a while ago.

We went around the lake a bit to see if there were any good spots whit no trees too close by... We did cycle past a very good spot but didnt realise it before we headed back, disappointed that we had not found any further up the lake. This place was a little swimmingplace just around the corner from where we went for our picnic the other day. No one there and a spectaculare view over the lake as the sun set. And not a sound, well part from the odd train thundering past once every hour. But that stopped as well as the evening went into night. We heard a deer buck bark from the woods and some running around, dont know what was happening becasue there were shrubs in the way so we couldnt see. Its an earie sound if you dont know what it is. It scared me once when i was younger and was walking in the woods alone.
After quite a few miserable attempts of casting i finaly remembered how you do it. Before that point James had tried but it didnt go that well, but he almost caught himself since he managed to spinn it off way over his head and then the bait landed on his head coming down. Quite the achievement i thought once i had recoverd from laughter. He had this stunned look on his face that was priceless!
At the end i did catch a little abborre (perch according to the dictionary) but it got away just as we were trying to get it out of the water. We were going to set it free but it would have been nice to be able to have taken a picture of it at least to say that yes i did catch the fish! Oh well better luck next time.

Yesterday when we were biking along Runn (lake) we saw a man standing butt naked at the shore staring out at the lake. We wizzed by very quickly going downhill but i could swear he was holding something in his hand.. LOL! Would that constitue indecent exposure to the ducks on the lake? ;o)

It was a weird day yesterday, James got home earlier then he was supposed to due to that it gone very well printing during the night so they had filled their quota before the shift change. Then it went very well at work for me even though i felt like i was over Mr T like a hawk about getting things done and not dillydallying doing nothing in the veggies. So felt very pleased with myself yesterday.

And when we were biking yesterday i managed to fool James in where i was going so he lost me and i managed to bike home first without him knowing which way i took. Its something i indulge in at times. Playing him around... :o)

Today i suspect we will be stuck in front of the tv, well not me but James will be since England is playing Denmark in the World Cup. I might be on here messing with his new template or i might potter around doing something else. OR i might even watch the game with him! How shocking!

Please try out this new nifty little thing, the guestmap under my email ;o)
I want to know where you all come from!

It is late and i have to go to bed, really i do.. But im not sleepy.

I watched a documentary on swedish tv tonight about the french politician Jean-Marie Le Pen. I just shake my head, cant really comment good in english, but this i can say, what a dickhead. Me and politics dont really mix. Theres and election in Sweden this year and im not sure i will go and vote. I didnt do it last time and im sure it hasnt changed that much from then. There are bits and pieces of both sides that are good. But generally i can say that no political partie has me hooked. It all seems to be green grass and fancy promises to me and thats not what i would vote for.

Today was exhausting at work. Lots of people and stressful or is it me making it more stressful then it needs to be? Perhaps, but i like it when its buzzing wiht people and you got things to do, customers to help and so on. But maybe not today...

I think it is time for bed, generally just feeling weary and tired... night

Yikes i slept long this morning, thats not something i usually do. Maybe yesterday was more tiring then i thought. Or maybe i just sleep better when the apartment isnt like a sauna!

I've been playing around creating my own stor trooper. It is a bit like me but oh what choices they had, but couldnt really see myself as a japanese geisha or a leatherfreak.... ;o)
Trooper will be up once i can get James to show me how to use the ftp program that goes PING when it uploads....

I has been a busy day today. And i think my little wail yesterday helped to keep the rain at bay, anyway untill now.
We went for a picnic today, couldnt think of anything else to do so i made pastasallad and off we went with a blanket and some drink as well. We biked out to the lake and sat there enjoying the cool breeze and the warm sun just really doing nothing. Besides it was fun watching the kiddies playing in the water, or shall i say pushing each other into the water. Must have been cold because i dipped my foot in the shallow water and that was cold so imagine it a bit out. James took some nice pictures from there that im sure will appear at his blog at some time.

When we got home it was turning a bit murky outside so we never went for another bikeride but instead had a rest before i spotted a nice offer on a mobilephone at the local supermarket. So a quick decision later we hopped over to the supermarket feeling lucky they would have some left. Apparently we got the only one they had since you would have to sign up and they order one for you (silly i know but its not common that foodstores sell those in Sweden). But the man was nice and wondered if we would like to take it straight away, and yes of course we did! So, now i (we) have a mobile..... Me who swore that i was never going to get hooked into that not being able to live without one. Some people cant you see... But me, oh no i wont fall into that trap. Maybe just the sms trap then.... ;o)

I found this here and tried it out.


Which era in time are you?

I just noticed, France has to go home from the world cup in football! Snooty ickle frenchies wasnt good enough.... HA!

Sweden is still hanging in there, YaY Swedes! *waves little flag*

It is raining!
Well why shouldnt it be you ask, but but but, its my day of tomorrow and i dont want rain then! Any other day, fine, but not tomorroooooow...*wail*

And if anyone thinks it is nice and relaxing with raindrops falling and whatever, it might be, but not tomorrow! I am deeeply offended that the weather has turned against me, im one of its most loyal followers! So there!

Anyhow, todays moan about work.
It was shitty gritty cleaning up after other people type of work. And i hate it! I even got the attention of big Bosses brother today when he came round all smily asking how things were going. I just gave him a glance and showed him the boxes full of discarded fruit and veggies, most of them soft and rotten. Thats not how it should look like! They should have been sorted out YESTERDAY since YESTERDAY was cleaning day in the fruit and veggies. Well after a very stressful morning it all sorted itself out just in time for when it was time for me to go home. Big Boss had already left the building (yay Elvis) so he couldnt see the results of my hard work. Maybe some other day.

About work... there had been this staff party (yes again) on M/S Slussbruden (boat) last saturday. Well informed participants tell me that they all got really REALLY pissed. Free bar will do that to wannabe alcoholists. As usuall Mr T drunk himself under the table twice and picked a fight with someone else since he was so drunk he could hardly walk. And Big Brother made passes at everyone wearing a skirt and really glued himself onto a poor little girl from our place. She had to be rescued by the galant knight Jurgen who works at the store as well. What is it with men who are supposedly sooo Mucho Macho (but when the ickle missus snapps her fingers comes crawling to please) and young girls? I would like to snipp something off him but thats just me getting tired of the charade of him being Mr Nice guy and then pressing the girls when getting drunk.

Can you tell i like gossip? ;o)

I got this little story sent to me from a friend in Ireland and i thought it to be very good, makes you stop and think ...

On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged, well-off white South African lady has found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin crew attendant over to complain about her seating.

"What seems to be the problem Madam?" asked the attendant.
"Can't you see?" she said. "You've sat me next to a kaffir. I can't possibly sit next to this disgusting human. Find me another seat!"
"Please calm down Madam." the stewardess replied. "The flight is very full today, but I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll go and check to see if
we have any seats available in club or first class."

The woman cocks a snooty look at the outraged black man beside her (not to mention many of the surrounding passengers). A few minutes later the stewardess returns with the good news, which she delivers to the lady, who cannot help but look at the people around her with a smug and self-satisfied grin.

"Madam, unfortunately, as I suspected, economy is full. I've spoken to the cabin services director, and club is also full. However, we do have one seat in first class."
Before the lady has a chance to answer, the stewardess continues...
"It is most extraordinary to make this kind of upgrade, however, I have had to get special permission from the captain. But, given the circumstances, the captain felt that it was outrageous that someone be forced to sit next to such an obnoxious person."
With which, she turned to the black man sitting next to the woman, and said:
"So if you'd like to get your things, sir, I have your seat ready for you..."
At which point, apparently the surrounding passengers stood and gave a standing ovation while the black man walks up to the front of the plane.


People will forget what you said...
People will forget what you did...
But people will never forget how you made them feel.

The end of another week. Its been HOT weather so am feeling all drained and tired from it. This week was not one of my best ones, in the mix about me complaining about work and myself living a boring life my gran managed to have her birthday! We went there on thursday for coffee and cakes and to congratulate her. Me and James had bought her a nice coffee cup since she dropped her old one a few weeks back. I think she liked it, but will have to see if she uses it.
Also this week i think i must have sweated floods at work since there isnt any airconditioning and the store is just like a steel barn house anyway. So when the sun shines on the roof it gets warm and heats everything up. We had it warmer indoors then it was outside! This is about the time of year when i wish it was winter again....

My friend Rosie has gone missing. I suspect the kidnapper is called Per, her bf. They are togheter again after a serious row a month ago. And since both of them has been made redundant at their seperate work i suppose they are having a little vacation togheter before getting back to the serious matter of looking for work. And i cant blame them, if there is a time to take vacation in Sweden it is now. You know, sun, sun, more sun?

Jess down in Spain is busy busy with their boat engine company so dont hear much from her either. Btw it is my time to phone so cant really blame her for not getting in touch now can i... :o)

James is off working nightshifts again. So its not my most favorite week i got ahead of me. I really shouldnt grumble about it, it pays well and i see him a lot more then when he works any other shift. But he gets too tired after a few nights and then its no fun anyway. He asked me if i could make him a sleepingmask to help block out the daylight. So thats my next project, mind you i havent still completed the patchwork im doing for our bed or my mums canape pillow..... Well, i hope i get some time and can find the inspiration to do them soon, am feeling guilty about them laying around unfinished....

I usually dont do this, but it was so weird i had to try it. I dont know if it is me but never mind.... :o)

You are the ravest of dance parties, a must for the all night rave! Exciting company you make people feel sexy, sensuality and generally ecstatic. You make people feel close, at one with each other but can also make people feel nauseaous and anxious.If you spend alot of time with someone they tend to be hallucinating, they cant see clearly and feel like they are getting carried away with you. When you spend way too much time with people you fuck up their brain, heart and liver. However, after spending a wopping wonderful night with you, the next day people get deppressed thinking of you and how much they miss you. They get love sick and dont want to eat, they cant sleep, they feel sore in their muscels and cant concentrate for very long as they dream of when they will spend an exhilarating time with you again on the dance floor at the very next rave party. Fortunately for people, the more they see of you the more they realise how bad you are and eventually they dont see much of you anymore.

Find Out If You Were A Drug, What You Would Be!

quiz by ravenritings

I do wonder how many of those weird quiz's there is out there... Anyway, it doesnt really say anything about me being ME. Its like the horoscopes you can get done for you online if you type in your time of birth and place and all that and voila you ge a whole chart of general waffle. I had my stars and planets done for me once. Now when i read it i can see how much she angled it to suit me since she knew me a bit. I have some sort of beliefe in that there is a purpose for us to be here in life. Im not a christian but i do believe in a life after this. But maybe not so much of a life in heaven with angels and all that, but more that you get yet another life to live. Is that reincarnation? I supppose it is then... :o)

Im melting!!!
It is now 15 outside and it is STILL 26 degrees in my apartment!!!!! Go figure how warm it will be later on this summer..!
I want to move to a nice house by the lake so i can go swiming, naked, right now....!

peeeew.... big window open now, bit cooler. I hate swedish houses sometimes, to well insulated to be any nice in summertime.

I want some rain, some thunder and lightning and cooler weather. Just for a while.

There we go again with the weather report! I cant believe this...
Am i really this boring?

But still it can be quite funny and hilarious as well... but lately it hasnt been.................!

I wish I could learn languages more quickly. I have a friend in Spain that sent me a translation she wanted help with. She had done it from spanish to english and she wanted me to have a read and see if her english was alright. But it was very hard since I didnt have a clue what is was she had translated. Some of the english i could help and change around, but not knowing what is intended makes it very hard to do it right.

Pew it is warm tonight, its been another lovely day and they have promised even more to come this week. Really, my life is sooo boring if I dont have anything better to blog about then the weather!

So another weekend finished all to quickly. In the end i did watch some of the football since it turned out to be a more intense game then i had thought (pushover win for England i thought) And James got a bargain, i cooked dinner and went for a bikeride with him and he did the washing for me. I still think i got the better half of the bargain.. You might think that i hate household shores when i tell you about James doing the washing up, breakfast and cleaning and what nots, but i dont mind doing it. Im just lazy and really glad if i can wriggle out of it from time to time because i suspect there will be a time when i will have to do ALL of this by myself.

We went up to the mine on our bikes and sat there in the lovely evening looking out over the mine. I do say sarcy stuff about the Big Hole but really it is a historic monument and should be rememered as such. It was at one point a very vital part of swedish economy and the fact that just one man died when it all collapsed on midsummers day in 1687 is a miracle in itself.

I like getting emails, so why is my inbox so empty it is pathetic? I do write emails to others, its not like i just sit there waiting for them to drop in...

James is out doing his leaflets for the very last time. It is a lovely day here, sun, not a cloud in sight so far and a gentle breeze from the lake. If it wasnt for the fact that there are loads to do at home i would just skip everything and go out somewhere with a blanket and a good book and not care about anything, especially football. But since the dust is thickening on my desk (i just noticed i could write in it) i need to do some cleaning, and washing as well, if i cant persuade James that he does it so much better then me... But i dont think i stand a chance today because of previously mentioned football. Very importent game today so what can i do but roll my eyes and do it all by myself. I could fake that the tellys broken down i suppose, but that would be cruel to do to a man that likes football that much that he used to have a season ticket to his favorite team and still jumps all over the place when he follows a web based update on the games. I mean, a commentary update every 2 minutes is not worth bouncing all over the place for, but he does when they score. I usually go Yay other team whenever i can just to tease him, but i dont think he approves of my choices sometimes! ;o)

The fair was a disappointment today as well. I really thought there would be more stalls then yesterday. Well at least the august market is bigger. I will have to find out if there will be the usuall market race, if there is i will enter James in it so he can run it. That is one of the things he said he wanted to do when seeing it on one of his previous visits before he moved over.
We went to grans for coffee today and then me and mum went shopping at the local superstore. In the mean time James went home and had a nap. Working nightshifts really messes him up for a couple of days after it. And having a cold doesnt help it at all. Hopefully he will have recovered untill tomorrow. He mustn miss the important football game, its Sweden versus England tomorrow!
Yay footie.....

How will i survive for 4 weeks!

How to wrestle the remote controll out of James' hands for the next 4 weeks. Simply tickle him into submission so you can watch what you like again! Maybe it will only work the first time because he will have bought a padded tshirt by the next day, or trown up all over me since that is what he says he does when being tickled too much....

Today he almost managed to make butter when whipping the cream for the strawberries we had for dessert. He was trying to do two things at the same time, whipping the cream and wiping of the white splodges he made.....makes a change from brown ones i suppose... :o)

We've been out to the market/fair today and seen the king of Sweden. He came here to be presented with a diploma that Falun has become a World Heritage. Well more likely ye ol' coppermine has. Yes the big old hole in the ground is now a protected World Heritage. Amazing isnt it...

We even saw the king wave to us. Yes especially to us out of all those people that had gathered in the town square he waved at only us! Yay we do feel very special tonight because of that... ;o) (of course we waved back) (gracefully)....

Finaly friday. Work just swooshed by and it was time to go home before i had the time to think WEEKEND!
It was alright at work today i guess. Mr T is trying his best and i suppose i should give it a rest, BUT really, women are more organized!
Instead of lingering on forever with the vegetables we get in the morning i want to get them into the coldstore as quickly as possible and in the order as to when we got them. Oldest on top. But Mr T likes to fiddle with them and leaves them forever out in the warmth and instead is constantly on the phone to the grossers ordering more stuff or just chittchatting to the man in charge. And that annoys me A LOT! Because that means he is walking around trying to be all importent and leaves all work for me or Malin who works there as well.. It is only when i've given him the old evil eye look a few times and goes looking for where he has disappeared that he hustles a bit and gets something done! He is nice and all that but a drifter .... and the boys at work defends him whatever you say so what can you do but moan a bit and get a new job as soon as possible.. HA!

I just opend the window and it smells lovely out there. Its been raining a bit tonight and it smells all fresh and clear with a touch of flowers blossoming now. I dont know the english word for it but here they are called Syren, its a bush with lilac flowers in a spire shape with a really divine scent. Maybe someone knows?

Its still a fairly light dusk out there. That is one of the best things with swedish summers, it doesnt get at all dark, just bit of a darker shade and then the sun goes up again. Makes it hard to get some sleep though since you think it is later then it is.

Just a day left to work untill im freeeeeee!

There is something special with Frankies voice.. I couldnt resist it any longer and went and bought a Frank Sinatra Greatest hits cd. Im listening to it right now and...aaaaah... relaxing from work. James has just gone to work so i thought i'd sit down and blog a bit and fiddle with the template and see what John has written on his page. And a glas of cold Pepsi Max does make everything perfect, at least for me....

Do you know which Frank song i like best? Please dont laugh, but its Strangers in the night. I cant get it out of my head and i almost know the lyrics off by heart. Besides i've been known to pester people with it... I even made a home made karaoke .midi of it! Ask Twinkie he knows... :o)

As you might have noticed i've changed my template, again. But i was getting bored and tired of the darker one with the moon and stuff so i wanted a change. You can still see how it looks like when reading the archives if i havent fixed that... Anyone know of a good template page that actually works?? I would be glad for any tips.

Other then that, my day off has proven to be a disappointment. James had to stay home since his cold has gone worse so i had no one to go watch the cruising with! Its not as fun to go by yourself, and Rosie wasnt home, probably out with her bf. And Lotta has escaped to Greece for a 2 week holiday, lucky her... It left me wondering what the heck i would get up to whole day. Slept in late and felt sleepier when i woke up then when i went to bed last night.

Just one of those days you feel got wasted away... i dont like that.

So, off he went on his bike to work. I've just realised how much i really hate sleeping alone. Its strange how quickly you get used to having someone close, snoring some times or just tossing and turning in bed because he cant sleep. Its quite interesting waking up hearing him talk in his sleep. Mumbling and really ranting sometimes! But i can never make out what it is all about. Mostly it is in jibberish, but then once in a while there is real sentence but totally wacko. Like the time he asked for his eggs now! And the next thing was something about pinning them (the eggs) to the wall. Dont ask me how his mind works, it keeps me greatly amused though.
Im sure he doesnt think the same about my ickle habit of wacking him one in his sleep. I did do that a lot before, but i suppose i got used to having someone there and arent just as violent as i was.... :o)

Got one more day of work before i can have my beloved day off! This weeks day off will be well used. There is this local fair all week. And on wednesday there is Cruising with old american cars or what else you have built in your garage during the winter. It is always fun watching them roll by. Especially the beefed up cars for street racing. There is a special something to the sound of a V8 that is irresistible... Hope the weather improves, right now it is drizzly rain, its been really pouring down earlier today.

Wonder how James will cope tonight, they just phoned from his work and wondered where he was. Apparently his boss had forgot to tell him that the nigth schedule was from this week, i.e tonight as the first night. I quickly made him some tea to take with him in a flask (i know) and off he rushed with a kiwi and some youghurt as well. Poor thing is getting a cold so he is going to try his kiwi cure. He swears it helped him last time. Im not so sure about that... ;o)

The Eurovision song contest was hilarious last night. And yes the greek group looked like the Borg! Resistens is futile... Dont have an opinion if the songs where good or not. I thought all of them more or less sang out of tune besides the denmark singer who i thought was actually quite good. The new Leathered up BoyZone from Cyprus was a good laugh. Wonder where they have practised their 'bedroom looks' the main singer was glaring at the tv camera with. The russian group looked like something from a Loreal commercial with their perfectly put on make up. It must have been sweat proof stuff because i was waiting for it to smear when they showed close ups ...

Oh God spare me the torment of the Eurovision song Contest. I think i will be wanting to strangle the female presenter after half the show! What a voice, she can sing alright, but why oh why does she have to talk..

Im going to watch this on BBC with Terry Wogan, sarcastic and wonderful!! He got the right attitude about this silly thing. Its a joke...

I've been thinking about blog versus journal. And im not really either. Well more like a journal if anything but im then on the wrong spot for it. Silly but I like Blogger as such and there are lots of others writing pure journals in here as well. So why do people get all toffee nosed about the difference ?

You know, I might be wrong about the whole idea, but still this is just like something she would actually do and I've seen her do it to others before...

Today was yet another sunny day with a clear blue sky. I could get used to this. As long as I dont need to work of course...

It was ok at work I suppose, why do I still work there i ask myself quite frequently. Still havent come up with a good answer to that more then the obvious one, its money coming in. But not really what I would want to do for very much longer in life. Im sort of hoping James will get a steady job not needing to depend on that they phone him all the time offering him titbits of work.. And then I might get out of my job and do something completly different. Would give my poor bones some rest from that daily grind. Sometimes im wondering if im doing worse now that im in a different section. It is heavier work, but it is more varied then the other stuff I did.

Maybe I should be like this strange artist in the Letterman show , juggleling oranges while climbing through a tennis racket. I got the tv on as a backround noise and I listen in sometimes when it gets interesting or just like now, ridiculous.

I wrote a little email today to my exfriend and asked what the hell she ment saying stuff like that, and I got an all huffy mail back saying she didnt understand what i was on about...And would I explain further to what she might have done. Oh I would gladly do that but not right now, lets see if she phones or writes asking for an explanation again. Silly isnt it...?

Has anyone ever heard these little words of wisdom " What A says about B, says more about A then B"
Why im wondering is because a little fairy whispered in my ear I was being ridiculed by someone I thought was a friend. And all because I am getting married next year and she isnt...

I want revenge!! Something in the style of public humiliation, maybe even mutilation...! Im still steaming about it and I cant get it out of my head. Silly isnt it? I dont know how many times i've heard that you shouldnt listen and not care and blah blah blah, but I guess im still just too sensitive for stuff like that....

I hunted the blog down!
It has returned but it was very strange yesterday when all i got surfing there was 'Page not found' and it didnt come back untill i blogged a silly line yesterday. Wonder if it was bored with lack of interest? Or it might have thought the grass was greener somewhere else. Im glad it changed its mind alas i would have had to start all over with a new blog.

No im not loopy, just bored out of my ickle mind. Its been a non exciting day off. Really wonderfull weather outside but couldnt be bothered to go out. James had a call from work wondering if he could come in as soon as possible and that was at 10. So been all by my lonesome for the rest of the day.

Mind you it could have turned out interesting for James if i hadnt got the clippers working again. I usually cut his hair at home and I had just made one stroke with it and cut a nice little line much shorter then the rest of his mop of hair when i said Ooops! I discovered that the clippers had a crack all along the backside and it was making strange noises. James was a bit worried that i might have to go out and buy a new one to finish off the clipping. And then work phoned for him... It would have been interesting if he had to go there looking like that... :o) But fortunatly for him i taped the clippers steady and it was alright to finish off the trim.

I will have to have a look at more professional clippers. Its the second one in a year breaking down. I suppose i use them quite a lot and i also use it when Rosie wants a trim but really they should last longer. Can i go on a whinge about the quality of electric appliances? Naah, better not, its so boring with whinging people, unless it is myself doing it of course... ;o)

Trying to find my page since it got lost aparently!

No picnic today, just a very LONG bikeride! And a little stay out by the lake watching the sailingboats struggle with the hard wind. It started to get cloudy and quite windy in the afternoon , not the best of weather to go on a picnic with a portable bbq as we had planned earlier. Never mind, there will be plenty of more chances later on this summer.

James has been out doing his leaflets and then he still wanted to go for a run. Is there no stop to him? He must have had Duracel batteries for lunch today! Hope they just keep going and going as in the add.. long way untill tonight! :o)

What a wonderful morning! Sun is shining from a clearblue sky! I think we are going for a picnic today. But where to go is the question... I have to have a good think where would be nice to go.

I really like holidays. This weekend it is Pingst here in Sweden, some sort of christian thingy, which isnt my strong point in life.. I really dont care what it is about as long as i can have an extended weekend OFF since im not working .. :o)

We went to IKEA yesterday with my mum. She wanted to do something so i suggested we go there to have a peek. I didnt really buy anything interesting because i couldnt find anything that tempted me. We had a bit of a spring/summer clearing out at home as well. Got some of all the things sorted that im going to put away and some that im going to give to charity to sell off. Am going to do some more of that today after the picnic i think. You really do gather so much JUNK it is amazing. Wonder why because i've always thought it was good to have fewer material possessions, but still it seems im like my mum who hordes things like a chipmunk! I really hope that you dont turn into your parents as the saying goes.... :o)

Oooh, James is singing in the kitchen. He is so sweet, he makes me breakfast every morning. I am getting to be so spoiled. But since he doesnt mind doing it i might as well let him to it... Breakfast is apparently done so have to go. And then after that, picnic in the sun!

Its been a really busy week back at work. So by the time i've got home i've been too tired to write anything and then when i feel like blogging a bit i cant get on line with Telia!! It is so annoying that here you have broadband and still you cant surf... hmpf! At least that seems to be fixed now. Maybe they dug a cable in two outside by the road since they are doing roadwork just by my house, widening the cyclepath all the way from the top of the hill to downtown. Lots of hassle to cross the road and all cars are going really slow because the road has shrunk to the size of an english road...Lovely!

Lunch break... :)

Back to work again... And nothings really changed at all. I've been gone for 2 weeks, one week off sick and one weeks vacation in England. Going back to work was not fun. I already felt all stressed out on sunday morning when i woke up thinking it was monday and i had to go to work! What a relief when i discovered it was still just sunday.

Sunday was really a recovery day as far as i thought. We went to see my gran though, she was fine and im going there again tomorrow to help her out with her shopping.

Really not much to tell besides the usuall crap thats going on at work. All the guys went missing at 5 today because they were going to drive some go-cart.. It wasnt very well timed with the busy time at work. But never the less they went and left us 'girlies' to fend for ourselves the best we could. Makes me so mad! You might guess who was the brain behind this great idea.. I am wondering why i still hang on to this work since it is only moving downhill more or less all the time. It didnt used to be like this before. You can clearly make a before and after date to when all this started to happen. Before and after Big Bosses brother.. I generally stop listening when i hear him go out on one of his usuall rants about just about anything to offend people. Or just get them to react. Its really sickening when you think about some of the things he blurts out. Never mind me, im just in a foul mood after todays work.

.............IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHH....WOOOOOOOOOOSH!!.........
What was that?? Its a bird, no its a Superwoman, no its a plane with Tigs getting back to Sweden!
A very hectic week it has been indeed but finally im back in Sweden again. Talk about ironic, England really should be warmer and more summery like but when we stepped out of the plane at Hässlö it was like stepping into a sauna! It was really really WARM! People were walking around in shorts and not even that at times i saw, when driving back home! I averted my eyes just in time but never mind that... ;o)

Friday was really a nice and slow day, a bit of a change from the busy busy days before. We just had a quick tour of the local tourist trap of Lavenham. Its nice with all the crooked houses and small tearooms. It still feels like an old little sleepy village even though the tourists usually take over at the weekends. After that we had a tour of the bigger town Bury St Edmunds. But parts of it was closed off due to the festival starting there today so we never had the chance to see if they had changed the flowers in the Abbey Gardens or listen to any music. Its a shame but i think we will have many more chances of that later on. Just have to plan a bit better next time.

The evening yesterday was very quiet and it gave us a chance to pack all of our stuff as well. James didnt need to sit on the lid while i locked the case, thats a change from before! Bit overweight but they didnt seem to mind at the airport when we checked in... Just lucky us i think because the woman behind the counter looked a bit scary! Today was really just a traveling day. My mum came to collect us so it was easy peasy getting back home. Which is a change from the usuall hassle of getting the bus into Stockholm and then fit a train back home into it all. All that plus carrying very heavy luggage isnt very nice. But this was just a stroll out to mums car and home we went.

I've been unpacking all our stuff and had a bath as well. Got to use some of the nice Lush stuff i bought in London. So now i smell all Divine.. I will have a nice glas of pepsi before settling in front of the telly with our new videotape, Bridget Jones Diary and have a nice evening... :)

This is yesterdays post, due to problems at blogger i couldnt post and publish it last night.

I think my legs are going to fall off. Yesterday we spent the whole day on the move in London and today was shopping in Norwich. Using the tube in London is exellent, when the escalators work that is but when they dont and you have to take the stairs because your to lazy to find the lift i think you get new leg muscles or end up feeling like your leg will fall off! Im surprised my card hasnt melted yet by being used so much. But i got some really nice clothes and some fun things as well, as a rocking Elvis that you stick in your car window. I might give that one to my mum since she likes dangly bits and pieces in her car. Anoys the hell out of me when im borrowing her car but never mind. Besides she likes Elivs so now she can have him there rolling his hips at her..

We found our way to the rendevouz spot with Twinkie in London and i texted him to say we had arrived. And then i was on the look out for someone who looked like a Twinkie. I actually guessed wrong twice before he appeard. But when he did walk around the corner he looked like i thought, just a bit taller then i had imagined. We had lunch at a Pizza Hut and talked a bit. Being bit nervous i think it didnt go that bad and he wasnt as shy and quiet as he said he was so, it was nice! Hopefully he wont think it was too boring and i might lure him over to Sweden to show him our famous hole in the ground. Have to introduce him to Blondie at work as well.. ;o)

I've had a distraught James looking at my sitemeter and thinking it was broken because his page had only had 10 visitors and mine had 198.. His face was one of disbelief and then he went to see where everyone was coming from. Apparently im made Weblog of the week at this place. Im not so sure what sort of a place it is, but they have a hilarious picture there about hanging around, take a Snickers.. ;o) My comment: OUCH!

Besides laughing untill I cried at James right now we've had a nice relaxing day in Ipswich with a bit of shopping and just hanging around really. Bought a few clothes and almost got into a fight about James needing new shoes but not trying any out and me calling him a 'tight git' because he didnt want to spend money on shoes. But all that is now forgotten and made up, untill the next time i see a shoestore i want him to go into and have a look.. He at least got a shirt and i got some nice new music and some clothes.

Tomorrow we are going to London! Finaly going to be able to put a person to the name Twinkie. As to what else we are doing its all very vague. Either we go see a West End show if there are any halfprice tickets left or else we'll jump onto one of the sightseeing buses and maybe even go on the river tour included. Its been nice weather and they promise more of it tomorrow. So fingers crossed it will stay nice!

So now i know what a snail race is.... You take one snail per person, put it on a patio slab and the persons snail that crawls off the slab first, wins! Simple isnt it? Very confusing to me, but it was great fun and the commentary was equally fun.. :o)

Meeting James uncle and partner yesterday was interesting and the good ol' sunday dinner was delicious. We even had a match of carpet boule (which i won btw...) and a go at The Really Nasty Horserace game. We didnt do that well in the game, almost had a shot at winning big on our bet that the horse with 55-1 odds would win, but sadly the rules didnt allow a photofinish card to be used once the game had ended. All in all a pleasurable day at home.

Today was the day of the BIG surprise. But the weather is against us so we've had to cancel that one. Instead we are going to see James' grandparents for a while. It will be good fun seeing them again. His grand dad has a computer that he uses for games and the likes and curious as he is he has had a good rumage around in it, maybe to the despair of James and his dad who has to fix it afterwards. But thats what computers are for! For testing and fun. Besides i can sit and giggle while James pulls his hair in trying to fix it even though i might know whats wrong ...

Weather is turning out to be typical brittish today i think. It was a bit on the cloudy side this morning but then it shifted to sun and blue sky for a while and then it seems it got a change of heart all togheter and now it is going between being really horrible and rainy to being as fair as anything. But more on the windy rainy style tho. I wish it would make up its mind! But im sure that is just too difficult being a big island that England really is. Even though these moodswings of weather it is great to be back here again.

We went to a car boot sale in Woolpit today. It was a bit as i remember it from when i was over in England with my mum many years ago. We visited mums aunt and we had a go at this car boot type of market. I think it must be something very brittish to do. Sure we have something similar to it in Sweden, but not at the same size as these can get and not so regulare. Besides markets are disapearing in Sweden. We have the odd spring and autumn 'market' but thats it really. Right this weekend there is a really fantastic and huge market going on in Rättvik, its about 45 min outside my hometown. But im sure that there are larger ones going on here in England, and that every sunday!

Finaly got here! The plane trip was ok i guess, besides it being bumpy all the time. It wasnt as bad as i remebered even though James might care to differ since it was his hand i was squashing at takeoff and the main part of the flight. I was all tense and had an ickle headache coming back from the airport. But we have had a nice dinner and some real good laughs from the small presents we bought James parents so am relaxed and feeling better now. So now the busy week can comense. Starting of slighty on the slow side tomorrow when we are getting to meet James uncle and partner for a real ol' sunday dinner and having a snailrace apparently.. Dont ask me, im not brittish!

Im getting to be nervous now. Im going to be on an airplane tomorrow! Wonder how it will be this time. Hopefully i will relax and im definitely taking with me a book to read or at least try to read so I have something distracting my mind from whatever is happening. I’m really looking forward of going over there again. But a bit scary since I’ve been told that we're meeting some of James' relatives that I’ve not met before.

James just went out to run some errands for me since I still have my cold and have to stay at home. I have to start packing soon and have a look at what to take with me. Got to remember Twinkies phone number as well so we can phone and say we're arrived and would he come collect us from Victoria Station. That will be most interesting, to meet him. I have in my head a picture of a totally nutty person with a similar sense of humour as myself and in other ways very much like me. Both of us are shy meeting people 'in real', and add James to that and ... it makes for an interesting meeting however quiet it might turn out...!

We got a really full week ahead if everything turns out like planned. I don’t think we got any day that isn’t packed with things to do and people to meet and..! Doesn’t sound much like a relaxing vacation but its usually like this when we go there so I guess we are used to it. Besides it would be a bit on the dull side if we didn’t plan what to do. The village we're going to isn’t big enough to be interesting for a week. I know from being there the first time ever and James had to work that week. I think I had a lonely-housewife-syndrome coming down on me because there wasn’t much to do. To walk around the village took only 20 minutes or so and you could only do that so many times before getting utterly bored with it. And English daytime tv.. lesser said about it the better!

I will fill you in with what is happening over there when i got time. Im sure there will be something to tell. At least an update on James' attempts to cook for us. His mum asked if he would do some now when we're there and he is hesitant but don’t mind I think. As long as he can come and ask me how to do it or depend on me rescuing him, like I do over here. But I don’t think his mum would appreciate the new wallpainting effect of splatted brown dots all over the cupboards... I know I didn’t.. :o)

Hmm, i still got a cold and phoned work this morning to say that i wasnt coming in today. The Big Bosses brother answered and sounded very suspicious of what i was telling him. I hate when he does that, Does he really think that i would say im home sick and then in the next second go out to town or whatever 'fun' thing i was going to do besides going to work? Is he really that thick and stupid to think that everyone is lying about why they are home? He is one of those that would go to work even if he had the flu and chirpy say that nothing cant be fixed with a Treo (our equivalent to aspirin) or whatever homeopatic remedy that is in his favour at that moment. His ideal treatment is a bottle (or two) of Kan Jang and loads of aspirins. I wouldnt go if i had the flu, and i wont go when i have a cold that makes you feel all drained and tired and you still got a nasty cough that gives you the most charming whisky voice you've ever heard. It makes me so angry that he doesnt believe me. Last time i had a cold i went back to work too early and got a prolonged cold which needed penicillin to clear up. And i dont need that again especially since me and James are going to England now on Saturday!

James suggested i write in here to ask what sort of clothes we would need to bring and the magic weather fairy would phone up and tell us what to bring. Probably the same fairy that used to wash his clothes and make his dinners no doubt.... ;o)

*ATCHOOOO ...!*

Do i need to say more..? :o(

It is a full moon tonight. It looked all glossy with a haze around it. It was hanging very low when we were biking back from work. James usually tries to come meet me when I finish at work so I dont need to bike home alone. Its very comforting to know that you have someone looking out for you like that. Especially when it was darker in the evenings. Now when it is getting to be lighter its not that bad going home at nine by yourself.

He is in bed right now, James that is. Very tired and very sleepy but im sure he isnt sleeping yet because im tapping away here, trying to be quiet but still... But it was he who sent me out of bed because I was too restless to sleep and I was tossing and turning a bit and wanted to have a bit of a talk, but he needs his sleep tonight. Poor him, he is going to a stock take at the shop tomorrow. My boss asked if he was able to come as usuall to help out and he said yes. Only trouble is that he has to get up at 5.30 tomorrow.... As you might have understood he has been moaning quite a lot about it tonight. Im just smirking because I can sleep and he could have done as well, if he would have said no to Big Boss. But, James being a bit too nice sometimes, said yes when i told him my boss had asked me. Well, he gets a bit of money for doing it so it might not feel to bad for him after all.. ;o)

Work was very very busy today. And I think it is starting to catch up with me as well now. So it is off to bed soon for me as well. Got to have my sleep if im going to be able to work all weekend. I really do hate working every other weekend. It would have been a lot better if it would have been every third or something like that. And I dont like it in particulare when it is crazy week i.e when people have got paid. It is like they have to spend it all, at once, when they get paid. And in our shop as well. It is lovely for business im sure, but I still want to have a moan about it because it is too much sometimes. I must be getting old!

Another day closer to the England trip. I am not so nervous right now. Maybe I will be ok this time, or maybe not..
James is working late today, again. The only good thing about this is that he can bring back some new books once in a while when management looks the other way. Apparently everyone does it, and it seems alright as long as you dont take big heaps of books, so he started to do the same this week by bringing me Jonas Gardells new book, Ett ufo gör entre. That one I read from cover to cover in 1˝ days since I thought it was good and compelling. Now he has brought me a book by John le Carre, The Constant Gardener. A thriller - murder story from what i can tell by reading the summary of it. Havent started it yet but I might do that tonight when i've come back from the hairdresser.

I feel a bit cheated about it being spring. It is around +20 outside and people are walking in shorts and tshirts, thats not spring, thats summer! I like spring, I like it slowly getting warmer and the odd snowfall in strange times, and that the days are getting longer and longer, but now it seems more like summer already, right now. And its not even Valborg! It must have something to do with global warming. Because from what I can remember when i was younger we still had snow and ice on the lake at the end of april. But now the trees has shifted to green almost over night. Its still very faint green, but a couple of more days like this and it will be the very intense green you get in the start of summer. Im surprised i havent felt more of my pollen allergy. Maybe it isnt so bad this year even though the newspapers are talking about a pollen explosion...

Did you know that they use the same word , sultana, for the raisin and the wife of a sultan? I would hate being called a dried up grape if i had married a rich sultan... ;o)

I have just battled with my taxreport! And now im whinging about swedish taxes and that i wont have any money left since i have to pay a LOT in extra taxes because i sold off some silly old, dusty shares last year....
Nevermind me, i still have the money i got for them, but they are now put away for the wedding so I will have to take a trip down to the bank and shift them around a bit so i can pay this before 3rd of may. Doesnt it just hurt paying the goverment your hard earned money?

James is working late evening again, so im stuck on my own for the evening. It is a bit lonely but im sure that Rosie will pop in at some point and have a few rants about how, what, when, if etc about there being or not being a relationship to rescue when her bf has had a bit of time "to think things over". Poor Rosie though, she is confused and so it seems is her diplomatic bf. He is a local politician and is frequently in the local news paper with different issues. I dont mind Rosie coming over, its not that. But it would be nice to talk about something else now. Its been doom and gloom for the last few days, and it is starting to show on my patience.

I must be mad.
We went biking this sunday to visit Lotta from work and James said it was 27 km there and back! No wonder i was feeling very tired on sunday evening. But i still have to admit im kinda chuffed my legs werent as tired as James ... He complained all monday about it.

Today at work it didnt happen anything interesting. How boring! Only good thing is that we got to buy flowers. I think we went a bit over the top, Blondie and me, when selecting what to buy but what the heck, its spring!

I had a quick run in at my grans today and went to do her usual shopping and the likes. I helped her as well to trim her hair that she had tried to cut herself with a somewhat different result. But it turned out all nice and even when i had had a finishing fiddle with it. Wonder what James would say if i on thursday came back from my hairdressers apointment saying she had been sick so i had to cut it myself. Probably that it looks nice and smile....

I feel a bit sad tonight. Been thinking about my sister most of the day. That came right out of the blue that he was leaving her. My sister and himself was up here for Easter and nothing seemed to falter then and they seemed as they always have been, ok. And now this. Anyway i told my mum about it and she was upset as well so it took a bit of time to calm her down over the phone. Operation Sister rescue is coming about soon, depends on if she wants any help though.

Mondays..how is a week going to turn out by starting with sad news? Yesterday i had an upset Rosie over saying she had had a row with her bf and he took his clothes and stuff with him and said he would get in touch later on..sometime.. And this morning my sister phones and is all upset becasue her bf since 10 years is leaving her. AND i had a mail from my best friend that she is having trouble with her bf and she is thinking about leaving him, again. I mean..whats next??

Weekend already!
Time is speeding right now. Maybe it is because it knows how much i hate flying. Never the less i will get through that bit and be in England in may. And get to meet a totally nutty person for the first time in the flesh so to speak. Plan is to go to London and meet Twinkie for lunch. I know its weird calling someone Twinkie. But that is how he calls himself when online. And it kinda stuck in there, with loads of crumbs i might add. His real name is Steve though and is one of the few brave men that work at a computer helpdesk that handles company computer problems. He's said several times that he will go more insane if he stays at it for much longer. And i do believe him when he sometimes tells me about peoples problems they phone up to ask about.

The week has been very interesting workwise. I got to do my new stuff in the veggie section and upset my boss because i was right. That is always a bonus. And i got to finish early on a friday, which hasnt happend for 5 years! So i really didnt know what to do when i got home. So i mainly just plodded along a bit at home untill Rosie came by for a chatter and a cup of ..pepsi.. :o)

James has been working a lot lately and we've managed to work past each other almost the entire week. So when i get home he has just left for work, and when he gets home i've just left. So its been late nights and early mornings for a bit of conversation and no one can have any good conversation with James when he is tired. But now its the WEEKEND so we are going out in a minute to do something. He doesnt know it yet but i will be sneaking out soonish. And its always good if he notices so he can tag along as well....

Might go biking because it is such a lovely evening. Been the most magnificent day here today. Warm (+20) and clear skies with lots of sun. Hopefully it will hold on tomorrow as well and we might go see a friend of ours, Lotta, and help her rake the leafs in her garden. He doesnt know that either... ;o)

Btw, work was alright yesterday in my new shift as a "veggieperson semi in charge" and i made my boss all upset. That is a bonus because me and Ĺsa was right! That makes it even better! Tell you later, im off shopping now

Eh... Im confused. I started my new schedule and im no longer off on tuesdays but instead i am on wednesdays. And it seems wrong to be home right now. But never the less im freeeeee!

And what am i going to do today you ask, SHOP! I just realised yesterday that i really dont have any good spring/summer clothes or shoes. So today i will be dragging a very unwilling James around town in the search of new stuff. He didnt like it yesterday when i had a quick look around at 5 in the shoeshop and im sure he wont like it today either. But he will have to get used to it! Actually he really is better then the average guy when we go shopping, well unless it takes too long because then he will start yawning very often and look all miserable and mopy. But if i think he will do that i usually tell him to go home and i can shop alone. But then he puts in his "oh no im not tired" comment but still walks around with a martyr look on his face so i give up and send him home anyway. Im sure he has a smug grin on his face when walking home that he was let off again....

I will never forget when we went shopping for shoes for him. He still havent got any new ones btw... That experience made me almost pull my hair out! So he can do that alone next time and i wont say a thing about the sort of shoes he comes back home with (not much anyway) ;o)

It will be most interesting to go to work today. I have a feeling my boss wants to talk to me if Boris has done as he always do, tell on people. Yesterday i got so fed up with him sitting around doing jack shit while the rest of us had to do everything so when i caught him playing solitaire!! on the computer when there were lots of things left to do i blew my lid! And i told him that if he was going to sit there and play a stupid computer solitaire game and expect some help from us he had another thing coming and that i wouldnt help him at all for the rest of the day! Dont know if it was that what made him start working and clearing up, but a few minutes later i heard him rambling around in the dairy section. Trouble is that he came and asked me if i wanted to help him out in the bottle and can recycle room while he was preparing some mincemeat and i said a firm NO. It wasnt like the recycle room was overflowing and it wouldnt hurt him to hustle a bit to get both things done. But knowing the mind of Boris he will have complained to the boss about me not wanting to help him out when he asked. Thing is, i got a card up my sleave. If Big Boss mentiones it, i will mention the sitting around and playing solitaire... Makes us nice and even wouldnt you say..? ;o)

I feel like an old hag tonight! The stiffness of my shoulders and back is frightening. Usually its not like this when i have been working saturdays. Its one of the fun days, meaning i get to be in the veggie section all day pottering around. Well it would have been if the weekend boss wasnt called Boris. Its a joke that this man is supposed to be in charge when all he does is run around telling everyone else to do his jobs and his responsebilities while he kicks back in the staff room watching tv! But since we all hate him with a vengeance we do NOTHING to help him out. So it will be him that has to answer to the Big Boss on monday about the mess and the stuff not done. Sadly Big Boss sees trough his fingers with most of the things Boris do or rather doesnt. But we are all hoping he will get fed up with it and choose someone else for weekend boss. But knowing how his mind works that won't be happening anytime soon, only because Big Boss 'promised' Boris he would get the job now when Marie has left. As long as he doesn't try to put any of his work on me i won't interfear. He is really a sad character, Boris that is. So eager to please the boss and always on his best side whenever Big Boss is around. But as soon as he leaves Boris turns into your nightmarish Boss wannabe, trying to order people around and we just laugh at him and get hit by this very strong urge to strangle him as quickly and quietly as possible and dump him into the paper press...

Friday is partynight! At least for our neighbours downstairs. Every weekend you can hear the music put on LOUD and then there is the banging and shouting. Sometimes you wonder what they are doing from the sounds they make... It was a bit funny last weekend when our neighbour across the hall came and told us she was having a birthday party and if there was any disturbance we should just knock on the door and tell them. She came and said it twice to make sure we knew. And then Saturday night came and we were expecting the type of noice and rows they had on new years eve but to our amusment it was very very ...QUIET! We had lots of fun making up things they were doing so very quietly. One of my favorite ones was that they were doing yoga... If she wouldnt have said anything we would have thought they were not home! Poor her though, maybe she expected more guests and friends to come over and they didnt. At least they had some wine because they sent over this little girl to ask if they could borrow our corkscrew. Which of course they could, nice person as i am.. ;o)

I had a strange conversation today with the shops little 'Blondie'. We had a staff party a few weeks back and all sorts of rumours got out about what had actually happend during it. I never went because i worked late and closed that evening, so all i had to go on was other peoples version on the night. Well the main rumour is that Blondie ended up in bed with Big Bosses brother who is working in the shop as well. Trouble is Big Brother is married with 6 kids so people were kinda huffed about his doings and Blondies remarks that she knew exactly what she had done and with who and she had all of the night accounted for in her memory and didnt regret any of it. But others say she was so drunk she could hardly stand by herself. Anyway, today she came and pulled me to a corner and asked if i had heard what had been going on at the party and what i thought had happend. So i said what i thought, that yes it seemed like it would be like the rumour said. She said it wasnt so and told her version of it. According to her they had only 'wrestled' on the bed a bit and he had rubbed his stubble around her chin and not kissed her at all. And she hadnt broken anything either. I wonder how she will explain the bit about Ulla being all upset about getting one of her antique vases broken. Dont know what to think, because my first thought was that it sounded so fabricated. The main thing about all of this was that she was worried about how she will be remembered when she finishes in two weeks time and now wanted to set the score right so to speak. I will see what happens and what else comes out of this little story before saying anything... I had a quick talk to my sister about it though and she wasnt surprised at all about what had happend since she has her own supermarket and well remembers her early years as a trainee and all the partys they had.

I try not to get into these rumour talks because it always ends up going pearshaped and people getting upset and not talking to one and another for quite a while. Come to think of it there is always a sort of silent and ashamed huff on mondays after a party weekend. Guess people are sobering up and remembering what ACTUALLY happend... Always makes it interesting to go to work then... ;o))

Must catch up!
Yesterday i had a girls night out with Rosie. We went to the local pub for a meal and a very looong chatter. Didnt get home untill 10ish and we had started to eat at 6. Dinner was lovely, had me some nice chicken with mozzarella and gorgonzola sauce...yummie! And the talk! Sometimes you wonder how men can keep up in the changes of subjects we women do, i mean, one second we're talking about marriage and the next how it is to win a million or two over to the world events you've seen on the tv etc.. But maybe guys cant keep up, its just a fake nod of - mmmm i know love, sometimes.

Work has been a right pain in the ...... Not much people about and absolutely nothing to do more then the morning fill up of fresh veggies. I even washed the dustbin feet because i had nothing else to do. Easy days i suppose but oh so BORING! I rather have it buzzing with customers, emptying every shelf in sight so you have to have a heart rate off the scale to keep up. Mr T, the veggieperson in charge has been good as well. Done his bit and more when i asked him to do the heavy apple crates. Its good to be the 'weaker' sex sometimes.. ;o) Marie came in today for her last day at work, she got a nice job in Borlänge at the much bigger supermarket ICA Kvantum, so now she doesnt need to comute every day. I will miss her, but we still will try to win the lotto on saturdays. We are 3 from work that play the lotto and our secret dream was about winning big and all 3 of us going in to the Big Boss and tell him we're quiting NOW and walk out of there laughing. Ah sweet dreams...

Oh i must tell you, i got a bunch of lovely tulips from James, just because.... Seriously, i had not niggled him a couple of times for some flowers to surprise me, no not me. Trouble is now i cant say that he never buys me some flowers, and that is ...annoying! Maybe i will go on to the next thing on the list now, how about some other surprise pressies just because, like something golden and wearable..? Fair enough, he has bought me flowers and small surprise gifts before so its not like he never does these sort of things. He is very sweet my ickle englishman :o)

Why did i even bother to get up today? I woke up with a headache which didnt get any better as the day progressed so i just went for a short visit to my gran and then quickly home. To top it off it was a lovely day but i couldnt stand being out in the bright sunshine because it hurt my eyes and head. And James is working evening for the rest of the week. So all i will get is a tired "morning love" and a "sleep well love" as my daily doze of conversation! *moan moan moan*

Got the computer all to myself tonight since James is working late. I worked this evening but i finish quite early if you compare us. Im still struggling with templates. I want something fancy and nice with a picture or two. Silly thing is that i dont know ANYTHING about coding or making your own templates. Right now i can manage to change the color and add a line to put my email addy in, but thats it. Oh Oh Oh yes i can also link pictures to the right coding since that is probably the only thing i've been doing all weekend with other templates! Still stuck with an ordinery blogger one though. The blogskins.com page have nice ones in there, trouble is we cant apply them. I get error msgs everytime. The wonderful world of coding...

Part from that frustrating bit of life, it is boring right now. Boring at work, kinda boring at home. James is always tired, me too by the way. Must be spring. The oh so joyous and happy, happy, shirpy spring... I HATE THAT RIGHT NOW! Im just waiting for the trees to explode in a cloud of pollen so my sneezing season can start. Joy of joys....

On the bright side though, we are escaping Sweden in a few weeks time. We are going over to England to visit James parents for a week. That i look forward to, might be some sales on as well. Im a sucker for shopping, especially clothes shopping. Might not be any time to go to London this time, but i will settle for a nice day in Cambridge instead. Will have to ask nicely if we can get the famous and absolutely delicious chocolate torte his mum does for dessert as well.. It is absolute heaven for a chocoholic as myself. Wonder if much has changed in the village or if it is as it always has been. Maybe we might miss the worst of the pollen over here by being over there... ?*happy bounce* Only thing i dont like about going there is the flying bit. Im more and more thinking that if we were meant to fly we'd grown wings by now!

Blogger is really behaving badly!

Blaaah for blogger, its been silly all evening, cant get in and post! Managed a new template though, not done yet but getting there. Other then that its been cleaning , cleaning and some more cleaning today. Had a good mess around out in the storage making more room out there for clothes and other stuff going there from our flat. I still feel all coverd in dust! Sorted out old clothes and the likes. And got to finish furnishing the apartment like i want it. Well for now at least. To tired to write and nothing really interesting has happend today. So will come back with more tomorrow

I just had a good laugh, James tried out how he would look in a goatee since he hasnt shaved for a few days. Trouble is that he took off the moustach bit and it made him look ridiculous! So i was in spasms of laughter all over the desk when he came out of the bathroom and asked if this is how it should look like..

It is a wonderfull day and im off from work! Wonder if we should go out and do something fun tonight. Its been a while since last time... Might phone Rosie and ask if she wants to do something. Pubcrawl? Maybe... Or maybe bowling, im a sucker for that but the shoulders cant keep up. Another joy of working in a supermarket, get to waste your youth on lifting heavy stuff so you cant do anything in your old age...ha!

So we finaly have the chair that we bought from IKEA completed. But trouble is...its too BIG! I've spent the morning cleaning and picking up all the clothes and papers and junk laying around the apartment. And trying to fit the chair in without it looking squashed or weird. Talk about problem to fit a doublebed, a 3 seat sofa, two small coffetables, a big wooden chest, new tv and bench, several BIG plants, the new chair with footrest into a small apartment of 50 square meters! The main room is about..34 square meters so you got your work cut out for yourself. But i think it will be better when mum comes and collects her old tv that we've had since our little one gave up. Have to get rid of that one as well, anyone want a small tv with video built in, both broken??

Its been difficult publishing things today on blogger so i will make a final try then now

I hate early mornings! Still i rather work early and have the afternoon off. Now why doesnt that mix? And it was heavy at work today as well since my fellow worker thought he had more fun running around talking to people then to help me out in the vegetable and fruit section. I got pissed off and called him and told him i've done my bit and now it is yours what is left and we open in 40 minutes! He came running back all apologetic but i didnt buy it for one second. Anyway, he did what he was supposed to do the rest of the day. But it is annoying that its me that have to tell him what to do. Its really meant that im helping him as an assistant type more then me saying what needs to be done. Hmm, i might muscle my way in there and take over if he is such a push over, would get a payrise then as well... We'll see how things turn out since i heard i might be getting the other shifts in the veggies.

I got some assembly to do do later on tonight. New tv calls for a new tv bench and that is what we got today. Poor James all tired from work had to come along and help haul it back home. Fortunatly it came in a little flat box, well little and little, it fitted over the bike so we could walk it back home like that. You might wonder why i didnt say that James got some "handy-andy" stuff to do later on. Well if i left it to him i dont think we would have a table today, maybe tomorrow and after a few moans about the screws not fitting or something similar. So being the handy person in the household i'll do it myself and James can assist... (He'll kill me for that comment)

Oh i wish that they would shut up with the so called singing across the street! There is a local band practising in the youth center and it sounds bloody awfull! Caterwailing, not singing....did i really say that? I cant be that old can i? OH GOD ... NOOO!!

Ahh, my day off. No one touches my day off! I like to potter around a bit at home and get on with the build up of jobs and at least try to get somethings done. And as usuall  on a tuesday i went to see my grandmother. She is 90 but still bright and about, but complaining about her body not working as well as it used to. Took her out for a short walk to the garbage shoot. At least she got fresh air going there and back. She's so sweet with her little zimmerframe with wheels, i mean she doesnt walk slowly with that. It is up and gone in 60 seconds some days! But today it was a slow walk so we could  see the flowers that were planted outside. Some brave daffodils where potted around the patios, and a few pansys where showing their sunny side up. Some had taken out their patio chairs and tables as well. Maybe James is right when he says it is spring. But i doubt it since im used to swedish spring so i wont say anything yet, because it might snow next week, thats not unusuall.

I waited for James to get back from work before heading off to my friend Rosie who works in a second hand shop. Been meaning to go there for ages to see what she was doing and finaly today i felt like going. It is a bit outside of town so have to bike there (have no car) But since the weather has been really sunny and bright it was no problem at all, more then that my poor legs are telling me to get out more and exercise right now! But it will be fine once i get going on the bike again, saddlesore or not this is how i get around most of the year. Thank god for the rest i get in winter..

It wasnt to hard to find the place and it was 4 huge rooms filled with secondhand bits and bobs. Furniture, clothes, cuttlery, paintings, lots of glaswear and metal thingymajigs. I love going around and having a good look and to see whats under  a pile of clothes or cloths or whatever there is in corners and under tables and in the back of shelves. I think  i made a little bargain. Got a really ancient slideprojector for 50 kronor, which is about $5.50. It has a working fan and lightbulb and the lenses where clear so why not. But im sure it is from around ww2 and it weighs a ton! But it worked when we tried it out  with some old slides at home. Now to get some more slides, i will have to look into it since i got a spare camera free now to do some testing with.  One of my interests is to take pictures and this was just the one thing i've been thinking about doing so why not start off simple and ancient and work yourself up to a nice electrical projector. I also found a very nice servingplatter that after a scrub looks very nice with some chunky candles on and a smaller black and blue candleholder.

We went to have a look at the springsale at the local electrical superstore later on and found ourselves coming back with a new tv. Only thing is that it looked so small in the shop, but when we got it home it looks HUGE! Will have to find a new bench for it to sit on as my old one is for a small tv, shop to you drop this month i think..

Another day in the long holidays of Easter. It is such a long and really, boring, holiday. Im not religious and dont believe in God so this is just a good weekend to be off , unless your working as i am though.. I know why we have easter and christmas. But all these other little holidays, not a clue why and dont really care either. I celebrate the coming of spring, Valborgsmässoafton, or Walpurgisnight as i think it is called in english, the very swedish tradition of midsummer, with a flower decorated pole to dance around and all the other heathen traditions there is around as well... ;o)

Maybe thats why im not getting married in a church next year when me and James are planning to tie the knot. I rather have it outdoors and maybe in the last day of april. But we still havent decided when and where. It is a bit hard when the guy your going to marry keeps on saying fine to everything you suggest!. I would like a bit more input, but maybe i will get it this summer since he said we would have a good look around for a nice place to hold the wedding at. Maybe i will suggest it to him to get married somewhere completly nutty today and say that it is either that way or not at all, wonder what he would say . But im sure he would think its an april fools joke since he has been trying to fool me all morning today. And that only because he peeked at my page and saw the comment about fooling him twice. But oh i will fool him and he wont know when or what.. Im good at winding him up so it shouldnt be too difficult.