Det Snöar Mycket i Sverige! aka It Snows alot in Sweden!

November 27, 2010

Well, I finally figured out how to post photos, yay me! But I couldn’t figure out how to add the texty part to the same blog entry. Challenged I know, but I’ll get the hang of it.
Anywho, I’m on the last few days of a business/vacation trip to Sweden. As stated in my first blog, I will be moving to Sweden in the near future. So this trip was to get my personal number, which is the equivalent to a social security number in the US. I also was able to open a bank account. I got two birds with one stone! I feel real accomplished and can’t wait to get back to the states to start preparing for the move. I have it pinpointed to two time frames, I like to have Plan A and Plan B prepared because you never know what can happen and would suck if there wasn’t a backup plan.  So Summer 2011 or Winter 2011, it shall be. I’m pushing for Summer, it’s just easier with kids being out of school, and much nicer weather.  As I said it snows alot on Sweden. But financially it may have to happen in the winter, either way it’s happening in 2011.
I have never been in so much snow in my life, it is cool and yep very cold! I think I can handle it when I live in Sweden, I just may not go out much. Nice book, some crafts or scrapin’, internet and a DVD collection oughta do it! I think a white snowy Christmas will rock! I’m excited! As they say here in Sweden, ” There is no bad weather, only bad clothes.” This statement rings true, I am not totally outfitted for winter in Sweden and it definitely makes a difference. I brought my Doc Marten boots which help with not slipping and falling on my ass when we are out. Good choice, but I didn’t bring proper socks, so my tootsies get frozen and numb. Bad choice. But it’s only a 15day tour, so I will manage. Next winter however, I will get the proper gear.
I could go on and on, but I shan’t, yes I use my own random lingo as well, so you know how I speak and maybe get the gist of it. So today, we will attempt to go see the Gävle Bock, which is a giant goat that represents the city of Gävle and I believe also represents one of Odins goats, I think my next blog will be about the Gävle Bock and a little of its history. Hopefully, I’ll have some photos, weather permitting.
Until, next time…

Just a preview photo from a previous year.

Hello World!!!

 This was my first blog post at WordPress, I decided to move my posts here, it's not so hard to navigate for the randomly challenged, like me...


 June 16, 2009
Hello World,
This is my first post. I decided to check out this whole Blog thing and see if it was something I could get into. First, I  thought it was a sort of “Dear Diary” thing on the internet. Yeah, I know I’m not so savvy in blogging, I do know people have gotten in trouble with their employers for what they’ve published in their personal blogs.  So, I originally had written some random rants and personal thoughts, until recently I had read an acquaintance’s blog and realized,  anyone can read your blog. Thinking that is would be wise and for my greater good, I deleted my first 2 blog entries.  No one read them anyway, which makes me glad, because I would like to try blogging again.
I tend to be over-explanatory at times, it helps me sort through my thoughts and get a clearer view on life. I think I’d like to share the following experiences:

• My plan on moving to Sweden
• Learning Swedish
• Learning Swahili and Kiembu(spelling?)
• Weight loss journey
• Travel
• Music
• Scrapping
• Dog Training
• Absolute Randomness

Well, that was fun spewing out what was in my head. I still have to learn how to add pictures and such, so this is like a little pet project I suppose.
So in the immortal words of  Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat) ,”IT HAS BEGUN!”