When the alarm went off this morning, I was already feeling like playing hooky. Getting to the car and finding out that we’re definitely going to be late for the train just made that feeling stronger. So now I’m home with Fredrik instead of sitting in class. Here’s hoping that there wasn’t anything terribly important [...]

I made chicken wings and Fredrik made potato wedges today. The chicken wings weren’t spicy enough but it’s great with Consorzio Organic BBQ sauce. We bought a bottle from the St. Lawrence Market a while back. It’s pretty tasty stuff. I took a look at their website and wouldn’t mind trying out some of their [...]

Not MY best day ever but apparently 50 people have viewed my blog today and it’s the most amount of people in one day so far. I am quite impressed. I suppose there may have been quite a few that just clicked on the link after seeing it in a search. But still. 50 people!

On Monday, Fredrik and I went to IKEA and shopped for a wardrobe.
Here in Sweden, IKEA has this membership thing and there are some perks to being a member. In fact, almost all the stores in Sweden have some sort of membership where you collect points and there are things that are cheaper for members. [...]

I’ve browsing eBay for new bento gear. (Just window shopping.) I’ve noticed that there are more nice looking thermo sets. I saw a Totoro themed thermo set. Unfortunately, it was a bit pricy. You must never forget that there’s shipping involved when you’re shopping on eBay! I’m so jealous of the people who have [...]

Fredrik bought me the third season of “New Scandinavian Cooking” sometime last year. Unfortunately, I left it in Canada. It was super sweet of him because he knows I want to be able to make traditional Swedish food. I’ll bring it with me when I come back from the visit.
Today we were at the grocery [...]

I looked at Ull’s paws today and noticed that a few of his paw pads were peeling. I hope that it’s nothing serious. I tried to look up some sort of explanation on the internet. It’s suggested that it’s dryness or it could be from an injury. But he doesn’t appear to have any pain. [...]