Yesterday I put the chocolate chips my mom sent me to good use. I baked a big batch of chocolate chip cookies. Enough to fit into 4 boxes. Instead of a chewy cookie, I opted for a crunchy recipe. Personally, I prefer the crispy cookie over the chewy cookie.
Fredrik will be going off to the [...]

I walked into the kitchen earlier while the dishwasher was running and I smelled smoke.
At first, I thought it was because I forgot to turn off the stove (not really that unfamiliar to me) but the stove was off.
Then I thought that something might’ve fallen down from the racks of the dishwasher.
This happened a long [...]

I found out today that my friend’s little brother passed away. I didn’t know him as well as I know my friend but his family is like my family. When my parents lived in the states, they were my pseudo family.
Johnny Sumandl is a fantastic person. Only Johnny can be Johnny. We’ll all miss him [...]

Sometimes Ull can look like a short haired cat. Fredrik says he looks like a monkey like this.
And then back to being fluffy…

Stockholm is further north than Toronto. Further up north means longer days in the summer and longer nights in the winter. In fact, in midsummer we have about 18 hours of light.
The sun started rising earlier from the equinox.
Today the sun rose at 5:02am here in Stockholm. It will rise at 6:16 in Toronto. That’s [...]

Last night we watched Prozac Nation and I have to say that in the end, I found it a bit disappointing. I was hoping that it would show that pills are not the answer. But instead it felt more like an advertisement for Prozac.
I can’t really say that Prozac is not the way to go [...]

I watched another episode of Big Love the other day.
I’ve noticed that I get a little upset about how these men behave. There’s a scene when Bill Paxton is talking to a friend of his who is also a polygamist and they’re so nonchalant about seeing other women in hopes of “bringing in another wife”.
Chloë [...]