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Traskade runt på stan i några timmar med min söta syster Mia (som jämt ser så fin ut med sitt långa hår och tights och stövlar och vackra leende.. Själv e jag ett New York slo.. för det mesta) och lilla Millie Mill som jämt e på glatt humör nu för tiden! Köpte ett par denim leggings på Vero Moda; lika som syster yster (härmis) och en svart träningsjacka på Stadium; som jag tänkte inviga ikväll, men kom jag iväg till ngt gym??? NIX. Tyvärr e ju Nautilus inte lika sent öppet som Må Bättre som ligger alldeles där jag bor oxå. Poo.
Jag har iallafall inte ätit någon dum kolhydrat idag; ska totalskippa pasta, ris, flingor och bröd för ett tag nu.
Inhandlade även krukväxter på Blomsterriket och krukor på Ica Maxi senare på kvällen, innan Ica Maxi fick sig City Gross ett besök.. (oh this exciting life of mine..).

På kvällen stannade vi förbi hos mammutt i Britsarvet en sväng och fick en fåtölj som jag tänkt gö mysvrå med i klädkammaren, ett projekt för morgondagen kanske, eller torsdagen..
Martin har lovat att han ska plantera om alla blommor imorrn, tryggt.
Fick även några planterade skott av mamma från en blomma som hon haft sen 1978, ganska coolt.

Det blev iallafall fint i vardagsrumsfönstret med det nya gröna! Nästa "storprojekt" i lgnhtn blir väggarna tror jag. Men jag har inte riktigt bestämt i vilken stil de ska gå.. Foton? Målningar? Inramade affischer..? Time will tell.

Nu vill Martin att jag ska knalla till sängen där han väntar med kortleken så att jag kan slå honom i Chicago (poker), (..that's the dirty stuff that goes down in our sänghalm..)

xoxo

What the freak

Jag tänkte förgylla detta inlägg med att förbanna denna dag och vräka ur mig allt om dagens frustration; all egoism, lathet och ogenorisitet som jag svurit över. Hur jag tycker att jag jämt ställer upp för de jag kan, bjuder från båda hjärta och plånbok, försöker va där för de käresta 102% för att sedan få cirkus sisådär 23% i samma eller en något klenare version tillbaks. Jag insåg idag att jag var jävligt besviken på denna attityd.

MEN, som den godhjärtade person jag är; tänkte jag att jag skriver om ngt annat istället..

Något störde min sömn i natt och vid 5 snåret var det helt omöjligt att sova något mer, jag kände mig trött, men jag klev upp och Zelda tyckte det va HELT utomordentligt; "ut å gå! ut å gå..", men ack så hon bedrog sig. Jag ställde istället upp altandörren så hon kunde gå ut lite själv, vet inte riktigt om hon kissar där ute, men ut gillar hon att gå.
Jag: bäddade, duschade, gjorde kaffe, åt yogurt, slog på TV4 Nyhetsmorgon, kollade dagens stolpar på mobilens fenomenala kalender, gav rådisarna mat, klädde på mig, blåste håret, gav Astrid mat, la Zeldas mat i blöt, tittade lite på TV4.. Vid 6.30 insåg jag att Astrid va BORTA. Jag letade överallt flera ggr, men icke. Tog ut Zelda på en promenad och kikade under buskar och i allas uteplatser, men ingen Astrid..

Efter jobbet blev det ytterligare en spaning.. men INGEN Astrid. Jag har f.ö kollat runt i lgnhtn x antal ggr för att försäkra mig att hon verkligen inte ligger i: spisen, högst upp i ngt skåp eller i kartongen med julgrejerna som e ihoptejpad..

Så det va det det.

Jag brukade tillbringa cirkus 4 timmar om dagen på gymmet i mitt forna NYC liv, nu tränar jag ..inte ett skit (ibland brukar jag träna på att sätta rekord i diskning eller hur många ggr jag kan lyssna på "Alla som inte dansar e väldtäktsmän" på en kväll.. men det e inte såna svettiga prestationer direkt..). SÅ, jag lovade mig själv (..och jag tror Martin hörde, ngn mer!!? gulp) att börja träna när en kartong gratisvitaminer jag blivit påtvingad (eller jag kunde ju sagt ett enkelt nej till den stackars 17åriga telefonförsäljaren, men jag e ju så SNÄLL..you know) anlände. Och den kom idag.

I ingredienserna står bl a..
Hajbrosk.. Grönläppad mussla.. och lite ytbehandlingsmedel..
Mmm...påminner inte direkt om Marabou..

Over and inside out.

Cleaning cleaning..crazy amazing cleaning.. (note! that needed to be sung)

As promised; the blog entry of the year.. (above is a shirt I found last night that I WANT)..

It was just me and the animals today. I stayed up very late last night and didn't get up until 10 (!) this morning; prepared Zelda's food and took her for a walk. It snowed, it's still snowing.

Then I started to clean and clean and clean. And throw out boxes that's been piling from Christmas presents and kitchen machines and 98 Lapin Kulta beers purchased on Tallinn trip.. I threw out 4 pair of boots. FOUR pairs. I organized the chaotic walk-in closet where Astrid has her little hang out. The rats get very curious when I shower around their cage..

Watched/listened to BBC throughout most of the day.. Obama, health insurance..

I did laundry for 6 hours even though you're not really suppose to book that many hours, but noone else seemed interested in doing laundry this white Sunday..

Mia and Viggo stopped by and Viggo got a haircut :)

That's pretty much it. Tomorrow I'm gonna try an apple & cloudberry yogurt for breakfast. Time to shower and head to bed earlish.

The End

Swedish Snow. Got lots of it!

It snowed today. Like.. lots!

I just looked out and it's still snowing actually; 23.30 CET/5.30pm EST.

Mayoress of Zooville

Mom stopped by last night (before the handball game started; which Sweden lost to Croatia) for some blodpudding with a side dish made of lingonberry, red cabbage and Turkish yogurt.

On Sunday, January 11, 2009 I mentioned a possible move for my mother's kitty cat Astrid, a trial period move that actually happened last night; food, litterbox and all.

Here's a little about her breed, b/c you shouldn't believe everything I write (http://blondebullshit.blogspot.com/2007/12/swedish-sunday.html)..

In Swedish: http://www.bccs.se/

In English: http://www.bengalcat.com/index.php

She spent some time under my big corner sofa, but after a while she started exploring the apt and finally she placed herself in the bed.. Progress!

:)

So there are currently 4 female four-legged animals living in my 1 room apartment (Edina & Patsy; the rats, Zelda; the dog and the new addition Astrid; the leopard kitty).

NOTE! A 1 bedroom apt in New York has an actual bedroom AND another room; the livingroom. A 1 bedroom in Sweden is simply a larger sized room (like a NYC "studio"). My apt has a teeny tiny pink decorated kitchen, a large room with an sleeping alcove; closed off by sheer draperies, a bathroom with bathtub, a hall where you enter the apt (not as common in an NYC apt, pretty much non-existing), a huge walk-in closet and a large terrace. I'm on the first floor by the way. Can't wait for spring and summer when I can start putting out plants and fix up the outdoor space!

Furniture query (möbel efterlysning)..Jag letar ett smalt och högt vitrinskåp som kan stå på golvet. Glasväggar med glasdörr och spegel på väggen som ska stå mot väggen. Gärna redan isatt belysning. Liknande detta: http://www.ikea.com/se/sv/catalog/products/10011055, men lite högre, och med spegelvägg längst in.

ALSO! CONGRATS TO: my brother ANDERS who rock n rolled all through the driving license drivingtest today! :)

More days to my life..

I was just introduced to the most horrific site on earth: http://www.blokus.com/ where you can play against others in various variations of the heavenly Blokus boardgame. I registered a user profile and played one single game against a Rick74 from France who won 71-70, he was pretty clever I must say (..darn).



2 nights ago (january 16) Mr & Mrs Ragnegård and my sister came over for some drinks and food, around 9ish we walked downtown and went to the new Etage night club that had been renovated and got some new interior design. Unfortunately it wasn't all that cool, and the music was pretty shitty. Got home around 00.30. It was fun having Malin, Markus and Mia over though, that should had been lasting longer; but it was Friday and we all had work and stuff to take care of before we could do weekend.



This week I started 3 classes; chemistry A, physics A and mathematics C (all high school level), there's a lot of work and tests online which is cool.



It's my dad's birthday today; GRATTIS PÅ FÖDELSEDAGEN PAPPA! :)

Not much other than that. I applied to an art class that hopefully will happen at some point in the first 6 months this year. They were suppose to contact me when they had a starting date. Exciting.

xo

Food & Animals

Saturday night was dinner with the siblings (Martin, Macke, Mia) and Millie, at my place :) I made chicken in the oven and a salad of leek (purjolök), avocado and marinated cheese cubes.

Last night Macke and I went over to Mia, Jesper, Millie, Kasper and Tinus (K & T are sons of Jesper) and played Singstar ABBA! Though I have never cared for this band; the songs were pretty fun to sing along to, though some were kinda..hard. I actually used to take singing lessons in Midtown East on Manhattan once upon a glorious time, my then teacher has a pretty funny blog (surely NOT about singing..)..

www.midtowngirl.com

After Singstar extravaganza I walked over to the supermarket, picked up a few things and Macke, my mom and I had a fish soup dinner. Fish soup have had weekly standing ovations in this household the last weeks; easy to make, cheap to make (you can make plenty; freeze in, keep in fridge, bring for lunch), yummy; no need to be fatty, and fun to make since you can put in a lot of different variations.

¤ When I moved into my little apt here in Sweden Sep 1 I told my mom I could take over the role as her rats' mama, she had wanted rats for a long time; but when she finally got the cute couple - that she named Edina & Patsy - she realized that she was very allergic to them :( So then they moved in with MOI!
¤ Then my brother Martin started a new job. But his beloved jewel Zelda (the dog) did not agree on being alone, so she barked and barked and barked; and the neighbors got a wee bit irritated, and Zelda moved in with me. Exactly a week ago.
¤ Last night when mom and I walked Zelda she told me she might get rid of her beautiful Bengal cat Astrid, meaning: put her to sleep, since she kept peeing everywhere. Mom said Astrid had been in heat way too long and didn't understand what was up with her. I suggested that maybe a change of scenery would do her good, maybe if she moved into MY place for a while..??
I'm not sure if I actually PROMISED to take over Astrid, but we may have a leopard spotted cat in this gigantic mansion one of these days. May.

Fat

Today my mom poked my fat side (whatever sits below the waist and above the hips) and asked; "what - is - THAT!?"
I'm now declared fat by my mommy. Lovely.