tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52342274855858775852024-03-13T05:58:21.032+01:00daily damaraDamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.comBlogger2907125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-30621258123932662802019-01-01T15:46:00.000+01:002019-01-01T15:46:34.108+01:00Two Thousand and Eighteen <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
2018, what a year! I'm having so much fun in this life with these guys and our family and friends near and far. </div>
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The Swede's fishing club hosted the national championship in ice fishing this winter, so in the weeks leading up to the big event he was out testing the ice almost every day. In January, I followed along and we pranced through the snow on our lunch break.<br />
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Jamie and I still don't fish, but everybody pitches in.<br />
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What we <i>do</i> do, however, is build tunnels...<br />
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… and read books! In January Jamie got his first library card.<br />
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In February Melodifestivalen FINALLY began and our Saturday nights were booked for the next seven weeks.<br />
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The ice fishing championship was a huge success, thanks to a lot of hard work by my man.<br />
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By March Jamie was pretty confident on the ice skates and the ice was thick enough that we could skate on the lake by our house.<br />
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Our family and friends from England visited for the Mello final and also spent some time on the ice.<br />
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The Swede and I celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary by taking the day off work and enjoying each others company, plus good food and drinks in the city.<br />
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During the long winter weekends I made Jamie watch old home videos and he danced along with 4-year-old Damara.<br />
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I mean, just look at this little guy!<br />
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In April we spent a weekend at our favorite place, Dalecarlia Hotel in Tällberg.<br />
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The Swede was stylin', as usual.<br />
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April was also an exciting month at work, where we recorded a video ad. I managed the project and it was a lot of fun.<br />
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The weather got nice fast this spring and as soon as we could get outside at the cabin Jamie set up an obstacle course for the grown-ups.<br />
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I still can't really believe this happened, but at the end of April my sister came from Montana and my mom came from Ohio and we all met on Prince Edward Island in Canada.<br />
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My sister and I grew up with Anne of Green Gables, so it had always been a dream of ours to visit PEI, but we never really thought it would happen. It did, though, and it was amazing.<br />
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It was so good to spend time with these ladies, just the three of us, and it really was the trip of a lifetime.<br />
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By May it was hot in Sweden. We cheered on The Swede at a fishing competition…<br />
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there he is!…<br />
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… and even had to get out of the heat with some minigolf.<br />
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May brought romance…<br />
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… I baked scones and camped out on the couch for the royal wedding.<br />
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It was so hot that Jamie was swimming in the lake months before usual.<br />
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In June Jamie gave fishing a try, though nobody caught anything that day.<br />
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We went to England to visit Anne and Matt and even got spend time with Jody.<br />
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And of course, we visited Parken Zoo.<br />
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June was a hopeful month, seeing as Sweden was in the World Cup and it was going pretty well for us at first.<br />
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Erin and I were twins…<br />
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… and Jamie and Axel tore up Gröna Lund.<br />
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Then came July and AMERICA!!!<br />
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We spent almost the whole month stateside enjoying Grandma…<br />
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… and visiting all of our favorite spots.<br />
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We even went out west and visited good friends in New Mexico…<br />
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We enjoyed all the best Ohio has to offer, including sweet summer corn and these ladies.<br />
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And, of course, baseball and literal buckets of seafood.<br />
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Back in Sweden, we spent the rest of a hot, hot July in or near the water.<br />
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In August we were back at work and I got to have lunch with these lovely ladies and meet their new sons.<br />
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Jamie started first grade!<br />
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And Eija celebrated her first year.<br />
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At the end of the month we finally got around to celebrating Jamie's 7th birthday with a popcorn and pajamas party.<br />
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In September Filipa was in Stockholm so we enjoyed catching up on her exciting life.<br />
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I got dressed up and voted in the national election in the beginning of September (as of today, we still don't have a government!).<br />
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And later in the month I headed back to Ohio for a conference and was able to make it to my cousin's wedding and see my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.<br />
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Jamie was hilarious all year.<br />
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In October we went to Skansen outdoor museum and zoo and Jambo got friendly with a sweet teddy bear.<br />
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See? Hilarious.<br />
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In November we hosted our annual Thanksgiving dinner with Erin and Svante and the kids and it was wonderful chaos.<br />
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In December we went to a couple of cozy Christmas markets at nearby castles.<br />
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Linda hosted the Sixth Annual Christmas Craft Day in their lovely new home.<br />
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Jamie got in the spirit and colored a picture for Grandma at school.<br />
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Once the ice rink opened we became obsessed with skating and are looking forward to spending as much time as possible there for the rest of the winter.<br />
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And finally, we celebrated Christmas with the Swedish family at Mama and Papa Swede's place.<br />
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Happy New Year and thanks for checking in!Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-86351042411150133972018-09-20T14:56:00.002+02:002018-09-20T14:56:16.579+02:00Daily Jamie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Summer is long gone and I haven't told you a bit about it. So here come some moments from another amazing summer of family, friends, fishing, and other fun! </div>
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My adventurous husband tried kayaking for the first time. His worrisome wife paced on the shore.<br />
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Jambo and I considered investing in matching sunglasses but for some reason didn't go through with it and I'm still regretting it.<br />
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The Swede competed in a fishing competition along an ancient canal while Jamie and I cheered him on.<br />
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Early in the summer, we went shopping for new warm-weather clothes for The Swede and at one point, when I glanced at something in a shop window, he actually uttered the words, "Stop that. This is my day and that's not fun for me." We got Burger King and played mini golf later so I forgave him.<br />
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Another fishing competition. Another canal. Another ice cream cone.<br />
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It was warm enough to get in the lake by our house by late May, so there was a lot of swimming.<br />
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We got a charcoal grill and I gradually taught myself to use it.<br />
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Another fishing competition. This time at a lake. No ice cream, but JULIA!<br />
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Sweden was in the World Cup, which was exciting at first, and then decidedly not exciting.<br />
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School ended with an assembly and I was a tearful, snotty mess.<br />
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We went to London for a long weekend in June and Jamie was reunited with his best feline friend, Poppet.<br />
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A canal. An ice cream cone. NO FISHING.<br />
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Obviously we went to Parken Zoo. It wouldn't have been summer otherwise.<br />
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Jamie and I spent a day at Gröna Lund with his BFF and his mother.<br />
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In July, in America, we ate at Buffalo Wild Wings at least a dozen times. The Swede ordered the queso dip every single time.<br />
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Jamie's grandmothers like to keep him in pancakes.<br />
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We were surprised to learn that Jamie both speaks and reads English at an impressive level and just never bothered to show us.<br />
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We enjoyed an outdoor evening symphony with some of my very favorite people.<br />
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We took two separate trips to Kalahari waterpark, but I didn't get any good pictures because we were splashing, obvs.<br />
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It wouldn't be a family vacation without a trip to Niagara Falls. It was the first time we'd been without Ray, though, and it was hard. <br />
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This guy was old enough to appreciate it, for the first time, and he was pretty impressed.<br />
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My mom is a rock hard pioneer woman. She's a dang heroine.<br />
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We played a lot of baseball. "Home strike!" yelled Jambo.<br />
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One weekend in July, we had the pleasure of visiting Becca and Jonathan in Albuquerque. We fell in love with the town and the food and laughed nonstop.<br />
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They took us to Santa Fe, to a placed called <a href="https://meowwolf.com/santa-fe/" target="_blank">Meow Wolf</a>, that I would love to describe but simply cannot. Needless to say, it was an experience.<br />
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You guys, look at this little girl! It's Selah's baby Alice! She felt like my own flesh and blood, I love her so much. We thought about kidnapping her, but couldn't find her passport.<br />
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Selah's dad and Andy took the guys on a fishing trip that turned out to be one of the highlights of the summer, if not the year.<br />
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Meanwhile, we girls had a Sephora/pedicure/Starbucks date that made my life.<br />
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See? We were in love.<br />
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More Mexican food!<br />
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They even threw Jamie and early birthday party.<br />
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Back in Ohio, we prioritized food per our usual.<br />
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Grandma took us to the Cleveland aquarium and Jambo got to see lots and lots of turtles, his favorite.<br />
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We popped down to Columbus for a night to squeeze in more time with my best Ohio girlfriends.<br />
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There was another birthday party.<br />
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And another birthday party. My grandpa turned 90 years old, you guys! The whole family got together and had Hungarian food, pies, and beers.<br />
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My baby turned SEVEN!<br />
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Mom took us down to Progressive Field for an Indians game and it was hot as Hades. But then I watched as the Indians got a home run and my husband and mom jumped up and down, screaming and hugging each other and life was really, really good.<br />
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We went to Pickle Bill's, a restaurant on the Erie shore, and ate seafood until we could barely move. Twice.<br />
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My grandma finally got to show us around the Bedford Historical Society where she volunteers and it was very, very cool.<br />
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Jamie got to eat his grandma's first red tomato.<br />
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It was hard to say goodbye, even to the dogs.<br />
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Back in Sweden, I headed to work while The Swede and Jamie enjoyed another week off.<br />
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Then Jambo headed back to school as a first-grader.<br />
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Eija turned one in August, which is difficult to believe. She's an adorable, sweet mix of Ossian and Rio and on her birthday she got completely covered in frosting.<br />
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Linda and Emelie broke up the slow, late-summer work week by visiting with their new little boys and I was in heaven in their company.<br />
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If you're still reading, thanks for hanging in there for not only this long post, but also through my long absence and sporadic posting. You're a champ, whoever you are!Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-5063550115992665892018-05-22T07:20:00.002+02:002018-05-22T07:20:48.168+02:00Daily Jamie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-55012232707665998322018-05-21T07:05:00.003+02:002018-05-21T07:05:50.407+02:00Daily Jamie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-15031228463366021592018-05-18T14:45:00.000+02:002018-05-18T14:45:02.410+02:00Daily Jamie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-90433801593015303922018-05-18T14:44:00.001+02:002018-05-18T14:44:26.367+02:00Happy Weekend! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The weekends have been so fun lately! We've been at the cabin a couple of times, bought a new charcoal grill, which I'm slowly getting the hang of, and the lilacs are in bloom. The temperatures have been like those we typically only get in July, so there's been a lot of ice cream eating going on, as well. Last weekend, we went to the mall to get some new shorts for The Swede, then played some spontaneous mini golf. We also wandered the streets and playgrounds and waterways of Norrtälje. On the agenda this weekend: THE ROYAL WEDDING, OBVIOUSLY. Also, my choir is having our annual spring concert on Sunday and it promises to be a good one. Have a wonderful weekend!<br />
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-36722900694880767102018-05-15T15:08:00.000+02:002018-05-15T15:08:58.586+02:00Daily Jamie <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-41686758369254278192018-05-11T13:42:00.001+02:002018-05-11T13:42:26.608+02:00Equipped <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The other day I came home from work to find my husband polishing his fishing rods. He's been sneaking new ones into his arsenal slowly over more than a year, presumably so I wouldn't realize how many he had accumulated. But there's no hiding this spectacle! I think he even surprised himself with the magnitude of his inventory. But, you know, you have to have different lengths, right? I had to take this picture from the second floor to get the longest one in the frame. It is taller than the lighthouse and it weighs, like, a pound. <br />
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You can have all the equipment in the world, though, and if the fish aren't biting, they aren't biting, as was the case at yesterday's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" target="_blank">Ascension</a> -day competition in beautiful, historic <a href="https://trosa.com/home/" target="_blank">Trosa</a>. Not a single fish. But there was ice cream! And music! And period costumes! And if you're going to sit by the water with the sun shining on you, you may as well have one of your ten angling rods in your hand. <br />
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-87991110829648555822018-05-03T09:42:00.000+02:002018-05-03T09:42:05.437+02:00One Down, One To Go <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-43500210205387277082018-05-03T09:36:00.003+02:002018-05-03T09:36:42.976+02:00Daily Jamie <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-59938434554302747592018-05-02T15:12:00.002+02:002018-05-02T15:12:59.165+02:00Just Us Girls <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bsFOQCW7Y2A/WumzZWthbwI/AAAAAAAAPAU/qo7Wj28rlwsKL18o05yQzHVMwvHwCAe_QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a>
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You know that place you would give anything to visit, but you know it's such a pipe dream, so far away in all ways, that you don't even dare dream about it? I've been to that place. And even better, I got to experience it with the two people in my life who shared the same unnamed dream.<br />
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You guys, last week I met up with my mom and sister on Prince Edward Island. Yeah, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czJi_FpLBYY" target="_blank"><i>that</i></a> Prince Edward Island. I mean, can you imagine?!? <br />
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We arrived the week before tourist season began, which had it's advantages and disadvantages. Everything was closed, including the inside of Green Gables, Avonlea Village, all businesses on the north shore, and many in Charlottetown, where we stayed, but it also felt like we had the island to ourselves. <br />
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The sun was shining for the first time this year, the locals were quick to tell us, and we felt lucky to have such beautiful weather while we were there. <br />
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We booked a swanky apartment for our three nights in Charlottetown, and spent our evenings there drinking wine, doing face masks, and chatting up a storm.</div>
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My sister, Lukia, and I hadn't spent any time together, one-on-one, this millenium, so we took advantage of our children- and husband-free time to catch up while doing some exploring, shopping for souvenirs and art for Lukia's new home, eating oysters, and sipping cocktails.<br />
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We drove all over the island, ate as much seafood as we could find, and talked so much and so loudly that we exhausted even ourselves. It was the trip of a lifetime, indeed, and none of us will ever forget it. </div>
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-18225566187493603322018-03-02T10:36:00.001+01:002018-03-02T10:36:04.254+01:00Daily Jamie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-62681560881360782502018-02-05T10:49:00.000+01:002018-02-05T10:49:07.133+01:00Daily Jamie <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-13262716762004677392018-02-05T10:48:00.001+01:002018-02-05T10:48:57.925+01:00Yay Mello!!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finally it's Melodifestivalen time! On Saturday night we ensconced ourselves on the sofa with a bunch of junk food and our phones ready to chat with our schlager-loving loved ones in London and Söderköping and across town. Jamie lasted about two songs before he turned on cartoons on the iPad, but The Swede and I endured songs that ranged from mediocre to downright terrible, per tradition, for the better part of the evening. We'll be loving them all by March, but for now the best part is the chips, the chatting, and the good company on the couch. <br />
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-74995595720894540502018-01-30T14:17:00.000+01:002018-01-30T14:17:38.631+01:00Daily Jamie <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When your mom tells you to put your pants in the hamper but you don't want to take them off. Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-1829844085401832382018-01-30T14:16:00.001+01:002018-01-30T14:16:58.427+01:00The Reader <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My baby is learning to read! Babies don't read! BABIES don't take the city bus to the library with their class and get their own library card! WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?!? <br />
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-79038016291640089932018-01-29T14:41:00.001+01:002018-01-29T14:41:18.625+01:00Unstoppable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It occurs to me that I talk a lot about the fishing, but rarely, if ever, mention that my husband is the boss of the dang ice. Let me just tell you something about The Swede, something that I've recognized since the very beginning, and something that I respect, admire, and envy: <br />
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My husband is a person who can do anything. Over the course of our almost ten years together, I've seen it enough to know that it's a fact. He sees something he wants to do, he analyzes the heck out of it, he practices, commits time and energy, thought and research, and then he kicks the butt of that thing. In just a few years, he's gone from hating every second of ice fishing to loving everything about it, learning everything about it, and getting amazing results. Yesterday he placed fourth in his class in a major competition, a huge accomplishment in its own right, but especially impressive considering the skill and experience of his competitors and the fact that he's been in the game for less than five years.<br />
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I couldn't be prouder. And while I'm impressed by the result, I'm <em>in awe</em> of the process. And I'm so, so grateful that our son gets to see all of it. That is, how to become a person who can do anything. Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-67618946051706236122018-01-29T14:12:00.006+01:002018-01-29T14:12:57.793+01:00Daily Jamie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-39928063073545927372018-01-29T14:12:00.002+01:002018-01-29T14:12:15.962+01:00Hope <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a few short weeks ago it was pitch black when I left work at three thirty in the afternoon, so to come out of the office to this last Friday made my heart sing. Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-9433682583143815002018-01-26T13:58:00.000+01:002018-01-26T13:58:04.358+01:00Daily Jamie <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234227485585877585.post-59126993364277678522018-01-26T13:52:00.001+01:002018-01-26T13:52:55.205+01:00A Snapshot of Western Culture in the Year 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh, okay, I get those filters now. It's because thirty-something moms look way better as woodland creatures. Jamie and I did this for an hour the other day. I'll spare you the others. Damarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351111104192491568noreply@blogger.com0