Daily Jamie

At The Hardware Store

Our days off are running out so we can't get away with sitting around doing nothing like we did last week. We headed to the home improvement store bright and early this morning to look into some plumbing solutions for my broken shower. Jamie ran around like a wild man, climbing on toilets and touching every product on every bottom shelf. We found what we needed then made a few other stops so that we were home for nap time and a return to our comfortable inactivity.

Daily Jamie

Daily Jamie

Ditching 2012

No sooner had we arrived at the cabin yesterday afternoon, than Sarianne was asking me to take her into to town to get snacks for the late night we had ahead. Sure, no prob. Except, see, the roads were really narrow and icy and as soon as another car came from the other direction we slid into the ditch. It happened so slowly that I managed to shriek a certain obscenity several dozen times. Sarianne said she felt like she was in an American movie with all the shrieking. The car was fine, thank goodness, and so were we and we managed to get a tow truck out there on that country road within, what? Three hours? Many cars passed during that time and most of them stopped and about half of their drivers mentioned that the very same thing had happened to them in that very same spot recently, so clearly I'm not to blame. I think it's pretty obvious that Sarianne is, but I forgive her because those hours we spent standing on the side of the road in the freezing cold were some of the best of the year. 

Daily Jamie

Two Thousand Twelve

Another wonderful year has come and gone. It's true what they say, that time passes more quickly the older you get and even more so when you're watching a child grow before your very eyes. Two thousand twelve flew by and here we are again at the Daily Damara annual year in review.

We started off the year with a bang, taking a vacation to the Canary Island of Tenerife in January.

January was also the month when Jamie turned six months old!

In February we headed to the slopes for a ski weekend with a big group of friends and their kids.

We had so much fun that we headed back in March to do it up again, Segersten-style.

Back in the city later that month, Sarianne and I got glam at an event for bloggers.

It warmed up already in April so we got to enjoy an especially nice Valborg.

 

May was amazing as Mom and Ray came to visit!

I also met the most fantastic lady that month. Erin and I soon became inseparable.

In June we headed to the cabin to celebrate Midsummer in the country, the way it ought to be.

July was also major. We had a party for Jamie's first birthday then headed to America the next day. It was an incredible vacation, and we got to see lots of people we love.

And speaking of love, in August, while we were in the States, Selah got married!!!

Then, in September, my glamorous maternal lifestyle took a turn toward the professional when I went back to work.

In October Sarianne thought she was being very nice and generous when she invited me to a luxury spa weekend that turned out to be a two-day fast.

I turned thirty in November and we celebrated with a big party that I will never forget.

December has also been a lot of fun. It started with a visit from Kate!

Then The Swede took me on an amazing surprise date...

... and we got to see Jamie's first Lucia, the sweetest thing ever.

And now it's almost over. I hope you all have a safe and Happy New Year! Catch you in 2013!

Daily Jamie

A Holiday Must

Christmas and Easter has its own special soda over here. Well, two, actually. It's the same soda, but around Easter it's called Påskmust (Easter juice, I guess) and around Christmas it's Julmust. I'm not a huge fan, probably because I didn't grow up swilling it like all these Swedes; it's a little like Dr. Pepper with kind of fruity. It's not sold any other time of the year and, indeed, I believe it's so deeply discounted today because it's last day of relevance this year was six whole days ago.

Daily Jamie

Impatience

I swear, on Christmas afternoon I am done with winter. I realize that there are three, maybe four months left but all I want is spring. I am apparently not alone as H&M and Ellos's spring catalogs arrived in the mail yesterday to help put me in the mood. I'm going to fight the urge to place an order at this point but I'm sure going to dog-ear the heck out of them.

Daily Jamie

Breaking The Fever

See, I told you we'd do something today! We totally left the house and everything. Jambo had cabin fever like what and had taken to bouncing his new toys off the wall of our home so we decided to take him someplace where he could do less damage. Obviously we weren't the only family who had worn out our sofas this week as the play land was packed. We all got out some excess energy and left with a renewed appreciation of home sweet home.

Daily Jamie

Laying Low

The truth is, we haven't done a single thing in the last forty-eight hours. Not. A. Thing. It makes for boring blogging, my friends, I realize that, so I'll try to make something happen tomorrow. Wish me luck; I'm kind of enjoying this laziness.

Daily Jamie

Daily Jamie

"Santa?"

Small Pleasures, Big Pleasure

Swedish Jul was over and done with last night but the Segersten family stopped by in their way home to Söderköping this morning to dig into their Christmas stockings. I had filled them with silly things - candy, of course, and small toys and fun band-aids and pens and the like - and they seemed to be satisfied but really, obviously, this was all for me. I mean, I would have done just about anything to have seen this scene.

Daily Jamie

Christmas Eve On Ekhammarsvägen