No, I was all wrong in my last post. It wasn't glamour I needed, it was a good old night in with different projects going on and lots of tea and cookies. I got it and now I'm human again.

tisdag - tristdag

Some days just don't lift. They stay at ankle height and just work their way down. Today was like that to me. No clementines left, one week to pay day, dog hair everywhere, dishes and brain killing drama for teenagers on TV. But do I complain? Yes. Bring me some glamour. Quick.

En del dagar lyfter inte. De håller sig i ankelhöjd och jobbar sig nedåt. Så var det för mig idag. Inga clementiner kvar, en vecka till lön, hundhår överallt, disk och hjärndöd tonårsdrama på TV. Men klagar jag? Japp. Ge mig lite glamour. Snabbt.

Tabi socks and tea

I bought a pair of Japanese Nike sneakers. That was in July so I had plenty of time to finish the tabi-socks in alpacca. Now I'm warm and cosy, bring on the autumn storms! I'm also armed with incredibly delicious saffron tea so there's no stopping me now.

Update

If you're paying attention you can hear the cranes passing over the city, hovering high up in the air. I consider them my birds but this time every year I realize they belong somewhere else too. beautiful birds. The japanese think so too.

Since it's been a while I'm updating my personal info through the help of Alexis.


The thing is to answer in one word - just one.


1. Where is your mobile phone? Bra


2. Your hair? Short


3.Your mother? Intense


4. Your father? Dead


5. Your favourite food? Müsli


6. Your dream last night? Forgot


7. Your favourite drink? Gin&tonic


8. Your dream/goal? Peace


9. What room are you in? Office (!)


10. Your hobby? Living


11. Your fear?Loss


12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? San Fransisco


13. Where were you last night? Choir rehearsal


14. Something that you aren’t? Quiet


15. Muffins? Blueberry


16. Wish item? Sewing machine


17. Where did you grow up? Vänersborg


18. Last thing you did? Staffmeeting


19. What are you wearing? Sneakers


20. Your TV? Ignored


21. Your pet? Kids


22. Friends? Few


23. Your life? Rewarding


24. Your mood? Relaxed


25. Missing someone? Grandma


26. Vehicle? Minivan


27. Something you’re not wearing? Ladylike


28. Your favorite store? Myrorna


29. Your favorite color? Green


30. When was the last time you laughed? Today


31. Last time you cried? Forgotten


32. Your best friend? Husband


33. One place that I go to over and over? Österlen


34. One person who emails me regularly? Boss


35. Favorite place to eat? Home



And I'd like to add:
36. Tattoo? Lizard


37. Work disciplin? Mostly


38. Why do you blog? Share
39. Skill you wish you had? Cartwheeling


40. Favorite trait in others? Tolerance
Play along, if you like!

Höst och återkomst - Autumn and return

Kära, kära vänner.

Jag har egentligen inte haft något särskilt för mig sedan sist, jag har bara levt livet, vardagslivet utan större åthävor. Ibland är det tillräckligt. Det finns några djupsinnigheter jag tänkt ut som jag nog delger er så småningom. Just nu är jag bara tacksam om någon av er är kvar där ute.

Dear, dear friends.

I haven't really been up to anything special since my last post. I've just been living my life, an ordinary life without any fuss. Sometimes that's enough. I have some profound thoughts I'll probably share with you ecentually. For now, I'm just gratful if anyone is still out there.

You'd never have guessed...

A couple of nights ago I met with Jeanette and Monne to craft and chat (and eat and drink). Jeanette explained to me how the linking to other's older posts work - which would've made my last post quite different because I would've guided you to the posts I was referring to (are you following??).

Jeanette: You just click on the headline of the post you want to link to.

Me: ??

Jeanette: Yeah, and then you copy and paste.

A big slamming sound fills the room and a light appears - Anna is getting the concept.

Me: You mean that's why the headlines are underlined? To show that they are clickable?

Jeanette nods in astonishment over the abyss of no-nothing I reveal.

Me: I just thought that was for decoration and to emphasize the headlines...

Monne: More wine, anyone?

Loose ends and oddities - philosophing over the state of things

A smile for those of you who are still out there.
My head is full of posts I've read over at various blogs, i.e Eleanor's post sometime ago, about jeans. Or the impossibility to find comfortable jeans. I love baggy jeans but I'm very concerned about my butt in them and never am quite relaxed. I still hope to find the perfect fit and the perfect hue of denim. I wonder why I don't stop chasing the perfect pair, because deep down I know there is no such thing.

Ett litet leende till er som är kvar.
Jag har huvudet fullt av saker jag läst på olika bloggar, bl a Eleanors inlägg om det omöjliga i att hitta sköna jeans. Jag älskar säckiga jeans men kan inte slappna av angående min rumpa. Jag hoppas fortfarande hitta det perfekta paret - fast jag vet att det inte existerar.

I read another post at Anna Stilla about the glorious shape of Venus of Willendorf and thought a little about the possibility that they ( women of the Stone Age) held this as an unreachable ideal, because seriously, we've all heard of the Neolithic diet, right? No way they could have looked like that. But she's really cute.
Jag läste ett annat inlägg hos Anna Stilla om Venus från Willendorfs sköna form. Jag tänkte lite att det kanske var ett ouppnåeligt ideal för dem, för inte kunde de se ut så där med den mathållningen? Stenåldersdiet är ju inget man blir fet av, precis. Men söt är hon.

I've also been thinking a lot about the economic crisis. Or the lack of evidence of it. Shopping in Sweden reached new heights during July. People spent 18 % more money on clothes and shoes this summer than they did last July.
Do we consume to quiet the anxiety over the crisis? Or take our responisibility as citizens and shop as much as we can to make the wheels keep turning?
I read somewhere that if you can make a cup of coffe, take a shower and have butter at home you belong to the absolute upper class of this planet.

Jag har också tänkt en del på den ekonomiska krisen. Eller brist på bevis för den. I juni slog detaljförsäljningen nya rekord. Svenskarna handlade skor och kläder för 18% mer än förra året samma månad. Shoppar man för att glömma krisen? Eller vill man bidra till att hjulen snurrar vidare?
Jag läste någonstans att om man kan göra en kopp kaffe, ta en dusch och har smör hemma tillhör man världens absoluta överklass.
What do I do with my lust to consume things? Try to buy as much second hand as I can, which really isn't hard in a city like Malmö - and also used clothes for instance doesn't have that uncomfortable stiffness that new clothes often have. Best thing of course is to hug or kiss someone instead of shopping. Or blog.
Or do it yourself, but I don't have to tell you that!

Vad gör jag med min lust att konsumera? Föröker köpa så mycket begagnat som möjligt, vilket inte är svårt i en stad som Malmö. Och dessutom är second hand kläder mycket skönare än nya. Bäst att pussa och krama någon i stället för att shoppa. Eller blogga. Eller tillverka själv. Men det behöver jag ju inte tala om för er!