Hello, friends! Well, I totally thought I’d be writing this post as my first post at home in Sweden, but I’m not. Instead, I’m in a hotel in New Jersey. Why, you may wonder?…
Oh, it’s so hard to say goodbye to our trip home to the mountains of North Carolina. These ancient, magical, soul-filled mountains. To be honest, I was a bit nervous about coming “home” to…
So, it’s a few days late. But, you’ll excuse me for it seeing as I’m on vacay in the States with my family, right? I’ve been totally dying to write a post, but, you…
after returning home from the archipelago on monday night, i had four days of work left + the chance to work from home. lina was staying in the archipelago the whole week so, i took…
It’s time. I just wrapped up my last regular week of work. I say regular because I am still working, still on the clock, this upcoming week. Howeeeeever, I get to work from home.…
it’s not like i really had to recover from my trip to paris. even though we saw a lot of things and experienced a lot of things, we did it all at a slow…
finally things have sloooowed down. it feels like i can breathe. and i am most definitely feelin’ the summer vibes. in fact, i am typing these words on a thursday afternoon at home. i’ve been…
i don’t even know how to describe this past week. i mean, it feels like it was just a bunch of random, everyday stuff. and yet, it wasn’t just a bunch of random stuff.…
My heart is still heavy, and I am almost tempted to think that things will never change. The violence in Orlando is almost too much to bear and I find myself feeling helpless and…
That’s right. I officially declare that summer 2016 has begun. But I don’t think I’m alone in this. Yes, we still have a couple of weeks until the summer solstice, the official official beginning…
so, friends. i am ready for a change. i’ve got summer fever…. baaaaaad. and that means i’m restless. but, i am so aware of it. i always get this way just before a big…
hey you guys. things are getting crazy here. or they feel crazy. i feel crazy. i mean, i’m not really stressed or ridiculously tired or anything. but, it feels like a lot. i think…
whoa. my introverted soul is freaking out right now. ok, not really. but, i did sleep until 8:30 this morning (unheard-of for me!) and haven’t gotten out of my pjs all day. why, you…
you guys, mother nature brought summer to sweden this past week. it was pure perfection. and i may even be a little sun-tired right now. but, oh how glorious it has been. good thing…
hello! and happy may day! so, this week has been exciting and fun. and i have a ton of stuff to share with you! first off… the weather has been all over the place. sunshine,…
i’ve been staring at this cursor on my computer screen for i don’t know how long. the reason? i plugged in my headphones, opened up spotify, and searched for “the breakfast club” soundtrack (i…
how do you feel about eating alone? do you do it? do you like it? do you feel like a loser or ashamed or weird if you go and sit somewhere by yourself for a…
sunday, midday, and i’m on the sofa with my third (!) cup of coffee. the sun is streaming in, the entire apartment is bright and light and airy. oh how i love it here. our…
hey you guys! it’s spring up here in the northern hemisphere! or… not. the date says that it is spring. the weather? not so much. it’s trying to be spring here in sweden, but…
ever heard that old saying about march coming in like a lion + going out like a lamb? it’s something i grew up hearing, and experiencing too, actually. it’s in reference to the weather.…
Still no internet folks. And still no data on my phone. So, my life has been looking and feeling very different lately. But, I’ve been learning so much, and reflecting even more. I’m at…
Doesn’t it feel like time is flying to you? Or am I the only one? I suppose that part of it is the whirlwind move that my love and I have made to our…
Hey, you guys! Hope you all have had a good week. Over here, we’ve had an intense and exciting time. As most of your already know, we bought an apartment this week + are…
hello! and happy monday! obviously i didn’t get my weekly review done yesterday. but, my excuse is that i was still in recovery mode from the cruise i went on over the weekend, so…
whew. it’s sunday. a day that is easily becoming my favorite one of the week. it’s just the epitome of slow living in my life these days. a day of staying in bed, or…
well, if you are a regular reader, then you know that this week has had it’s share of craziness for me. on tuesday, after dinner out with my new co-workers, i came home to…
whew. it’s been an intense week. good. but intense. no more “new girl at work” feeling for me. i’m totally in + running full speed ahead. still figuring out my way in some cases,…
so, another week has passed all freaking ready. 2016 is really getting underway now. and i am feeling so very good at work. it’s amazing the difference that i have experienced between the first…
hey there! how are all of my favorite blog readers? have you had a good week? i have had a crazy, busy, but very good week. a week full of adjustments, you could say.…
i love preparing my little posts that give a glimpse of what my week has looked like. i get to process my thoughts, remember what’s happened, and share some of the photos that i took during…
after the christmas excitement, came the week that felt like a cozy hibernation vacation. on monday morning, my love and i woke to a snowy ground outside our window. it wasn’t much, but enough…
well, i thought that last week was the last week of the year, but it turns out that we have one more bonus week to go. and i intend to use it exactly as…
happy christmas week, you guys! can you believe that it is already here? i’m continuing my slow, simple advent theme all the way through christmas, i believe, so i am trying not to get…
oh, and it was so intense. and pretty much in amazing + wonderful ways. so, stay with me and i’ll share all of the details with you right now! i starts off my week…
hey folks! and happy monday to you! i sure do hope that you all had a wonderful weekend. i, myself, truly truly did. what with thanksgiving and the start of the holiday season and…
i had a post all written out and ready to go with my photos from this past week. i was thinking + writing mostly about how nothing really happened last week. just that it…
everything still feels so strange in light of how my first world life reflects on the happenings of this weekend around the world. i ache for those who have experienced death and violence, not only…
my 10 on 10 day was a lovely, regular day this month. so this post is a peek into how things have kind of been for the past, oh say, almost two months. in my everyday…
an entire week of november has already passed, and we pretty much find ourselves in the middle of the month in just a few days. how is that possible? if october was the gorgeous…
it’s no secret that i love holidays. and one of the perks of being in an bi-national marriage is that you have the opportunity to celebrate double the holidays. of course, many holidays overlap.…
monday again?! already?! and we’ve only got one week left in october, friends. the month has seriously flown by, and it feels like i have mostly been focused on things at home lately – which feels…
i thought about ending my monday posts where i look back on the week that just was. but, then it hit me. even though i may process and understand things differently from day to…
hey guys. here we are, another week past and deeper into october + autumn (up here in my part of the world). the nights have been clear + cold… we’re talking below freezing in…
hello, friends! happy monday! did you get to see the moon last night?! did you feel the magic and gaze at it in awe? i’m always taken aback when i see the night sky…
hello lovelies! welcome to our new week! well, last week was a little like a broken record. work work work work. i have been so busy with work lately. and it’s been really, really…
happy monday to you! here we are again, at the start of a new week. i still feel as if i am spinning. like life has picked up some crazy, ridiculous speed. and yet,…
i feel like i’m spinning. but, yet, not spinning out of control. this past week was cray cray. in pretty amazing ways. but, now that i have had the weekend to kind of let everything…
well, so much for routine. i spoke too early last week about getting back into the swing of things. turns out that life decided to throw me a little curve ball + knock me…