10 random facts from a Sunday evening

1) At the start of this week, we were wearing snow boots. Today, I had on my sandals :)

2) I am finally taking a break from the non stop watching of American election news. Yes, I was addicted. #nailbiter

3) It hit me the other day... since I am teaching online in the winter semester, I literally can avoid being outside for about 99% of the time. Time to turn up the heat and pretend it is summer ;)

4) I booked an appointment for Alexander to have his grad photos taken. Yes, his GRAD photos! When did that happen?

5) In line with #3, I will have to pick up some Aperol :)

6) Today, I finally sorted all the 5 million socks that I have been avoiding for about 3 years ;) I feel oddly accomplished...

7) I am also addicted to Ferrero Rocher chocolates. They are evil and take no prisoners ;)

8) Also, in line with #3, I may have to keep shaving my legs all winter long ;) #lifeisrough

9) I love drinking coffee at night... it helps me sleep... really.

10) I heard an airplane yesterday. It sounded so strange.

Wishing you all a happy week ahead xox

Another 10 random facts

1) I am coming to terms with being the kids' social life scheduler... even during pandemic times, their agendas are more full than mine ;)

2) One more thing to include in "strange things to happen in 2020": our garden is producing the smallest tomatoes but the largest zucchini that I have ever seen.

3) Our neighbourhood is being overrun by crabgrass. Another plague...

4) I ordered the brightest orange slides ever and I love them.

5) I have come to the conclusion that I will make a good retired person.

6) I honestly gave up on mascara.

7) I have a re-occurring dream where I have to run to catch the train, despite the fact that I haven't been on a train since March 12... the day I bought a month pass and the day before the universities shut down #themostexpensivetriphome

8) Our neighbourhood is also overrun by Japanese Beetles. Another plague...

9) Now that I have to look up at 2 out of my 3 sons, it amazes me that I actually gave birth to them.

10) I am hoping that my favourite coffee shop downtown will still be there when I have to go back into work again.

Stupid Elon Musk!

Oliver is mad at Elon Musk... I mean really mad. Randomly (but often), the words "Stupid Elon Musk!" come out of his mouth. Oliver claims he hates him... really hates him. Why? you might ask... well, apparently (or as rumour has it), he bought Fortnite with the sole purpose of deleting the game. So, this morning, Fortnite is seemingly no more. At first, I had no idea what he was ranting about so I had to check this out for myself (you can too in this Guardian article). Where Fortnite used to be is now a big black hole... with some bizarre and cryptic numbers... and no more...

So my youngest is now detoxing... it is rough but he is managing ;) I am sure that, however, is no longer wanting to buy a Tesla when he grows up ;) On the other hand, Andreas and I are thinking it is totally worth going into debt to support Mr. Musk ;)

Happy week to you all! xox

Stupid Elon Musk!!!

10 Random Facts Friday

1. I must be the only person in the world who cannot ever get earphones to fit their ears. Maybe my ear canals are deformed?

2. As per random fact #1, I actually wear a hat in the winter.. not to keep my head warm... but to keep my earphones in my ears!!!

3. Whenever I go to parent/teacher interviews, I always assume that the teacher is much, much older than me... and much more serious. Oh yeah... I am also a teacher ;)

4. I have an addiction to black licorice covered chocolate and I don't care!

5. In my head, I am 27 years old. A 27 year old with some wrinkles and grey hair... but still 27 years old ;)

6. Considering I am not a big fan of royal families, I find it kind of odd that I seem to know a lot of trivia about them.... even the royal families of Belgium, Netherlands and Jordan. Hmmm....???

7. I kind of like going to doctors because I get to read every trashy magazine since 1998.

8. I can never find a pair of jeans that fit properly... sigh! My lower half is as deformed as my ear canals ;)

9. I can never get through the book "Love You Forever" without losing it. I dare you to try ;)

10. Yesterday, Oliver handed me a bag of marbles... for the next time I lose mine ;) True story ;)


Happy weekend to you all xox

My bag of replacement marbles ;)

Another 10 random facts

1. If there are 25 of a type of item on the store shelf, I always seem to pick up the only one that does not have a price tag/bar code on it... and it is honestly not done on purpose ;)

2. Lately, I find myself being the type of woman who talks to people in bank lines... Andreas thinks it is funny that I can talk to people like that... I am surprised to find myself actually in a bank line.... ;)

3. I still love my new toilet. For further explanation, read this.

4. For some strange and probably self-punishing way, I am looking forward to flying to Sweden with the 3 boys... by myself... just me and them.... outnumbered! ;)

5. Yesterday evening, I played soccer in the rain... and actually enjoyed the rain part.

6. The first 2 things that I want to eat when I arrive in Sweden is Scandinavian style pizza (it is very different than what we have in North American) and Risifrutti (cherry is my fave).

7. I am now officially getting Alexander's hand-me-down soccer cleats.

8. Nail polish on my fingernails lasts about 5 milliseconds, no matter how professional the job might be ;)

9. I came up with 3 things that bug me about summer (just to be fair to winter): big mosquitos that like to hang out around my ears, mud on my kitchen floor and bananas that seem to go bad in about the same amount of time that it takes me to wreck my manicure ;)

10. I missed international wine day! Seriously! So bad!


Now, here for some oldie-but-goodie random photos ;) Wishing you all a great day xox

Another 10 random facts... again.... again.... ;)

Yes, I have been bad at blogging lately. Every time I start, it seems like I will complain either about the weather, the rotating cold going around our family, the fact that it is not spring yet or how much I did NOT get done lately ;) So, in light of this, I decided to spare you all the repetitive posts... So what did I do instead? ANOTHER post about random facts... hahaha!

1. I am really into pink lately... especially for shoes. Maybe it is my attempt at putting some pink into our very non pink home ;)

2. I bought some Lindt dark chocolate... with chili in it. Not bad ;)

3. Did I ever tell you how much the sound of someone else eating bugs me? It does ;) Especially the man on the train today who ate his apple with his mouth open... and while talking loudly on his phone... in the quiet zone... a double whammy ;)

4. I am already dreaming of Scandinavian summer evenings :)

5. We just had our midterm break... and I thought that I was busy... but did absolutely nothing. Ugh!

6. I have an urge to renovate our house... but, after looking into our bank account, I decided to buy a new welcome mat instead ;)

7. As per the boys in my house, I am starting to believe that getting older = becoming more bratty. Yes, this includes Andreas... he is the king ;)

8. On Monday, Oliver wanted to change his name to Tom. We had to call him Tom all day long. When I finally got the hang of it, he decided that he didn't like the name anymore. Typical ;) I was, however, relieved that he didn't really mean it ;)

9. It is the boys' midterm break.... which, this year, does not coincide with either mine (last week) or Andreas' (the week before). Figures....

10. I found a place in our local mall that sells a wicked bubble tea... now I cannot get it out of my head. Maybe the tapioca "bubbles" are addictive? ;)

Since I have been bad at blogging lately, you get 15 pictures instead of the usual 10 ;) How is that for spam? xox

<3

Brotherly love ;)

Nicka

The school ice wall....

.... that only lasted for about 1 day before it melted away.... :(

Rainy day

Oliver's (I mean, Tom's) obsession with bubbles continues ;)

Awesome graffiti :)

Great sky!

Andreas made Semlor

They were good!

In agreement ;)

Welcome back!

C'mon... springtime! You can do it! ;)