This whole time thing has me off balance today. We just finished lunch and it is almost 2 PM! But it feels like 1 PM... I am waiting for them to post another show that I watch on Swedish TV, they better not mess that one up too... It is usually available shortly after it has aired, so we will see. Not getting much done today, cleared out some trash in the kitchen and got a loas of laundry started. It might be easier to get some cleaning done tomorrow when S is in school, but I am intending to do a little more today. I sure hope I get a large job soon, or at least a few semi large once. It will be tight with money here soon otherwise. Sure, K can chip in, but I rather pull my own weight. I have only $900 in receiveables as of now. I would feel much better if it was at least a couple of thousand. My bills usually equal around $500 a month, plus $80 a week for daycare, plus whatever we spend on groceries, usually $100 a week. So as you can see, it will be very tight...
I hate being low on money, it stresses me out infinitly. Which of course, makes me sicker healthwise, which in its way makes it harder for me to work... An evil circle!
Monday, March 12, 2007
Bidding
Keep your fingers crossed, I just bid on a large translation job! It is too big for person, 71,000 words in 12 days, but hopefully I can get a slice of it... The agency is in Germany and the bidding doesn't end for a couple of days, so we will see...
I am not sure why, but the US decided to do Daylight Savings early this year. It messes up my time, now Sweden is only 5 hours ahead!
I am not sure why, but the US decided to do Daylight Savings early this year. It messes up my time, now Sweden is only 5 hours ahead!
Monday
Very irritating... I am trying to watch one of the series I am following on Swedish TV. A lot of their shows are available on the Internet immediately after they broadcast in Sweden, which is great for me! I love being able to follow a few shows, watch the news etc.
But for some reason I can't get the show link to work. Grumble! I really was looking forward to it!
I am supposed to clean the house today, I really need to. I guess I just need to get my feet going. I am just having a very hard time being motivated nowadays, plus I am so tired all the time.
I had a wonderful dream this morning, I was about to get it on... when Sarah yelled she had to go potty! Not much luck getting the dream back after that! Oh well...
But for some reason I can't get the show link to work. Grumble! I really was looking forward to it!
I am supposed to clean the house today, I really need to. I guess I just need to get my feet going. I am just having a very hard time being motivated nowadays, plus I am so tired all the time.
I had a wonderful dream this morning, I was about to get it on... when Sarah yelled she had to go potty! Not much luck getting the dream back after that! Oh well...
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Sunday
We are right now at K's office. He went in really early - but missed one hour since we missed the several weeks early occuring Daylight Savings Time.
He came back home after noon and started to put up the last two hurricane shutters. I moved the side of the front lawn, I couldn't do all since he was stacking teh shutters on the lawn.
As usual when he can't find something he gets pissed at me - this time it was apaprently a box with screws that were missing. I was very careful when I moved all the shutter stuff a few months ago, since I now how pissy he can get. He will be like that until he find the missing whatever, and then it will be just fine. I really don't appreciate the hostile attitude he get when these things happen, that is so messed up!
S hung out with him and "helped". I took the opportunity to finish the book I got yesterday. Really good! I just can't put a book down when I get started, I finished the 500 pages within 24 hours!
S and I went up to Publix and got some groceries, and went by Ming Tong Chinese restaurant and picked up some garlic chicken.
After a quick shower K wolfed down his food and took off. We decided to join him at the office again so we can get a chance to see him, I also wanted to clean a bit.
K FINALLY fixed the headlights on his car, so now we don't have to worry about being home before the sun is setting, and I can have my own car back... Thank God! All these weeks and weeks with this stupid car thing, it probably took him less than 5 minutes to fix... i would have done it, I just couldn't get the covers opened.
I can't wait for the tax season is over, I need to have some fun. It really doesn't feel like I have a husband right now, he is so wrapped up in work. I come waaay down on the scale of importance at the moment, not fun.
It doesen't help of course that I am sick either. I think I would actually feel better both physically and mentally if he took some more interest in me. Just a little romance. The few times he does try to have sex he just don't take the time to give me the foreplay I so desperatly need. Oh well...
He came back home after noon and started to put up the last two hurricane shutters. I moved the side of the front lawn, I couldn't do all since he was stacking teh shutters on the lawn.
As usual when he can't find something he gets pissed at me - this time it was apaprently a box with screws that were missing. I was very careful when I moved all the shutter stuff a few months ago, since I now how pissy he can get. He will be like that until he find the missing whatever, and then it will be just fine. I really don't appreciate the hostile attitude he get when these things happen, that is so messed up!
S hung out with him and "helped". I took the opportunity to finish the book I got yesterday. Really good! I just can't put a book down when I get started, I finished the 500 pages within 24 hours!
S and I went up to Publix and got some groceries, and went by Ming Tong Chinese restaurant and picked up some garlic chicken.
After a quick shower K wolfed down his food and took off. We decided to join him at the office again so we can get a chance to see him, I also wanted to clean a bit.
K FINALLY fixed the headlights on his car, so now we don't have to worry about being home before the sun is setting, and I can have my own car back... Thank God! All these weeks and weeks with this stupid car thing, it probably took him less than 5 minutes to fix... i would have done it, I just couldn't get the covers opened.
I can't wait for the tax season is over, I need to have some fun. It really doesn't feel like I have a husband right now, he is so wrapped up in work. I come waaay down on the scale of importance at the moment, not fun.
It doesen't help of course that I am sick either. I think I would actually feel better both physically and mentally if he took some more interest in me. Just a little romance. The few times he does try to have sex he just don't take the time to give me the foreplay I so desperatly need. Oh well...
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Saturday night
Just got back from hanging out at K's office for almost 6 hours - turned out to be pretty good! I brought lunch over and we ate. M had her daughter with her, she is about 2 years older than S. They played the entire time and had fun. We also went for 4 walks with the dogs.
After lunch i went up to Walgreen's and bought myself a book - which I enjoyed for a few hours. Nice and realxing!
I am now going to fix S some dinner, water the plants and take in the mail. Then, if there is time, I will pop S in a bath, she got kind of dirty from all the playing.
I might even get a few hours to myself reading tonight before K gets home, depending how fast S goes to sleep - I have a feeling she will sleep good!
Tomorrow K will go into the office really early and we will joing home for lunch - I am going to bring in Rosemary Lemon Chicken from Johnny Carino's - great country Italian food! Then we will get home around 3 PM so K can install the hurricane shutters that are left. I might mow in the front yard if i have the energy...
Over and out...
After lunch i went up to Walgreen's and bought myself a book - which I enjoyed for a few hours. Nice and realxing!
I am now going to fix S some dinner, water the plants and take in the mail. Then, if there is time, I will pop S in a bath, she got kind of dirty from all the playing.
I might even get a few hours to myself reading tonight before K gets home, depending how fast S goes to sleep - I have a feeling she will sleep good!
Tomorrow K will go into the office really early and we will joing home for lunch - I am going to bring in Rosemary Lemon Chicken from Johnny Carino's - great country Italian food! Then we will get home around 3 PM so K can install the hurricane shutters that are left. I might mow in the front yard if i have the energy...
Over and out...
Bad info...
K really didn't keep me well informed, apparently both his employees are going to be in the office today. He still wants us to come over with lunch and go for a walk, but no dogs... Bummer!
Tomorrow K will be home for a few hours during the day, he has to install the last hurricane shutters, since we are having the house inspected on Tuesday. By establishing that we have upgraded our roof, got hurricane shutters and hurricane braces on the garage door, we should be able to get a discount on our home owner's insurance. The premium went up 1.5 times! Yikes!
Tomorrow K will be home for a few hours during the day, he has to install the last hurricane shutters, since we are having the house inspected on Tuesday. By establishing that we have upgraded our roof, got hurricane shutters and hurricane braces on the garage door, we should be able to get a discount on our home owner's insurance. The premium went up 1.5 times! Yikes!
Saturday
The plans today are to get lunch (I am thinking subs) and head over to K's office for an impromptu picnic. We have been trying to hang out at his office on the weekends a bit, since he works so much, and this gives us a chance to see him. He still works, but we can usually have lunch and talk a little bit. I try to help out by cleaning or straightening up a little here and there, they are all so busy... His fulltime employee M is suppose to clean, but they are absolutley swamped this time of the year, so I am happy to help.
I am going to bring Bob and Stan, that way we can go for a couple of nice walks too. K's office is brand new and in an area where everything is brand new. It is great on the weekends, since all the other businesses around there are pretty much deserted, and we can roam around undisturbed. There are no residential areas nearby, just professional offices and also, across the street, Manatee Coumminity College has their new Technical Institute.
I am going to bring a large blanket so we can sit outside, it is bound to be a beautiful day!
I am debating if I should go up to the Publix supermarket to get some fresh bread, the stuff we have is 6 days old. I think it is still good, I have to check. S is a VERY picky eater, so I am just going to make her a peanut butter and fruit sandwich. I use organic all natural PB and 100 % fruit spread, so to keep it as healthy as possible.
Well, I guess I should get into the shower, it is already after 10 AM.
See ya!
I am going to bring Bob and Stan, that way we can go for a couple of nice walks too. K's office is brand new and in an area where everything is brand new. It is great on the weekends, since all the other businesses around there are pretty much deserted, and we can roam around undisturbed. There are no residential areas nearby, just professional offices and also, across the street, Manatee Coumminity College has their new Technical Institute.
I am going to bring a large blanket so we can sit outside, it is bound to be a beautiful day!
I am debating if I should go up to the Publix supermarket to get some fresh bread, the stuff we have is 6 days old. I think it is still good, I have to check. S is a VERY picky eater, so I am just going to make her a peanut butter and fruit sandwich. I use organic all natural PB and 100 % fruit spread, so to keep it as healthy as possible.
Well, I guess I should get into the shower, it is already after 10 AM.
See ya!
Friday, March 9, 2007
Back from a walk
I just came back from a nice long walk with S and the dogs. It is just after 5 PM and 75 degrees (24 C). I normally dread walking nowadays, since I am not sure if I will make it or not, as in shit my pants, quite frankly... I can get a stomach attack at the most dreadful times. Sometimes I just can't control it and when you gotta go you gotta go...
Luckily this time it went great. It was so nice out! We saw a couple of storks heading home to their nest for the night, there tend to be a lot of storks around here this time of the year. I think they couple up for life, very beautiful birds!
We also watered the plants out front, you can see some of them in the photo up on the left.
I feel so bad for the corn snake we first saw a few days ago. I figured he might be sick, he just wasn't so alert. This morning we found him dead at the foot of one of our queen palms... As you can see in the photo from when he was alive, he was quite a handsome fella! I think something might have been wrong with his bottom jaw; it looked a bit croocked to me... Who knows... He is gone now.
I am now going to clean the kitchen, oh wonderful thing! Since K is a CPA with his own firm, we barely see him at all this time of the year. He works 7 days a week and often come home after 10 PM. So it is pretty much like being a single mom... Which is tough when you are not feeling well...
Take care!
Re-introduction
Hi!
I have attempted blogging here and there over the years, but I think I need a fresh start... So here it is!
I won't backtrack too much, I will just start from now and the blanks will be filled in along they way...
I am from Sweden, the island of Gotland to be more exact. I moved to Bradenton, Florida in August 1996. I was suppose to stay 9 months, but I stumbled on my now husband K and ended up going back to Sweden, getting a student VISA and coming back to Florida.
We got married on December 19, 1998. I guess it worked out pretty good between us! We had our daughter S on May 8, 2003. We also have the miniature pinschers Bob and Stan, born 2000.
We moved into our first house that we bought in April 2004.
OK, that is it for background for now...
Currently I am pissed off, tired and kind of depressed... I have been a sickly one for 20 years now (I am 33). I used to do pretty good, but the last 3 years I have been fighting to get back on track. I have lupus (SLE) and Crohn's, among other things. Crohn's is the thing that is messing with me rigth now. It has been hell. I have to run to the bathroom all the time, especially over night. I have no energy for anything. It sucks!
I just got a new gastro doctor, and he is doing a new colonoscopy on Thursday next week, then we will take it form there. He give sme a lot more confidence than the old one, so I hope he can step up to the plate for me. I have tried pretty much all treatments ove rthe years, but nothing seems to work anymore. very depressing!
S is almost 4 now, I really would like to be myself so I can have fun with her, she is such a good little girl! I do tend to have a very positive outlook on life, but this has really been trying on me.
I have also had a very hard time working (I am a translator and work in my own company from home).
The one thing that feels fun is that I have booked and payed for a trip for all of us thsi summer. We ar efinally going to Sweden! I haven't been back since summer of -98, and most my friends and family have not met K or S. it is going to be 17 days of fun!
Oh well.
Talk to you soon.
I have attempted blogging here and there over the years, but I think I need a fresh start... So here it is!
I won't backtrack too much, I will just start from now and the blanks will be filled in along they way...
I am from Sweden, the island of Gotland to be more exact. I moved to Bradenton, Florida in August 1996. I was suppose to stay 9 months, but I stumbled on my now husband K and ended up going back to Sweden, getting a student VISA and coming back to Florida.
We got married on December 19, 1998. I guess it worked out pretty good between us! We had our daughter S on May 8, 2003. We also have the miniature pinschers Bob and Stan, born 2000.
We moved into our first house that we bought in April 2004.
OK, that is it for background for now...
Currently I am pissed off, tired and kind of depressed... I have been a sickly one for 20 years now (I am 33). I used to do pretty good, but the last 3 years I have been fighting to get back on track. I have lupus (SLE) and Crohn's, among other things. Crohn's is the thing that is messing with me rigth now. It has been hell. I have to run to the bathroom all the time, especially over night. I have no energy for anything. It sucks!
I just got a new gastro doctor, and he is doing a new colonoscopy on Thursday next week, then we will take it form there. He give sme a lot more confidence than the old one, so I hope he can step up to the plate for me. I have tried pretty much all treatments ove rthe years, but nothing seems to work anymore. very depressing!
S is almost 4 now, I really would like to be myself so I can have fun with her, she is such a good little girl! I do tend to have a very positive outlook on life, but this has really been trying on me.
I have also had a very hard time working (I am a translator and work in my own company from home).
The one thing that feels fun is that I have booked and payed for a trip for all of us thsi summer. We ar efinally going to Sweden! I haven't been back since summer of -98, and most my friends and family have not met K or S. it is going to be 17 days of fun!
Oh well.
Talk to you soon.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Remicade fiasco...
Time goes so fast.. and I have so little of it nowadays. I am so tired of being sick ALL the freakng time! Remicade did nothing... After many turns (and two new blood clots, dman it) I am now back on square one. I am trying chemo theraphy again, in the form of Methotrexate. It has worked before, so who knows. The only drawback is that it takes several months before it kicks in... So I am still taking a form of steroids. I keep loosing weight even though I eat a lot. I pretty much ate a bact of Swedish knäck and one of Swedish kola all by myself. Still managaed to loose more weight. Now down to 125 lbs. That is so weird! I always complain to myself that I want to loose weight, but then when I do (without having any control over it) it is kind of scary...
We will be celebrating Christmas two days. K brother can only make it on the 24th, so we will have a big ham dinner then. On the 25th we will go out for dinner.
We will be celebrating Christmas two days. K brother can only make it on the 24th, so we will have a big ham dinner then. On the 25th we will go out for dinner.
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