Jul och Nyårs och Sånt

Well. Noww that January is close to done...and December has happened..and I have neglected to blog...I guessss I will go ahead with it. Since about 1700 people have told me to. I don't know whereee to begin.


Let's seeee. Winter is dark. Winter is cold. I don't love winter. Ok so December in Sweden. On the 13th is Lucia Day. Girls dress up in long white dress things with a red sash and a crown of candles. If you are a brave boy you also wear a long white thing and you hold a star and have a pointy hat of sorts. Traditionally the girls get up early in the morning and go around singing to everyone and giving out lussekatter (saffron buns). Each town or city gets to vote for the girl they want to be the main Lucia girl. I opted to not take part...surprise? But I went to my bother Lukas' school and watched their Luciatåg. All of the kids in the first couple grades take part. It was adorable. And my brother was of course the cutest little Santa.

Next...Christmas I guess? Welllll. Let's see here. I loveee all of my relatives in the states. Pretty much every Christmas I can remember is spent with my family and Newell relatives. Being away was not the greatest. I haven't really had trouble with homesickness. But Christmas...yeah. I missed my Bellingham Christmas. On the bright side I now know how special Christmas really is! Aside from missing Bham, it was still a good Christmas, just different! Soo Swedish Christmas traditions. First of all Christmas in Swedish is jul, and that is a lot easier to write. SO. Swedes celebrate jul on julafton (Christmas eve). We began our day with breakfast. Pretty sure I just ate cereal...cause that is the only thing I ever manage to eat for breakfast. But I don't remember. Then we went to the church service at ten. Came home and ate? And ate some more? Julgodis=candy. Tasty candy. Homemade! My mom's parents came to visit for a bit in the afternoon and we had fika. Of course. I think we had raspberry pie. And I knowww it was delicious. Then at threeee. The famous Kalle Anka! Donald Duck in english. Every year this same show plays on TV. It is a collection of clips from Disney movies. I am pretty sure I was struggling to not fall asleep, it was very good though! My favorite was Mickey Mouse in the camper RV thing. Thennn it was time for dinner. So Swedes eat ham on Christmas. It was tasty. Of course they have sill (herring). I don't eat that kind of ridiculous food though. Basically there are fifteen hundred different kinds of meat or fish. Can't forget about the special potatoes. A Halland specialty is grönkål, kale. I just google translated that for the first time...I didn't realize I was eating kale! It isn't that great though...but better than brussels sprouts! Hmmm I'm sure there is more...well Swedes have this drink called Julmust. It is carbonated. I don't really know how to explain it...other than that they have it during jul time and then again around Easter..but then it has a new name. Sweden doesn't have eggnog. So that is sad. Thennn finalllly in the evening it is presents time! The Collander method involves each person opening one present at a time in a very methodical manner. No ripped paper, because we of course use the same paper for years in a row! Calvin and I usually order them in size and so on. Anywaysss that is not the Brosved method! The Brosved method is more along the lines of Lukas and Lousie making everyone a pile of their gifts and then the ripping begins all at the same time. And all of a sudden the floor is covered in wrapping paper. So that was a bit different. Funny story though. Well...I thought it was funny. When I opened my package from my Bham parents...I recognized one of the wrapping papers from a former Davis gift, the other was one we have literally had since we lived at Grandma and Grandpa's house..and the other was a former Newell gift. So that was entertaining, and very typical Collander. Plus I got gummy vitamins from my mom, of coursee:) No sunshine or fruits or veggies in this country. Just kidding. Not about the sun though..

Alrightt so after jul I headed up to Kungälv for a few days. First to Marstrand Erica and the cousins though! Such a beautiful, Swedish place. Love it. Even if I froze. That's just typical. But yes, it was nice to see family again! I got new knitted socks, so that of course was wonderful! Plus I completed farrr too many sudokus in just two days.

Ok so moving on from jul. Nyårs! New years! Well during the day I went to Göteborg with my friend Josefine. In the evening I went home and had dinner with the family. Hung out for the evening. And went in to town to watch the fireworks. Yeahhh so no super exciting stories there.

After thattt I roadtripped with the family to Västerås. You guys can feel free to test your google maps skills and figure out where that is. I slept in the car. We ate at IKEA cause it is cheeeap. And yupp! It was fun, stayed with some family friends who have three kids from South Afrika. Wow cool...I just spelled Africa with a K...that is the Swedish way to spell it. Ahh. The confusion that C and K are creating now that I am learning the Swedish spellings of everything. Anyways it was fun! Really nice family. I didn't do much. Just sat and listened, talked some. I was the not young kid..but not adult either person. It was cold there. I do not enjoy the being in the cold, or being cold. Surprise surprise.

My inspiration seeems seemingly lacking today. But I reallllly can't put this off any longer. Cause I happen to be quite talented at putting things off! So that hasn't really changed I guess. But I am a better person! I eat fruit. Willingly! I eat whole apples! Today I had a clementine and a banana. And an egg. Yogurt is delicious here. Chocolate. Is chocolate. SO. It is of course delicious. I just like food! Welllll that was a lie, wasn't it. I like certain foods would be more accurate.

Today I was down in Lund for an AFS meeting. Our half your year is basically over meeting. So in other words I spent most of the day on a train. Okkk not most of it. But a lot of it. Not much else to say. Though it was fun to see some of the others again. It snowed yesterday, and more today. Bellllingham and Sweden switched weather since I came here. As you all know there were four snow days and a whoooole lot of snow in Bham. Soo when I woke up Friday and there was an inch or two of snow I was in that "yesssssss snow day, back to sleep" mindset. Nooope. I wish. Swedes are completely baffled by the idea of any amount of snow causing school to be cancelled. It is amusing to see their reactions.

I've made a conclusion about my bed. My bed here is more comfy. BUT my my bed at home has better pillows and it is a bunk bed. So my new conclusion is simply that I enjoy beds. And my bed is what I should be in right now! I am reading Matilda in Swedish currently. And I am going to read Eragon too I think. If anyone was for some reason or another wondering about beds or books...I can't think of anything else to say. I was going to try to explain my most common, or at least most amusing Swedish language mistake. But it is too hard to describe in English. För ni som kan svenska, ni kan skratta åt mig. För att jag "går" överallt...jag "åker" aldrig. Vet inte om ni förstår vad jag menar...men min mamma och pappa gör det iallafall:) And for those of you who just google translated that...I know it makes absolutely no sense...I don't even know if it makes sense in Swedish. Oh well. Spelling and grammar have still not decided to be my best friend. In either language for that matter...mooostly Swedish though. You know what is really nice about Swedish though...in Swedish you capitalize soo much less, and apostrophes don't really exist? I don't think? Who knows...it is almost one thirty in the morning. SO I have a good excuse.

I will put up pictures. Some day. Now it is time for bed. I hope this satisfied all you who have been waiting. If I have left anything out that you happen to be very curious about....you can tell me! I would love to answer any questions if I can! Now I am going to go hibernate. Godnatt till er alla!

Each region in Sweden has a main church, which always has two towers or steeples..whichever they're called, instead of the usual one. This is the main church in Lund, Skåne.

 

 Time for some wreath making with the mamma!

 She is really normal, I promise, just like me.

School photo! Which I never ended up buying cause it cost toooo much.

This is a little lake next to a huge field right by my house!

This is my windowsill. It is perfect. It is right next to the heater, I have a pretty star, there is a chocolate count down to Christmas thing on my wall, I have my paints and pens and scissors, some shoes I guess, my candles, my laptop, and the chocolate is missing from the scene....but basically it is a cozy perfect location.

I guess my little brother Lukas gets the tallest birthday cake since he is the shortest in the family! It is half a foot tall! Delicioussss chocolate raspberry cake that my dad baked. Mmmm.

Bellingham has the most beautiful sunsets in the entire world, but Sweden has beautiful skies too. Huge clouds. I love them.

This is the driving range at the golf course down the road from my house!

I told you the skies are awesome!

Exchange students are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Every once in a while it is best to just take it easy. I might have a math test tomorrow. It might not go so well. But that is okay! One test isn't going to ruin everything. It isn't the end of the world. Sometimes I think too much thought is put into the little things. The temporary things. The big picture is important too. The people and the relationships. Not the new shoes or new hair style. I need people in my life. I miss the ocean, the trees, the mountains...Bellingham is beautiful. No doubt about it. But it's the people I miss most. Not a kind of miss that makes we want to go home. It's the kind of missing that makes me appreciate them more. I know they'll all be there when I go back. I knew that leaving for a year would make me appreciate life more, but I didn't really know how..now I'm beginning to. It is all so strange. I love my family here. I feel at home with them, and in this house. Not even four months ago I got off a train looking like a junky with a ton of luggage, got in a car with four strangers, went out to the middle of nowhere with them, and looked at the house that is now home to me. I can tell by just looking at the state of my room that I feel way more comfortable here than in the beginning. I should clean it. Maybe tomorrow. Although I do say that a lot. I have learned so much by living with another family. It's something you can't understand until you've done it. So many new insights and perspectives. I also find it interesting to think about what it must be like for my family. They picked me with only a picture and a letter to decide. And then they picked me up from the train station with nooo idea what they were bringing home with them. That is brave I must say. Considering they are offering their home and so much more to me. What if we hated each other? That would suck for all of us. Luuuckily I think we like each other..or else they are the masters of deception. And now I bet they are reading this and laughing at me...and laughing that I failed my math test. Ha. Yeah I should go to bed. I have thought of some more Swedish America comparisons, but who knows what they were. And I willll put some pictures up some day. But today was a more thoughtful day. Or maybe a "I don't want to study anymore" kind of day. Or both. Or maybe that is always the case. Anyways, goodnight everyone. I hope your Christmas season is off to a lovely start! :)

Yes...I am still alive and well!

Sooo everyone has been asking when I'm going to post another blog post...I am sorry it's taken so long!
November. I cannot believe it is already November. After November is December. Christmas time always flies. And thennn it is 2012 and the world will end! Just kidding. The world isn't going to end guys...don't believe that.

The first highlight I can think of since I last posted is that Coldplay's new album finallllly came out! I probably thought of that first since I am listening to it...but it is quite the highlight nonetheless!

Ok what else. It is so hard to think of things, it all runs together cause everything is so great! Maybe if I go backwards, I don't remember if I used that strategy last time, but I'll give it a try.

I'll start with höstlov. Otherwise known as fall break, so I had a week off school! Kind of like Americans get school off for Thanksgiving..but we don't have that here. Soo I went to my friend Simon's house for a Halloween party. Simon is an exchange student from Australia. I hate Halloween. Buuut I went anyways, and it was ok! A whole herd of exchange students and two Swedes I believe. But there was good food and good company, so all went well. Then Sunday was recovery day. Monday I went up to the Universeum in Göteborg with Lukas, Louise, and Magnus. It was a little like the Pacific Science Center..mixed with an aqurium and a rainforest? But it was fun! A radar measuring thing told me I am 162,2 cm tall. My little sister (6 years younger) is not much more than 10 cm shorter..won't be long till she passes me up. Buuut after that I got picked up by my Farfar and I headed up to Kungälv for a visit!

Let's see. Kungälv. My home town. Although I really only remember it from visits...but it was familiar nonetheless. I love the castle there. Now that I have been around Sweden a little more, I can definitely say that Kungälv has one of the best castles I have seen so far. Andddd Kungälv smells delicious. There is a kexfabrik (cookie factory basically) in Kungälv. Tastyy tasty. I also found the smell of my Farfar and Farmor's house familiar. Along with Anna's apartment too! I must have smell memory. But anyways, on Tuesday I saw Anna (childhood friend)! It was a lot of fun. We walked around town and had fika. Then we walked up to her apartment and I saw where I used to live too..kind of strange. Tuesday also happened to be my Farfar's birthday! So I headed back to their place. We had food and cake and the rest of the relatives came up too. It is so strange to be around them without the rest of my family there...cause that has never really happened before. No problems there though! It is nice to be able to spend time with them, seeing as it doesn't happen so very often. Two nights there, and then it was back home to Grimeton again for the rest of my break.

I went to Stockholm for a couple days sometime towards the end of October! It was a lot of fun to be able to see my exchange student friends there and see how their life is. It is so different...I live in the middle of nowhere...with a bus that can take me town only a couple times a day..only once on Saturdays and none on Sundays...in Stockholm you can jump on a bus, train, subway, anythinggg at just about any time you please. I mean you mighttt have to wait maybe three minutes..but you can literally go anywhere..without much inconvenience. And there are SO many people in Stockholm! Capital of the country...biggest city...only a million people...that isn't a lot compared to other places in the world. But in Lisa's world that is a lot of people. Something like 600 people in Grimeton, about 30,000 in Varberg, and 80,000 in Bellingham....yeahhh that's right! I know a couple facts...anyways I have to say I am glad I was placed here in Grimeton. Sometimes I wish I lived a little closer to town...but when I see the bigger cities like Göteborg and Stockholm I am thankful for the green grass, horses, and cows.

Well this memory thing...is hard.

I'll talk a little about school I suppose! I had my first Swedish test. It was about animals, veggies, fish, sayings, and abbreviations. I think it went well! I hope so at least. I've had some other test too, but mostttt stuff is all going to be coming up in the weeks leading up to Christmas break. School is eh though, so that's all I have to say for now.

Darkness is creeping over Sweden. I bike to the bus in the dark, and I ride home from the bus in the dark too. I am now wearing my warmest jacket and pretty much allll my warm clothes. Yay for Swedish sweaters!

Hmm. So this past weekend I went down to Lund to see the town and visit her daughters. Lund is pretty much a "college town" you could say. It was very nice though! I love all the old architecture and cobble stone streets all over Sweden. It may be normal for them, but you don't find that in Bellingham. Ulla's brother in law is Italien and has a pizza and pasta place in town, so we went there for lunch. Very tasty. He then cooked dinner for us later too. Three types of fish! I am not usually huge on fish, but he knows how to cook! Sweden also has really delicious bakeries. And all of them are reallyyy small, but super crowded. Because who doesn't want deliciousness!

Anyways that is what my past month or month and a half has looked like!

Buuuut I must talk about this evening! So I have this geography test on Wednesday. An English essay test as well....and I really should have studied. I had a much better time though. My mom and I made Christmas wreaths! It was a whole lot of fun. At least I thought so. Although bows are really difficult to make. I will put up some pictures, when I get around to it...so who knows when that will be. Guess you guys can hope that is soon! :)

Once again...sorry I'm so slow...my motivation sometimes is lacking...but like my father advised me..perhaps if I write shorter posts more often, it would be easier to keep up to with.

Hope all is well for everyone! If you are American and reading this, have a delightful Thanksgiving!

Little of this, and a little of that.

I don't know if you've heard, but chocolate is very good for you. I mean it makes you happy...so that's good. Let's see I should really write on here more often. Cause then I wouldn't have to sit here and try to remember sooo much.

In Sweden you spell everything with K. My English is declining in quality I can tell. And Swedish is hard. I have a thing for putting words in the wrong order when I write papers...grammar is just trouble. Even in English class we do grammar stuff. I know nothinggg about English grammar..soo that will be fun. I should be able to figure it out though. It's fun to listen to people speak English here...some people speak with English accents and some with American...and some just sound very, very Swedish. The "th" is a hard sound for them..

I like to make bracelets! But whenever I put a new one on an anklet falls off..not really..but that happened this time. I don't think I told you guys, but I made a hemp hairwrap. I think it's pretty sweet.

I guesss I'll tell you guys a little about Sweden.

Let's see. It's really hard to remember...I've done something each weekend I've been here..but my mind doesn't work so I'll tell you about this past weekend (yesterday and the day before). I went to Halmstad to visit Sebastian and his family with Amelie! It was very foggy. I got to see about three feet of ocean...buuut the fog lifted later so then I got to see the view. Quite lovely, Halmstad is a summer town, like Varberg. Beaches and sunshine. Swedes love sunshine. I do too. This rain is ehhh. And the cold that is well on it's way..is definitely ehhh. We have had a couple of nice days though, so I can't complain. I think the biggest difference tree wise here is the leaves. They don't really have the whole evergreen thing goin on for them. The leaves are beginning to dropppp. It is going to be a long, dark...not green winter.

Oh! I can share about my hike! Last Thursday my class, 10SPB, went out on a wandering. We were in groups so we could make lunch in the forest. It was quite the adventure...frozen chicken that looked like a brain..eventually became eatable! It was a lot of fun. ANDDD it was about five miles! Which is an accomplishment for me. Ohhhh plus we did some professional bus catching that day too. It was a close call...but I don't think the story would be so fun for you all to read.

I remembered another thing to tell about! The weekend before this past one I went to Varberg's Harvest festival at our local castle. SO sweet. I love that about Sweden...there are castles everywhere...you do nottt find that in America. Plus there was free food from ICA! Can't go wrong there. Unless it's gross food...but I have a good eye filter. Plus it was nice weather that day. Sunshinee:) And an ocean breeze. I love the ocean. Smells delicious.

Stars! Since I live out in the countryyy it's extra dark so you can see the stars even better! I went out sometime, I don't remember when...for a walk at night. There is a golfcourse close to where I live. In Sweden they're cool...golf courses, forests, pastures, etc are all public..I mean I don't know the specifics..but it isn't trespassing. Sooo I walked up onto the golfcourse and then I was thinking "ohhh what lovely stars! Oh look a bench? I can't see it and I'm a wee bit afraid of the dark...but I'll check it out" So I went a laid down on a bench for over an hour. I sang Coldplay songs and counted 11 shooting stars:) It was amazing. And the stars look different here! Of course..but it was still exciting. I succeeded in finding one constellation...that was a hard word to spell..

Anyways. School. Hmmmm. Math test tomorrow I should be studying for? But I'd rather wing it?

I would like to take a moment to talk about dairy. I love milk. I love milk machines at school. And I love whole milk at home. I like yogurt. I like yogurt that comes in a carton and you can pour. I like drinkable yogurt with my cereal, my bananas, my apples. I like ice cream. I love dairy. Mmmm.

I also thought I should mention a few things about vegetables. First of all, vegetables in Swedish is "grönsaker"..which translated literally means "green things". So anyways (Mother dearest this is directed towards you) I eat green things! There are pictures for proof. Although I think I have only had broccoli about once since I got here..............soooo you should probably send me some for Christmas since I miss it sooo much....


Homes are much tidier in Sweden. Or maybe not always tidy...but at least more clean. Also houses are smaller and cozier. 

Trash cans...are sooo big in the US.... All of the public trash cans here are little and metal and usually attached to a lamp post or something of that sort. They are not huge. And the trash cans that people put at the end of their driveway are mush smaller too. Plus they don't have red, white, and blue recycling bins like us..not blue and yellow either...You have to go to a place outside of a grocery store and separate your recycle your self into the designated dumpsters. Plus when you bring bottles and cans back to the store you get money back. Buuut the catch is, is that they have cool machines that you stick the cans and bottles into and it gives you a receipt. Oh and one other thing, a household garbage can in Swedish is a "papperskorga" which literally translated means "papers basket" which throwsss me off cause you recycle paper.

I find it strange that listening to the radio here is nearly like listening at home..only a month or two behind on the latest songs...and the occasional Swedish tune thrown in there. 

You have to pay for bags at grocery stores here..it's a good idea..come onnn America. Gotta get it together.


IKEA ads in Sweden are nothing like the weird ones in Canada and the US...


I don't think I have properly introduced you all to lös godis. That means loose candy. As in a huge wall of candy. It's like our bulk food section. But it's allllll candy. Soooo much candy. You grab a bag and a scooper. And you scoop scoop scoop. For what you get, it is cheap. And it is delicious. Plus the chocolate here is soooo much more delicious.....I've onlyyy gained like 5 pounds...no need to worry about me...everything is worth it :) 


Speaking of everything is worth it. My host mum has some words of wisdom. Every time I come back from something that I...let's say didn't particularly enjoy...she tells me this, "everything is a positive learning experience". 

That's that for now I think! I'll throw up some pictures from my Halmstad adventure below :)

I love spirals.

Flowers photograph nicely!

It was a foggggy day.

Two of my lovely German friends, Amelie and Sebastian :)

Halmstad's beach

Roger is a professional chef! Delicious.

I end every day with sleep. And that is what I will go do...soon... :)

My lovely sibling Lukas and Louise :)

I ate that.

I am proud of my photography!

Playgrounds in Sweden are not American Standards "safe", so therefore they are fun!

It's All About Observing & Experiencing.

When I first go to Sweden it was raining. There were trees. So pretty much it was just like Bham. Except now that I've been here for almost a month, I've decided it's not the same at all. There are quite a lot of random things that I'm going to share about. In no particular order I will try to remember some of them and tell you guys.

•  Cars. Cars here are little. In America SUVs and trucks are common. Here I have seen approximately zero SUVS and maybe two trucks. Now I bet you're wondering how Swedes haul trailers and stuff. Well you may not know this, but Mercedes and Audis seem to work great, they look real classy going around the roundabouts with their trailers. 
• Speaking of cars. Swedes are much better and efficient drivers than Americans. It's not really something you can appreciate until you drive on a freeway here. Plus roundabouts are genius. Varberg had about three hundred and sixteen of them. 
• Cake. American cake sucks. I always knew that. But maybe you didn't know that. I have tried five different Swedish cakes that I can think of already. And they are just so delicious. Mmm. It's my name day on Tuesday so I get cake! 
• Let's see here. Oh! Robinson. So I am assuming everyone knows what Survivor is. Well Sweden is awesome, so they have Robinson. (Essentially the same thing. Apart from that Swedish television doesn't really believe in any sort of censorship. At all.) Oh and they also have Idol. So pretty much American Idol..but instead with Swedish people. A good portion of the television here is English with subtitles, so they are pretty proud of the shows that are actually their own.
• Rain. Rain rain rain rainnnnn. I love rain so much that I thought I would take it with me to Sweden and leave the beautiful sunshine in Bellingham. Whatttt was I thinking. I would like to tell you guys a story. Sometime, I don't remember when, I was biking to the bus stop. It was raining. I took a shower before I left the house. When I got to the bus stop (literally a two minute bike ride all downhill) it was like I had showered in my clothes. So school was a lot of fun that day. Cause I love being wet. When it rains here, it pours. Not Bham drizzle..Varberg waterfall raindrops. Apparently it has been raining more than usual lately...but who knows. At least they know how to heat their schools.
• So since I talked about rain, I will talk about wind. The hurricane wasn't done in New York, it flew over to visit us here too! It has been howling for the past couple days. I have to concentrate harder to keep my bike going straight. Cause in the mornings I'm kinda tired.
• Stoplights. I knowwww, super exciting. When the lights are going back to green after being red, they turn yellow in between. So it goes red, yellow, green and green, yellow, red. Today I was wondering why it is green. Red and yellow are primary colors. So why does go get to be green...not blue...
• Swedish people. Buses here are amusing. Here is how a typical bus scenario would play out. A person would get on the bus, sit down by the window with their bag in the seat next to them. This goes on until all the window seats are full. Generally speaking the next person to get on would rather stand up, than sit down in an open seat next to someone unless they know them. You don't really smile at anyone..and your bag is your best friend. I smile at least.
• Wind power! So you know those tall white windmill things that get energy from wind? Well they have those here. On my way home last weekend I decided to count them. I counted nearly 100 in a 30km stretch. I thought it was a lot, I dunno about you.
• None of the people in my class have worn sweatpants yet this year to school. Except me. I was planning on trying to dress a little nicer here..so I could make at least one friend...but I love sweats too much. They'll be my friend at least. 
• I wanted to tell everyone that on Monday's I get home from school at half past twelve. And on Friday's I start at ten to two and am done at four. I like it here:) Don't worry, that isn't the only reason.
• It is so strange seeing the ocean here. Coming from Bham, I am used to seeing the ocean with a backdrop of islands. Here it is the open seas. It is surprisingly different. Although last weekend I went down to Helsingborg...and guess what you can see from there! Denmark! 
• Dialects in Sweden are very distinct. If I were to drive to Seattle...the people would sound the same to me. If I travel even 30km South here..I can already hear the difference. Everything in Sweden is in a much smaller scale. Sweden is not a whole lot bigger than California..

I thought I should take a moment to talk about the Bellingham Cousin Clan. As of Monday we are all officially in different parts of the world. I am in Sweden. Ryan is in Maine. Calvin is in Oregon. Katie is in California. And Jason is still in Bham to hold down the fort until we reunite next summer. Can't forget our roots! You guys are the best. Jason I miss you, and I hope you are doing okay at Sehome without me..I am sorry I left you there all alone.

Speaking of cousins. Tangenttt! On Saturday I am going to Göteborg for an AFS event of some sort. Buuut afterwards I am going to the Fosse's house. It's been a while since I have seen them all...but I can't wait:) Hopefully Farmor och Farfar skall komma också. Yay for family!

Mom and Pop I miss you guys toooooo. But I do love it here, so don't even think of coming and taking me home! Although I bet you guys are at least getting someee satisfaction out of the peace and quiet at home. Mom-Today at lunch I had a couple peas, some lettuce, anc some carrots. I ate and apple when I got home, and had more carrots at dinner. I thought you might be proud, I'll refrain from talking about all the other days though..:) Pop-Dina kanel bullar är mycket bättre än dem jag åt ner i Helsingborg. Du vet ju hur att baka. Jag fick 32 ur 44 på en Svenk grammatik prov som jag tog på fosta dan i Svenska två. Jag lär mig! Jag ska få hundra procent når det är dax för mig att komma hem! Jag bara fuskade lite med Google Translate..jag lovar!

Hej så lange! Jag måste gå borsta mina tänder nu!