Vi tog en liten sovmorgon idag och gick sen ut med Thor for att kopa kaffe. Aaaaahhhh!! Sa fruktansvart kallt det var. Nar vi val kom tillbaka hem hade jag ingen kansel i fingrarna och mina oron var helt doda. Jag ar inte redo for vinterkyla an. Det ar kanske bara nu och speciellt pa morgonen, det blir kanske varmare igen, men nej, jag vagrar ta pa mig vantar och mossa.
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High five

1. JoAnna took a picture of our “High Five”
2. Fuzzy picture, but I thought it was soooo cute!
3. Sleeping little baby Thor
Igar fick Thor och jag besok av JoAnna, koreografen for The Equus Projects. Lite fika, lek med Thor och updates. Mycket trevligt. Pa kvallen gick Jim och jag och at pa en av barerna pa Stone Street och senare var vi bara hemma och kollade pa baseball. Thor var nog lite for trott for baseball sa han somnade i soffan.
Yesterday, Thor and I got a visit from JoAnna, the choreographer for The Equus Projects. Some fika, playtime with Thor and updates. Very nice. In the evening Jim and I went to eat at one of the bars on Stone Street and later we were just home watching baseball. Thor was probably too tired for baseball so he fell asleep on the couch.
Kanelbullens dag
Idag ar det Kanelbullens Dag. Det firar vi saklart med bulle fran FIKA och kaffe fran 8 O’clock.
Det regnar idag. Ett riktigt “lat oss spendera dagen inomhus” vader. Da passar ju kaffe och bulle bra och senare blir det nog lite tv-spel 🙂
Today is Cinnamon bun Day. We are celebrating that of course with a bun from FIKA and coffe from 8 O’clock.
It’s raining today. Really some “lets spend the day inside” weather. Then coffee and bun is great and later we’ll probably play some video-games 🙂
Yappy
Thor har hittat sin rost. Nu ar det roligt att kunna gora ljud ifran sig nar man vill nagot. Igar skallde han konstant i en timme. Inget jag gjorde fick honom att sluta. Jag borde ju egentligen bara ha ignorerat det eftersom det ar nagon slags uppmarksamhet han vill ha, men nar det har gatt sa lang tid och man tanker pa grannarna, sa kan man inte hjalpa det.
Idag har han varit ratt tyst. Han fick ett litet utbrott innan nar han ville ga ut men inte ville att jag skulle ta pa hans sele men jag gav honom ingen beloning for det. Emma och jag pratade om det igar. Det ar ju precis som nar man uppfostrar barn. Det ar inte de sma barnen i hemmen som bestammer. Det ar battre att fostra nar de ar sma, visa vad som ar ratt och hur man ska bete sig och att man inte alltid kan fa allt man onskar. Curlingforaldrar har vi ju hort om, och det galler samma med en hund. Om hunden blir bortskamd och behandlad som en prins nar han ar liten sa stannar det sen kvar. Om Thor skaller nu och vi inte tillrattavisar det, kommer han sakerligen att vara en yappy hund for resten av hans liv, och det vill vi ju inte. Sa det ar en av vara nya saker som vi maste trana pa. Nar ar det ok att skalla och nar ska man vara tyst.
Thor found his voice. Now its fun to make noises when you want something. Yesterday he barked constantly for an hour. Nothing I did got him to stop. I should have just ignored it since it’s some sort of attention he’s seeking, but when it’s been that long and you are thinking of the neighbors, then you can’t help it.
Today he’s kinda quiet. He had a little moment earlier when he wanted to go out but didn’t wanna let me put his harness on but I didn’t give him any rewards for it. Emma and I talked about it yesterday. Its just like when you raise kids. It’s not the little kids in the house that decides. It’s better to correct them when they are little, show them what’s right and how you should act and that you can’t always get everything you wish for. We’ve heard of curling parents, and it’s the same with a dog. If the dog gets spoiled and treated like a prince when he’s little, it will stay. If Thor barks now and we don’t correct it, he will most likely be a yappy dog for the rest of his life, and we don’t want that. So that’s one of our new things to work on. When is it ok to bark and when do you need to be quiet.
Thor will garna ha vara nallar pa sangen att leka med. Han springer
runt sangen, hoppar och skaller,men nej, han far dem inte
Thor really wants our stuffed toys on the bed to play with. He runs
around the bed, jumps and barks, but no, he can’t get them
Cards with chip
Oj, nu kommer Bank of America till ar 2014. Nu ska korten fa ett chip! Hah, det har vi ju haft lange i Sverige och jag forstar inte varfor USA inte haft det tidigare. Har drar de kortet och man behover ingen kod. Vem som helst kan da med andra ord stjala ditt kort och kopa vad som helst. Varje gang jag kommer till Sverige maste jag fornya mitt svenska kort for att de har dragit sonder kortet. Nu anvande jag inte mitt svenska kort langre, men mitt Bank of America slits ju lika mycket.
Sa ska ni resa till USA, tank pa hur ni anvander kortet. Vissa stallen ar det kanske battre att anvanda kontanter. Och hall hart i vaskan och planboken pa tex. tunnelbanan eller folkfyllda gator.
Oh, now Bank of America is coming to the year 2014. The cards will now get a chip! Hah, that we’ve had for a long time in Sweden and I don’t understand why USA didn’t have it earlier. Here they swipe your card and you don’t need a pin. Anyone can then just steal your card and buy anything. Every time I go to Sweden I must renew my Swedish card cause they have been breaking it by swiping. Now I don’t use my Swedish card anymore, but my Bank of America has been worn out just as much.
So if you are going to Sweden (or other countries they use chip), be prepared to have a pin and a valid ID. If your card does not have a pin, you could be better off with cash. In some stores in Sweden they might ask for your last 4 digits in your birth-number which you don’t have if you are an American (you have a social security number, but that is not the same thing), so to reduce time with the cashier you will be better off with cash.







1. JoAnna took a picture of our “High Five”



