Spring training...

Pitcher and catchers report on February 13.

22 Days...

My tree

I can't forget to post a picture of my tree. It comes from so far away to visit the city. Too bad it doesn't get out much. ;)

Babysitting

I was all excited. Saturday night i was babysitting the nephews. I don't get to spend a lot of time with them, so babysitting is a fun thing for me. I arrive at 6:00, ring the door bell, and position myself so Anders doesn't come running out when the door opens. My brother-in-law, Mark, opens the door, come on in. I can hear a small "hello" in the back ground. I peer around the corner to my sister and Axel sitting at the dinner table eating. Where's Anders? He feel asleep at 4:30 and hasn't woken up. They tried to wake him up and he didn't want to get up. So they put on a pull-up and some pjs. They left about 6:20 and it was just Axel and me. He's very good about entertaining himself. You just have to keep an eye on him so he doesn't eat too much toilet paper, if Kleenex or tissue paper are laying around he'd eat that too. About 7:00 he looked up at me and lifted his arms. I picked him up and thought this was a good opportunity to put on the pjs. I laid him down on the changing table and his legs went straight up in the air. A good indication that he is ready to be changed and go to bed. By 7:15 he was dead to the world, Anders was snoring, and I was sitting watching "Firefly" on dvd. Talk about an easy night of babysitting. I'll have to remember this for the next time, when they'll probably both be running around the house screaming all night long.

New Year's Eve

For new year's eve I took my Swedish friends to Harry Caray's for dinner. It a great place for new year's eve, they serve a regular menu and you can walk to navy pier afterwards for fireworks. Our dessert was so unique I had to snap a picture with my phone. It was yummy. Chocolate inside of course.

After dinner we walked over to navy pier for fireworks. It had been snowing all day but really wasn't too bad for all the time we spent standing waiting for the fireworks to being.
not bad pictures for a camera phone.

perfect place...

doesn't this look like the perfect place to be? all bundled up lying in the snow looking like you're having the time of your life?

Resolutions

Ok i'm finally responding to my tag. Here goes, in no particular order...

To get back into my regular eating habits and make lunches for work

To be better about cleaning my apartment on a regular basis

To go some place new this year... oh wait! i'm going to Vegas in March

Pictures

a few random pictures that just have to be shared...

foreign visitors...

This year for Christmas we had some foreign visitors. Tina and Linda. Tina is my friend Anna's sister. Tina's last visit to the states was for Christmas 1993 visiting Anna, who had decided not to go home for the winter break. They flew into the states in time for korv making. Everyone new to my dad's birthday party helps out with the korv. Linda was brave enough to roll up her sleeves and help out. They joined in all our Christmas celebration, including Tina singing at Jullotta. They brought strange gifts, took pictures, ate with us, exercised (at the Museum of Science and Industry), helped prepare dinner and had a jolly time. It was a lot of fun. Hopefully they'll be back.