Wowsie! Awesome haul! Congrats!

I am sorry HoM!



Today is the 20th which mark a month from that phonecall from the healthcare center I could not answer. They have not called again.. I'm still waiting. I have friday off so I think I'll have to call again.. The thing is they open the phones at 8am and you have to call fast! You get an answering machine with options and it'll give you a time when they call you back. These slots run out so fast that if you call too late, like a minute past 8am you wont get any slots at all. So calling now, today is not an option. I tried to look online to see if I can write to them instead but those messages go direct to a nurse, doctor, physical therapists etc, nothing to the reception.

In sweden we can buy these little ceramic marbles to be put in the bottom of the pots for drainage. I also use crushed ceramics in the larger pots.


I replanted the chilli seeds a couple of days ago. No show yet. I'm starting to think I go a bad bag of seeds.

Cold leftovers are fine, but physically going in to a store to buy a frozen pizza instead of eating a normal breakfast did it for me .

Thank you Beth.


We both got a cold with stuffed noses and sore throats. I'm still going to work (mask ohoj!) but he wont be drinking beer with mommy tonight.

I'm going to be a little allover the place so bare with me.

People who're getting kids are getting older and older. In Sweden most new parents are in their mid to late thirties. These were the ones who grew up with G1. Are they gonna buy toys like G5 or be nostalgic and getting the retro ponies? I know of at least two moms my age who went for the latter. The newer ones were "ugly and did not look like horses". Their kids have just turned three so a bit young for the show but not too young to play with the dolls. I would say this is one of the reasons the retro ponies sell so well compare to Hasbros newer additions.

Most brand toys are sold in toystores. When I grew up I never saw Barbie or MLP or Transformers in supermarkets or discount stores. I still rarely do. The other day I was walking through a discount store and on the toyshelf amongst a lot of off brand toys were Bluey. Kids were flocked at that section. Someone in the Bluey-department is thinking outside of the box and bringing in beans by contracting discount stores. With the inflation going, that is a smart move. I've also seen Barbie in supermarkets.

One thing that sells a lot in all of our discount store chains is a brand of ponies called Zuru Sparkle Girlz. They remind a tad bit of G4, but they are larger, brushable (they have bangs!) and feels more playable. They are cheaper but the quality is amazing compaired to the brand toys. They feel good in the hand. I love them, I have one of each of the baby unicorns. This is something others has touched as well, the quality of the toys have gone down. As a kid you could tell a brand toy from an off brand toy by the looks of it. Now you can't because they look the same.. except from the ponies describe above that feels like the G3. I'll take any of these before G5 any day of the week.

G5s are ugly, to be honest. The toys I've seen on the shelves are boring. It's like Hasbro grew tired and just felt they needed something, anything, and did not put any thought or interest in them. I guess that's the lack of budget talking. I saw the movie when it came to Netflix and was like meh.. not for me. I am not a fan of G4. Did not like the toys, never got into the show and just waited for the generation to be over.. but I think that was way better than what is presented now. Someone wrote that Hasbro should have let the G4 die down and bring back MLP a couple of years from now and I think that is a good idea. I think it would have been better. This feels so rushed.

Finally, what I brushed on in off Topic; kids today grow up so fast. I played with ponies and Barbies when I was 12. My niece turnes 9 in two days. The pony I gave her when she turned five was returned to me two years ago when she cleaned out her toys. She's nine but into crafts, make up and nail polishes and clothes. In my favorite toystore (which has an amazing mlp-section by the way, but 90% is basic fun) two thirds of the store is now childrens crafts. Everything from diamond painting kits and paint by number to do your own make up and embroidery. And lego. Lots and lots of Lego. When I go to fleemarkets tons of tables are parents with little kids getting rid of their toys. Kids ages 7-10.. I played with toys when I was that age, but these have outgrown them.. Kids in the age of the TV-show simply don't play with toys anymore so they don't relate and want the toys. Which turns back to my first point. The ones who playes with the toys are too young for the show and their parents buy them the retro ones for nostalgic reasons. The ones old enough for the show don't plays with toys anymore. It's an ongoing circle spiraling down.

Beth and BC thanks. The headache has been going on for seven years now.. The anniversary is this month. I've been without meds for a year and three months now since they made me a zombie. People just don't think about it and expect me to be able to do things healthy people do. My sister keeps nagging me on working 100% instead of 75%. But I need time to relax and recover. Then she nags on me to seek disability for the reminder 25% (it's all about money for her) but I don't need the stress added to fight for it. I am good as it is now. I just had a low blow the other day.

BC I'm sorry about the shrimp. I hope the x-rays on your mom wont reveal something bad.

Beth I always toss away the freebies. I have a very sensitive face and whenever I get a samlpe for the face it's a nope. Hands as well. It's such a waste really but I can't risk my skin.

Pokeyonekenobie I'm glad you're okay! Good luck with the car search


My husband has gained some weight and wanted to cleanse his body from sugar before going full diet and asked if we could take a detox month together. Experience has taught me that sugar detox do nothing for my weight but I humoured him. So this month we've gone without added suger (we still eat carbohydrates but nothing were sugar has to be added by us and no sweets or sodas etc) and I think I've done pretty well.. Hubby though, overcompensate by eating fat instead. Right now instead of two boiled eggs and a piece of fibre toast which is what I eat for breakfast every day and has for the past year, he ate an oven pizza. I think this will get him +-0 in his struggle to loose some kgs. When I ask he says he will be serious about it next month Because of this I had a cup of hot chocolate after work yesterday but didn't tell him . I have a layover tomorrow and he just informed me he will be going to his mom tomorrow and drink beer .

Morning has been extremly slow today. Husband is going to make us lunch which can be anywhere from 12 to 4pm depending on when he wakes up, so I've already eaten a protein bar. I'm on my fitfh cup of tea and has watered all the plants except the one in the bedroom.. I even watered my orchid today .¨It's not even noon btw.. it's like eleven.

The rest of the day I'm just gonna sit somewhere doing nothing.. I was in the mood for watching something lighthearted but not a film.. I love the Repair shop, but I've already seen the Swedish version and all the episodes released of the brittish. bleh. I should probably take a walk but don't have the energy. I am so low today.