Author: Nikki

Rain be gone!

I started following a hundred million things related to Sweden on Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, etc because we almost moved to Sweden. (We obviously didn’t nor are we in the process and I am shocked – shocked! – to say that I am relieved. More on that in another post.) It seems I’m going to have to […]

ex-mas

We don’t “do” Santa in our house. I had never really thought much about it, Santa always seemed like a given, but then when our son was a year old I found I couldn’t get myself to start with all the Santa hoopla. It’s not a political statement and it’s not because I’m grinch-y – […]

Wintery Things from Christmases Past

I am determined to post every single old picture upon this blog at some point! “LOL”, as the kids say. I was thinking about Christmas traditions and new ways to decorate at home – it reminded me of the Czech tradition of decorating Christmas trees with orange slices and cinnamon sticks. (A great idea, I […]