Ms PotatoeHead

...thats me right now.
I had to travel to Umeå back and forth today. For those of you who are not familiar with Swedish geography, Umeå is a small beautiful university town in the middle of nowhere in the northern parts of this country.
I packed my camera because I was planning to take some pics and show you, but I just didn´t see much. A taxi from the airport to the meeting-place and then a taxi back to the airport a few hours later. Not much to write home (or blog) about at all...

You may also wanna know that its gonna be the Culture Capital of Europe in 2014, and that the local council sponsors the biggest short story competition in Sweden every year, with a smashing first prize of 10 000 dollars for best short story...I havent had anything entered though, not yet....

I was gonna give you a touristypic at least, but since I´ve got a frightful cold and my head feels like mushy peas looks, I´m not. You are just gonna have to look it up yourselves!

Sunday sunny Sunday

The best Sundays are when my BF is here and we can wake up, stay in bed and chat with coffeecups (I really prefer when he gets up and make it, if I have to be honest. Putting my feet on the cold floor sort of dampens my enthusiasm) and then, after having long and leisurely conversations we get up and go for a long, brisk walk.
Like today.
BF is a sucker for long walks, me not so much. But I need the exercise and it is the best for my poor knees who can´t handle jogging anymore.

This is just another of those magnificent days, that this autumn seem to bring us this year. We walked along the waterline, and it was just great!

Tonight we will try the local pub-quiz. Wish me luck!

New dress and Big Boobs

This is one of my new dresses from Trashy Diva, medelled by Moi.

Anyone who knows me rather well will now exclaim "OMG"

No, not because of the dress. But the fact that my boobies are good two sizes bigger in this pic:) and NO, I did not have plastic surgery. I bought a bra from Victoria´s Secret two years ago that I decided to wear with this dress, because it was a teeny weeny bit too big in the top-area.

So I go to work, and NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON reacts to my huge top shelf...So much for spending money on a bra,  I will never enhance my girls with surgery. What good would it be if noone notices my 5000 dollar procedure?

Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich

Do you know Stephanie Plum, lethal bounty-hunter and torn between two lovers?
Steffi is the heroine of a long row of books by best-selling author Janet Evanovich. I think they are 18 by now, and the all have a number in the title. There are also 4-5 Plum-books beside the number-ones...so if you like Stephanie Plum you can have a long hot autumn:)

To be honest I loved the first five books, and then I read another five because once you start on a series you HAVE to find out what happens...but the last five I haven´t been bothered. And I guess Ms Evanovich is starting to feel the same...

So enter the new heroine Lizzie Tucker, cupcake-chef extra ordinaire (in more ways than one) and the hot superhero Diesel...and a new series built on the idea of Seven Deadly Sins.

If you don´t know your sins by heart I can reveal without spoiler-alert that this book is all about Gluttony.

And its fun, well-written and a great read for a boring autumn weekend. Simply Janet Evanovich when she is at her best! I can´t wait to read what she is gonna do when she writes about Envy...

You can find the book here
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cn%3A283155%2Ck%3Ajanet+evanovich+wicked+appetite+series&keywords=janet+evanovich+wicked+appetite+series&ie=UTF8&qid=1317746531&ajr=0

(And to be honest: I´m surprised she only got a 3 star-review average. There must be hordes of Stephanie Plum-fans out there)

And for Swedish fans try:

http://www.adlibris.com/se/searchresult.aspx?search=quickfirstpage&quickvalue=Janet+Evanovich+Wicked+Appetite&title=Janet+Evanovich+Wicked+Appetite&fromproduct=False

Procastination

Procastination is a term in psychology which refers to the way a mind can sometimes decide to do everything low-prioritized instead of the high-prioritized - delaying getting your important stuff done primarily:)

Well, that´s what I´m doing right now as I have Writing A Novel as my priority number 1 and Getting my Ass over to the Gym as number 2. I seriously doubt I will get any of those done at all today, but the time of miracles may be here...

The Novel is on the verge of getting a life of it´s own. I guess it´s that process a lot of writers really look forward to, and rightly so. I do in a way, but it also scares me a bit, as there are parts I really don´t want to explore - even if I know it is necessary. Maybe I should just simply try and write those bits first and get it over with? Or maybe I should chuck the whole damn Novel out and start something new and more cheerful? Well, that is how the mind of a writer can work on a Sunday as she tries to avoid Getting her Ass over to the Gym...

So to cheer myself up I have been.....

browsing the Internet for new dresses!!!!

And look what I found!

Pretty isn´t it?

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/S2010RTW-MARCHESA/#slide=7

and totally out of my league. But if I ever loose 20 pounds and earn 2 million dollars on a bookdeal - who knows?

Have a great Sunday!

Summer or fall?

Right now we have a heatwave over Scandinavia. That is remarkable or maybe scary, depending on if you believe in global warming or not. I do. But for now I prefer to enjoy the warm weather and not think too much about what it could imply...

I woke up this morning and was FAT, which should not come as atotal surprise, I know. But I just haven´t calculated my BMI for a while...so I decided it was the TIME to do something about it (not for the first time in history though, we´ll see how it goes) and went for a walk with music in my ears. I also took some pics of a lovely Stockholm, basking in the sun but with autumn colours. Enjoy!

Some Friday evening blues

I´m back on my feet and have spent this day away from work reading through my own little manuscript. Its a First Draft, and although a lot is rubbish some is actually good, too:) So this weekend will be spent revising and writing, now that I´m no longer sick.

Still I have some Friday evening blues - wondering if this is really what it´s all about...you know?
And so I play the perfect song for these occasions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BjhJLhSbYg&feature=related

That is a great song by a great artist. Enjoy!