Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts

Monday, July 4, 2022

Honoring Freedom

 

Happy July 4th!!!!

 

Yesterday in church, we unexpectedly got to sing "I'm Proud To Be An American", or, as the actual title of the song is: "God Bless The USA". I say unexpectedly, because it was at a church service, but, it really was very, very fitting and that is why I say 'we got to sing' as in 'had the privilege to sing'. Because it is a privilege to be, to exist, to worship and praise God and your country at the same time along with others that feel the same way.


Have a Safe and Special Celebration today!




Foot note: Speaking of privilege ... I once had the pleasure of hearing Lee Greenwood play "The Star Spangled Banner" at the opening ceremony at Nissan Stadium (then LP Field) in Nashville, TN for the CMA Festival nightly concerts. He played the saxophone at that particular occasion.

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

A Happy July 4th


This year Independence Day in Nashville was a little bit rainy, but still happy. We managed to dodge the rain showers at a picnic at my favorite spot and went home to listen to all the bursts of fireworks around us and the AT&T Live stream online from the largest fireworks show in the nation!

Beans, chips, veggie dogs, hot dogs, home made potato salad and white grape juice to drink. 

My favorite spot in nature in Nashville: Bryant's Cove



Friday, July 4, 2014

Honoring Independence Day


This is the crafts project I did today to pay tribute to the Red, White and Blue:

I printed out eight flags on a sheet of paper and cut them out ....


... and then I cut a fishing line long enough to fit the window I wanted it at and a little bit more and glued the flags backside to backside with the fishing line in between ... and hung it up ...


Happy 238th Birthday USA!!!



Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Cross culture thing ...

A co-worker asked me once what I missed the most from my old home country. My answer was "Besides my family, I think I miss a Chinese dessert called Fried Bananas the most". I think it puzzled him as much as it did me :-) It's kind of funny ... I live in the US, come from Sweden and miss a Chinese dessert!

In Swedish/På Svenska:

En arbetskamrat frågade mig en gång vad jag saknade mest från mitt gamla hemland. Mitt svar var "Förutom min familj, så tror jag att jag mest saknar en Kinesisk dessert som heter Friterade Bananer". Jag tror att han blev lika förvånad som jag :-) Det är ganska lustigt ... jag bor i USA, kommer från Sverige och saknar en kinesisk dessert!

Bananas, dipped in batter and fried. Served with Vanilla bean ice cream and syrup. Oh, it's sooo yummy!!!


Sunday, October 13, 2013

The Move - Flytten

Moving from Chattanooga to Nashville may not be a big step in a physical sense since I moved from Sweden, Europe to Chattanooga, TN, USA not too  many years ago. Nashville is a much larger city though. Let me put things into perspective: Chattanooga metro has 520,000+ residents and Nashville metro has 1,700,000+ (source: Wikipedia). A pretty big step for someone that lived in a rural area in Sweden where the population in the county is about 9,600.

I do like the conveniences of living in a big city: there are so many stores at almost a stone's throw's distance and the largest ones are open 24/7 and if you don't "feel like" cooking dinner, there are dozens and dozens of restaurants - fast food and others - to choose from very close by. Tonight we ate at a Pizza Hut only a few minutes from where we live. Now, to be fair, in Sweden, something there is not a lack of  are pizzerias. Every small village has at least one. No Pizza Huts though, only in the major cities. Hmm, how come I started writing about food again ...

Anyway, we have found our closest grocery stores and some of our favorite fast food places, unpacked almost all of our boxes, hung pretty much most of our pictures and bought a few new things to decorate or new home, so ... life is good. Thank You God.

In Swedish/på Svenska:
Att flytta från Chattanooga till Nashville kanske inte är ett stort steg på det fysiska planet eftersom jag flyttade från Sverige, Europa till Chattanooga, TN, USA för inte så länge sedan. Nashville är dock en mycket större stad. Tillåt mig försöka sätta saken i perspektiv: Stor-Chattanooga har 520 000+ invånare och Stor-Nashville har 1 700 000+ (källa: Wikipedia). Ett ganska stort steg för någon som bodde på landsbygden i Sverige i en kommun där invånarantalet är omkring 9 600.

Jag gillar verkligen bekvämligheten av att bo i en storstad: det finns så många matvaruaffärer i stort sett bara ett stenkast bort och de största är öppna dygnet runt. Om du inte "känner för" att laga kvällsmat så ligger det dussintals och åter dussintals restauranger - snabbmatsställen och andra - att välja mellan i närheten. Ikväll åt vi på Pizza Hut bara några minuters bilväg från där vi bor. För rättvisans skull så måste jag säga att en sak som Sverige inte lider brist på är pizzerior. Varje liten by har åtmonstone en. Inga Pizza Hut-ställen dock, bara i de största städerna. Hmmm, hur kan det komma sig att jag började skriva om mat igen ...

I alla fall, vi har hittat de matvaruaffärer som ligger närmast oss och en del av våra favoritsnabbmatsställen, packat upp nästan alla våra lådor, hängt upp i stort sett alla våra tavlor och bilder och köpt lite nya saker att dekorera vårt nya hem med så .... livet är gött. Tack Gud.

 All packed and ready to go ... Packat och klart för avfärd ...
There we go ... sådärja ...
In our new home ... I vårt nya hem
 A good investment (assembled it myself - born and raised in IKEA country as I am). We will probably hang the guitars on the wall.
En god investering (monterade den själv - född och uppvuxen i IKEA-land som jag är). Vi kommer förmodligen att hänga upp gitarrerna på väggen.

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