I am new to this forum. And just want to say hi. I am an american living in sweden (for almost 40yrs now). I have 5 children..adults, except for my 17yr son and he´ll kill me if he reads this part! I have 4 grandchildren.. I was born in the czech rep..but left there in a hurry with my family when I was a baby, grew up in the US and moved to sweden when I got married.. My interests are MUSIC;films;books (detective novels and books on life:buddhism, tao, yoga, etc etc); jogging (just started again). I am a teacher in a day care center where the kids are from 2-6yrs old.

Anyway..hi everyone and have a good day!

Hi humlan. Welcome to the forum! This is a great place to be. Whatever your interests, you're sure to find someone here to talk with.

Thanks! My experience is that we boomers have very exciting and rich histories and lives..so I am looking forward to "meeting" some of you. Thanks again!

Welcome! You'll be addicted to this place very soon!

I'm a life-long Californian, married, two kids, no grandkids, one fat beagle, work from home. See you around!

Kathy

Welcome my friend! So glad that you've found us and hope you'll make this your home away from home. You'll add many friends to your list once you get to know the girls here, I can assure you, and we feel very fortunate that we've just added YOU!

Welcome humlan,

We're a great bunch of women...very supportive...funny...honest...just like family...hope you'll have fun here!

Hello Humlan. Welcome to your virtual home. I am sure that you will find many women here to discuss any and of all your interests. I am looking forward to your insights in all of your future posts.

I practice yoga, meditation and read life books. We already have something in common!

thanks so much for the warm welcome.. i feel like i may have actually found my way home again. thanks again!

Hi humlan. Welcome to the forums. I love detective novels. Do you have a favorite author or series?

Hi humlan,
And a warm welcome from me too. I'm sure you will enjoy your time here humlan, everyone is very supportive and friendly - a great place to be. Looking forward to 'seeing you around the forums'

Welcome humlan! I'm an American living in Germany. I'm still very attatched to my roots. I definitely feel more American than German, despite my 33 years here. How about you? Do you feel more Swedish or American?

Welcome humlan. Glad to have you in the neighborhood.

Want to join our book club?

Oh cool, a friend from Sweden. I'm excited to hear more about your life there. So glad you've joined us!

Dianne, I enjoy hearing from women all around the world too.

Welcome Humlan! I think you're the first member posting from Sweden. A lot of really great gals here

Glad to have you, Humlan. We have friends from all over the globe that call this place home.
Laurel

Welcome Humlan to this happy place....

I private messaged humlan and told her to come on back. Hopefully, she'll be here soon.

About feeling more american... i am born in the czech rep.,grown up in the US and moved away to sweden when i got married.. so i am truely and utterly a mixture of everything. a "citizen of the world" maybe? Metallica has a song that goes "where ever i lay my head is home". i think they kind of sum it up for me.. However, i still think english is the language i am most at home with..i can´t express myself as clearly and precisely in swedish which is a problem for ex.,when talking to doctors. i am fluent in swedish and the swedes think i am swedish..maybe just from another part of sweden..as you can tell, i am pretty . i´ve been away from the states for so long except for shorter visits..so i´m not really totally at home there either. Altho i considered moving to napa valley, calif. after my divorce (after 32yrs of marriage)in 2000. but most of my kids are here in sweden..so... i hope my answer isn´t too long for this forum??? would love to hear more from you..

thanks so much for all your mail! I was so surprised when I got a note from you,dotsie, asking me to come back! Thank you so much everyone!

My life in sweden..hmmm.. i am a, soon to be 60yr old, divorcé (that sounded pretty good, i thought) ..living with my "sambo" who is 34 and swedish. i have 4 kids living..ages 34,30,27 and 17. My 17yr old is living with us in our 2 room plus kitchen apartment but it works for us! My oldest child, susan, died of a liver disease at 11yrs. She died 1982 so it´s a while back..but as it says in a swedish novel "the moment that always stays in the present"..loosely translated... i am a teacher at a day care center outside of stockholm where most of the children are muslims from turkey..but we have kids from russia, korea, china, old yugoslavia etc etc. the children are between the ages of 2-6yrs old. i enjoy my work eventho it has it´s heavy problems.. i say i want to retire which we do at the age of 65 here, but i am not sure that i would like that either. i work a 36hr/week..40hr/week is full time. I have just started jogging again..i gave it up after my divorce..and i am finally finding why i jogged before..i feel alot better and it helps keeping thoughts and problems in perspective. i take walks around a smaller lake near by..and sit on the rocks and dream..i am a dreamer, yes! the vikings lived around this lake a long time ago..this gives me a feeling of history, permanence, mystery..listen to my mp3 (ipod thing) and just take it all in... well, that´s about it for now... do write and tell me about yourselves..any meeting points we might have..

YES::: I would very much like to be in the book club!!! I order my books over the net so that i can get hold of current authors etc... and perhps even give you some ideas too..thanks!!!!

Glad to see you came back. It's so neat to hear wheat boomer women around the world are up to.

Sorry to hear you have lost a child at asuch a young age. You certainly have found ways to carry on though I'm certain it is still tough. there are other women in the forum community who have also lost children and spouses. I marvel at all of you.

I'm a walker. Can't wuite imagine what my body would feel like if I jogged. You go girl. Good for you!

Your school sounds so diverse. I like that.Is this typical of the nursery schools in Stockholm?

Hmmmmm..favorite detective novels... by Jeffrey Deaver; PD James; Minette Walters, Mary Higgins Clark;Michael Connelly. Would be very interested to hear what your favorites are???

About my jogging, believe me, most of me shakes up and down. But that feels good somehow like i am working off a bit more . About the day care center where I work..no, it´s not typical of the day care centers in sweden. most of them are predominately swedish children. i am working in an area that has multicultural families. People from other countries usually live in the Stockholm,Gothenburg and Malmö areas. In the rest of the country, which is relatively a very big area, the population is predominately swedish. So much so that children from this big area, react to seeing anyone that is not swedish looking. It´s interesting to be living in a place where the people are mostly all from the same background...

humlan, glad I asked because I thought it might be out of the ordinary.