tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10715455.post116364469543731701..comments2023-09-20T04:56:06.488-05:00Comments on Vetmommy -- Taking care of the small creatures in my life: In Europe they call it Eee-Kay-Ah, not Eye-Key-AhVetmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03080433414311070111noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10715455.post-1163796547547608372006-11-17T14:49:00.000-06:002006-11-17T14:49:00.000-06:00My favorite reward for making it through another e...My favorite reward for making it through another exhilerating trip through the swedish cattle call is the $1 nonfat frozen yogurt. can't beat it! brings the blood sugar up just enough to get you home and despair over the assembly process...Krispyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02657109112969678154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10715455.post-1163732779942993292006-11-16T21:06:00.000-06:002006-11-16T21:06:00.000-06:00We love the Ikea food. The girls both like the mea...We love the Ikea food. The girls both like the meatballs, my husband tries different things and I LOVE the salmon, which always comes with delicious,well cooked veggies!<BR/><BR/>The cookies are great--we love the Ballerina cookies,especially the chocolate filled ones, and there's usually a bag of Ikea meatballs in our freezer and lingonberry concentrate in the fridge--it's great mixed with apple juice BTW!<BR/><BR/>And we have:<BR/>an Ikea table and a half table<BR/>kids Ikea chairs (like barstools)<BR/>an Ikea ottoman/storage box<BR/>a Poang footstool<BR/>office furniture cupboards that make a cool window seat<BR/>plastic Ikea cups and plates for kids<BR/>Ikea Malm bureaus in all our rooms (I have 4--they're )<BR/>Nightlights in the girls rooms (SC has the blue star, JR has the pink flower)<BR/>JR's new loft bed <BR/>And last, but not least:<BR/>More than 20 Billy bookcases, including several that we use as storage cabinets, and 3 that we turned into a towel storage rack.<BR/><BR/>I keep figuring one of these days we're going to start getting a red carpet greeting complete with trumpets when we show up. Or at least a free bag of meatballs or something...The Library Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321601076252214546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10715455.post-1163730190700552512006-11-16T20:23:00.000-06:002006-11-16T20:23:00.000-06:00OK, Antonia, I guess that's just what they call it...OK, Antonia, I guess that's just what they call it in Germany, and I globalized it to all of Europe. How American of me. Thanks for filling me in on the Swedish pronounciation.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Steph, I do wonder what they call it in France, since they have to have their own name for everything. Hmmmm...too brain dead tonight to come up with witty Frenchified moniker...Vetmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03080433414311070111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10715455.post-1163688536762687842006-11-16T08:48:00.000-06:002006-11-16T08:48:00.000-06:00You say ickeeya, I say eye-keya, let's call the wh...You say ickeeya, I say eye-keya, let's call the whole thing a swedish godsend. Who knew the lingonberry was so prominently used in other parts of the world -- sauces and soft drinks even!? I love the kiddie part of the cafeteria, but not so sure breakie is their best meal. Go on a weekday this close to the opening for heaven's sake. Hoards of people make me jittery.<BR/><BR/>As you know, my kids sleep in IKEA beds, have a brilliant IKEA seahorse that illuminates their potty at night. We also play on a great $15 IKEA train rug that beats those expensive train tables IMHO. And don't get me started on the tableware. You know I love my IKEA champers glasses and party plates.<BR/><BR/>Vive L'IKEA however you say it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11428271200951124255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10715455.post-1163681033954263482006-11-16T06:43:00.000-06:002006-11-16T06:43:00.000-06:00In Sweden they call it Ik-Eee-Ah: in England we ca...In Sweden they call it Ik-Eee-Ah: in England we call it Eye-Kee-Ah and everyone tries to avoid it because of the crowds, but it's one of those phenomena that draws you back again and again. Partly because of the food. Sometimes I go there just to buy huge bags of mini Dime bars and big jolly red tins of Pepparkarkor biscuits.<BR/><BR/>Ikea never looks quite like its catalogues would have you believe. Whenever I go, I always wish I'd taken my camera so I can make an authentic catalogue, with pictures of adults lying horizontal on display chairs, surrounded by shopping bags, looking absolutely broken and beaten by the five-mile walk around the store.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what the rest of Europe calls it. You've got me wondering now.Antonia Cornwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754292976861979028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10715455.post-1163673062220447042006-11-16T04:31:00.000-06:002006-11-16T04:31:00.000-06:00You are a lot of 'Foodies' on here !!! my mouth wa...You are a lot of 'Foodies' on here !!! my mouth waters every time I read your blog,Jenn. I have an 'Emilys' word for you...well two cos I am Family: Clever.and..caring. OK? xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10715455.post-1163658486321034202006-11-16T00:28:00.000-06:002006-11-16T00:28:00.000-06:00mmmmm...IKEA bacon.mmmmm...IKEA bacon.sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08443569125119803295noreply@blogger.com