YEAAAAH!

I have been nominated for the Teacher's prize of "Webbstjärnan".
I am soooo happy!

Since this is about a Swedish competition, the text is also in Swedish: :

I år - 2016 - deltar denna blogg i tävlingen 

Gillar du min engelskablogg? 
Rösta då på den mellan 15 mars - 15 april! Mer info hittar du här eller under fliken "Webbstjärnan 2016".

Du kan också nominera mig - Marie Uppman - som lärare, mellan 29 februari och 31 mars. ​Gå direkt till röstsidan eller få mer info här eller under fliken "Webbstjärnan 2016".

I wish you all a

MERRY CHRISTMAS

and a 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016

Thanksgiving

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...is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November.
It has been celebrated every year since 1863. Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays of the year. 
The "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in 1621. This feast lasted three days, and it was attended by 90 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims. 

In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October.
(All according to Wikipedia)

My Spare Time

   What do you like to do in your spare time?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Supermarkets

You can find many different supermarkets in California, in all kinds of sizes. Here are three of them.

In Safeway you find food, beverages, flowers, birthday cards etc.

At Trader Joe's you find a lot of organic food.

In Costco you can find almost anything.