I owe it all to our uncomfortable porch chairs.
On a Friday night in June, I decided to see what wicker chairs I could find to replace the lame bistro chairs that started hurting my butt after an hour. I scanned the websites of the usual suspects: pottery barn, crate & barrel and Pier 1. Then, I thought, maybe IKEA has something.
They didn't, but when I looked at the job postings, there was something even more enticing ... a copywriter position at their Swedish headquarters.
Most of you know what an IKEA freak I am, so you can imagine my excitement. Since then, it's been a series of phone interviews, emails, a trip to Älmhult and Swedish work permit bureacracy.
Now we are cleared for takeoff, and my start date is scheduled for Nov. 15. Stay tuned as we eat our first dish of pickled herring, find our way around the Swedish version of Home Depot and teach Tilly to fetch, come and sit ... all in Swedish.