The world

What did I say yesterday? Lol. These peonies are lovely but not very lasting unfortunately. Oh well, lovely while it last. 

Long day today and not very busy. I went out to get some sushi for lunch but other than that I haven’t left work. 

When I got home my hubby had started to prepare a chicken with rice dinner, mmm. Now some tea and tv before it is time to hug our pillows. 

Extra early start today with the quarterly check on our intruder detector and entrance system at work. Important to make sure our safety system is in order and works. 

Got home and made myself some soup for a late lunch. Now I have some cod with chili and lime sauce in the oven for me and my hubby. Porkfilet for the boys. 

Love these miniature vases – we have three of them. A single flower from my peony bush looks amazing in it – for a day or two. Then all the petals will fall off. Lol. 

What a lovely Sunday! Nice weather and quite warm. We worked some in the garden during the day and then in the afternoon I met up with my parents to go into town for a track & field event. Bauhausgalan at Stockholm Stadium. 

We were hoping for a new world record of Duplantis, but he didn’t make it beyond 2nd place today. His first loss in 40 competitions in the last 3 years. But, other great results with several meeting records. Our discus champion Ståhl won for example. 

No problem getting back home for a late dinner and now some corner time before it is time to hug my pillow. Then off to a new week again! 

A lovely National day! We could sit outside and the whole family was here to celebrate June 6th (except for my oldest niece). We had bought a princess cake, strawberries and vanilla ice cream along with some other goodies. So nice to see everyone for a bit. 

After the “fika” my sister and hubby stayed for a while longer. We went to get some thai-food and then we’ve played Jackbox-games all evening. Fun! 

Now I have taken down the flag for the day. Next time to raise the flag will be on Midsummer, I think. A nice tradition and great way to mark an extra celebration. 

Today the yearly summer event with my work took place. We had booked a guided tour of the Museum of Carl Milles – the famous Swedish artist who made amazing sculptures. The have transfered his home in Lidingö into a museum and it contains a lot of his work along with his big art collection from other artists. It was a great guide and very interesting to hear about his life and work. Afterwards we had dinner at Villa Foresta with drinks to follow. 

We shared a taxi back to the city and then I could continue with the same taxi back home when my colleagues got off. Got home really late and this weekend is very welcome. Lol. 

What a long day! Started with a training first thing with breakfast at work. Quite interesting and a lot of colleagues attending. 

It’s been quite warm today but it started to rain in the afternoon. Now the sky is all white and it is quite windy outside. 

Tonight Sweden plays another practice game before the World Cup starts. This time facing Greece. Norway ran circles around us – let’s hope we have gotten our act together and manage to play better as a team tonight. 

Our rhododendron bushes are in bloom now – they look so pretty outside of our kitchen window. 

A not too busy day at the office. Nice. Had some lunch before I left and stopped by to pick up a parcel on my way back. 

Stopped at my parents for a lovely afternoon coffee and chat. My mom had baked a delicious rhubarb cake served with vanilla custard. Mmm. We are going to the track&field gala on Sunday and I helped her download the tickets. All events have QR-codes and apps for everything. Impossible to just get a paper-ticket nowadays. A challenge for anyone. 

Today the weather has been a bit less nice than the last couple of days. On my way home it was raining – not very much but some. 

Our white roses have started to bloom now. Love our rose bushes and fingers crossed they will bloom as much as previous years. 

Long busy day at work and I got in early to get the breakfast buffet done. So, I got off a bit earlier to compensate so no overtime today. Now we’ve had dinner and a pot of tea is almost ready to be enjoyed. 

Already Monday and quite a busy morning. After work I had a lunch date with an old friend whom I haven’t seen since January. We had a lovely time and it was a great catch-up. We booked another lunch in a few weeks to not let time go by too long.

Yesterday we gave our mothers a small rose-bush each. My sister had organized it and the roses were lovely. Very pretty colors.

Made chicken teriyaki for dinner and now I’m tucked in my corner for a bit while hubby is away to wash our car. I might watch the practice soccer game between Norway and Sweden in a bit. We’ll see.

Mother’s Day celebrations in Sweden today! Flag up for all amazing mothers out there! 

We started the afternoon with coffee and strawberry cake at my sisters house. My mother, hubby’s mother (and father) and my brother-in-laws mother was there along with the rest of us. We had a lovely afternoon and were treated this gorgeous cake – home made with love! 

Then in the evening we went out to dinner together with my parents-in-law. to the local restaurant close to where we live. A nice ending of a very warm and sunny day!