The world

Received great news this morning. Parts of my extended family are coming over for a visit this summer. Yeah! Can’t wait. 

Saturday and it’s been snowing off and on all day. We went to get our groceries this morning and I chose this bouquet of tulips for us. Love tulips! Best time of the year when you can treat yourself to a bouquet of these lovely flowers every week! 

Went to the local mall with our youngest. He wanted to change a pair of pants he received for Xmas and he found another pair that he liked. Mission accomplished. Perfect. 

Xmas gifts from my extended family arrived after gotten stuck in Swedish customs. So nice though, to have another Xmas joy and not having to wait until December. Thank you! 

Ended the very hectic busy week with a Friday treat. Managed to get off an hour earlier and went to have a nice cod for lunch at our favorite restaurant. 

Picked up some nice steaks on my way home and we could enjoy a great dinner. We decided to have some time in the spa before dinner and then after dinner we played “På Spåret” and managed quite well tonight. Let the weekend begin! 

Last night when I arrived home there was a major leakage on the main street and they had dug up the road to repair the pipes. Outside our house they had put up a temporary tap where people could get water to their households. This was still there this morning and after a night with frost there was a lot of ice outside of our house. Oh well. Now they have repaired the pipes and I think everyone has water available again. 

An extremely busy day today and I am so tired. We still haven’t got an elevator working in our office building and today I had to walk the stairs more times than I liked. Oh well. Now I’m back home again and my husband had dinner on the table when I arrived. So nice! 

Our Xmas package arrived today. Yeah! It was held back in the Swedish customs for some reason, but finally they released it and now we can enjoy the gifts from my extended family. Thank you so much! 

We were invited to a sneak preview of a new movie called “Rental Family” tonight. Our lessor at work have these movie-nights for their tenants every year and it is usually a very good choice of movie and we have never been disappointed.

Brendan Fraser played the leading part and the movie was about “An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. He rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the beauty of human connection.”

A true feel-good movie with both laughter and tears. Very emotional and gave me and my colleague a lot to think about. A nice evening! 

Long busy day today but with a nice start with breakfast meeting and then some birthday celebrations in the afternoon. A very yummy berry cake with whipped cream. Mmm. 

We received a brochure from The Swedish Civil Defense and Resilience Agency and I dug into it and then took an online course they recommended. I also signed up for another training – Protective Security Course – which is held online and possible to do in your own pace via the Swedish Defense University. Shall be interesting. 

Almost all snow has melted away on the streets now due to temperatures above 0C and rain. Our backyard is still covered with the white fluff and looks quite pretty. 

I had booked a haircut at the newly opened hair saloon close to my work for this afternoon. They gave gift-cards to our company for a free haircut as a treat and to attract new customers, so I decided to give it a go. But, a couple of hours before I was supposed to be there they called and postponed the booking for next week. Oh well. 

So, instead of getting my hair cut I went home and made myself a salad with the leftovers from the fridge. Did some laundry and got dinner on the table for the troops. Now we are going to watch another episode of the new season of “Night Manager”. 

New burger in town – Hot Honey BBQ, served on McDonald’s. We decided to give it a try for lunch and it was surprisingly good. Usually I don’t really care for their new burgers, but this one was a winner. 

Our oldest is away on a board-game event tonight so he will be home late. The rest of us had ribs for dinner. Not bad. 

I have started on my second puzzle today. The one with the Golden Gate in San Francisco on. It will be a challenge – the pieces are not regular jigsaw puzzle shaped. 

Now we are watching the first episode of “His & Hers” on Netflix that we were recommended. So far so good. 

First full week in a long time completed. Puh. It’s been a very hectic busy week, but when I left the office today it was with a good feeling of completion. 

Decided to reward myself and the family with some treats for Friday eve. The “semla” is started to be sold in the stores now and I couldn’t resist getting some. Muffins for the non-semla-eaters. A semla is a wheat bun filled with almond icing and whipped cream. Powdered with icing sugar. 

Now we are tucked in our corners with our cream buns and tea waiting for “På Spåret” to begin. Let the weekend begin! 

An extremely busy morning at work but I managed to complete everything. Good. 

Had a check up booked to follow up from the health examination from December and they wanted to do some further testing and referred me to a specialist. So, that’s good. I feel ok, so no need to worry. 

Managed to walk back home on the very challenging roads. Ice, a lot of water and high walls of snow to climb. Puh. Had to work a couple of hours when I got back home again, but now we are fed and tucked in our corners for some TV before it’s time to hug our pillows.