Author: Kikki

Didn’t sleep very well last night – again. Stressful thoughts wake me up and come right back when I fall asleep again and wake me up again. Not very healthy, I know, and very tricky to make disappear. 

But, this very busy day went according to plan and this afternoon it was us who had our birthday in April who was celebrated with a special fika. My colleague, who is our latest employee, shared this fika with me and I let her choose the fika. She picked vanilla ice-cream with fresh strawberries. Great choice! I had no objections. 

Now, I’m off for a few days – tomorrow we are attending a funeral, then it’s a national holiday. On Friday we have quite an empty office, so I took that day off too. Nice. 

A rainy start of the week – and the prognosis says it will be a bit rainy all week.

Short day today – and a nice quiet afternoon which was just what I needed.

Made burgers with mash for dinner – nice to sit down and sum up the day together. Now we have made a pot of tea and crashed in front of a new series on Max – The Cleaning Lady – first season out of four, I think. It’s quite good.

Another lovely sunny day and time to celebrate my oldest niece who will turn 26 years old next weekend. Since we are quite a big family we gathered outside for a picnic instead of cramping up in her apartment. We had very nice time chatting and enjoying her home-baked goodies. 

The weekends go by way too quickly but next week will be a very short week for me with only Monday and Tuesday at the office. Then I’m off for five days with Walpurgis and May 1st coming up. And a funeral on Wednesday (hence the day off). 

Cheered on our team this afternoon and we managed to tie against Häcken – we haven’t been able to beat them in their home arena in 20 years… so, an even score was better than in a long time. Good. My Fantasy-team is really not great right now though … I have made some pore choices lately and now I need to suffer the consequences. Oh well. Still a long way to go before the season is over. 

Saturday and a lovely sunny day. Did our usual round to the waste disposal site and then buying groceries.

After lunch I had an appointment for a massage – lovely. I almost fell asleep. Three weeks until next appointment. Nice to have something booked to look forward to! 

Tonight we picked up my parents-in-law and treated them to a bbq dinner with skewers of beef, mushrooms and sausage. Also I made some garlic prawns and oven baked potatoes. Served with the broccoli sallad and yoghurt sauce from yesterday. And a glass of red. Ice cream with raspberries for afters. 

Love my new solar lights – one still hasn’t started to work yet, but maybe we can fix it somehow. It doesn’t get dark until 9 PM now, it is still almost daylight until 8 PM. Then it darkens very quickly. 

Even though it was a short week with Monday off, the week still felt very long. We decided to treat ourselves to a nice fish&chips lunch at Napolyon today and we were not disappointed. Mmm. Very good! 

After work I decided to to take a nice walk back from Fruängen in the sunny weather – but quite chilly. We bbq meat tonight and made some nice things to go along. I made my sis in the States lovely broccoli sallad packed with energy and also a yoghurt sauce with feta cheese. Mmm. 

Oh – and Hammarby won the series of semi-final games in handball and are now thru to the finals! Yeah! 

This morning the new flagship store for CAIA opened in our office building. Our landlord had predicted a crowd and chaos but everything went without any problems as far as we could see. There was a line but not too bad and they had arranged for a cue-system and guards to maintain a good order. This morning before they opened they had a photo session which attracted a small crowd. 

Long busy day today but now we are fed and crashed in our corners. Going to watch another couple of episodes of season two of Woman of the Dead (Dödens härskarinna) on Netflix. It is an Austrian thriller which is quite good. 

Short day at work and a lot less busy than yesterday. Nice to get some time to plan ahead and prepare for things to come. Stayed and had lunch before I went home. 

Spent the afternoon cleaning the house – doing laundry, vacuuming, ironing, dusting… Great to get that done! 

When my husband came back from work we went to get groceries. Now we have crashed in front of the tv cheering on our team facing Malmö tonight at our home arena. Fingers crossed for a win tonight! 

A grey rainy chilly day back in the city. Not very pleasant to be waiting for the bus this morning. 

A very hectic day filled with meetings and things to do. I was exhausted by the time I went back home. But, happy with a good days work. 

Now we’ve had dinner together – I made chicken with bulgur and veggies. Enough for my youngest to bring for lunch tomorrow too. Perfect. 

We packed our things and left a slightly rainy Öland after breakfast to start our long drive back to the city. 

There was hardly any traffic almost all the way home so that was good. Hit traffic in Nyköping and Södertälje but still made it home in 7 hrs.

My sister and parents will stay in our paradise to enjoy another couple of days before it’s time for them to return home. I hope they will have a great week – but the prognosis isn’t as great as it was the first week. Still nice to be there though. 

Now we’ve crashed in our corners for a bit – the first laundry is running and we will go and pick up some takeout dinner in a bit. Time to get back to work again tomorrow – nice with a short week to start with! 

Our last full day together in our paradise this Easter. After breakfast me and my oldest niece went for a quick walk. It was quite a humid morning with rain in the air and the horizon was not visible. But, nice to get some steps in.

We said goodbye to my cousin, his kids and mother who drove back to the city this morning. Our uncle is a resident so he is still here. So nice to be able to spend a week together and see more of them than we usually do.

Tonight we went into Borgholm for dinner. We decided to try a new restaurant this time – they usually have a grill menu along with an Asian menu but due to the holidays they only offered the Asian one for now. We all chose different things from the menu and I think everyone was happy with their dinner.

Now we all crashed in our corners for a bit. No sunsets to enjoy all weekend – I’m so glad we were able to see a few when we first arrived.