Category: Every-day-life

A traditional take-away dinner on Öland is the local dish “kroppkakor”. A potato dumpling filled with smoked pork and onions. Served with lingon berry jam and / or melted butter and / or heavy cream. Mmmm. A glass of beer is a great complement to the dish. 

A lovely sunny day. We have been working in the garden a bit. My sister has worked on her decorations – she is so clever. I have cleared a bit of the plantation from weeds and put some pumpkin seeds in the ground. We’ll see if they will develop plants or not. The seeds are from pumpkins grown here on Öland that I have kept to plant. 

Me and my parents drove up to the north part of Öland to pick up some homemade honey from a local beekeeper. It was a lovely drive in and we chose the road along the coastline going back. Nice. 

A sunny but windy day. We went for a lovely walk but chose to avoid the coast  due to the wind. Spring flowers are starting to bloom and if you find a spot without the wind, the sun is nice and warm. 

Tonight we ate my sisters favorite – smoked pork sausage, served with boiled potatoes in a béchamel sauce flavored with dill. Mmm. My niece met up with a friend in town for dinner and after dinner my parents were invited to our neighbors. So, we were a decimated number watching a movie on TV tonight. We chose “Crime 101” on Prime, and it was pretty good. Great actors! 

Today we woke up to a world with a lot less wind, some sunshine and blue skies. Lovely! 

After lunch we met up with our second-cousin to plant a flower together on her parents grave. We were able to attend her dads funeral in December, but we missed her mom’s funeral a few weeks ago. So, we decided to pay our respects this way instead. Afterwards we went to her house for some coffee and a chat. Also to help her go thru some old photo albums and decide what to keep and what not. 

Tonight my sister treated us a lovely pasta dinner with chicken. Mmm. Then we crashed in front of the TV and watched a movie “William Tell”. 

Now we all pray that the world will remain tomorrow and that they have been able to come to some sort of an agreement. Scary. 

This morning my husband and youngest son went back to the real world again. Work and school are calling and demanding their presence.

They were able to make a stop on the way to greet my hubby’s great aunt who turns 104 years old tomorrow. I’m so glad they made the stop and took the time to greet her! Now they have arrived back home again after a full day in the car. 

Us girls went in to Borgholm to get some more groceries among other things. It’s been very windy today too and raining off and on so no walk today.  Indoor weather! Now we’ve enjoyed a lovely home cooked dinner. And my niece baked this amazing bread today. Delicious!

Today the storm arrived and it has been very windy, especially in the evening. But, we had plenty of sunshine and took our daily walk around the area. Nice. 

We always have Easter day dinner in Borgholm and this year we chose a new restaurant that just opened called Solkatten. It was pretty good and I’m sure we’ll go there again. 

Tonight we have enjoyed a quiet evening together watching an old movie called “Catch me if you can”. So many great actors – a lot of them in their early days of their careers.

Another sunset to the memory box for later. 

Easter celebrations in our paradise. Ten of us gathered around the table enjoying the smörgåsbord we have put together with traditional dishes. Lovely! 

And a very fun afternoon with the opening game in Allsvenskan. We were faced with last year’s winner, Mjällby, so toughest opponent possible. But, we managed to win 3-0. Yeah! Here we go. Let’s keep it up this season! 

A very windy day with almost 15m/s in the wind throws. We received a lot of rain last night but today it’s been quite sunny. It’s still not very nice to be outside due to the wind. Fingers crossed it will have calmed down by tomorrow. 

A lovely, somewhat windy, day in our paradise. After our morning breakfast we got in the car and drove up to the local grocery store to stock up for the next couple of days. 

We enjoyed a nice walk around the area when we got back home to get some fresh air and steps in. 

A lovely day with both indoor- and outdoor activities. A game of Wing Span in the afternoon, pork filet with oven baked potatoes for dinner and Masked Singer on TV to end our first full day here together. 

After breakfast we packed up and started the long drive down to our paradise. It went well and there was hardly any traffic at all. Nice. 

We arrived safely and the weather was absolutely gorgeous. We have unpacked, enjoyed a meatball w/ pasta dinner and now we’ve crashed in our corners, tired after a long day. 

In a bit the a few more members of the family will arrive and then almost all of us are here for Easter celebrations. Nice. 

Last day at work for a while. Perfect start of the day – a nice coffee in our staff lunch room. Flowers decorating the tables from the afterwork event last week. Still looking pretty.

I had a few things on my desk to finish before I could leave, but I think I got it all done and now I’m ready for some time off.

Have done some laundry since I got back home – things I should have done earlier but haven’t gotten around to. But, now I’m almost sorted. Trying to figure out what to make for dinner. The leftovers aren’t enough for all of us so I am guessing I’m looking at three different courses to prepare. Lol. I’m used to it.

Oh – and we won the very thrilling soccer game last night which means we are qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup this summer. We are in Group F (out of A – L) together with Netherlands, Japan and Tunisia.  Starting mid June.

A nice sunny day but still quite chilly. We walked over to Boquerian today and I chose their haddock with shrimps. Mmm. Perfect lunch. Not too rich either with the tomato sauce and no dairy products. 

I had my performance review today and got some feedback over my work. But, mostly it was a discussion what to do with our current situation being one person short since a few months. We have managed quite well so far, but it is not a sustainable situation over time. A lot to figure out and choices to make going forward. 

An important soccer game tonight with Sweden facing Poland. The winner gets to participate in the World Championships this summer. So, a lot to gain for the winning team. We have the home-game favor but it will be a struggle, I think. Fingers crossed!