Category: Every-day-life

Every month we celebrate all colleagues that has had their birthday since last months celebration. The ones we celebrate get to wish for what “fika” we will be treated. This month’s choice was a whipped cream cake with strawberries. Mmmm. A real “tårta”. 

Long day today but it went by pretty quickly. Got home in time to prepare a wok for my boys. Now we are fed and have crashed in our corners for some time in front of the tv. 

It’s been a really grey and foggy day with some rain. Not very inspiring to take a walk today either. Fingers crossed tomorrow will be better. 

Three degrees below zero this morning, foggy and a bit rainy. Not the greatest weather and definitely not nice for a walk home after work. So, I skipped that and took the bus instead.

Had some leftovers for a late lunch when I got home and I’m going to make some more leftovers for dinner, I think. Or maybe we’ll save them for tomorrow. 

No more handball this world cup for Sweden. They ended up in the 14th place – the worst result ever. Oh well. Next time. Something fun to look forward to is that the Mello-competition starts this weekend. Yeah. Six Saturdays of get-togethers with our friends. Fun! 

This photo was taken yesterday when I strolled thru the city after work. This is one of the tourist streets in the Old Town with a lot of souvenirs and such. Always fun to look around some. 

Today we have done some more window shopping but for used cars. We might change car within the next couple of years so we have just started to look around to figure out what we want. Tricky choice. 

Our youngest is working this weekend – his new schedule includes both some weekends and evenings and days off in the weekdays instead. Fortunately he is able to come home in time for dinner so that is nice. 

.. of lust, it’s a a question of trust.
It’s a question of not letting what we’ve built up crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together” // Martin Gore

Struggled thru another week – quite tired and my shoulder has been bothering me. Hopefully it will be alright after a nice weekend. Took a long walk after work over to the Old Town. Passed these funny ornaments on a building in Kungsträdgården. Love how our city is decorated and the history behind these old buildings.

Another game of handball in a bit – Brazil is our opponent tonight. Need to win. Nothing else matters. Go Sweden!

Ps! We lost. Over and out.

Long busy day and an important startup meeting this afternoon that went great. Puh. 

Very dark and rainy on my way home – not very inviting at all to wait for the bus, but better than a half-hour walk home.

We decided to clear out some of the leftovers for dinner – my choice fell on the last portion of liver stew with some oven baked potatoes this time. Mm. Made a cream-based stew this time instead of the tomato based one I normally do. Nice to try something different but I think I prefer the other kind. 

No handball tonight so we can catch up on some series instead. 

It’s so dark still – but our days are getting a bit lighter slowly but surely. Can’t wait for it to be daylight going to work and coming back. 

Long day at work and I am quite tired now. Fortunately hubby has started to work from home when I have my long days, so he is in charge of dinner those days. Lovely. Perfect solution. Tonight he had prepared a pork filet with oven baked potatoes. Mmm. 

No handball for Sweden tonight, but we did manage to win our group. But, we only managed a tie last night. Bummer. Shared point is better than no point I guess. Next round is the middle one and first game is towards the most difficult team – Portugal. Then we are playing Norway and Brazil too before it’s time to see who advances up to the quarter finals. 

New week already. Worked my short day and decided to take my walk in town instead of skipping the last bus. I thought it might be nice to walk along the water by the castle over to Slussen, but it was very foggy and quite chilly so it wasn’t so nice after all. But, I got my steps in so that was good. 

Had a late lunch when I got home and helped my boys with some things before I could crash for a bit in my corner before dinner. I have made a liver stew for me and hubby and will make chicken tenders for the boys in a bit. 

Then tonight our handball team is playing the last game in the group round – facing the most difficult opponent this time in Spain. Fingers crossed we will win! 

Yesterday we didn’t get groceries so we did that today instead. Hubby has been a busy bee putting up the new lights in the kitchen cabinets – perfect! So happy I finally can see what I’m doing while preparing dinner. 

While he did that I took away the rest of the Christmas decorations and boxed everything for next year. Time to take out the tree – it is still pretty though and hasn’t started to let go of the pine needles. We could have put it up earlier if we would have known it to be this long lasting. 

Now we are treating ourselves to a premier “semla” – a sort of cream bun with almond icing inside. Well, I am, hubby is enjoying a filled donut instead. Watching the last episode of the second season of “Silo” on Apple TV. 

Today it was time for us girls to enjoy our mother’s birthday present – to watch the musical “Dreamgirls” at the China Theatre in town. We had chosen an afternoon show so we could meet up with the rest of the family afterwards for dinner. The show was pretty good with great singers and costumes. I didn’t recognize that many songs though – but two of them are quite famous. “One night only” being one of them. 

Our regular restaurant was fully booked so we tried the fish restaurant in Fruängen instead. They had both fish and other dishes so everyone was happy. Delicious food and good prices. Win win. 

Now I’m tucked in my corner after a long day. Handball on the tv – Sweden facing Chile in their second game. So far so good.