Category: Every-day-life

National day of Sweden!

This morning we put our flag up and after breakfast we went out to Långgarn together with my sister and her family. We had brought a great picnic basket filled with goodies . We enjoyed this very Swedish looking cake and some lovely coffee down by the sea.

Then after some chores we took a nice 3k walk around the island and then we finished the day with a pasta sallad lunch/dinner and a glas of rosé to celebrate. The weather was ok – we got some rain driving over to our boat but once on the island it was fine again. Now tucked in my corner with a latte and “fredagsmys”. Time for a scary movie maybe..

Have a great national day everyone!

After a looong day at work – a very short day to follow. Quite busy though which is good. 

Decided to make a stop for lunch on the way home – so I did and had sushi in the Liljeholmen mall. Not the best sushi unfortunately, but I liked the raspberry filled tap water they served.

The beautiful day I wished for last night didn’t come true. It’s been raining – or almost raining – all day and it is quite chilly too. Now – some quiet time to relax and regain strength. Don’t know why, but I’ve been really tired these last couple of days.

Busy day at work and I had to put in a couple of extra hours too.. even had dinner at work..

When I finally went home it had started to rain – and it really rained a lot. I was completely soaked when I reached the subway. And of course – no buses at the end station. But, I stayed and waited for one (20 min) – didn’t feel like taking the long walk that late in pouring rain… New day tomorrow.. let’s hope “it’s a beautiful day”.. like the song says..

“It’s a beautiful day.. Don’t let it get away

It’s a beautiful day.
Don’t let it get away

Touch me, take me to that other place

Teach me, I know I’m not a hopeless case”

U2 certainly have written a lot of amazing texts. This one came to mind this morning and has been stuck with me all day. When the sky is blue and the sun is shining.. a smile isn’t far off.

Today it was much better weather – the best day so far this long weekend.  Took a 4,7k walk and I was actually all sweaty when I got back. Rewarded myself with an ice cream.

My flowers are really amazing right now. Almost on the verge of bursting. Some have already finished blooming while others are just starting. I love this time of year when it is still a fairly new feeling to enjoy some sun and great flowers.  Once summer kicks in that feeling of “I made it” is gone.

Have a great Sunday!

Saturday and no plans.. that is a luxury that doesn’t occur too often. The weather has been sunny / rainy off and on all day so we decided to take a trip to the mall near by and see what we could find. I managed to buy a skirt and a blouse for the upcoming confirmation so that was great. I also treated myself a nice cup of coffee and a carrot cupcake with frosting. My husband had a white hot chocolate and an apple toffee cupcake. He is a bigger sweet tooth than I am..

Tonight we are trying a new kind of meat – tri tip. I have had it in the States and it is really good to bbq. But I have never seen it in Swedish stores before.

So, we invited my parents over and we will see if they like it as much as we do (or at least we do when being served by my American family.. this time I’ve cooked it myself.. )

Friday off and the rain has been pouring down all day. Peter had to work so me and the boys joined my sister and her family to go to the Fjärilshuset (Butterfly house) at Haga.

They have also opened a shark aquarium that the boys were eager to see. But it wasn’t as fantastic as we had hoped for, unfortunately.

We had a great visit and took lots of pictures of the amazing butterflies in all sizes and colors. They also had other animals such as turtles and lizards.

After a few hours we helped feed the koi fishes and then it was time to return back home again. A stop at McD for a burger and now corner-time watching “Dispicable Me”.

 

Thursday.. day off.. we were supposed to go out to our paradise #2 but it is way too windy for us to be able to handle the boat by ourselves in that kind of weather. So we decided to stay home and relax.

We bbq our own burgers for lunch and then I went for a nice walk by the lake. Tonight we will enjoy a great dinner at my sister’s who were supposed to go with us to Långgarn today. We decided to give it another go next Friday when we are off again for our National Day.

Just had a visit from my piano tuner. Second time this week. He didn’t have time to finish the first time so he came back for another 30 min or so. It is important to be thorough and take good care of your instrument. Once per year or maybe every second year it needs a tuner to go over it. If you don’t do it that often it takes several tunings to get it back in shape again. So you don’t save any money by not having it done more often.

Half day at work today – off tomorrow and vacation Friday.  Four-day-weekend! Yeah!

The best snack ever..

Today was a very long day at work.. I was so tired from yesterday but not sore at all, just a bit stiff.

It was really cold this morning – only 7C (45F). Don’t know where the lovely warm weather went. But it has been very sunny and nice still.

Bought two liters of strawberries on my way home.. going to be lovely tonight with a good movie and ice cream. Maybe some toffee or chocolate sauce too.. just because..