Yeah! 2014 edition of World Championships in Icehockey has come to an end for Sweden. We managed to be second in our group, then survived the quarterfinal, lost the semi (first lost game in full time during the whole tournament) and then we won the bronze medal with 3-0 against Czechia. Our goalie Anders Nilsson has been amazing in almost every game. Our team captain, Joel Lundqvist, played his 100s game in Tre Kronor. His famous twin brother – Henrik Lundqvist – wasn’t able to participate due to the NHL. But, even though we had, I think it was 13 players playing their first WC, our team was amazing.
If you look at how I named today’s blog you can get a sense on in which order I value today. I am a dedicated fan, what can I say.
My husband and my sons surprised me with a very special mother’s day present – which takes a bit of extra expenses to make work.. but it was a perfect gift and I feel very blessed! Also me and my sis went over to congratulate our mother and gave her a flower and a coke with her name on it.
And last by not least – we have done our duty and voted in the election for the European Parliament.
Now let’s cheer on Finland chasing the gold tonight .. Russia has no losses at all so far. Congratulations to the top two medals!
No final..
It has been another amazing day and I’ve been working hard for several hours cleaning out weeds from my flowerbeds. It became quite nice and tidy. Maybe I can go and get some more flowers to complete the effort.
We bbq chicken tonight and had our dinner outside again. I really like that it has become so warm that we are able to do so. And to enjoy a nice ice cold beer..
We didn’t manage to defeat Russia today so tomorrow Tre Kronor are playing for bronze instead of gold. As we speak it looks like we will be facing Czechia who is loosing against Finland. I guess congratulations are in order to our neighbor’s!
Birthday
Today it is 17 years since I gave birth to my first born child. Unbelievable. Time flies. My baby is now taller than I am. Quite a young man – not at all a boy anymore.
Tonight we had a bbq in the back yard and we could sit outside most of the evening. The food turned out great. And we had chocolate cake with strawberries, vanilla ice cream and whipped cream for afters. The scale will not show any mercy tomorrow..
YES! We made it!
Ok here we go..
The world championships in ice hockey has reached the quarter final rounds. Sweden are facing Belarus tonight – the host nation of the tournament with a massive back-up from the crowd. We are going to need a bit of luck and play great hockey to win.
So far Czechia (who defeated USA 4-3) and Russia (who defeated France 3-0) in the semi finals. The fourth game – Canada vs Finland 2-3!!! Way to go!
It has been another amazingly warm and nice day today. Over 25C and clear blue sky. We actually sat outside and had our tea tonight at 18.30. I hope it will be equally nice tomorrow when we have guests over.
YEEEESSS!! We made it! 3-2 Sweden-Belarus!
Summer
When I picked up my youngest today from school the thermometer in the car showed 29C (84F). Unbelievable. It dropped to 25C (77F) when I started to drive, but still. It is absolutely gorgeous outside with the apple trees in bloom, birds singing and clear blue sky. When I took this photo it almost looked like it was going to thunder any minute but it cleared up pretty quickly.
After an afternoon at the hospital getting allergy shots, rushed home to fix dinner and then a parent meeting in church for the upcoming confirmation this summer I have finally crashed in my corner, with my latte. No hockey tonight – feel a bit lost to be honest – but tomorrow all four quarter finals take place. Sweden are up against Belarus – the host country of the tournament with tons of people cheering on them. Going to be a tough game. Fingers crossed and jersey on!
Caesar
Tuesday. My long day. Had a great start (the scale was actually in a good mood) and a lovely Caesar sallad for lunch. Quite busy day.
But summer is here! Really sunny and warm outside. Took a walk home instead of the last bus! Lovely!
The Canadians beat Norway, as expected, but only just. This means we are second in our group. Now the remaining games today will decide who we will meet in the quarter finals. The scariest game in the whole tournament. Brrr..
Pancakes..
Simple is sometimes the best. Monday dinner with Swedish thin pancakes can make anyone happy and content. My kids love them which makes up for the work cooking them. A whole stack gone in a matter of minutes. Served with caster sugar or raspberry/blackberry jam. Yum.
Tonight is the last game in the group play before the quarter finals begin on Thursday. Italy is on tonight. We will most likely end up second in our group. Really well considering. Now lets hope some of our injured players are able to recover and get ready to play again. Otherwise we are definitely up for a struggle.
Paradise #2
Sunday on Långgarn – our paradise closer to home in the archipelago outside Stockholm. The first half of the day in bright sunshine and summer feeling. Lovely to sit by the sea and have coffee and just relax.
Second half of the day a bit cloudy, chilly and even some rain. Perfect to sit inside then and enjoy some hockey. Canada is our opponent this time. (Canada drew the longer straw and beat us after 2-2 in full time 🙁 )
A helicopter landed
Summer arrived today. It has been amazing outside with very warm weather and sunshine from a clear blue sky all day.
We have really put in a lot of work today starting with a walk over to my parent’s house to tend to their flowers, mail and aquarium since they are in paradise for a week.
They still have the ceramics turkey I made in high school during my year away. It’s a fond memory!Now we have cleaned the house on the outside and I have painted a door and a window among other things. Groceries and laundry are also taken cared of. I think I have earned some me-time now.
Tonight we had quite a drama on our street. A helicopter ambulance landed and fire trucks prevented the traffic. They ran down towards the lake and came back with someone on a stretcher. Scary!
Impressive how professional and organized they were and how quickly everything happened.
We could read in the news that they had found a person in the water. Hopefully they could save him/her.
Back to normal
Friday – finally! And my youngest is back home again – oh – I have missed him so much!
I treated myself a nice sushi-lunch today and now we have had grilled beef for dinner! I was hoping we could have our meal outside but once the sun switches side of our house it is quite chilly in the shade. So, we ate in the kitchen.
Now I am relaxing and enjoying a glass of red waiting for the next hockey game. Slovakia tonight. Oh I love these tournaments!