– as I see it..
When we woke up today winter had arrived and spread snow everywhere. It was really pretty outside the window. First heavy snowfall in the middle of January – I can’t remember when that happened last. Let’s hope we get a good couple of winter months now so we can go skiing and snowboarding in the weekends and that spring arrives in time and is not equally delayed..
Now time to enjoy skiing on tv and a latte in my corner!
Cuddled up in my corner. First week after the holidays has come to an end. First snow arrived this morning. A lovely weekend ahead. And nothing planned. Life is good.
Today I have learned how to use a fire extinguisher. But only in theory – fortunately. No real danger or fire to put out.
It has been a long day but pretty productive. Now I need to get home and start dinner – any ideas what to make? Tonight it’s the final elimination of competitors in the Swedish Masterchef. I really enjoy it that show.
Another good day has come to an end. I was treated a very nice lunch today at Nalen – a very old restaurant in town with a lot of history. It was founded already back in 1888 and used to be a very popular place for entertainment and dance with live orchestras and famous musicians.
Tonight my parents came over for dinner after a long drive back from our paradise where they’ve been for a few weeks. Good to see them again!
The 17 sleep-ins are gone. Now it’s time to get back to the real world again. Back to work, school, homework and daily challenges.
The day started with cancelled commuter trains and missed busses.. but turned out pretty good after all. Got a lot done and accomplished. I felt appreciated and even though I’m tired I feel good. I’m on track again and ready to face the world – as I see it.
The vacation has come to an end. Two weeks off from work. Tomorrow it is back to life again – back to commuting, back to school and homework. But, it was really great to be able to get a good long break together even though the Christmas week could have been better with half of the family sick. I’m glad we were able to join all of our friends in Dalarna to celebrate New Years and also that we took the time and money to go to Norway for a weekend of skiing. Trysil was great – everything except the weather.. It was so much fun to meet up with our other friends so the kids could ski together. Kids – I mean – teenagers.. lol
New year – new challenges – I look forward to 2014 with everything it has to offer!
A looong drive back home just in time to watch the game. We won silver .. congratulations to Finland who won on overtime.
It feels good to be back home after an adventurous week away. Now it’s time to pack away Christmas and welcome the new year.
Half of my family spent the day in the slopes and the others needed to rest and relax. We joined up for a nice lunch.
After the slopes closed we had a great dinner with our friends and then the parents challenged the kidz to a game of bowling. The kidz want a rematch when we come back home – lol.Oh – and we beat Russia today and are therefore playing the final tomorrow! Oh how I would love to see that game.
I feel so proud of myself – I have been skiing all day (well.. a few hours..). It went really well except for the fog which made it very tricky to see where to ski. But, we went out right after breakfast, had lunch in the skislopes and then went down the hill again afterwards. Tonight we are invited to our friends cottage for dinner!
What a day! First packing and cleaning all morning to leave the house in Gopshus. Then a few hours drive over to Norway for a short weekend with downhill skiing at this great resort. We met up with friends from home and the boys have been skiing all afternoon and had a great time. It is a lot of snow here but unfortunately very foggy. Tonight it has been snowing heavily all evening. We went down to the village where our friends stay and had a lovely dinner together. Tomorrow I face a great challenge.. will I survive a day on skis? We’ll see..
Oh – and we are in a 6-0 lead towards Slovakia – semi final awaits.
