Happy midsummer everyone!
I was surprised today with a very special gift from my sister in California. I just love it. It is a living locket from Origami Owl filled with special charms connecting us. It was a very precious gift with a lot of thought and heart. I will wear it with pride and joy and cherish it! Puss o kram <3 Nikki!
Today it is Midsummer day and even though I was overwhelmed with joy about the gift it still couldn’t cure the headache I woke up with. So, I am home relaxing while my family is enjoying the festivities with our friends hoping to feel better in time for the bbq tonight. After a long nap and some lunch I am actually coming alive again and I think there is hope for me tonight!
Be sure to honor the “little frogs” and other Swedish traditions! If you need some tips and tricks – look up Swedish Midsummer for Dummies on YouTube!
36″..
My husband is a unicyclist. Even competing in the Swedish championships. This week he bought a new toy and guess what he will do on our vacation.. I am very proud of him and as they say – if you can’t beat them – join them.. So maybe I will give it a go.
This week has been filled with emotions and appointments so I am really looking forward to the three-day-weekend. Tomorrow it is midsummer which will be a lot of fun. We always have a great time with our group of friends. I have known most of them since we were teenagers so we know each other really well.
Now crashed in my corner .. have a great evening!
Family
Family back together again – just picked up the teenagers returning from their camp. They sat quiet in the car all exhausted on the way back. I interpret that as they have had a great time! The person in charge of the trip was happy and pleased so that’s a good sign.
Soccer soccer soccer on tv. Tonight I will cheere on Holland and Spain. Holland is doing good so far – and I just loved it when they outplayed Spain last week. Amazing. I am not really into soccer but it is a matter of survival right now and not being completely left out from the topics to discuss among colleagues and friends.
The heart..
.. asks pleasure first.. it is the theme from the movie The Piano which is a fantastic piece of music and I am struggling a lot with learning how to play it. I just love the song although it is quite complex with its change of tempo and speed.
Great lunch today with a midsummer theme. First smorgasbord since Easter – and – a couple of more to come. Midsummer day is on Friday and then we are all off work. Nice with a long weekend. Again!
Haircut
Monday.. in desperate need of a change.. and what could be better than a haircut? With midsummer coming up and all.
Quite a busy taxi-mom afternoon (as my sis would put it) – dropping off and picking up at all sorts of destinations. But, I am happy to help and that I am allowed into their world. By this time next year – with any luck – my oldest will be able to borrow the car himself instead. Can’t believe I have kids that old.. Where did the years go? The few greys are reminding me it is true though..
Elder tree
Anot
her beautiful day and today I was able to sleep in a little bit anyway. We all got up around 8 since my youngest is leaving for a 4-day camp and my husband is competing today as well. So, me and my oldest have the house to ourselves today.
I decided to be a bit productive. Our elder tree is in bloom so I went to get some lemons, caster sugar and citric acid and made my own lemonade/cordial. You can find the recipe in my cookbook.
Oh – last night me and my sister went into town to have dinner with our second cousins. It was the first time we all got together in 20 years! It was a great visit and I am sure we won’t wait that long until next time.
No buses on the way home though.. so I walked the 3-4 km back.. (40 min). After all that great food I guess it might not be a bad thing after all.. lol
Beautiful day
When I finally have a chance to sleep in I wake up early. Typical.
But – the upside of the story is that it is a beautiful (but extremely windy..) day so I took my usual walk around the area. It was so pretty down by the lake.
My husband is competing in the Swedish Championships in Unicycling – second year in a row. It is a three day event so I won’t see much of him this weekend. He is really good at it actually, but the other competitors are a notch better unfortunately.
Have a wonderful Saturday – pls leave a comment if you paid me a visit!
Special mission..
Today I went on a special mission – to pick up a couple of newly printed Swedish government official reports from the government printing shop.
It was amazing outside so the walk was a welcome break in my work. The building where the parliament sits is quite old and situated on a small island connected with bridges from the main shopping street, the Operahouse and the Royal Castle.
Tonight we have a summer party with my work colleagues. Chers everyone!
Thunder..
This morning the scale was smiling. Filled with energy I walked to the subway instead of taking the bus. It was a great way to start the day but it made me really hungry. So for lunch I decided to have something more than a sallad – thai noodles with shrimp.
It is really warm and humid today and it rained earlier. Now it feels like it will start to thunder any minute. More common in our paradises than it is here in the city. It is quite spectacular to experience a real thunderstorm on an island close to water. Makes you feel really small. No walk home after work since it was raining when I got to the end station. No need since I had fulfilled my walking goal today – 12.000 steps and still counting.
Cherries
Happiness in a bowl. .
Cherries. I really love them. But the bigarreaus are my favorites. The darker sweeter ones. Mmmm..
Today we had a whole bowl of them at work. Made me smile.
This afternoon we have got vaccination shots for deceases spread by ticks. Every 5th year a new shot. 350 kr per person. But if it can prevent us from getting meningitis from the little bugs so be it. Both our paradises are situated in areas where they recommend you to be vaccinated. A small fee to pay considering the consequences if the bad luck would struck.
After a few days with really nice weather it is now raining again. Good for my flowers. And not so warm at night. (positive thinking.. )