Month: January 2016

Theme-days are becoming quite popular – this one was new to me and I didn’t know about it before I was on my way to work this morning and was given a hug-card and a chocolate bar letting me know it was the international hug-day today.

So – happy hug-day all my friends and family.

Another really cold day today. “It’s too cold outside – for angels to fly” as the lyrics in Ed Sheerans’ “The A Team” song says. A great song by the way.

I have had a great afternoon seeing my mother whom I haven’t seen in a while. Just chatting over a coffee catching up. Time to breathe a bit. Lovely.

Important handball game tonight – last game in the group play. Fingers crossed it will go our way and that we qualify for the next round.

Long Tuesday at work and a healthy lunch. We sometimes order food from Rydbergs and they have these health plates with raw spiced salmon (gravlax), cottage cheese, pine nuts, avocado and lettuce etc. Quite tasty! I’m not sure if it is only part of their take-away menu or if you can order it there too though.

We stayed at work quite late and stopped for a burger on the way home. And of course I missed my bus in Fruängen by, hm, 2 minutes. I refused to wait for half an hour since it was -10C so I decided to treat myself a cab home. I know, a huge luxury but I am sure I would have gotten the flue if I would have waited for the bus and God knows what would have happened if I would have walked back at this hour. Oh well. It was nice to get home safely, quickly and without freezing my butt off first.

Not quite as cold today as it has been the last couple of days. Went to the store across the street and that was far enough for me for today I think. Brrr. -8C but quite humid so it goes through everything. I’m happy in my corner watching Vinterstudion before we are leaving to go to my parents-in-law for dinner. I have done a couple of chores too – vacuuming, cleaning and fixing lunch. But other than that .. nope ..

Our junior girls have been playing in the world championships too in ice-hockey. They girls teams are 8 in the top level – group A with USA, Canada, Russia and Czechia. Group B with Sweden, Finland, France and Switzerland.

The first two in Group A went straight to the semi while the last two in Group A played the quarter towards the first two in Group B. Sweden won their group, won the quarter but lost the semi. Then they managed to win the bronze-game and came in third! Yeah!

Saturday and -14C outside. Clear blue sky and sunshine. Lovely. Might be a bit too chilly for a long walk, but maybe a short one.

Today it was really really cold so extra everything clothes wise was mandatory. It was not a very busy day today so it was perfect for me to get to know my new computer in my own time. Get prepared so I can answer questions when the rest of my colleagues get their new computers.

A whole weekend ahead with only a couple of things planned. It is going to be cold all weekend so we’ll see how much we can be outdoors. Have a great Friday!

A great day. Lunch date with my BFF at our regular place. (This photo is from a previous lunch date – no pepperonis today unfortunately.) Kebab or ham to chose from. Or one of each..  I am so happy me and my friend are able to see each other over lunch every now and then. We try to get our schedules together once per month – sometimes more – sometimes less – depending on our other commitments.

I got a new computer at work today – have very mixed feelings about tomorrow when I am thrown into this new environment and still am expected to do my work as quickly as they are used to. Fingers crossed I will make it.

It’s colder again and it’s been snowing too. According to the weather forecast it will be really really cold this weekend but then warmer again. What a strange winter we have.

My back is getting a bit better again. I guess it just needed to get out of my corner and get moving again. It is hard to take walks though – it is quite slippery outside and I would not want to break anything. That would be a disaster.

Yesterday we found out that David Bowie passed away the other day. I haven’t been a huge fan but his music has followed me my whole life and some of his songs are definitely favorites of mine.

Waiting for the bus this morning I was listening to “Life on Mars” and “Heroes” – two of his amazing songs.

“I, I will be king – And you, you will be queen. Though nothing, will drive them away. We can beat them, just for one day. We can be heroes, just for one day!”