Month: August 2016

Haven’t had a haircut in ages and it was well overdue to get it done. But today I was able to get some me-time and managed to get an appointment. She only had time for the haircut today – I will add some color next time which will be in a couple of weeks. My hairdresser only works one day per week right now so getting an appointment with her is really tricky. But, so far so good.

Had a lasagna on the table by the time the rest of the family got home. Yum!

Long day at work with some extra work after. But we made progress and took a big step forward in our planning.

Ended the day with a burrito at a Mexican fast food place before it was time to go home and crash.

It was raining really hard this morning. Debated with myself weather I should dress accordingly or not but I decided not to. I was not too soaked when I got to work. Puh.

An emotional day. Decided to treat myself a “ostkaka” for lunch – haven’t had one of those in ages. Felt appropriate on a rainy grey day. Still August but it feels like October. At least I don’t have to water the new plants.

A Sunday with not the best weather. It started out pretty good – we went to the local garden center to get some plants and bulbs. Said and done. Stopped for some groceries on the way back and also picked up lunch from McD. Then I got busy planting everything we had bought and before I knew it was time to head over to my sister to celebrate her youngest turning 14 today. Can’t believe how big all of our kids are . Where did the time go? We had a nice couple of hours eating cake and spending time together. Then it started to rain and it is still raining hours later. Good for my newly planted plants and bulbs..

Today we have been busy bees all day and worked in the garden. We have cut the lawn, taken away most of the weeds from  the flowerbeds, cut the hedge, raked all the cut branches, picked up all the fallen apples, picked the red currents etc etc 

This little angel came to help me and she was very friendly and wanted me to cuddle her. I miss my cat. This one looks a lot like my furry friend and it feels quite special when she comes to visit. Almost like if my own cat would come to check up on me and make sure I’m alright.

A colleague of mine had her hair braided the other day and said I should give it a go too – said and done – I did my best and it turned out ok, I think.

Treated my family a real Friday dinner with good meat and potatoes. Now we are watching the first episode of a Netflix-series we were recommended “Stranger Things”. Pretty scary so far – I hope I can sleep tonight..

Summer came back today. It’s been really hot and humid all day. Bought myself an ice tea on the way home. I love a good ice tea but it has to be sweet – the unsweetened ones are terrible. Festis have come out with this peach version with 50% less sugar which is pretty good. Ice tea is not really popular here though so it is kind of hard to find.

I have had a long day today – worked almost twice as many hours as I was scheduled for. Baked an apple cake when I came home – our apple tree is producing more apples than what we can eat. And I am much better at eating them in a cake or pie than just fresh.. Not doing me any good, I know.

A long day at work and busy in all sort of ways. Tonight we have had my parents in laws over for coffee – it was nice to catch up a bit. They have just arrived back from a trip to Scotland – a country I would love to visit one day. We have talked about going together with my sister and her husband and another couple who are close friends. Maybe in a couple of years we can make it happen.

Guess what I found on my upper arm this evening? A tick. Uäck. He/she had taken a good bite into my shoulder. I wonder where I got it? If I would have been in one of our paradises I would understand it, but here in town? Strange. I have to look into when I am supposed to renew my vaccine towards them.

I can identify with the picture.. summer has been good – no weight loss at all. Lol.

Last week went by so quickly – one work-week already done. Time to get started on another one. My colleague is on vacation this week so I will be extra busy. My guess is this week will go by just as quickly since there will be no slow moments.

After work I met up with my youngest for a doctors appointment. Didn’t get home until 5 pm so it was a full day anyway. Not much else planned these next couple of days. Just work work work. Next weekend we will celebrate my youngest niece who is turning 14. Yeah.