Month: October 2016

Monday. Halloween. Sara and Filip cut one pumpkin each yesterday and they turned out great! They sit in front of our fireplace looking scary.

Today we made a huge bonfire on the beach of all the stuff we wanted to get rid of. The pile was huge but very dry so it burned down in no-time.

A fairly sunny but quite cold day. Me and my mom went shopping for more groceries. Then I helped my parents filling out applications for ESTA to have it done before our trip in March. Good to get sorted in time.

We took a nice hour-long walk before dinner. Tonight we didn’t get an orange spectacular sunset like the first two evenings – but we did get a blue one that was quite nice too.

Today it was time to change the clocks and start using winter time again. It was a lovely Sunday – and after a great breakfast we went outside to enjoy the weather and also cut down the lilac bushes that have grown too high. We spent a couple of hours working before we went in for lunch. Then back out again to finish the work and carry all the cut bushes and branches down to the beach. I also picked some sloe berries that grow wild in our garden. The big blue berries make a great cordial.

My parents arrived this afternoon and joined us here in our paradise. We ended the day in front of another sunset. Life is not so bad.

A very sunny Saturday with clear blue sky and hardly any traffic. We left the city at 08.30 this morning and arrived safely to our paradise 7hrs later with a few stops on the way for lunch and grocery shopping.

Now we have unpacked, enjoyed a great taco-dinner with a sunset view (actually the sun set already at 5.30 pm before dinner), and now time in one corner each with a glass of something to drink, some snacks and taking turns choosing the next song on Spotify. Halloween theme of course.

A rainy grey Friday but still a great day. Time to get packing. It’s such a luxury to have our own place to escape to – where the bed is already made and you don’t have to bring everything every time. It’s just to pack some clothes for a few days and then off we go.

It was so dark last night when I got home but the leaves really do make it look a bit lighter. Soon they will fall off and then it will be completely dark for a while before the snow gets here. The prognosis said that the first snow might be here already next week.

It’s those little things that brightens up a day. A little girl sat in front of me on the subway. She was with her mom and they were going home after a visit to the hospital where she had been stitched up after an accident. She had a big bandage on her head and blood all over her jacket.

But then she noticed my handbag. And cheered up. And we spent 20 minutes looking at all the tokidoki-cartoons on my bag. Her mom thanked me for giving her daughter her smile back.

With this grey and rainy weather I needed a change – and what better way than getting a new color in my hair? Dyed my whole hair for the first time – and also made strands in a lighter color. I think it turned out pretty good. I am so happy my hairdresser finally is back in business – she has been on sick-leave all fall.

Now I’m ready to face the world tomorrow. Starting with a parent-teacher-conference first thing in the morning.

What a day. I think I took a new record in things I managed to get done before lunch. Then rushed off to the hospital for an appointment. Home in time to start dinner (wok).

Tonight a lady came over to buy our last snow-racer which means all 5 items are now sold. Yeah!

A very busy morning and then a lovely lunch with a dear old friend. Perfect way to relax and re-gain some focus again.

Picked up medicine and groceries on my way home. Made burgers for dinner. And then study-time with my youngest. We made some progress. Yeah.

Five more days.. then hopefully our paradise has one of these gorgeous sunsets in store for me and my youngest. It will just be a 5-day vi
sit this time but I can’t wait anyway. My brother-in-law and his youngest are coming along too and then my parents will join us a day later.

A rainy grey Sunday and what better way to spend the day than cheering on my niece and her team competing in team-gym?! They did great and managed to get in 4th position in two disciplines, silver in one and bronze in the total. Yeah!

Yesterday was great – except for a slight change of plans due to my massage getting cancelled because he/she called in sick but my sister got hers at least. So – I went shopping while I waited for her and afterwards we strolled around in Gamla Stan and had a great time together. Dinner was lovely too so even thought I was robbed of my massage it was still a great day.

Saturday again and a great day ahead. First some quiet time in my corner enjoying the first episode of Grey’s Anatomy this season that I had taped the other day along with some breakfast and a coffee.

Going to see my sister in a bit for a lovely afternoon together. We are going to a SPA for a massage and then afterwards we are meeting our hubbies for dinner in Gamla Stan. Quite a Saturday!