Month: June 2017

A great day off with sunshine for the most part of the day. Nelson got to go out for a bit and I think he enjoyed his day under the elder tree.

We were busy bees all morning – my husband worked in the garden and I went grocery shopping. After lunch F took a ride on his moped and M went over to my parents to invite them over for dinner. They accepted and we had a great evening together!

We were able to sit outside for both dinner and afters and then we went in to watch the handball game on TV together before it was time to call it a night. As we went indoors it started to rain and also thunder – perfect for the garden! No need to water the new plants!  

.. day of school, last exam and last day of the week. Let summer break begin! Yeah.

After my son had finished his exam he came by my office so I treated him lunch at a nice Thai restaurant close to where I work. So nice to have grown up kids! The exam went ok but you never know if you pass before you get the result back. Fingers crossed!

My youngest had a good day in school – last day for quite a while since he is leaving for a year of studies abroad in August. Now time to enjoy the weekend – nice with a short week! Have a great Friday everyone!

A very long day where my mind was somewhere else. No rain but not great weather either so I did not walk to the subway this morning. My left foot is bothering me a bit too so I might let it rest and not over-do it. Today it was the last day of school when my youngest had classes. Tomorrow he will receive his grades and then summer-holiday awaits. My oldest has a 5-hr-exam tomorrow – fingers crossed he will be able to nail it (or at least pass). That would give him a great start of his summer break too. And what more could a mother ask for?

It was quite nice weather this morning so I walked to the subway and got a good start. But by the time I was leaving work it had started to rain pretty bad. I was soaked when I reached the subway – lol.

The construction workers have been here today again and it looks almost like they are done now. Now let’s hope our mailman will quit his new habit of driving across the new landscaping. I mean, who does that? Amazing how stupid and ignorant some people are.

Sweden woke up to a glorious day with sunshine and a day off to enjoy and together celebrating our national day. We went out to our second paradise together with my parents and sister and her family. My parents-in-law had invited all of us to spend the day out there and what a day we had! Great company, great food, great weather. Some of us took our first dip in the ocean (15C) and it was lovely! Of course a bit chilly since it was the first time, but not as bad as I would have expected.

Thank you for a great day together!

My turn to have a day off! Slept in until 08.30, got up and went straight to pick up my youngest from his all-night-gaming at his friends house. Got back home and could enjoy a quiet breakfast.

After lunch my brother-in-law picked me up and we went to order a new counter-top to our summer house. We are replacing the old dishwasher with a new one and have decided to buy a full sized one this time = the counter top also needs replacing. Of course they had stopped selling the pattern we have down there so we have to choose a new one. Oh well. I hope this one is neutral enough to blend in.

A day of rest.. to watch the robotic lawn mower do the work – nice.  I have been cleaning most of the day – got a bit crazy in the bathroom doing that extra mile I should do more often. Now it’s clean and it feels great! My youngest has escaped us today and is doing an all-night-lan with his friends. I have taken the day off tomorrow and will go and pick him up before lunch. Then I guess he will sleep all afternoon tomorrow.

Wouldn’t it be nice to win a lot of money to not have to worry about what things cost? A choose things without having to look at the price tag or rank things in which order to get what and which year? We’re not there yet. But slowly but surely we are able to make grander and grander choices and treat ourselves things that 30 years ago was way out of our league. Today we looked at spa-baths. A dream we’ve had since we bought the house. And maybe maybe it is a dream within our reach…

Finally Friday and my turn to have a long weekend. It was ok last weekend – I guess it was my turn to do the hours – but I have felt quite worn out lately so I really look forward to having some time off with my children and hubby. This morning it was a gorgeous day so I took a walk to the subway to get a good start of the day. After work I strolled over to Drottninggatan to look in some stores but no luck. Picked up some really nice sirloin steak on my way home and it turned out great on the grill. May the long weekend begin!

A day with all sorts of weather – starting with a very chilly morning with only 7C. Then some sunshine to be followed by clouds and quite windy. And now it is raining. Picked up some liters of strawberries on the way home – perfect evening treat!

My husband has spent two evenings crawling around our garden to install the new robotic lawn mower – and now he is done and it has started to do it’s job. Yeah!