Month: November 2017

New week. This morning there was snow on the ground and a few degrees below 0C. Winter is coming closer. Houses around us are putting up their Xmas-lights. So I put out a few things too – I really like these mushroom-lamps that I bought the other day. They have a timer so they turn on and off themselves in the evening. Perfect. I have one in front of the house and one in the back. I also bought one of those fir-tree garlands – also with timer lights – and hung it on our front door. Nice!

Sunday. It was snowing this morning. Got up quite early – couldn’t sleep so I started breakfast instead. American pancakes with maple syrup. And a cup of tea. And then a coffee for afters. A quiet house with a lovely breakfast and an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” to enjoy. Not a bad start!

Grocery shopping, a few errands and now some corner time. I should take a walk but the weather isn’t all that great so I think I will skip it.

Yesterday I took a photo of this sign saying “it is not a weakness to loose control – it is a strength to take it back” . Good advise.

Woke up early today and didn’t sleep so good last night. Had trouble letting some thoughts go and once you start going over some things in your mind you wake up more and more. And the pizza we had last night was not agreeing with me either. It tasted funny too.

After a nice breakfast I took the bus to get a massage at a center close by. My naprapath works miracles but once in a while I need that extra special massage with the soft music and lit candles. Afterwards my husband picked me up and we have (or he did most of the work) now changed water in our spa for the first time. It went really well and it is now re-heating again. No bath today, I don’t think, but hopefully tomorrow. 

What a week. I spent 4 hours with hardly no breaks this morning trying to solve a problem – and eventually I did. Yeah! Felt nice. But I was so exhausted afterwards. 

I walked down to Sergels Torg after work and they had lit up the glass statue with red lights. Looked kind of X-mass-like. Quite fascinating. I can’t remember ever seeing it in any other color than white before.

Now an evening in my corner – catching up on some series we haven’t seen the latest episode of. First out “Jordskott”. Then probably “Modus”. And of course – tonights episode of “Idol”. I wonder who has to leave today..

Took a long walk from the office thru town. It was lovely. Just needed to clear my head and gather my thoughts. Have a lot on my mind right now of various sorts.

Sometime I wish I could find one of those oil lamps with a genie inside who will grant me three wishes.

Someone once told me to “focus on the problems that I can solve and try not to let the rest bother me”. Easier said than done. But good advice.

It is getting colder and colder in the mornings. Can anyone guess what this photo pictures? It is our mailbox! All covered with pretty snow crystals.

Almost 15.000 steps today. But not enough stairs. Missing 4 – maybe I will reach my goal if I run upstairs a number of times. Haven’t really figured out yet how many steps in a stair that is required to achieve one stair point. But, right now I am happy in my corner enjoying my coffee after a warmed up dinner. Watching amateur bakers on tv – a perfect show if you are tired. No energy or focus required.

I don’t know what happened to last week – it went by so quickly. Unfortunately this weekend also just disappeared and I didn’t get the chance to regain hardly any energy at all. It was nice to see our parents yesterday and sit down for a minute.

Got off to work early this morning – I start at 07.30 on Mondays so my bus leaves at 06.45. It was so dark and the moon was so clear. I tried to take a photo but it doesn’t do the view justice.

Got home early and had already completed both my steps and my number of stairs that I have as a goal every day. Now I’ve done a few chores and tried to relax for a bit. Feel a bit strange – might be a flue coming. Or maybe I am still exhausted from the gymc yesterday. Lol.

In Sweden we celebrate father’s day on the second Sunday in November. So today we gathered the three dads and had an afternoon coffee and cake celebration. We gave the fathers flowers and a lottery ticket and two of the three won a new lottery ticket. Not much – but it is always fun to win.

This morning I went with a friend as a guest to her practice – she is attending a sh’bam class and invited me to come along. So I did. It was quite challenging – especially since I am completely out of practice and in a terrible shape – but I enjoyed it and managed to participate the whole class. Yeah!

Saturday with no real plans besides some house chores and errands. My oldest is with his friends this afternoon and I am tucked in my corner with a coffee and a treat watching the Nordic Teamgym Championships on tv. So fun that they have started to broadcast this sport!

I missed the mixed competition but I saw that our two teams each got a medal – one gold and one bronze. Yeah! Now it is the ladies turn and then the men last. All the Nordic countries are allowed to have two teams competing in each class but not all countries do.

Oh – yesterday Sweden defeated Italy in soccer! And in a bit Sweden is facing Finland in Karjala-cup in ice hockey. So much fun to enjoy!

PS! The ladies got the silver and 4th and the men got the bronze and 4th – very tight competition! Sweden lost 3-1 to Finland – two wins and one loss so far in the tournament.