Month: January 2018

This week winter came back again. But it is not really cold so it’s quite slippery and wet too. Not my favorite to be honest.

Stopped on the way home for a quiet lunch and to pick up some groceries. We are having friends over on Saturday so I wanted to make some preparations. Nice to be ready.

New week again. The weekends passes so quickly. And it is still January.. This month never ends. Or so it feels.

It started to snow again today and it hasn’t stopped. I wonder what kind of winter wonderland we will wake up to in the morning. Even though we’ve barely had winter yet I am definitely ready for spring now.

We are in the finale tonight playing against Spain. Who would have thought? And both France, Croatia and Norway are behind us. Wow. Fingers crossed they will win the game and bring back the gold – what a tournament they have done!

My body is quite sore today after all the stretching and exercises from yesterday. Feels good though – positive ache! No walk today – it is raining outside and the weather is not inviting at all. So grocery shopping, vacuuming and such fun things are on the schedule. Nice Sunday dinner awaits and then it’s time to cheer on our team one last time this tournament. Go Sweden!

Ps.. silver medal for Sweden..

Saturday morning and time for our first yoga-experience. I have been curious to try yoga and my husband wanted to come along. So we signed up for a free trial at Yogaliv in Telefonplan and it was a kundalini yoga pass. Said and done. It was an ok experience and the stretching is probably great for my body. But neither one of us is convince we want to be part of all the mantras and chanting.. So we need to think about this yoga-career.

In the evening we were invited to my parents-in-law together with my parents and my sister w/ family. And we had a lovely evening! My mother-in-law had prepared a great three-course-dinner and everything was just perfect! Thank you!

Finally Friday. And what a great day. Had time to go over some things without any interruptions. Then I met my son for lunch – always a pleasure! After work a dear friend picked me up in Fruängen and we went to Heron City to have dinner and then we saw a movie. Ted – För kärlekens skull. It was a good movie and the music is amazing. Fun to learn a bit more about who he was and all his struggles in life. And my friend and I had a great couple of hours filled with laughter and some tears. Now I’m tucked in my corner – time for semi final for our Swedish handball team. Go Sweden!!! A good Friday will become a great one if we manage to defeat Denmark – they are the current Olympic champions so it won’t be a walk in the park.

Ps.. we won!!!!! ??????

No snow left – just ice and bare ground everywhere. It gets so dark when the snow disappears. After work I strolled by Sergels Torg and the glas statue was lit up in a new color. Not red anymore, more orange. It brought great attention to a lot of people who were taking photos and stopping for a bit. Quite spectacular.

Tonight it was quite nice outside and no rain so it was perfect to sit in the spa for a bit. It’s been snowing or raining in the evenings the last couple of days so we haven’t been in the spa. No handball tonight so I’m watching a few episodes of “The Reign”.

Midweek and time for a special treat at work. I have wanted to take a course in Word but haven’t found one that would answer my questions. So, my employer allowed me to book a personal tutor for 2×3 hrs. Perfect! I am so grateful! Today I had my first 3 hours and next week I will have another 3 hours with this tutor. I am very happy with the outcome and hopefully next week will be just as good, if not even better. Well spent time and money!

Played my piano for a while this afternoon. A great way to relax and clear my head since it is hard to do something else while playing. Made burgers for dinner. And now I’m watching the last game in the group play – Sweden facing Norway tonight. Important game. A semi-final might be in within reach..

Back to work again after a day off. It is so strange how you get slightly lost when skipping a work day. So disoriented and not knowing what day it is. Today it was my long day which is always tough to start up with.

Fun news – a Swedish movie has been nominated in the Oscars for best foreign language movie – The Square. Haven’t seen it and I don’t know if I am interested either, but it is good publicity for Swedish film-making industry to get the nomination. Fingers crossed Ruben Östlund will win with his movie!

I took the day off today to assist my oldest with his doctors appointment. Now we just have to wait for the result. The art in the waiting room was quite fun – tropical birds circling around the room.

After dinner we enjoyed our spa for a bit. Perfect! Now I’m tucked in my corner ready to cheer on our Swedish team playing handball towards Belarus. We need to win this one since we lost the last game towards France. Go Sweden!