Month: May 2020

Ascension day – and a lovely sunny day off. Couldn’t sleep this morning so I got up and started a laundry while I had my breakfast.

We helped my parents buying a garden tool and went over with it to them and stayed for a coffee in the sun. Lovely to see them for a bit.

This afternoon my husband has cleaned the spa while I baked some cookies for the party tomorrow. Tonight we bbq steaks and had a nice dinner together. Now some relaxing time in front of the tele before it is time to hug the pillow.

Short day today since tomorrow is a holiday. Yeah. Started my day with my – hopefully – last dentist appointment for a while. He put the cap on which took about 40 min and now I’m quite sore, but it looks good and with some luck it will be fine in a day or two.

After work I went to do my physio and ran across my parents on my way back home so we walked together for a bit and had a nice chat.

The trees across the street from the school are so pretty now. Not sure if they are cherry trees or something else, but they are gorgeous.

I slept so hard this morning when the alarm went off I wasn’t sure where I was. I hate when that happens! Takes a while to gather energy to get up.

Long day at work so no afternoon walks with my son today. Another day filled with invoices but not much else.

Tonight I made chile con carne for dinner for me and my husband. The boys had tacos. Minced meat in two different ways. I often serve us different dishes but I try to use the same protein to make it a bit easier.

Great start of the week. First a session at the physio therapy and then work (lots of invoices today).

After work me and my oldest son went for a long walk in the forrest. He talked me into taking the non-illuminated track which is a lot more challenging and a lot harder to walk since it is more in the forrest itself. But, 1 hr and 15 min and 14500 steps later we were back home again. Yeah. I will be so sore tomorrow.

Happy 17th of May, Norway. Public celebrations will be cancelled this year but one can celebrate at home!

I’ve been studying some more today – completed the “Finance for Non-financial professionals” class which was a challenge. Now I’m doing “High Impact Business Writing”, which is hard too since the American way of writing differs a lot from our way of writing. After this one I have two more classes before I get my full certificate in “Career Success Specialization” from the University of California, Irvine – Division of Continuing Education via Coursera. I’m so proud of myself that I’m actually passing all these classes – and with good grades too.

We just took a short stroll around the block today – we’ve been a bit lazy. My husband went into town to meet with someone who bought his large 36″ unicycle. He hasn’t used it for years so it was great that he could sell it. Picked up dinner from the pizza-place tonight and now it is pouring down outside. Short week next week to look forward to.

Saturday. Managed to sleep in until 8AM and after breakfast we went to return and borrow some jigsaw puzzles from my parents and say hello. It is a bit too chilly to sit outside for a coffee so we just stood outside and talked for a bit.

I have studied some today – right now I’m taking “Finance for Non-finance professionals”. I have entered a 10-course training and now I am doing course number 7 so I’m making progress. I try to study before work and in my afternoon-offs and it is quite fun.

We had leftovers tonight from the rump steak and I made a potato gratin and whiskey sauce to go with to make a new dish out of it. Now some sofa-time and a glass of red infront of the TV.

Friday again. This week has been packed with things to do and went by really quickly. The weather has been awful with snow and rain mixed with some sunshine but quite chilly and even frost during the nights.

Tonight we bbq a rumpsteak and it turned out great! Delicious. We will buy it again for sure. We bought a whole steak but I sliced it up and marinated it for a bit before it was time to cook it. Served with oven baked potatoes. Yum!

Another strange day with snow, rain and freezing cold. Mixed with sunshine and blue sky.

We picked up some chicken tikka masala today from India Dream. So yummy! The boys got nuggets from McD. They don’t know what they’re missing.

Tonight we can vote in our Mello-apps in the “Sveriges 12a” show – since the ESC is cancelled Sweden has put together an alternative contest and we have now selected which 25 songs that will go thru to tonights show. And tonight we will chose the winner (Sweden not being part of the competition for obvious reasons).