Month: November 2022

Wow – winter arrived. It has been snowing non-stop since yesterday and my hubby has been out shoveling snow twice already today. Even helped our neighbor shovel. He is a star! 

The rest of us has spent a quiet day indoors not doing much use. Well other than doing some laundry, fixing lunch and dinner, receiving some groceries we ordered with home delivery, changing curtains in the living room etc. Now I have put up our curtains with the red bullfinches on – they are more winter curtains than Xmas curtains so they can be up all winter season. Love them. Next weekend it is the first of Advent so then we will continue with the season decorations and put up the Advent candlelights. 

Tomorrow it is time to get back to work again after a lovely week off. I am so grateful we got to go to our paradise for a few days and that we managed to get home before the snowstorm arrived. Now I guess we will have to wait until Easter before we drive down there again. 

We thanked our lucky star that we decided to drive back when we did – today the first snow arrived and has caused a lot of problems all over the east coast of Sweden. Our paradise is covered in snow and so is our house here in town. 

Managed to sleep in for a bit and then we went on our usual round. After lunch we drove over to church for the yearly fair. We went all four of us and had a nice coffee and bought some lottery tickets so support the church. 

It is going to snow all weekend so I think we will stay indoors and relax. So nice with one more day off before I go back to work again. 

We got up early this morning to get on the road as soon as possible since it gets so very dark in the afternoon now. After breakfast we finished up, said good bye to my uncle and started the long drive back to the real world. My second-cousin says the real world is down here though – she might be right. 

No traffic hardly all day – some closer to Stockholm but not too bad, mixed weather – both sun, rain and even some snow. We took some nice breaks, switched driver a few times and arrived safely back home  about 6,5 later. 

So nice to hug my boys again – I have missed them but I know they have been ok here so I haven’t been worried. My hubby had bought things for dinner so I prepared it and we could sit down together and catch up while eating. Lovely. 

This week has gone by so very quickly and I would have loved to stay a while longer. But, we have things to do in town so tomorrow morning we are packing up and driving back to the real world again. Hopefully before the snow arrives. 

Today it has been raining off and on (again) but we managed to go for a nice walk in the morning – south this time – for about an hour. 

After lunch we planted some garlic in our pallet rims – fingers crossed they will bring us good harvest if not next year maybe the year after that.

We brought a pot of coffee and my chocolate cake over to my uncle this afternoon and had a nice time there chatting and catching up. He is doing remarkably well at the moment and it will be much easier to leave him tomorrow than it was last time. 

Slightly better weather today so we went for a long walk after breakfast. Nice to get some fresh air and also not to sit still all day. 

We picked up my dads cousin and met up with my second-cousin in town for lunch. Lovely to see them! After lunch we went with them home for an afternoon coffee and to chat some more. 

Now we are tucked in our corners to watch the handball game on TV. Unfortunately we will not be able to reach the semi finals so the game is not as interesting as it could have been. Oh well.

It started raining again tonight – fingers crossed it will be a lovely day tomorrow since it is our last day before we start the drive back home. The time goes by so quickly. Poff and vacation is over. 

Today it has been raining off and on so we have spent most of the day indoors catching up on some programs on tv.

We tried to take a walk but turned back due to the rain. Instead we drove up to the local store to get a few things for this evening.

Tonight we enjoyed a nice dinner and then our neighbors a few houses behind us came over for a coffee and a nice chat. They live here all year around and help us keep an eye on our property when we’re not here. Much appreciated!

First official day off. Lovely! After breakfast me and my mom drove into town for some shopping. We needed groceries and also a new string of lights for our tree outside the house. I’m happy how it turned out! So nice with some lights in this complete darkness. 

This afternoon I went over to see my uncle for a bit and we had a nice chat. I brought him a piece of the chocolate cake I baked yesterday. 

Tonight I have made a pasta with scampi and spinach for dinner served with a lovely glas of white wine. Life is not bad. 

Today we celebrate Father’s day in Sweden. A foggy day in our paradise but we went for a 2k walk around the block to get some fresh air. When we got back we treated ourselves a “smörgåstårta” for lunch. Mmm.

Baked a chocolate cake and tried our new oven – worked perfectly fine.

It is so very dark and quiet down here with no street lights and hardly any traffic. So peaceful. Slept really well last night and hopefully I will continue to do so for the rest of our stay here.

Surprised my hubby with a delivery. Just because he’s a great dad to our sons. And because I’m not home to treat him myself.

Got up early today and my parents picked me up to start the long drive down to our paradise together. No traffic, lovely sunny day. We didn’t rush and took our time and arrived safely just in time for the early sunset (around 3:30PM).

A quiet week (hopefully) awaits and time to regain energy and relax. No real plans – just a few thoughts about things we want to do and people we want to see. Time to breathe.

What a day – fun but extremely hectic. One of our clients noticed my efforts and surprised me with a present. So nice! I didn’t expect that. 

After work I went for a burger while waiting on the afterwork-event to start. It was great to see my old colleagues again from my time at HP. We haven’t had an AW since before the pandemic so it was quite a lot of people that showed up. Fun! Hopefully there will be another one next spring. 

I didn’t stay very long tonight since I wanted to spend some time with my family before I go away for a week. So, now I’ve hugged my boys and crashed in my corner watching some series on TV with my hubby.