Month: November 2023

Time to figure out what to bring and what not to. Put in the most important things first and then see what room I have left. Not much as it turns out. Lol. Too many presents… The upside is that we have plenty of room in the luggage when we return to bring presents back!

The temperature and weather in California is a challenge at this time of year with very chilly mornings around only a few C and then up to 15-20C in the afternoon (if we’re lucky).  Hmm. And very cold here when we leave so I guess we need to dress for that too. And maybe a lot of snow when we return. Who knows. 

Short day today and have been a busy bee all afternoon doing laundry, tried packing and getting dinner on the table. Puh. Good thing I still have another couple of days to figure everything out. 

A busy Sunday getting ready for having family over for celebrations tonight. Since we are on our trip when my hubby is having his birthday we invited our family over for coffee and cake tonight instead. And since we will miss Advent 1st we tried the “glögg” tonight. The white one that has a new edition every year. This year was quite good with the flavor of “Gamla Stan” (raspberry, pomerans etc). 

So nice that all 13 of us could find a time to get together! Lovely to see everyone for a couple of hours! Next time will be around X-mas! Thank you for coming over and celebrate! 

Friday already and an important meeting in the morning. It went well so that was great.

Have been feeling a bit tired all week and when our student arrived for work I cut my day short and left a couple of hours early. Picked up some groceries on my way home and started some laundry. Now I’ve taken an aspirin and crashed in my corner for a bit before it’s time to start dinner.

Love this photo from our summer holiday. Good memories. May the weekend begin.

Time to reflect and give people the benefit of the doubt. Thoughtful words – “Today you could be standing next to someone who is trying their best not to fall apart. So whatever you do today, do it with kindness in your heart”.  

Next time you get upset if someone is being annoying, don’t have patience with their kids, is being rude or whatever – remember you don’t have the full picture. What have their day been like before this moment.

No special reason for these thoughts – just saw the note and thought it was worth remembering. Especially now when darkness is all around us, covid is making a new entrance in society and people are quite grumpy in general. 

An extremely busy short day but I managed to complete the task. Great. I was so tired when I got home I had to rest for a bit. Made a slow-cooked chili for tonight which just needed my attention to begin with – then it cooked itself in the oven. 

I love to listen to an old best-of-album by Enya and one of the songs on the album – May it be – was the movie music to “Lord of the rings – The fellowship of the rings”. I just love their music! 

“May it be an evening star, Shines down upon you, May it be when darkness falls, Your heart will be true, You walk a lonely road, Oh, how far you are from home.

Mornie utulie, Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantie, A promise lives within you now

 

May it be the shadow’s call will fly away, May it be your journey on to light the day, When the night is overcome, You may rise to find the sun

Mornie utulie, Believe and you will find your way

Mornie alantie, A promise lives within you now

 

A promise lives within you now”

Long day today. Some snow fell during the day but not to last. It is quite chilly outside and it won’t be long now before winter arrives. 

When I was waiting for the subway I noticed this broken glass door. I just like abstract patterns and fun things to photograph. 

Hubby has an event with work tonight so it was just me and the boys for dinner. I heated up some leftovers for dinner and now I’m just going thru my mail and chats. 

A very cold start of the week but no snow in sight. 

After work I went to buy a present to bring with us on our upcoming trip. Then I took the bus up to Åhléns to get material for our crafts night next week. Great to have that done. Had a sandwich for lunch before I went home. 

Made spagetti for dinner with bolognese and meatballs. Mmm. Have some leftovers for later to enjoy for “fika” tonight. Father’s Day cake – the blue princess cake – and saffron buns. Mmm. What a treat! 

Flag up for all dads today when Sweden celebrates Father’s Day.

This afternoon my dad picked me up and we went to cheer on our soccer team for the last time this season. Very cold with only a few degrees above 0C so we had put on a lot of clothes to stay warm. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to do better than an even score so only one point instead of the three we had hoped for. This means we ended up in the 7th place this year. So fun to have been able to attend so many games together with my dad and sometimes my mom and sis too. Hope we can do it again next season. 

Made a nice dinner for my hubby and boys when I got back home and now we have had some evening “fika” with a blue princess cake and saffron buns. I had bought a nice box of fancy chocolates and a lottery ticket to my hubby – a dad worth celebrating!