This morning frost was covering the grounds outside. -2C. Very pretty in a way but winter has arrived. Or is not far away anyway.
A sunny nice day and the temperature went up to around 12C when I went back home from work.
Made some “pyttipanna” for lunch – mmm. Now some coffee and a biscuit – a new kind that we won (?!) at the grocery store last weekend. It is from Wasa (the “knäckebröd”-brand) and the flavor we won was Cranberries & Oat Flakes. They had three or four different kinds. And wow – I can really recommend them!
Derby
Managed to sleep in a bit today. Great! Just what I needed. After lunch me and hubby walked over to my parents for afternoon coffee and apple pie. Mmm.
Derby this afternoon so I stayed on to watch the game with my parents. Very close to saving 1 point but a late goal gave our opponents the 3 points instead. Bummer. We sure would have needed those points. Back to 4th place again. New chance next weekend. (photo borrowed from Hammarby Fotboll).
Making a roast beef with gratin for dinner. A lovely sunny Sunday is coming to an end. Short week for me next week since I’m going down to our paradise for a long weekend with my parents. Hubby and the boys are not coming along this time.
Castle of the month – Örby
September almost over and time for the castle of the month – this time we chose Örby Slott close to where we live.
The castle was built back in 1674 by orders from royal governor Falkenberg. Later it was owned by marshal of the realm Gyllenstierna who renovated the properties and changed the style to an empirical one. It was bought by Stockholm City in 1897 and the city split up the property in smaller parts. The Castle has been hosting the Embassy of Vietnam since the 1970s.
When the castle was built they also arranged a baroque garden in the back which is a really lovely oasis with flowers, a variation of trees, a fountain and also a larger paddling pool surrounded by statues. The garden closest to the castle isn’t open for public, but the rest is.
Puh!
Finally Friday! And I managed to complete the assignment that has been troubling me a bit all week. Felt great! Now I can have a nice weekend and don’t have to think about that anymore.
My hubby picked up some pizza for dinner from the food-truck close by. We have tried their pizzas before and decided to give it another try – they looked amazing but didn’t quite live up to the expectations. But, it was ok.
Now some corner time watching some TV. Let the weekend begin!
Forza
What a day. And what a day yesterday too. Our ladies managed to win over Benfica with clear 2-0 and therefor managed to advance to the Champions League group play. Wow. Benfica hasn’t missed the group play ever until now.
And tonight our men managed to win over Häcken with clear 2-0. A very necessary win in order to keep up with the lead. Back to third position. Good. A very tough derby is awaiting this weekend. Hmm.. We have a good derby-track record so fingers crossed the good luck continues.
So much easier to focus and get a good nights sleep with this happy-injection rather than the irritation-injection you get with a loss.
Salmon
I’ve been a busy bee all afternoon dusting, vacuuming etc. Felt nice to sort out these things – have been neglecting the floors lately.. But, now it’s done and I can put my feet up for a bit.
Made an oven baked salmon for dinner – beef for the boys – nice.
It looks like it is about to start raining any second now. Fingers crossed it will not rain tomorrow night – and fingers crossed we will get tickets to see the soccer game live. If we don’t I’m going to watch it from the comfort of my parents home instead, which is nice too.
100%
Finally my body battery was 100% when I woke up this morning. Haven’t been able to reach that in a while. Perfect.
Quite a nice day today – got a lot done again. Had lunch with our it-manager which was really nice. Birthday celebrations this afternoon – a carrot cake treat. Lovely.
Hubby had dinner on the table when I arrived back home. Chicken with rise. Very nice. Now I’ve put the kettle on so soon we’re going to enjoy a cup of tea before it’s time to hug our pillows. A good day.
Ache
Very tired today after not sleeping great for a couple of nights and also ache in my body after all the garden-work.
Managed to get a lot done this morning and also had a good chat with a colleague. Good start of the week.
Back home again and enjoying some me-time while the boys are upstairs. Doing some housework and figuring out what to make for dinner. We have a lot of left-overs so I’ll do something with that. Had some of the left-overs for lunch too. Nice.
More gardening
What a weekend! We have managed to get so much work done in our garden. Hubby has finished cutting the hedge, the boys helped him rake the cuttings. I have finished three of our flower boxes – sorted our weeds, planted bulbs and making them ready for winter. Hopefully they will reward me with pretty flowers in the spring!
We bbq some hotdogs outdoors after finishing our work. Nothing tastes better than a freshly bbq hotdog outside as a reward for hard work. Mmm. Now we’ve crashed inside for a bit – need to order some things online. Our team is playing today – fingers crossed they will get those three points they need today! I have my good-luck-jersey on – I hope it will bring some luck!
PS! They managed to get one point with an even 0-0 result.
Gardening
We managed to sleep in a bit this morning and after breakfast we went on our regular rounds. Also picked up some new bulbs so the garden will look pretty in the spring.
This afternoon we have been busy bees working in the garden. I have cleared the weeds from one of our flower boxes and also planted grape hyacinths, crocuses, daffodils and some alliums. Started to clear the other flower box but I will continue tomorrow. So tired. My hubby has cut the hedge in our front yard. Just the one on the side left. Hard work.
Our oldest is with his friends tonight so the three of us left will soon enjoy a nice dinner. Thought we’d start the grill and bbq some corn on the cob and some meat. Mmm.