What a strange week – so many elements. Finally Friday and a whole weekend to enjoy.
Picked up some groceries on my way back from work. My bus passed this gorgeous tree and I just had to take a photo of it. I love fall!
Made a ribeye steak with gratin for dinner – mmm. Served with veggies and a nice glass of red for me.
Crashed in our corners – tonight we decided to watch the new Netflix-movie “Strul”. We’ll see if it’s any good.
Last goodbye
Today we said our last goodbye to my hubby’s aunt and Godmother. It was a nice service with a lot of friends and relatives attending. Nice to be able to pay her our respect and be part of this special moment.
We had taken the whole day off which I think was a good idea. This way we could focus and didn’t have any interruptions with work-things all day. Great.
It has been raining a lot all day today and it was a challenge to get to the church and the gathering afterwards. Now we have cuddled up in our corners – tomorrow is a workday again. Thank God it’s Friday.
First game
Our ladies managed to qualify for the Women’s Champions League this year. Amazing.
Tonight they are playing the first game in the group play. We have St Pölten from Austria, Manchester City from the UK and FC Barcelona from Spain in our group. The best two teams in the group moves up to the quarter finals.
Tonights game is towards St Pölten in our home arena. Wish we could be there but fortunately they are showing the game on national TV so we can still see it.
And what a great game we could enjoy! Hammarby was the better team and won the game 2-0 in front of almost 8000 supporters. Yeah!
Long day
Back to work again and a long day today with plenty of things to do. I’m exhausted already – the new energy didn’t last very long, lol. Quite a productive day though so that was good.
Today I wore my boots for the first time this fall. Decided that summer is over now and time for the next round of clothes and footwear. It is going to rain the rest of this week – hopefully the prognosis is wrong and that it will be better than the forecast says. But, it’s just to dress accordingly.
Back home
The day to pack up and drive back to the real world came faster than we all wanted. But, we have had a great couple of days in our paradise and it was so nice to be here with my parents. Just spend time together and enjoying each other’s company.
The drive back to the city went without any problems and it was so nice to hug my boys when we got home.
Today we are celebrating 29 years of marriage and my hubby surprised me with a gift. I had bought him a little something too. Next year we have a big anniversary which deserves something extra special. We’ll see what we will decide.
Drive
Another lovely sunny day – what a weekend we have had! We decided to go for a drive along the coast and stopped at the old rogue mill – Jordhamn – which was used to grind limestone back in the day.
After lunch we took a nice 3k walk and could sit outside and enjoy a cup of coffee when we got back home again. Now we have watched both the other Stockholm-teams in their games this afternoon with results that was good for our team in both cases. Yeah.
Last evening in paradise this visit. Let’s hope for another sunset – one each evening so far. Good for the soul.
Great day
After breakfast we packed ourselves in the car and drove into town to take a look around. Didn’t find anything to buy but it was a nice visit. On our way home we stopped at Kårehamn for some lunch. I had their famous fish soup which I chose almost every time we go there. Mmmm.
This afternoon we had friends and family over for coffee and to watch the soccer game. We haven’t defeated this team since 2017 but today we managed to do so. 1-0 win and right now we are up to second place with one more game played than the teams around us. Fingers crossed things will go our way this weekend!
Day off
What a day!
This morning the chimney sweeper came as scheduled (the reason we went down here to begin with) and did the survey of our chimney. Passed and cleared. We are allowed to use our fireplace heating stove for another period.
Today we have worked hard cutting the lawn. Also took a 3k walk around the area. This afternoon the wind almost stopped so I decided to go into the ocean. 11.8C / 53.2F which was a bit of a challenge even for me. The big challenge was that the bathing jetty is removed for the winter so I had to walk into the ocean. Brrrr. But, I did it!
Now another amazing sunset to enjoy. Crashed in our corners. Grateful for this lovely day.
Paradiset
After a long day in the car me and my parents finally arrived in our paradise. Not too much traffic and nice sunny weather with dry roads all the way. Lovely.
Stopped in Borgholm to pick up groceries for the first couple of days – everything as per usual.
Now we have installed ourselves and unpacked some. Crashed in our corners and managed to start the TV. Perfect. Let the long weekend begin!
Shrimp treat
Last day of work for a couple of days.
I stopped on my way home to pick up some groceries. I had decided to have a shrimp sandwich in the mall for lunch but I realized they cost twice as much as the ones in the grocery store.. so I brought one with me back home instead. Unbelievable. Just saved myself some money. Yeah.
I’m making an apple crumble for my boys – something they can enjoy while I’m away. Going to start dinner in a bit too. Picked up some minute-steaks – thought it might be a nice treat. Then a quiet evening at home with my boys. Nice.