The world

Wednesday. Mom and I painted the new glassfiber cloth twice – it is now Stockholm white (it’s a white with some yellow and black in it so almost eggshell colored). Good job! Now we leave the next job to the guys – plumbing is not something I am very experienced doing.

We had smoked pork sausage (isterband) with creamy potatoes  for dinner today (you boil potatoes and cut them in small pieces, then make a béchamel sauce and add the potatoes along with chives. Voilà!)

Today it was really windy – Öland is called the “Island of the sun and the wind” and today it was one of those typical days. Mom and I finished putting up wallpaper (fiberglass cloth) in our new bathroom. It turned out better than we dared to hope! Yeah!

New guests arrived in the afternoon and after a traditional dinner of  potato dumplings with lingonberry jam we took a nice walk along the coast.

The last couple of hours we sat outside and enjoyed fresh strawberries picked here on Öland and some whipped cream to go with them. The sunset was magical.

And what is a Tuesday in the summer without “Midsomer Murder” to end a perfect day!

First week already gone. Now week number two has begun. We were able to complete a lot more than I had dared to hope for last week and if we keep this up we will have plenty of vacation days left to enjoy by the time we are done working on our hallway and rest room.

We went into Borgholm after breakfast to get some more things for the house but also groceries and a box of wine (I wonder who drank the last one.. 😉 ). Tonight we have enjoyed dinner outside again – it’s been really warm all day. Nice.

Time to celebrate my name-day – Christina. But only one present today- usually my niece is here too. When my grandma was with us it was our day. Usually we have strawberry cake today  but this year there was no strawberries so we made an m&m cake instead. Filled with jam and custard. Yum.

My mother and I have been putting up wallpaper all day. We found old wallpapers from my grandparents house here that we used. It turned out great. And a fond memory every time I look at them. Yeah.

The alarm went off at 05.45 this morning. We realized that we would not be able to manage putting in the new carpet by ourselves so we had a carpet fitter come over and do the floor for us. It was easy peasy for him and done in no time. Yeah!

Today it was time for our house-guest to return to the city. My brother-in-law arrived last night so same amount of mouths to feed still. We have relaxed today and enjoyed the weekend. I cleared off all the weed behind our house but that was just for a half hour or so.

Tomorrow we might be busy bees again.. And the sun is still shining from a clear blue sky. Life is good.

Can’t believe we have been here a whole week already. My mother and I went for a one-hour-walk and my youngest and his cousin went along to see if they could catch some pokemons. I really like this new game – my kids have never been outside this much before they started playing it. And not just outside – they take long walks and also want to come along when we go shopping and stuff. Yeah. It costs me a few megabytes but hey that’s ok.

Another fantastic day – and another bbq eve. Steaks tonight since it is Friday after all.

Today my parents-in-law, my husbands aunt and great aunt came over for a visit. They brought these fantastic goodies as a treat to go with the afternoon coffee. Yum! Need to take a long walk to get rid of the calories..

It was another great day and we sat outside for dinner and bbq some pork filets. It was a very nice day. We put in the new door too so some work got done as well.

Midweek. Tonight I went with  my dad and uncle to the yearly meeting with the friendship association that makes the decisions about our community here in Djupvik. It’s important to be there if they decide to vote about something so that we can have a say too.

Later in the evening an old friend of the family arrived with the bus from Stockholm to spend a couple of days with us. The sunset was spectacular – as most evenings when it’s been a clear day.

What at great week and the prognosis is good the coming days too! We have been busy bees all day working on our house projects. We have managed to do quite a lot – and managed to make a few errors too. But, nothing we can’t fix fortunately. Today we had a name day in the family and went to get some goodies for afternoon coffee. A perfect excuse!

My oldest had to go take some blood tests and my sinus problems don’t seem to go away by themselves  so I booked an appointment at the clinic and we both went together. I did have sinusitis but I didn’t get antibiotics –
just advice to continue with the nose spray I have been using. Bummer. Patience is not my strongest part.

Tonight the teenagers went pokemon hunting and me and my mother took an hour long walk along the coast. It was quite windy but it was a nice stroll. We met up with the youngsters and we all walked together the last couple of kilometers.