The world

Sunday. My dad and uncle have spent the entire day on the northern part of the island working on a track&field event. My sister and her oldest drove back to town for a few weeks of work before they return again. The rest of us have been at home – we managed to put in the wooden floor in our hall way – yeah! Tonight it was time for the yearly mill festival – Kvarnfesten. They celebrate 30 years this year. So we all went there for a bit before we went back home for a late dinner.

The day started with a dip in the ocean before breakfast – a tradition that goes way back in time. Old habits are hard to break – and it is a quite nice way to start the day. 19,5C in the ocean.

We didn’t do much today – did some laundry for my boys but other than that we just enjoyed the day and celebrated the one full day we have together in a while with some pink bubbly. Tomorrow my sister and oldest niece are going back home. 🙁

Short day at work – then home – pack the car and away we went. Got stuck in traffic in Södertälje due to the bridge being under construction and a traffic accident on top of that. But, 7,5 hrs later we arrived safely in our paradise. With the magical sunset and a glas of rosé to end the long day. It was great to see the boys again. And everyone else of course. Let summer vacation begin!

Congratulations to our crown princess Victoria on her birthday! It is a national flag-day but not a holiday so we all had to work today. It’s been quite a nice day today – but the real summer feel hasn’t arrived yet

Can’t wait to see my boys again – I know they are doing great and don’t miss me one bit – which makes being apart from them so much easier. But two weeks is more than enough – time to reunite the family again!

Had to stay a bit longer at work today – but got everything done. Then I went to the market and bought some tuna for dinner. We have never tried to grill tuna before but it turned out great. They had a great sauce made specially for the tuna fish at the market and it was lovely. Flavored with chili, ginger and sambal oelek. Quite spicy but delicious. We had invited my brother-in-law over for dinner and had a nice evening together. Trying to make some plans on what to bring to our paradise and what to buy down there.

After a long day at work I met up with my husband to go and buy that carpet for our bathroom in paradise – mission accomplished. Yeah.

And since our kitchen still is not ready – another take-out dinner – I’m not complaining.. lol. Thai tonight. Pad Mee with shrimps. Yum.

My oldest son got accepted to the Royal Institute of Technology today. I couldn’t be more proud of him. He is on the reserve list for his first choice but got accepted to his second choice. In a couple of weeks they will announce the second round of acceptances – fingers crossed he will get his first choice then. But regardless – he got in and he is so happy! Well done, son!

Another week of work. Time to gather some more energy and get on with it. On my way home the clouds crowded up together and covered the sky. It was really warm too so I guess thunder is on it’s way.

Stopped by my parents house to see to it and then I walked back to ours afterwards. Managed to get home before it started to rain. Yeah!

Went to a new restaurant for dinner since my husband is renovating our kitchen. We have had dinner at this place several times but now it was no longer a local pizzeria but instead a fancy restaurant which was not what we expected. But since we were there we stayed – and dinner was great.

Not so great weather to start the day so no swim before breakfast today. But by the time of the 11-o’clock coffee it had cleared up and the rest of the day was fantastic.

We could enjoy another day in sunshine and time by the sea. What a great weekend! Lovely! We are really spoiled to have such a fantastic place to enjoy.

And as icing on the cake .. Michel Torneus managed to break the Swedish record in long-jump – 8.44 (new record by 22 cm) and thereby qualified to the Olympics. YEAH! I congratulated him on his success!

Saturday morning in bright sunshine! Started the day with a dip in the ocean before breakfast. Then we got busy for a couple of hours and helped out with different things that needed to be done. Then coffee by the seaside and and some time in the sun.

Around dinner time it started to thunder and the sky opened up and the rain poured down for hours. It stopped for a while during dinner so we could sit in the glas-house – if it is raining that hard it is difficult to sit out there because you can’t hear what anyone is saying. Another great day to an end.

Friday finally. Sushi for lunch. Mm. After work we packed our bags and picked up my brother-in-law and went out to our second paradise for the weekend.

It was a great evening – it is so pretty out there and the weather was really good. We had a nice dinner together and sat chatting for hours before it was time to go to bed. Let the weekend begin!