The world

Thursday already – time goes by way too quickly.

We managed to gather the whole family for lunch at Kårehamn today. My uncle w/ family came along too – great to spend some time together – all 11! I enjoyed their fish soup which is a favorite of mine.

Tonight we have a “smörgåstårta” to look forward to. Mmm. I brought a nice bottle of white wine from our visit to Lodi  with me here that I thought I’d treat my family.

This afternoon we received some more snow but now it’s raining instead. No weather for a walk along the coast, unfortunately.

It was snowing half the night so this morning we woke up to a winter wonderland and quite windy. It settled as the day went by and tonight the grass is showing here and there already.

Me and my sis had to get groceries but the roads were no problem to drive on and there was no traffic to speak of. So, we got back safely.

Now it’s time to hug my pillow and maybe read some in my new book –  “Where the crawdads sing”. Everyone says it’s great – let’s find out if I agree.

It was very windy last night and you could really feel the weather outside. It was also raining for part of the night. After breakfast we drove down to Kalmar to run some errands – we managed to get most of the things done! I found some bedlinen that I wanted to buy so that was good. Need to upgrade both here and at home.

We received news from the city that it’s been snowing a lot up there. We got a few snowflakes here too but nothing that lasted long enough to get the ground white. Maybe we get some more tonight. 

When we got back home my sis made bolognese and I made the spagetti. Teamwork. Tonight we have watched another couple of episodes of “Jack Reacher” – only three left of this season now. 

Monday already – the weekend went by way too quickly. This morning my hubby, K & S and Ss boyfriend drove back to the city again. The trip went without any problems and hardly any traffic either. Good.

Me and my sis went grocery shopping – just a few bits and pieces for the next couple of days.

It’s been quite cold and grey today so we haven’t been outside much. Just a quick walk around the block to get some fresh air. Had leftovers for dinner served with my sis’s delicious homemade potato gratin (!) and after dinner we enjoyed a couple of episodes of “Jack Reacher”, season 2. I finished reading my book – I have another one with me if that would happen. Might start on that tonight.

Easter day and daylight saving time starting today in Sweden.

The forecast had promised a sunny day but it’s been cloudy for the most part. We went for a long walk after breakfast and it was quite nice. 

This afternoon it was the premier game for our team in this soccer season so we all gathered up together (well.. most of us) and cheered on our team. And we won 3-1. Yeah! Nice. Great start! 

After the game we filled two cars and drove into Borgholm for the yearly dinner at Sörens – a tradition since many years on Easter day. We went to see the rooster on the main square and took a family photo. And the dinner was great – they seldom disappoint! 

Now we’ve treated ourselves to some cheese and crackers and a glass of red to end a great Easter weekend. Tomorrow half of the family will drive back to civilization again. 

A foggy start of the day but it cleared up as the day went by. We went for a walk after breakfast and it was lovely. We might have received some rain last night so we stayed on the roads rather than walking in the terrain since it was quite wet in the grass. 

After lunch the kids went egg-hunting – can’t miss that! A while later they found the treasure and could enjoy their treats. 

Today the soccer season started so we watched the premier game on TV. Tomorrow it is our turn – going to enjoy that on TV too! Fingers crossed it will be a good start for us. 

For dinner we prepared a traditional “smörgåsbord” of Easter goodies. So nice. Ended the evening watching a movie and playing board games. Now it’s time for bed. 

This morning the sun was shining and we had a lovely day ahead. We went grocery shopping right after breakfast and then in the afternoon we went for a long walk – all eight of us – while waiting for my hubby and oldest son to arrive. My youngest son decided to stay in town after all, we miss him already.

Tonight we made fried chicken with Hasselbacks potatoes – yum! Then we played a boardgame and now we have watched Masked Singer. Now it’s time to hug our pillows.

A sunny start of the day. My parents picked me up after breakfast and then we went to pick up my sister. Then we’ve spent the day in the car driving down to our paradise.

Hardly any traffic at all fortunately and the trip went well. Arrived at a rainy paradise in the late afternoon. Now we’ve unpacked and crashed for a bit while waiting for more family members to arrive later on this evening. So nice to have some quality time together – hopefully away from some stress.

Yesterday I came down with some sort of cold and cough but no fever or headache. I took a covid-test this morning to be on the safe side and it was negative. Good.

Midweek and my last workday for a while. Easter break coming up and tomorrow I’m going down to our paradise with my parents and sister.

I got a lot done at work this morning so I’m ok with being away for a bit. Nothing that stresses me so that’s good.

Been busy this afternoon doing laundry, ironing and packed my bags. Don’t need to bring that much but there’s always a lot of things in the end for some reason. Unfortunately I am getting a cold – I hope it will go away quickly. Runny nose, a slight cough and hoarse voice. But, I feel ok, no fever and no headache so that’s good.

This morning we shut down one of our systems at work and updated it with a new way to log into the system. And everything worked beautifully – puh. A star for me and our it manager!  Maybe I can sleep tonight now that I don’t need to worry about that anymore. Perfect.

Had lunch with a dear friend today – our monthly lunch dates are very precious to both of us. Nice.

Got on the same subway as my hubby on the way home. Of course we missed the bus by a minute so we took a walk home instead of waiting for the next bus. Nice. Now we have finished the last leftovers in the fridge – so different meals for all four. Lol.