Month: November 2020

Long day at work. Not terribly busy but I’ve had things to do all day. Made a pasta with pesto and the last leftovers of the salmon for lunch. Turned out pretty good. “Falukorv” (Swedish sausage) with beans and potatoes for dinner. Perfect Tuesday meal. 

Yesterday it was really dark when me and my oldest walked back from his appointment. This photo was taken at 4.30PM. We had to use the flashlight in our cellphones to see where we were going. The lake was so pretty in the dark though. 

New week. Today we received our new couches we ordered a couple of months ago. They look great and we are very happy with them so far. The delivery guys took the old couches with them and also the one from upstairs that we replaced with two armchairs a while back. Perfect! Nice with something new!

I tried to do some of my physio exercises after work – they gyms are closed until November 19th due to the virus restrictions. 

My oldest had a dentist appointment this afternoon so I walked with him to Fruängen and back to get some steps. I waited for him while he was in there too. He passed with flying colors – great news! 

A different kind of Father’s day with the virus restrictions – we decided to not see our dads and just enjoy a family day to ourselves.

A sunny day so me and my husband went for a walk around the lake. When we got back home I made a raspberry crumble pie served with vanilla ice cream and we had a nice afternoon tea with the boys. “They” had bough him a giftbox from “Pärlans Konfektyr” with homemade toffees, chocolate covered toffees and caramel sauce. So delicious. And the sauce was perfect on the pie! 

Happy Father’s Day – to my dad, my American dad and my father-in-law. And to all other amazing dads out there. Flag up for you all today. 

Today we have been busy bees all day. My husband has cleaned our spa so now it is fresh and ready for us to enjoy during the winter. I went grocery shopping while he went to pick up some stuff for the spa and on our way back we stopped to get some sweets – it is Saturday after all! 

The American election finally seems to have come to a result and the sitting president Donald Trump will step down and his contester Joe Biden will be their new president. The 46th one. It was almost 30 years since the sitting president didn’t get re-elected. 

Oh – we received notice that our new couches will arrive on Monday! Yeah! 

Friday already – can’t believe we’ve been home for as long as we were in paradise already. Time flies. 

Lovely weather today. Me and my oldest took an hour long walk after work to pick up a package. I had ordered some stuff from a hobby-store for Xmas. 

Going to pick up some thai food in a bit and then we have a game night planned with my sister w/ family. Yeah. If we can’t see each other in person this is the next best thing, I guess. Let the weekend begin! 

Thursday already. Had quite a lot of things to do today so the day went by rather quickly. Except the last hour which was extremely slow.

We made salmon for dinner – again. This time oven baked served with rise. Chicken for the boys.

Had a discussion with our mailman today. She has started to drive on the lawn again. Didn’t take long to pick up that bad habit. The mailman has no interest whatsoever in getting out of the car and walk to our mailbox. So I sent off a letter to the mail company and asked if they had any suggestions on how to fix this recurring problem.

After work I  got a chance of some me-time while I was waiting for my youngest at his appointment. And what could be better than a sun-bun and a caffe latte at Vete-katten? Served with a pink alstroemeria flower to decorate the tray. Lovely. 

Back home again. Crashed in front of another episode of “Queen’s Gambit” – it is quite good. It’s just a mini-series – one season. I’m half way thru. 

Today we had salmon both for lunch and dinner.. oh well.. it was two completely different dishes and both very tasty so it was ok. We had cold marinated salmon with potato sallad for lunch. Then I made a fish casserole / soup for dinner with boiled potatoes and butter fried fresh asparagus, brussels sprouts and zucchini. A ready-made fish soup to which I added the above ingredients. Yum. The boys had pork instead of fish soup. 

Quite a busy day off and on with a couple of meetings. Now it feels great to relax a bit before it is time to hug my pillow. 

Back to the real world again after our break in paradise. Got up early and walked over to my physio therapy only to find out that it was cancelled due to the new stricter pandemic regulations. Three weeks to start with and then hopefully the gym will open again. I just wish they would have announced it on their website so I wouldn’t have had to walk over there in the rain for nothing. Oh well. 

Made a lasagna for dinner and now I’ve been relaxing for a bit watching a new Netflix-series about a woman chess-player which is pretty good. 

They grow a lot of pumpkins on Öland and we always buy some during fall break. This year we didn’t manage to grow our own – we planted them way too late. We received a lot of flowers but no pumpkins. Anyway, we brought the ones we bought back home with us and today I carved mine and put a tea-light in it. 

Tonight we went over to my parents-in-law for a lovely dinner. We haven’t seen them in a long time and it was really nice to chat for a bit. First time we have dared to go away for dinner since this whole pandemic started.