Mello – 3

Tonight we will enjoy the third round. The host city is Östersund and the competitors tonight are ; mello15

  1. Ellen Benediktson
  2. Kalle Johansson
  3. Andreas Weise
  4. Andreas Johnson
  5. Isa
  6. Kristin Amparo
  7. Jon Henrik Fjällgren

Straight to the finale; Jon Henrik Fjällgren and Isa
Second chance; Andreas Weise and Kristin Amparo

Snow is melting away quickly now. Green grass showing here and there but still piles of snow too.

Birthday party

imageMy youngest has his birthday next week – 15 years old – but since we will be away we had invited our family over tonight for a coffee and cake. I had ordered a special cake for him and it was a success!

Last day at work for a week – a vacation is just what we need right now. All four of us are really tired and in the need of a change of environment and focus. Maybe spring has arrived when we get back from our ski trip. That would be great.

XL-galan

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Finally – Thursday eve and XL-galan in our fine arena Globen. And it was a great evening with many really good results – and a world record to put that silver lining on top! Genzebe Dibaba had announced she was going to try and set a new wr in 5000 m and she did with flying colors! The new record, 14.18.86, was almost 6 seconds quicker than the last one! Amazing!

image5 Swedes managed to qualify for the indoor European championships tonight. Our own jumper from Hammarby, Michael Tornéus, was one of them, with a nice series of jumps where the longest one measured 8.07. Great start of the season!

I had a great evening with my parents and my best friend! Life is not so bad.

Donut

My youngest is a happy son today – they have opened an American donut place in Skärholmen – DonkinDonuts – with imageextra color on everything. They opened their first place north from Stockholm a while back and this is their second, and it is right next to where we live.

So, one 6-pack of colorful goodies later we arrived back home and enjoyed them with some hot tea!
Hmm.. I wonder which kinds we will try next time!?

Fettisdagen

imageOn the annual Fettisdagen in Sweden we eat these “semlor” with great joy and delight. It is a fluffy bun with cardamon flavor, filled with almond icing and whipped cream. Lid powdered with icing sugar.

Mmmm..

Jr

Monday again. What happened to the weekend? It was gone imagebefore I knew it. A friend of mine posted a pic of a great burger today and I totally blame him for my choice of lunch.. Lol. It was only a small burger though..

Spent a lovely hour or two with my parents whom I haven’t seen in ages. They stopped by with tickets for Thursday when we all are going to the indoor track&field gala in the Globen Arena. Can’t wait! Usually a very special evening!

Ad

20141228_131033Just updated our ad on Blocket (Swedish version of Ebay) – we are selling a pair of snowboard boots that are too small for us. We had two pairs of boots in the ad to begin with, but the other pair we sold a week ago or so. But, if anyone is interested – let me know! They are in mint condition!

A very sunny Sunday – might take another walk today. On my own because my husband is still sick. My oldest has also started to show some symptoms. Not great. I’m still ok though.

Mello – 2

Time for the second round – this time Malmö is the host and the competitors tonight are; mello15

  1. Linus Svenning
  2. Emelie Irewald
  3. Samir & Viktor
  4. Neverstore
  5. Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen
  6. Magnus Carlsson
  7. Mariette

Straight to the finale; Mariette and Magnus Carlsson
Second chance; Linus Svenning and Samir & Viktor
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Valentine’s Day today – surprised my three hearts with a box of hearts. The surprise-part can be discussed though since they expect a box every year.. Lol.

 

Semla #1

Last night I bought “semlor” (Shrovetide buns / cream buns) imagewith me home after work. Next week it is the national Semla-day but I thought we should start a bit early this year. They have been sold for weeks already.

Friday today – my youngest has had a cold for about a week and yesterday my  hubby came home coughing and sneezing complaining about a sore throat. I hope the rest of us will be able to stay away from the germs. Don’t want to be sick when we are going skiing.

Photograph

I bought myself a new book with sheet music – Ed Sheeran. I himageave fallen in love with a couple of his songs – “Photograph” – is one of them. “One” is another. The two songs are played over and over again during my trips back and forward to work.

My body aches today after the massage yesterday – my muscles really had to work hard even though my naprapath claimed he didn’t give my muscles a hard time. Lol. But it is a positive ache and I always feel great afterwards. I am doing some exercises too which of course add to the muscle ache. Got to be prepared for the week in Norway..