The world

Every year we have a “smörgåsbord” at work the week of Midsummer and this year was no different.

A treat of early potatoes with dill, three types of pickled herring, sour cream, red onions, chives, meatballs, beetroot sallad, raw spiced salmon, smoked salmon, salmon sauce, egg halves filled with egg yolk mixed with caviar, boiled eggs and a sallad. Fresh strawberries, cherries and vanilla ice-cream to complete the lunch.

And guess what.. we have plenty of leftovers to enjoy tomorrow.. Lovely!

My back is killing me today. Took a hot bath after work and it helped somewhat. I’m longing for a nice massage. That would make my day.

More fun news from our royal family. HRH Princess Madeleine gave birth to her second baby today – a little prince! She was very pregnant at her brothers wedding a few days ago – I guess all that partying might have started things.. Apparently both mother and baby are doing fine.

It’s midsummer on Friday. Time flies. Four more weeks to work before the vacation starts. I hope we will get a fantastic summer with a lot of sunshine and time to relax and have fun. We have a very busy year ahead which will require a lot from us so we need to gather all the energy and strength we can.

A year ago I posted “Empty” when Brasse Brännström – a great Swedish actor who has been a very big part of my generations’ childhood – had died the day before. Yesterday, the other half of this amazing duo passed away – Magnus Härenstam, at the age of 73.

When I grew up their children program “Fem myror..” was a huge success. In this show Eva Remaeus was also part. She sadly passed away already back in 1993, way too early, at the age of 42.

Thank you, Magnus, for all the great memories and smiles you have given me! An era has come to an end. I’m sure heaven will be a fun place to be with these three there!

What a special day – the sun has been shining all day, it’s been lovely outside. A great day for a royal wedding with procession through the city showing off our gorgeous city and of course the newly weds.

Our prince Carl Philip married his Sofia and we have a new princess in Sweden. 

We have been busy bees all day – cleaning the house and
getting things done outside. We ended the day with a bbq outside – grilling great sirloin steak and corn on the cob.

Now I will enjoy a glass of red and look at all the interviews and comments from the wedding.

Fredagsmys-time!

I have had an extremely hectic day but got most of my efforts done – so it feels extra nice to relax in my corner for a bit. Today it has been really warm outside – 75F / 25C – and we enjoyed dinner outside.

My youngest is away tonight to play computer games all night with his friends. My oldest had his last day of school before summer break – so now both the boys are off the next 10 weeks. Officially y e a l o u s ! ! !

A special day – one son started his summer holiday and had the whole day to himself – the other son starts his summer break after tomorrow. Since both me and my husband worked long days today we treated the family a take away pizza for dinner. Or actually three pizzas and one thai wok. We sat outside and enjoyed our dinner – but it was a bit chilly so we didn’t stay out for long. But, the weather these past couple of days has been gorgeous. Haven’t even worn a jacket to work! And I’ve been a good girl and taken several walks this week.

After a day filled with invoicing I went to pick up my oldest. Tons of stuff to organize since he turned 18. We got two more things ticked off on our to-do-list. Great!

Our rhododendron are in full bloom right now. Both the purple and the pink ones. They really brighten up the front of the house!

It’s been a lovely day – it was a bit grey and cloudy for a while – but the sunshine came back and it is nice outside.

Have a great evening everyone!

I did good today! Walked both ways to and from the subway. And worked a long day with lots of steps all day. I miss my bracelet which kept track of my days – it broke and I haven’t gotten a new one yet.

On my way home the lake was filled with life – tons of bird couples with they newborns. So cute! The lake was stunning as usual. Good for the soul!

Now some corner time to enjoy the Polar Prize award.

When our kids were small they loved to play in the sandbox in the back yard. When they grew out of it we transformed it to a flower box.

Slowly but surely I have introduced herbaceous perennial plants and it is coming together quite nicely, if you ask me.

An easy way to turn an unused toy into something pretty! I have collected some favorites – a few every year – and try to go slow to see how they turn out.

The best thing about going out on a Friday is that it kind of gives
the weekend a feeling of being a day extra long. Even though it can be quite exhausting to go out on a Friday eve after a full day at work at the end of the week, it is totally worth it.

Unfortunately my husband was ordered to work extra this weekend so he had to get up really early and get to work. So it’s only me and the boys at home this Sunday morning. Perfect time to bake some goodies – one baking sheet with chocolate chip-filled ones and one baking sheet with almond icing filled cinnamon rolls.

Later on in the afternoon we are going over to my parents-in-law for dinner. Lovely!