The world

A good day. Managed to sleep in a bit.  And no headache today. Felt pretty good actually. So I decided to clean the house..

The pollen is almost gone now so I washed our bed linen and let them dry outside. I just love how they smell afterwards. It is the best thing – to go to bed and feel that wonderful fresh scent in the duvet cover.

As you can see, the elder tree is in full bloom now, so I picked another batch of flowers and prepared some more lemonade. I might pick some more flowers and put in the freezer. Then I can make lemonade in the fall too.

And guess what.. it is only Saturday.. so one more day off!
Life is pretty good!

My husband is a unicyclist. Even competing in the Swedish championships. This week he bought a new toy and guess what he will do on our vacation.. I am very proud of him and as they say – if you can’t beat them – join them.. So maybe  I will give it a go.

This week has been filled with emotions and appointments so I am really looking forward to the three-day-weekend. Tomorrow it is midsummer which will be a lot of fun. We always have a great time with our group of friends. I have known most of them since we were teenagers so we know each other really well.

Now crashed in my corner .. have a great evening!

Family back together again – just picked up the teenagers returning from their camp. They sat quiet in the car all exhausted on the way back. I interpret that as they have had a great time! The person in charge of the trip was happy and pleased so that’s a good sign.

Soccer soccer soccer on tv. Tonight I will cheere on Holland and Spain. Holland is doing good so far – and I just loved it when they outplayed Spain last week. Amazing. I am not really into soccer but it is a matter of survival right now and not being completely left out from the topics to discuss among colleagues and friends.

.. asks pleasure first.. it is the theme from the movie The Piano which is a fantastic piece of music and I am struggling a lot with learning how to play it. I just love the song although it is quite complex with its change of tempo and speed.

Great lunch today with a midsummer theme. First smorgasbord since Easter – and – a couple of more to come. Midsummer day is on Friday and then we are all off work. Nice with a long weekend.  Again!

Monday.. in desperate need of a change.. and what could be better than a haircut? With midsummer coming up and all.

Quite a busy taxi-mom afternoon (as my sis would put it) – dropping off and picking up at all sorts of destinations. But, I am happy to help and that I am allowed into their world. By this time next year – with any luck – my oldest will be able to borrow the car himself instead. Can’t believe I have kids that old.. Where did the years go? The few greys are reminding me it is true though..

When I finally have a chance to sleep in I wake up early. Typical.

But  – the upside of the story is that it is a beautiful (but extremely windy..)  day so I took my usual walk around the area. It was so pretty down by the lake.

My husband is competing in the Swedish Championships in Unicycling – second year in a row. It is a three day event so I won’t see much of him this weekend. He is really good at it actually, but the other competitors are a notch better unfortunately.

Have a wonderful Saturday  – pls leave a comment if you paid me a visit!

Today I went on a special mission – to pick up a couple of newly printed Swedish government official reports from the government printing shop.

It was amazing outside so the walk was a welcome break in my work. The building where the parliament sits is quite old and situated on a small island connected with bridges from the main shopping street, the Operahouse and the Royal Castle.

Tonight we have a summer party with my work colleagues. Chers everyone!

This morning the scale was smiling. Filled with energy I walked to the subway instead of taking the bus. It was a great way to start the day but it made me really hungry. So for lunch I decided to have something more than a sallad – thai noodles with shrimp.

It is really warm and humid today and it rained earlier. Now it feels like it will start to thunder any minute. More common in our paradises than it is here in the city. It is quite spectacular to experience a real thunderstorm on an island close to water. Makes you feel really small. No walk home after work since it was raining when I got to the end station. No need since I had fulfilled my walking goal today – 12.000 steps and still counting.