The world

Every month I try to give myself some me-time. Massage. Maybe treat myself a nice lunch and fancy coffee. Good for the soul. Some time to reflect and a moment to breathe. Before you have to get back to the world and everyday challenges. Appreciate what you have and your near and dear ones. I’m a lucky girl.

Temperature is dropping slowly but surely. -7C today (19.4F). Frost on the car. No snow yet though. Decided that today is the day I will start wearing my new winter coat. Probably a good decision. Time to get out there.

Today when I arrived in town they  had turned on all the Christmas decorations on the streets. It was pretty special. On Sunday it is the first of Advent. My favorite weekend. Can’t wait!

Saturday.. guests tomorrow.. need to collect some dust rats and clean the house. I was wondering what a dust rat is called in English – so I looked it up. In America everything is huge – and now it’s official – according to my dictionary the dust rats are no rats in the States – they are bunnies. Too funny!

Anyway – after hard work there is a reward to collect and today the reward is a cookie called “struva”. Something we eat for Christmas and they are my favorites. It’s a deep fried star-shaped cookie sprinkled with sugar.

Time to enjoy a coffee and struva! Life is good!

 

Friday eve equals “Fredagsmys” in our family – a very common thing in my country. “Fredagsmys” (cosy Friday) means time at home, enjoying a good meal, snacks in front of the TV, I get a glass of wine – the others drink something non-alcoholic. Just a nice quiet evening home together. Actually – together in this case means “in the house at the same time”. I’m tucked in my corner downstairs, hubby is playing guitar upstairs and the kids are in their rooms playing computer games on line with their friends. Everybody is happy and enjoying a Friday eve – let the Fredagsmys begin!

Thursday. A dark rainy day. But only one day left of this week. That I have to go to work that is. I have a new friend who came with me to work today. He put a smile on my face several times. His feet got stuck in a binder and it took me a few seconds to set him free again. A dangerous place if you are tiny. But he might accompany me tomorrow too. Now that he is more familiar with the dangers and can more easily avoid them.

That great feeling I had going home last night quickly changed after watching the soccer game.. and unfortunately it hasn’t come back. Work didn’t do the trick today. So, I’ve done my chores, kids are home, hubby on his way, crashed in my corner for a few minutes while dinner is cooking – tacos tonight – and then hopefully some family time to end the day. Might be a good day after all.

Good day at work – got a lot done. Feels good to go home when you have that feeling.

Finally on my way to my family to enjoy the last hours of this day. Important soccer game tonight – let’s hope Zlatan can work his magic together with our team and get us into the world championships next year. Can’t wait to curle up in my corner with my latte and cheer on our guys in yellow and blue.  Go Sweden!