fredag 29 augusti 2008

Going away for the weekend

I'm organizing for the weekend right now. Packing a bag for the kids and trying on my dress. I feel like I need a different pair of shoes to go with the dress. It's crazy to even think of right now, I know but I think I need to buy a new pair of black high heels today. Of course my feet will probably hurt like hell on sunday but hey at least it will look good with the dress : )

Pär and Ulrika are getting married tomorrow at 3 . It's going to be so much fun !!! Castle wedding. I'm going to stay at a castle ! Sweet ! Can't believe how excited I am ! I'll try to take lots of photos of the day. I don't have time to write more now but I'll be back on Sunday with details of my fab weekend ! Or maybe Monday depending on how tired I am : )

Have a great weekend everyone ! xoxoxoxoxo

torsdag 28 augusti 2008

Lots to do

I have so much to do today that I get stressed out just thinking of it . After walking the dog this morning I went to the supermarket and did the weekly big shopping. Now I'm home and just put Norah down for a nap. When she wakes up it's lunch and then wait for Frida to come home from school so that we can go down town. I have some serious shopping to do. I need tons of stuff. Lots of little things for the fancy wedding this weekend and also a new jacket and shoes. Then my good friend Marie had a baby boy on Tuesday so we're going to buy something for him. Then I have an appointment to color my eyebrows and eye lashes at 4.30. J has a meeting at 4 so I'm on the hunt for a babysitter which isn't easy!!! Anyone up for the challenge ? Linda and I are going to visit Marie and the baby at the hospital at 6 and after that I've promised to color a friends hair. It's to much stuff for one day! And who said staying at home is like being on vacation ? It's not today or any other day for that matter !

onsdag 27 augusti 2008

Yesterday in pictures

Always start the day by taking the dog for a 45 minute walk. Yesterday it was poring down with rain today it's sunshine. It doesn't matter what the weather is like we always walk but it's so much nicer when it's like today . Came back and baked some cinnamon buns that came out looking great. Frida loves them so she was happy when she came home from school.
I left Norah alone in the kitchen for a few minutes and this is what I came back to. She was on her way to empty the recycling bin. How much fun is that on a scale from 1 to 10 ? From a babies point of view a 10 for sure. From my point of view it's a 1 for the fact that I have to clean it up. I might add that this was the third time she did this on the same day ! Lovely !

Finally I have to show you this clip of Norah laughing at her big sister. Baby laugh always gets me in a good mood. Have a good one !

måndag 25 augusti 2008

Bad mood



I'm a monster today ! I feel annoyed and angry and sad and....so on....
Frida stared at me across the breakfast table this morning and said - Are you on your period or what's wrong with you ?
I had to start laughing of course when a soon 7 year old little girl says something like that, but lets face it she knows me well !
So stay away from me today or I might bite your head off : )

Norah had her 10 month check today. It went well and the lady at the children's centre said she was the happiest child she'd seen today. She was laughing from the minute we stepped in till we left. And she was " talking " and crawling around all over the place. Great that someone in the family is in a good mood today : )

I just called Botorp ( a place where you learn how to ride horses ) and put Frida on a waiting list to start horseback riding. She's been talking about that for ages now so I thought I better let her try it. I'm terrified of horses my self so I don't know how this is going to go!
I know the parents have to help out when they are this young. I might have to go to therapy first to cure my fear of horses. Or maybe J can take her. Nah he most likely wont so we'll see. It might be a few months before she gets the chance to start. They had horses in our neighborhood last saturday that the kids could ride on. Frida did of course and was very proud !

söndag 24 augusti 2008

Fun party !

Crayfish on the table, time to dig in
The snaps master !
Lisa show Frida how to open the crayfish.
Not an easy task

J has turned into the devil...
Fun night with lots of food and fun conversations. I'm so tired today !

fredag 22 augusti 2008

Crayfish party

We're having a crayfish party tomorrow. Both my sisters with families are coming over. Should be fun. I think this is a typical Swedish tradition. I googled crayfish party and found a pretty good explanation :

The crayfish are boiled in salted water and seasoned with fresh dill — preferably "crown dill", harvested after the plant has flowered — then served cold and eaten with the fingers. Akvavit and other snaps are normal accompaniments, as is beer, bread, strong Västerbotten cheese, mushroom pies, and salads and other dishes from the classical Swedish Smörgåsbord. Some say tradition demands "one drink for every claw", but in practice few keep up that pace. Dining is theoretically outdoors, though in practice commonly driven inside by inclement weather or aggressive mosquitoes. Usual accessories are paper tablecloths, bibs, comical paper hats, and paper lanterns, often depicting the Man in the Moon. A rowdy atmosphere complete with noisy eating and traditional drinking songs (snapsvisa) is the norm. It is culturally correct to suck the juice out of the crayfish with a loud slurping sound before shelling it.


Think this sums up what tomorrow night will be all about : )
I'll try and take some photos to put on the blog if I remember after all the snaps ....

torsdag 21 augusti 2008

First homework and lots of shopping


Frida came home with her first homework today. It was a really big thing for her and she was almost proud I think. She did a very good job and wouldn't let anyone help her cause she wanted to do it her self.

Sara, my good friend from work gave birth to a baby girl this morning. It was her third child and they are going to name her Rebecca. So the girls and I went shopping for some cute baby clothes to give away. I did a lot of shopping today actually. Both girls needed lots of new clothes and shoes. Frida is miss fashion princess. I can't buy any clothes without her being there anymore. Crazy! She's 7 ! You'd think she's 14 the way she acts : ) Oh well she was very happy with her new "cool" clothes so that's good.

I'm off to bed now ...a few pages of my book and then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

tisdag 19 augusti 2008

Alone time and new hair



I felt the desperate need for a few hours of alone time today so my hairdresser appointment this evening came in handy. I went to my good friend Camilla who I used to work with a few years ago. She's really good so I still let her do my hair even though we don't work at the same place anymore and I do her hair so it's a win win situation : ) I've kept my hair a bit longer for a while now so I decided to cut lots of hair off and then just do some blonde high lights . I'm very happy with the result. What do you think?
Frida starts first grade tomorrow. She's so exited ! Real school finally! She packed her bag pack with all her new school supply's today so she's all ready
We'll see how ready she feels at 6.30 tomorrow morning when she needs to get up....

måndag 18 augusti 2008

sit, sit, sit

Take 3 ! Frida training with Lea who doesn't really want to do anything but play with the tennisball.

söndag 17 augusti 2008

Olympic day run



Frida ran the Olympic day run yesterday morning. It's a race that Mc Donald's sponsors every year to get kids to enjoy being more active.
She thought it was great. The distance was different depending on the age. Frida ran 800 meters and I think that was plenty for her. She was so proud when she got her medal and diploma. They also got a bag full of gifts from Mc Donald's which I thought was cool. I wonder if they had this thing all over the world or if it's just in Sweden ? It was a great way to get the kids motivated for exercise anyway. More of that !

Girls night

So the girls came over last night. It's so nice when we can all get together. Linda O brought little Nathali and she's so adorable. She's only a month old so she slept pretty much all through the night but at least she had her first girls night : )
We pretty much decided where to go on our trip now. We are saving money every month and when we are 35 ( only 4 years away ) we're gonna go on a trip just us girls. Our goal is New York ! I think that would be so much fun. But if that's not gonna happen I guess Spain is our destination in line. But I'm hoping for New York! I'm thinking Cosmopolitans , shopping, maybe a hockey game and lots and lots of fun must go see places.

torsdag 14 augusti 2008

Stuck infront of the TV


Em and Frida playing computer games


Still raining.....actually it's more like a storm now. I've been pretty much stuck in front of the tv today. Olympic games of course.
Swimming and gymnastics have been most fun to watch. Finally track and field tomorrow lets hope some of the swedes do a good job.
Norah isn't feeling well today either but better then yesterday at least. Frida had her best friend over all day today. They've been playing computer games as always when it's bad weather. Part from that they pretended to be hairdressers, singers and store owners : )
Tomorrow Linda is coming home from Stockholm. Woo hoo ! Haven't seen her since her wedding so it's gonna be so much fun. Having a girls night on saturday with all the girlfriends. Lots of fun gossip I hope and some good food and wine. J is going away all weekend. Bachelerparty so he should have some fun too.
They are screaming from downstairs that they have started the movie now so I better finish here......adios !

onsdag 13 augusti 2008

Not a good day

It's not a very good day today. Baby Norah isn't feeling well at all today. She has high fever and wants to be hold all the time. Poor thing.
It's hard when they can't tell you what's wrong. Hopefully she'll get better soon.
The other bad thing is that people has already started to bid on the house I looked at yesterday and the prize is already up to more then we would like to pay.
So bye bye house ! Feels sad but it's not the end of the world.
Frida is with her grandfather today. He's going to try and teach her how to swim. Good luck ! She refuses to listen to us when we've tried to teach her but maybe grandpa will be a better teacher. She probably listens better to him anyway. With us she already knows everything : )

tisdag 12 augusti 2008

Sold on the house

So we went to look at the house today. Or I looked at it by myself since J's been home from work today with the worst migraine ever!
Typical! Oh well , they said we could come back later this week to have another look. So we'll do that. I'm already sold on this house but J's a bit more hesitant I think. But I'm a women so I'll win him over if I have to right ; ) There were at least 14 other couples there to look but you never know how many that are truly interested. I pray it's not that many. I guess it's just wait and see. I'm no good at that . I want everything right here right now , I'm like a kid.
Haven't done much else today. It's still poring down rain. Hope tomorrow brings sunshine cause I don't feel much like standing 1 hour in the rain looking at Fridas soccer practice. I'm gonna go lay down and start reading my new book now. Another Michael Connely book. I love his books.
Good night !

måndag 11 augusti 2008

House hunting

We're going to look at a new house tomorrow. I'm so exited !!! Maybe I shouldn't be since there's
other couples looking at the same house but I can't help it. This house would be perfect for us. It's in the same neighborhood where we already live but bigger then the house we have now. There's not to much renovating needs either which of course is perfect. Keep your fingers crossed that the other people wont be near as interested as us and that they wont bid so high !!!

söndag 10 augusti 2008

Cuts and color

Long day today....spent a few hours at my job. I promised both my nephews to help them color their hair.
I guess they want to look good before school starts again : ) Can't believe Lisa is 14 now ! After that I did another 4 haircuts. Needy circle of friends ... Can't believe they all get long hair at the same time but they always do. It was fun though and I do enjoy coloring the most.
I need a haircut and color myself right now. Need to have that done before the fancy castle wedding we're going to in 2 weeks. It's going to be so nice to get 2 days of grown up talk : ) Not to mention sleeping at a castle. I guess the wedding it self should be the main thing but I just can't help being more exited about the alone time. The kids are going to stay at my sisters house and the dog at my other sister so I'm sure they are going to have fun as well.
I'm going to put Norah to bed soon and then J and I are going to watch a movie. He wanted to see that new one with Will Smith , forget the name of it . Not sure it's my kind of movie but I'll give it a go.

Track and field








Found these pictures from Frida's last track and field competition in Filipstad. Her number tag is almost as big as her : )
She ran 60m, 400 m and tried long jump. She like 60 meters the most, probably because she does best results there.
She's a very sore looser but luckily everyone who participates gets a medal. I think it's like that till there about 8 years old.
Last couple of weeks she has refused to go to the training because it's been raining. We definitely live in the wrong country if she's going to be a star in this sport : ) ...oh well soccer practice on Wednesday I hope she'll be more positive to the rain then 'cause by the looks of it it just wont stop.

lördag 9 augusti 2008

Norah och vovven i barbiehuset

God morgon !

Norah kl 6 i morse, lika go och glad som vanligt fast mamma
är skittrött!!!

God morgon...eller är det verkligen det ? Själv har jag varit vaken klockan 1, 3 och fem i natt ! Norah håller ju på att få tänder plus att hon verkar vara extra känslig för allt just nu. Härlig kombination ! Ni kanske undrar varför jag bytt bloggsida helt plötsligt. Jag har nämligen tänkt att börja blogga på engelska inom en snar framtid. Har ju många vänner utomlands efter mina år i USA och är urusel på att hålla kontakten. Så jag tänkte att bloggen blir ett perfekt sätt för alla att få se vad som händer i mitt liv just nu. Både för er här hemma och även andra runt om i världen. Tänkte även att det blir ett bra sätt att bibehålla det engelska språket på. Så bli inte förvånade när det dyker upp inlägg på engelska. Vet inte riktigt när jag börjar men förmodligen ganska snart : )


fredag 8 augusti 2008

Ny blogg

Hej vänner !
Kul att ni hittade hit ! Startar en ny blogg men forsätter att skriva om allt och inget som vanligt.
Är sjukt trött just nu så jag får skriva mer i morgon.
Kram A