We have since early this year, been contemplating about the “substitute”. Buddy turned 10 earlier this spring, and the saying is “anything over 10 is a bonus” when it comes to the life expectancy for bigger dogs, as been in our conscience quite a long time. In combination with (just as As Covid showed us,…
My beloved Fridays
Yes, I am so aware of all my privileges. All. But still I’m wise enough to enjoy them. One thing I love just a liiiiitle bit more are my free Fridays. Where I have no, ok one, musts. The one must I have is my PT session (yes, yes, also privilege) and then nothing. Not…
Anything but grey
We’ve known each-other for 29 (!!!!!!) years. Crazy shit! And as we both have an everyday life with work, families and hobbies (she loves to winter bade – craaaaazy woman), we don’t meet that often. But we meet, once in a blue moon. Today we met half-way-ish in a grey, grey Bjärred, but our friendship…
Back to reality
So, I was back to work today. Well almost. The clients IT systems had deactivated my accounts so now, at lunch, I still haven’t been able to log in to any softwares necessary to do anything. Or as my case today, remember were I was five weeks ago. Yes, I took five full weeks off….
Finally – me too
I have waited SO long for my dahlias too bloom. This year was my first attempt on dahlias, because let’s face it – it seem to be a hassle to grow. So I started indoors and headed new sprouts and gotten many new plants. But after planting them outside, nothing happened. They didn’t seem to…
Amsterdam
After almost 1.5 years in isolation, we took the chance and carried through last year’s planned trip to Amsterdam and the Ajax camp. A week (Monday through Friday, 09:00-15:45) of football training. When I say we, I mean Fabian and his friend. Not me. The week was great. Football aside it was a week where…
Not much
Currently not much is happening. Summer has arrived in our part of Sweden and the weather has been nice. Maybe a little too windy and slightly colder the last days, but hey it’s not raining. Sam’s school has ended and Fabian is out on Tuesday. I’m waiting for vacation. The Mr is caring for our…
Mom’s turn
Today it’s Mother’s Day in Sweden. I drove by to say hi and I love you. I guess that’s the best you can achieve as a parent. Children who loves you.
Parents
I love my parents. I have very loving, supporting and committed parents. But still they are my parents and there are things I wish to have different in my relationship with my own children as the grow older. Yesterday they turned up for a short visit, both have received both shots of the vaccine and…
Doers and don’ters
I have a look in my mailbox and get reminded of how many who are none action people. I’m the kind of person who when I hear you say you want to do something and we commit to it, I actually think you will do it. And now I remembered one thing where I too,…
What’s happines May 2021
Easy, a vintage (TM) display cabinet. We (read I) have searched for five years after the perfect cabinet to place here. Got it. Full credit for helping us out (making it happen at all) to Malmnäs Möbler & Interiör, who found it and delivered it.
What’s a life?
I found a draft from 2019 with this heading “What’s a life”. Today I’d say it is what I have right now. Breakfast outside, sun shining (I had to block it with a parasol), training done and no plans what so ever. My life right now makes me extremely thankful. I take a minute to…
This influencer thing
Maybe it’s just me getting old. Really, really old. But these influencers, what is their raison d’être? Not only are there SO many of them. And all they do is making duck faces, selling clothes and make-up with sexy ass pictures. Is there anyone keeping track of them? The competition must be so firece. Where…
Finally
The Swedish authorities have finally lifted the restriction for kids to not play matches! It’s been a long, exhausting and boring start of the season. Finally Fabbe’s football games can start again! First game on Sunday – hurray!
House druggy
In Sweden there are many “house druggies”. People who love looking at houses on housing marketplaces. Personally I think I’m more of a desolate house druggy. Or desolate houses regaining their life, by (often) young, enterprising people. Usually these houses are set on the countryside, far from the glamorous cities (with all their conveniences). But…
What would happen?
If we just one day said no. I will not do that? Or just stoped doing things? Stoped taking the freaking responsibility for everything. All the things that just happens to fall in your lap because no-one else is doing it. I’m talking about buying birthday gifts for EVERYONE, securing that the kids have clothes…
Hungry for more
Yes, sometime us happy people are very VERY provocative. Like yesterday, when I woke up at 05.30 when the Mr’s alarm went off (I mean, someone’s gotta work) and didn’t even get upset about it. Instead I felt grateful. Instead of moping I took the opportunity to improve myself. I listened to a pod, read…
The joy of a painless tricep dip
I’ve always been active. Never with the intent to become the best in anything, just better and to be active. There were some years when the kids where smaller and when I didn’t prioritize movement. But I jogged/lumbered 3- 4 km a couple of times a week. This was the time when I did first…
Gentle reminder
In a few days, it is once again International Women’s Day. With that said I want to remind you of what I wrote last year, after seeing too much of expressions of men’s gratitude and love for women in social media, much inline of the same spirit as Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day. For me…
I couldn’t help myself
Last week spring arrived and with very high temperatures. Now the weather is back to below zero during the nights. And even if the sun has been shining today and the temperature in the sun is quite OK, the wind chill and the shadows are not warm at all. But still I couldn’t help myself….
What’s the difference?
Isn’t it strange? That we encourage some with their dreams but not others? Why is it OK to become a doctor or a lawyer, but very seldom we don’t greet people with the same enthusiasm when someone says they what to pursue a career in basketball or become a painter? When those ambitions are mentioned…
Jackpot
This weekend was a full jackpot in “adult points” – freely translated from Wikipedia “Adult points is a humous concept about personal characteristics and actions that characterize life as an adult.“ Naturally, being close to the 50, I and the Mr are more than adults, even if we still want to question that fact once…
The delusion of control
A couple of years back I had an assignment at a customer who was in the process of implementing “a self managing organisation”. I don’t know if this post has anything to do with the fact that the company was exploring self management and going through a transformation, but one epiphany during this time was…
Contemplation & evaluation
The Mr and I try to catch up every now and then. In a more luxurious way than just over the dinner table or during a dog walk. Not that the luxury is necessary, but it doesn’t hurt. As we haven’t done/travelled anywhere in 2020 due to covid, we decided to treat ourselves with an…
Wanting & needing
This year, on the last day of June, it will be 5 years since we moved into our new house. A house somewhat original but still very common. Already when we moved in, I had decided to build a new one as soon as the kids are out. Why? Because I want more from a…
Freezing
Sweden is delivering cold weather, several degrees below 0 and -12 C several nights in a row. Even soccer practice is being cancelled next week, I don’t think that happened for 15 years. But EVERYONE is winter swimming. Without having a sauna! I’m not tagging along to that trend (either) Well, nothing to do just…
One thing
There is one thing I never want to be without in my professional life. Flexibility. Like the possibility to take the dog (and the Mr) for a somewhat longer walk on days like this.
Beautiful day
Today I’m going to enjoy the beautiful weather and contemplate on the things I’m thankful over. Outside in the beautiful weather.
Hugs
You know what? I miss them terribly. The hugs. The hugs I could give to my parents and friends. I’m sick and tired of this pandemic now. And sick and tired of the pharmaceutical companies who aren’t interested to get the vaccine out to the public as fast as possible, instead cynical to secure they…
Snow – again
We have received more snow! Again! You might think that as Scandinavian’s we should know all about this snow thing. But as resident of the southern parts of Sweden, snow is not so common. At least not nowadays nor being located by the coast. Where, during the winter’s, a lot of precipitation comes in the…
New skills
My son knows how to take blood samples! This is so cool! I would never do it. At least I don’t think so. When graduating high school he will be an assistant nurse. His current plan is to become a police officer. Well, for now he knows how to take blood samples.
What’s enough?
I amuse my self sometimes (in-between I forget that they are there) to watch YouTubers talking about Sweden. That’s because I’m quite patriotic (let’s be clear here: patriotism as in love and pride to a homeland and not nationalism). Anyhow, I watched one of these (the content and correctness of the video is irrelevant for…
Take it like a man
A couple (?) of years back I went to see this one man show “Take it like a man”. I had bought tickets for my oldest son too, but then he (sadly) decided not to join. It was great! A young heterosexual man talking about how he doesn’t fit in to the stereotypical role of…
Do you ever?
Do you ever get tired of yourself? I do. I just can’t seem to settle what I want to do? Maybe one can’t. Maybe some of us are constant searchers, who goes to one place to find another. I’m thinking of my professional self. Not my private. I am who I am (with room for…
Drafts
I have a number of posts in the draft’s section. I might finalize one/some of these one day. Maybe with another result and point that I had when I’ve started to write. But still.
Days like this
Today we did like many other Swedes – went out for a walk with friends. A great walk with even better friends. Rounded it off with and outside lunch and coffee. Now a fire and later this afternoon Man United vs. Liverpool. A good Sunday.
It’s a dog’s life
When growing up, me and my family didn’t have dogs. We had a cat and a number of horses. The Mr did. Both Miniature (I think) Schnauzers and Newfoundland. The Mr and I decided around the turn of the century (God how fun and old that sounds) to get a dog. I know he wanted…
Just some more
I will soon stop. I promsise. But with that said, I’m not saying that you won’t see more. Found these babes in my archive. From the mother and son trip to Stockholm in 2013 (no son in these images).
A gentle reminder
I am a person with a stable self worth and confidence. This is good. When it turns to hubris, not so much, this post is before I get hubris. As mentioned I have started to go through my saved images. As I shoot in .raw and the files are huge and not possible to share…
Winter outside, spring inside
I forced the boys out with me and the dog today. They were pretty fine with it, they usually are. On the other hand we do not force them to anything especially often these days. We have had quite some snow today, now I’m guessing it’s turning into rain and disappear again. Here on the…
One of my absolute favourites
Is this image. As I don’t have anything better to do, I go through my massive library of unedited images and ran into this one. I have hardly done ANY editing. It’s from May 2013. I also found these babies ❤️.
Welcome (?) distance learning
Yesterday it was announced that also our youngest will have distance education from Monday when schools starts after the Christmas holiday. Our oldest had it March – June and November(?) – December, all due to covid. What do I think? I don’t know what I think. But let’s find out. I believe that education for…
Sit down in the boat
Sometimes the only thing one needs to do, is nothing and things will just solve themselves. Yesterday I had my first day back in (home) office. Wednesday I spent in bed. With a sore throat and generally feeling blah. While doing so, Christmas danced out as we spoke about the other day. Apparently my tinsel…
Debating
In Sweden, Christmas “formally” ends on the 13th of January. This is the time we throw out the Christmas tree after and take a way the Christmas decorations. The day was moved from the 6 (or 7, information of both dates occurs) “thanks” to a danish duke, Knut Lavard (1096-1131) who was murdered outside Ringstedt…
Football
It’s everything for him. If nobody wants to join he goes down to the pitch himself and practices and practices.
New year’s resolutions
I told you about one of my new year’s resolutions in this previous post. To be honest it going so so. But I guess I need to give myself some time for practicing. Another “resolution” is to take for photos with my “real camera”. More of the kids while they’re still around. So when the…
Sogna l’Italia
2013 was the year we decided to relocate to Båstad and three years later we were there/here. Since last year, or the year before (?) we’ve been dreaming of Italy. Will 2021 be the year we take the first steps? What we will do there? Well who knows? But we do make the best Limoncello.
How I experience…
… children reporting their arrival after a night out (in reality they are slowly opening the door whispering they’re home):
Louise Dock 