An active weekend,

Another Sunday evening has arrived and Monday morning is not very far. It has been a very good and quite active weekend and I have enjoyed every moment on it. Those kind of weekends I would love to have more.

Yesterday morning after we woke up, we took a trip to Ulricehamn. It would had been a crime not to go out on that wonderful sunny weather. So plan was to take a walk by the Åsunden and when visit my very good friend. That was exactly what my soul needed. It feels always so good to see her and spend time with her and just to talk and have a cup off coffee.

Before coffee break we visited city park. Much smaller than in Jönköping, but same cozy and also has those small old buildings. It was just fantastic to see some new places and just enjoy free clean air. As I told before, would have been crime to sit in on that kind of wonderful sunny warm spring day. Same time I could spend bit time together with my husband and once in a while it is well needed and it had quite a while since we had our trip last time. I also did not want to go alone, since it is not something the doctors have advised.

After a good walk and playtime in park we went in to have a cup coffee and get bite food before we started to drive back towards Norrahammar. A good bite of spongecake and biscuits :) Nothing hits homemade. Will see, what I can offer back on Thursday when Josefine comes to Norrahammar and to Jönköping. It will be hard to beat those good biscuits. So, I have to found out something good as well or I can nicely ask my husband to bake something good for us since he is actually very good on baking. Thank you sweetheart for the wonderful time with you. Always so good to see you and to talk with you. Can't wait for Thursday. Would like to have it already.

After we came home, it felt like spring had really arrived to our garden. So many flowers had started to bloom.  It was just a beautiful moment in my opinion. Daffodils, crocus and mini iris. Spring feeling just what it is needed once in a while.

 

Yesterday afternoon we also decided to open barbecue season. Mmmmm. I was in food heaven. For the first time in my life I made my own barbecue glaze and it came out very good. So I decided that it will not be just only one time I will make it by my self. From now on, I will start to make every time my own glaze. Even my husband loved it and it tasted bit this and that and result after barbecue was just amazing :) The evening was finished with a good film and company. The Hobbit was showed in TV and we decided to look at it.

Today was a sleeping morning, since we had to turn the clock. Spring time started officially, but weather outside had forgot how spring should look out. It has been raining quite a much today. Nothing at all to compare with the weather from yesterday. So it has been a perfect day to make some chores, what has to be done but also some, what I enjoyed to do.
After we came home from city and shopping, we finally mounted together a small greenhouse, what I got from my husband on Tuesday. A perfect for me to my small cultivation of flowers and other plants. Hopefully on some weeks I already can see a little bit how the result will be. Since it is first time for me to do so many plants by my self, when my expectations are not very high, but hope dies last, I have heared. So, I am happy to see how the end result will be. Of course my husband has to have some green fingers during summer, when I am not att home on a one month period. It will be interesting to see how it goes.
So, I have really enjoyed my weekend. Soon will new week start. Short week, since easter weekend, but as well very active week for me.  Some visits and coffee breaks, same time new subject at school starts and of course my oral examination in law.
I hope that all of you will also have a wonderful new easter week and will enjoy it as well as enjoy last hours of Sunday evening.
Have a nice evening!
                                 Love,
                                          Ingrit

New week, New month,

I can see that time just flies. When you are doing something and you love and like it, then time just goes faster and faster even thought that it still goes on same tact as usually.
It has been time with Lions meetings, I have have traveled in Gotland, met my friends and studied as well.

In Lions I have had our board meeting. Day after we had regional meeting and latest in the weekend I spent a  day with partners in Lions while their husbands was on meeting in Jönköping. It has been good hours I have had possible to spend and most of all, that has been giving me a lot. It is always good to meet a persons I do not know, but also people I know already. I love to be a part of Lions, since it is very giving and in the same time I can be part to help others. It also has helped me with my integration here in Sweden.

I also followed with my husband to Gotland when he had is business trip to there. For me it was first time to visit Gotland. When we was on our honeymoon in Öland and visited castle in Borgholm, then person who worked there told me that nature in Öland and Gotland is same as it is in islands in Estonia. I can say that it was almost same. At least enough that my homesickness got a bit relieved. Difference was all those stones, what was in Gotland. Those kind of stones we don't have in Estonia but it is bit sad, since those was magnificent. I saw so many wonderful places, spent a lots of hours out in nature, climbed and took a long walks. My pour dog was so tired in every evening while we was there. On Wednesday after I had checked out from hotel, I spent several hours to look around in Visby. It is the  only Hansa city in Sweden and that is bit surprising since Sweden is old country and has history way long back, plus Sweden is much bigger country when Estonia is. Estonia in the same time has 3 Hansa cities. Overall. I loved to be in Visby. If to visit places outside Visby killed my homesickness in one way and to visit Visby it self killed homesickness on the other way. I felt like Visby was Tallinn, just much more pressured together.

I had opportunity to visit a good tea and coffee shop. I have got tea from there before from my husband, so now when I had a possibility by my self to visit that heaven and heaven it is. All what you need for a coffee break, you get from there - tea, coffee, cups, treats, marmalade and so much more. Heavens name is Kränku. If you want to get part of good tea and coffee, when just visit their homepage.

The other thing I tried while I was there was a saffron-pancake. I got to know that it was typical for that region and something that everyone should try. It is traditionally served with whipped cream and blackberry marmalade. Last one is also very traditional for Gotland since it seems that only Gotland has those berries. All in all I liked it and with tea from Kränku, my coffee-break was perfect. Just what I needed before our trip back towards our home in Norrahammar. I must say, me and saffron, I just love it :) So that saffron-pancake was really something I loved it and I got even recipe back to home, so I will try to make it home as well. Just love it.

I also have had quite busy time in school during those weeks, I have been not wrote into my blog. Had oral examination in Business Economy - Specialization. I am very satisfied with my grade. Got the next best grade, only small disappointment was that if I think of word specialization, I think that we get deeper knowledge of the subject, but it was just 2 subjects put together and still in the shallow touching of the subject. Well now that subject is over and law has been started. First test and assignment have been handed in. Test went quite well. Result fro the assignment has not graded yet. Hopefully soon I will that grade as well.

The best call came still yesterday. For a while ago I wrote that I was on trying pass for crossfit training. Yesterday I got a phone call from one of the boys who is owner of the place. They were interested to know that I have decided after the last time I visited them. I told that I want to join with them. Usually they have a course on-tramp to all new beginners. The new group started on Saturday but when I could not start with them, since I had Lions errand to do. We discussed also bit about it and we came to the conclusion that if I am interested to join them, when they will sit down and talk bit with each other about to make a special program for me. I got very happy. That does not happen very often that gym takes consideration the persons condition. They do and that  made me feel very sure that I have chose right. I will get to learn bit different program instead what is suitable with my shoulder. That felt actually most positive that they took my damaged shoulder to the consideration and still I am welcome in their locals. That made me feel warm in heart. Just liked the feeling. So, now I have mailed some dates and times for us to meet and I can start to train again. It will be perfect since first run is already on 2 months. Perfect for little me.
Now it is time for lunch and after that preparations for Lions members meeting in the evening. It has been a wonderful other half of February and hopefully my march will be perfect as well. I plan to have it at least as good as possible.

Have a lovely day!
                              Love,
                                       Ingrit

A good day,

It has been some good days lately and that has made me feel good and also very happy. A feelings, what I have missed quite a lot due some other reasons. It feels, that after last operation I feel bit more as a human. I just do not want to think about my shoulder. That we don't talk about that since I just want to see the positive.
In Saturday I was away from home and had a very good time with a very good friend. Sunday belonged to school, since I thought that it will be good to fix the last thing on Economy and when I can enjoy a week before oral examination and enjoy the cinema visit with friends and husbands birthday, but also weekend in countryside. I love to spend my time in countryside. It will be perfect week I have decide :) It is enough with problems and issues and other scrap. Time to enjoy the positive things.
Today I started with breakfast with husband and after that me and Sally took a good powerwalk. I think that Sally is still not used with the short coat :D When we came back at home, we cuddled up on couch and took a small nap. After was a small coffee break in Norrahammar and visit to local medical center. I will never want to change that medical center with some other as long those doctors are there, who really are caring for their patience and listen them. That makes a lot. New medications and my injection and I was good to go again. Heheee :D Feels good. Next week I will talk with my doctor number one and after that if not earlier, when on 8 weeks it will be time for new injections. Time goes fast we could consider today. Last 8 weeks had passed very fast. She was happy to see me and told me that she can see changes on me after my last operation in December. I took that as a good grade to me. It has not been easy time, but it has been time, what has been very useful in so many different ways. I have got to know a lot of wonderful persons and spend good times.
After visit to medical centre I took my black purse and drove to Jönköping. Had lunch in Ikea with my dear and took a visit on the shop. Before the way out of city I visited Naked Juice Bar and bought a good healthy smoothie and met up with my husband. We decided to take another road for a change to home, and had to change that plan quite fast. There had happened accident and we needed to take a smaller road, but I loved it. I got to see so wonderfully beautiful sunset. Sad to miss the better camera, but good that todays mobile cameras are also more advanced and you can take quite a beautiful pictures. I loved the colors. it was a feeling like it was burning. Perfekt sundet after a so perfect and good day. Not surprised that my medical center personal says that I have changed more happier person. It feels good.Thank you for everyone who had made my weekend and my Monday a good and happy day!
Now, time for some TV and a good book. Tomorrow will be new day full with computer helping and later we will get visit from Northern Sweden. Love it.
Have a nice evening!
                                   Love,
                                             Ingrit

Wonderful winter day,

Today was another wonderful winter day. Nice and sunny and very mild outside. It was just a perfect day to take a trip first to Ulricehamn and later to Borås. Perfect day to try my new jacket from Peak Performance. Loved it. Passed perfectly today.

I had never been inside in Ulricehamns centrum. Even thought we have passed the place really so many times, that can't count it. So, today I had a chance to see bit that city as well. Nice small and cozy city in my opinion. Liked the lake view and I believe that in summer it is much more nicer when all colors are out. Since it will not be last time I will visit the that city, then probably you will see more pictures from it in my blog.

After Ulricehamn, we went to Borås. Usually with that city is also that we have passed it or visit the shopping center Knallerland.  Once in last summer I was in centrum a short time, but today I spent several hours there. We visited shops and made some shopping, we had good Asian food for the lunch and shortly before I left Borås, we had a good cup of coffee. Borås seems to be also very nice city, what has quite much to offer. I liked the old touch the city has, but I would not like to live there. Still too big for me and I am the one, who loves to live in smaller and more quiet place.  It is always good to visit it anyway and there will be more visits. Before there was one clothes shop I liked to visit, now I have founded a jewelery shop with several Scandinavian designers. My Pandora collection was complemented by a pair of beautiful earrings. My tea collection was complemented wit a new tea taste. Tomorrow after a training, I will enjoy the cup of good tea. It smelled at least good. Have not had possible taste it yet.
Only disappointment I had today was, that after all the distance we walked and walked, I did manage not to get more than just 6500 steps. We can say that we walked very much. But it was a counter in telephone, so I actually do not know, how right it is. Hopefully tomorrow after my training, I can manage to get my minimum 10 000 steps :) If not, that is not a big deal either. I know that I have made my best and that counts in the end.
Next meeting with my best is also booked in. Another good chat and good time will be soon spend. I love it. Now it is time for me to enjoy my evening and look bit TV and prepare my mind for tomorrows training. Have never been on that kind of training before, so, I feel that I have challenged myself again. It is not suprise for me anymore. I have done that before and probably my brain will continue with it further as well.
Have a nice evening!
                                  Love,
                                            Ingrit

So peaceful,

Today the weather outside in Norrahammar is so peaceful. In the night it have been snowing again and after I had cleaned some snow I took a long powerwalk with my small black friend. If someone loves winter as much as me, it is our little Sally. She just loves to keep her nose close to the ground and eat the snow. Here is some pictures from our walking trip.

I just love winter and it's pureness. All is so white and so peaceful. It is so innocent outside. Not surprising that I love winter.

Have a nice day!
                           Love,
                                    Ingrit

Autumn out in nature,

In Sunday I spend some time out in nature again. This time I took my camera with me. It has been a while, since car accident, I have not had that opportunity to do it. I have not been aloud to use my shoulder that much and since system cameras are not the lightest on their weight, it has been hard.
So, this time I took my small compact camera with me and enjoyed really to take some pictures. Here is the result:

Enjoy this wonderful autumn and it's beautiful colors. Have a nice day and hopefully soon I can visit nature again with camera.

Autumn and it's beautiful colors,

Autumn has arrived and feels like winter is not very far either. It has been snowing many places during this week. For many places snow has already melted down but some places still have it.
I personally love winter and I truly hope that this winter will be nice, cold and with snow and with no rain. It has been raining too much during this year.

Today I and my husband went to small Sunday's trip as we sometimes are doing since I needed small break for my exam studies and the weather was very nice. We decided to enjoy a small cup of coffee and  after that we visited Röglo. Just some kilometers outside of Gränna towards Huskvarna and Jönköping. We have been visited that place many times before, so that was not first time, but it was nice autumn colors we saw there. One of my places I like to go and visit again and again and again.

Most of all what I liked was to take photos. Have missed that much. It is same to take pictures as to sit behind the sewing machine and sew. Just school has taken most of the time and work, so there is not much time left over for the photography and sewing. Will see what happens in future.
At least I was happy for a while and that counts bit, since lately I have felt sad and unhappy and not myself. 

Out in nature,

It has been a while, when I was last time out in nature with camera. Of course, I did not have my camera with me also today, since I forgot it home. As usually in my case ;)
I am very happy that my iPhone has quite OK camera and I could use that. Negative was that phone was uncharged and got empty and memory is full :D It happens only with me, but here are some pictures, what I did today when I took this trip. Had to enjoy the last beautiful days outside, since summer has passed anyway mostly with rain this year.

Evening out,

In Friday evening I took time and spend bit time outside with camera. Both my husband and my friends/colleague was with me and even my friends small puppy Tove. I just wanted to take a little pictures of nature, since it has been a while, I have took out my camera and shoot something. This time I was have to settle with my compact camera, since system cameras batteries are dead, made that I could not use that camera. I was happy only, that I had my small camera with me and that I could take some pictures. That helped me to calm little down and in the same time just spend some more time out i nature, since the weather was absolutely fabulous.  It would have been crime, not to be outside and enjoy the sun. Sun, what I have missed quite a lot, since always has been raining or snowing or just been a cloudy days without sun. My small hope is that soon will be hopefully nice spring and more sunny days and evenings. Just missing spring and just to enjoy more time outside.  

Spring,

is a wonderful time of a year. It feels so nice and good to see, how all flowers will start to flower and trees get leaves and flowers. Today I used my small camera a little and got some pictures done. Still I miss my big camera, but as they say, better that, than nothing.

Here are some pictures, I made today :)

Missing my camera,

It has been now several days without my camera. In Wednesday I left it for a service and hoped that I will get it back before weekend, but seems not. It means, I have to wait at least until new week, but hopefully it will work after that as it should and that it would not leave spots for the pictures. Because more three quarter of pictures, what I made on our honeymoon, can't use that much. Will see, what I will do with them, but I will not throw them away either yet ;)

Meeting with our wedding photographer,

Today at noon we met with out wedding photographer. We walked little around on Åsalake and discussed about pictures, where to take and even bit what we should do.
We saw also first snake for this year. That was bit scary meeting for me, since I afraid them from my childhood. Small mental issue I have with them.
Around the lake we saw many nice places, what I had not seen yet, so I believe our wedding pictures will be nice what comes from there.
We visited also another place close to our home, where would be also nice to take photos. I got small idea, what everyone else liked as well, so now we need right clothes only ;) But clothes needs to wait a little time more.

After we talked bit about weather. I hope that my deal with weatherman holds and we will have nice and sunny and warm weather.
Later we had small lunch at our home. Food felt good after walking trip out in nature, when we walked up and down from hills.
How our wedding pictures will be, what ideas we have and use, will see, later :) I and my fiancée are very sure about one thing, the pictures will look nice :)