Fantastic midsummer,

Another weekend is on the way to end. It has been a midsummer weekend in Sweden. A little bit different compared with Estonia, since there is always the same days midsummer, here in Sweden on the other hand is always one Friday and Saturday. 
This midsummer have been fantastic. In midsummer evening we had friends over and started with traditional midsummer lunch. A Swedish traditional midsummer lunch is new potatoes, sour cream and herring. For that you have to have a small glass of midsummer snaps and of course beer. For me, who does not like Swedish sweet herring, I had cold smoked salmon and turkey sausage. So many asks why I do not like herring here in Sweden. Answer for that question is easy. In some how, in Sweden it is much more sweet than I am used from Estonia. That makes that I miss herring from Estonia or I have to make my own marinade. This year I missed that to do on time, since I was almost 10 days in hospital again.

After lunch one of our friend went home to change the close and came back. In the evening I had made a potato salad.  Bit mix from traditional Estonian and Swedish one. We had barbecued chicken for it and tomato salad with cucumber and red onion. Last one is something I have really started to love. It gives so good taste to salad and to the rest of the food.

Another tradition in Sweden for midsummer is a strawberry cake. Dessert for us instead this year was an Irish coffee and strawberries. Top of that we had a bonfire what is another tradition I have with me from Estonia and Apples to Apples, a board game for interesting evenings.
Yesterday we had an cozy midsummer day. We had relaxed morning and lunch. Took a small trip to Jönköping. Visited our allotment. Looked how our vegetables have grown, since I could had not visited it since my visit on hospital, but yesterday I could do it. During a day I read my new book from E L James. Grey has arrived. A Christians story :D 

On the evening I got a visit from Estonia. My old schoolmates from Jänedas time visited us. They had finished their object in Norway one day earlier and decided to take another road to Stockholm and it was through Jönköping and us. Felt actually very good. We talked bit about our school time, what have happened since we finished our agricultural education and life after that. We made another new memories. One thing I am actually very sure. My dog found definitely a new weakest link. Sally got so much sausage and chips and strawberries that I and Tommy was surprised that, this small cute ball of fur did not got sick. I think Sally was on the seventh heaven. Her life can be good sometimes in her opinion. We had really good time with food, laugh and talks. As I wrote before. A new memories was made.

Today after breakfast, we followed the guys to Ikea and after that we took a relaxed day at home with our little family. Sally has been very tired :) Not surprised. She was woke until I went to bed around 1 am. We have had good walk with Sally. Well needed as well after a good food.
Have a nice evening,
                                 Love,
                                           Ingrit

Two happy girls,

Once again it has been fantastic winter day here in Sweden. It has been a good day for me and also to my small cute 4-leged friend.

In lunch I had booked a fur cut for Sally. She is nice and cute with her teddy fur, but it is not so easy together with snow. So I took our small Sally to the city and she got a cut. Now she is like a small ball of freezing bones and skin :) I know, that it is not nice to laugh on her, but she looks so cute now. In home, she tries to be as close as possible, so that she could keep some warm. The other thing is to go to outside. We are not that popular at the moment in her mind. I want to go out with her or let Sally to go out alone, but in her opinion, we are idiots who want to see her to freeze :D It feels nice to see her now with short fur. Looks more like our Sally. Perhaps now I will get to keep up her with my tempo.

After I had got back Sally from the hairdresser and had lunch, I met up with one girl. I had seen on net that she had jacket from Peak Performance for sale. Lately I have got a teeth to bleed for that trademark. It started home, when my cousin talked about it, but I could never buy before, since I was very big person and their clothes are bit smaller from normal size. During a past 5 months, I have bought some clothes from Peak Performance. So, when I saw that jacket and saw the size, I thought first that no, I should not buy. It is too small for me, but I decided that, ok. Even that it does not fit me now, when it should be a good motivation for me to get my goal and when it will fit perfekt for me. I came home and decided to try it already today. I must say that I was very happy. It fitted me very well. I can even have a knitted sweatshirt under it. I must say, that all this have made my day.
This week has went so good so far. My husbands birthday present have came, I got a very good grade in Economy specializering and have had time to prioritize me a little bit more. I have had time to study, time for training and some other new trainingplans are made and in Saturday I can go to Borås to visit my dear good friend. What else I want. It feels that slowly the things have start to go as I would like and love. I have start to feel myself bit more as a human again. Now I just have to hope that winter will last a little bit more. I just love it. It is so beautiful outside. It gives a lot of energy. Now, it is time for family. Soon I will go to bed, because, when Saturday comes faster :P

Have a nice evening!
                                  Love,
                                            Ingrit