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  Windy and grey  Last I wrote it was August and summer. Now we have September and it's autumn! Well, the temperatures are some day quite decent but others, huuh, it really feels cold. We have had a lot of rain as well but I like this. Autumn is my favorite time of the year. The leaves are shifting in different colors from green, to yellow, read and more. It's beautiful. The air is fresh and easy to breathe. What have I been up to then since last?  Well,  a whole lot.  Hasse and I went on a luxury cruise (still one of my 60th birthday gifts) with extra all. Fantastic suite cabin, VIP treatment all the way which meant going onboard before everyone else, having a VIP lounge etc. So nice. The trip was very calm and by that I mean the sea. Me and the board members by the dinner table at Torpa Inn I went to my sis to have my teeth checked, and yes she is a dentist Then we celebrated Mandy on August 29. I went to see my doctor to have a certificate so ...

Jonas first real good laugh it was lot of snow and -7 C. The winter had been very long with lots of snow and it was still lot of it on April 17 at 4.30 AM when I woke up of my water breaking. I felt a very warm sensation and then suddenly realized it was time. Jonas in his right element We lived just a couple of 100 meters from the hospital so down we went. In to the delivery and then it stopped! From 6AM contractions but nothing really happened so they decided to get me started. Jonas today 15.27 my wonderful son, Jonas, was born and he has been a joy ever since he came. Today is his 30th birthday and I wish him all the good in the world. I hope he and his band get the world wide recognition they so well deserve. I hope he will continue to be happy with his Mandy and maybe in due time make me a grandmother :-) Love you Jonas Since I last wrote my dear husband has also celebrated his birthday but since it's not a even number we didn't have a big par...

The living room with work- and relax area Me and my collegues hard at work This weekend me and my 3 collegues in the working committé at the Rheumatic association had a conference at the Elite Marina Tower hotel here in Stockholm. We decided that time is never enough to do what we need to do which, at this instant, was to plan 2015 and furthermore make a 5-year plan. Another collegue joined us for a couple of hours to help out We had booked a suite with connecting bedrooms which turned out to be great (and cheaper than if we would have rented a conference room instead). Now we had a big "living room" with a working area with table, flipboard, pens and so on. This meant we could be very effective and we just left to have dinner, breakfast and lunch. Otherwise we stayed in the suite. Then at night we could hang in the sofa area of the room, tired and just laying there before going to bed.  We got so much done! And we did all, and a bit more, than we had planned ...

or as one said: We have 365 pages in a new book. Let's fill them with good things. Tonight we celebrate the last hours of this year and me, Hasse and Emil are having dinner together. Jonas is at a party with his friends and some from the band. Danniel is at home also with a delicious dinner. This is what we had. Starter: Räkröra (shrimp hotchpotch on a toast) Happy Emil Main course: Fillet of beef with ovenroasted root crops, brandysauce, garlic sauce and fetacheese sauce Hasse is cutting the beef The dessert was to die for: Chocolate fondant with raspberries and whipped cream  Now we are all waiting for the magic midnight hour. There are a lot of fireworks already (9.30PM) but of course there will be a lot more the closer we get to midnight. I wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!! whenever that is. Hope next year will be a healthier one and with more joy than this.

No more snow :-) and of course as soon as we switched to winter tires the snow and ice was gone and now we have around + 6-7 C. It's very dark though. When I go to work in the morning at 5.45 AM it's completely dark and the sun doesn't rise until around 7.15AM and down at around 4PM and it's grey. The positive is that we now can light candles inside, snuggle up in the sofa watching TV without feeling guilty that you're not outside :-) Last Saturday we have good friends over for dinner which was very nice. I had made Creme Ninon for starter which is a green pea soup with champagne. Main course was my salmon gratin with a delicious white wine sauce and for dessert a chocolate fudge pie with rasberries and icecream. We served a White Zinfandel, Beringer to drink and that wine is so good. The soup was so good it was over before I had a chance to take a photo ;-) Main dish looks a bit pale but was truly delicious Dessert was yummie! Then on Tuesday I...