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Soon I will be off to the ship and go on the 24-hour cruise. I'm looking forward to that but hope it will be nice weather. Just a while ago we had the first snow. I really don't like this season with snow and ice but it's OK for Lucia, Christmas and New Year. After that and before it should be green. The cruise is a working cruise and we will have conference the whole day tomorrow but tonight we have the evening off. Of course we will have dinner together and probably share some good times in the showbar. H is so nice and he's giving me and one other lady lift to the ship. Hopefully he will fetch us tomorrow night as well :-) I'm glad though that I'm not in LA now with the big fires going on. J had a photo on her blog on which you could see the sun clouded by the smoke. It must be awful especially since it's not that far away. We are soon off so I'd better finish this and wish you all a lovely Sunday evening. I'm really proud of S who is so close to ...

We are back again from Gavle where we had a wonderful stay, as usual. Good food, nice company and wonderful sleep. Yesterday and today H had hockeymatches and this weekend there has been an agent there to watch him and tonight they were to sign contract I think. We haven't heard yet but it was almost ready. That's so nice for him and it means that someone is marketing him in USA for instance. He is very good and I hope his dreams come true. After we got back I went shopping and then started washing. I have to wash the clothes I'm going to take tomorrow and also iron them. So tomorrow I will have to pack and then I'm off to Cinderella with the Rheumatic association for a conference. I hope it will be fruitful and benefit all members. Then start this crazy week with tests on Tuesday (bloodtests before doctor visit), Wednesday information from employment centre, Job security foundation and others at work, Thursday the big farewell party at work with, so far, 185 people acc...

OK now we are here and we have just had dinner. The rest of the gang is at Lakerol arena where H is playing icehockey match tonight. I stayed home with Hilma and because of that I can also watch Idol which I like. H.E.A.T is playing tonight in Halmstad together with Sabaton. Once again Nils Molin will sing with them since Kenny isn't fully recovered yet. Hopefully he will be back this coming week. L had made a wonderful dish for dinner and here's the recipe: Chicken with mango chutney 1 kg chicken fillet 3 dl cream (lightly whipped) 1 dl mango chutney original 1 tablespoon sambal oelek 1 tablespoon curry 2 garlic clover 1 sliced pepper (can be excluded) Wholemeal rice Fry the chicken fillet (or use a ready grilled). Boil the rice and mix the rice with the sliced chickenfillet and pepper. Stir cream, mango chutney and the spices and pour over. Cover with cheese and place in 225C oven for about 15 minutes. I promise you that this is delicious. Now it's time for Idol so I'...

We are ready to go to Gavle now so I won't have time to write as much as usual.

Well, it's supposed to be fullmoon tonight but since our weather is, like it has been forever, grey,cloudy and rainy you can't actually see it. This weather really gets you down but I try to stay positive. At least I see some daylight every day. Most people don't since they work all day. Nothing much happened today. At work we had a meeting and we talked a lot about what is going to happen next year. I and many with me has one year notice with full pay but we do have to be available for work. They want us, of course, to get a new job asap so they won't have to pay us salary. It's Goverment money you know. It's different with us working for 28 years against the ones sitting in Parliement. If they don't get elected at the next election they get to receive a pension even if they get a new job. So you see it is a big difference. I'm not bitter as our Tony Richardsson used to say :-) For dinner today I made pasta with a baconsauce and here comes the recipe: M...

I woke up at 5 AM as usual but I was so tired today. I don't know why and it continued so I decided I would take a nap after lunch and after being out with Hilma. I came home, made lunch which we ate, then out with Hilma and I made the bed. Then the phone rang. It was O wanting me to write a letter to the county administration board about rewoking his driving license. So I said yes and I will do that but I didn't today. Then I had to call Mom's ward to talk to the nurse and ask if they had taken all the tests she needed before we are going to the rheumatologist which we are November 25. Then I got a mail from one of the board members that were going on the conference trip Sunday saying she can't come. So I have to try and ask someone else. Then I had to call L because we are probably going to Gavle on Friday or Saturday for a visit and also L and I need to do this ESTA, which is new when you are travelling under Visa Waiver. Now you do this electronically and I need to ...

Today it was E's namesday. He is also named Marten which was my grandfather's name. So he had the choice of dinner today and he wanted my wafles. To go with it I served whipped cream and rasberry jam. Lovely. The wafles I make is GI-friendly and here's the recipe: GI-wafles Mia style 4 dl Spelt 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 5 dl milk 2 egg 1 dl melted butter Mix spelt, salt and baking powder. Stir with half the milk to a smooth mixture. Whip down the rest of the milk. Whip down the eggs and the melted butter. Heat the wafle iron. Before the first wafle you need to grease the iron well with butter. After that you don't need any grease. Pour in approx. 0.5 dl batter and spread it a bit. Fry goldenbrown (if you have a modern iron it will tell you when it's ready) Serve with shrimpmix as main course and with berries och whipped cream for dessert. Enjoy! Otherwise a calm day. Yesterday my sisterdaughter in Spain contacted me on Facebook. That was nice and I ...