HOT HOT H.E.A.T

I had the most wonderful Christmas card or rather gift today from my niece Lizzie in San Diego and her family Jeff and Dakota. She asked us earlier this year about favourite recipes we had and I sent over one of my. Turns out she did a little book called "Family flavors" the cuisine of our kin volume 1. A wonderful little book with recipes from family members and also underneeth every recipy was a description of the person that had sent it and relation. So nice, so personal and so yummie!! Some of the recipies I really must try. Also included was a CD with storytelling by Lizzie and Dakota, songs by Jeff and Dakota and poetry read by Lizzie. Such a wonderful gift and one that I can listen to all year long. Also a photo of Dakota and although Lizzie isn't her mother she looks a lot like her. She's very pretty and has grown so much since I last saw her. file:///C:/My%20Music/Untitled%20-%2009-12-29/02%20-%20Track%202.mp3 This evening I read some sad news though that Je...

Anna playing our piano. Christmas coffee today with Anna (Birgit Bidder she's called now but to us she's Anna) an old friend of Jonas from Rytmus. She and Jonas were very good friends and she spent a summer with us at Gotland. She tried to come here last Christmas because she had bought Hasse and me a Christmas gift (so nice of her) but it never happened but now we got it all together. It was so nice to see her again. It was like 4 or 5 years since we saw her and a lot has happened since. She's very talanted, like everyone from Rytmus it seems, and has recorded a CD on her own record company (!). She also plays with Erik Hassle, keyboard. I'm very proud of her. She's like an extra daughter since she spent a lot of time here when they went to Rytmus. Weatherwise it has been a very strange day here. After having had temp. well below zero it suddenly started to rain (!) today and the temp. was up to +3. Now they are saying it will be freezing cold like down to -16C sta...

Christmas Eve at home Jonas is making the fudge. Oscar our grandchild Closing in on no 10 000 now. Who will it be? And do you think I shall give something as a prize to that number? Tell me and I will think of something very nice!! Malin our grandchild (Gunilla's daughter ) I won't tell you what but it could have something to do with H.E.A.T ;-) We are back home from Gävle, just arrived after a very long, slow drive home due to snowstorm (more or less) and that we saw a big accident just outside of Gavle, north direction. Take care and drive safely if you are out on the road. Better to come home a bit late than not come home at all. Klara (Gunilla's daughter) our grandchild and Per, Gunilla's boyfriend

Now we are in Gävle. We arrived at 2 PM and the first one we saw was Lena and then Bjarne. When we got in we were served coffee and lots of different cookies. Very nice and good. Lena had to go to work but we are still a lot of people here. Lena's sister Marie with husband Bjarne, their children Mathilda and Martin. Then of course our grandchildren Linnea, Henrik and Oscar.Staffan as I said earlier. Soon Gunilla and Klara will come too. Gunilla has cooked for all of us and we are going to have dinner here at Staffan's. Very nice. Too bad though that neither Jonas nor Emil could come. But Hilma is here and she was so happy when she saw where we stopped. She loves being in Gävle. Now the big cardplaying is going on in the livingroom and from what I hear Hasse is doing great :-). Marie, Bjarne and their kids will go back to Grängesberg tonight. Hasse and I will stay until tomorrow. Lena is currently at work and will be home late tonight. Did I tell you about the service yesterday?...

I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. I hope you are having/will have a wonderful time with family and friends. My first Christmas is just over and some has gone home. Still here is Jonas. I will later be going to my friend Inger and our "adopted" grandchildren for Christmas gifts. Then we are going to Midnight service in church. It's at 11PM and a tradition since a couple of years. A very nice way to end Christmas Eve instead of going up early and going to the Christmas Day service. Tomorrow we are going to Gävle for the second (or third) Christmas celebration. To all of you out there. Have a wonderful day and many hugs from me :-)

I'm sorry I haven't written for a day or so but as a woman this time of year is very hectic. Yesterday I was at Ersta hospital in hope of getting help for my stomach. But I was kind of dissapointed and the doctor even asked if I were. Yes, I said, I had hoped for some help for my pain. He said they don't have any help to give because this is such a complex illness. They could operate to some point but as always their answer to everything is - loose weight. I told him that's easier said than done!!! It's like he didn't listen to what I said! I told him I can't eat big meals because it's like I'm full after half a portion. And afterwards it hurt. It's like there's something in the way. I saw on him that he thought I ate huge amount of food and stuff which I don't. The only thing that is different is that I can't go out walking like I used to because of all the pain I have especially in my feet and heel. Enough of this but it always gets...

Now I'm done for today. I have made the Christmas meatballs, baked 2 different kind of cookies, shovelled snow in between and while I were at it I cleaned the downstairs bathroom. Hasse came home from Gavle and Emil came shortly after so we have had 4th Advent coffee with glogg, coffee, safronbuns and newly made cookies. Very, very nice. You can say I'm a bit exhausted now and still I have to make dinner. Today we'll have fish. Very good and a good way to eat before all the Christmas food. How are you all doing? Are you finished with the Christmas preparations? Has the peace come to your house? Or are you stressed out and not sure you will make it in time? Don't worry, take it easy, relax and find your peace. Then everything will be just fine. Tomorrow I'm off to the hospital, Ersta hospital, to finally check my stomach and what's wrong with it. After that I have nothing planned until Christmas Eve. Take care and enjoy the holidays :-)