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 The guys when in Gothenburg recording but here they are in a store :-) On Wednesday the guys came home again after 5 weeks recording in the studio. The result is amazing says Jona but I haven't heard it yet, maybe on Christmas. Well, the recording is finished but now the mixing and mastering takes place and the release won't be until sometimes next year, maybe March. I'm so curious as I suppose all of you are too. I think we are in for a real treat with this one!   Jona laying keys, you can see his fingers ;-) The one by the computer is Crash Apart from that we had Christmas party at the Rheumatic association Stockholm district on Wednesday. Very nice. We served glögg, of course, with gingerbread cookies, Santa-porridge, ham, Christmas-cheese, bread, coffee with safronbuns and of course a "gottisbord" (candytable-it's not really a table but a big bowl of candies which you associate with Christmas like fudge, chocolate and much much more) We also had a man...

  Christmas candy   Chocolate and truffles  Christmas feels closer now Yesterday we had an Advent party here for family, friends, workingcollegues and H.E.A.T family. From the beginning it was meant to be a party to gather the H.E.A.T family who hasn't seen each other much this year because the guys haven't been touring but writing songs for the new album. We had calculated they would be finished in the studio last week but no. They weren't. So no H.E.AT members although several H.E.A.T parents came, at least 3/6th of them :-) I had also invited working collegues, friends and family members, all in all around 40 people. The very morning I had calls from 10 people who couldn't come and the days before had also been some cancellations so in total we were half the amount - 20! But we had a great time filled with glögg (of course) coffee, canapés with Christmas ham and mustard and also some with Skagenmixture, safronbuns, gingerbreads with blue-cheese/creme fraiche, safr...

  Some of the safronbuns. I make them like cinammon buns but with safron and almond icing. Delicious if I may say so myself :-) I know, I admit I have been a very bad blogger lately ;-) I don't know why I don't have or rather take the time to write down things even though they aren't that special. I know I love to read others who think their blogs aren't any exciting but I love to follow the day to day life even the boring days. We all have them don't we? Today for instance. I started out baking safronbuns for the second time in two weeks! We now have almost 200! No, we are not going to eat them ourselves. I think we would gain too much if we did ;-) No, we are having a 3rd Advent glogg mingle with H.E.A.T families, my co-workers, family from all over and if the guys get ready in the studio they will come too. I do hope they will but they now say it will take yet another week so not sure. I have also baked a lot of other things, of course :-) And we will treat ...

I have the last days found a TV-show on Swedish Television where Americans come to Sweden to find their heritage. It's a competition and they get to see many parts of Sweden and each week they compete and one by one is out until one is left. That person will meet with his or hers Swedish relatives. It's incredibly emotional, gives you a sence of Sweden and Swedes. It's called Allt för Sverige which means All for Sweden and here's a link. If you're interested you can click and watch (I hope) otherwise it's on www.svt.se/play -  Allt för Sverige . In this episode they are in a beautiful summer Stockholm. It's mostly in English so you will have no trouble understanding.

Once again a week has flown by and we are getting closer to Advent-time which is nice. This week I went to a TV-recording of the Swedish version of The Voice with 4 very well-known and loved singers. My "entourage" was my sister Helen, her daugther Bianca , her friend and Danniel. It was great fun but since it was very close to where my Mom lives it was a long way to drive and it's almost out on the country so when we went to fetch the car it was completely black! You couldn't see anything expect for a very shy moon. I did get to my car and drove home. On the top of this photo you can see Helen and Danniel with the spot on them.     Then Thursday night a friend of mine won the HMMA for classical song. This took place in Los Angeles and a big congratulation to Victoria Tocca for this achievement. The song is Dark Waltz. Click on the link and you can see and hear the song.  Victoria Tocca from the HMMA awards (Photos from Victoria's homepage) On Friday I ...

H.E.A.T has hit the studio and are recording. This is part one of their studio diary :-) Enjoy!

Magic numbers 111111. Think about it - it's 100 years til next time and then none of us will be here. Other than that nothing much happened today. Had a meeting and then I went to the opticians and my sight was not what it used to be so I will get new glasses next week. I have also cooked prime rib in red wine the whole afternoon and it's so tender and smells delicious. Danniel and Emil is coming over for dinner tomorrow since Sunday is Father's Day here in Sweden. Jonas is in the studio in Kungälv with H.E.A.T recording their first album with Erik Grönwall as singer :-) We are so excited to see and hear the outcome of this. I'm totally sure it will supergood!! Erik G in the studio The night before they went the guys and their girlfriends had goodbye-party in their rehearsalstudio (The photo taken by Mandy) Tomorrow I'm going to visit my Mom and then Danniel will follow me home for dinner. A special big congratulation to my niece Monica in Barcelona ...