Animation and Fancy Fika

Isabel took animation classes last year and made a short film (1.30 minutes) called How To Take a Bath. Her teacher sent it in (along with several others) to a local film festival called Pixel that is held in Ystad this weekend. So after dropping Sofia off for hiking we drove south to see some…

Laundry room re-do – step 1

Our washing machine died two weeks ago. I thought a broked dishwasher was a bad thing but a broken washer is way (way!) worse. We couldn't get a repair guy out until ten days later and after discussing it we came to the conclusion that we should just get a new machine instead. The one…

Candy bag

I've been coveting the shoes made by Shoe Bakery since I first saw them. Being on the larger side, feet wise I wouldn't fit in them but I have been thinking about getting a pair just to keep for show. But when they designed tote bags based on their ballerina flats I set my sights on…

The Never Ending Story

I took a break on the sofa last Saturday and read a book (Lock In by John Scalzi) while I waited for the washer to finish its cycle. The neighbour kids were playing outside on their hoverboard (the kids call it a SwagWay in Sweden) and it kept beeping. It sounded pretty annoying and suspiciously…

New Colours

Rickard and I ordered new beds this summer. They'll be delivered in late August - so long to wait! But that gave us the push we needed to repaint the bedroom. When we bought this house in 2007 the builders had painted the grey walls and we did the purple accent wall ourselves. I liked…

Kamado grill

Rickard received a gas grill for his big birthday a few years ago. It lasted a year before it was blown over and broken in an autumn storm. We bought a new one but in my search for a replacement I came across a grill called the Big Green Egg. I loved the look of…

Celebrating a 12 yo

Before we left on our road trip we celebrated our 12 year-old with a brunch  and cupcakes in the morning and some barbecue and cake in the evening since not all guest could make it in the morning. I tried to keep the brunch simple but generous. We did yoghurt cups with raspberry sauce and…

Summer 2016

  I won't make any excuses for dropping out since February. Life happens. Since then we've all had birthdays and school's out and we are all on holiday. I have one week left and Rickard has two or three - I forget. We've just returned home from a road trip through the southern half of…

House of Pestilence – the ’16 edition.

We were all hit with a bug last week one after the other - well, I say all but I mean three fourths of us got hit. Monday night Sofia went to bed with an achey tummy and woke up two hours later doing what usually happens when you get hit by that particular bug.…

Cake stand

Many years ago I bought this kit to make your own cake stand. You got the handle and the matching dividers, screw and washers and a drill bit to drill through ceramics. I've wanted to use it for so long but I haven't been able to find the right plates. I found one or two…