Let it grow
While we are spending more and more time dreaming about our new home, and especially the prospect of being closer to nature, we still do enjoy our balcony. Especially now that the plants are growing...
View ArticleLucky and unlucky compass points | Feng Shui
Before I go into the different kinds of houses and their respective beneficial and detrimental areas (according to the compass tradition of Feng Shui), here’s a brief overview over those lucky and...
View ArticleSummary – So lucky | Feng Shui
In this last part of my little “Feng Shui 101″ it is time for the big reveal. At least it’s big for me. However, I am going to begin with a summary of what I find to be the most important points. So,...
View ArticleIndian-Per
Last night we visited a former colleague of Peter’s. They don’t call him “Indian-Per” for nothing: he’s single-handedly turned the farm he bought into a ranch. This guy really has an eye (and two...
View ArticleThe gap that allows for change to take place …
… I think that’s what this thing I am in is. Here is the current state of affairs: I now have an indefinite residence permit for Sweden – yay! We’ll be able to have a phone at the house – yay! We’ll be...
View ArticleIndestructible | Plant life
The deal with the house has felt so right and so real the whole time to me that making the down-payment (this past Monday) doesn’t even seem like that big of a milestone. The house has felt like ours...
View ArticleWhat I do when I am not packing | Procrastination
We mean business. No, not the banana trade business. We mean the business that is packing so we get outta here. Now we just have to pack our stuff. We still don’t know when we’re going to be able to...
View ArticleKnitted poofs | How To
Couldn’t stop myself from searching for a How To on these puppies. I found this one on Knittastic. No idea when or if I’ll get around to this … PS: I know I am behind on this trend but I am slow that...
View ArticleAugust 23 2013
From now on, that’s a date worth remembering. It’s the day we bought the house. Yay! We are still determined to move in before September 1, so from here on out we’ll be busy packing and cleaning like...
View ArticleDay 1 | Before
This is what it looks like in our living room this morning: Filed under: The future Tagged: change, Göteborg, getting things done, Gothenburg, moving Continue reading »
View ArticleDay 1 | After
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View ArticleDay 2 | After
Obviously not much point in a before pic – see yesterday’s after. I am actually quite content right now with the progress, which is not how I felt yesterday and this morning when I woke up. It seemed...
View ArticleDays 3, 4 & 5 | After
Looks like we’re driving up on Sunday, not tomorrow, as I thought. That kind of rendered my melt-down last night pointless, since it’s a lot less stressful this way … I would not have survived this...
View ArticleDay 6
The good news is: we do have internet at our new home. The bad news is: it’s terribly slow and I won’t be able to access it from my mac. No idea how this is going to affect my blogging (doesn’t seem...
View ArticleHappy B-Day, me!
I spent the entire day in a car, which is not really how I had planned it but the important part is: I was at our new home before the end of the day. This sunrise greeted me when I got up that morning:...
View ArticleDay 1
Filed under: The future Tagged: beauty, change, happiness, moving, our little corner of the world, Sweden, the big things Continue reading »
View ArticleExactly my cup of tea | Our little corner of the world
I love our little barn (even though it is currently being eaten up by a fungus), and the fact that it has a little terrace in front on which one can enjoy the evening sun. One has to be quick, though,...
View ArticleView from the veranda
Until today the weather has been really nice so we’ve been able to have most our meals outside. This is where I usually sit, rather: the view from where I sit. Filed under: The future Tagged: our...
View ArticleJust one thing
I have been thinking a lot about how long I haven’t written anything, and how I could catch you up on everything that has happened. It’s been so much, though, that it’s only made me put off writing. So...
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