Sweden

The last couple of weeks have been a bit mad for me and even more so for Peter....I have spent the bulk of the fortnight in Uppsala, Sweden for work. This means of course that Peter has had to resume the role of primary care giver for Sunshine! Fortunately I was home for her birthday...it just wouldn't do to miss her first one after all!

The first week was providing some training and the second in project workshops. This last week was livened up by the presence of collegues from the UK and some guys from the US...One of whom enjoyed riding around Uppsala in the middle of the night meeting the locals!

Uppsala is a lovely city and has a huge cathedral and loads of places to eat...we had Indian, Thai, Greek and on Thursday evening made a train trip into Stockholm...This was definately a GREAT idea! The train took around 40 minutes adnd after a temn minute walk we arrived at Mårten Trotzig. I don;t think I have enough words in my vocabulary to descrie he food but it was fan-bloody-tastic!! A little out of my normal price range, but absolutely fab! I had a salad to start and then the Reindeer....it was soooooooo tender that it melted on your tongue!

It was hard not to gobble it down in one go! The portion size was perfect...and wow! (I was hoping to post a picture...perhaps if I get the promised mailing....) If you are ever in Stockholm...GO THERE! :) I think that this has to be my highlight of the trip!

After dinner we went to the Glenfiddich Warehouse where not being a single malt kinda gal, I had a rather lovely cognac Gronstedt I think it was...I didn't have very much as it was charged for by the cl...! downtown Stockholm is not the cheapest place to be drinking single malts or cognac!! There are some pictures here...

Apparently it has been unseasonably warm in Sweden this month which was lucky as I can't quite get to my winter clothes at the moment - although this will need to change in the next couple of weeks!!

After months of quietness with work, it was lovely to have something to get my teeth into...nice to get out of the house and see the world, but even better to get home to Peter and Sunshine again!

Going for Green

After reading Mandy's post I got to thinking about making small changes around our home...I started with a Biocare bathroom cleaner (all natural ingredients including Tea Tree oil) which smells lovely! Then when the dettox ran out in the kitchen I went for a 'green' cleaner which for some reason had Anthony Worrall Thomson all over it...The next change was the dishwasher tablets....we're now using Ecover tablets and they clean the dishes just as well as other brands and smell quite nice too!
Finally, I stumped up the cash for some Ecoballs and after using them for a few washes in one day I am quite impressed...I'm not sure how they'll cope with Sunshine's orange food stains...but I guess I can always fall back on the regular powder and Vanish!!

oh, and I was really surprised at how big they are!

Make hay while the sun shines...

...well I guess that's what happened in our garden last Thursday...It used to look like this...

...and now it looks like this....

Now I feel I'm on a level playing field (so to speak) and can get on and do something with our outdoor space....although it'll have to cool down a bit first!

I hasten to add that I didn't actually do the work myself...just had someone in to do it!

Having fun at Roberts BBQ

Originally uploaded by reggiek

Robert is Forever 29

Our friend Robert was 30 at the weekend (although he said he's going to stay 29 forever...) He had a BBQ and it was good fun. We hadn't seen him since his wedding last year so it was lovely to catch up (and to introduce Sunshine to everyone who met her as a bump!) Robert has posted some photos here. Sunshine had a great time and loved Peter's ginger beer!

Music Videos From the 80's

I'm not afraid to say it! I do love 80's music! my sister tipped me off about this site.....I've only looked at a couple of videos...but it brings those 80's memories back!