...and done!

Minced meat pie

Borsjtj - Russian beet soup

Hours of cooking has come to an end. All the food boxes are labeled and placed in the freezer. It became 34 but i'll pretend it's 30 just for the number.
There was no problem with my lever spots as i had expected but i guess it was a good thing getting them checked.
Also i've bought a birthday present for my mum + christmas presents for both my parents. So nice to be done with that as i'm only gonna meet them one time before christmas (and probably the summer).

cooking, cooking, cooking...

Parmaham wrapped chicken

Taco fish

Cinnamon buns

Chocolate balls

I have now only about 4 food boxes left. I also decided to make 30 chocolate balls and 30 cinnamon buns. I don't think the worst thing is the actually cooking but the cleaning afterwards. By the time he gets home there shouldn't be any trace of cooking what so ever.
We rented the movie couples retreat yesterday, mostly because i was curious about the Swedish actress Malin Åkerman. It was okey, not great, but had a couple of funny parts.
I'm going to have my liver spots checked today. Not that i think i have anything but more to calm my hypochondriac boyfriend!

More food

Owen frittata and smoked pork loin with pineapple and cheese and smoked pork loin with pesto and tomato

Salmon with pesto

Green pea soup

I've managed to cook another 9 food boxes today. I have now only 11 left which I'm planing to do tomorrow and the next day. Might be hard to keep chris away from the freezer bt i've managed so far...

Friday night

Me and Chris are spending an quiet Friday night at home. We ate dinner at Anastasia and her husband Tommy's place yesterday which was really nice. Chris is really tired and after working at Lindex and having coffee with a girl from work i'm fine staying at home. Just made a fennel seed dish for the first time. Cooked it in the oven with goat cheese and had meatballs and beets with it. We kind of celebrated Chris driving license. He passed the written exam and the driving exam yesterday. Now it's only 1,5 years left until he can apply for swedish citizenship and can work in the rest of Europe!

Food for the sick day2

We ate this last night and i had garlic in both the soup and on the bread. Guess what? I woke up feeling much better! Walnuts, cocktail tomatoes, mushrooms and garlic. Soup is sooo underestimated!

Food for the sick

Chris got sick after our trip back home on the train. He thinks it was the coughing girl behind him who caused it. Anyway i got really sick on Monday. Had fever, bad throat, body aching....I still went to work today. I was pretty weak but managed the whole day. I felt okey in the evening and made scones and tea and then broccoli soup with a feta cheese cream. I'm going to get better now!

Another Saturday in Lycksele

After working at the hotel during the morning i took a blanket and a book and went to the park for a couple of hours. In the evening Anastasia from my work at Lindex came to our apartment for some homemade sushi and wine. We had a great evening and as Anastasia comes from Russia, a country both of us wants to visit, were there tons of things to talk about. Nice to have a girl over for a change. She is going to start studying in Uppsala aswell so i will probaby see alot more of her!

Last day in Strömstad

Our last day in Strömstad turned out really good. The weather was perfect and we ate herring lunch in the sun. Line came and took a coffee with me in the garden. I was very pleased with our stay. I got to spend time with my familly, meet my cousin and her husband, have a drink with Moa, coffee with Line and of course see Johannas wedding. Ad nice weather, good food and wine to that and you understand why we were very happy with our mini-vacation!

The Åhlin family

I don't know if we're a normal family or not but this is what we like to do on a Sunday with not too good weather. We bring a picnic and hike to a mountain. On the mountain there's a tower. We climb the tower (Magnus is carrying Isa) and eat our food on the top. It's very windy but we've decided to eat right there. The view is very nice though and we have a perfect look-out over Norway and the canal between the two countries. I love these kinds of spontaneous trips, just not sure my boyfriend do ;p

Johannas wedding

On the way through church

First kiss as husband and wife

Outside the church with the bridesmaids (Robin's sisters)

The most beautiful bride!

Johanna's beautiful back

Johanna and Robin went from the church to the party in an horse carriage

The party was located in an old barn

Ingrid & her date

Elin & Anna

My friend Johanna who i've known for at least 10 years got married yesterday to her Robin. Me and Johanna really became good friends while training high jumping together i Karlstad. We've been keeping contact since then and me and Chris have visited her and Robin both in Uppsala and Grebbestad were their parents are living. The wedding was really nice starting with the ceremony in the church and then moved on to a barn with food, speeches and dancing. Johanna and Robin looked really happy and i wish them all the best. It was nice taking to all of her friends whom i never been meeting before, just herd several stories about.
Oh i just have to mention that Chris happened to sit next to the guy who's sister travelled with Philip last year in the States. She had been staying with both Chris' brother and parents. It's a small world!

Where the wild things are...

My parents are, allong with most Swedes, very good at making things from what the forest, ocean and garden can offer. My dad said he had a "halleluja-moment" when he, on his walk with Isa, found THE perfect mushroom spot. My mum has found a blueberry spot just right up the little mountain behind our house. You can add that my dad and my cousins husband also got about 16 makrills... So grilled makrill, mushroom sauce and blueberry cheese cake - all from the wild. It's nice to be home =)

1 month left

It's exactly 1 month left until i start studying in Uppsala. I work for another 4 weeks until i leave around the 20th. I only knew Johanna in Uppsala a couple of days ago but i have been in contact with another girl who is going to start study pharmacy aswell and want to look for a bigger flat together. She is my age and seems really nice. Then when i had a coffee last Saturday with a girl from Lindex it turned out that she was going to start studying in Uppsala aswell. Her husband will be living in Lycksele so will probably travel togethet and such. 1 month left and i'm already making friends!

Enjoying Lycksele

Pretty cute little city

I'm really starting to enjoy my life here in Lycksele. It took a while though. I'm really proud how i handled the whole work situation which was pretty bad for a while. After promissing me 40h a week in the restaurant on the interview they gave me 25h in the breakfast. I have now work at Lindex and in the restaurant a couple of nights of the week. I have also increased my salary at the hotell as i thought it was way too low. I did something instead of just sitting at home and complain. I know i was lucky with the Lindex job but still i went around looking for it.
I like this little town, it's growing on me. I love living with chris but also spending time on me own while he is working in the park with a book. I know i will be looking forward to come back here next summer.

Baby birds

There is a little park in Lycksele were i go sometimes after work to relax and read a book. It is so nice to lay there and watch all the baby ducks swim around in the ponds. I bought a loaf of bread today to feed them with. Os it weird i find things like that enjoyable?

Photo weather

It's really beutiful weather here in Lycksele. It never gets as hot as down south (which hit 35 celcius last week) but it doesn't really rain or get cold either. It's been thunder storms and flooding down south the last couple of days. Who would have guessed Norrland could be so nice?! I love the evenings and the fact that it never gets dark here. These conditions are perfect for photography walks.