Obama’s victory

You know I am not much into politics, I have such a problem remembering names…..but couldn’t help but feeling hope and a touch of a high when I heard the news this morning that the U.S. has a new president, the first black president ever! Difficult to write more that does justice to this very interesting development, the press are doing this good enough.

Still no heating

Yes it’s true, almost British nostalgia, you know that feeling that maybe the inside of the house is not much warmer than the outside. Worked from home today and kept the wood fire burning the whole day, and can you believe it after a record low of 16 degrees this morning the house is now 19 degrees! wow!

Took a long walk today after 2 long days working on the mainland and late evenings, is getting dark and cold here at 5pm, but today I did it getting home at 5pm, and it was beautiful. Took my new iPAQ with me, took calls, emails and responded to appointment requests whilst walking. I guess this means that I’ve finally joined the ranks of the “always on”, pretty sad I guess but on the other hand very effective. Did lots of good thinking, also afterwards in the sauna. Yes it’s true as with any typical swede we have a sauna at home, and it is very warm in there 🙂

Winter has come ;-)

Here in Sweden when I say winter has arrived, Swedish say, nooo it is Autumn. Yet it is zero degrees during the night, frost on the ground in the morning, and for me I have a very regular sign that winter has started and that is the trip switch in my house. Every winter without fail it trips and the heating stops working. We call in the electrician, or heating expert whatever to get it fixed. I even know them by their first names 😉

My dear husband is not home tonight, so the house temperature had dropped to 18 degree centigrade, hoping the electrician will call by soon, I lit a fire, and here I am thinking that winter has arrived, sat in front of the wood fire burning, wearing long johns (or long Mary’s in my husband’s view, he believes in sex equality :-)) and a warm fleece top and woolly socks, fine Celtic music on the cd player. I am drinking a glass of fine white wine, and thinking how fine life is, as imperfect as it may be…

“Not dead yet!” Silver Surfer

You have to visit the blog of Judith Taylor “not dead yet!”, an 80 year old silver surfer who won the covetted Silver Surfer Awards 2008 in the UK. She has a very fun sense of humour, interested in lots, and gives a beautiful insight on how social networking can give a very positive dimension for any one of us however old we may be whoever we may be 🙂

wowowow what’s coming next!