We recently found out that a restaurant only five minutes from our house has not only opened up with new owners, but also that it has amazing food, is open past 2pm (which it was not with the previous owners, one of the reasons we have had never gone there), and serves alcohol!
We went there a super sunny and warm day, when we wanted to celebrate something anyway (more about that if it happens!), and just went bananas. Starters, drinks, shots, and a fantastic main course. We were the ONLY customers sitting outside. It was soo great ❤
The beautiful view (and funnily enough, the reastaurant is called “The View”):
It’s a bit pricey, but we will DEFINITELY go there again this Summer 🤩
We’ve had som lovely days in Sweden lately, sunny and up to 18-19 degrees. We took advantage of one of those days and inaugurated the grill for the year, and sat out on the porch and ate.
I also took the opportunity to put our two new sun chairs up. Aaron joined me on one of them, they are super comfortable.
I’m so happy we bought a proper BBQ last weekend, so I don’t have to sit on the deck anymore xD
Food was (as always) DELICIOUS ❤
Next BBQ on Thursday, bonfire night (or “Valborg”) in Sweden 😀
We have been talking about it FOREVER. That I should get a PC. We could play so many more games together then, since he is only on his PC now, and his Xbox One S is in the bedroom. Finally, I found a great deal at Webhallen a few weeks ago and got a PC (man, was that heavy to just carry home from Stockholm)!
Same week, we also picked up a really good gaming monitor second hand in Ropsten. Also great for my work, of course, to have two screens. Double the efficiency! Before:
It’s so pretty I loooove it 😇 Now, my setup looks a bit better:
And the plan is for me to start playing Gears on the PC, and co-STREAM with Aaron. Woooop woooop. Here is my baby. It’s working really well so far, super fast and quiet.
And even nicer did it feel when I put up this IKEA shelf we’ve had for a while in a box:
Aaron and I decided to go to my parents’ for Easter. Unfortunately, we were all a bit under the weather, so we only stayed the Saturday and Sunday, but it was still nice.
Easter buffet with lots of nice traditional food and bubbly, YUM!
After food, we looked for our Easter egg (in Sweden, you get one egg filled with candy, we don’t run around looking for multiple eggs, and we don’t do chocolate eggs). Mum and dad got the first clue to my annual Easter hunt. They are STILL stuck… (I have to start making them easier, it’s the same every year). Currently, they are trying to figure out this riddle (where they will find the next puzzle):
I eat without teeth
and breathe without lungs.
I have no voice,
but I can still hear you.
I sleep during the warm months.
I send out what the wind never wants,
but still people want to come close.
We also had time for some card games Saturday night ❤ Dad won, as usual…
On the Easter Sunday, we had a chicken roast, nom nom. It was a nice and chill Easter ❤
We had a lovely day on Aaron’s birthday, in March. I woke him up with heart-shaped grilled sandwiches, then we went to Stockholm for a day of ADVENTURE. Such a handsome birthday boy ❤
We went to the docks by the royal castle and went out in the archipelago on the boat Dalarö.
Sorry for being disgustingly cute, but we had a lot of time to kill before we could embark, and we took some greeat pictures.
The boat is kind of a commuter boat, but we were just there for the view and adventure! We got some beer and wine from the café (and sandwiches).
It was a bit windy, but still very warm in the sun, we were very fortunate with the weather.
We got off on the island Vaxholm, and had three hours before the next boat arrived. Across from that island is the famous old Vaxholm Castle, an old (decommissioned) fortress from 1548. The fortress today houses The Vaxholm Fortress Museum with exhibitions on, among other things, Sweden’s coastal defense over 500 years, life in the fortress in the past, the dungeons, and the preparedness in the archipelago during World War II. They also have bed and breakfast, events and a super nice restaurant. I was there with work at a conference and team building day, and I can’t wait to take Aaron as well (some other time, though).
We were going to eat at the large Waxholms hotel, but then decided on a smaller place, with excellent food. AND, there was a pub quiz we didn’t know about!
I had the chicken club sandwich with chips, and he had the sizzling fajitas. And there were drinks. Lots of drinks.
I also brought a couple of presents for him to open ❤
We had a great time! ❤ Then it was time to go home again on the boat.
We played some cards on the way home.
We kept celebrating when we got home. Presents, cake and GEARS xD
He liked his new viking cup! And his coasters (yes, it was kind of a theme this year).
It was a lovely day, and Aaron was happy with it ❤
We had reason to celebrate at the end of February. Firstly, I have just landed myself my DREAM job. I’m gonna be a project leader for at least a year of creating all the SFI (Swedish for immigrants) courses at our school and sister school, digitalized and done templates. This is what my baby Aaron did for me when I came home after learning about it <3:
We had already planned a celebration cruise because of another reason, it was just perfect timing that it came right before I started my new job (first day on March 1). You see, on February 27, WE PICKED UP OUR KEYS AND MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE. So, we felt it was definitely something to celebrate ❤ We met up after my last day at work, then we had tacos and margaritas, then we took a Finland cruise.
There was a magician onboard. Daniel Kane. His show was good, we especially liked his parrott xD
If you are smart, you bring an HDMI cable and hook up your laptop with movies downloaded, and then you can cuddle with a movie before sleepy time ❤
Breakfast the next day.
On the way home, we had the dinner buffet. Then it was exactly a year ago we moved in, so it seemed fitting. As much food and drink you can devour in 2 hours (beer, wine or cider).
It was amazing (albeit cold) to stand out on deck and look at the sea.
This cruise’s harvest from Tax free (it’s soo much cheaper on the boat than on land) xD
We had a wonderful time, can’t wait for the next one when we can sit out on deck in the sun ❤
We celebrated Valentine’s Day by going up to Stockholm to celebrate my mum’s birthday by going to a restaurant with her and dad.
There was a protest march against the Iranian government right outside our window, and it went on for aaages, like 40 minutes or something, thousands of people. It made the dinner interesting and a bit more political than usual xD
After dinner, we went just one block away to the beautiful old cinema “Scandia“, where my sister was hosting a Burlesque evening and Moulin Rouge singalong. My idea of a PERFECT Valentine’s day activity!
First, we mingled and drank bubbly in the lobby (and admired the architechture).
Then we went and got our seats and drank bubbly inside (no seat numbers, so first come first serve).
Also a very beautiful venue! ❤
The burlesque numbers were great, and the movie was OF COURSE amazing. I’ve seen it about 30 times, and suffice to say, I think I sang the loudest in the room.
We wanted to look nice for Valentine’s day, and Aaron FINALLY said yes to my idea of cutting his hair like a viking, shaved on the sides but long on the top. And when that was done, we stood with the trimmer in hand, and I decided to get an undercut that I’ve been wanting to do for yeeeears (since I saw Natalie Dormer in Hunger Games, yum-mie). This is us before:
And this is after:
We are super happy with the result! 🙂
It looks extra good when we braid his hair (at least, I think so)!!! xD
We jumped on Gears and started streaming right after cutting our hair, so we were a biiiit hyped about it that night. It was a fun 8 hour-session, here are some of the highlights from it:
For Sophies birthday, Lucy had arranged so that six of her friends surprised her for a dinner at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm. I was treated to a delicious and fancy 4-course meal in a lovely venue, and then (more) drinks in the hotel bar, with an exquisite view (of the royal castle, for one). It was incredible. And it was so nice to see the girls, everyone had children and moved away from Stockholm, so I hadn’t seen anyone in six years!
