A life offline

is no life. If you're not on the Internet you don't exist! I have been offline for almost a week now due to moving into the new place. The actual move went quite well but at the moment I live in a total chaos of dust and paper covered floors.
A friends of Mr S (I call him The Kid since he is only 23) is helping us repaint the apartment.
I got to choose the colours so wed will have one gold coloured wall in the outer hall, the living room will be grey and pearl white with a red stripe right behind the TV. Once it's all done I'll try to post some pictures...

Work is the usual chaos, we are under staffed and fully booked. Lately there has been a lot of events: Future Design Days and the Filmfestival. What is it about "arty" people, can't they just relax and have fun?!?! Their parties seems to be more about checking who else is there and who you should avoid...

Sis has met a new man. We had dinner together a while ago and went to the movies, watched Borat (4,5/5). I haven't laughed that much in ages! It is truly a must.
Anyway, I don't really like the guy, he just gave me a bad vibe.... but I have to give him a chance since it was the first time we met and he was probably nervous.

At the moment I am eagerly waiting for the new beds we bought to arrive. They were supposed to deliver them yesterday along with the rest of the stuff we bought but the beds didn't fit in the van. I called the transport company yesterday and told them they must be here before 2 since I'm working today... we'll see...

Last night I met up with some of the girls fr dinner and drinks at Diplomat, The food was a huge disappointment but the the champagne was great :)

Wedding updates: None - focus has been on moving and getting everything in order. But once that is done I suppose we should try to find a nice place for the party. I do tend to spend more time planning the party than the actual ceremony. Wonder what that says about me?!?! ;)

I got my first real paycheck the other day so I intend to spend some money on myself... simply because I'm worth it :)
Winter hit with a vengeance on November 1st. I couldn't get home for all the snow so some of us got to stay at Nordic Sea hotel :) It's amazing how this happens every year once the snow comes. All the roads get blocked and public transports completely break down. It took my father 2,5 hrs to get home, it's usually a 20 mns buss ride...
I can't believe it since we do live in the northern part pf the world where it does snow!

Better get on with something now

Take care/E

Song of the day: My Love - Justin Timberlake

The Latest Fashion

Saw "The Devil wears Prada" (4/5) last night. Really liked it up until the cheesy ending. I don't really believe a girl would give up a career like she did and don't even get me started on the boyfriend! A more unsupportive person than him I couldn't imagine....
But the clothes... and the shoes... Loved them.

Picked up a pair of shoes and a couch at Livingstore for the new apartment. God, we are moving on Sunday and I haven't packed a single thing yet... Today I intended to get started on packing my clothes but I don't know where to start. Maybe I'll just start with my sheets instead. And then I have to make sure that I get my internet and phone connection in the new apartment too.

Apparently the latest fashion in the wedding industry is the Morning Gift To Him (Morning Gift used to be land or a house so that the newly married woman would have something in case the husband would die). These days the morning gift is erotic or exotic photos of the bride in lingerie. Mr S loves it, I don't. I hate having my picture taken as it is and doing it crawling around on a big bed in my underwear... it won't happen!!
I got all this information from a wedding magazine I picked up yesterday after the movie. In the magazine I also found the most depressing articles and ugly dresses. Told Mr S that I'm not the woman who will wear a meringue dress and smile on a pile of rose petals, which is in my opinion a terrible waste of flowers...

Now I should get on with my packing...

Take care
/E
Song of the day: Slow Dance - John Legend

Remember the 80ies

Saw George Michael yesterday and it was really nice. He truly has an amazing voice and the whole concert was very slick, the stage setup was great and the musicians too.

Had a really nice weekend, finally and entire weekend off work!
Friday I went out and picked up a pair of very cool boots from Bianco. Met up with Mr S for a quick coffee. He was in quite a bad mood due to a job offer he got. He wants the job but feels like the terms weren't as good as he wanted them to be.
Negociations continues...
Saturday it was the Home Design/Digital Home fair. It was well worth a visit since we found a couch we actually both liked :)
The Digital Home part of the fair wasn't really my scene. I'm quite happy with my "old" stereo - I've had it for 3 years now and it is apparently out dated.... The thing to have these days is a small box that you connect to your computer and hidden speakers in every room. Hmm, Mr S is getting one of those for the new apartment...whatever makes him happy...

Sunday it was the Travel fair. Not as big as I expected but it was fun. They had arranged a semi blind winetasting (when you know which wines you're tasting but not the exact order) and I am proud to say that I nailed the result :)

Today it's raining and I'm working until 1.30 am....

Take care
/E

Song of the day: Freedom 90 - George Michael

The painting

I'm currently stuck in this game - you're supposed to find 50 horror movies in this painting.

This and working is all I seem to do these days....

Sunday however girlfriend T, Henri - the fashion police and myself are going to watch 80ies icon George Michael :) Should be fun.

Take care!

Love/E

Song of the day: Trouble - Pink

Just say No

I have what one might call a "saying-no" -issue. I find it hard to say no to things. Mostly to fun things like going out for dinner when I've planned to stay in. I never say no to that last drink. You know the one drink you shouldn't have, the one drink that makes you swear that you are never drinking again the next morning.
Unfortunately I also have a hard time saying no to phonesales people, extra working hours and any other kind of charities.
BUT yesterday I said no to extra hours at Huvudsta and this morning I said no to a fundraiser who called and wanted me to donate 200 sek to the deaf. Now I feel bad about that but I rather choose my own charities (usually MSF).

I'm selling my apartment. It feels kind of sad, since I really love it. I have been very happy here but I guess it's time to move on with Mr S. On November 1st we get the keys to our new place. We discussed the wedding last night but we didn't make any decisions more than that we are going to take an evening and try to make some definitive plans. At least we must find a place to have the party. It's weird whenever we talk about or I think about the wedding it's always the party. We haven't discussed the actual ceremony or the major thing: being married. But I suppose every day life won't be that different.

I found a cool movie sale so I picked up some movies:
Crash
Must Love Dogs - saw the other day 2,5/5
Pusher
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Cave - saw it last night and it was a total waste of time. I'd give it 0,5/5 and now I'm being nice!

Tomorrow I'm taking a course in "Responsible alcoholmanagement"...

Take care

/love E

Song of the day: Oh Father - Linda Sundblad

Job v/s Life

I used to have a life but now I have a job.... or to be correct 2 jobs. I can't say no to Huvudsta because I like working there and at Nordic I'm still the "new girl" so I need to make an impression. If it was up to me I wouldn't work at all just hang around and do nothing.

So we have put down the 10% down payment on the new apartment and it will be officially ours on November 1st. That'll be nice. A friend of Mr S is going to help us with some redecoration and painting. I hope it won't take too long.... I want to move in as soon as possible.

Our party was great and since then it seems like all I've done is working. The job at Nordic is fine, not that many guests which is too bad since the place has great potential. I have a 6 months trial period and after that I'll evaluate it and see how it feels if I want to stay or not. The upside is obviously the money, that I get to do something I enjoy and that I'm having fun. The downside are the working hours - I hardly ever get to sit down and have dinner at home anymore since I work almost all evenings and weekends, I miss out on a lot of stuff with Mr S and my friends and I'm sleeping most of the day and come home late at night.

Sometimes Mr S annoys me. He has so many plans and says that he is going to fix stuff but nothing ever happens. I left a light build for him to change and it was just lying on the kitchen table for 2 weeks until I changed it myself... MEN!

Wedding updates: none I did however look at dresses again but white is really my thing. I don't really know how I want the wedding to be. Mr S says "all I care about is that we do it" But I intend to get married once and then I want every thing to be great. When the time is right I'll bring it up with him. Right now everything has been so crazy with my job and us moving...

Now of to work!

Song of the day: Not ready to make nice - Dixie Chicks

The writer in me

Had this amazing idea for a book this morning. I had the whole first chapter, or at least parts of it in my head and now it's unfortunately gone... It was a really good story though, about a timetraveller called Lucious, a very beautiful man, who helped people get their lives back in order.

I was seriously considering writing a book a while ago. Comparing to some of the really crappy books I've read it can't be that hard.

My life is for once quite under control: I have a new job starting Monday. I'll be at Nordic Light hotel working in the restaurant and eventually they'll be opening a winebar where I'll be. I think it's a good plan for the future.
And the good news is that Mr S and me are going to sign a contract for a new apartment today. We got it for a very good price 18.000 euros, believe me for Stockholm this is good :) It's a 3-room apartment so I will get my walk in closet. A friend of Mr S who is a carpenter is going to help out renovating.

On Saturday we are throwing a party to empty our booze cupboard before we move out. It should be fun. There'll be about 20 people, mostly my friends. Mr S's friends are quite weird in that way. They all live in Skane and never leave it. For instance: when we all traveled to Vilnius for Gosta's wedding he was surprised since he and his friends would never do anything like that. Hardly any of them will be coming to our wedding since we are doing it here in Stockholm.
Too bad!

Now I must get on with something a bit more productive than surfing the web.

Take care
/E

Song of the day: Save Room - Craig David

Switch

The election results are in and the right wing alliance won. So Sweden is up for a system shift. I do think it's for the better. The socialdemocrats have ruled for 10 years and a change is necessary. I'm looking forward to the next 4 years :)

Last week was all about work. Did my trial day at Nordic Light and it went quite well. You know how sometimes there are people you don't like, just like that and for no real reason. Well, this one girl at Nordic is exactly like that. She didn't like me and I didn't like her... but we worked together all night. I will however be the bigger person and be disgustingly nice and pleasant towards her.
I also worked at Huvudsta which was nice as always.
Friday Mr S and me stayed at home watching the final pre-election debate. Saturday we didn't do much until it was about time to go to Jessica's party. Just as I was about to start getting ready I got a call from Nordic Light and I got the job :) YESSS!!!
We decided to go out for dinner - my treat, before the party.
Jessica's party was nice as always. Got to met some friends I haven't seen in a while and also made some new friends. Met one of my blogger buddies IRL.
Sunday I wish I could have slept in but I had for some reason (I'll never know why) booked laundry at 9 in the morning and then we went apartment hunting all day. Some apartments are really horrible, total style disasters.

Sunday night Henrik had his birthdayparty/ electionevening. Was nice but some people had just a little too much to drink :) (nb it was not me ;))
Last night I took my rings off as I was washing my face. I tend to take it off when I shower and stuff. Anyway, this morning it's gone. I think Mr S has taken it - don't know why though. He was odd when he left this morning, seemed kind of upset but I was half asleep so I didn't really ask him about it. I guess we'll talk when he comes home tonight.
To him the rings are important symbols but to me they are not. I guess we need to come to some sort of understanding about this. I love him regardless any piece of jewelry....

Now I have to clean the apartment...again as a realestate person is coming tomorrow. We have found an apartment we like and are probably buying it.

Take care/E

Song of the day: A Change is gonna come - Sam Cooke

Choices we make

Soon it's election time in Sweden. This means that all the different parties are trying to get votes in any way they can. I have not yet decided how I am going to vote but I'll probably go for the right wing alliance as I usually do. I strongly believe that Sweden needs a change in the political system. The socialdemocrats have been in charge too long and nothing has changed.

Yesterday it was 5 years since the World Trade centers were attacked. Still no sign of Usama and still no end to the so called War on Terror. I wonder how long it'll be until someone can admit that they were wrong.

I personally am trying to choose a nice dress for my wedding, an fierce apartment and a cool job. I think I have seen too many apartments - I wonder if I am getting an overdose on seeing how other people live...
Mr S and me went into this one place last Sunday and they had carpets everywhere and the walls where covered in paintings and silly little decorations. Who can live like that??!?! I have 6 paintings on my walls - that's it!
Last weekend was all about parties :) Friday was Hannah's dissertation thing. We made the silliest presentation about our holidays. Some actually thought we were serious... Everyone seemed to have a good time and I got a lot of compliments about my wine choices. Mr S got seriously drunk and shook his little booty on the dancefloor to everyones enjoyment. I guess his Saturday morning was less enjoyable since he had to get up and help some friends move... I stayed in bed until 11 and then I dragged myself over to the couch and watched a American Next Top Model - marathon.
Saturday night we went over to PLF's birthday celebration. We stayed until 2 but then I was so tired I could have fallen asleep on the spot. Sunday we saw some apartments and then dinner with my parents to celebrate the engagement. We exchanged the rings in bed at 3 in the morning :)
Tomorrow I am working my "test day" at Nordic Light hotel. I hope it'll go well...

Take care
/E

Song of the day: SOS - Rihanna

The Ring

I'm wearing it right now and it is looking very fierce. Gives me quite an adult look :) We are not yet officially engaged but I'm a bride in training one might say. The big day is planned for Sunday since we are partying both Friday and Saturday.

I think I have decided on what job to choose: I'll go for Nordic Light. It seems like the wiser choice after all. Unless I'll change my mind again...

Right now I'm sitting opposite of Mr S in the kitchen. He is working and I am just surfing the web checking up on my blogger buddies :)
Yesterday I was supposed to go training but I misread the schedule and got to the gym about one hour late... Well, I went running instead and it was ok. Might be running with a friend next week. It'll be good for me - I need a bit of a kick in the ass when it comes to training.

Today I made Mr S drive me around town to pick up the booze for Hannah's dissertation party on Friday. First of to Solna to pick up the wine I ordered. The woman clerk could find my order in the computer since the idiot who answered the phone when I called spelled my name wrong. Had he forgotten the h in the end - fine it happens but he wrote Elisadeth instead of Elisabeth...Eventually she found the order and we could get going. Today I've spent 700 euros on alcohol :) Seems like it'll be a great party. Made a very exclusive playlist for her. I think she'll like it.

I have no idea what to wear for Hannah's party. Her mother is coming and she is apparently quite traditional and stiff. I wonder if white shoes and red dress will be ok. I have a tendency to look a bit like a Park Avenue call girl in red but this dress is kind of low key.

God, I'm tired and tomorrow I'm putting in a 12-hour shift at Huvudsta. Sometime I lead a charmed life and sometimes I'm only one step away from hard labor....

Better get into bed now

Take care/E

Song of the day: I don't feel like dancin' - Scissor Sisters

New beginnings

I have currently 3 cool joboffers and need to decide soon. One might say that I am quite indecisive. Sometimes it takes me 10 mns to decide what cheese to get at the supermarket...So how can I decide about work?!?!

The first one is at a restaurant called Paus where I would be an actual sommelier. Their menu is really ambitious but it's still a very nice and not at all posh.
The second one is Nordic Light Hotel. The interview was today and I seriously rocked. If I'm thinking career Nordic Light is the way to go.
The third is Huvudsta where I use to work.

God, how can I decide this?!?!


Wedding update: we are picking up the rings today - they are fierce.
Went into a creepy dress store today and Oh My God! White princess dresses isn't really me...

Take care
/E

Song of the day: Dangerously in Love - Beyoncé

The book-worm in me

Got this list from Swedish blogger Pojkfroken:

1. A book that changed my life: Malcolm X by Alex Haley. Made me aware of "my" history and heritage as a black person. Since I'm adopted I never had a grand mother or grand father telling me stories about slavery, ancestors and Africa.

2. A book I read more than once: The Adrian Mole-series by Sue Townsend

3. A book I'd bring to a deserted island: The Class - Erich Segal

4. A book that makes me laugh: The Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend. I laugh until I cry

5. A book that makes me cry: The Moccasin trail - can't remember the author but it's lovely. It's about a boy, Jim who was separated from his family as a child and grew up with Indians.

6. A book I wish was written: I suppose I have to say a book with all the answers to all the questions about everything

7. A book I wish hadn't been written: So many but most books by Lisa Jewell - they truly suck!

8. A book I'm reading right now: Adrian Mole and the Weapons of mass Destruction - Sue Townsend

9. A book I intend to read: A classic like Anna Karenina or Crime and Punishment.... any day now :)

Take care

/E

Song of the day: Hips don't lie - Shakira feat Wyclef

Honey, I'm home pt II

Came back from the long weekend in Vilnius yesterday.
Now G&V are legally wed and on their way to Ukraine for their honeymoon.

Vilnius was nice, at lot nicer than I expected. We arrived quite late on Wednesday night and went to our B&B and then took a quick drink before bedtime. Thursday I spent most of the day alone since sis and Henrik had a jobmeeting. I walked around a big shopping mall but could find anything I wanted to buy. The fashion is very 1995, low cut jeans and tops showing a bit to much belly for my taste. I also noticed that there are no foreigners what so ever in Vilnius... Interesting. I saw one other black person and he turned out to be a Canadian tourist :)

Thursday night we met up with The Happy Couple and some other friends for dinner and drinks. Friday was nice and sunny so me, Hannah and Tanja walked around town...or correction we walked from one bar to the next. A glass of wine costs about 1 euro 5 cents in a bar and a beer is about the same. Friday night we all were supposed to go to the place where the wedding reception would take place and help out with the floral decorations but too much food and for some too much vodka put a quick end to those plans. We ended up in a cocktailbar instead...

Saturday morning it was raining like h*ll! We went to the KGB museum which is found the the old KGB headquarters. In the basement they used to keep their prisoners and interrogation rooms. Entering the place I got the same feeling that I got when I visited Dachau, concentration camp outside of Munich, the fear and anxiety is filling the air. Some of the torture cells really makes you sick but it was an important place to visit. The KGB left Vilnius in 1991..... I can't imagine that. I graduated from school in 1992 - it's not that long ago you could get arrested for telling a joke or reading the wrong book.
After the visit we had lunch at McDonald's - from one extreme to the next and then we went back to the B&B to get ready for the wedding.
It was a very nice ceremony, both in English and Lithuanian and they both looked very beautiful and happy.
They had arranged buses to takes us to the reception where we had champagne and hors d'oeuvres.

During the dinner I was placed next to a very nice frenchguy and his wife. We, as in the Swedish friends, performed a song we wrote which I think at least Gosta enjoyed a lot. Then we danced and drank until 3 in the morning. Me and Dan aka Travolta really heated up the dancefloor for a while (note to self: dry clean dress).
At lot of the Lithuanian wedding traditions are focused on having babies. Jokes like "we'll see you in the hospital in 9 months" and comments about grandchildren. Personally I don't think that's very funny but that's just me.... I know that G&V wants kids and I wouldn't be the least surprised if V is pregnant by New Years.

Sunday they had arranged a trip to the nearby village Trakai and huge lunch - at least 7 courses and a tour of the castle. On each table there was 2 bottled of wine, one bottle of vodka and one bottle of brandy. Since have our Viking heritage to live up (or down) to we did our best to finish the vodka but we didn't really measure up to the lithuanians...

For dinner that day all I could down was a cold cucumber soup. The bowl it's served in is made of bread - really cool.
Monday me and Henrik from Malmoe, who I haven't seen in ages, spent the day together walking around town looking at the old Russian architecture.
We left town at around 4 to go to the airport.

All in all I had a great time. Got to meet some friends I haven't seen in a long time: Henrik from Malmoe and K&J who live in Bruxelles.

Now, M&J, who have been engaged for 10 years have decided to get married. Knowing M who suffers from a huge inferiority complex towards most people she couldn't stand the fact that I would get married before she did. She has always felt like she had the upper hand on me when it comes to relationships. When I was single she had J, they moved in together, got engaged and suddenly so am I. So she needs to be the first one walking down the aisle.
Since Mr S and I are doing it in October next year they have planned to do it in May.... It's too bad but they don't really seem happy together. But I think they are both "security junkies" and once she actually said to me "you know what you have but you don't know what you'd get".

Update on wedding: rings are designed and ordered....that's about it. I'm still working on the Las Vegas-idea but Mr S has now teamed up with my mum against me. I think it'll be great. If we'd go for the drive in concept it'll cost $10. The average wedding in Sweden costs between 5 and 10.000 euros. Think of how many shoes I could buy with that money!

Take care
Love/E

Song of the day:

Summer is over

I think it's safe to say that summer is officially over. Today it's been cold, or at least compared to what I've been used to, and rainy. Summer of 2006 was fierce: warm, really warm and sunny.
Must say that this summer has been exceptional :) I've had a great vacation in France, got a fierce river boat tan and spent great times with friends and loved ones i.e Mr S.
Spent Friday at sis' place having dinner and watching athletics. The Swedish women are seriously doing a great job! Saturday night Mr S and myself watched 2 movies Descent 1,5/5 and The Brothers Grimm 3,5/5.

On Wednesday we are of to Latvia and Vilnius for the G&V wedding. If I may say so (and I do since this is my blog) my dress is really nice. Now all I need is shoes to go with it. I hope it won't rain but they say that raindrops on the bride means good luck....

Reading about what has happened in the world this lat couple of weeks makes me loose some of my faith in mankind. What are we doing to each other and ourselves??? So what we have different opinions but killing innocent people who have done absolutely nothing, what is the deal with that? Why can't we just love each other, drink cocktails and have some fun?

Oh yes, we have found rings we both like. So it's off to the jeweler tomorrow and order them. No other wedding-news.
And the hunt for the perfect apartment goes on...
I can now see that Mr S was right. Some rebuilding will be necessary, of course I haven't told him that he was right ;)

Tuesday I have the day off so I'll spend it writing 2 jobapplications. As of September 3rd I am unemployed hence Mr S will support me.

Now, I'm off to the movies: Superman Returns, I'll let you know what I think of it...

Take care

Love/E

Song of the day: Damelo - Juanes

Old habits

Lately I have been spending a lot of time working ( hate it) and shopping (love it). Mr S' son was in town for the weekend so we met up with him and his friend on Thursday night.

Hannah and I had dinner with champagne at her place on Friday. Celebrating that her thesis is done. Mr S, his son and friend joined us and we went out for drinks. First The Vampire Lounge (think some serious Dracula-stuff), then Sodra Bar and last but not least Gondolen and the rooftop. Since I was working the next day Mr S and I dropped "the kids" (Hannah, Mattias and Sebbe) at Patricia and went home. Apparently they stayed at Patricia until 5 in the morning :)
Saturday I had dinner with girlfriend Mi. It was nice to met her again but one evening is quite enough. Every time we met I get reminded why she annoys me. She is extremely cheap, in a almost dumb way. Went on to met up with Mr S, Mattias and Sebbe for some drinks at newly opened and very trendy hotel Anglais.
Sunday I worked and had a BBQ in the evening.
Today we are checking out an apartment we are interested in. Or Mr S is more interested than me. I want to buy something new and fresh and he wants to renovate.... Discussions are scheduled for tonight.

Read an interesting article about food eating habits. In Sweden the average Joe spends 90 mns on food a day. This means that preparing, eating and planning what to eat, when to eat and with who takes 90 mns. I spend more time than that thinking about food. Food is, it's safe to say, one of my hobbies.
I love to eat. This does not mean I'll eat anything, quite the contrary actually. I am very careful with what I put in my mount. Therefore I would never join a show like "Survivor" or "Fear Factor". Some of the things people do for money....

Wedding update: No rings yet. And no theme for the wedding. (According to the magazine every wedding is supposed to have a theme, I suggested "champagne" or "having fun") No dress, no menu, about half a guestlist. But we have time :)

Take care

Song of the day: Stars are blind - Paris Hilton ( I admit, I like the song)

The cat is out of the bag...

From now on it's official: I'm engaged and all my friends know it (hm or at least most of them).
Had a very nice AW at Diplomat - happy hour prices on champagne and told them. They all seemed very happy but quite surprised. Even Hannah was happy but she seemed quite shocked. Since we are not doing it in church, we are going down to city hall or the equivalent, we need two witnesses each. I have asked Hannah to be one my witnesses - I hope it will make her feel like she is really taking part of the whole thing.

I only wish she would like Mr S. But like he said there is time for them to get to know eachother.

On Thursday I was out with the girls: Ingrid & Ingrid and Ali. I brought Mr S along and he passed the test :) We had dinner and now I remember why I don't like eating at riche. I was almost as hungry after I ate as I was before. Mr S and I stopped at a diner on the way home to pick up some extra food. I hate when you go out and don't get enough food! If I ever open a restaurant I shall make sure that my guests are full and happy when they leave.
Wednesday after work I finally worked up the nerve to tell my parents. Apparently they already guessed it but were waiting to hear it from me.

I have started to check somethings for the wedding and it is really expensive. Tried to convince Mr S that we should take all the money and spend it on a world wide shopping spree instead but he is determined to get married...

I guess deep down inside so am I. We have no rings yet though. It's next weeks project.

Mr S's birthday is coming up this Tuesday. I'm planning to make him a nice dinner just the two of us. Champagne, candles and the works.

All in all I'm happy and excited about the wedding but mostly I'm excited about being married :)

Song of the day: Midnight at the Oasis - Brand New Heavies

End of days

My holidays are officially over! I worked Saturday and Sunday at the coffeeshop. I am truly beginning to hate that job! No fun and no challenges what soever.
Must find something new.

Mr S has huge plans for my company, now officially known as The New Black. He wants to create an whole industry with events and PR... I think he wants to be a at home husband and go shopping all day while I work :)
Yesterday after work Mr S and me met up with Henrik at Clarion hotel for a few games of Backgammon and dinner. I just learned to play so me and Henrik teamed up against Mr S, who has played for ages, we gave him a good fight but he ended up winning - the lucky guy.
Saturday Jocke had a BBQ and we were introduced to his new girlfriend Eleonore. She seemed nice in a sort of perky and cheerful way. Mr S drove so he didn't drink - I handled the family boozing that night and did it quite well. Managed to down one bottle of rose and a few drinks. Most of the day Sunday I felt really bad. The older I get the worse are the hangovers... It quite odd: when I was younger I had the energy to party 4 or 5 days a week but no money. Now when I have the money I don't have the energy to party.

About the wedding: I still haven't told my parents. I wanted to send an email but Mr S said this is something we should tell them in person... Suppose he is right.
No update on the ring front. I have found 2 rings I really like, but I have so far only seen them in a catalogue. Friday we went to a huge shopping mall, or actually it's more like a whole shopping quarter and found a really nice silversmith. He suggested that we design our own rings and he will make them for us.
I planned to ask Hannah, she is a hobby silversmith, but considering how she feels about Mr S I don't think it's such a good idea.

Upcoming Friday I'm meeting some friend for a Champagne AW at T/Bar. Will be fun, haven't seen some of them in a while.

And now, I'm going for a run :)

Take care!

Song of the day: Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor - Juanes

The Wedding Crash

Today I did something I never thought I'd do: I bought a wedding magazine. And it freaked me out. I honestly didn't know that there was so much stuff involved. I just thought it was about wearing a fierce dress and saying yes....
I obviously freaked out but Mr S, being the cool guy he is, calmed me down. But secretly I still think living together is a great idea. No fuzz and no mess and I can spend the money on shopping and drinking champagne....

Went to the movies today and saw a new French film "Anthony Zimmer" I'd give it 4/5, since I really like French movies and this one was really exciting with some unexpected twists and turn. I do recommend it!
A few days ago sis, Mr S and myself saw "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", I'd give that 3/5. It was cool entertainment but a bit too much but Johnny Depp is a cutie.

At least we have set the date: October 6th 2007 is the big day. What we don't have are rings, places to be, dress, guestlist, band, photographer etc etc all the things I learned today that are mandatory for a wedding.

Las Vegas seems more and more like a option!

Big thanks to everyone for their kind words :)

Take care

Song of the day: Even better than the real thing - U2

Mr & Mrs S

Passed the family test with flying colors :)
Malmoe and Copenhagen was really nice. Malmoe was a lot smaller then I remembered but I got to met some really nice people. Mr S' family and friends and Sus, AnnaZ and new fierce friend Suzanne. We stayed in Mr S' sons apartment.
Thursday morning we went to a cemetery to lay some flowers on the grave of Mr S' sister who died some 20 years ago. He has never been so it was quite emotional for him. She died from malpractice during childbirth.

We spent the rest of Thursday in Copenhagen, eating great Danish food - smorrebrod and such and *insert drums here* engagement rings! Oh yes, Mr S has proposed to me and I said yes :) Still can't believe it but I'm going to become a respectable woman. I do, however, refuse to wear white... I won't get away with that no one will believe me...

Big warning: I might turn into a wedding-dress-ring-shoes-food-wine- guest list maniac if so: my apologies!

Friday we went out with his best friends, girlfriends, sons and their girlfriends. I got totally pissing drunk and giggled all the way home. Saturday we visited some of his friends who live in the country. I mean this is really the country. I had no cell reception...
It was really beautiful but I'm glad I don't live there. I am more of a big city-person.

Anyway, we are keeping the weddingceremony (God, I can't believe I write this I'm freaking getting hitched!!!) small but having a big party afterwards. I always wanted that :)

My parents are out of town so I haven't told them yet but they'll be back on Friday so I'll tell them then. I just need to figure out how...

Take care

Song of the day: Enjoy the silence - Depeche Mode

Honey, I'm home!

Got back from France yesterday night.
The boat ride was great. Got to see some villages I never thought I would. How does places like Chatillon sur Loire or Charite sur Loire sound?!?!
Charite was really nice but very small. I walked throughout town in about 10 mns. We did however find a very nice restaurant with a very odd and unfriendly waitress. All and all the vacation, the food and the wine and the sun has been great. I also developed a habit of drinking at least two glasses of wine with my lunch and coffee just before bedtime...

We lucked out with the weather. The first 3 days we had about +35 degrees and sunny. One night a huge thunderstorm hit us. Luckily we had stopped for the night but all of our chairs and table left out on deck blew off.
We stopped in Sancerre for some winetastings and had goatcheese at a farm right next to the canal.
In Paris I spent most of the time strolling around the streets and shopping. I only visited one museum, The museum of Erotica.... it was quite entertaining actually. It had everything from old porn from the Romans to very modern erotic art...
I did find a dress to wear to the G&V wedding in August and a very fierce pair of Marc Jacobs shoes. Also bought two new bags and a lot of wine...
We also watched the football game. Became a bit of an anti climax when the Italians scored. I can't belive ZiZou (that is what the French call Zinedine Zidane) but the Italian guy must have really said something to piss him off. The party was going on all day before the game but afterwards people seemed to be kind of surprised since most really expected the French to win.
Well, Allez les Bleus! They made it really far, much further than most expected.

Paris was great, I could really live there. I checked out some apartmentadds but it is so expensive.
Today I'm doing laundry and tonight Mr S and me are off to Malmoe and Kopenhamn to meet some of his friends and I'm going to be properly introduced to his parents. I am not looking forward to that.
When I came back to the apartment I could hardly recognize it... it was really clean in a scary sort of way. A box filled with books, that has been in my rooms for about one year, was gone and now my bookcases are actually filled with books and not piles of old paper - Mr S has cleaned!

He has also watched Sex and the City, he just started season 4...

Oh and I just have to mention that he welcomed me home with red roses and champagne :) He is more and more turning into one of those "to good to be true"-men but it seems like he isn't going anywhere - at least not without me...

Now, my dirty laundry awaits me. And now I'm talking about clothes that I have worn in +35 and sunny so they are not all that fresh....

Take care
Love/E

Song of the day: Sorry - Madonna