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Longchamp Large Le Pliage tote in blue and purple
In many ways this has been a hard year for me so far, as I am sure it has been for many of my readers. The winter was horribly dark and rainy with no snow, so I suffered more badly than usual from...
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Carmex Lip Balm – a new discovery
I have known about Carmex for ages – it is hard to miss. The red and yellow packaging is very distinctive and you see loads of people with it on their desks or using it out and about. The packaging...
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My new best friend!
I don’t know how good it is, how old it is or how big it is but I love it! PS excuse the catsand scattered on the floor. No matter what we do, they still manage to scatter some out whenever they use...
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Mollie Update
As I am writing this, Mollie has been with us for two weeks and the process has been pretty painless. Our two cats are used to other cats, but Mollie has always been an only cat, which led to her...
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Quite a week coming up!
It has, and will be, quite a month for us. Mollie has been with us three weeks now and is all settled with the boys. Wherever there is one, the other two are not far off. She settled in marvellously...
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Happy Anniversary
We have been married a year already – time really has flown. It’s been an overwhelming year for almost everyone, so it is not surprising that it seems our wedding was years ago. My daughter was due to...
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First long trip on the new Harley
Last week we went on a 1500km round trip south to Blekinge region in Sweden to visit my husband’s family. It was a beautiful ride, with only a couple of hours of heavy rain. Sweden is really beautiful...
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Galen leather notebook, pencase/notebook holder, and fountain pens
I was an early adopter of traveler’s notebooks. In the beginning there was almost nothing to choose from if you did not want the basic brown and black covers made by what was then Midori, now...
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Trip to the Stockholm archipelago
Both of our lives are getting busy again from Monday and we had ‘that feeling’ hanging over us yesterday, so we took a boat from our apartment into town, and then took another boat out to the Stockholm...
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Loving Fluffy
I adopted Fluffy in January 2011, a month after losing our previous cat. He became my special one immediately. He was so quirky, and had the most expressive face. He sleeps cuddled up close to me...
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Sniff Sniff
I have always had a nose that has run a lot. I suffer from chronic sinusitis which is always present at some level, and I also get more sniffy if it is windy, cold or when the pollen arrives. It’s not...
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Miscellaneous words of wisdom
I have been thinking of things that I have heard over the years that have helped me grow as a person… Where you are in a year is a reflection of the choices you make right now When you are a manager,...
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Our cherry tree in autumn
The cherry tree outside our bedroom window looked like this (above) a couple of weeks ago. It was such a glowing fiery colour that it looked like it would burst into flames. I cannot wait for it to...
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Thank you to all my readers
I want to send a huge thank you to all my readers for enriching my days through this difficult year. Every comment, every like, every repost means the world to me. This has been a really hard year....
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The love of pets
I find this so true. If you love animals, there is nothing that can bring calm and comfort like an animal giving you unconditional love and affection. My cats have always known when I am sad, and come...
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Words of Wisdom
don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you never regret a day in your life. Good days give happiness, bad days give experience, the worst days give lessons, and the best days give memories. you...
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Spa day
My stepdaughter’s mother and I have birthdays one day apart – she is 22 July and I am 23 July. So last year, our daughter gave us a spa day for two. We were so excited and dying to use it, but corona...
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Working from home
….today it is exactly one year since I started working from home. We were told we would be able to go back to work by Easter…then before summer….then autumn….then January. Now, as Sweden has...
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