måndag 17 mars 2014

The house.

We are definitely getting somewhere with the refurbishment of the house. All "walls" are done, either wallpapers or painted. We did put wooden floor in all rooms on the 2nd floor, but the floors on the 1st floor are to be done. As well as the kitchen, and the two bathrooms. After that I guess we can give the house a final touch with the interior decoration :) It feels good to at least have all walls done, got rid of some hysterical wallpapers that the pre owner had everywhere! Still a lot to be done, but we really like how we got it now! The sofa will arrive this week to...looking forward to that.

Here are some pictures, before and after.

Ciao.

Before - Small living room on 2nd floor.

After - Small living room on 2nd floor

After - Small living room on 2nd floor

Before - Entrance. 

After - Entrance

Before - livingroom main floor. 

After - livingroom main floor. 

Stairway. 

Before - master bedroom

After - master bedroom

After - master bedroom

Before - guest room. 

After - guest room. 

Before - Elsas bedroom. 

After - Elsas bedroom. 

Of corse we have Elsas lovely Birth Certificate on the wall. 

Stairs. 

Before - Kitchen. 

After - View from kitchen to living room. 

After - kitchen

After - view from living room to Kitchen. 

torsdag 27 februari 2014

Internet is back, and Im with it.

It took us a while, but now we have both Internet and TV in our house. I would not say that we have much time to watch television, but i love the fact that we have internet again. 

The days just passing by without stopping, David have been working long days lately. Elsa and I are trying to keep us busy during the days, meeting up with friends and hanging out on playgroups. 

I dont know if i said it before, but we are now finished with our renovations on the 2nd floor. The final touch with furnitures and stuff does not exist, but it will come :)  I will try and take some photos tomorrow. This weekend we will dig in to the first floor and what to come there.

Today I got the papers to sign for my permanent position at the Resursgrupp here in Ludvika. It sorted out soo well, that the Ambulans booked me this summer. Yeeha. Some other good news would be that we just got a spot at Daycare for Elsa. She will start with introduction some where in the beginning of April. Exciting for all of us I think. We are trying to practise to say goodbye to me, that is the hardest part. But Im sure that she will be better at that soon! All this means that I will hopefully be back at work in the end of April. Crazy! I have to do the physical test again to be able to work at the Ambulans, that will be on Monday. Wish me luck! 

The winter have been totally crap this year, I would hardly say that we had any winter. All snow is gone already and it is really warm outside, at least some where around +2 to +4 every day! That is crazy, but Elsa like it and that is why I like it as well. Now we can hang around at the playground, go for rides on her trike - which she loves! Things is a bit easier without snow, when you have a non-snow-loving kid. 

Here are some pictures from lately, I definitely have to get better at taking photos now when the snow is gone. Easier when Elsa can walk around by her self outside. 


Elsa really love eating. 

Some of my cute friends here. 

We went to a friend to look at her kittens, Elsa loved it!

We recently spent a weekend in Leksand with my sister and her family, celebrating my mums birthday. Oskar were really enjoying the cake :)
Elsas other cousin, gorgeous little Arvid. 

"Momo" were feeding Elsa cream from the cake, she definitely liked this one more than the one on her 1st birthday - which she were spitting out! 

Hard to entertain two small ones on the same pic :)

Elsa is hugging a sad Arvid! 

She still love to play with dolls, feed them and just walk around with them. Cute. 

My sister, Arvid, Elsa and I. I thought it was unfair to take a sister-shot when I just got back from a run. 

E is checking out the sticks on our backyard. 


Playing with whats left of the snow. 

How can splashing in water puddles be so fun?!

fredag 24 januari 2014

Finally!

Long time no seen!

Wow, sorry guys, been without internet sort of since we came back home! Elsa and I is at my parents house this weekend, so I thought that I should write something here!

Whats happening?!

David is working a lot, both at the actual job and at home with renovations. We are soon done with all the rooms on the 2nd floor. New wallpapers in three of the rooms, new floors in all, new doors, painted window-frames and inner roof. We are now thinking of what to do next, if we should dig in to the first floor straight away or wait a bit. It is really easy now when we don't have any furnitures and we want as much as possible done when they arrive.

When it comes to that. They should have arrived in Sweden today. But they are still on the boat, what i know of. So i guess we have to live in our spartan home for another few weeks :)

I've been talking to my old manager at the hospital and hopefully i will soon start to work every 2nd weekend for a while. Just to get started with nursing again. Then i have to choose where to work when summer comes...and i haven't decided that yet. But Im excited.

Otherwise, were having a great time here in Sweden. Weather is great, snow and between -5 to -18. Lovely to be so close to my lovely family and "old" friends. However, i definitely miss my friends back in Sydney, a lot.

We haven't been out on too many missions yet, but that to come when our life from Sydney arrives and we can start to live a life outside house renovations.

Elsa is now 1 year, 4 months and 3 weeks. Is 81 cm tall and weigh 9.7kg She is teething again, as always, so now she have 15 teethes. Talking ALOT! She imitate everything we say, everything! I love it! She still now some english words, which is good. Our plan was to talk english at least one day per week, but so far that haven't been to successful. Perhaps when our everyday is sorted out, we will do better! She likes the snow, until she do face plants in it. She really hates that! Loves sleeping outside during the days, sleeps for hours and hours. She love to play peekabo!

Elsa is playing around with her cousin Oskar. 

Haha. One minute happy, the next....not so happy. 

Love playing with her doll. 




Granma (Mormor) and Elsa, silly as always :)

Little miss sunshine. 

Elsa and her mates in Sundsvall. Love that the fact that we were four girls that hooked up at uni, and all four of us sort of had kids at the same time....a few years differ. 

Our party animal. 

Cute girls. 
Elsa admire Selmas necklace 
Elsa and granma (Farmor)



Storytelling with cousin Alicia. 

Santas wife on christmas eve. 

Selma and Alicia enjoying christmas celebrations. 

Dancing. 

David is playing around with the girls. 

Yiiihaaa!

Elsa and David is checking out Henrik and the kids. 

Elsa the snowman. 

Swinging is her favourite thing to do. 

Snow is not always fun, especially not when you face plant in it :)


Love this pic,  David, the biggest kid of them all :)