American Goulash

If you say "Goulash" in Sweden, everybody will think of Hungarian Goulash, the original. 

I first stumbled on the American version during my exchange student year in Nora Springs. Joan made it and I loved it. Since I didn't like cooking then, I didn't memorize or write down the recipe. Every  vacation I then spent in Iowa, I asked for Goulash. I did the same this time. The first day at Joan's place, I wanted this dish and we got it. So simple and so good. 

Today I've made a batch. Christer's working and Elin's in Bromölla, getting ready for the Fashion show tonight. I'm going there later. When we get home, we'll have Goulash for late supper. 

Until we meet again... A Big Hug!

Bedtime

So you think you're going to sleep here?

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Old faithful

The sun's shining and the temperature's above normal for this part of the year. It's a perfect day for a car wash.

Christer sold his Ford Mondeo last fall and bought an old Volvo, "Doris". He loves Doris. She's older than Elin, but very faithful. 

In a few minutes Doris is spotless again. 

Until we meet again... A big hug!

Company in bed

Christer is working. He'll be gone until Wednesday night or Thursday afternoon. It all depends on if I can find time to drive the 30 miles (one way) Wednesday evening to pick him up. My car's in the auto workshop, so I have Christer's car. I need it to take Elin to school every day. 

I don't sleep alone when Christer's away. I have both Elin and our cat Ozzy in my bed. Elin likes the girl talks we get and sleeps on Chris' side of the Kingsize bed. Ozzy, the youngest of our two Birman breed cats, sleeps on top of me. I can't move. He's quite big and very furry. He's our baby, even though he's a year and a half. 

Until we meet again... A big hug!

Square eyes

After three months without TV (well, Elin watched a lot in the States) we're now with dish and channels again. 

Elin's thrilled to be able to watch the teen shows on Disney again. Chris loves Discovery and other nature channels. I'm happy to get Grey's anatomy, Hart of Dixie, Criminal Minds etc on the TV screen. 

Series, movies and sports... We're ready to welcome fall and winter. But, please, not yet...

Until we meet again... A big hug!

We want more

In a few hours, we've been in Sweden for a week. Elin's back in school and is working hard to catch up with everything she missed during the first two weeks. Christer started working Tuesday, which was like any other day, except for all the questions. His colleagues wants him to have a presentation of the trip on their next staff meeting. They are quite interested. 

I started working yesterday. Since it was my first long vacation in over five years, I thought it would feel more strange to be back. But after a few minutes, everything was back to normal again. 

With a lot to do around the house, it might take a while until the next big trip to another country. But to maintain the travel feeling, I've booked a Berlin weekend at the end of November. I've never been there, so I'm looking forward to that. 

Until we meet again... A big hug!

Bambi and friend

Sweet visitors in the village, close to our house. The photos aren't very good. It was getting dark and I couldn't use flash on them. They would get scared.

Until we meet again... A big hug!

Finally...

... I'm going to get this blog started. It's for all of my English speaking friends everywhere in the world. Some of you are already visiting my main blog, but now I'm going to serve you with stuff just for your eyes.

Yesterday we, me and my family, came home from a 3,5 weeks long vacation in the USA. We're tired, but very happy. Not too happy to be back and facing the everyday life, but very happy for all the things we got to experience during our trip. We got got see what we wanted and meet the people we longed for. We're so fortunate.

I will show some pictures from the trip. Not all. Just a few. Not today. I will do that soon.

I will show pictures from our home. Many. Not today. I will do that soon.

I will tell you about me and my family. A lot. Not today. I will do that soon.

I really want to get this blog up and running. I wanted that for a long time, but it wasn't until this trip, that I found the energy to do it. I found that there are people in the world that actually want to see me and know more about me. That gave me a boost.

I hope I can make you curious enough to come back. I might not write every day or every week. I might not write much every time. I will write when I have something to tell. Something that I think you might be interested in.

Until we meet again... A big hug!