I went to IKEA today. I drove there by myself during the day with many cars on the road. It may not seem like a big deal but to me it’s a big enough deal. For those of you who did not know, I’ve been trying to master the art of driving stick. Not to [...]

When Fredrik was home, we went to a gardening centre/store to get something to deal with the fungus gnats that was causing havoc in our flat. We got some yellow sticky traps. The flies are apparently drawn to yellow. We also got some biologically friendly spray that is supposed to kill the adults and the [...]

I went to IKEA last night while Fredrik was at rehearsal and I got myself a bunch of jars. They were on sale. I realized that I’m a bit obsessed with having things in jars. I wanted everything in my kitchen to be inside jars. Maybe it’s Martha’s influences.

I’ve got 1 for tea, 1 for [...]

Today started really early. Well… yes and no. People came to rip out our bedroom floor at 8am. Fredrik stayed awake for that. I went back to sleep. They’re going to come back tomorrow morning to put in the new floor. It will be grand. We’ll be able to move our bed into our room [...]

This appears to be working now.
We went back out driving. I haven’t FULLY mastered the art of gear shifting but it seems that I have it down. Now to incorporate it into driving on the road.
Sweden has lots of roundabouts. At one point in time they used lots of traffic lights. Now they have lots [...]