There was a shooting today, on May 30th, 2018 at midday in the quiet university town of Uppsala, Sweden’s 4th largest city. It was directly outside Max’s nursery, not far from my older two children’s school. Two people were injured, the police are calling it an assassination attempt, two of Max’s nursery teachers witnessed the […]
Family life
Can a family of 5 live comfortably in 700 square feet small apartment?
Good news is: we are buying a flat! Read about the ordeal of buying in Sweden The bad news is that it is rather small apartment- a mere 65 square meters or 700 square feet. It’s moving week this week. As I tackle our ever-growing piles of possessions, I am panicking. We have acquired […]
Homeless and vagabond in Sweden
As of today, the 3rd of May, we still have nowhere permanent to live from the end of the May. We move out of our lovely rental house, as the owners are returning from their work abroad. Something that was on the cards since last year already, when we moved in. Though we hoped, as […]
Snowmageddon dressing hack for kids (and adults)
Snowmageddon: The weather is treacherous and the UK is so unprepared. As lots of us parents are torn between letting the kids outside to enjoy the snow and ice and keeping them warm, I thought I’d share about some hacks on keeping them warm in this weather. Remember: “There’s no such thing as bad weather, […]
How is technology changing family healthcare?
Anyone else hooked on the Netflix series, Black Mirror? The moral dilemmas the series presents are brilliant! Some story-lines are tangible, some less so, but none-the-less the series reflects our 21st Century existence back at us; how without really questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; […]
Laugh more! The theme of 2018
Over the Christmas holidays we snuggled a lot, ate even more, played and watched movies. It was wonderful to simply be! We had no plans, just let the days come as they did. Spontaneously, we had very good friends over for Christmas dinner, met up in town with university friends over all the way from […]
Super easy, beautiful Advent and Christmas table decorations kids can make
Each year the first Sunday of Advent just creeps up on us and I’m frantically trying to make or buy (without breaking the bank) some arrangement of Advent candles to light on our festive table, our Christmas table decorations. The Advent Sunday dinners are special, though sometimes they are Sunday lunch, or Saturday dinner or, […]
Kids’ Advent Calendar, your tool for staying organised in the pre-Christmas mayhem
The Advent Calendar has to be more than just a little window of chocolates or sweets, right?! The Advent period is generally crazy. The kids have performances- at school, at sport clubs-; us, adults have Christmas parties, work dos, there’s shopping, catering and a whole load of pressure to be perfect. After last week’s charity […]
5 reasons to go Charity shopping and Hygge Challenge #2 [video] #hyggechallenge
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Heading home after dropping the kids off at school and nursery, there was an unusual traffic jam around the Red Cross charity shop parking. Curiosity got the better of me and I just “had to” go and check what the fuss was all about. Turns out it was their Christmas sale. The shop was packed […]
How to make the holidays great for all you work with
The holiday season can be stressful. Business may be booming but with never-ending shopping lists and special holiday food to make, your to-do lists are longer than ever! In the flurry of holiday festivities it’s important to show the people you work with how much you appreciate them. After all, you spend more than 40 hours […]