Days leading up to…

I’ve been really bad at blogging these last few days. A few reasons: A stressful week and weekend left me exhausted. On Saturday Caroline was here Christmas cleaning the house whilst I was getting ready for Christmas, shopping for presents, making the order at the local butcher for Christmas delicacies and getting the tree. Sunday, Victoria and I did some baking and traditional handcrafted orange pomanders as Christmas decoration. Monday we did the tree, yesterday (Tuesday) I had a bunch of meetings and didn’t finish work until past midnight. So that leaves today. I wouldn’t say I’m exactly prepared for Christmas. I still have some cleaning to do, baking and cooking, and a few hours of work. I’m still contemplating if I should put the alarm clock to 7 am in order to hit the gym. Am I a fanatic or WHAT??

Last night as I was sitting in bed working on my emails, my husband came upstairs. He sat down besides me, pushing the laptop away from me in order to get my attention. We talked about all kinds of things, and at one point he said he was really proud of me. His remark astonished me so I asked why, to which he answered that he could see I was working so hard to achieve something I really believed in. And he saw I was doing things right. It made me really happy hearing this. Of course the results remain to be seen but the fact that he thought I was doing something right filled me with a sense of belief in myself. Sometimes I suppose you just have to hear those words. So little, meaning so much…

Last days in pictures…

Like a little dog carrying his own sock in his mouth (yes he put it there himself)

Is he cute or what?

Victoria looked gorgeous getting ready for her school Christmas party

Baking last Sunday

Fun in the kitchen

Traditional Swedish saffron buns

More baking

Victoria was getting into the Christmas spirit

Me too as we were doing the tree

Proudly presenting our Christmas tree!