Saturday

We prepared the morning for Liv's school friends to come for lunch and play. I baked a banana bread with chocolate chips and then made pizza dough for our pizza lunch. The girls came over, sisters originally from Australia. Liv and Hanna were so excited to show them our digs and to speak English with playmates. The girls played with ponies, Barbies, build a fort outside, watered and watched a film before the end of the day.
I had a headache for most of the day and then took my prescription meds to see if that would alleviate it after 3 p.m.. It kind of did but I felt funny anyway. You see, Mattias and I, when were were on the boat, consumed much wine-- red wine in particular along with salty snacks galore! We decided that when we moved to Sweden, we would eliminate buying both wine and snacks. Not only to help the budget but for health sake. (never mind that a glass of red wine a day cuts cholesterol or whatever the latest finding is). And chip consumption only makes you want to eat more---empty calories. So, we have been here for over two months and I did give in and purchase one single liter of white wine a couple of weeks ago and then Mattias went and bought several bottles of red wine and a box of white last night. With our meal we finished one bottle of red last night, and hence, the headache today. Oh, and we also bought chips....So, the willpower held out until this weekend really which I think we have to congratulate ourselves on. Moral of the story, I'm really going to give up red wine again and see if that helps my headache situation!
I tried to take a little couch rest and had the girls playing house in the background. They were trying to spoon feed me pretend tomato soup which wasn't sounding too appetizing. Then they went on to play dog and owner! I closed my eyes for some minutes and felt better. Our family was invited to one of Mattias' old friend's house for dinner. He has 3 girls, two of which go to Liv's school. For the meal we had a delicious Raclette experience---the electric raclette platter where we cook the meat, and underneath are the little individual cups that you put veggies and cheese. put that under the heater lamp and melt the cheese. It is a very social meal. The girls loved it! They had fun playing with Mats and Carolina's girls too and were exhausted when we got home. We spent some time chatting with Jan and Britt Marie and then I Skyped my sister. It's closing in on 1:30 a.m. I best be going for the night.
More later,
Carrie