Melvin 5 years!

Happy Birthday, Melvin! We hope you will enjoy this dinosaur cake (it sure looks real, doesn't it?) and that you will have a great day today :-)

Hugs to you, Alfred, your mum and dad!

Not an ordinary Wednesday

Muh, woke up to an (what I thought, haHA!) ordinary Wednesday; washed, put on mascara, got dressed, brushed my teeth, made a sandwich for breakfast at work, all the while I was chatting to Dan. We were ready to go, put on our jackets (yes, you still need them; where did summer go?), opened the door and stepped outside. Then one of our neighbors met us just outside the door...

Well, I'm not sure in which building he lives but I've seen him several times and he's also the one asking us to remove all the snow from the tires before driving into the garage as our SPLENDID garage lacks draining (which is a completely different story - remind me later!). Anywho, he says hello and then asks us if we have spot 71 in the garage. This question alarms us both (naturally) as we both adore our little Baby Beemer - could hardly hear what he said next due to all the alarm clocks making noise.

- Someone has broken into your car, there is glass from the windows all over and your stuff is scattered...

WTF? Noooo, this can't be happening! So we (very politely) say thank you for telling us and rush downstairs and my heart is beating like it's trying to shoot out of my body and there it is - our poor little baby beemer with shattered windows, scratched paint, glass all over the seats and floor, cds scattered inside and footprints in the seats! Our super advanced Panasonic GPS is long gone, along with the servicing receipts and instruction manual - everything, even our sunglasses! All we can do now is go upstairs, change clothes (I sent an email to my manager to let her know I wouldn't be coming today) and g e t t o w o r k.

After getting the car relatively clean from broken glass we went up to change clothes again. Then we went downstairs; Daniel to the garage to drive the car out, me to ground level to meet Mimmi who kindly enough offered to drive us. Before I even get out of the building I notice the three police officers standing by the door... For some reason you always think you've done something wrong when you see a cop! No, I did not turn and run :p

- Are you the one calling this morning about the car and the garage?

- Oh! Yes, that's us! Hm, had no idea they'd send someone out here? We're on the way to Carglass to fix the windows (I'm SURE they're here due to me speeding or stealing a pen from work or SOMETHING equally horrible).

- Well, ahem, you know, Wednesday mornings aren't the busiest of days... (sheepish look)

Right.

They joined me to the garage where we met Daniel, they asked us a couple of questions about the break in and asked to see the door to the garage and also if they had left any tools. Tools I had scraped up from the floor along with broken glass and dust and stones and put in a plastic bag... They took this plastic bag with them, after eyeing our quad and chatting a little.

Off we went; handed the car in for fixing the windows, picked up the BMW 540 that's been parked at our old apartment, Mimmi went to her place, Dan and I stopped by to clean the 540, went to the BMW office/servicing garage to order new instruction manuals etc, then went home.

Busy day. Busy day indeed. At the moment I have both a computer and a Daniel-head in my lap, things like this really deplete your energy! Good thing we keep our good spirit :-)

This is what it looked like, only posting two pictures since they're so depressing...

UPDATE! The doorbell just rang and when I opened it I found a little girl, a little boy and their mom, and at first I thought OMG how am I supposed to say no to these kids if they want to sell me something and THEIR MOM IS STANDING RIGHT BESIDE THEM but then when the little girl started talking I grew all warm cos you know what she said?

- I was walking home from school and when I walked by the forest I spotted this one, she says, and holds up THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL! Wonderful, cute little kid, I could kiss you!

Haha, there IS good in this world :-D Now just to keep an eye out for tomorrows newspaper where we can read about two youngsters being eaten by their own butts (that very surprisingly had grown teeth overnight!) when trying to sell two good looking sunglasses and a super advanced Panasonic GPS...

I hope you are all doing well!

/mwah!

Alfred 7 years!

Finally found a cake that I'm positive you would like, Alfred! We hope you had a great birthday with mum, dad and Melvin yesterday; it looked like you were having a good time at Fun For All in Cranberry! It was very nice talking to you on Skype and soon we will get to meet you all again so we can hug away! :-D

Daniel and I got back from Arboga to Stockholm around 3.30PM today, had a super quick shower, ordered sushi for take out, picked it up and oooon we went for mums house! My brother picked up pizza for himself, Daniel and Stephanie, and mum and I had sushi - super! After dinner and a coffee, Daniel and I went home to get the washing machine going, then went our for a long nice walk. Weather has been lovely today so just couldn't stay inside with a good conscience! Went to where Mimmi and Stefan will move in 1.5 years. Will be great, just wish they could move in NOW! I know Mimmi feels the same; 1.5 years is a long time ;-)

Right, best get ready for bed to spend some time with my new buddy...

Yes, it hurts.

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Good night!

Furniture

Arrived safely to Arboga after a couple of hours in Västerås looking at veteran cars (and younger versions) at a local market. Finally bought some furniture for the balcony - just in time as I'm SURE summer will be here shortly! Must admit I'm a little tired with the chilly days and evenings now, would be nice to have dinner on the balcony, or just do some surfing or blogging ;-) Soo, four chairs, now to find a table! Quite like this one...

Although I'd like it to be all black like this one... This would of course mean an additional cost.

Off home to my mums tomorrow afternoon/evening meeting her and my brother with his family. Fredrik told me yesterday that Caiden has my smile - he will be a lovable kid I'm sure! Weird though, but I hear these wonderful traits sometimes skip a generation ;-)

I hope you all had a great Walpurgis! Daniel and I had guests; Mimmi and Stefan came over for dinner and a movie (Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs). Poor Stefan had his tonsills removed Tuesday so he had kiwi, bananas and a protein shake for dinner as he still can't eat proper food. The rest of us had BBQ which was nice! And Brie Cheese of course... :-D

Mum got back home from our summer house this afternoon, driving on her own which is great work! She has spent a week there as they've been renovating the pipes in her bathroom, and then spent the Walpurgis evening with my cousin Jenny (she's 6 months younger than me) and her family.

Talk to you later!

Love, Lina