E6 Blixtlåsprincipen

This is the post where Helen gets on her soapbox. They are currently digging up the E6 at Glumslöv near Helsingborg, which is currently causing traffic chaos to and from work. Unlike in most other European countries the Swedes just do not understand the "blixtlåsprincip" ("zipper system", or whatever it's called in English) For some reason lorry drivers think it's a great way to ease the traffic by parking themselves in the middle of the motorway and blocking everyone from driving past thus causing a perfectly normal 2,5km jam to double in length.....arrrrghhh! So on Wednesday evening I was almost at the point of roadrage when, yet again, another lorry started to block the motorway 4km from where the roadworks actually start....when there are instructions on the motorway sign showing how one should behave when it's heavy traffic! I'm NOT a happy bunny going to and from work at the moment. Why can't the Swedes get it into their heads that you're supposed to use BOTH lanes right up until the roadworks begin and then file in one after the other?!?!?! Somebody help! Yours in desperation, Helen

Torekov Irish-Greensome

On Saturday I played an Irish-Greensome with Bernt in the POURING rain at Torekov Golf Club! And despite the poor weather conditions and it taking us 5hrs 45mins we actually played ok and came 3rd place! Needless to say my shoes nearly crawled home by themselves once we'd finished. I had to put them in our fan oven on 60degrees to get them dry for my match on Sunday!

Fredags vinlotteriet

Spänningen stiger....och till slut vinner Carina! Jag fick tredje plats så jag måste fixa vinet till nästa vecka's lottning. ;-)

Curtains

Christel has put together some fabulous curtains for the conservatory! I'm very proud of her ;-)
All we need now are some new lamps!!

Toasted Marshmallows

Mmmm! Piggywiggy:)

Coffee time!

Just down in town enjoying a latte. :-P

Putt putt putt!

Christel is quite a dab hand with the putter. Watch and learn people, watch and learn, hehehe! ;-p

Driving Mad!

This is the first time I've seen my own swing. I can see quite a few problems with it.
1) I swing far too long back on my backswing
2) I don't keep my head still
3) I turn my body too much on the backswing

I'm sure if a pro analysed it they would see even more mistakes, but how far do you go with analysis before you become too critical and stop enjoy playing the game any more?
Of course if I didn't watch so much Viasat Golf then I wouldn't be so critical of myself, but I can't help comparing myself to the pros who are in a completely different league altogether, and I'll never reach their level in my lifetime so I don't really know why I bother! LOL! ;-)

Peepo!

If you go down to the woods today........You just never know who or what might be lurking in one of our apple trees.....scary!

Afternoon tea

We're having a spot of afternoon tea with Greta and Bror and my mouth is already watering at the prospect of tasting Christel's most excellent rubarb and raspberry crumble, not to mention the vetebröd *big grins*

Eva Dahlgren & Peter Jöback concert, Sofiero

Is it possible to be jealous of a guitar??? ;-)





Eva goes solo.



"Kom Håll Om Mig....", one of my fave songs that they sang as a duet.

And I picked up 2 gorgeous babes while I was there, hehe!

Swedish storm 2008

Yesterday evening we were hit by one nasty, if not THE worst, storm I've ever experienced in a summer! Our poor cherry tree, which is around 100yrs old, got blown and battered and it was already propped up on one side of the trunk so it was only a matter of time before something happened.....

This is what it looked like this morning.....



So half of it has to come down and hopefully we can save the other half. We're quite gutted, it's such a shame :-(((((

Den blev bra!

Jag vet inte vem är mest förvånad över denna bilden: Risto, pga att bilden blev så bra kvalitet med hans SonyEricsson P1:a eller jag, som inte ser så hemskt oatraktivt ut som jag vanligvis gör....!

Awww I like this one too! Tack Risto! :-) Unfortunately shortly after this pic was taken I somehow fell off the bench. Thankfully my favourite "Nurse Annika" was there to pick me up off the floor! :o)

3-in-1 Party

We threw a party yesterday to finally celebrate my 30th b-day (from last year!!), both our birthdays this year and christened the house. Good to see that some found an alternative way to use the table confetti....!