We're moved in!

OK everyone, it's official: we have moved into our new house. And since you can read this, we even managed to get the internet connection to work as it should... there will be pictures posted soon from the new crib, but for now, please be patient. It's Midsummer's Eve after all, which means lots of herring and spiced aquavit (a.k.a. vodka for non-Scandinavians) for all true Swedes :-)

The Big Day went well, all things considered, but a SNAFU at the movers caused the truck to arrive at the house not one or two hours late but a rather impressive four and a half. The guys that came were not to blame, they were just as much victims of bad planning as us, and they did a splendid job at getting all the stuff in. Unfortunately, there was one small detail we had forgotten to check before deciding on the house: would our bed fit up the stairs? The answer is no, so now we have an interesting problem to resolve in the coming weeks...for the time being, we'll borrow the beds we've used in the apartment for the last month.

Japp, nu är det klart, vi har flyttat in i vårt nya hus. Eftersom ni kan läsa detta innebär det att vi till och med fått ordning på bredbandet. Det kommer givetvis bilder på hela härligheten vad det lider, men nu är det midsommar, så det är mer fokus på sill och nubbe just nu. :-)

Den Stora Dagen gick bra, men flyttfirman hade sanslös usel planering vilket gjorde att flyttgubbarna kom inte mindre än fyra och en halv timme för sent. Inget som flyttgänget hade orsakat dock, och de gjorde ett grymt bra jobb med att plocka in allt flyttgods som legat i förråd de senaste fem åren. Tyvärr var det en grej vi missade att kolla innan vi köpte huset: kommer dubbelsängen uppför trappen? Svaret är nej, så nu har vi ett intressant problem att lösa de närmaste veckorna... tills vidare kommer vi fortsätta låna de sängar vi sovit i i lägenheten den senaste månaden.

Swedish Update

We really are too slow on the update at the moment. We have tried to organise our life back in Sweden and it seems we have managed with most things without too many setbacks. We started out in high speed with Cissi running on job interviews and landing a job within the first week, going back to work by the same time as the kids start pre-school in late August.


We have also bought a car, a new booster seat for Hugo (he's growing up!!!), and Adam has inherited Hugo's car seat that we bought last year. We are borrowing an apartment from relatives and are very lucky to have had empty closets to fill, a washing machine, several bedrooms and a fully equipped kitchen! And a parking space. We also got to borrow a small car until we bought our own. So, life has been good!

Then the house. Tomorrow is the day! After some idiotic events around trying to sort out the bank (seriously, we are in awe how much trouble one person can make) we managed to sort everything yesterday, so tomorrow we'll get the keys and all our old stuff that have been in storage for the last five years will see the light of day again. We wonder if it can take it... We don't remember half of it so it will be very interesting.