WEDDINGBELLS

And so it happened, my cousin Pernilla is now a kept woman...?!!!

Yesterday at Skokloster Kyrka the ceremony was held for Pernilla and Per. They said their "I do:s" and not an eye was dry! :) Pernilla looked beautiful in her custom made dress.

After it was all said and done, we went over to friends of Per who held the reception in the garden at their house. Had champagne and strawberries, before sitting down to a cold cut meal and whine. A lot of people, myself included, made Pernilla cry during the dinner with their heart felt speaches, so it was all according to tradition. :) the wedding cake was probably the best one I´ve ever eaten, so I was sneaky and went in line twice! ;)

Everyone had been put into groups of four before dinner to write a little poem about the couple, and ours was read out loud during dinner (sorry for not translating this, but it just wouldn´t do it any justice)

"Per; Förr du i gryningen satt och spydde på ett däck, nu du vaknar upp till Pernillas vackra häck. Pernilla; Förr du satt vresandes och spelade gitarr i string, numer får du åtnjuta Per och hans lilla Dingeling".

Future poets if I may say so myself!!! :)

After dinner we all mingled and had more whine (some more than others) it was pretty darn cold to be outside by now so they started the music in the barn, so in all went to shake it a little after the Wedding Wals.

People started dropping off already at ten pm but the rest of us, including the bride and groom, stayed until one when the lousy DJ played his last 70´s song. Pernilla wanted to have an after party but the host and hostess were getting tired, and we reminded her that it "WAS her wedding night after all, and maybe her and Per should go to their hotel...?" But no, she replied (and again sorry for the Swedish) "Äh, ingen gökar på sin bröllops natt ändå", in true Pernilla style...!!! :)

Great wedding!

Mamma Mia

Came back last night after two days in Stockholm.

Mom, my sister and I had tickets for Mamma Mia (including dinner). The show was AWESOME!!! They have done such a great job mixing all the ABBA songs with the story line. I had goosebumps before it even began, when the drums started and the curtain lifted! :) So much fun doing these things with mom and sis everu now and then, some quality time just the three of us! Did not have as much time with Kajsa as I had wanted, but there´s always next time!

On Wednesday we went in to town, I met up with Linda and the two of us headed over to "Ciao Ciao" for dinner with some old friends, Maria, Lina and Brita, that we used to hang out with in junior high and there on. I haven´t seen Maria and Lina in three years so it was tons of fun catching up!

Today it´s grey and there´s rain in the air, but I´m gonna get out anyways and have some alone time since I haven´t had much time for solitude! Not that I´m complaining! :) Hopefully I won´t get too wet!!!

Crayfish Party

Yet another crayfish eaten.
We gathered in Linda and Rene´s yard at around eight pm to start our shell-fish-feast. Had a few snaps and sang one or two "snaps-visor" (drinking songs more or less) The bar was set at an early stage and we kept it high all night! :) The mood was great, the company awesome and the weather perfect.

The only thing bugging was the hundred and two mosquitos buzzing around us! No bug spray in the world seemed to help! Only one thing to do to solve it; more alkohol to kill them off as soon as they bite or come too close! :) To keep to tradition I made my infamous Jello-Shots and they were as popular as always. :)

I think Micke was the luckiest man there that evening, ´cause no one got as much action as he did and with so many! He always seems to get away with all the naughty things he does! ;) He was also the last one to leave, after sitting in Linda and René´s jacuzzi until four in the morning! But I think he had to pay dearly for it the next day! :)

I´m gonna leave the pictures of myself out of this, because I have a feeling that Big Fred will post one or two on his site, and there is absolutely no point in having them on display in more than one place!!! :) I just hope he´ll be nice seeing as I haven´t posted many of him...! ;)

All in all, I think we had a pretty darn good night and most of us, if not all of us, were at our better behaviour.....(?) But it´s kinda nice to know that these parties only happen once a year! :)

SKÅL and welcome back next year!!!

Tough weekend....

Had made plans with my best buddy Linda for Saturday just the two of us, some food and a little bit of wine. Well, the two bottles of wine were empty before we knew it and Millo the Bartender stepped in. Found some Vanilla Vodka and had nothing to mix it with but Björnbärs Loka (flavoured mineral water) and some frozen raspberries.
"Sounds pretty nasty" you might say, but darn was it ever good!!! :) We killed two birds with one stone, (or in this case one drink) ´cause we got the alkohol down mixed with water, so we didn´t have to alternate each drink with water to prevent a hangover-headache! :) Don´t know how well that theory worked though...

At around eleven thirty- twelve, we decided to hit the bar scene and stupidly enough had some more drinks. Like we really needed it!!! Had a blast and luckily (?), thanks to the Vodka (which I SHOULD NOT drink!!!) got a couple of blanks from the night. Some I got to hear from Linda the day after but the rest is blessfully forgotten! :)

At ten thirty Sunday morning I got a text message on my cell from Linda with 3 words; "PLEASE KILL ME!!!!"

Like I always say, "it´s a high price to stay on top"!

Bachelorette Party

So yesterday was my very first "Möhippa", (as we call it in Sweden.) I don´t know if that´s a sign of me getting older or just the ppl around me, that I haven´t been to one before...?! :)

It is my cousin, Pernilla, who is getting married in two weeks and we took her out for some fun before the chains come on! Started with a little picnic and champagne, to get to know eachother. Most of the people there I had never met before.

Continued over to Sturebadet, a Day-Spa in central Stockholm, for a Turkish bath ritual. Sooo nice! We had the room to ourselves, with Steam room, sauna, a 12 degree celcius pool for a quick pick-me-upper after the heat. We did a salt glow and facial mud masks on eachother and had tons of fun!

We were starting to build up an appetite, so we went to Old Town to a restaurant called "Torget", for a great dinner and more champagne! At this awkward time I had also managed to build up a migraine, so I wasn´t feeling up to my best ability to socialize. Which ended in me taking the ten O´clock train back home...

Although I DID promise Pernilla to make it up on her wedding!!! :)

Sweet

I got this from a friend of mine and thought it was so cute, and maybe the boys reading this might learn something! ;)

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot,
Who calls you back when you hang up on him,
Who will stay awake just to watch you sleep,
Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead,
Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats,
Who holds your hand infront of his friends,
Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you.

Wait for the one who turns to his friends and says "....That´s her."

Exhausted!!!

It´s been a loong weekend... But sooo much fun! :)

Did the stupid thing and went out with Robert and my cousin Pernilla for "a" beer on Thursday, but ended up having a few more and had a lot of fun!! It wasn´t fun anymore when I had to get up at eight the next morning, to be on the nine O´clock train to Gothenburg to see my cousin Carolin.
But I made it and slept most of the way down there.
Since we haven´t seen each other in over a year, we stayed up ´til 2.30am chatting away that first night!

The next day we slept in and then went in to town to do some light shopping and our rule was to only buy stuff on sale, we actually managed to follow it!! :) That night we had Thai food and sparkling wine and when it was all gone we went over to a mountain to listen to U2 and their concert. We couldn´t get tickets so this was the second best thing, but the sound was really good and where as everyone at the concert got soaked in the rain, we sat under an umbrelly nice and cosy! Got back to her appartment and I think the bubbles from the wine went straight to our heads, ´cause we just couldn´t stop laughing! No clue what was so funny!!! :) At 3.30 am we finally fell asleep!

Had slow day Saturday at a coffee shop and then a party later on, where I had a really hard time getting out of my Zombie like state after the late night before! But like the trooper I am managed to get going and had a blast.

Sunday, needless to say, was tough! Carolin and I went to see a movie and I fell asleep during the first half hour, but then had some candy to get a sugar rush and stay alert, ´cause you just can´t miss that hunk Mathew McConaughey when he´s hot and sweaty on that big screen!! ;)

Went to an amusement park on Monday, didn´t go on any rides though, ´cause the line ups were aweful. So we did some people watching and played some games. I never win anything but actually walked out of there with a DVD. Carolin won a little monkey! :)

After my weekend in Gothenburg I went directly to Stockholm to see Kajsa and that took the last energy out of me so now I am SPENT!!!!! 6pm and time for bed!!!!!