It is a wonderful world

A wonderful friend lent me her car so that I could take the very long drive to ikea (260 km). I was so pleased to finally get to finish the last stuff for my kitchen. However, on the way back, the car decided to take an afternoon nap.

It gave no indications to what might be wrong, it looked like it was leaking gas, which it wasn’t, then lamps came on that couldn’t be on and then it just slowly powered down and went to bed.

Thanks to a downhill, I managed to exit the highway in about 3 km/h speed. What now?! I call my brother, but he cant help, and being nearly 200 km away doesn’t help. I call a friend, he’s in a meeting. I call my mom in despair, not much she can do. I call the friend married to the guy in the meeting, tell her what’s up. Not much she can do either, but she get’s back to her husband. Meanwhile, I stop a car, they tell me what I already suspect, I’m in the middle of nowhere (however a very beautiful nowhere).

We are all missing jumpstart cables, and that probably wouldn’t have helped anyway we say. While I’m talking to this nice family who also helps me find numbers for a gas station and a towing company, my brother calls back: A friend of his, knows a guy living 80 km away from where I am stuck, and that guy is coming to the rescue.

I say thank you to the family who’s helped me with numbers and confirmation that the battery and car is indeed deceased. I settle in to my silent ride, finish the tea I had bought when leaving Ikea, tell people I’ve talked to that help is on the way but also that my telephone battery is running low (wouldn’t have been exiting enough if it didn’t right?). So I hum, try to nap as well, wonder about the worlds mysteries and enjoy the view. I also talk to a pleasant girl who stops and ask wether I am in need of assistance. She’s the 5th and last car to pass me on my time beside the road, but the only one who stopped on her own to make sure I was alright, bless her heart.

Before I know it, the hero appears. The problem, he suspects, was simply overheating (even though the car never gave that particular indication), the battery is soon rebooted and more water to the cooler means I’m off. We stop another couple of times to make sure everything is running smooth, which it does, all the way back home.

This, to me complete stranger, dropped everything, went on a rescue mission and saved my day, um, I mean evening and night! There aren’t enough thanks for that! Not to mention the friend who lent me the car in the first place (whom I must add takes REALLY good care of her car), my brother and his friend for using their network and all the others ready to set out and fetch me. This is indeed a wonderful world.

Guest room, a media centre - Gästrummet, ett mediacenter

This particular interior design detail is highly appreciated by the kids who can crawl up on the guest-bed and enjoy a disney film.

Just den här inredningsdetaljen uppskattas väldigt mycket av barnen som kan krypa upp på gästsängen och avnjuta ett stycke disneyfilm.

Best thing ever - Den bästa grejen någonsin

A full sized freezer, in an organized storage room. Does life get any better than this?

En fullstor frys i ett organiserat förråd. Blir livet någonsin bättre än så?

Our new hangout area - Vårt nya mysrum

You've already seen our gigantic couch, this is what's in front of it...

Ni har redan sett vår enorma soffa, detta är vad som finns framför den...

Long time no see - Det var länge sen sist

Since we all of a sudden had a living room upstairs, we could turn our multi-combined room into simply; dining room.

Eftersom vi plötsligt hade ett vardagsrum på övervåningen så kunde vi förvandla vårt mångfaldiga rum intill endast matsal.

Second snow - andra snön

Gone now though - borta nu dock

Lights in the bathroom - Lampor i badrummet

The journey of a staircase - Trappans resa

1. On the floor - på golvet

2. Up - uppe

3. Handrail - räcke

IKEA

Love at first sight, we had to get it. Thank you Samir for bringing it.

Kärlek vid första ögonkastet, vi var tvungen att köpa det. Tack Samir för att du körde hem det.

Coming up - Stairs!!

Kommer snart - Trapp!!

Mirror mirror on the wall - spegel spegel på väggen där

I can finally use only the one bathroom in the morning since it is a wee bit difficult to put on mascara without a mirror...

Äntligen kan jag använda mig av endast ett badrum på morgnarna eftersom det är lite svårt att kleta mascara utan spegel...

House now - Huset nu

Compare with before we started - Jämför med före vi började

And with only beams - Och bara med bjälkar

New car, new yard - ny bil, ny gård

Step - Trappsteg

A step between old and new part. NICE

Ett trappsteg mellan den gamla och nya delen. HÄRLIGT

Sometimes, people are just plain lucky - Ibland har folk helt enkelt bara tur

While we were on our short vacation, my brother borrowed this bedroom on a Saturday. The following Thursday, Mattias parents were to sleep in the room. On the Tuesday in between, the shelf tipped and all the stuff on it ended up in bed. The above shelf is only resting on the books on the bottom shelf.

Medan vi var på vår korta semester så lånade min bror detta sovrum på en lördag. Torsdagen efter skulle Mattias föräldrar sova över i rummet. Tisdagen däremellan tippade hyllan och allt som stod på den hamnade i sängen. Den övre hyllan vilar bara på böckerna som ligger på undre hyllan.

Pinwheel - Vindsnurra

We built it just to damn good, so we had to make holes in the roof and put in a pinwheel so that some of the damp can get out...

Vi byggde bara alldeles för bra, så vi blev tvungna att göra hål i taket och stoppa dit vindsnurror så att fukten tar sig ut...

Sofa! and study - Soffa och arbetsrum

Sat at home working, fancy that view! Gave some brilliant ideas (at least I thought so)

Satt hemma och jobbade, tänk er den utsikten! Gav mig några briljanta idéer (om jag får säga det själv)

New sofa! They guys who helped us get it from the warehouse storage didn't quit believe us when we told them where we were going to put it, one flight of stairs without the actuals stairs...

Ny soffa! Killarna som hjälpte oss få ut den från EM lagret trodde inte riktigt på oss när vi berättade var vi skulle ha soffan, en trappa upp utan att ha en trappa...

Laundry - tvätt

The old bathroom is slowly turning into a laundry room. This is our next project, making this look alright.

Det gamla badrummet börjar sakta förvandlas till en tvättstuga. Det här är vårt nästa projekt, att göra så att det ser okej ut.

Only the one problem, the new bathroom isn't finished, so today we walked to my mom's house to take a shower. And she (and her man) was kind enough to feed us as well. Thank you!

Det är bara ett problem, det nya badrummet är inte klart, så idag fick vi gå till mamma och duscha. Mamma (och hennes karl) var snälla nog att ge oss mat också. Tack!

New bedroom - Nytt sovrum

I have been neglecting you. We moved in to our new bedroom about a month ago.

Jag har försummat er. Vi flyttade in i vårt nya sovrum för ungefär en månad sen.

Finally have room for grandma's old sewing-bureau.

Har äntligen fått plats för mormors gamla sybyrå (eller vad det kallas)

Getting there - Nu är det nära

Finally, we can start counting what is left without getting depressed.

Äntligen kan vi börja rada upp vad som är kvar utan att bli deprimerade.

Check out the hallway, bright and shiny

Kolla in hallen, ljus och fin

This work, dressing the windows was done last weekend.

Det här, klä in fönstren gjorde vi förra helgen.

This we did yesterday morning (15th of May) while it was 22 plus degrees out! Fantastic day, the rest of it we spent outdoors filling up the lawn, laundry, bringing out the outdoor furniture, replanting flowers and so on.

Det här gjorde vi igår morse, (15 maj) medan det var 22 grader varmt ute! Fantastisk dag, resten av dagen spenderade vi utomhus med att fylla upp gräsmattan, tvätta, ta fram utemöbler, plantera om blommor m.m.

Behold, our new office - Beskåda, vårt nya kontor!

Electricity and wallpapers - el och tapeter

Dear Henke helped with our lovely wallpaper that sits upstairs and on the wall around the frontdoor. I believe my darling Mattias was a bit skeptical towards my choice of wallpaper, but came around and was pretty exited over them as they put them up.

Goa Henke hjälpte oss att sätta upp denna fantastiska tapet som är på övervåningen samt på väggen runt ytterdörren. Jag tror att min kära Mattias var aningens skeptiskt till mitt val av tapet, men fäste sig vid den och blev rätt exalterad över den när de satte upp den.

Electricity, we have electricity - El, vi har el!