Week 15: Illustrated journal
📺 Finished season 5 of Only Murders in the Building. 🎨 Watched an inspiring video on illustrated journals by Danny Gregory (from Sketchbook Skool) and decided to give it a try. I've been very inconsis...
Finished reading: Draw Your Day 📚
Finished reading: Draw Your Day by Samantha Dion Baker 📚 I saw a video by Danny Gregory on illustrated journals and now I’m on a quest to learn to draw and sketch so I can have an illustrated journal....
Week 14: Wild pomegranates
✈️ MIL flew back to Sweden. It was great having her here for five weeks, but also somewhat stressful for me, as my daily routine and food habits change a lot when she's around. I was honestly dying to...
Jesse Livermore on time
"There is a time to go long, a time to go short, and a time to go fishing." — Jesse Livermore
Week 13: Astro is getting old
I didn't write my weeknote last week as I was in Italy with my family, but I'm here now, two weeks later and two kilos heavier happier. Rome was amazing! It was our mothers' first time in Italy and ex...
Back from Rome
Back from Rome with my mom and mother in law! Their first time in Italy, rightfully enjoyed with a little sightseeing, a good amount of pasta, some aperol, a ton of pizza, and a lot of wine. Didn't wr...
Recipe: Rödvinsås
Aaah, Swedish red wine sauce... Poured over oxfilé, potato gratin, or just eaten by the spoonful... So delicious. Original recipe by Karl, I made tiny changes to use ingredients easily available to me...
Week 12: Autumn Vibes
This week's notes are coming in two days late, on Wednesday instead of Monday. I've just had too much on my plate, too little sleep and didn't feel like writing. We are traveling to Rome in a few days...
Didn't get ANY sleep last night
Didn't get ANY sleep last night. A massive storm hit us, power went off, dogs in panic. I locked myself in my office with them, petting and calming music until early morning. Now the storm is gone, th...
Just finished my 47th Agatha Christie book
Just finished my 47th Agatha Christie book and I'm so tired of her formula, I really need a break from this project. Decided to pivot to 20th century dystopias, starting with "We", followed by "Brave...
Week 11: Driving theory
We started the week by taking our mothers to Aras de los Olmos, to drink coffee and snack on sandwiches and cookies under the core of our beautiful galaxy, Via Lactea . 🌌 I took a day off from work to...
Best Sunday ever
Best Sunday ever, laughing and sweating and taking turns playing RAGNAROK VR2 with my husband, my mom and my mother in law!!! 🎸🎮🤘
Driving theory test
Today I took my driving theory test and I PASSED! 🚗 I got my license 20+ years ago, but because of fear, never really drove. Now I'm 41 and finally ready to get over this. I want to take my dogs to ni...
Week 10: My birthday
This week I turned 41 . I'm pretty happy with how everything is, love is good, home is good, career wise could be a little better but I'm working on it; health wise all good, apart from a rotator cuff...
My street's library box
I noticed my street's library box was a bit sad, so this morning I left six books in it! 📚 Sherlock Holmes, Oliver Twist, Treasure Island, The Three Musketeers... Hope someone enjoys reading them as m...
Week 9: New mails and vets
Mom helped me make beans in the Instant Pot! I have made lentils a few times, but failed at beans. Mom shared her "secret sauce" and the beans turned out delicious! It's the step I needed to stop buyi...
Watched: Nosferatu (2024) 🍿
Just watched Nosferatu (2024) and it's one of the bottom 10 movies of my life. A solid 0,5/10 (generous half point for the effort). 🍿🤮
I've been waiting months for this moment!
I've been waiting months for this moment! Harvested carrots from my garden, grown from seeds! 🌱🥕
Signed up for Posteo and Addy
Today I signed up for Posteo and Addy! 🚀 Moving away after years using a single Gmail account for everything is overwhelming, but I'm excited to use my own domain + aliases (and support EU business)!
Week 8: Instax printer love!
Two days after my Photolab 8 trial ended, DxO Photolab 9 came out and it has local AI masks! I bought it right away. I then spent the next 4 days troubleshooting a million bugs, crashes and performanc...