Irresistable Rocky Road Fudge

Puuh. I can't put words on how nice it is to come home to a quiet home after spending a couple of hours with wild children that are running around everywhere, and screaming all the time. I am so happy I don't have any small siblings. I would make a terrible big sis to them, haha. But besides all the noise and wild games all the "small people" were occupying themselves with, I had a great time. Especially with that Rocky Road Fudge...I was suppose to take two pieces, but somehow I just happened to double the size, and now I am guilty as charged, hehe. But even though they must be huge calorie bombs, I have to learn how to make those. Trudi said it was really easy, and that I could just google it. So regardless of how much I have to exercise afterwards, I will make those because they are simply too good to resist.

Risgrynsgröt

Vicki was the cutest sister ever this morning. While we all were still sleeping, she sneaked down to the grocery store to surprise us by buying risgrynsgröt. You guys have no idea how much I love risgrynsgröt, but it's a lot of love I can say...I think it is one of the major reason why I love Christmas - because then you can eat a lot of risgrynsgröt without people telling you "why do you want to it risgrynsgröt all the time? It's not even Christmas yet!". Anyhow, today is Första Advent and I have to start getting ready since we are invited to Trudel's yearly Adventsfika at 3.00 p.m. We'll see how long I'll be stuck there...

Oh by the way, have a great Första Advent!

Uppsala Christmas market

Even though it was 5°C and no snow, a tradition is a tradition. So mami, sis and I went down town for the yearly Christmas market, which is always held the weekend of 1st Advent here in Uppsala. I don't think that that many people outside of Sweden (OK, Scandinavia) are that familiar with the term "Advent", but basically it is the four Sundays counting down to Christmas; it is also the time when you are suppose to drink glögg (mulled wine), eat pepparkakor (gingerbread), and of course indulge in big amounts of lussekatter! (Which has the funny translation of Lucia cat!? Haha.) I'm not that found of glögg, but for the sake of Advent and the whole Christmas spirit, I can endure a cup from time to time. After all, it makes the approach of Christmas more like - Christmas.

Another thing that brings me into the Christmas spirit is all of the Christmas songs that they have started to play everywhere. However, I know through experience that this feeling of coziness won't last up until it is Christmas for real. Because then, the same songs playing over and over and over and over again EVERYWHERE have started to get on my nerves, and all I want to do is throw up at it. Nevertheless, that isn't the case yet, so I am just going to enjoy all of it for now. Because regardless, I do like Christmas.

Mami and me

Found this cute and wise statement in a small boutique "It is not important of where you are heading in life...what you do...or how much you own...the important thing is who you have by your side".


Vicki came home with a "Salmon bomb" as a surprise yesterday which made a perfect Saturday snack for today ;) Dangerous, dangerous but delicious, delicious...

Maid of the day

What would mami do without me? I have just vacuum cleaned the whole apartment, cleaned mirrors, washed dishes, and wiped away every piece of dust in the in our hallway. So, for all of those people (including mami and sis) that think that I am useless when it comes to housework...Guess what? You are wrong! I'm actually quite good at it, and it gives you a really good workout too, haha...

Something about Tuesdays

I have started to love Tuesdays. I know it's Wednesday today, but I didn't have any time to blog yesterday, and my joy just have to come out. So prepare yourself, because I wasn't prepared at all for...getting a freaking 7 (the highest grade on the IB scale) on a Swedish essay I wrote a while back!!! Last Tuesday I was told that I got a 6 on my Environmental Systems and Societies exam, and now this?! There is seriously something special about Tuesdays...And I kind of like it. :)

Speaking of time

God my head is tired. I've been doing maths the whole day, and by that I really mean the WHOLE day. However, when I then checked my calender I saw something crazy. Like it for instance that today is exactly the 14th week I've been in Sweden; that it's four weeks to Christmas; that it's only five weeks until this year is over!

A while ago sis and I were talking about time. How fast hours, days, weeks, and even years pass us by, and then she told me something that I never really thought about, but still made so much sense. She told me that time is flying quickly because every week is full of routine, and then when summer arrives, and we are off to Malaysia, time stops for two months. It's like the future doesn't exist. I never worry about the future, about the upcoming days. I often don't even know what day it is! But then when we come back home to Sweden, it's suddenly fall. We get occupied in the routines of school and work, and suddenly it's winter, Christmas, New Year...All equally quick in arriving, and disappearing.

Wow, I just realized how pessimistic I sounded. Haha, that wasn't really my main point, but maybe it will give everyone reading this another view of looking at time. That no matter if you want it or not, time will pass you by and it's up to each person to make the best out of each day. Of course we need routines in our lives, it's good for us, but we should never forget to just live in the moment from time to time. Because that is also good for us, trust me.

New Moon premiere

Me, Lewar, and Dilan got the best seats out of our little crew of 19 chicks that joined. Thanks girls! :D

Popcorn and cute guys. The evening was great.

Biking home after the movies was probably the most refreshing thing I've done in quite some time. I seriously needed some fresh air from those half hyperventilating moments. Especially that one when Jacob is out in the rain shirtless (like he was almost during the whole movie, but it's not like I complain)...I mean good gracious those abs! We often talk about girls having good bodies but jeez, his "werewolf diet" really worked wonders, and with that short hair added - he was pure eye candy. And Edward wasn't that bad either...The only funny thing though, was that since we all had started to become used to the fact that all the werewolves were running around shirtless with their super trimmed bodies (no one could beat Jacob's though), there of course came the scene when Edward was going shirtless towards the end. Hmm, how should I say this. It was rather interesting compared to Jacob's golden brown six pack (or was it eight!?), haha. But he's cute anyway so it doesn't really matter.

Anyhow, overall New Moon was good. They added some scenes, and of course deleted a lot, but it was still really good no matter what the reviews say. I didn't cry though, but I laughed quite a lot. A part of it was due to the extra jokes they added in. So, I know it was premiere tonight but get you butt up and go and see it soon!

I've got a golden ticket ;D

I can't believe that it is already November 20 and that I am going to the New Moon premiere tonight! I never became as much of a Twilight freak (like several of my friends), but I can't deny that I am really excited about having one of the golden tickets for tonight. Last week I finally finished the book, and before that, I promised myself not to watch any movie trailer of New Moon. However, now I have and I can just say that I am soooooo looking forward to see Taylor Lautner shirtless longer than 0.5 seconds...and of course i'll join all the other girls when drooling over our favourite vampire...

I'll be back later. Xoxo Sandra girl ;)

Not that he's ugly with clothes on though...;)

Plans of getting The Injection

I don't know when, but I've decided to get vaccinated against swine flu even though the risk for me getting it is quite small, considering all the danger I've been put through when the hype was at its peak this summer...The reason for me waiting so long before getting an injection though, is because I've had so much going on in school. I was afraid that I might get affected in some strange way from the vaccine, which would keep me away from my studies...

Anyhow, I am taking it now (or when mami has recovered from her horrible cold since they recommend the whole family to take it at the same time), because even though I think that I won't get the flu, it's good to be absolute sure about it. Also, it's free to get the vaccination here in Sweden since the Government think that we all ought to have it done. So why not?

No Jimmy Choo this time

Hmm...How should I put this. I can start by saying that there were some changes in the actual planning of indulging in Jimmy Choo's collection for H&M that was out in stores this morning. My reasons for it was however quite simple. First of all, the things weren't that gorgeous as I've imagined. Secondly, neither were the prices. I mean, SEK 2000 for a Jimmy Choo bag that is mass produced for H&M, or a Louis Vuitton bag for an extra SEK 1500? The choice isn't that hard to make for my part...Thirdly, it has been rainy and windy the whole day, so who wants to go to town?! I am so glad I live close to Uppsala's biggest mall Gränby Centrum...

OK, so those were my reasons for turning down the "Jimmy Choo exclusively for H&M" items. And by doing it, I also saved a lot of money for my future LV bags...hehe. :)

Friday the 13th again

I don't know if it has to do with my usual bad luck, or if I don't believe the myth about Friday the 13th being a day "filled with bad luck", but somehow I just never seem to get in worse trouble than I'm already in on that specific day. It usually catches up with me one day before or one day after, and since it apparently hit me real hard yesterday, I hope it will stop there. Or it's more like, I REALLY hope it will.

Either way, I will try to not get hit by a bus or something in the upcoming days...

Crap

Today was a really crappy day. Seriously, I must have scored my first ever double FAIL. Gosh, I'm really, really ashamed of my performance today. I am so going to shape up for next time...That is the least thing I can promise myself; with that cleared out of my mind, all there is left to say is: never underestimate test week.

End of story.

One down, six more to go

This morning I had my first ever real Paper 1 examination in Swedish. I was so nervous before entering the examination room, it seriously felt as if I couldn't breathe. But thankfully, I pulled my act together and managed to write down an average essay (according to me, if the teacher thinks it's totally crap, I'm screwed...). Anyhow, test week for my part is over in three days so I am just going to hang in there. At least the first paper is in the past now...

So I down, six more to go. Wow, it feels really good to be able to say that.

Someone is a braoholic

I can't deny that I love shopping...

But I was not the one going crazy the other day. This one was fully covered by my mami. So now she can't ever tell me that I shop a lot, because it just happens to run in the genes.

Tired

I'm so tired, tired, TIRED. Last night I even broke the record by going to bed at 9 p.m. I did not fall sleep straight away, but that didn't matter. The only thing that truly mattered was that I was in my warm and cozy bed (wearing warm and cozy socks as well, of course), while having my headset plugged into my ears. I just felt so relaxed.

To be frankly honest, the whole week has been quite depressing. Kowing that my first ever IB test week is coming up next week isn't the most exciting thing happening, and not to mention the fact that the first real snowflakes arrived yesterday...Yuck, I really don't like the cold. When I get older, I have to move far away from Sweden and its cold and windy climate.

Alright, no more time for blogging. I can't promise when I will be back, however, I can promise that there will be an improvement in my mood. Today just isn't my day.