An historical outing! And other stuff...
I will admit that I have had a really really good weekend. :-) peting73 took an extra day off, so he's been home Thursday - Sunday. It's been great!
Thursday we didn't do much. Just hung around at home... But on Friday though! We got busy! *lol* Well, not extremely busy. :-) We got up in a sorta resonable hour, and went to IKEA to shop the last for Nerd Jr. :-) Last time we were there we forgot the highchair for Nerd Jr, so we bought that, and some other smaller stuff for Nerd Jr. AND! Since both our office chairs that we use when sitting at our computers had both given up on us... (Thanx cats for clawing big holes in them...) We splurged and got a new office-chair each. :-) REALLY COMFY! And so much better for my back... :-) So that was definitely a successful trip!
When we got home we went to a store called Babyproffsen (=Babyproffesionals, sorta) where we bought a babysitter (black of course!) and a babycarrier/babysling as well. :-)
A productive day, and I'd say we are definitely prepared for Nerd Jr's arrival whenever she/he decides to show up. ;-) (There's a lot off poking around in there right now... Especially at my ribs and the bladder... Bah. :-P Not appreciated, kid!)
On Saturday though we went on an outing with peting73s mom. :-) There is a medieval old house/castle not long from this city, and I've been scolded more then once for the fact I haven't been there yet. I mean, I've lived in this city since 2001, that's more then 10 years... And I still hadn't seen it, despite the fact I am a HUGE medivial history nerd. *lol* So that is somewhat fail, I'd say.
So Saturday it was time! And we went there, took about 30mins drive, so no biggie. :-) And it was SO NICE! The house was very well kept! It's been owned by the same family since around 1300 or so, and has been used for living since then until the 1800's... after that it was used to store corn and grain etc... which was actually quite good! It keept the old stonehouse dry and preserved all the wall paintings and such! :-D
There's a lot of grounds for this house to, and it is STILL run as a big farm! So at the restaurant all the food they serve there? Is produced on their own farm. It was AMAZINGLY good! My gosh... MIL bought us some really yummy lunch there after we'd gone on a tour of the house and also explored it on our own. :-)
The house is called Torpa Stenhus. Do a google image search for it, and you'll see some gorgeous photos of that house/castle. :-) I loved it. So so interesting! Living and breathing history at it's best, seriously. :-)
Then today, Sunday we lazed about during the day, and then on the afternoon I finally got my ass in gear when getting some unexpected energy boost... and did some cleaning here. Since I'll be celebrating my birthday on Saturday, I figured I wanted the apartment at least moderately clean, so... :-) I've started at least, and will continue tomorrow! :-D
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Thursday we didn't do much. Just hung around at home... But on Friday though! We got busy! *lol* Well, not extremely busy. :-) We got up in a sorta resonable hour, and went to IKEA to shop the last for Nerd Jr. :-) Last time we were there we forgot the highchair for Nerd Jr, so we bought that, and some other smaller stuff for Nerd Jr. AND! Since both our office chairs that we use when sitting at our computers had both given up on us... (Thanx cats for clawing big holes in them...) We splurged and got a new office-chair each. :-) REALLY COMFY! And so much better for my back... :-) So that was definitely a successful trip!
When we got home we went to a store called Babyproffsen (=Babyproffesionals, sorta) where we bought a babysitter (black of course!) and a babycarrier/babysling as well. :-)
A productive day, and I'd say we are definitely prepared for Nerd Jr's arrival whenever she/he decides to show up. ;-) (There's a lot off poking around in there right now... Especially at my ribs and the bladder... Bah. :-P Not appreciated, kid!)
On Saturday though we went on an outing with peting73s mom. :-) There is a medieval old house/castle not long from this city, and I've been scolded more then once for the fact I haven't been there yet. I mean, I've lived in this city since 2001, that's more then 10 years... And I still hadn't seen it, despite the fact I am a HUGE medivial history nerd. *lol* So that is somewhat fail, I'd say.
So Saturday it was time! And we went there, took about 30mins drive, so no biggie. :-) And it was SO NICE! The house was very well kept! It's been owned by the same family since around 1300 or so, and has been used for living since then until the 1800's... after that it was used to store corn and grain etc... which was actually quite good! It keept the old stonehouse dry and preserved all the wall paintings and such! :-D
There's a lot of grounds for this house to, and it is STILL run as a big farm! So at the restaurant all the food they serve there? Is produced on their own farm. It was AMAZINGLY good! My gosh... MIL bought us some really yummy lunch there after we'd gone on a tour of the house and also explored it on our own. :-)
The house is called Torpa Stenhus. Do a google image search for it, and you'll see some gorgeous photos of that house/castle. :-) I loved it. So so interesting! Living and breathing history at it's best, seriously. :-)
Then today, Sunday we lazed about during the day, and then on the afternoon I finally got my ass in gear when getting some unexpected energy boost... and did some cleaning here. Since I'll be celebrating my birthday on Saturday, I figured I wanted the apartment at least moderately clean, so... :-) I've started at least, and will continue tomorrow! :-D
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