| Fall break at school so the kids have
been home all week -- except for
Ellen and a friend who
went up to Umeå to see her
Aunt Nathalie (who incidently
is expecting!).
On Wednesday Mireille was working but
I took the two smallest and our new 13 year old 'Maria'
to a Water World facility in a near by city. Seeing it
was fall break, the place was crowded -- so you can
imagine me trying to keep track of my three in the
moving swarm of folks (of every form, shape, shade and
size) - but the kids thought it was fun!!
Mireille was off work for 4 days the
end of the week .. and as usual had filled these
days with plans! Friday she had invited a childhood
friend and family for supper, that she hadn't seen for a
few years. They only live a few cities away, but we
found it interesting to think about how time in genuine
friendship seems to surge and receed to fit into other
aspects of practical reality. - This doesn't reflect on
the value of the friendship - and when we met
again, it was simply picking up where we left off -
nothing seemed to have been lost!!
Saterday evening Mireille invited some
neighbors in -- and (she decided) that a single neighbor
man and I would make a fall pot of stew for us all to eat together
-- so on Friday he and I drove into town and bought some
ingredients that we figured would make a tasty pot.
Fortunatly he is a good cook ..
Rebecka and Niklas
celebrate a 1 year
anniversay of their relationship .. and went out to a
resort on the coast. -- Ellen returned from Umeå on
Wednesday -- and then went to Gothenburg to spend some
time with
Emma. Alfons and some of his friends are busy
building some BMX bike ramps in one of the unused
buildings on our property here.
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