Today we went on a picknick with the children’s playgroup at Hägnan. It was about 10-15 children in all ages and we had a very good time. We grilled chicken, sausages and ate it together with breadsticks and melon. It was very delightful. It is the kind of place where you can just let the children run around on their own. No strange places where they can fall down, no cars, no high speed bicycles and just tons of fun things to do. In the beginning I was a bid of a protective dad and followed Tovah around but I got over that after lunch but that unfortunately proved not to be to good as Tovah for the first time in her life got lost. She was on her own about one house away but it was still very scary for her.
They also had straw barn where the children (and adults đ could jump into the dried straw. Tovah was a bit scared, but she jumped nicely when she held my hand. Later there was an unfortunate accident đ Tovah and another girl were supposed to jump together. They held hands and Tovah started counting to three and the other girl jumped immediately, pulling Tovah with here. Tovah landed on top of the other girl. It must have hurt quite a bit as they both cried for some time and I couldn’t get Tovah to jump again.
When we got home I was really tired, and found myself just sitting in front of the computer for a while. Some the and chickpeas helped my mood back to happiness. Played with my photos for the rest of the day and learned tons of new things about Photoshop and the most misnamed filter, Unsharp mask which is actually a tool for making the image look sharper.
During the evening I also made IP-telephony experiment. I used Marratech Pro as a SIP client towards DigiSip and called my mother using it as a phone replacement. After a while Tovah wanted to speak with her as well so I called the Pingtel phone as well and included that into the conversation using Pro as a mixer and gateway. It worked very well and the only real problem was sound levels as my speech came out much louder in the Pingtel than my mother.
It is my mother’s birthday today! Happy Birthday, mom!!
Today was also Dick’s funeral. Tina was there. I couldn’t go as I was giving an exam today and honestly I didn’t feel like going.
Now I am just waiting for Tovah to fall asleep so I can get into bed with my lovely wife.
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Putting a child to sleep
I have just put a child to sleep. My child. She is so beautiful, lying there in the light from the lava lamp. The light goes up and it goes down as the wax gathers at the bottom of the bottle covering the lamp. She turns this way, she turns that way, she checks if I am there and then finally, she is really asleep and I can leave. Do I really have to leave? Can’t I just sleep there, right next to the princess? Well, I have another princess to take care of to night. Good night!
[Written while reading “EN SKEJTARES OSKULD“]
Giving Blood
Giving bloods makes me feel good, but I did feel fatigued and aggravated during the cycle home. I recruited Johanna today and got an extra 50:- as a thanks. T was running around the place between me leaving blood and J in the testing room for the newcomers. Nobody seemed to mind my little critter running around and being cute.
Me and T had planned to visit the icebreaker Frej today (after a great tip from Jalle) but unfortunately the two last yours were sold out so we were only allowed to view the 4 icebreakers from the outside. Instead T and I hid from the rain down in the harbour and did some creative drawing, on the ground and other creative places đ Tovah even found out that she could draw and stones and in places where I couldn’t reach.
After that Tovah got a small burger and an ice cream and we headed for the blood central, then Kvantum and then here I am.
I must admit that I feel good.
By the way, T woke me up at 5.30 this morning and after tossing for 30 minutes I got up and showered. Then J came and pulled me back into bed and we slept until 0900. I am really glad she did!! When I awake that early, it seems like all problems get ten times bigger and I get queasy feelings in my stomach and my chest and I cannot sleep. Later when I get up at an reasonable time the problems are all gone, well they are still there, I just don’t care anymore đ
[Written while listening to: madonna – american life – 03 – I’m so stupid – – ]
Quiet
I haven’t been blogging much the last two days and the reason is that I have been working, working and working. I woke up full of energy today and got to work immediately. After a great lunch of chili marinated grilled chicken and curry rice I got a bit tired and headed out for a 10KM cycle ride. This was my first training ride since the accident and it just felt great. When I got home I felt pumped up (though physically tired). By the way, Tovah joined me, at least half the way as she fell asleep. She usually does when riding the bike cart in the afternoon.
During the morning I created an exam for SMD151 so students, now you can begin to crack into my account and read all the questions.
I get to do what I want to do and just have to do some minor “boss bullshit”. I worked longer than I had planned today but now I am finished and I am going to eat some supper and then dig into my photo collection.
Anyhow, just wanted to say that I feel great đ
[Written while listening to: 13 – What It Feels Like For A – Madonna – GHV2]
Guests!
We had a nice afternoon with Jalle and Ida. We ate 8.5 rolls of sushi and then we played EBay and Chee’z Dork. EBay was really fun but Chee’z Dork was so so. I am disappointed in you, Steve Jackson!
Tovah found a new game, throwing sand around and of course most of it ended up in her hair. Check out the cloud and pebbles.
We threw them out around 19.30, Tovah took a bath (because of all the sand) and she ended up washing her hair twice in a day. She hates washing her hair.
After she fell asleep J and I dove into our analog photo collection and starting matching up missing negatives and sorting the rest a bit. I have started putting captions on the first set.
Good night everybody!
“Ja, det låter spännande” and Tovah “fuckar”
Welcome oh wonderful world.
It is now Sunday afternoon I have have managed to not work this weekend. That is something new for me and something I will try to maintain. We woke up around 08.30 and I started the day by reading “Pablo, the penguin that always froze” with Tovah. Continued the day with some photo handling. The first roll is now scanned and I will caption it later. The second roll is currently being scanned. Some great photos from 1993.
I feel good for two reasons,
1) Johanna said yesterday that she I going to give notice on her other apartment.
2) I today realized that I have found the hobby I have been missing for so long. Handling my photos. I enjoy this very much and I feel it being an investment for the future. It will be great to be able to view the old photos when I am getting old as well as Tovah will enjoy it when she gets older.
Jalle and Ida are back in town. They came during the night and I of course immediately invited them for dinner today. They will arrive in 50 minutes and they will get sushi – the Parnes way. I enjoy their company very much and I have to admit that I have missed them both during the last weeks. Actually I haven’t met Ida since midsummer.
By the way. I have to explain the subject. Tovah cannot pronounce “s” inside words and this becomes rather funny when she is trying to say “fuskar” (Swedish for cheating) and it becomes “fuckar” which loosely means fucks đ She says “Ja, det låter spännande!” as response to almost everything we are going to do (Swedish for Yes, that sounds exciting).
Catch you all later and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.
[Written while listening to: Smakar Paa Ett Regn – Per Gessle – Mazarin]
My Day or I am Stupid!
I started the day with high energy. Started cleaning the computer room so I could fit the scanner in there (yes, I know I should clean it up more properly, some day). Anyhow, the scanner is in place now.
Before I got to scan anything we headed out to recycle all the bottles and cans Tovah and we had collected this week. Total this week was 50.50 and we continued to Barnens Hus (big toy store) to buy a fart bag (“pruttkudde”), We found the last self inflatable and as it didn’t have any packaging we got it for 19.90 which meant that Tovah paid 10 and I 10. She has 40.50 left in her recycle fund. Here she is testing it in the store.
Back at home I continued installing the scanner and testing which software to use. I decided for Photoshop 7 to correct the color levels. I am now scanning at 1600 DPI and it takes about 4 minutes per photo in just scanning time. I guess I will be finished with all my photos by year 2032.
In the meantime Tovah found a new place for reading, the cabinet underneath the stairway. Close up.
Lunch was Teriyaki Salmon with potatoes baked in the oven.
By the way, I am really stupid. In the computer room there is a window that is divided into two parts that open. A bigger one that I have had opened for ventilation the last 3 years and a smaller one. My problem has been that the window doesn’t stay open or it flies up and hits one of my monitors. So what is stupid with that? Well some of you have already guessed that the other part, the smaller window part stays locked in place when the handle is turned downwards. It just hit Johanna earlier today that that must be the case and we tested. I AM STUPID.
The summer came back to today and currently (19:37) it is 20C/68.1F and max today was 22.9C/73.1F. It is a perfect summer night right now. Lovely. So what am I doing here in front of the computer? I guess I AM STUPID.
I have always liked sleeping long in the morning, but these days Tovah drags me out of bed around 07.30 every day and it actually feels rather good not to sleep away the day. During the night you anyhow just end up in front of the computer or another inhalation of the peoples modern opium (TV).
Catch you all later, I just wanted to say that I feel good!
[Written while listening to: Födelsedag – Per Gessle – Mazarin]
Friday
Today we went to the children health care centre for measurement and three year checkup. Tovah was healthy as a whatever and passed all the tests with honors. She got a tattoo for her efforts.
We continued down town where I bought a Lava Lamp. Finally, I have wanted one for the last 20 years. We bought at Cervera that is going out of business so it was on half price. Lunch on Waldorf. The rest of the day I spent working and during the evening we went on can hunt and passed by work. We met Ghyslain. It must have been at least 1 year since I saw him last. Also got the scanner today and I have just had time to install it during the evening and test scan one item, a cd.
Oh, I almost forgot, down town we went by Tradition and they had a sale on games. We bought Chez Dork and the EBay card game. We haven’t played any of the but they look “interesting”.
Hurghada, Egypt
I just finished putting captions on my Hurghada photos. Puuh. Hard work for a soft man.
Anyhow, during the afternoon the family went to the recycle market but we didn’t find anything worth anything and it was a bit cold and windy so we cycled directly home again. I must admit that I for some strange reason felt really agitated around lunch. I get like that from time to time. đ
Talking about lunch, today’s lunch was a vegetarian potato and cauliflower soup/stew with bread sticks. My knee still hasn’t healed. The evening we spent watching both episodes of “Virus i paradiset” and now it is time to go to bed.
Tomorrow, the chimney sweeper is coming. Between 07.30 and 09.30.
[Written while watching local news.]
Pepppar
There is a new virtual GSM operator in Sweden, Pepppar. So what? Well my old nickname is Peppar. Welcome to a brand new day!
[Written while listening to: Das Boot 2001 (dj errik remix) – U96 – BMI Kicks Ass]