Thursday 24 of Februari.

Yesterday I passed my first math course and that was a relief. It's almost three weeks since the course ended, but then my teacher al of a sudden was on sick leave and she still is so thats way it took so long before I got the result.

And this weekend I'm having my first test in the new math course I've started=).

So this week has been quite bizzie. On Wednesday evening me and Henrik went out to Jumeirah beach hotel and had dinner by the beach=), very nice, a bit cold because of the wind but nice.

And yesterday I was at Marine beach club resort at the Thai Bistro and had dinner with some friends, also a very nice place.

We are some friends that have decided, that once a month go out for dinner together. Yesterday we where five, me, Eshita, Melissa, Cate and Linn. I really enjoy the company of this ladies. I've known them since my first days in Dubai and they made me feel very welcome here and are a big part of way I enjoy being here.

Inviting me and my girls to play dates and coffee mornings making sure we had a great time. And it's also fun because we are from different parts of the worlds, Sweden=), Holland, Austrailia, india, and we also have some friends from France.

This morning when I dropped the girls in school, Cornelias teacher wanted to talk to me, hm. Cornelia is constantly talking in class and also word fighting with boy in the class. So the teacher was not so happy when she did that during the inspection=(. She is a strange kid, at first she is so shy she almost says nothing and now when she's comfortable in class she's just making to much noise.

But other then that she is doing great in school now and her reading and spelling and math is sooooo good. Where at the parent teacher conference the other week and here teacher is also very pleased with her, except her arabic teacher. In arabic she's going to the toilet and five minutes later she has to go and drink and if the teacher finally tells her no, she says it's an emergency (clever girl=)). She has the toilet as so sort of pause room, I can understand that, and also I can understand the teacher. 

so we talked about it at home and she promised not to do so as much and last week she came home with the arabic test and had 32 out of 40, WOW!!! 

I think she just needs some more time, everything takes time with her. But now atlas she is a happy girl and when she is happy I'm happy=).

Victoria is also doing so good in school. At the parent teacher conference her teachers only had good things to say. But I think I can notice a bit of frustration in her at the moment. I'm not sure why, this term she has Piano on Monday afternoon and Swedish school on Wednesday evening and swimming on Thursday afternoon. It's the first term when she has so many activities and I don't know if it's to much for her? Also school is getting harder and harder, and she has always been an easy learner and now she has to work a little bit harder and that is just not something she is use to and liking for that matter=).

On Monday morning my mum is coming, looking forward to that very much. Haven't seen her in five months. And on the 3 of February it's International day at school, and I'm going to Luxembourg to visit Jessica and Mathias and Clara. So my mum has to help out at the Swedish table. And I hope Henrik is also helping Linn and Mum. 

I'm planing to bake some typical Swedish "choked bullar" and making some nice collage with pictures and also maybe make some t-shirts with a nice Swidish print (thank you Jenny). And mum is bringing (I hope) some small souvenirs from Sweden we can hand out as well. And this year I hope we don't loose any of our books.

Now I have to study!! See you. 

 

Yesterday I passed my first math course and that was a relief. It's almost three weeks since the course ended, but then my teacher al of a sudden was on sick leave and she still is so thats way it took so long before I got the result.

And this weekend I'm having my first test in the new math course I've started=).

So this week has been quite bizzie. On Wednesday evening me and Henrik went out to Jumeirah beach hotel and had dinner by the beach=), very nice, a bit cold because of the wind but nice.

And yesterday I was at Marine beach club resort at the Thai Bistro and had dinner with some friends, also a very nice place.

We are some friends that have decided, that once a month go out for dinner together. Yesterday we where five, me, Eshita, Melissa, Cate and Linn. I really enjoy the company of this ladies. I've known them since my first days in Dubai and they made me feel very welcome here and are a big part of way I enjoy being here.

Inviting me and my girls to play dates and coffee mornings making sure we had a great time. And it's also fun because we are from different parts of the worlds, Sweden=), Holland, Austrailia, india, and we also have some friends from France and Lebanon.

This morning when I dropped the girls in school, Cornelias teacher wanted to talk to me, hm. Cornelia is constantly talking in class and also word fighting with boy in the class. So the teacher was not so happy when she did that during the inspection=(. She is a strange kid, at first she is so shy she almost says nothing and now when she's comfortable in class she's just making to much noise.

But other then that she is doing great in school now and her reading and spelling and math is sooooo good. Where at the parent teacher conference the other week and here teacher is also very pleased with her, except her arabic teacher. In arabic she's going to the toilet and five minutes later she has to go and drink and if the teacher finally tells her no, she says it's an emergency (clever girl=)). She has the toilet as so sort of pause room, I can understand that, and also I can understand the teacher. 

so we talked about it at home and she promised not to do so as much and last week she came home with the arabic test and had 32 out of 40, WOW!!! 

I think she just needs some more time, everything takes time with her. But now atlas she is a happy girl and when she is happy I'm happy=).

Victoria is also doing so good in school. At the parent teacher conference her teachers only had good things to say. But I think I can notice a bit of frustration in her at the moment. I'm not sure why, this term she has Piano on Monday afternoon and Swedish school on Wednesday evening and swimming on Thursday afternoon. It's the first term when she has so many activities and I don't know if it's to much for her? Also school is getting harder and harder, and she has always been an easy learner and now she has to work a little bit harder and that is just not something she is use to and liking for that matter=).

On Monday morning my mum is coming, looking forward to that very much. Haven't seen her in five months. And on the 3 of February it's International day at school, and I'm going to Luxembourg to visit Jessica and Mathias and Clara. So my mum has to help out at the Swedish table. And I hope Henrik is also helping Linn and Mum. 

I'm planing to bake some typical Swedish "choked bullar" and making some nice collage with pictures and also maybe make some t-shirts with a nice Swidish print (thank you Jenny). And mum is bringing (I hope) some small souvenirs from Sweden we can hand out as well. And this year I hope we don't loose any of our books.

Now I have to study!! See you. 

Enja van het wantishof 28/8-2005 -- 1/2-2011

On the morning of the first of February we had to take Enja to the veterinary. She had been coughing for a couple of days and this morning it was much worse, there was pink saliva spots on the floor and she had real problems breathing.
When we got there, the vet said it looked really bad, there where something wrong with her heart. They took some pics of her heart and the heart was larger then normal and it didn't work properly.
She got some medicine that should work but it didn't do Enja any good. She had oxygen through her nose so the breathing was a bit easier for her but she was still struggling with it. She had much liquid in her lungs and it didn't come out.
Henrik & I sat with her for three hours and we could not see any improvement at all. So we had to diced to give her the injection where she will no longer be with us, and that was the worst thing ever.

Have done that before but then the dogs have been old and they have had a long and happy life, this was just too early and she has been healthy and active all the time so it's a big chock to us and we can still not understand anything.

The house is so empty and still. She was always so happy and friendly. It's so strange not have her around me all the time, she was always following me around.

Henrik and I went for a walk yesterday evening and it felt so strange without her.
Now I have to go for a run without her and that will sure be empty, and all my walks that have been such a joy and struggle is now over and I was not prepared for that, I was just not ready for this. I just don't what it to be true, but true it is and it feels so strange.

I will miss you so much Enja.

Wow, long time no see, again.

Today is my birthday and I'm turning 39!!

So this morning as the Broman tradition says the rest of the family woke me up with coffee and cake, but no presents. Usually the tradition says presents, but Henrik has been working a lot so I forgive him (just this time)=).

I have been to the hairdresser and I think I like it this time.I haven't cut my hair since April, so the hairdresser told me not to wait as long till next time. So I have already made a new booking for the 10th of March, good work Ingela.

Today I have a day of from my school work. This autumn I have been studying mathematics and if I can say so my self done a great job. Last test was on the 2 of January and it went well. So now I have only three more weeks to go. And then one weekend fee and then on to next course, witch is also mathematics.

This weekend Henrik is working and I don't really know what to do. Maybe just stay home and the girls can play with their friends and a can study.

My brother and his family has been her for a couple of weeks, they came some days before new years eve and went back to Sweden this Tuesday morning.

Me and the girls went with the to the spice souk and fabric souk down by the creek, a really nice day.

And the last day they where here we went fishing and caught 8 Dorados (guld makrill) , witch is a tasty fish to barbecue.

Now I'm waiting for the rest of the family to come home with my PRESENTS=)

See you!!

Back in Dubai

Long time no see!
we have been in Sweden since the 21 of June until the 2nd of September.
It has been a great time and the wether has been good, much rain and
quite cold=).
Henrik has only been home the last three weeks during this time I was
working, not so good planning!
The girls are home another couple of days, they start on the 13th of
September.

See you

Long time no see=)

So, this is the last day ( at least for a month) of my summer holiday
here in Sweden. Tomorrow I'll start working for a month, and that will
be great fun both to get my brain back in shape and to see my working
colleges again.

And the wearher today is windy and some rain and very very cold. But I
must say we have had lovely summer weather here since we came so some
colder weather is not so bad. The only thing is, I was planing to
bicycle the 16 km to work, but in this wind I think I will reconsider
that=)

And now I have to go out and catch our tent, wich has blown in to the
horses field.

Sweden

Has been in Sweden for a little bit morr then two weeks now. And we
are really enjoing ourselfs. It's so nice all this green nature around
us.
We have been celebrating Cornelia turning six and midsummer, and we
have had very nice weather as well.

This summer I'm going to work for one month, I'm really looking
forward to that.

We have also been a couple of times at " sandby badet" , it's the
place to be during summer. We meet friends we only meet here, so it's
nice to get an update=)