Welcome to our blogg.

We thought this would be a nice way to keep our friends and family updated about what we are up to! And for us to have some kind of diary, to save for the future when we move back home to Sweden. We choose to write in English so all our friend could read it=) (and it's also good practice for me)

About us

Dubai
We are a family of four, and one dog and six guinea pigs (and one cat that lives in Blentarp, Sweden) We moved to Dubai a year ago, Henrik is working here and Ingela is a housewife and both children are in school. Victoria is 7 years old and Cornelia is 5 years old. They are in grade 1 and 2. When they started school here, Victoria just started school in Sweden and didn't speak any English and Cornelia where still in kindergarten in Sweden and didn't speak any English either. Now a year later they speak English and writes and read English as well. They also learn Arabic in school. After some difficulties it seams like they enjoy school and our life here, and that feels very good. If they like it here it's easier for us to also relax and enjoy our stay here in Dubai. And now we have one more member of our family, a streetcat named Stripy, Findus, Nisse, Tiger and Findus=), and also one more guinea pig has died, so 5 guinea pigs left.

måndag 31 maj 2010

New hats

I've bought some new hats and I'm not sure if Cornelia or I like them
best!
Today it's 42 degrees and I think this year I'm not so good with
handling the heat!
My instructor at body pump told us today that the more fit you are the
more you sweat, so I must be very fit=)
I'm longing home to Skåne now, my sister is doing a very good job,
sending me lovely spring pictures from home.
Now I picking up Cornelia from school, thinking about taking Victoria
as well??

söndag 30 maj 2010

Guests!!

We have guests again, this time it's Anna and Patrik and their
children. They are unfortunately moving back home to Sweden, in just a
couple of days.
This is just a test to see if it works to e-mail to my blogg!

Will see if it works.

lördag 29 maj 2010

So hot!!

It's getting hotter and hotter and as if that wasn't enough it's also starting to get humid. Not so nice when you always go around feeling like wet dog=).

But this Friday we where Ten lady's that went out to Bab al Shams, a very nice resort in the middle of the dessert.
We have one friend that are moving back to Sweden now and we wanted to spend one day there with her.
It was a surprise for her and it was quite nice to see her face when she saw all of us!!
We just lay buy the pool all day and of course in the pool. When it was time for lunch, there was this wonderful buffe, everything was great, but the sushi was delicious.
The whole resort is built in a Arabic style, very tasteful!

Henrik and the girls where home all day. Victoria and Cornelia playing with their friends. And they had a sleep over at Saga, but Victoria change her mind at around 10 pm.

We will sure miss the Peterssons!!

Good night!

tisdag 25 maj 2010

Not feeling so well.

I think I might have exercised to much in the heat without drinking or eating some dehydration pills, so now I have had a headache fore a couple of days!
Today Cornelia is also home, she says it hurts in her throat when she swallows.

Henrik went to the hospital yesterday for his magnetic therapy, hope it will help the healing process! He also went to the doctor in the emergency room so she could subscribe some new painkillers.
He got Tramal again and now we are hoping that he can get some sleep during the night.

Victoria first told me this morning that she didn't feel good, but then she came down for breakfast any way. And then she said "mum I will tell you the truth" and of course as the good mother I am I told her that I thought that was a great idea. " I wanted to stay at home just to play Club Penguin, but then I realized that I will miss my friends". I told her that was a good decision.

Now it's only one month until we will go back to Sweden. I'm longing so much!!
Will be nice to see all our relatives and friends there and so nice to come home to our house. I wounder how it looks, we have had it fixed during this spring and my father have been looking after it.

I'm also very curious about the garden. Last year I planted quite many bushes and flowers, so I really hope it's all growing and looking great!

Today I and Cornelia have been sending out invitations to everyone for Cornelias birthday party in Sweden. We have come to an agreement with Cornelia, to have her birthday party down here after the summer, when hopefully Henrik is feeling much better and are able to move around more. She wants to have her birthday party at Build a bear. Victoria wants to have hers at Lakes Club.

And today we also sent out invitations for
Midsummer party, witch is on the 25th so the day after Cornelias birthday. So there will be lots of party to start the Swedish vacation=)

See you

måndag 24 maj 2010

24th of May, eight years ago we married.


Can not believe how fast time past!! Eight years ago today I and Henrik married, and in my stomach there was a little baby growing.
I was thinking about putting some old photos up here but unfortunately they are in Sweden (or maybe not so unfortunately).

Today I have a lazy day, again!! I think I'm having problem adjusting to the heat, because I more or less have a headache every day now. I'm drinking lots of water but I exercise a lot so maybe I have to buy something that is better then just water??

At the moment we have 13 guinea pigs, quite normal I suppose?????????? Not, but in a few weeks Henrik and the children are doing something about it. I have giving them several tip, pet store, dubizzle (something like blocket in Sweden). And the ones that are left, if a boy are to be taken to a vet. We'll see what happens?

Enja has been booked at Pashpows the three weeks we are all in Sweden this summer. I will take her to the vet. this week to have her vaccinated.

See you

söndag 23 maj 2010

New week

So it's Sunday again and a new week has started!! The weekend goes so fast, why! We haven't done much, we have been playing Monopol all four of us. The game is still on=), it's on the table and there are someone (not me) who thinks we will play tonight.

It's getting hotter and hotter and it only just started, puh.
Me and Enja have been out walking on the sand with our friends. Something we really like to do!

This afternoon the girls are having swimming lessons and I will also have a swim.

torsdag 20 maj 2010

Thursday

It's heading towards summer and almost everyone seems to longing for the summer hollidays. The children are having their exames in school, and there are no dout they'll pas. Me and Enja are on boot camp at the momemt, meaning very much behaivior exercises, once a week We have our dog trainer over at our place, to give some valuable tip about what to do in the home enviroment. Every
Saturday we are doing group training and every day we are having very kontrolled walks with many exercises, hope this will help!!!
Henriks leg and hip are not healing, but from now on he'll stop taking the Voltaren pain killer, because we've heard that it can stop the healing of the bone???? Hope this will help!
This last Monday I was at The Armani hotel at The Burj Kahlifa, at the Meditirenian resturang, very nice. It was my friend Eshita who celibrated her birthday.

See you!

tisdag 18 maj 2010

RTA

Today we renew our ensurance and got the V70 passed the inspection, we have tried to do that for several days ( or I have), the first day I got it through the inspection but then there where no ensurance. So yesterday we went to the ensurance company and on the phone they told us they had lunch break between 1 and 2. So we went to pic up Cornelia and the to the ensurance comp. But when we got there they had lunch break between 2 and 3.
So today we fixed it al in only 3 hours=)

My iphone

So now I've got my blog on my iphone, hope I'll have more writing time here now.