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=)

Last week

So finally, last week before summer holidays, how nice it is.
This weekend both Victoria and Cornelia had friends sleeping over on
Friday. And on Saturday evening we went to the beach in Um Suqeim 1 to
play with a friend of Cornelia. Really nice to be down at the beach in
the evening, when it's only around 30 degrees.
This morning was probably the last walk in the sand with Enja and her
friends until after the summer. She really loves to run a round and
play, after an hour walk they are all exhausted.
I'm counting days now til we are in Sweden, 8 days left!

More guine pigs.

So the other day we had three more guinea pigs. I have lost track of
how many there are now somethings around 15.
The other morning there where only one male in the cage, and I thought
good one less. And yesterday evening the doorbell rang and our neighbor
came back with him, hm. Her cat was playing with him in her garden.
Henrik will stay in Dubai til August so I really hope he will do some
thing about it.
Today Victoria has a play date and tomorrow both girls have friend
over, and on Saturday we will go to the beach with a friend of Cornelia.
Lucky we have kids, what would we do otherwise=).
And next week is the last and finally summer holiday. Looking forward
both to sleep in mornings and no more making lunchboxes and coming
home.

Book fair

Today I have had some friends here for coffee and after that me and
Cornelia was at the book fair at school. Cornelia bought four books,
and here Henrik and the girls are reading one before going to bed!

Sweden national day

Today we are celebrating Sweden's national day and I think I will serve "Jansson's temptation". I was checking for THE national course, but found out that it seems like we have a new course every year.
So from now on Family Broman's national course is Jansson's temptation.
Cornelia is home sick today, she has a bad cold.
Will also try to find the national song so our children learn it. They already know UAE's, because they play it every day in school!!

See you!

Walk exercise

Not much else to do when it's as hot as here.
We had breakfast and then we went to the pool.
On this picture Henrik is doing his walking exercises in the pool, he
is training realy hard.

Music production at Eis Jumeirah

Today Cornelia and all other children in KG 2 and Gr 1 preformed their
music production and it was so great. Cornelia and her class
did ,Walking through the circus, and they where so cute.
The theater where full of crazy parents, all wanting their child to
see them and be as close as possible to the stage, just so they don't
miss one second of their child's minute of fame, haha.

After that Me and Cornelia went to the Mall Of The Emirates and did
some shopping ( summer sale is on now so we did some good bargains=)).
When we where heading home the clock was already 12.30, so we went to
pic up Victoria. It's so good to be home all afternoon and not
spending all time in the car.

Now it's weekend and I really really hope Henrik and the girls are
trying to get rid of some guineapigs this weekend.

Enja

Now me and Enja are about to see Dubai's answer to the dog whisperer.
Will be very interesting. During this year I think I have manage to do
some progress with Enja but I'm far from satisfied and my dog trainer
her also think that this is something else. So I hope really soon this
lady has time for us, will be great fun.

Yesterday me and Victoria was on a play date at a friends house in
Victory Hights. Nice houses and also nice neighborhood, much greener
that I thought.
This friend of Victoria, her mum is a very nice lady from Jordan and
she is also muslim. So I use this play dates to educate my self in
other cultures.
So we where talking for a couple of hours and the girls where swimming
and playing club penguin.
Cornelia was home with our maid Leela, and I suppose she also played
club penguin=)
This is the worse period of the year now, it 's so warm so it's
impossible to be outside for more the 10 minutes.
The best time, is the mornings, when it's still a bit cooler.

Henrik was at the American hospital doing this magnetic therapy. His
not feeling better but I hope the next ex-ray is showing some heeling
process.

Now it's only 19 day until we are back in Sweden, and that feels
great. Will just stay in our house the first couple of days. Next year
we will bring Enja, at least we think so. It's quite expensive to do
so but I think she would love it.

See you

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??

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.

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!

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

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

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.