Monday, Monday

Så, nu har denna blogg fått liv igen men kommer nu mer att vara på svenska eftersom jag begränsar antalet läsare till sådana som jag faktiskt vet vem det är :) Men hoppas att denna bloggen går lika bra som den andra och att jag hinner uppdatera någorlunda ofta.

Nu ska jag fixa barnen klara och ta bussen till vårdcentralen. Härligt att vara körkortslös i vinterkylan, jag är idag bara glad för att det inte är snö ännu för det är svårt att köra vagn i snön... Letar med ljus och lykta efter en begagnad spark som jag kan köpa för jag vill ha en sån i vinter när vagnen får semester. Ganska praktiskt, så slipper man snö på hjulen och att snubbla och slå sig. Så är det någon av er nordbor som har en till salu eller vet någon som har så hojta till! Nu ska vi göra oss klara!

Men var sjutton är snön? Vi bor väl ändå i Norrland eller har jag missat något?

The article

Here is a scan of the article from last friday. I was so surprised that Maria Montazami was one of the housewives they contacted. She is so sweet and so cool! I love her! Anyway I will translate the article for you.

"I belive we have Desperate Housewives to thank, for the increasing popularity of beeing a housewife. I have been home for about 5 years and usually gets 3 reactions... 1. Lucky you who has a rich huband. 2. poor you, you dont have a job. and 3. Poor you who has a husband that wont let you work. Rarely you get a genuin reaction "thats so good for you that you choose to stay home". I have been a housewife both in Sweden and Canada and it is a bit more exepted there than here.

Is there not a lot of cleaning?

Yes! There is a terrible amount of cleaning, sometimes you just have to leave the crap and go out and play. I have some sort of a cleaning schedule- bathrooms twice a week and I vacuum

 every day. My kids and I play a lot have have tons of fun, and go look at animals. I just made a cake since my youngest turns 1 today.

Thats the lot kids! Sorry for the bad translation...  ;)

I just declined being on tv

I just recived an elmail from a major national production comany asking me to be in a tv show. They had read the article about me as a stay at home mom and wanted me to be in a show similar to "wife swap". I would love to be on tv but I would have to leave my kids for 8 days and thats is way to long! The point in beeing a stay at home mom is to be home with your kids. To leave a 2 and a half year old and a 12 month baby for 8 days is not helthy so i declined. Anything for my kids :) Love you babies!

Me and my daughter in her brothers old PJ´s. She was about 5 months here:)

Biggest Loser Night

Today I have been away all day on a preparationday for my summerjob. I am working 19 night at a seniorshouse to bring in some xtra cash. I did it the summer of 2006 and 2008 aswell but its good to refresh your mind once in a while. My eldest was babysitting all day but I was only 5 min away by bike and I was home for lunch to see how things was going and it was all fine... still I felt like I was jumping out of my skin. Once I was home they were all happy and sound but I guess its a mothers job to worry all the time :)

Now I am tired and I am soon going to relax watching the Biggest Loser finale. Wihooo! It´s a very good show!

Btw... my runningdays are over for a very long time... I was talking to a physiotherapist today and he  told me  I should only walk och bicykle for about 2 years... no more running! No No NOOOO! Running is like the best way to lose weight!

That sucks!

 

A housewife- hot of the press

well. I am done making the cake when I got a phonecall from Expressen a national newspaper in Sweden and they wanted to interview me since I am a stay at home mom.. :) Thats funny! So I am looking out for my picture in the paper next week :)

Now I better go fix the rest of the birthday decorations and I will post pictures later on. Here is a picture of the cake as a teaser;) I decided to not go for the traditional round cake but a sqare just for variation. OOOH! Exotic!
Just kidding :)

You know you´r a tired mom when...

* You wonder why there is a hole in the bottom of the kids pj´s and no room for the head... Hm... I put it on upside down....

* It´s the most natural thing in the world that you have an audience in the bathroom.

* You almost wiped yourself with a dinosaur... Luckily your kid din´t wanna play with toiletpaper and you realized your mistake just in time...

* You put on a tiny diaper on you toddler and he is the only on to react...

* You get smacked in the face with a toy for falling asleep on the sofa...

It is all my own experiences... enjoy!

Tips to survive life as a stay at home mom

1. Nap.. if there is any chance of a nap.. take it! You´ll never know when you´ll be able to sleep nest or for how long...

2. Take a brake. Me and V regularly has a move night with cheese and crackers or just go for a walk alone or with a friend, but NO KIDS! You need adult time.

3. Face the facts- your house will never look like a Martha Stewart magazine while you have little kids, unless you have a fulltime nanny or a housekeeper... but then again.. who does?

4. Find time to do things you like a few times a week, scrapbooking, quilting, going to the gym.

5. Drop the guilt! It is the most comon most dangerous things that could happen to a mother. Let the guilt bite the dust. You´r not a bad mom just cuz you want to be alone sometimes. :)

Bty.. I am working on all of these things, I need to get better...

SATC Charlotte is a sissy whimp

Last night me and my good friend V went to see a movie. SATC2, it was filled with fashion no one would ever wear IRL and it was funny I admit but there was not much brain I tell you. There was a part in the movie where Charlotte lockes herself in the penrty to get away from her kids constant yelling and crying. Any stay at home mother kinda feels with her cuz we all have moments like that when its all overwhelming, but later on she was talkning to Miranda about this and then she said "Being a mother is hard and I have a fulltime nanny" And then they toasted to all mothers that don´t have nannys- and they had no clue how they survive... What the heck?! If I had a fulltime nanny my house would look like a museem all the time and I would always be happy and rested. My friend V comented on this after the move and we both agreed that Charlotte is a sissy whimp! All power to all stay at home moms with no fulltime nannys! Not that I would mind a part time one sometimes :)

Playdate

So I just got all things ready to go to a playdate with some other moms. Only one of them is a stay at home mom like me. You se in here in Sweden  you have 480 days of payed maternityleave (80% of your wage). For the first year the child is not allowed a place in daycare but after that most parends choose to start working again. The good thing here is that you have up til the child is 8 years old to use all your maternity days. So you can prolong your staying at home if youd like. Another good thing is that the goverment we have now gives you an extra $380 a month/ child between 1-3 years if you choose to stay at home. That makes it possible for moms like me to ba able to stay at home for longer. I can save my maternityleave days til after the child is 3 so I can stay home longer. Since it is election year I hope that we keep our curren goverment cuz they wanna increase the monthly "stay at home" pay to $765 a month/child. That would mean the world to mother that belive that she is the best caretaker for her own children.

Well I am off and I am leaving you with some pictures I took lying under our appletree yestoday. Swedish summer is the best!

Vi ses!

Boys will be boys

Good morning! As usual I am up early with my darling boy and I just  wanted to tell you what my son to be 3 year old son did yestoday. We were both out in the backyard and he took his little bike to a hill and got up and got it rolling - fast! Luckily I was there to catch him before he fell off. Then as I turned my back on him he got up again and down he went fast as lightening and all I could see in the corner of my eye is how he rolled straight into my rhubarbs with a "whooooooooooooh!" And there he was, crached on the ground with the bike on top of him and he looked at me in triumph and said " fun mom!" He was just lucky not to hit his head on something! Cheeky boy!

Now I have to wake the older children who needs to be of for school soon.

Se you later or as we say in swedish

Vi ses!