Yeap, you read that right - I officially regret buying our house. It's not due to any problems with the house or the building of it. Or the worth versus cost. Because it's a good house and definitely worth what we paid for it. No, the reason I regret it is that I gave this guy our money!
To summarize - it's our version of "CBS 60 Minutes" who try to nail "the powers that be" and this time they were after "Älvsbyhus" which is the company building the most houses in sweden per year. And they had 3 families who had their dreams turned into nightmares because of leaky roofs and heavy rain on the day of the assembly but most of all because of "Älvsbyhus" poor post-building customer service. Or lack thereof. When we got into this whole thing we quickly realised one key factor was if it was gonna rain on the day they'd be putting the house together, then we'd be in for a nightmare trip. And we also knew that you get what you pay for and "Älvsbyhus" is the cheapest option out there. But we also figured if they build 1.000 houses per year they kinda must know what they are doing. And we haven't had any major problems (although we still have four outstanding issues after our inspection but they have promised to take care of it).
But then when you see the segment in "Kalla Fakta" and when they interview Donald Johansson, the CEO of "Älvsbyhus" and the entire thing gave me a terrible feeling of being ripped off. I actually gave my money to this guy!? They make some 150 million swedish crowns per year but his ego and "we are never wrong" mentality stops them from the goodwill factor of fixing these three families nightmares that would've cost them a maximum of 1.2 million swedish crowns and saved them from being blacklisted and that PR nightmare that was shown on the TV?! The arrogance, the condescending "you don't know what you are talking about little girl" towards the journalist.. That f*cking old fart made Göran Persson look like a big care-bear!!
If I had seen this before we signed on I'd never have bought it and I sincerly hope they get alot of "we changed our minds" calls today 'cause a company that has a CEO like that deserves to go out of business. In my opinion.
Then again, if we hadn't bought that house we wouldn't be friends with Hanna, Micke and the Westbergs :)
Politicians
You know what job has really gotta suck? Being a politician in the opposition! Because no matter what the other person says, you have to disagree and make them look bad. And women do it really bad and to make it worse, in swedish it doesn't even just sound lame when the do head-to-head!
Last week there was a debate in swedish TV about the integration of immigrants into swedish society and the oddities that we swedes think are normal. There were two chicks, on being the minister in charge of integration politics in our current government, and one from the opposition. And even though what the first chick said made total sense and was calmly stating facts and figures and stuff the other was doing her best to discredit her and ranting on about the high unemployment that the current government has caused doing the most damage to immigrants and so on and so forth. I don't know which of them was right and wrong and I'm not sure I care about politics that much to even bother. But I know it's gotta suck having a job that requires you to disagree what the other person no matter what and to do it in public no less!
Last week there was a debate in swedish TV about the integration of immigrants into swedish society and the oddities that we swedes think are normal. There were two chicks, on being the minister in charge of integration politics in our current government, and one from the opposition. And even though what the first chick said made total sense and was calmly stating facts and figures and stuff the other was doing her best to discredit her and ranting on about the high unemployment that the current government has caused doing the most damage to immigrants and so on and so forth. I don't know which of them was right and wrong and I'm not sure I care about politics that much to even bother. But I know it's gotta suck having a job that requires you to disagree what the other person no matter what and to do it in public no less!
Movies And Even More Movies
Had a very slow, relaxed weekend with alot of movies. Ended with a Christmassy market, overall a very good weekend!
Saw "District 9". Not sure what to say about it or how I feel... it was an ok story, but a bit even and very graphical and very greasy and dirty. "My Life in Ruins" was the complete opposite, nice, sweet clean fun movie without any major thinking required to understand and appreciate. Then "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". Had no idea what kinda movie it was, except it was kinda obvious it would be a version of "A Christmas Carol" and it was. Some funny moments and sweet but oh so predictable and cliche. Had it not been for Michael Douglas and his Hefner-clone character it'd been a waste of time.
And to finish it off we saw "The Hangover". Best movie of all weekend. Hilarious as hell. No major thinking here either but that's not a requirement :)
Saw "District 9". Not sure what to say about it or how I feel... it was an ok story, but a bit even and very graphical and very greasy and dirty. "My Life in Ruins" was the complete opposite, nice, sweet clean fun movie without any major thinking required to understand and appreciate. Then "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past". Had no idea what kinda movie it was, except it was kinda obvious it would be a version of "A Christmas Carol" and it was. Some funny moments and sweet but oh so predictable and cliche. Had it not been for Michael Douglas and his Hefner-clone character it'd been a waste of time.
And to finish it off we saw "The Hangover". Best movie of all weekend. Hilarious as hell. No major thinking here either but that's not a requirement :)
More TV...
Did you see the new "V" series that just got started in the states? I was a big fan of the original when I was a kid because "look at the lasers man!" but even later when I grew up and saw it on DVD and when I got it! I got the reference to nazi germany complete with jugend, the resistance and collaborators and everything. I totally loved it and understood what Kenneth Johnsson was trying to do. And I even saw how it was turned commercial and why he bailed out on the show when it got serialized.
- ANYWAY - he's back for another attempt! It's only been one 44 minute episode but so far I don't like it. I like it as a sci-fi show, definitely, but it has lost the historical references and all of that stuff. Instead we are told (and skip this part if you don't wanna know, but this is said in the first episode!) that the aliens have always been here and they are the ones to blame for the state of the planet. The idea is that the aliens come here incognito and ruin the planet so when the real spaceships come people see them as saviors because "it can't get much worse". Isn't that a huge let down, blaming aliens for the state of the world today? I thought that was a bit too easy, especially for the americans that again refuse to go along with the eco-treaties with the rest of the western world!! I way prefered the historical references and reminders like that...
- ANYWAY - he's back for another attempt! It's only been one 44 minute episode but so far I don't like it. I like it as a sci-fi show, definitely, but it has lost the historical references and all of that stuff. Instead we are told (and skip this part if you don't wanna know, but this is said in the first episode!) that the aliens have always been here and they are the ones to blame for the state of the planet. The idea is that the aliens come here incognito and ruin the planet so when the real spaceships come people see them as saviors because "it can't get much worse". Isn't that a huge let down, blaming aliens for the state of the world today? I thought that was a bit too easy, especially for the americans that again refuse to go along with the eco-treaties with the rest of the western world!! I way prefered the historical references and reminders like that...
My Sister's Keeper
Saw "My Sister's Keeper" yesterday. I know, it's a "chick-flic" but it's Helenas birthday so spending two hours in the movies is the least I could do. I mean, she sat through the latest "Star Trek"-movie and "Tron" for me :)
Anyway, the movie is about a all american couple who just wants a normal life with a house and happy kids. All goes well until the daughter get's leukemia. And with lack of donors they create a tailor made daughter that's completely compatible in every way and use her to make the sister well. Now she's grown a bit and at 11 the older sister get's sick again and they need to transplant the younger sister's kidney and she says "No, no more" and "lawyers up". There's a few sidestories (like the neglected son who goes off to do whatever without anyone caring, or the older sister's lovestory) but it's mainly about the family and the parents just trying to do what's right. I though it was gonna be just an emotional piece of garbage that only chicks could like and one year ago I would probably still feel that afterwards. But instead, now that I'm about 4 months away from becoming a father myself, it was difficult not to get emotional and imagine the pain and the struggle of everyone. Because one of this things it did good was to show the story from everyone's point of view. Although they did their best to make the mother look like the villain at the same time you knew she wasn't, she was just doing what she thinks is right. And one thing they also did was to go to the extremes - extreme happiness, extreme sorrow, extreme this and that, they really pushed that. And it was hard not to cry at certain things, like the beach-scene! Only one thing I found off was Thomas Dekker and Sofia Vassilieva as a couple knowing age difference (which was only 5, thought it was more)
If you think you can take an emotional roller coaster ride like that and drop a tear or two then go and see it!
Anyway, the movie is about a all american couple who just wants a normal life with a house and happy kids. All goes well until the daughter get's leukemia. And with lack of donors they create a tailor made daughter that's completely compatible in every way and use her to make the sister well. Now she's grown a bit and at 11 the older sister get's sick again and they need to transplant the younger sister's kidney and she says "No, no more" and "lawyers up". There's a few sidestories (like the neglected son who goes off to do whatever without anyone caring, or the older sister's lovestory) but it's mainly about the family and the parents just trying to do what's right. I though it was gonna be just an emotional piece of garbage that only chicks could like and one year ago I would probably still feel that afterwards. But instead, now that I'm about 4 months away from becoming a father myself, it was difficult not to get emotional and imagine the pain and the struggle of everyone. Because one of this things it did good was to show the story from everyone's point of view. Although they did their best to make the mother look like the villain at the same time you knew she wasn't, she was just doing what she thinks is right. And one thing they also did was to go to the extremes - extreme happiness, extreme sorrow, extreme this and that, they really pushed that. And it was hard not to cry at certain things, like the beach-scene! Only one thing I found off was Thomas Dekker and Sofia Vassilieva as a couple knowing age difference (which was only 5, thought it was more)
If you think you can take an emotional roller coaster ride like that and drop a tear or two then go and see it!
Missing The Small Things
One thing I take some pride in is that I pay attention to and appreciate the small things in life and the small gestures in a relationship.
Today that backfired.
Everytime I leave for work I kiss my sweetheart, who is usually sleeping, goodbye. Today for some reason I missed that little thing for the first time as far as I know. 30 minutes later she texted me "are you angry at me?".
Which ofcourse I'm not, I just this once missed it :(
Today that backfired.
Everytime I leave for work I kiss my sweetheart, who is usually sleeping, goodbye. Today for some reason I missed that little thing for the first time as far as I know. 30 minutes later she texted me "are you angry at me?".
Which ofcourse I'm not, I just this once missed it :(
Happy Halloween!
Time for halloween again. Still don't get why it's so popular in sweden all of a sudden, damn americans and your TV shows! :)
And for the first time I have a house that needs to adorned for this weekend too. $40 later at Buttericks and it's all scary. Unfortunately we won't be home though but it's the thought that counts, right :) and in 5-6 years I'll have a kid myself that's gonna go trick or treating so need to set a good example on our newly built street!
Have fun!! I will!
And for the first time I have a house that needs to adorned for this weekend too. $40 later at Buttericks and it's all scary. Unfortunately we won't be home though but it's the thought that counts, right :) and in 5-6 years I'll have a kid myself that's gonna go trick or treating so need to set a good example on our newly built street!
Have fun!! I will!
Big Deal For Me, Not Much For Anyone Else
You may have noticed this site is a bit faster now?.. that's because I've setup a webserver at home that is hosting this site, so you no longer have to go through the states and it doesn't share the server with NataliePortman.com. So it's all good for everyone. Except my electric bill :)
Here's To The Joes!
I saw "G.I Joe" the other day. From what I could tell by the trailer it was gonna be one good actionride from start to end. But ofcourse the trailers doesn't really tell you everything!
Because it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. After about 10 minutes me and my fiance looked at eachother and said "is this a kids movie or for growups". And after thinking about it, it should be for kids since it's based on the toys. But did they have to make it THAT childish! Everything is over the top, from the cliches, the characters, the action, everything is amplified just so the kids get it while the grownups are asking "why are we watching this crap??". After about 50 minutes I wanted to turn it off but she wouldn't let me and forced me to watch the rest. And the only one plot twist was oh so very predictable! Can't believe Jonathan Price agreed to this crap! And can't believe Brendan Frasier agreed to it and was only in it for like 2 minutes!
This kind of movie is why people rather download than spend $20 going to the movies - 'cause you never know what movie is gonna be so bad that you'll feel ripped off!
Because it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. After about 10 minutes me and my fiance looked at eachother and said "is this a kids movie or for growups". And after thinking about it, it should be for kids since it's based on the toys. But did they have to make it THAT childish! Everything is over the top, from the cliches, the characters, the action, everything is amplified just so the kids get it while the grownups are asking "why are we watching this crap??". After about 50 minutes I wanted to turn it off but she wouldn't let me and forced me to watch the rest. And the only one plot twist was oh so very predictable! Can't believe Jonathan Price agreed to this crap! And can't believe Brendan Frasier agreed to it and was only in it for like 2 minutes!
This kind of movie is why people rather download than spend $20 going to the movies - 'cause you never know what movie is gonna be so bad that you'll feel ripped off!
Revelations
The other day I had a terrible revelation - I'm becoming what I hated 15 years ago!!
Wind the clock back to high school. Things sucked bad for me in most ways and like most teens I questioned "why go on?" and if Knut F. hadn't stepped in I'm not sure I had. Then I happened to see a little movie called "Pump Up The Volume" that really showed me this is what teenage is all about. I totally recognized so much in that movie it was kinda scary. One of the points of the movie is that all parents just want their kids to be normal and go to school, get educated, find a girlfriend and get a job and be normal. Which is really not what the kids wants. And I remember hating all the parents in the movie that told their kids "just be normal".
Well folks, last week I said "I just hope our son is normal" and it hit me like a blast from a shotgun what I'd just said! Of course in this case I'm more referring to any birth defects or missing toes or something but I do actually just hope our son is normal and goes to school like a normal kid and gets educated, finds a girlfriend and so on. And it sucks that I feel that. Because it's still very fresh in my mind the fucked up teen years I had when I was anything but normal. But I should take some comfort in the fact that I'm doing ok regardless!
Wind the clock back to high school. Things sucked bad for me in most ways and like most teens I questioned "why go on?" and if Knut F. hadn't stepped in I'm not sure I had. Then I happened to see a little movie called "Pump Up The Volume" that really showed me this is what teenage is all about. I totally recognized so much in that movie it was kinda scary. One of the points of the movie is that all parents just want their kids to be normal and go to school, get educated, find a girlfriend and get a job and be normal. Which is really not what the kids wants. And I remember hating all the parents in the movie that told their kids "just be normal".
Well folks, last week I said "I just hope our son is normal" and it hit me like a blast from a shotgun what I'd just said! Of course in this case I'm more referring to any birth defects or missing toes or something but I do actually just hope our son is normal and goes to school like a normal kid and gets educated, finds a girlfriend and so on. And it sucks that I feel that. Because it's still very fresh in my mind the fucked up teen years I had when I was anything but normal. But I should take some comfort in the fact that I'm doing ok regardless!
Kick Ass Weekend?
Got everything I need for a kick ass weekend now! It's friday and the 25th which means pay-day in sweden!
Gonna start tonight with fixing some tacos and TLCing my fiance, see two chick-flix then off to bed (wink wink). Then tomorrow we're off to visit some friends of Helena's who just had a baby a few weeks ago so we're bound to get some tips and tricks there. Then we're going to my parents for a nice Saturday dinner with the family and the extremely predictable reactions to the ultrasound scans. Then on Sunday gonna do some house cleaning, mow the lawn and then enjoy a nice Formula 1 race from Singapore while enjoying a cold one. Don't pump up my expectations but this weekend is gonna rock :)
Gonna start tonight with fixing some tacos and TLCing my fiance, see two chick-flix then off to bed (wink wink). Then tomorrow we're off to visit some friends of Helena's who just had a baby a few weeks ago so we're bound to get some tips and tricks there. Then we're going to my parents for a nice Saturday dinner with the family and the extremely predictable reactions to the ultrasound scans. Then on Sunday gonna do some house cleaning, mow the lawn and then enjoy a nice Formula 1 race from Singapore while enjoying a cold one. Don't pump up my expectations but this weekend is gonna rock :)
Let's Make It Official
I think I set some kind of speedrecord! In less than 18 months I went from being hopelessly single to being engaged, having built a house and now expecting a son in late february!!
That's right - we're pregnant :)
Last august or something we had the "kids or no kids" discussion, with me being pro and she being against. She wasn't against having a child, she was just very, very much agsinst actually giving birth! But we both kind agreed that "if it happens it'll happen" but we were both pretty much in agreement that if it didn't happen we wouldn't really lose any sleep over it.
But after about 5 or so months without protection we both were silently realising that it wasn't gonna happen and we were fine with that. We know plenty of couples that have trouble getting pregnant or staying pregnant so we just assumed we weren't compatible, I had bad swimmers or something. But we never talked about doing anything about it like see a doctor or something.
Then one day, just a few days after they started putting our house together I realised she wasn't acting like she should "this time of the month" and joked she might be pregnant. One visit to the bathroom later and yeap, we were pregnant!
We had absolutely no idea what to do. We called our respective families and everything like that. That was in June. We did the ultrasound last Friday and everything is totally ok as far as anyone can tell!! So we're making it official...
I'm gonna be a dad!!... JIKES!!!!!
That's right - we're pregnant :)
Last august or something we had the "kids or no kids" discussion, with me being pro and she being against. She wasn't against having a child, she was just very, very much agsinst actually giving birth! But we both kind agreed that "if it happens it'll happen" but we were both pretty much in agreement that if it didn't happen we wouldn't really lose any sleep over it.
But after about 5 or so months without protection we both were silently realising that it wasn't gonna happen and we were fine with that. We know plenty of couples that have trouble getting pregnant or staying pregnant so we just assumed we weren't compatible, I had bad swimmers or something. But we never talked about doing anything about it like see a doctor or something.
Then one day, just a few days after they started putting our house together I realised she wasn't acting like she should "this time of the month" and joked she might be pregnant. One visit to the bathroom later and yeap, we were pregnant!
We had absolutely no idea what to do. We called our respective families and everything like that. That was in June. We did the ultrasound last Friday and everything is totally ok as far as anyone can tell!! So we're making it official...
I'm gonna be a dad!!... JIKES!!!!!
Still Alive
Yeah, I'm still alive and I just realised how long it's been since I wrote things here. But that's how busy I've been. Or we've been! For the past weeks we've been going to Ikea every other day and hardware stores and all that crap to get the house in order and we are slowly getting there. But every time we say "Done!" something else pop ups. And we spend weekends visiting friends or family. Add to that a busy schedule at work and you realise why I've been slacking here.
Anyway, the house is almost "Done!" as is "could pass as a normal house where people live" rather than the mess it's been in the past few weeks. Really gotta give it up to Helena that's keeping things tidy around chaotic little me :)
Gallery has been updated.
Anyway, the house is almost "Done!" as is "could pass as a normal house where people live" rather than the mess it's been in the past few weeks. Really gotta give it up to Helena that's keeping things tidy around chaotic little me :)
Gallery has been updated.
My New Life As A Homeowner
I'm slowly but steadily settling into my new life as homeowner. Fortunately it's a brand new home so I don't have to do that much maintenance work yet but there's still a bit of work to do!
Biggest change so far is that I'm more aware of things I didn't use to care about! Most importantly mortgage rates and electricity rates/use! I've never paid an electric bill in my life before 'cause it was a part of the monthly rent in the apartment I used to have and Helena used to pay it for her apartment, and I've never had a loan of 2.5 million before so all of a sudden I care about that too. And I'm more and more turning into my father - I'm just afraid of the day when I think having a tie is a good idea!
Biggest change so far is that I'm more aware of things I didn't use to care about! Most importantly mortgage rates and electricity rates/use! I've never paid an electric bill in my life before 'cause it was a part of the monthly rent in the apartment I used to have and Helena used to pay it for her apartment, and I've never had a loan of 2.5 million before so all of a sudden I care about that too. And I'm more and more turning into my father - I'm just afraid of the day when I think having a tie is a good idea!
Very Busy Vacation
I just finished two weeks vacation. Or whatever you can call it!! Painting a new house from scratch really sucks! And so does having to roll out a lawn! But now it's done and we can now lay back for a bit to enjoy it :)
Pictures are here as usual.
Now I'm just waiting to set up the mortgage and start living a grown up life owning a house... geez, this moved fast!!
Pictures are here as usual.
Now I'm just waiting to set up the mortgage and start living a grown up life owning a house... geez, this moved fast!!
John Hughes
Woke up this morning with one thing on my mind - doing another round of painting on the house.
Then I started reading the news to find out John Hughes is dead!! What tha hell!? This guy wrote some of my favorite movies ever!
I know I was too young to "get" Breakfast Club/16 Candles the first time I saw it but with the fucked up school years I had, belive you me, I totally got it and it absolutely helped me survive it.
Ferris Bueller I still consider to be one of the funnies movies ever! When I first saw it I just rolled on the floor laughing so hard when they crashed the Ferrari it was unbelievable! Then we have the "National Lampoons"-movies that are rerun forever (see Christmas Vacation every year) and more.
(EDIT: I'd earlier made a reference to the Jackson "Thriller" video, but ofcourse that was John Landis, another 80's icon!)
Really sad he's no longer with us. Although his spirit lives on in his movies.
Then I started reading the news to find out John Hughes is dead!! What tha hell!? This guy wrote some of my favorite movies ever!
I know I was too young to "get" Breakfast Club/16 Candles the first time I saw it but with the fucked up school years I had, belive you me, I totally got it and it absolutely helped me survive it.
Ferris Bueller I still consider to be one of the funnies movies ever! When I first saw it I just rolled on the floor laughing so hard when they crashed the Ferrari it was unbelievable! Then we have the "National Lampoons"-movies that are rerun forever (see Christmas Vacation every year) and more.
(EDIT: I'd earlier made a reference to the Jackson "Thriller" video, but ofcourse that was John Landis, another 80's icon!)
Really sad he's no longer with us. Although his spirit lives on in his movies.
Paint Job...
You know when you see those home-makeover shows and they paint the place in a flash? ... I'd like to meet those people. 'Cause I have a house here that needs 3 coats of paint. And after two days, combined manhours approximately 30 hours, we are 3/12 part of the way! We have done the first coat on 3 walls. That's it. It takes goddamn forever to do this work. I don't know how anyone could do it faster though, if you're not a pro, but we don't wanna dish out another 20.000 crowns to have it done that way...
Other than that everyone is proceeding according to plan. Hope to take some photos of the house now, with updated interior and the paintjob almost done. Well the first coating anyway...
Other than that everyone is proceeding according to plan. Hope to take some photos of the house now, with updated interior and the paintjob almost done. Well the first coating anyway...
And Now For Something Completely Different
Let's talk about something else than our house... yesterday marked 40 years since the awesome achievement of the Apollo program to walk on the moon. Anyone who have seen the TV series/documentary "From the Earth to the Moon" knows just how advanced it was, and that just scratched the surface.
So when I read the tabloid "Aftonbladet" here in sweden running a poll saying "over 60% of their readers think it was fake" I get upset. It's a pretty ignorant to discuss it over and over again, cause it does come up now and again ofcourse. And I hate to think what Grissom, White and Chaffee would say about it had they not died in the Apollo 1 fire!
But then I found this nice piece of journalism - "Top 5 proofs it did happen" and it put a smile on my face.
So when I read the tabloid "Aftonbladet" here in sweden running a poll saying "over 60% of their readers think it was fake" I get upset. It's a pretty ignorant to discuss it over and over again, cause it does come up now and again ofcourse. And I hate to think what Grissom, White and Chaffee would say about it had they not died in the Apollo 1 fire!
But then I found this nice piece of journalism - "Top 5 proofs it did happen" and it put a smile on my face.
It's Coming Together
On friday I had the day off from work and I spent it packing everything and transporting as much as I could to our house. But the real action didn't start until saturday morning!
We went to rent a lorry to handle the big things like our bed. And apparently they don't like it when you pay in cash! They get nervous that you'll drive off with it! But I looked trustworthy enough for her to allow it anyway so off we went to Mio to pick up our really, really expensive (10.000 SEK!) diningroom table. Then back to the apartment to fill it up. Helenas mother dropped by and when my family arrived we loaded it up and went to the house and loaded everything off and sat down for a coffee. Then "the men" went off with they lorry to Sureguard to get all my things and then back to the apartment to pick up things that were going to the dump. Add a little time pressure and you have one serious, effective and not so fun Kris!
Then my brother Jocke went off to his girl while me and my dad went back to the house to join Helena, her mother and "uncle Leif", my mother and sister who had put most of the furniture in order already. Then we had an awesome barbecue and after everything went home we spent the night cleaning up as good as we could and went to bed. Unfortunately it took quite a while for me to fall asleep and I had some nightmares so didn't sleep very well at all.
But on sunday we went up and started our "list of things to do" but that went out the window when my friend Ricki said "I'll be there in 30 minutes to hook up your home theater" which wasn't really what we had expected but it worked out fine anyway. After a small tour of Ikea and Bauhaus we went home and got to work and after about 6 hours of work it was all good to go with "Wall-e" (as sound tests go, you can't beat animated movies!). Eva dropped by too. And Helena did her thing cleaning out some areas and making sure we were well fed. I hate living up to gender stereotypes but we really did yesterday. Then we went back to the apartment to pick up the cats and boy were they glad to see us again. They still don't know what to make of the house though...
After driving Ricki home I came home (!) at 23:00 and even though I had a gazillion things to do and wasn't tired I went to bed and ended one of the busiest weekends of my life!
Now I'm back to work and piling up things to do at home but trying to focus on work. Not going to well to be perfectly honest.
We went to rent a lorry to handle the big things like our bed. And apparently they don't like it when you pay in cash! They get nervous that you'll drive off with it! But I looked trustworthy enough for her to allow it anyway so off we went to Mio to pick up our really, really expensive (10.000 SEK!) diningroom table. Then back to the apartment to fill it up. Helenas mother dropped by and when my family arrived we loaded it up and went to the house and loaded everything off and sat down for a coffee. Then "the men" went off with they lorry to Sureguard to get all my things and then back to the apartment to pick up things that were going to the dump. Add a little time pressure and you have one serious, effective and not so fun Kris!
Then my brother Jocke went off to his girl while me and my dad went back to the house to join Helena, her mother and "uncle Leif", my mother and sister who had put most of the furniture in order already. Then we had an awesome barbecue and after everything went home we spent the night cleaning up as good as we could and went to bed. Unfortunately it took quite a while for me to fall asleep and I had some nightmares so didn't sleep very well at all.
But on sunday we went up and started our "list of things to do" but that went out the window when my friend Ricki said "I'll be there in 30 minutes to hook up your home theater" which wasn't really what we had expected but it worked out fine anyway. After a small tour of Ikea and Bauhaus we went home and got to work and after about 6 hours of work it was all good to go with "Wall-e" (as sound tests go, you can't beat animated movies!). Eva dropped by too. And Helena did her thing cleaning out some areas and making sure we were well fed. I hate living up to gender stereotypes but we really did yesterday. Then we went back to the apartment to pick up the cats and boy were they glad to see us again. They still don't know what to make of the house though...
After driving Ricki home I came home (!) at 23:00 and even though I had a gazillion things to do and wasn't tired I went to bed and ended one of the busiest weekends of my life!
Now I'm back to work and piling up things to do at home but trying to focus on work. Not going to well to be perfectly honest.
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