On friday me and Helena decided to have a small BBQ with our small grill. What we didn't really think about was that our son Sam have on multiple occasions used that BBQ as a tool to stand up. And for a few seconds I took my eyes off him and watching 2 1/2 Men on the TV and when my eyes went back to him he was just reaching for it. I yelled at him and ran as fast as I could but it was too late. He got burnt! At first we didn't think it was that bad but when the swelling really kicked in we knew we had to see a doctor. So in to the ER where they bandaged it up in a nice neat package and we got an appointment Tuesday morning to see the burn-specialist that'll take a better look, but they weren't the least bit worried about it, they said he'd be fine. Unfortunately until then he'll have a stump at the end of the left arm, as he'd lost his hand in an accident. It looks worse than it is, or so they say.
So those few seconds were all it took. After spending the winter looking after him like a hawk so he wouldn't get burn on our indoor fireplace only to relax for a few seconds.
And you'd think he might have learnt something? Not, on Saturday morning he was all over that BBQ again (which ofcourse wasn't lit)!
The Life of a Parent
Sometimes being a parent sucks. Right now it's trying to comfort our little boy who caught some bug at kindergarten and is now down with a cold. It's so difficult when he's to young to understand or to be reasoned with, trying to tell him he just has a cold and it'll pass in a day or two, all he knows is he doesn't feel good and he doesn't like it.
But it's kinda expected now that he's in kindergarten. I got a little bit of a cold but not as bad as Helena that was totally out on monday. And ofcourse we didn't help by exhausting ourselves on saturday..
But it's kinda expected now that he's in kindergarten. I got a little bit of a cold but not as bad as Helena that was totally out on monday. And ofcourse we didn't help by exhausting ourselves on saturday..
The Life of a Homeowner
Been busy as always the past week - working and taking care of stuff at home. Now that it's getting warm and sunny outside all of a sudden we have to take care of the house. And the big project this year is to fix a greenhouse for the love of my life. We've only done the prepwork for it and it's already tiresome to even think about! We spent all saturday transporting stuff to or from our house, exhausting. Guess that's the life of a homeowner :(
Kickass Weekend
Hope your Easter weekend was as good as mine!? Playing alot of computer games as always, but I also went out to my parents place to enjoy my mothers awesome cooking and a good old round of Trivial Pursuit (that I won, but granted, my father wasn't playing) and it also happened to be a Formula 1 weekend but that race could've been alot better. Then off to a friend to try to fix her computer problems and just lame about. All in all an awesome weekend!
I also saw "300". I had no idea about that movie until someone showed me a trailer a few weeks ago and the first thing I said was "that has to be seen on the big screen!" and on Friday I actually went to the cinema again to see it. Back in my teens I was a big fan of Greek mythology and stuff like that, and although this battle doesn't really qualify as mythology I still remember reading about it. The movie was overall great, and I was right - it had to be seen in the cinema. As always with movies like this they get a few of the things wrong or left out (like the second part of the oracle's prophecy) but overall a good movie. But one thing that really, really annoyed me all throughout the movie was all the muscles, pex and six-packs wherever you looked. Right away it annoyed me and it kept on annoying me. But I'm still gonna buy the DVD because it was still a great flick.
I also saw "300". I had no idea about that movie until someone showed me a trailer a few weeks ago and the first thing I said was "that has to be seen on the big screen!" and on Friday I actually went to the cinema again to see it. Back in my teens I was a big fan of Greek mythology and stuff like that, and although this battle doesn't really qualify as mythology I still remember reading about it. The movie was overall great, and I was right - it had to be seen in the cinema. As always with movies like this they get a few of the things wrong or left out (like the second part of the oracle's prophecy) but overall a good movie. But one thing that really, really annoyed me all throughout the movie was all the muscles, pex and six-packs wherever you looked. Right away it annoyed me and it kept on annoying me. But I'm still gonna buy the DVD because it was still a great flick.
Ooops, I Kinda Forgot
Ok I'm now the officially worst blogger since I haven't written anything here in over 2 months now!
But after I've gotten back to work it's all beeen pretty hectic in my life actually, both at home and at work. But I'm gonna have to chance that and make this a daily thing to get on here and make an update or two.
So what's happening at work right now? Well I'm in the middle of upgrading our Adobe Connect from 7.5 to 8 which is not happening so looking at a fresh install instead, and that means having to do battle with SSLs again. And then we have SharePoint 2010 migration and on top of that we're rolling out Windows 7 with new office and document management which is huge here.
At home my wonderful fiancé Helena is taking care of Sam and he's just now begun kindergarten and so far it seems to be ok. Hopefully it's not only because Helena is still there with him but we'll see tomorrow when he has to deal with 5 hours there without her. Other than that it's same old same old - trying to spend time with the love of my life while trying to get time to play some computer games, watching the latest episodes of House/Chuck/Big Bang Theory/SG:U and then there's F1.
I am anything but bored :)
But after I've gotten back to work it's all beeen pretty hectic in my life actually, both at home and at work. But I'm gonna have to chance that and make this a daily thing to get on here and make an update or two.
So what's happening at work right now? Well I'm in the middle of upgrading our Adobe Connect from 7.5 to 8 which is not happening so looking at a fresh install instead, and that means having to do battle with SSLs again. And then we have SharePoint 2010 migration and on top of that we're rolling out Windows 7 with new office and document management which is huge here.
At home my wonderful fiancé Helena is taking care of Sam and he's just now begun kindergarten and so far it seems to be ok. Hopefully it's not only because Helena is still there with him but we'll see tomorrow when he has to deal with 5 hours there without her. Other than that it's same old same old - trying to spend time with the love of my life while trying to get time to play some computer games, watching the latest episodes of House/Chuck/Big Bang Theory/SG:U and then there's F1.
I am anything but bored :)
Old House Or New House
This house-searching thing took an interesting turn last week when we were tipped off about a building project going on now that we could buy a finished brand new house customized to our needs and most of all, our wallets. Only problem is it's a bit far away (not as far as I used to be though). And 2.6 million crowns, that's alot of money I'll never earn... And we're still looking for old houses. Not sure how this will end, but as long as it ends with me and Helena ending up in bed together, I really don't care if it's old or new :)
Yeah, I'm Still Alive
My life has turned into a series of routines as it is right now when I'm on parental leave. It's just a matter of keeping the son happy, well fed and.. well that's all really, everything else is a bonus! And I get about 1-2 hours of "else" every day which right now goes to "Starcraft 2". Yeap, I finally gave up on "World of Warcraft", it just wasn't as rewarding continuing on lvl 85 as I'd hope. "Starcraft 2" is still challenging, I have a 50% win rate which I guess is as it was meant to be played (because the more you win, the higher rank you are and the better your opposition is so when you're ranked perfectly I guess 50% is just the way it's supposed to be).
ANYWAY, I'm going back to work in 4 weeks time, probably gonna spend the first week just catching up to what's new and even what's old since I haven't been there for 6 months! Other than that everything is good, we're still waiting for a place at some daycare so we can both work full time, not sure how that's gonna work out otherwise!
Also trying to catchup with movies since we have missed alot since Sam was born. So far the best one has been "Tron 2" that we actually saw at the movies in 3D. But then again, you'd expect nothing else from a computer geek, right :)
Also updated alot in my photo album so check it out. You should know the password by now!
ANYWAY, I'm going back to work in 4 weeks time, probably gonna spend the first week just catching up to what's new and even what's old since I haven't been there for 6 months! Other than that everything is good, we're still waiting for a place at some daycare so we can both work full time, not sure how that's gonna work out otherwise!
Also trying to catchup with movies since we have missed alot since Sam was born. So far the best one has been "Tron 2" that we actually saw at the movies in 3D. But then again, you'd expect nothing else from a computer geek, right :)
Also updated alot in my photo album so check it out. You should know the password by now!
Image album finally fixed
I've finally fixed the image album! So now you can all check the latest pictures of my son Sam :) The password is still the name of my employer, all in lower case letters.
Here is the link to the image gallery.
Here is the direct link to the "best of Sam" album.
Here is the link to the image gallery.
Here is the direct link to the "best of Sam" album.
Learning Lessons
You know the old saying about the cobbler's kid having no shoes? Well I again managed to prove that one.
At work we have one of the best redundancy/backup systems I've seen and we're proud of it. But on the webserver running this website and more importantly NataliePortman.com I've totally ignored that part especially since my son was born. So two weeks ago we had someone hacking into the site and completely wiped the server for us. And unfortunately the last backup I had was back in march and april! So that's why there'll be several months missing here.
Yeah you can blame me for being really terrible at taking backups, but I really didn't think anyone would hack the server and erase everything just for fun. I mean what's up with that? :/
And this is the reason why there are hardly any entries for 2010.
At work we have one of the best redundancy/backup systems I've seen and we're proud of it. But on the webserver running this website and more importantly NataliePortman.com I've totally ignored that part especially since my son was born. So two weeks ago we had someone hacking into the site and completely wiped the server for us. And unfortunately the last backup I had was back in march and april! So that's why there'll be several months missing here.
Yeah you can blame me for being really terrible at taking backups, but I really didn't think anyone would hack the server and erase everything just for fun. I mean what's up with that? :/
And this is the reason why there are hardly any entries for 2010.
HOME ALONE WITH SAM
This is the real first day of my parental leave! Helena has gone back to work now and I'm left solo with Sam, looking after, stimulating and feeding him as best I can and taking care of the household.
I've been way too busy in the past weeks to call this a vacation! My sister Amy with her family of four very well behaved kids and a hilarious husband was here in Sweden for a few weeks and I got to see them quite a few times, including a 20 hour cruise we took again (this time without the bad food that had me in bed by 20:30 last time!).
All in all, life is good right now :)
I've been way too busy in the past weeks to call this a vacation! My sister Amy with her family of four very well behaved kids and a hilarious husband was here in Sweden for a few weeks and I got to see them quite a few times, including a 20 hour cruise we took again (this time without the bad food that had me in bed by 20:30 last time!).
All in all, life is good right now :)
BUSY DOING EVERYTHING
I'm officially on vacation right? I certainly haven't noticed since I've been busy doing all those things I never had time for. Some of those things have been caught on camera and I've done some updating of my photo gallery.
1 - Midsummer Weekend with Helena's brother and his family.
2 - Putting our pontoon back into the lake.
3 - Taking a stroll in Lövhagen with my family.
4 - Going to Kolmården with our neighbours and then a visit to the icecream restaurant in Söderköping.
And ofcourse some updates to my gallery dedicated to my son Sam.
Here's hoping next week will be a little less eventfull!
1 - Midsummer Weekend with Helena's brother and his family.
2 - Putting our pontoon back into the lake.
3 - Taking a stroll in Lövhagen with my family.
4 - Going to Kolmården with our neighbours and then a visit to the icecream restaurant in Söderköping.
And ofcourse some updates to my gallery dedicated to my son Sam.
Here's hoping next week will be a little less eventfull!
DAY 4
Today is day 4 (of what, 190?) at home with my family. Although it's been a weekend so it doesn't feel as strange yet. Maybe it'll hit next week when I haven't logged in and checked the status of my Sharepoint farm at work :)
Biggest problem so far has actually been the heat! Our son really doesn't like the heat we're having now! He can't sleep and is just grumpy all the time. So we're thinking of a small air conditioner unit here if this goes on. Which based in the weather reports it will.
Other than that, we're BBQing, watching movies, doing some home improvements and in 3 hours we have the Formula 1 race from Silversone (been there!).
Biggest problem so far has actually been the heat! Our son really doesn't like the heat we're having now! He can't sleep and is just grumpy all the time. So we're thinking of a small air conditioner unit here if this goes on. Which based in the weather reports it will.
Other than that, we're BBQing, watching movies, doing some home improvements and in 3 hours we have the Formula 1 race from Silversone (been there!).
DONE AT WORK
And now I've finally worked my last shift at work for all year. No more work for me! Now it's all about Sam!.. and Helena. And the house. And then me :) And it's gonna be good!
One thing I'm hoping to do is redesign this place again, it's been a while. And I've had to transfer the site back to our NP.com server. The photo-section will probably be offline for a while but should be ok in a few days.
Take care!
One thing I'm hoping to do is redesign this place again, it's been a while. And I've had to transfer the site back to our NP.com server. The photo-section will probably be offline for a while but should be ok in a few days.
Take care!
PORTAL
Just wanted to do a quick update to say I purchased the computer game Portal the other day on steam. And loved it. Played it again and loved it even more. Downloaded the song "Still Alive" and loved it.
I also love it when I change my mind about something 'cause it came out 2-3 years ago and I did pay any attention to it. My bad.
Buy it.
Oh, and 3 more days :)
I also love it when I change my mind about something 'cause it came out 2-3 years ago and I did pay any attention to it. My bad.
Buy it.
Oh, and 3 more days :)
ONLY 12 DAYS LEFT
Although it's 16 days until I go on my parental leave, only 12 of those are days I have to spend at work. And believe me, I am counting every hour now! Still not sure how it's gonna go with me and my son when Helena goes back to work on august 1st...
And stockholm is back to it's normal self now after a few weeks of crazyness with this royal wedding and all. I'm not a huge fan of monarchy but I ended up watching it on television anyway. And it was cute and all but a bitter taste that most of it was paid by us the taxpayers and no matter how hard I try or how much money I spend on my wedding... what are the ods I can close down stockholm like that when I get married!?
And stockholm is back to it's normal self now after a few weeks of crazyness with this royal wedding and all. I'm not a huge fan of monarchy but I ended up watching it on television anyway. And it was cute and all but a bitter taste that most of it was paid by us the taxpayers and no matter how hard I try or how much money I spend on my wedding... what are the ods I can close down stockholm like that when I get married!?
35 AND COUNTING
So now I'm 35 years old. I dunno why but that most definitely feels like a limit where you can blame "immaturity" anymore without sounding silly :(
But as far as my life goes, it's certainly picked up in the past 2 years going from "sitting home alone (but far from lonely) playing my computer games and watching my movies" to "sitting on the terrace of our lovely house with my lovely fiancé listning to our lovely boy not wanting to sleep".
Life is pretty good to me at the moment. Unfortunately it's not as good for everyone :(
But as far as my life goes, it's certainly picked up in the past 2 years going from "sitting home alone (but far from lonely) playing my computer games and watching my movies" to "sitting on the terrace of our lovely house with my lovely fiancé listning to our lovely boy not wanting to sleep".
Life is pretty good to me at the moment. Unfortunately it's not as good for everyone :(
WHO'S THE MOST WRONG
So who's the most wrong in that conflict down there in Israel? Because no matter how you look at it there isn't a single right anywhere!
It certainly isn't right to seize ships in international waters and use deadly force. Then again Hamas are terrorists. But then again the palestinian people did vote for them in a democratic election. But they only did that because Israel has been pushing them that far. And the shitty history goes on and on. And on the sideline is the supposedly number 1 freedom fighting nation in the world and not doing anything. So it'll probably continue until someone changes their minds :(
It certainly isn't right to seize ships in international waters and use deadly force. Then again Hamas are terrorists. But then again the palestinian people did vote for them in a democratic election. But they only did that because Israel has been pushing them that far. And the shitty history goes on and on. And on the sideline is the supposedly number 1 freedom fighting nation in the world and not doing anything. So it'll probably continue until someone changes their minds :(
PARENTAL LEAVE
In 37 days I'm going on a 7 month parental leave. Add one more month of vacation and I'm gonna be home for a long long time!
I know I shouldn't amp up my expecations since I'm bound to disappointed but.. 8 months with my little boy. Learning him to eat solid(ish) food, learning him to walk and maybe even talk a little bit. It's gonna be great! I just hope we don't suffer too much economically because of it.
I know I shouldn't amp up my expecations since I'm bound to disappointed but.. 8 months with my little boy. Learning him to eat solid(ish) food, learning him to walk and maybe even talk a little bit. It's gonna be great! I just hope we don't suffer too much economically because of it.
STILL AT IT
We got our permit to put the roof up over 1/3 of the terrace so I'm busy doing that. And Helena is busy taking care of the rest of the house, our son and planting all the flowers and trees and stuff we bought yesterday for approximately 10.000 swedish crowns!
Man it's gonna look good and smell awesome when we're sitting under the roof on the terrace with the BBQ on and the rain is falling down again!
I've also updated som photo albums:
The terrace-build, although not 100% up to date after I've started with the roof.
Our new carpark with the bricks that the Irish guys put down for us.
Our latest family get-together for my father's birthday.
And as always added some photos of our wonderful son Sam.
Man it's gonna look good and smell awesome when we're sitting under the roof on the terrace with the BBQ on and the rain is falling down again!
I've also updated som photo albums:
The terrace-build, although not 100% up to date after I've started with the roof.
Our new carpark with the bricks that the Irish guys put down for us.
Our latest family get-together for my father's birthday.
And as always added some photos of our wonderful son Sam.
DONE!
The terrace is done!... almost. I'm waiting for the council to give us a permit to put the roof up. It seems that since we can use it as a storage if we put a roof on it we need permit. Isn't that typical sweden, you can't get any luxury without paying the government their piece of the pie!
Anyway, we've had a BBQ with our neighbours across the street and Helenas has spend some days just slacking in the comfy soffas we bought. We're also waiting on Mio to deliver the outdoor dining table and chairs so we can have more guests!
On top of that (!) we've had bricks put on our driveway. Cost us 80.000 swedish crowns but it'll be worth it. We hope. Won't know for another few years since it may get completely screwed up when the ground settles a bit.
We're doing so much on the house now which is kinad rediculous considering I'll be off from work from july to the end of the year and have plenty of time then. But I want that time to just enjoy our nice home and play with our son!
Anyway, we've had a BBQ with our neighbours across the street and Helenas has spend some days just slacking in the comfy soffas we bought. We're also waiting on Mio to deliver the outdoor dining table and chairs so we can have more guests!
On top of that (!) we've had bricks put on our driveway. Cost us 80.000 swedish crowns but it'll be worth it. We hope. Won't know for another few years since it may get completely screwed up when the ground settles a bit.
We're doing so much on the house now which is kinad rediculous considering I'll be off from work from july to the end of the year and have plenty of time then. But I want that time to just enjoy our nice home and play with our son!
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