Food, Fun and Great Rides

So, you wish for some recipes? Well, your wish is my command! I will throw in some recipes now and then. I enjoy cooking and baking and often come up with my own recipes.

My Own Custard

2,5 dl milk

1,5 dl cream

2 tablespoon corn starch

2 egg yolks

1 teaspoon raw sugar

Whisk together in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil, let it boil til it thickens. Don't let the sauce overcook or it will separate. Pull the pan from the heat and add 3 teaspoons vanilla sugar. Pour it over pie or use it to fill a cake.

This is me yesterday on my way to Midsummer celebration! I wore the thrifted dress I bought last weekend, my Judith Ripka heart earrings, sandals from H&M and DIY hairpins made from metal string and pearls.

This picture was taken on the way home, when my shoulder was sunburnt. The weather was fantastic!

My nailpolish, "Lacy not racy" by Essie.

The celebration took place in a rural area by the sea. So beautiful!

There were a lot of different activites like: guess the size of the log, dancing, horses and wagon, boat rides, shooting hoops, darts and also there was a car show! We had so much fun.

My Prada "inspired" glasses are from Forever 21.

This is the real thing, they cost a bit more than the six dollars I paid for mine.

Here comes the sun!

Thank you for your kind comments! Things are looking up now, so just continue keeping your fingers crossed. Today it is spring. FOR REAL!!!! It has been a whopping 17 degrees Celsius today. That might be winter temperatures for some of you, but please remember I live very close to the Polar Circle.

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So in celebration of the "hot" weather the whole family went to town to buy some flowers, herbs, seeds, a lilac and a rhubarb plant. The flowers and the herbs are in the hallway awaiting kinder night temperatures, the seeds might find their way into soil tomorrow. I am for the first time ever going to grow some vegetables. At least I hope they will grow. My husband planted the lilac and the rhubarb tonight. I hope to get a good harvest of the rhubarb so I can make pies and "juice". There is no good word in english, at least not one I know of, for the swedish word "saft". "Saft" is sort of like lemonade but it can be made from any fruit or berry. Is there a good word for it?

Today I wore my new blouse from H&M.

Wow, I really need to clean that mirror. It's got my kids fingerprints all over it. Anyway, I also wore an old pair of Levi's that I cut off yesterday, some black tights and black suede ballerinas from Gap.

Had to show you these babies..... My Judith Ripka earrings. They were a gift from my husband on our fifth wedding anniversary last year. Did I tell you I have the greatest hubby? ;)

My spring wardrobe staples (some of them at least!)

I have a feeling this is going to be a staple in my spring wardrobe. This is one of my many thrift store finds. It is a Strenesse camel hair blazer, I guess it was produced sometimes in the nineties from the look of it.  I like to roll up the sleeves and wear it with skinny jeans and high heels. Hardly used it was a real catch at only $10 or 75 sek.

And here are my babies! Well, my shoe babies anyway... Bought them this summer at DSW. They're leather JS by Jessica Simpson. And they ARE comfy! While I was trying them on, totally enamored, my husband asked me: "Will you be able to walk in those?" Stupefied I looked at him thinking: "What does that have to do with anything?" I must say, when it comes to shoes I'm stupid enough to buy shoes that might keep me seated all through the party. Once at a wedding I wore a pair of beautiful vintage fifties pumps, they were SO uncomfortable! I wore them at the wedding ceremony, but even I was wise enough to bring flats for the party. Only, by the time I gave in to the flats, my feet were so swollen I had to have a male friend help me put my shoes on. I like to think I looked like Cinderella when he aided me but honestly, with my swollen feet and face twisted from the pain I probably looked like one of the stepsisters....

And one GREAT birthday present! Thanks grandad! Well, he paid and I chose.... These leather riding boots come from swedish page La Redoute . They are versatile, you can dress them up or down.

And one GREAT christmas gift! These are Disney Couture goldplated earrings. I am an avid Disney fan and on the leaves it says "Believe" on one side and "xoxo Tink" on the other. Best believe in fairies!!! I am becoming quite the earring collector. My husband has been giving me some nice ones.

He has given me a lot of beautiful jewellry through the years. My absolute favorites are my wedding band, my engagement ring, a gold anklet he gave me the morning after our wedding and these Judith Ripka earrings he gave me this summer on our fifth wedding anniversary. I LOVE Judith Ripka! These are silver earrings with amethyst. They will be dangling a lot from my earlobes this spring!