Little updates

There's not a whole lot happening lately. No big adventures, just little progresses.

I've been designing a whole range of cards for my collection/for sale eventually. Thinking up patterns, prints, designs, simple messages (from famous people like Amelia Erhart and such), colours, fun, special, meaningful, and always, beautiful. I need to get those pictures uploaded, but don't worry, you will see some soon.

Doug and I have successfully sketched our mural drawing onto the wall in a corner of our balcony...however, pictures don't take the pencil to well, sorry folks. However, we seem to be stuck on how to paint this bad boy. I mean, we've got ideas, so we try them on a piece of paper and we aren't too happy with the results... so we have a ways to go before we start slapping pretty colours of paint on the wall to create a more come-to-life image of the viney tree we've corroberated.

Doug's been studying for one last exam that will officially complete his masters program. It was a neglected exam that should be finished. This is on Monday morning... no sissy multiple choice exams here, ever! All essay and problem style, you've really got to know your stuff!

On the topic of school, I'm really hoping to hear from Komvux, the Swedish lessons place. I haven't yet, so I'm in limbo, I hate that. I think we'll have to go in and ask questions and find out for ourselves, even though they said they'd be sending me the info. Good Grief! They love to wait to the last minute! So, next week, we'll have to do that.

Doug's mom came back from her summer in Botswana (well, winter there). I assume it went well, but it was cute, she actually missed the summer here. Well, we did have an unusually nice summer here. But I think she missed creature comforts more than weather. None the less, it's great to see her back. She and I are going to church on Sundays together, so it's kinda cool to get the alone time with her, even if most of it's going through motions of a foreign language ceremony. Plus, we both get out of our homes and just walk and/or talk a bit. Even if we are still quite new in the "getting to know one another phase."

I think I owe you guys a little story about Lake Fagertärn, so I'll do that real soon for ya. There's some interesting history of the founder, Bernhard Kjellmark and then the stories that have come about as to how the red water lily came about. More on that next time! Ciao!