Planning the Day

I'm sitting at my kitchen table doing a bit of planning for the day.  So here's a little teaser into our Swedish life.  Diapers are in the washing machine.  It's a water-efficient front loader, so the cycle takes 2 1/2 hours.  I need to get them on the line ASAP since I'm running low.  I also need to sit down with Google translate and see if we can't figure out all these fancy settings.  I only have a Swedish instruction manual.

We're out of a few essentials like milk, filmjölk (a thin, mild yogurt we use on cereal and in place of sour cream), and knäckebröd (crisp bread bigger than crackers we're using in place of breakfast toast and regular crackers and bread).  In a couple hours I'll head to the ICA (pronounced E-ka) grocery store with the kids for some shopping.  Scott has our car, so the grocery shopping will involve a bus schedule, Google Maps, good sturdy shopping bags (I brought several from home), and Roanin and Cora's backpacks to help with the schlepping.

 

After an early dinner, we hope to get Roanin and Cora to the local futbol practice by Roanin's school (Kila Skola).  It depends on Scott's success with seeing a doctor for the orange-sized bruise/infection/thingy that he picked up from some plant or insect on a remote Swedish island last Sunday. 

 

But first I'm off to hang the diapers and water the sheep.  How's that for a teaser?

 

The view out my kitchen window (Photo credit to Roanin)