Mmmm Semlor!!
FINALLY!! Semlor in the da' house!! Pam, Jo and myself went for a fika after lunch today at Mekka and had our first semlor of the year! And it was great!! Oh I love them so much!! And tomorrow we are going on another fika and I am FOR SURE gonna have another semla!! I will eat them until Fat Tuesday, by then I will be sick of them. That's the goal anyway, eat as much as possible till I can't stand them anymore...because they won't be back for a long time. Unfortunately (or maybe it's a good thing) semlor are seasonal...so you got to get your fix while it last!!
Okay moving on from semlor. Tomorrow I have another appointment with my doctor and I think we will discuss the date for my next procedure, the skin graph. I have made my personal decision of waiting until the end of regular season. After our last game at the end of February. Then I hope we can do the skin graph. I don't feel like I can take any days off now because I want to be in shape especially at the end of season when it matters the most. And especially since I am getting a little more comfortable with the ball in my hand and finding a way to get use to shooting again. I need that touch back! I will talk to my hand surgeon tomorrow about this possibility and I hope she won't mind. I'll let you know how that goes.
Tonight Julia, Pam, Gina and me went to watch the Dalen-City innebandy match. Gammliahallen was sold-out and packed as usual for this game...and normally the games are always fun to watch with the heated rivalry. But tonight Dalen dominated and won the game 12-4, wasn't that exciting but I'm happy that Dalen got the win!
WELL time for bed! Early appointment tomorrow. Got to get some rest because it's been a hard week with a lot of practices. Game on Friday vs. Norrköping and then Sunday vs. Visby. WE NEED SOME WINS!! (have I mentioned that yet??) There you go Secret Stalker...Nothing that exciting right now.
Now I leave you with something you may of seen before...but I love it so much, I'm posting it anyway!! Watch this if you ever need some cheering up!!
Sov gott!
Okay moving on from semlor. Tomorrow I have another appointment with my doctor and I think we will discuss the date for my next procedure, the skin graph. I have made my personal decision of waiting until the end of regular season. After our last game at the end of February. Then I hope we can do the skin graph. I don't feel like I can take any days off now because I want to be in shape especially at the end of season when it matters the most. And especially since I am getting a little more comfortable with the ball in my hand and finding a way to get use to shooting again. I need that touch back! I will talk to my hand surgeon tomorrow about this possibility and I hope she won't mind. I'll let you know how that goes.
Tonight Julia, Pam, Gina and me went to watch the Dalen-City innebandy match. Gammliahallen was sold-out and packed as usual for this game...and normally the games are always fun to watch with the heated rivalry. But tonight Dalen dominated and won the game 12-4, wasn't that exciting but I'm happy that Dalen got the win!
WELL time for bed! Early appointment tomorrow. Got to get some rest because it's been a hard week with a lot of practices. Game on Friday vs. Norrköping and then Sunday vs. Visby. WE NEED SOME WINS!! (have I mentioned that yet??) There you go Secret Stalker...Nothing that exciting right now.
Now I leave you with something you may of seen before...but I love it so much, I'm posting it anyway!! Watch this if you ever need some cheering up!!
Sov gott!
Bad Weekend
2 day road trip, 2 games and 2 losses. Not the weekend I was expecting at all. SUCKS. Saturday we lost to Brahe...the last place team in league by 13 pts. I really hate the fact that Brahe has only 2 wins of the season and they happen to be against us. Nothing went our way that game. Our defense was really bad that game, and I can't even really explain why it was that case. 27 pts in the first quarter won't win many games. It seemed like we could never get a hold of the game and we trailed the entire time. Brahe played hard and we just couldn't respond. They defintely had a game plan against us and executed it well. Almost everytime I touched the ball I was doubled or tripled teamed. AHHHHH frustrating talking about it now. I'm just going to move on now...
Sunday's game was much different. We fought hard that game but ended up losing to Mark 91-79. Mark is a good team and in 6th place in the league now. They are a much different team then the first time we played them. They are winning some big games now when they started out kind of rough. We had a game with them the entire time though and we never gave-up. Pam guided the way for us with 33 points. I had 14 pts and 5 assists and Julia with 12pts. That makes 9 games now in a row we have lost. It seems like forever since the last time we won a game. WE REALLY NEED TO WIN A GAME NOW.
This weekend we hit the road again for 2 more away games. We play Norrköping on Friday and Visby on Sunday. A long 4-day trip for us, but important games we must focus on.
TODAY IS A DAY OF REST. My body feels beat up, tired and sore. We got in late last night after two plane delays. Kind of scary on the first flight when we were in the process of taking off and then one of the plane's motor didn't turn on because it was frozen. So we went back to the gate and I guess they warmed up the plane some more. I can honestly say that's the first time anything like that has happened to me. Then on our second flight we had to get off the plane after we were all seated and claim our baggage. There were too many bags I guess. I want to make this clear, that I am not complaining about this travel because I know it is nice that we get to fly...it was just some weird circumstances.
Now I am going back to my couch and not getting up for a really long time. I hope everybody had a great weekend! Maybe it went better than mine...
KRAM
Sunday's game was much different. We fought hard that game but ended up losing to Mark 91-79. Mark is a good team and in 6th place in the league now. They are a much different team then the first time we played them. They are winning some big games now when they started out kind of rough. We had a game with them the entire time though and we never gave-up. Pam guided the way for us with 33 points. I had 14 pts and 5 assists and Julia with 12pts. That makes 9 games now in a row we have lost. It seems like forever since the last time we won a game. WE REALLY NEED TO WIN A GAME NOW.
This weekend we hit the road again for 2 more away games. We play Norrköping on Friday and Visby on Sunday. A long 4-day trip for us, but important games we must focus on.
TODAY IS A DAY OF REST. My body feels beat up, tired and sore. We got in late last night after two plane delays. Kind of scary on the first flight when we were in the process of taking off and then one of the plane's motor didn't turn on because it was frozen. So we went back to the gate and I guess they warmed up the plane some more. I can honestly say that's the first time anything like that has happened to me. Then on our second flight we had to get off the plane after we were all seated and claim our baggage. There were too many bags I guess. I want to make this clear, that I am not complaining about this travel because I know it is nice that we get to fly...it was just some weird circumstances.
Now I am going back to my couch and not getting up for a really long time. I hope everybody had a great weekend! Maybe it went better than mine...
KRAM
On the Road...
Leave tomorrow morning kl. 9.40 to play Brahe on their home court in Jönköping. Then Sunday we play Mark in Borås also away. 2 games in 2 days on the road! These are important games for us, so we have to fight hard!!
COME ON COMETS!! KOM IGEN COMETS!! Let's get it done!!
Tip off tomorrow at 16.30 and then Sunday at 15.00. Return Sunday night to Umeå. Both teams will be good competition for us. Brahe beat us at home earlier this year 62-72 and we beat Mark at home 68-57. Hopefully we have something to prove tomorrow vs. Brahe. They have one win this season and it's against us. We are a different team with Pam and Gina, so game-on!!
Good luck to all those with games this weekend!!
COME ON COMETS!! KOM IGEN COMETS!! Let's get it done!!
Tip off tomorrow at 16.30 and then Sunday at 15.00. Return Sunday night to Umeå. Both teams will be good competition for us. Brahe beat us at home earlier this year 62-72 and we beat Mark at home 68-57. Hopefully we have something to prove tomorrow vs. Brahe. They have one win this season and it's against us. We are a different team with Pam and Gina, so game-on!!
Good luck to all those with games this weekend!!
More Work on the Hand :(
Not the best news today from the doctor. Found out that more work needs to be done on my hand. Not as intensive as the first operation, but hopefully a procedure that will for once close my wound. It's still open and not healing properly so the doctor wants to take a skin graph and place it over my wound. That means taking a sample of skin from another area (probably my upper arm) and then transferring it over to the area not healing. My doctor said it will at least take 10 days for recovery and doing NOTHING with my hand. But now the decision needs to be made on when I will do this. I can continue to play with it the way it is and then do the procedure after season...or find 10 days that maybe we don't have a game and get it done sooner than later. The last time I decided to do it sooner than later, it left me out 5 weeks from playing. AND I do not want that to happen again. OH maybe I should just chop my hand off now and not worry about it anymore.
So soon I need to make this decision and I will keep you posted on what I decide to do. I don't want to miss anymore games so I think I might just wait. Thats what I am feeling like now. But we will see. And of course it depends on how my hand keeps on doing. I really think it gets better everyday and that the wound is a little smaller than before. I still can't make a fist with my hand and my fingers are pretty stiff, but I think each day my flexibility in them is getting better. I'm trying to stay positive. :) VIEWER DISCRETION again, just want to show you what I am dealing with. 
What else is new besides my hand?? My classes/practices at Dragonskolan have been going well. I have had two lessons and my third one tomorrow. The guys are older but eager to practice. I have to adjust my coaching a bit, and I need to find some challenging drills for these boys. And we need to work on their listening. We all know how well guys listen...oh wait, they don't. I will have my final lesson in the evening at Skufruskolan with the younger girls.
Well today I have been absolutely exhausted so I think I am going to go to bed and hopefully rest up! We have some VERY IMPORTANT matches this weekend!
Sov gott!
Tough Loss
Last night we faced the top team in league, Telge. They are a young team that are extremely athletic in every position. They are also tough and physical and something we lacked a bit last night when it came to rebounding and defending the post play. We did have moments of great play, and won 2 out of the 4 quarters, but it was our lack of scoring in the other quarters that really hurt us. After the first quarter we even had a 1 pt lead 18-17 but Telge picked up their defense and we only scored 4 pts in the 2nd quarter. In the third quarter we responded and scored 28 pts compared to their 24. We cut the defiect to 10 pts until they scored a 3-pointer to end the quarter. In the 4th quarter Telge widen the scoring gap a bit more and we ended up losing the game 57-73. But I do not feel in anyway it was a 25 pt loss for us. We played good against them and without a few relapse here and there, I think the score and outcome of the game would of been much different.
My hand is getting better and better each day, but still not healed right. I still have an open wound on my hand that still produces an orange clear fluid at times. But the good news is that I can use less tape now and I only tape around my wound. So it's nice to have some more freedom and I can actually move my wrist around. I think it has made a little bit of difference when it comes to shooting, but you can tell it's still not natural to me to have this tape on my hand when I play. Last night I scored 19 pts and had 12 rebounds. I still missed a lot of buckets down low and that's sooooooooo frustrating to me that I didn't finish the shots down low. I guess it will all come back with more "game-like" opportunitues and getting back into "game-time" shape!! OH I can't wait for that. I never want to have an injury in my life again (I wonder what the odds are for me on that one).
It was really nice to see Carro step it up last night on the offensive end. I think that is something she is capable of every game if she puts her mind to it. She opened up with 9 pts in the 1st quarter and 13 pts to end the match. Pam had 17pts and really guided us in the 3rd quarter with a commanding response after half-time. Julia stepped up her deffensive play and Gina played physical and ended up with 8pts.
Now this weekend we travel AWAY. Actually the next two weekends are on the road. We are to the point that WE MUST WIN SOME GAMES. It now feels like FOREVER since the last time we won a game. We need to get back to some winning habits!! We have a crucial game on Saturday vs. Brahe and then Mark on Sunday. That's only 3 days until our next game. 3 games in one week this week...something different than normal for us, but with the season ending at the end of February, I guess it's no surprise. The following weekend we will have a 4 day away-trip playing Norrköping and Visby. So not for another 3 weeks until we get to play home again :(
Today we are OFF and my body is needing the rest for sure!! Will be a calm day of chill'laxing I hope!! Tomorrow I am back at the hospital for another check-up...but I'm sure it will carry on the same.
Good-bye for now!!
Ha det så bra!
My hand is getting better and better each day, but still not healed right. I still have an open wound on my hand that still produces an orange clear fluid at times. But the good news is that I can use less tape now and I only tape around my wound. So it's nice to have some more freedom and I can actually move my wrist around. I think it has made a little bit of difference when it comes to shooting, but you can tell it's still not natural to me to have this tape on my hand when I play. Last night I scored 19 pts and had 12 rebounds. I still missed a lot of buckets down low and that's sooooooooo frustrating to me that I didn't finish the shots down low. I guess it will all come back with more "game-like" opportunitues and getting back into "game-time" shape!! OH I can't wait for that. I never want to have an injury in my life again (I wonder what the odds are for me on that one).
It was really nice to see Carro step it up last night on the offensive end. I think that is something she is capable of every game if she puts her mind to it. She opened up with 9 pts in the 1st quarter and 13 pts to end the match. Pam had 17pts and really guided us in the 3rd quarter with a commanding response after half-time. Julia stepped up her deffensive play and Gina played physical and ended up with 8pts.
Now this weekend we travel AWAY. Actually the next two weekends are on the road. We are to the point that WE MUST WIN SOME GAMES. It now feels like FOREVER since the last time we won a game. We need to get back to some winning habits!! We have a crucial game on Saturday vs. Brahe and then Mark on Sunday. That's only 3 days until our next game. 3 games in one week this week...something different than normal for us, but with the season ending at the end of February, I guess it's no surprise. The following weekend we will have a 4 day away-trip playing Norrköping and Visby. So not for another 3 weeks until we get to play home again :(
Today we are OFF and my body is needing the rest for sure!! Will be a calm day of chill'laxing I hope!! Tomorrow I am back at the hospital for another check-up...but I'm sure it will carry on the same.
Good-bye for now!!
Ha det så bra!
GAME DAY!!
Game day today!! Comets vs. Telge kl. 19.00 at Gammlia!!
Telge is the number one team in league right now so it's going to be tough, but we have nothing to lose. We had a solid performance against Solna so now we just need to keep it up!!
Hope to see you all there!!
Heja Comets!!
Telge is the number one team in league right now so it's going to be tough, but we have nothing to lose. We had a solid performance against Solna so now we just need to keep it up!!
Hope to see you all there!!
Heja Comets!!
BLONDIE!!
NEW HAIR COLOR!!
I realize that I have posted a lot of pictures of myself lately...haha!! But times are boring and these are the only pictures I have now!! I went and got my hair done today by Frida and now my hair is brighter and lighter and more fun!! BLONDES do have more FUN!! Now I know I was blonde before, but now I'm really blonde!! I like it!!
Tomorrow is game-day vs. Telge. We play at Gammlia kl. 19.00. LET'S GO COMETS!!! Telge is currently in first first place in the league, but you never know...anything is possible in our league this year. NU KÖR VI!
Vi hörs!! :)
I realize that I have posted a lot of pictures of myself lately...haha!! But times are boring and these are the only pictures I have now!! I went and got my hair done today by Frida and now my hair is brighter and lighter and more fun!! BLONDES do have more FUN!! Now I know I was blonde before, but now I'm really blonde!! I like it!!
Tomorrow is game-day vs. Telge. We play at Gammlia kl. 19.00. LET'S GO COMETS!!! Telge is currently in first first place in the league, but you never know...anything is possible in our league this year. NU KÖR VI!
Vi hörs!! :)
Be Strong!
Last night Pam, Johanna and myself went to watch Avatar and I thought the movie was AWESOME!! Now I understand why there is so much hype around it. It was my first time watching a movie in 3-D and it took awhile to get use to it...but I eventually did and loved it!
Today we scrimmage against the guys at practice. More blisters on my feet. Then I went and watched IKSU play. They lost 8-4 but it was cool to see Frida score a goal and also Rebecca for Rönnby. After the game, it was a quick visit with Maria at the hospital and then I went to church.
At church, I actually listened to the entire service with no translation. There are a handful of us that speak english at church and they do have a translator that helps out. But I took the challenge today and just sat and listened. Let's just say that for the most part I understood....pretty exciting. I have to force myself to do this more.
Church was just what I needed today and it put some things in perspective for me. I normally don't write about my faith on my blogg...but today I think I will quickly mention something. It seems that there are a lot of challenges and obstacles that present themselves in our lives everyday. Most times they are never planned and they can be frustrating. We always seem to see the negative and demand the explanation why does this happen?? But for me I constantly have to remind myself that it is God's will and he will never test you beyond anything you can not handle. I'm going to leave one of my favorite Bible verse and I hope those that might be feeling low can find some strength from it or inspiration within it...
"No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful and He will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it"
1 Corinthians 10:13
Just thought I would share that...anyway TOMORROW I start early at Dragonskolan 8.45 class. I am going to be the substitute for the basketball class 3x's a week now. They are 16 year old guys so we will see how much my coaching or teaching of basketball skills might have to change. Clearly it will be a different style and most skills have been developed by now...but it will be fun to do something different. After class I'm getting my hair done by Frida!!! What an exciting Monday planned.
I hope everyone had a great weekend!!
KRAMAR
Today we scrimmage against the guys at practice. More blisters on my feet. Then I went and watched IKSU play. They lost 8-4 but it was cool to see Frida score a goal and also Rebecca for Rönnby. After the game, it was a quick visit with Maria at the hospital and then I went to church.
At church, I actually listened to the entire service with no translation. There are a handful of us that speak english at church and they do have a translator that helps out. But I took the challenge today and just sat and listened. Let's just say that for the most part I understood....pretty exciting. I have to force myself to do this more.
Church was just what I needed today and it put some things in perspective for me. I normally don't write about my faith on my blogg...but today I think I will quickly mention something. It seems that there are a lot of challenges and obstacles that present themselves in our lives everyday. Most times they are never planned and they can be frustrating. We always seem to see the negative and demand the explanation why does this happen?? But for me I constantly have to remind myself that it is God's will and he will never test you beyond anything you can not handle. I'm going to leave one of my favorite Bible verse and I hope those that might be feeling low can find some strength from it or inspiration within it...
"No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful and He will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it"
1 Corinthians 10:13
Just thought I would share that...anyway TOMORROW I start early at Dragonskolan 8.45 class. I am going to be the substitute for the basketball class 3x's a week now. They are 16 year old guys so we will see how much my coaching or teaching of basketball skills might have to change. Clearly it will be a different style and most skills have been developed by now...but it will be fun to do something different. After class I'm getting my hair done by Frida!!! What an exciting Monday planned.
I hope everyone had a great weekend!!
KRAMAR
New Shoes...OUCH!
Oh the joys of breaking in new shoes. I wore my new shoes today at practice and they hurt my feet pretty bad. I'm sure every athlete in this world can understand and I know have experienced it. I still like them though :) And they are even the Comet colors!!
Today I went to my doctor's appointment and the temperature was -27. I didn't a double take when I saw that. The doctor's appointment went alright. She actually said that it looked like it improved a little and the healing process is progressing. She then drained my hand where it was swollen. That was kind of gross because all this orange-red fluid came rushing out my wound. In fact, it actually squirted up into my doctors face...haha!! But anyway, she took some of the tissue from my wound and they are going to test it just to make sure what it is. Its back to being bandaged and still more waiting for the healing process. Any tips on how to make this thing go faster??
Today I saw Maria for the first time in 3 weeks and she was tan. I guess thats what 3 weeks in Thailand does to you :) We had lunch at Angelini (which is pretty good) and then did a little shopping in town. It was so great to hangout with her again. I sure did miss her! Sorry I didnt make your game Maria :(
Practice tonight was lugnt. This weekend we will have two practices, including a scrimmage with the guys. Nothing else really planned except for movie night tomorrow!! Oh I am going to checkout Frida's IKSU play on Sunday.
QUICK QUESTION...With or without hat??
I hope everyone has a great weekend. STAY WARM!!
Today I went to my doctor's appointment and the temperature was -27. I didn't a double take when I saw that. The doctor's appointment went alright. She actually said that it looked like it improved a little and the healing process is progressing. She then drained my hand where it was swollen. That was kind of gross because all this orange-red fluid came rushing out my wound. In fact, it actually squirted up into my doctors face...haha!! But anyway, she took some of the tissue from my wound and they are going to test it just to make sure what it is. Its back to being bandaged and still more waiting for the healing process. Any tips on how to make this thing go faster??
Today I saw Maria for the first time in 3 weeks and she was tan. I guess thats what 3 weeks in Thailand does to you :) We had lunch at Angelini (which is pretty good) and then did a little shopping in town. It was so great to hangout with her again. I sure did miss her! Sorry I didnt make your game Maria :(
Practice tonight was lugnt. This weekend we will have two practices, including a scrimmage with the guys. Nothing else really planned except for movie night tomorrow!! Oh I am going to checkout Frida's IKSU play on Sunday.
QUICK QUESTION...With or without hat??
I hope everyone has a great weekend. STAY WARM!!
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Haha!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bored today, so I sat around playing with my camera. It was WAY too cold outside. -23 and just miserable to stand one second in that temperature. I don't normally complain about the cold...BUT IT'S COLD and I don't like it!!
Yesterday we lost our game to Solna by 15 pts...63-78. Not too bad actually, we played really well in some spurts. I think in the second quarter we were up 8 pts or so. But Solna is a strong team and there is a reason why they are 2nd in league and the swedish masters from last year. They are tough and have depth...something we do not have. Gina, our new player from Hungary, had a pretty good debut. It will only get better I think, as she adjusts to us and gets comfortable with the team. As for me, it was hard playing a basketball game after not playing for 6 weeks. I ended up with 15 pts and 10 rebounds, 4 steals also. I missed a lot of lay-ups and some FT's as well that I normally make. It was frustrating at time because I have to adjust a bit to my hand, and it's not where I left it. I have to build it up and get use to playing again. It will come with time, I just have to keep working on it and not let my frustration get the best of me. Which it did a little last night, when I got a technical foul from the ref. Apparently he didn't like me yelling at him too much. Hope that doesnt happen again. Pam had a good game scoring 20 pts and pulling down 7 rebounds I believe. Julia also had a strong performance scoring 14 pts and fighting hard on the floor.
Our next game is Tuesday vs. Telge...the league's first place team right now. Tough start for us, but I think it will make us stronger. I was pretty impressed with us last night fighting hard and believing we are good enough! We need to keep that spirit heading into the 2nd part of season. KOM IGEN COMETS!!
I got some new basketball shoes today. I will try those out tomorrow at practice. I have a doctors appointment also tomorrow. I think they will discuss how to get my hand to heal. I think I will post a picture to show you what it looks like at the moment. VIEWER DISCRETION!!
So yeah, that's not normal. And that's what I have been playing with. We will see what the doctor says tomorrow.
Julia and I went to watch Dalen play tonight. It was a good game up until the final 3 minutes, they lost 6-4. Then I came back home and just lounged around on our day off from basketball. Now I am just trying to stay warm dressed in sweats and covered in blankets. Tomorrow is Friday and a boring weekend awaits. With a game Tuesday, it means a weekend of practices. OH going to watch Avatar on Saturday...I want to know what all this hype is about. I wish we were playing though :)
Well goodbye for now!! Work starts up tomorrow with classes at Sköfruskolan!
Lycka till önskar jag mig själv!!
I Get to Play on GAMEDAY!!
THE ONLY THING that is good about injury, is the feeling of how excited you are when you get to play again!! The chance has FINALLY come!! Today I get to play in our first home game back from break vs. Solna. I have not played a basketball game in almost 6 weeks. I can't believe it has been that long. I know that my hand is still not perfect, but it's good enough for me to play. And that's all that matters right now. We have been practicing hard this last week, so I really hope it pays off on the court. We got nothing to lose in this game so let's see what we can do. The game also features Gina's debut to the team. She has practiced twice with us now and she will play in our rotation which is good for us!! She's a great shooter and I think she is going to be able to make some pretty interesting passes!! 
So today at Gammlia kl. 19.00!! It's GAMETIME!! GO COMETS!!
Happy 80th Birthday Grandma!!
My loving and caring grandmother turns 80 years old today and I wish I could be there to celebrate with her and the family!! I just wanted to dedicate this blog post to you Grandma to let you know I am thinking about you and want to wish you a very Happy Birthday and let you know I am thinking about you!! I hope you have a great day and I hope the family throws you a great party. Miss you guys a lot!! Love to all!!
Grandpa, Grandma, Dad and me at the Centennial Celebration.
Grandma with her great-grandchild Lauren and Chad.
Grandma!!
It's kind of neat that all of my grandparents are in their 80's now.
Today is even more cold than yesterday...-17 degrees and it seems to be getting colder and colder. I guess they are predicting -25 for later tonight. THATS FREEZING!
Soon it's our second practice of the day. 4 days in a row now of two-a-days. GAME TOMORROW finally. It's my first game back in 6 weeks. I can't believe it's been that long since my last game... I can't wait! We play Solna at Gammlia kl. 19.00. Hope to see some of ya there!!
Later homies...
Grandpa, Grandma, Dad and me at the Centennial Celebration.
Grandma with her great-grandchild Lauren and Chad.
Grandma!!
It's kind of neat that all of my grandparents are in their 80's now.
Today is even more cold than yesterday...-17 degrees and it seems to be getting colder and colder. I guess they are predicting -25 for later tonight. THATS FREEZING!
Soon it's our second practice of the day. 4 days in a row now of two-a-days. GAME TOMORROW finally. It's my first game back in 6 weeks. I can't believe it's been that long since my last game... I can't wait! We play Solna at Gammlia kl. 19.00. Hope to see some of ya there!!
Later homies...
BURRRRRRRRR!!!
I said a BURRRRRRR...it's cold outside! -15 degrees and the wind blowing crazy...I don't want to step outside anymore. Whoever made up the saying "monday funday"?? They truely have never experienced a real Monday. Today we had to do inventory at ICA Gourmet at 6 in the morning. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10....over and over. After two hours of counting, I then left for my doctor's appointment. My hand surgeon is still a little confused about my hand. The healing of the skin hasn't exactly gone as planned. So now it's just more time to wait and see what happens. I am okay to play now which is good and I am SO EXCITED to actually play this week!! Our first game after the break is Wednesday the 6th vs. Solna. After the doctors appointment, I thought I could swing by the bank for an easy trip. BUT of course nothing was easy about it. I have no idea what my problem is with banks...they don't like me I guess. After I yelled at the lady for being mean, I had to go to morning practice. The morning practice was just a shoot-around. Then it was lunch, a trip to the post office (I got your package Dad!) and then a good-bye trip with Sophia. AND this was all before 14.00. Not a normal day for me. Not use to so much happening. HAHA!!
Now it's nap time!! We have practice late tonight. We have a new player also that will be arriving from Hungary. I don't know too much about her so I can't write a lot, but I really hope she can make us better and at least give us more numbers. She comes at 18.00 and will have her first practice tonight! I've been told she can shoot good...so that's always good!! :)
What else?? I'm sad that my friend Sophia is going back to Switzerland today. It was fun having people back for the holidays, I wish they could stay longer :( But I have a feeling time is going to go by pretty fast now. Only 2 more months left of regular season play. I'm looking forward to the 2nd half of season!! We have to make another run!
That's all I got for now. Another blogg post will be coming soon!! Hopefully something more exciting. I promise!!
KRAM!!
Now it's nap time!! We have practice late tonight. We have a new player also that will be arriving from Hungary. I don't know too much about her so I can't write a lot, but I really hope she can make us better and at least give us more numbers. She comes at 18.00 and will have her first practice tonight! I've been told she can shoot good...so that's always good!! :)
What else?? I'm sad that my friend Sophia is going back to Switzerland today. It was fun having people back for the holidays, I wish they could stay longer :( But I have a feeling time is going to go by pretty fast now. Only 2 more months left of regular season play. I'm looking forward to the 2nd half of season!! We have to make another run!
That's all I got for now. Another blogg post will be coming soon!! Hopefully something more exciting. I promise!!
KRAM!!
More Pics from 2009
I had to post some more picture from this past week!!
New Year's Eve creating our own fun!!
Skating on New's Year Eve
Christmas Camp 2009
Christmas Camp!
Two thumbs up for 2010 so far!!
Peace out homies!!
New Year's Eve creating our own fun!!
Skating on New's Year Eve
Christmas Camp 2009
Christmas Camp!
Two thumbs up for 2010 so far!!
Peace out homies!!
Happy New Year!! eller Gott Nytt År!!
Happy New Year everyone!! Last night was a VERY CALM and "soft night" for 5 of us girls over at Sophia's place. Sophia, Pam, Cissi, Ann and myself decided for a relaxing evening with dinner and just each others company and conversation. The night also included both Sophia and Pam FALLING ASLEEP. Maybe we are getting too old for this celebration...haha!! 3 of us, however, stayed up the entire time!! Just before midnight, Sophia joined us and Pam also awoke from her little nap on the couch! We counted down to midnight...shouted HAPPY NEW YEAR...watched the fireworks outside...then went home to bed!! I really enjoyed the night, dinner was great and the girls were fun! Thanks gals for a wonderful night!!
Dinner
Celebrating the new year...2010 here we come!!
Pam just before she took her nap on the sofa.
Just lounging around, Cissi, Ann...Pam up just before midnight...haha!
Party hats!! And Sophia is alive!
Just hanging out! Sophia, Pam, Ann, and Cissi
10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2..1...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
HORRAY FOR 2010!!!
So happy!!
Watching fireworks!! So pretty!!
So there concludes the evening!! Felt good just to relax because it's really almost the first time I have done it all break!
SO FAR 2010 has been good! Today has been a day of laundry and cleaning...getting stuff done! Tonight I plan to have another calm evening of doing nothing!! Pretty much snowed in today as well. It has snowed non-stop so far. So I'm having a cozy day inside!! Good thing there a lot of movies on TV now!! :)
SNOWED IN
I hope everyone had a great New Years Eve and New Years Day!!
Love to all!!
Dinner
Celebrating the new year...2010 here we come!!
Pam just before she took her nap on the sofa.
Just lounging around, Cissi, Ann...Pam up just before midnight...haha!
Party hats!! And Sophia is alive!
Just hanging out! Sophia, Pam, Ann, and Cissi
10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2..1...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
HORRAY FOR 2010!!!
So happy!!
Watching fireworks!! So pretty!!
So there concludes the evening!! Felt good just to relax because it's really almost the first time I have done it all break!
SO FAR 2010 has been good! Today has been a day of laundry and cleaning...getting stuff done! Tonight I plan to have another calm evening of doing nothing!! Pretty much snowed in today as well. It has snowed non-stop so far. So I'm having a cozy day inside!! Good thing there a lot of movies on TV now!! :)
SNOWED IN
I hope everyone had a great New Years Eve and New Years Day!!
Love to all!!
Christmas Time is SO BUSY!
FINALLY a little bit of time to write a post! Quick re-cap of this past week...
Tuesday 22nd - ROAD TRIP began!! Pam and I drove up to Jokkmokk (about a 6 hour drive) and spent a lovely evening with Miriam and her family. Miriam is a friend I met at church. Her father is American so it was fun to speak some USA talk!! It started with some home-made pecan pie and then american pancakes for breakfast! So nice!!
ROAD TRIP 09!!
Wednesday 23rd - Pam got to see her first reindeer ever when we walked over to Miriam's neighbors and spotted some! Then from there it was a 3 hour drive up to Jukkasjärvi to the ICE HOTEL!! Fun times for sure and something really spectacular to see!! So pretty but let me tell you...IT WAS COLD!
ABOVE THE ARTIC CIRCLE (220 km above)
SO MUCH ICE!!
Everything made of ice...inside.
Our room we slept in...-5 degrees. (23 F)
That night we went to a Suami traditional event...got to eat some typical Lapplandish food (including reindeer tongue), Joking (singing) and see the current Suami clothing. It was a fun experience!
Ice hotel in the day time...a little light for a little while.
Thursday 24th - 7 hour drive back to Umeå. We left the ice hotel around 10.00 and made it back by 5pm. I was soooooo exhausted from driving and not really sleeping so well the night before, I fell asleep about 8 and woke up around 10 the next day, over 12 hours. Haha, well I was finally rested up anyway!
Friday 25th - CHRISTMAS DAY!! Pam and I back in the car again, but not as far. We traveled down to Övik for fika with Sophia and her Övik friends. And then to Christian Hjort's house for some lunch. Came back to Umeå and continued with the tradition of dinner at the Hamre household...but no Julia this year. Kerstin made a wonderful dinner and we spent the evening relaxing, laughing, and having a great time!! Even talked to the family some while I was there! Then the night was spent with Jonas and some friends just hanging out.
Saturday 26th - Annandagen Pam and I made a Thanksgiving dinner for some of our Swedish friends. Sophia, Ann, Jonas, Mattias, Josefine, Oscar, Simon...made 9 of us total, came over for dinner! Pam and I spent most the day preparing the food, then finally in the evening we got to eat it. Afterwards we went out to Invito. Overall a great night...when we finally got in ;)
The classic pic!
Sunday-Wednesday 27-30th Christmas Basketball Camp - So now the past 3 days I have been coaching at our KFUM Christmas Basketball Camp with Pam and Tony. We have about 30 boys and girls participating in the camp ages 12-15. It's keeping me pretty busy 9am until 3.30pm. It's pretty fun to see all these kids having a fun time at the camp!! That's the best part!!
AND LASTLY!!! THE BEST FOR LAST!!
I went to the doctor today and she said I can FINALLY practice again!! So I'm back on the court and it feels great. My hand is a little stiff and sore, but it gets better each day!! So I have already participated in 2 practices and everything went okay so far! I'm looking forward to tonight's practice as well!! YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
WOAH that was a lot. I gotta run now...I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS!!
KRAM!
Tuesday 22nd - ROAD TRIP began!! Pam and I drove up to Jokkmokk (about a 6 hour drive) and spent a lovely evening with Miriam and her family. Miriam is a friend I met at church. Her father is American so it was fun to speak some USA talk!! It started with some home-made pecan pie and then american pancakes for breakfast! So nice!!
ROAD TRIP 09!!
Wednesday 23rd - Pam got to see her first reindeer ever when we walked over to Miriam's neighbors and spotted some! Then from there it was a 3 hour drive up to Jukkasjärvi to the ICE HOTEL!! Fun times for sure and something really spectacular to see!! So pretty but let me tell you...IT WAS COLD!
ABOVE THE ARTIC CIRCLE (220 km above)
SO MUCH ICE!!
Everything made of ice...inside.
Our room we slept in...-5 degrees. (23 F)
That night we went to a Suami traditional event...got to eat some typical Lapplandish food (including reindeer tongue), Joking (singing) and see the current Suami clothing. It was a fun experience!
Ice hotel in the day time...a little light for a little while.
Thursday 24th - 7 hour drive back to Umeå. We left the ice hotel around 10.00 and made it back by 5pm. I was soooooo exhausted from driving and not really sleeping so well the night before, I fell asleep about 8 and woke up around 10 the next day, over 12 hours. Haha, well I was finally rested up anyway!
Friday 25th - CHRISTMAS DAY!! Pam and I back in the car again, but not as far. We traveled down to Övik for fika with Sophia and her Övik friends. And then to Christian Hjort's house for some lunch. Came back to Umeå and continued with the tradition of dinner at the Hamre household...but no Julia this year. Kerstin made a wonderful dinner and we spent the evening relaxing, laughing, and having a great time!! Even talked to the family some while I was there! Then the night was spent with Jonas and some friends just hanging out.
Saturday 26th - Annandagen Pam and I made a Thanksgiving dinner for some of our Swedish friends. Sophia, Ann, Jonas, Mattias, Josefine, Oscar, Simon...made 9 of us total, came over for dinner! Pam and I spent most the day preparing the food, then finally in the evening we got to eat it. Afterwards we went out to Invito. Overall a great night...when we finally got in ;)
The classic pic!
Sunday-Wednesday 27-30th Christmas Basketball Camp - So now the past 3 days I have been coaching at our KFUM Christmas Basketball Camp with Pam and Tony. We have about 30 boys and girls participating in the camp ages 12-15. It's keeping me pretty busy 9am until 3.30pm. It's pretty fun to see all these kids having a fun time at the camp!! That's the best part!!
AND LASTLY!!! THE BEST FOR LAST!!
I went to the doctor today and she said I can FINALLY practice again!! So I'm back on the court and it feels great. My hand is a little stiff and sore, but it gets better each day!! So I have already participated in 2 practices and everything went okay so far! I'm looking forward to tonight's practice as well!! YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
WOAH that was a lot. I gotta run now...I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS!!
KRAM!
ICE HOTEL Here We Come!
Tomorrow Pam and I leave for the Ice Hotel up North! But first we will spend the night in Jokkmokk with a church friend, Miriam. I plan to post a lot of pictures of the hotel and of course our journey up. It's going to be a great ROAD TRIP!!
This journey is going to a cold one I think...
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! I am really missing all my friends and family back home right now. Love you all!!
Time for bed...god natt!
This journey is going to a cold one I think...
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! I am really missing all my friends and family back home right now. Love you all!!
Time for bed...god natt!
More Time...More Waiting...
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! It was such a great day yesterday with my hand...and then I got to the doctor today and she puts my hand in a cast. But hopefully this makes my hand heal faster now.
Good news...All the stitches are out of my hand.
Bad news...by my knuckle area, my incision has not healed right, and continues to produce an orange liquid. So the doc has put a cast over my fingers so I will not move that area and maybe that area can heal faster now. OH this is so frustrating. I went into this operation thinking I would only be out 2 weeks and miss one game. Now it has been 3 weeks...and another week of rest, and 3 games I have missed. This is one of the hardest things for me to do is sit out and watch. I WANT TO PLAY!
Tomorrow we have a match against Sundsvall. They have had a pretty great year so far, so they will be a tough team to beat. You never know in this league anymore though...so we will see! It's our last game before break.
SOOO much planned the next week during Christmas break...
Monday 21- Sophia and the swiss clan arrive to Umeå!! Airport and then SHOPPING!!
Tuesday 22 - Pam and I begin our travels North to Jokkmokk and stay with Miriam a night.
Wednesday 23 - ICE HOTEL (staying the night)
Thursday 24 - Travel back to Umeå
Friday 25 - Christmasfika in Övik with the Molins
Saturday 26 - Thanksgiving dinner with the Swedes
Sunday-Wednesday - BASKETBALL CAMP
Monday 28 - Practice begins and I better be practicing!!
Pretty busy schedule so far, the time is going to go by fast! Well I'm out for now. l hope everyone has a great weekend and GOOD LUCK in all your last matches before the break!
PEACE
Comet's Lucia!
Tonight was our annual JULFEST (xmas party) with the KFUM Umeå Comets!! Which included our annual LUCIA performed by the Damligan team! It was a lot of fun and once again we put on a good show I think!!!!
Pam, the selected Lucia this year!
Coach Tony in his little Star Boy outfit!!
Santa Claus!
Mila the Russian gingerbread man!
Me with the rest of the _________??? (forgot the name).
It turned out pretty great!! Good singing, a nice performance, great xmas fika, a parents vs. young girls team match, a competition of MJ Says, and godis fishing!! A great party with all the teams in the club (probably over 400 people) and a nice way to celebrate Christmas!!
AND now it is SNOWING...It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!!!
KRAM
It's Not a Tumor!
I had a doctor's appointment this morning and the results came back on the tissue....IT'S NOT A TUMOR! So they have now concluded that the infected fat tissue they removed from my hand came from repeated impact from an outside source (aka...basketball). So good news there! But unfortunately I am out another week and it isn't looking that great right now to play before the xmas break. SUCKS! The operation was a bigger procedure than they orginally planned, so that means longer recovery. They also believed to of removed all the "bad stuff" so I will NOT HAVE to operate again on my hand! But now I must continue to wait as my hand heals. Today they took out half of the stitches and the rest will be removed next week. It's still ozing some orange fluid but the doctor says that is normal. Once the swelling goes away, then it should stop. Here are some pictures of my hand 2 weeks after the surgery...
Tomorrow I am traveling with the team down to Stockholm. We play against 08 at 1pm. Then Pam, Julia and mysef will hangout and spend the evening with Jonas. Go out to dinner and just have a calm evening. It will be fun to spend some time Stockholm. We will then return Sunday around 1.30.
Tonight is the Idol final!! I will be rooting for Erik to win!! Kom igen Erik!!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!!
TGIF!
