Jochem has left for the US and will be back in the end of October. I am desperately seeking some help for the days when I need to work a bit late or want to do some social activities. I want to find someone via my network and not put an ad in the local supermarket but what do you do? This Saturday Jochem and I went out alone for the first time in 6 months. Some friends, who actually already had guests this weekend themselves, took care of our kids for the night. Really, really nice of you Marlene and Peter! I guess the problem of finding someone to look after your children now and then is the biggest disadvantage of moving to a place where you have no family or friends from the beginning.
Talking about moving brings me to tomorrows task. I am hosting a meeting regarding increasing the inhabitants in the Sjuhärad region. Sjuhärad is a cooperation of seven cities in the west of Sweden and we are all looking into attracting more people and businesses from abroad – mainly the Netherlands and Germany. As a frequent mover (nine countries by now) I think I have quite a good picture of what one needs to get settled somewhere and what needs to be arranged before the move. I want the region to create a strategy and a clear plan of how to work with immigration with a well-defined aim of what we want to achieve. I have seen many Swedish municipalities who just go abroad trying to sell their place to unprepared dreamers and I want to avoid this situation. Naturally, all you guys reading this blog are more than welcome :)!
Today I was invited to join the emancipation conference I initiated at the embassy last year. My colleagues at the embassy have worked really hard (especially you Anette!) to make an informative and challenging conference for politicians in the Dutch and Swedish parliament and I am sure it will be a great conference. There is also a documentary film being made and the Dutch filmmaker has a website that I want you Dutch readers to have a look at! Check out www.lofonline.nl
We have bought a huge rabbit cage (or a rabbit brothel as Kristian called it) and this Thursday Jochem painted with the help of five kids. Elsa (8) asked what a brothel is and with four quiet adults around my dad took the word. It is a house he explained! Well, I guess I will hear Elsa say at school that she lives in a brothel!! Now I will do some smaller repairs on the cage and then it is time for the rabbit. My colleague Mikael has already promised us his kid’s rabbit. Lets hear what his kids say about that?
It is time to tuck the kids in!
1 comment:
what about Wallenqvist?
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