Newsletter 2017
When people ask if there is any
news, Kersti
usually says: “No. Still same husband, kids, house, jobs and car, and
that is
good!” And it is really good. If we get to keep the same for many years
more we
will be very happy. Except the car. We are actually already considering
a
different car. And quite soon.
Last year did not include any major changes,
everything was just very nice and life is good. Things that make life
good
include family, friends and a nice job (and champagne). In order to
improve our
situation we have tried to meet as many friends as possible. Dinner,
fika, a
walk downtown or in the forest, sewing circles,
beer evenings, Warhammer game nights, weddings; we
have tried it all! One
of Carl’s favorites was the beer trip to Belgium in the spring. It
combined
beer and friends. Another favorite is the road trip through Germany,
Belgium
and France where we managed to squeeze in three birthday celebrations
and lots of
champagne and friends. Kersti’s birthday was celebrated with
monochromatic men.
Life does not get much better.
Our house has seen
some improvement this year as well. Two additions were the most visible
change.
They are called Muckle homes, and everybody who has read Pettson and
Findus
will recognize them. Unfortunately many of our friends are too grown up
to know
anything about Muckle homes. Come visit us! We will let you know what
they are and
offer you some champagne as well. We have also added some new color on
the
inside of the house, but it is hardly noticeable.
 
Axel is now 16
years old and attends secondary school at Polhem, Lund. He finds
chemistry
interesting, CAD wonderful, and technology great fun. The
only subject he does not seem to like is German. The number of guitar
sin his room is steadily
increasing. In the summer he attended a guitar building course in
Stockholm. There
he built a beautiful guitar with a maple lid. In the summer he also
snagged his first proper
employment. He
is now a master when it comes to removing old dried chewing gum from
underneath tables and desks.
Johan is 14 years
old and attends grade eight. He is slowly finding school less
obnoxious, and has
started planning for secondary school. He aims for something in life
sciences
or technology. There is a lot to choose from, but there is still time.
He plays
the French horn, and is now tall and strong enough to actually carry
his horn
around without effort. His main hobby right now, or at least the most
expensive
one right now, is building drones. A really good hobby should use up
all your
time and all your money. Building drones is a really good hobby.
Kersti turned 50
in 2017, but the big celebration was in 2016 together with Carl. Her hair
is
turning gray, the kids have both outgrown her, and the sight and
hearing are
slowly deteriorating. Looking on the positive side, everybody in the
family are
stronger and can carry more than she does, everything looks more
beautiful every
year and everything sounds less bad every year. Isn’t
it fantastic? Kersti is still employed
at PHI. This year offered less
travels, and more in house work, but a little of USA, England, France
and
Scotland was nice.
Carl is still at
Axis. This year has been dedicated to the radar, and Carl is
considered one of
the radar experts. That means he gets to travel and tell everybody
about how
good the new D2050-VE is. His new hobby is beer brewing, and he
actually
produced a total of 10 liters of potable beer in three batches. As it
was not
completely scientific, he will not be able to reproduce what he did.
Johan aims
to outgrow him as soon as possible. It
will soon happen!
At
year’s end we visited family in the US. We saw many nice things, but we also learned
that
Washington at -7 C and half storm is not a very nice spot for
sightseeing. The
image shows the family in front of Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
Carl/Cacke, Kersti, Axel och Johan.
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