BOB no 32 - Visit...

a) A safari park

c) A castle

g) The countyside

- check!

I must admit I forget about the things I do in my life that fit the BOB-list. Sometimes I consider not proceeding with that list, but then I think "what the heck" and just leave it.

At least now I have realized I can check some of the things to do on this list that I have done in my recent past.

starting with visiting...

a) A safari park

I took my family for the annual grand opening of Swedens greatest Safari park, Kolmården, on april the 30:th this year. The kids loved it, and us grown ups too. The funny thing about this day was that crowds of swedish celebrities was watching the animals together with us "regular swedes". So there was a lot to see both inside and outside the fences :).

  

a beautiful peacock was showing off for his ladies

 

g) the contryside

The company I work for was the main sponsor of the World Plowing Championships held in Sweden between the 13-14th of may this year.

   The entire staff was on site to represent and also to watch the competitors from 29 contries compete for the title of The Worlds Greatest Plower. Quite an interesting form of competion I must add.

  

Sweden competing in coventional plow

About 25.000 people came to the great fields outside Skänninge in Sweden to watch this event, which was won by a scotchman in Reversible Plow, and a young guy from Switzerland in Conventional Plow. Sweden got 2nd place in Conventional Plow and 7nd in Reversible, so we were happy to be able to celebrate in the evening when we visited...

c) a castle

...Vadstena Castle for the banquet in honouring the competitors of this event!

A nice dinner was held in the amazing castle in the beautiful surroundings of picturesque city Vadstena.

Vadstena Castle was built between 1545-1620 and was originally built as a fortress by king Gustav Vasa. The four cannon towers had 58 cannons in 1560. King Johan III, son of Gustav Vasa, turned the fortress into a Renaissance palace. Members of the royal family lived here through the centuries. It is possible to visit a cannon tower, passages, the royal chapel and the great halls. The third floor is furnished the way it might have looked in the 17th Century. Portraits of King Gustav Vasa and his family are also displayed.

  

this image is from the official website of Vadstena and can be viewed

in original format if you visit the www.vadstena.se

BOB no. 62 - make a meal

- check!

I almost forgot! I actually HAVE completed a task these past days! The reason I forgot this one is because I do this EVERY DAY. It's the wonders about being unemployed, grown-up, a mother and together with a novice in the kitchen :)

Yet, I kind of like cooking so I don't complain. This meal is a fishsoup consisting of cod- and salmon filets, sugar peas, carrots and haricots verts. And of course a lot of cream :).

     

no. 3 - Make an Origami Crane

- Check!

Good morning! Did you know this "list-thing" is addictive? I woke up this morning thinking "Yes! Today I'm gonna make an Origami Crane". Now that is a thought I havent thought for a while...

After checking the internet for instructions I used this website for help http://monkey.org/~aidan/origami/crane/crane1.html

I also remembered my best friend in middle school was superb at making these f**king birds (oups, 1 SEK for the swear box...) when we were little. I still am miserable at it, but at least I managed to make one, beautiful or not.

 

Tadaaa! It's an Origami Crane!!! 

I realize that having kids is a great thing when it comes to complete the tasks of the Before I am Old and Boring-list. Today me and my kids finished another two of the 101 things, only 98 left then :).

Here's some evidence caught on camera.

no. 16 - Make a swear box

- Check!

My 5 year old son helped me creating the swear box. He also wrote the adorable sign which says "Bad Words 1 SEK" :). I believe I am the one in this family who will contribute most to this box...

  

no. 66 - Have a Snowball Fight and Fun in the Snow

- Check!

 

Today after preschool we took a walk on request by my youngest son Philip. The weather has been wonderful today so we decided to bring their plastic sledges with us. Luckily we found this perfect little hill not so far away from home, where we rode the sledges, threw snow balls and rolled around in the snow. As the spring is closing in on us being March already, it is a must to enjoy every beautiful snowy day now. This winter has truly been remarkable.

 

  

 

Well, I congratulate me on checking off my first task! Although it wasn't such a great effort as blogging come as a kinda natural effect on this "listing-thing" :).

no. 36 Start your own blog!

- CHECK!

     

101 Things To Do Before I´m Old And Boring

As I wrote in my first submission to this blog, the BOB-list is mainly addressed to younger people (students). Yet, I think it is the perfect way to stay in touch with my inner child, and it also allow me to submit more frequently in my blog. If you want to see which ones of these tasks I've completed, take a look at my presentation on the right, where I update the lists.

 

1. Send a Message in a Bottle

2. Run up an Escalator the Wrong Way

3. Make an Origami Crane

4. Learn How to Tell When Someone Fancies You (and When They Don't)

5. Keep a Dream Diary

6. Touch These Creatures

a) Mice and rats

b) Butterflies and moths

c) Worms

d) Birds

e) Spiders

f) Snake

g) Frog

h) Fish

i) Some sort of bug

7. Prepare Yourself for Fame

8. Learn to Play an Instrument

9. Play a Computer Game to the End

10. Have an Embarrassing Moment and Get Over It

11. Get Your School Involved in a World Record Attempt

12. Paint a Picture Good Enough to Hang on the Wall

13. Learn to Whistle (and Make Other Noises)

14. See a Ghost

15. Fart and Burp

16. Make a Swear Box

17. Act in a Play

18. Win Something

19. Make a T-shirt

20. Stay Up All Night

21. Sleep All Day

22. Invent a Secret Code

23. Learn to Do a Card Trick

24. Grow Something from a Seed

25. Start a Collection

26. Help Save the Planet

27. Turn Back Time

28. Learn to Do a Party Trick

29. Climb to the Top of a Mountain

30. Make a One-Minute Movie

31. Host a Party

32. Visit...

a) A safari park

b) A carnival

c) A castle

d) A theme park

e) A farm

f) An aquarium

g) The countyside

h) Another country

i) Your capitol city

33. Learn to Bake a Cake

34. Hide Treasure and Leave a Map for Friends to Find

35. Learn How to Ask Someone Out (and How to Dump Them)

36. Start Your Own Blog

37. Write Lyrics for a Song

38. Make a Time Capsule

39. Be a Genius

40. Take Care of an Animal

41. Learn to Like These Foods

a) Broccoli

b) Shellfish

c) Lettuce

d) Brussels sprouts

e) Carrots

f) Smelly cheese

g) Coconut

h) Peas

42. April Fool Someone

43. Do Something Charitable

44.Teach Your Grandparents Something New

45. Invent a New Game

46. Go As Fast As You Can

47. Make Your Own Badges

48. Watch These Films

49. Read These Books

50. Pretend to Be Ill Convincingly

51. Save Your Pocket Money for a Month and Spend It All at Once

52. Learn to Swim

53. Succeed At Something You're Bad At

54. Be a Daredevil

55. Invent a New Trend

56. Know Who Your Friends Are

57. Plant a Tree (and Climb It When You're Older)

58. Start a Band

59. Camp Out in the Back Garden

60 Learn to Live without Something You Love for a Week

a) TV

b) Mobile Phone

c) Computer Games

d) Junk Food

e) the Internet

f) Other...

61. Join a Club

62. Cook a Meal

63. List the Things Your Parents Say They'll Tell You When You're Older

64. Make Your Bike or Skateboard Look Cool

65. Learn to Juggle

66. Have a Snowball Fight and Fun in the Snow

67. Build the Ultimate Sandcastle and Have Fun in the Sun

68. Take Part in a TV Show

69. Make a Scene in a Public Place

70. Spend Christmas in Another Country

71. Do Something Nice without Being Asked

72. See Your Music Idol Perform Live

73. Have a Sleepover

74. Become a Spy

75. Watch a Tadpole Grow into a Frog

76. Learn to Say Useful Phrases in Other Languages

77. Make Your Own Greeting Cards

78. Hold a Jumble Sale

79. Build an Igloo

80. Start Your Own Secret Society

81. Research Your Family Tree

82. Learn to Skim Stones

83. Dye Your Hair

84. Lobby Your Local MP

85. Write a Story and Get It Published

86. Sing in Front of an Audience

87. Learn to Use Long Words (and Drop Them into Conversation)

88. Blame Someone Else

89. Learn to Stick Up for Yourself

90. Get from A to B Using a Map

91. Send a Valentines Card

92. Have Your Own Plot in the Garden

93. Build Your Own Website

94. See Your Name in Print

95. Make a Unique Milkshake

96. Glue Coins to the Floor

97. Learn to Take Great Photos

98. Drive Something

99. Be Vegetarian for a Week

100. Meet Someone Famous

101. Decide What You Want to Be When You Grow Up