A new life

In May it will have been a year since we left the US behind and set out to start a new life here in Sweden. Its been quite the journey. New home, new job, new city in a new country (for David at least). So somehow it feels really fitting that this May we will welcome a new life into our little family.

We are so thankful to start this new chapter in our life. I cherish every day I get to experience being pregnant. Its amazing. Everyday my tummy grows bigger. I can feel the little one doing acrobats inside and I can't help to wonder if it's a little girl or a little guy doing flips. We decided that we wanted to be surprised so we didn't find out the sex on the ultrasound.


I have to apologize for not keeping up with my blog. I just had to focus on more important things... but I hope I will be able to share the rest of this journey with all of you.


Have a wonderful day my friends!
 ~ tess

I do believe it's time to bake some cookies now...

Slow start

A few new items that will hopefully land in my nova of Sweden shop tomorrow. Plus a number of ceramic studs and hoops!

Working away on preparing the listings so keep your fingers crossed I can get it all done on time. I had forgotten how time consuming it is!

Have a great Sunday
~ tess

The last day at the ocean is long gone.

The days are getting darker. 

They have lost that warm touch that August held.

You can tell fall is almost here

and the winds are increasing in strength.

This morning I felt like I was biking in slow motion 

on the way to work. What is usually a pretty 

swift affair felt like an eternity...

It's turmoil in my life right now.

Getting my business started again. 

Helping David getting his business started.

It is super hard when he doesn't know the language

so I do my best playing accountant and whatever 

else he might need. 

Adjusting to a different way of life.

Learning to live with very small means.

Going from two incomes to one makes a huge 

difference in ones diet as well as social life!

But it is all worth it.

Just you wait...

At 4 pm I jump on my bike and pedal as fast as my 

little legs can take me. The little bike path leads me

straight to the new studio.

I plunk down my bag and roll up my sleeves. 

It takes forever to count everything you've 

accumulated in the past 7 years. 

Turns out I am quite gifted with exceland formulas. 

Phew.

I feel quite silly but this place means so much to me.

It's my past, my present and my future all in once.

I will dust off the shelves and open up the etsy shops again.

October 1st is the deadline I gave myself.

Someone's got to hold me accountable.

Or I would probably just stay there and stare at 

my stone collection for another month or so...

Just kidding! I am so itching to get back to creating.

I feel like my head is going to burst with ideas!

Have a wonderful weekend my friends

love ~tess