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Time to find a new rug

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Nar vi flyttade in i den har lagenheten kom flyttgubbarna in med en gron matta. Jag trodde de hade tagit fel matta, men Jim sa att det var varan. “Men, mattan ar ju gron, vi har ingen gron matta”, sa jag och Jim svarade “jo, den ar gron, den matchar soffan”. In kommer snart en gron soffa. Va?! I var forra lagenhet hade vi en tegelvagg och ett 25 vaningar hogt hus utanfor fonstret och gulare lampor inne, sa jag trodde att soffan och mattan var morkgra. Vilken chock jag fick. 
Nu maste vi ju ha en ny matta eftersom en liten varelse har bitit sonder den vi har. Vi hittade ingen pa ikea, sa vi letar nu pa natet. Eftersom vi tydligen har en gron soffa (vi maste ju vara de enda i hela varlden med den fargen) kanske man ska fortsatta i samma farg. Eller kanske en gra? Vad tycker ni? Ska man matcha eller spelar det ingen roll?

When we moved in to this apartment, the moving guys came in with a green rug. I thought they had taken the wrong rug, but Jim said it was ours. “But, the rug is green, we don’t have a green rug”, I sad and Jim answered “yes, it is green, it matches the couch”. In comes soon a green couch. What?! In our old apartment we had a brick wall and a 25 floor high building outside the window and more yellow lamps inside, so I thought that the couch and the rug was dark grey. How shocked I got!
Now we must have a new rug since a little creature has been biting the one we have. We didn’t find any at ikea, so we are now looking online. Since we apparently have a green couch (we must be the only ones in the whole world with that color) maybe we should continue with that same color. Or maybe a grey? What do you think? Should you match or does it matter?
livingroom_pinterestJag gillar fluffiga mattor, men jag har haft det forut och
de ar svara att halla rena, man far dammsuga en hel dag

I like fluffy rugs, but I’ve had it before and they are
hard to keep clean, you have to vacuum a whole day
simple-rug-pinterestSa en enklare matta som denna vore bra. Inte lika mjukt, men lattare att stada:)
So a more simple rug like this would be good. Not as soft, but easier to clean:)

Bilderna hittade jag pa pinterest. Jag hittade tyvarr inte mycket inspiration for vardagsrums matta. Jag vill helst ha en enkel utan en massa monster och klara farger. Har ni tips?
The pictures I found on pinterest. Unfortunately I didn’t find much inspiration for a living room rug. I rather have a simple one without a lot of patterns and bright colors. Any tips?

God morgon

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IMAG4548_2Utanfor Whole Foods i fredags
Outside of Whole Foods on Friday

Jag ar pa superbra humor idag! Den har dagen kommer att bli bra, det kanner jag pa mig. Vaknade klockan 5am av att Thor ville ha sallskap, men han somnade snart om och det gjorde vi med. Han gick och la sig i sitt “hus” klockan 9pm igar kvall och jag kunde inte fa honom att halla sig vaken, sa jag visste att han skulle vakna tidigt. Klockan 6:30 am tog jag med honom ut och det var riktigt harligt och inte sa kallt. 
Efter den har helgen behover jag verkligen trana, haha. Godis och lite onyttig mat, min kropp kanns ur balans. Jag borjar dock bli sjuk sa igar tog jag det lite lugnt for att vila kroppen, men idag har jag sa mycket myror i benen, sa jag maste arbeta musklerna lite:) Hur kanner ni efter en Halloween helg?

I’m in a super good mood today! Today will be good, I can feel it. Woke up at 5 am of that Thor wanted company, but he soon fell back to sleep and so did we. He went to his “house” at 9pm last night and I couldn’t keep him awake, so I knew he would wake up early. At 6:30 am I took him out and it’s really nice and not so cold.
After this weekend I really need to work out, haha. Candy and some unhealthy food, my body feels unbalanced. I begin to feel sick though, so yesterday I took it easy to rest my body, but today I have so many ants in my pants, so I have to work the muscles a little:) How do you feel after a Halloween weekend?

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Hi November

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Idag trodde jag att det var sondag. Nar jag tog med mig Thor ut (6:30!) kom jag pa att Jim skulle till jobbet. Lite besviken forst, men det vanda snabbt. Det ar ju en ny vecka! Hej mandag!
Det kanns att vi har gatt in i November manad. Jag ar verkligen ingen viking, haha, igar fros jag sa otroligt mycket. Har nere i Battery Park ar det valdigt blasigt och det gor att 10 plusgrader kanns som minus. Pa kvallen hade jag dubbla lager av allt. Dubbla byxor, dubbla trojor, dubbla strumpor och massor med tanda ljus, filt och varme fran air condition. Jim var saklart jattevarm, haha. Men det ska bli narmare 20 grader i mitten av veckan, sa det ser jag fram emot!

Today I thought it was Sunday. When I took Thor out (6:30!) I realized that Jim was going to work. A little disappointing at first, but it soon turned around. It is a new week! Hi Monday!
It feels that we now are in then month of November. I’m really no viking, haha, yesterday I was froze so incredibly much. Down here in Battery Park it’s really windy and it makes the 10 degrees feel like minus. In the evening I had double layers of everything. Double pants, double sweaters, double socks and lots of candles, blanket and heat from the air condition. Jim was of course really warm, haha. But it will be closer to 20 degrees in the middle of this week, so I’m looking forward to that!

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Webcam

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Igar akte vi till Best Buy vid Union Square och kopte en webcam. Jag behover val egentligen inte fler kameror, haha, men den har ska jag i forsta hand anvanda av skapandet till ett stycke jag jobbar med. Jim har ingen webcam pa sin dator heller, sa nar jag reser kan han anvanda denna nar vi ska Skypa (jag har ju en pa min dator). 
Jag behover ingen dyr och avancerad leksak for mitt lilla projekt, men den som var battre kostade inte jattemycket mer sa vi tankte att vi kan ju anvanda den for fler saker an bara det:) Battre bild och HD video, den kan vrida i 360° och den har en extra lang sladd som medfoljer. Vi skypade med mina foraldrar innan och jag upplevde mycket battre bild an vad kameran pa datorn ger. 

Yesterday we went to Best Buy by Union Square and bought a webcam. I don’t really need more cameras, haha, but this one I will in first place use for the creation of a piece I’m working on. JIm has no webcam on his computer, so when I go travel he can use this one when will Skype (I have one on my computer).
I don’t need an expensive and advanced toy for my little project, but the one that was better didn’t cost that much more so we thought we could use for stuff than just that:) Better picture and HD video, it can swivel in 360° and it has an extra long wire that comes with it. We skyped with my parents earlier and I experienced a much better picture than what the camera on the computer gives. 

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Daylight Saving Ends

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Var lille valp vacker oss alldeles for tidigt varje morgon nu. Idag fick Jim ga ut klockan 6am (= 5am ny tid). Sen fick vi somna om till strax innan 7am nya tiden, da vi tog honom till en dogpark har bredvid oss. Dar fick han springa av sig lite och bli av med lite energi. Sa, ne, nagon sovmorgon far vi inte langre:)
Igar regnade det hela dagen. Vi akte upp till Best Buy pa Union Square och sen promenerade vi till East Village och at pa Pommes Frites, gick till en record store innan vi tog oss hem igen. Pa kvallen sag vi Beetlejuice. Jag har inte sett den sen jag var liten och hade nu bestamt mig for att se den pa Halloween. Vi kollade aven pa The Addams Family som ingen av oss har sett pa lange heller. Sa kul att se gamla halloween barnfilmer:) 

Our little puppy is waking us up way too early every morning now. Today, Jim had to go out at 6am (= 5am new time). Then we got to sleep until right before 7am the new time, we then took him out to a dogpark here next to us. There he got to run and get rid of some energy. So, no, a sleep in we don’t get anymore:)
Yesterday it rained all day. We went up to Best Buy on Union Square and then we walked to East Village and ate at Pommes Frites, went to a record store before we went home again. In the evening we watched Beetlejuice. I have not seen it since I was little and had now decided to watch it on Halloween. We also watched The Addams Family that neither of us has seen in a long time either. So fun to see old halloween kids movies. 
CIMG1472_2 CIMG1473 CIMG1474Seen in East Village. Thought they looked interesting