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Posted on March 3, 2021 by dianedenmark

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How do you feel about summer? πŸ‘‹πŸ˜πŸ‘’β˜€οΈ Excited, anxious? Are your kids at home, are your recently retired? πŸ§’πŸ§’πŸ§’πŸ‘Does it change your daily routine? Join me for a hygge lifestyle chat across the kitchen table here in Denmark πŸ’πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ•― ...how to not only survive summer but THRIVE! Plus, how I celebrated my birthday and what the family bought me 🀩🎁🎁🎁 You can watch the video by tapping on my Instagram Stories, use the link in my Bio or here! πŸŽ₯ https://youtu.be/OPDBmsgKQmw πŸ‘‹πŸ€© What would you be tempted to buy, for yourself or as a gift? 🎁 More photos from our 24 hour girls road trip (to our Swedish summerhouse 🏑🌊) and I just had to show Sue and Erika @erikabirch_artanddesign my favourite Swedish small store 😍 The owner is so sweet and knowledge! @thirase We may have bought quite a few gifts 😁 🎁🎁🎁🎁 And just look at these fabulous retro bathing rings...my fave is the dark blue βš“οΈπŸŒŠπŸŒŠπŸŒŠπŸŒŠ In the end I bought (another) hammam towel for myself (Grecian blue, same as I bought for Vibeke's birthday) as an early birthday gift to myself πŸ˜„ plus, of course, some of my favourite Maison Belle cleaning sprays for the summerhouse...skoosh, skoosh! πŸ’¦πŸ§Ή @maison_belle_dk More fun on our "24 hour mini midsummer" trip to Sweden with Sue and Erika! @erikabirch_artanddesign πŸ€©πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ⛡️⛡️⛡️ Delicious lunch at AbbekΓ₯s harbour on the south coast of Sweden! βš“οΈπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Hubby and I were here at Easter and I wanted to share this wonderful place with my friends 😁 Couldn't manage a dessert so we bought cakes from their bakery to have as our "fika" later. Yum! @bongskahuset "Bongskahuset" Are you celebrating the summer solstice?β˜€οΈ Have brought two of my very favourite people to my very favourite place! πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‘‹πŸ€© Happy summer solstice from the south coast of Sweden! Erika and Sue are here with me at our summerhouse 🏑 😍 Leisurely alfresco dinner in the garden followed by a walk to the harbour along the beach 🐚🌊 Crystal clear sea for our skinnydip, we were the only ones on the beach at 11.45pm! πŸ˜πŸŠβ€β™€οΈπŸŠβ€β™€οΈπŸŠβ€β™€οΈπŸ’¦ Going to sleep like logs tonight πŸ‘πŸ˜΄πŸ’€ Sweet dreams! More fun and adventures tomorrow! πŸ‘‹πŸ€© Have you ever attended a Swap Party? πŸ“šπŸ‘—πŸ₯— Join us for some hygge here in wonderful Copenhagen! πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‘πŸ˜ƒ Guaranteed fun for you in today's YouTube video! Another chance to meet my friends at a Declutter and Swap Party! I love these ladies and love our Zero Waste exchanges. And you know that the food is guaranteed to be good (see Vibeke's beautiful quinoa salad topped with fresh flowers...)! πŸ₯—πŸŒΈπŸŒΈπŸŒΈ Stay tuned to the end to see what I brought home with me! πŸ‘–πŸŽ₯ You can see the video by tapping on my Instagram Stories, use the link in my Bio or here https://youtu.be/Ayn8j08J-2M πŸ›Œ I'm not going to lie, I really wasn't feeling like doing my Flylady Zone 4 work but, hey ho, I set my timer for 15 minutes, got on with it (recorded it! πŸŽ₯πŸŽ₯πŸŽ₯) and, woo hoo, I ended up with two HUGE bags of donations! πŸ˜‚ Go me! πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺYou can watch the video, which includes hygge tips (and join me in decluttering or cleaning!!!) by tapping on my Instagram Stories, use the link in my Bio or here https://youtu.be/iRyvnqZ4FIU Let's go! What are you decluttering or cleaning today? πŸ§ΉπŸ’¦πŸ‘πŸ’– I've decluttered bedding and gone through a dresser (the one from my Dearly-departed-Danish-father-in-law) in the guest bedroom. The power of 15 minutes! πŸ™ŒπŸ˜ πŸ§ΉπŸ›’πŸ“šπŸ‘©β€πŸ’»πŸ§–β€β™€οΈ Are you ready for a productive week? πŸ˜ƒ Well, the easiest way to achieve that is actually having a plan! πŸ‘πŸ˜„ (As I always say, a little bit of planning goes a long way...) I love the Flylady system to keep me on track with housekeeping and worklife 🏑✍️ And the Daily Focus idea, a weekly plan, is one of the cornerstones! I always urge my coaching clients to add structure but with FLEXIBILITY. Don't get too hung up on having set days...move them around to suit you, your family, your schedule! Perhaps every week will look the same for you, perhaps every week will be different. That's okay! By having a plan, we can keep the basics covered! πŸ§ΉπŸ›’πŸ“šπŸ‘©β€πŸ’»πŸ§–β€β™€οΈ Do you use the Daily Focus, has it been helpful? πŸ˜ƒ I love that I'm not constantly thinking of all the things that need done: there is a time and place in my weekly plan! (And when I've got postmenopausal mush brain or feel overwhelmed, I can consult my list when I lose the plot πŸ˜…) πŸ‘‹πŸ€© How was your weekend? Relaxing, productive, a bit of both? Hubby and I spent a couple of (gloriously) quiet days at our Swedish cabin πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ🏑🌊😍 Gardening, reading our books (my favourite genre is cozy mysteries and I thoroughly enjoyed the latest from Elly Griffiths, one of my favourite authors, which was set during Lockdown β­οΈβ­οΈβ­οΈβ­οΈπŸ“š), cleaning the two guest cabins 🧹🧼 and, of course, swimming from our fabulous new bathing bridge! πŸŠβ€β™€οΈπŸŠβ€β™€οΈπŸŠβ€β™€οΈπŸŒŠ Weather was hot and sunny Saturday πŸŒ΄πŸΉβ˜€οΈβ˜€οΈβ˜€οΈ then torrential rain all of Sunday! β›ˆοΈβ›ˆοΈβ›ˆοΈ Great weather for ducks! β˜”οΈβ›ˆοΈπŸ¦†β›ˆοΈβ˜”οΈπŸ˜„ Feeling rested, recharged and ready for a productive week πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ˜ƒ 😭 Alas and alack, my bone china cup is no more! πŸ’₯ I think I was more upset than Vibeke when my cup finally broke! πŸ˜„ (The cups belonged to Vibeke's dearly-departed-Danish-mother, random cups which didn't belong to a set πŸ«–β˜•οΈβ˜•οΈβ˜•οΈ) But, as Vibeke said, these random cups have had a long and purposeful life! Used daily for our jaunts to the sea since, if I remember correctly, 2018? Upwards and onwards! Let's see what my next teacup will be πŸ˜‰ EDITED TO ADD: I don't want to fix the teacup: it was to be used joyfully by the sea, not kept forever 🌊😊 And what am I going to do with the broken teacup? I'm going to use it as drainage in one of my garden pots: love to recycle! πŸ˜„β™»οΈπŸ‘πŸŒΈ But we enjoyed our skinnydip seaswim and lunch nonetheless (Vibeke had ryebread, I had leftover Coronation Chicken πŸŽ₯ recipe video on my YouTube channel https://youtu.be/FFF6SQ8TXoM ). Sea 16c/61f air around the same

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