It’s the busiest time of the year… vacation.

In Sweden we’ve got 4 weeks of vacation per year — stipulated by law, you can have less if you want to, but your employer have to give you 4 (consecutive) weeks.

I remember back in the days, when I lived alone in an apartment, then it was four weeks of leisure and beer. Now with wife, dogs, a son and a house… it’s four weeks (well 6 for me) of consecutive hard labour.

We’re trying to make some adjustments to the basement, installing a toilet, removing the mandatory crap that’s been piled up and a guestroom. So far I’ve got the plumbing and floor for the toilet (it’s the old boiler room), thrown away some of the crap. I got the floor done in the “guest room” last year, but it came to a grinding halt there.

Took a break last night to clear out my desk and untangle the cables behind it… we’ve been on a shopping spree at IKEA, we bought some new cabinets and a chair for me.

Over all I’m pleased with it, although we have to find some place to put the books that’s stacked on the floor — we’re out of room in the bookshelves.

Before

After