Thanksgiving

Our little thanksgiving celebration went amazingly well last night. We ate quite late since it took forever to get everything made. We made almost everything from scratch. We made a pecan pie for dessert, although we bought the vanilla sauce to have on top. The leftover pie crust I had David roll out and I sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar and baked into nice treats. We also made some rolls from one of my mom's recipes. I learned something with those though... I should not put egg on top of them, because the color ends up very weird. Instead, in the future, I should use butter. We had some extra dough leftover so we made some small little balls and baked those. We ate those before dinner too. They turned out really well though. Both David and Peter were impressed. I know I could have bought the rolls from ICA 5 for 10 kr, but making them from scratch was more fun. Peter made mashed potatoes from actual potatoes. They had lots of cream and garlic in them and were very good. And we baked two turkey breasts in the oven. David said it was the first time he ever had turkey besides in sandwiches on airplanes. I think everyone was happy with how everything turned out.

Today I might see if I can buy tickets to a nice dinner next weekend. This weekend is David's birthday party. He and Jenny drove to Systembologet and are going to the grocery store to buy stuff for the party as well.

The immigration office (migrationsverket) ended up being quite boring. Basically they were confused and just had us in to explain our options. It wasn't the interview we expected it to be. Instead they told us to go talk to the tax office (skatteverket) and the place that deals with health issues (forensingskassen?). After we figure out what they think of me, we're supposed to contact our lady at the immigration office and decide on how I wish to apply. The original method of a relationship is the most difficult and most complicated, but if that is the only way to get health insurance, we'll go for that one. The lady seemed to think I should apply as a student or someone who is looking for work. She was really nice, but I got the impression that she didn't know that much more about the situation than we do! It was all quite confusing, and in Swedish!

Swedes are officially strange! (not like that is a new thought though.)