Since dad died I wasn´t sure if anyone ever checked the blog, but now I know some of you do. Here I am back on the blog again. So sit back and relax cause now there is coming a really long up-date!
16th September and Leah turned 16!! Yikes how did that happen?!!! She was off school that day as she had been in Austria on a school trip and they got the day off to recover. I took the day off work to be with her and we had a lovely girly day out starting with brunch and then shoppping. Andrew and Camilla met us after they finished school, then it was home to chinese with Kristian and our neighbours. A really cosy day.
Tuesday 17th September and Kristian´s sister Hanne had a birthday. (There are sooo many birthdays in our family in September!) I had been invited to a girly evening with about 15 other girls. I decided to make a bit of an entrance by wearing my Happy Birthday Bra and Pants over my clothes, add a wig and some false teeth and we had quite a laugh. It was a really cosy evening at Hannes with the most delicious cakes!
20th September and I had an art exhibition. It was culture night in our local town and so I was asked to display some of my art work. It was fun getting things ready for that.
Kristian helped me get everything set up on the Thursday evening. We used a couple of hours on that. We were pleased with the result. On the way home from work on the Friday I decided to go and by and check out one of my paintings. I wanted to add a bit more white to highlight some areas. It would take abobut 10 minutes to do. However not everything goes according to plan.....
When I arrived this is what I found.....
The steel wire had come out of the wall! Everything had fallen down!!! Funny thing was it took me a few seconds to figure out what had happened. I thought my paintings had been stolen and I was wondering who on earth would want my paintings when my friend John`s, who is a fantastic painter (professional) paintings were all still there! Then I realised what had happened. I laughed so much, I had no idea what to do!!!
I got things sorted out though. There was no time to hang the whole thing up again so I just set my paintings on radiators and chairs with the black clothe drapped over. It worked well. We had a really great evening and I even sold a painting!
27th and 28th September Leah and I attended a Woman´s conference in Copenhagen. It was absolutely brilliant. Great music, great food, great fellowship and great teaching. It´s just great to take time out and spend time with a whole lot of other women. (There were men there too, but their job was to serve us. They opened the doors, gave us presents, served the food...it was wonderful!! )My neighbour Laura and her daughter came along too along with Kristian´s mum, sister, some neices, my other sister-in-law and a lot of ladies from my church. Already we are looking forward to next year. (so any of you ladies interested in going next year, let me know!!)
Monday 30th September and I met my "old" friend Genny. It was time for our Mexican food date to catch up with each others lives. When we arrived at the restaurant (they know us well after going there 4 times a year for 15 years) they told us that this was the last evening they were open as a Mexican restaurant, they were changing to Chinese. So glad we made it for one last meal. It was a lovely evening catching up with Genny and her life and family.
Friday 11th October was Culture Night in Copenhagen, we decided to go and check it out. We were not disappointed. There was sooo much happening and so many things to do. So we now have a new tradition - we are going to this every year. We spent most of the evening at DR (Danish Radio) seeing how the programmes were made, even got to meet some of the famous people from radio and TV.
By 9pm I was exhausted. Kristian was teasing me about getting old, about being the weakest link. We had planned to go to a concert in the jazzhouse at 11pm but I was so ready for bed by 10.30pm so we headed home! Once on the train Kristian went out like a light! Now who was the weakest link. Secretly I think he wanted to get home but just wouldnt admit it! It was a great night out and something I would recommend for anyone living in Denmark!
Now I have a weeks holiday, just what I needed! So looking forward to a week of not having to get up at the crack of dawn!
Thanks for reading this far! I did warn you it would be long! Now I need to do a little every evening so it doesnt get this long again.
