Merry Christmas Everyone

It´s finally here - Christmas!! If you´re living in Denmark and haven´t bought your gift by now...well, it´s too late, all the shops are now closed until Saturday!

It has been another busy day. I was up early this morning, together with Kristian. He had work today, so I was driving him there so I could have the car to shop for food. I thought getting to the shops early would mean no people and no queues - how wrong I was!! The place was packed. But I wasn´t stressed so it was actually really cosy and people were even talking to each other in the queues - I had a nice natter with quite a few people. It really makes shopping so much more pleasant.

After a few hours of shopping, it was home to put everything away. A quick tidy up of the place (I had cleaned it all at the weekend) and then I was ready to go and visit one of my old people from my time in HomeHelp. I keep in touch with a few of them. Those who dont have any family. So I went by today with some small gifts and had a wonderful few hours.

Then I went shopping again....I just cant get enough!! Actually I just went to pick up Sara from work, but I was ½ hour early so I had a quick wander around the shops. When we came home Kristian had dinner ready.....I feel so relaxed, everything is so under control that it feels weird....I surely must have forgotten something???!!!

After dinner we decided to make sweets with marcipan and nougat. A Danish tradition, which we love doing. So on went the Christmas music, and out came the marcipan and nougat.

Andrew just ate the marcipan instead off making sweets. Everytime he cut a piece off it just seemed to make it´s way into his mouth!!

Sara got very creative and made a Lewis Hamilton face.

And I made a snowman. Ahhhhh! However some of our other attempts were not just as creative - or they just didnt turn out the way we wanted!

But we enjoyed making them, and eating half the marcipan and nougat while doing it!!

So tomorrow is the big day over here. We are soooo looking forward to being together with all of Kristian´s family. We all really enjoy being together, and that is a real blessing. To have a family were literally everyone gets on really well with each other is such a privilege. It´s always a pleasure to get together and something we look forward too.

I hope that you and your family will have wonderful Christmas. It has been fun keeping this blog. Thank you for following our lives here in Denmark....MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!

Almost there....

....only a few more days to go till Christmas!! (and only 1 more day at work!!)

What a busy weekend it has been - but it has also been so productive and good.

It all started Friday night....now what did happen on Friday evening??? I can´t remember right now - it seems sooooo long ago and I wont even try to think about what we did, my brain might go into overdriver and explode!!

Then there was Saturday - now that I can remember!

We were up at 7.30am...now that is a very rare happening in our family, on a Saturday morning!

Kristian and I were going off to clean the church, it was our groups turn. We were starting with breakfast, so I needed to be there at 8.30am with bread and coffee.

We spent a few productive hours at church getting it cleaned. Then off to town Christmas shopping. Lots of people everywhere, however they all seemed to be in a good mood and people were actually talking to each other while standing in the queue waiting to be served (now that´s a rare happening in Denmark!) Rather cosy though. I rather enjoyed it!

Kristian and I had split up as we needed to buy Christmas presents for each other. However I kept bumping into Kristian....and I honestly wasnt following him. In one shop I bumped into him and he had to hide, behind his back, a potential present for me. The sales person came over and asked if he could help us with anything, to this Kristian replied "Yes, please get my wife out of the shop!" The poor sales fella didnt know what to do. (I left of my own free will!)

Then our church was meeting to carol sing in the middle of town, while typical Danish Christmas treats were handed out to those passing by, along with hot chocolate. After singing for half an hour, we left. It was out to buy a Christmas tree.
Now what a job that was! Can it really be so hard....yes, believe me, it can!! We couldnt find one which we really liked, they were either too tall, or too small, too bushy or too skinny. HONESTLY!! Well in the end we just bought one. It´s not the nicest tree we have ever had, but hey, it will do the job! (The cat will probably have it torn to pieces within the next few days anyway!)


Late afternoon we came home and I started to clean and organise. I cleared out cupboards and wardrobes and under beds. I cleaned every nook and cranny. WOW it felt good. By midnight most of the house was finished and I was feeling very pleased with myself.



Then after church today, Kristian and I decided, along with my friend Laura and her daughter Mia, to go and visit the ship LOGOS HOPE. It has been in Denmark since the summer. They were having a theme "'Christmas around the world" so we decided to go and check it out. We had a brilliant afternoon.


I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I saw the bookshop!! Poor Kristian, Leah and Mia, they were tired waiting on Laura and me....we went a bit mad. (to say the least!) Everything was sooo cheap. The pile of books I have only cost me £20!!

Then it was around to see how they hold Christmas around the world. Met this guy from Australia - some weird looking people from down there!! haha


Leah and Mia got to try and hold Christmas on the beach like in Australia


Just had to get my photo taken at the United Kingdom one!


Then it was off to the coffee shop for hot chocolate and cake. Ice cream for Kristian and the kids.


We ended the afternoon with a tour of the ship.


Then when we got home we had a quick dinner and then it was time to get the tree decorated. Finally!!


Roll on Christmas!!

Just for you...

When I go through hard times and trials, God at times can feel so far away. One thing that helps me is music. I love to play songs that speak truth to my heart, that encourage me and remind me of Bible truths that I can so easily forget when in the middle of the furance.

For anyone who is in the furance right now - this next songs for you. (It´s a bit country and western, - bear with it - the words are fantastic!)

I have a secret admirer

Yes, it´s true....I have a secret admirer. I only found out about him today, quite by accident. But I must say, he is rather a hunky fella. I just didnt realise I had had such an impact on him when I met him. Check him out for yourselves and see what I´m talking about....just press the link below

http://www.acapela.tv/Cartoon-bba08a6a4096-bba08a9a6636-bba08ab1fa37-4-5-4

Earthquake hits Denmark

Honest - we had an earthquake at 6.20am and I missed the whole thing!! Talk about being disappointed!!

I only found out about it when I came to work. Everyone was talking about it. Some of the teachers woke up because of it. It felt like someone was shaking their bed. Apparently the earthquake hit the area north of Copenhagen, where we live, and measured 4.7 on the Richter scale.

Sara rang me at work and asked me if I had felt the shaking. She had woke up and wondered what was happening. Her bed was shaking and she could hear things on her shelf hitting together. She couldnt work out what was going on, she sat up in bed and then the shaking stopped, so she thought she must have been dreaming and went back to sleep again.

What I would like to know is how on earth I missed it???? At 6.20am I was brushing my teeth and drying my hair (at the same time.) I know this, as I looked at my clock at 6.18am and thought I better get a move on...I still had wet hair and needed to leave in 6 minutes. So I had the hairdrier in one hand and my toothbrush in the other. I must have been sooooo involved in what I was doing that the earthquake passed me by.

Anyway you can be sure it was the talk of the school. Glad to say that we all lived to tell the tale.

Party time!

It has been a weekend for parties.

Friday night was our works Christmas dinner. We had a brilliant evening with delicious food and lots of fun, games and laughter. I really have a wonderful bunch of colleagues.

Each year the Christmas dinner is different. Last year we had a theme, it was "OLD PEOPLES HOME". Everyone was to come dressed as an old person. What a laugh we had. People really got into it. I had a blast dressing up as an old man. This year we were a little bit more normal!! (Well as normal as we can be!) - we still had a great night!



Saturday I was able to squeeze in an hour of painting. I was just in the mood to play around with colours.

Then Saturday evening we were invitated to my friend Jette´s 30th Birthday. We had a really fun night with her,her family and other friends. Thanks Jette - we really enjoyed the night.

Then today our niece turned 18!! I really cant believe it. I remember when she was born and going over to see her for the first time. She was so tiny and I was allowed to hold her and give her her bottle. I was so amazed at this wee tiny bundle. All the more so because I had just found out that I was pregnant with Sara . I just cant believe that is 18 years ago!!

So we were invited to dinner today. We had a lovely afternoon there and got, once again, delicious food. (I could get used to this!!) I get on sooo well with Gitte - she is such a great girl.

And even though she is 18, she is never too old for a kiss and cuddle from her old aunty!!

Now there is only 10 days left to Christmas. (HELP!!!!!)

We didnt buy our Christmas tree this weekend, as we had planned - so we need to squeeze that in sometime during the week! Plus, I still have a few presents to get. Ah well, we still have 10 days of shopping left. (Well, actually I only have 9, we hold Christmas over here on the 24th - so there are no shops open on the 24th!! No panic - we always make, why should this year be any different.)