A looooong day!!

It sure has been a long day. I was asked to work over today due to some poeple being sick and others being on courses etc. I said I would, I didnt mind doing it. (It also meant that I could pay back the last few hours that I owed work for the time I got off for going to Ireland. Now I owe work nothing. Anytime I work over from now will be time I can take off in the future....so looking forward to building up my hours so I can get a ½ day or a full day off!)



So having said yes to work over I didnt finish work till 4.45pm! (I left home at 6.25am) Whew what a long day - but a very fulfilling one. I got lots of things done at work. I finally got into the house about 5.5opm. I am so glad that I dont work to that time every day.



The evening has gone by so fast!! I havent been very productive here at home. Just got dinner made and the dishes finished (yes the dishwasher is still broke!!) and then Andrew told me that he had promised his teacher that I would bake boller (danish baps) for his class tomorrow. Why do my children do things like this!!! haha



I have started them. Just waiting to get them out of the oven. I cheated - I had a couple of boxes were you just add water and they are ready, so they should turn out ok!! Hopefully the kids can eat them! haha

(my wee sick husband)

Kristian however is not ok. He is coming down with a bad cold. He has been lying sleeping on the sofa since we finished dinner. Poor wee thing. I am trying to make him stay at home tomorrow from work. (but thats because I have a selfish motive. You see if he is home I then get the car for work and also for taking Leah to her horse riding...otherwise we have to take the train and bus and I have to work out how we get to the riding school on the public transport.....yes it would be so much easier if Kristian was sick and in bed! haha)

Seriously though I hope it is just a cold and not a flu that he is coming down with. I will have to give him lots of TLC!!

Ok got to go and get the boller out of the oven.....

Spring is on the way...

...well at least that is what I am hoping. Yes - me who loves the winter and the dark nights. I am actually now looking forward to spring. I think its because today I got a little taste of spring. This morning when I woke there was frost outside...so it wasnt that that got me in the spring mood. It was the fact that is was light outside when I biked it to the station. I didnt need any lights this morning. It was soooo wonderful.

Then this afternoon when I left work the sun was shining and it was just such a beautiful afternoon. I needed to go shopping. Kristian and Sara were going to visit the people who lent her their go-cart, last year, for the whole go-kart season. (They had an extra one in their garage that wasnt being used, so they said Sara could borrow it. ) So Kristian and Sara wanted to take a gift down to them to say thanks for the year that was gone.

Off course who gets the job of finding a gift - yeah, me! But then again I am not complaining cos I love to do things like that. So after work I walked through the forest up to town. It was just soooo beautiful. I wish I had of had my camera with me. (Must remember to put it in my bag.) I enjoyed the scenery sooo much.

I then spent a few hours walking around town having a look in all sorts of shops. I knew I didnt need to rush home as Leah was away at a friends house from school. It was really nice just to window shop.

I then found some things for the present...sweets, chocolate, drinks and a couple of films. We made a movie basket for them, only the basket was an old go-kart tyre cut in half....thought it was appropriate for go-kart people.




So Kristian and Sara are now off visiting the people, while Leah, Andrew and I are relaxing here at home. I actually shouldnt be relaxing, but should be getting my lesson ready for tomorrow. I have to take the school assembly.....so I better say goodbye for this time.

Oh what a night!!

I was asked, along with my friend Anne, to serve at my colleagues wifes birthday party. It was to take place at the school and we were to serve the starter, set up the buffet, serve coffee and dessert, then wash up the dirty dishes.(All the food would be delivered, ready cooked, just to be served.) Sounded simple enough. But nothing is simple when Anne and I are in charge!!


We arrived at 5pm and got all our instructions. The guests would arrive at 6.30pm so we made our plan.


At 6pm we would open the wine and set it on the tables, at 6.10pm we would put the bread in the oven to warm and take the water, coke, 7up etc up to the tables. We would then light all the candles around the room. At 6.20pm we would take out the prawns and salmon and set them on the table.


Everything went well. We put the bread in the oven at 6.10pm. We took a few bottles of coke and a jug of water each and went upstairs to set them on the table. We lit the candles. While lighting the candles I said to Anne "Imagine if we burnt the bread, wouldnt that be awful!" and we laughed. No that couldnt happen, we said to each othere, it had after all only been in the oven a few minutes and we happily went downstairs again into the kitchen.


Well the shock that awaited us!! The bread was burnt!!!! (Dont ask me how it happened.) It had literllay only been in the oven 5minutes. It was 6.15pm and I had put it in 6.10pm. (at 200 degrees) We paniced (then exploded into laughter.) It was then out with knives to try and cut away the really bad burnt bits. Anne cut of the ends and hid them in her bag!! hahaha we had to hide the evidence! We were really in a panic - the kitchen was covered in smoke and the guests would be there very soon....whatever happened to our neatly planned programme!!


Anyway, we got the starter served without the guests suspecting that we really didnt have a clue about what we were doing!! haha


We sweated buckets as we tried to cut the meats and get everything ready to serve for the main course. That went ok. Whew!!!



Then we were to serve coffe, fruit pie and ice cream for dessert. We thought we had control over everything. The ice cream cake was ready to be served (it had to be taken out of the freezer 15 minutes before serving and we had done that)...the pies and fresh cream ready, the plates and coffee cups out and ready. We would serve dessert in 5 minutes. We were soooo proud of ourselves, we were getting the hang of this catering thing, when it struck us, we hadnt made any tea or coffee!!! Panic again....hahaha Oh what a night!!


Finally came the bit we were good at, the cleaning up. The kitchen literally looked like a bomb had hit it. It is a big industrial kitchen, lots of worktops and space and we used every inch of space available. Once we got clearing up though, well it went like clockwork. That was the part we enjoyed.


We decided that serving/catering was just not for us.


The guests didnt suspect a thing but the havoic that went on behind the closed doors of the kitchen was another story. The guests had a great time, the food was delicious and we looked like we had control of everything when the guests were around. haha


I am just so thankful that we didnt have to make the food. Could you imagine the disaster that would have been.


But it was a great evening, even though we sweated and paniced and ran around at times like chickens without any heads. In between all of that we were able to eat some delicious food and have a good natter and off course laugh.

I also had a senior moment this evening. I totally forgot its the first of the month and chat night. I am soooo sorry for forgetting and forgetting to post a reminder....maybe we can fit another chat night in sometime in the middle of March ....I´ll get back to you all with dates.

Oh I forgot...

I forgot to tell you what happened in Ikea on Monday...

Last time I was in there they had set up a new display for shelves and it was set up like a shoe shop. They had shoes and boots displayed everywhere. (I knew they were just for display, just the way they have loads of books in a living room display.) Anyway last time we were in my friend and I talked about going over to one of the assistants and asking for a certain in shoe in another size. But we couldnt do it for laughing.

Well on Monday we did it. It was hilarious. I took one of the shoes down and found this really nice sales assistant. "Excuse me, would you have this shoe in a size 40" He looked at me weirdly and then very nicely said "Sorry but those shoes are only for display - we dont sell shoes." as he gave me a really sorrowful look.

I then couldnt keep my face straight any longer...I said - "I know, I´m sorry but I just couldnt resist doing that - and you were so nice to me." We told him about how we had wanted to do that for a while. He laughed with us and took it all very well.

Later we were in the bedroom department - there in one of the wardrobes was loads of clothes. I said to my friend " How about taking them out and then finding a sales assistant and asking where the changing rooms are!!" That set us off again in a laughing fit. (I know little amuses me!) Unfortunately we couldnt find one. We will have to just try that one next time!!!

Half way there!!

Unbelievable...its already Wednesday!! Where has the week gone!??

Monday evening I headed out to Ikea with my friend Audry. We were last there in November so we had a great night walking around. I got 8 new mugs for about £3.50!! Now thats what I call a bargin!! When Ikea finally closed we headed over to McDonalds and sat and chatted. It was nearly 11pm when I finally got home!

Tuesday after work I went to visit one of the old people that I used to go to when I worked in Home Care. We were going to town shopping. I went by to help her down her steps and then we headed out. It was sooo nice to see her again. She hasnt been well for a few months and was not up to having visitors, so we had a lot of catching up to do. I had a lovely afternoon with her.

I came home to make dinner and then disaster happened. The dishwasher broke. It is totally dead!! So we are back to washing up by hand!! (Now I realise how spoilt I have been all these years!)

Today Leah started horse riding. She had a great time. She had to be there for 4 o´clock. We thought we would have to take the train and bus but Kristian was able to leave work early so we could, at least for today, have the car. The place was sooo cosy. The people were friendly and she has already learnt alot after just one lesson.

I really enjoyed being there too. Just going into the stables - the smell of hay and horses was soooo wonderful! (I was back living on Kristians brothers farm again.Memories came flooding back!) It was really cold so after a while I went and sat in the car and read my book. Sort of a nice way to spend a Wednesday afternoon!

It might have been a great lesson but 50 minutes on a horse has its consquences. She now has a sore bum and legs and is lying on the sofa dead to the world.

Now where did that weekend go???

I would like to know where the weekend went - it just seemed to fly by.



Friday started early for me....like 1.08am!! I was woken by Sara. "MUM - I am sick, I have just thrown up over the living room floor, I couldnt make it to the bathroom!!" What a mess there was. (She had been out with her friend and her family to eat at a restaurant. On the way home she started to feel funny. Wen she came home she went straight to bed but woke up a few hours later feeling terrible.) She was sick all night long. Finally got into bed around 2am but at 4.04am I was woken again. I got an SMS from her - I have thrown up 5 times!! What a night. Well through it all God taught me something and I got a talk out of it for my Sunday introduction in church....so it wasnt all in vain.



Friday evening we had guests. Kristians old colleagues came for dinner. I made the most delicious food (even if I say so myself!!) I really surprised myself, everything tasted soooo good and on top of that I made 2 pavolas and a cheese cake and they were all absolutely to die for!! (Dont ask me how I did it - it was a miracle anything turned out after the little sleep that I had the night before.) We had a great evening with his old colleagues, although at midnight I was going a bit cross eyed...it was hard to stay awake. Finally at 2am they all headed home.

(Photo of Capernwray Hall - great place to go on holiday!)

Saturday we went to visit Krisitans sister Hanne and her husband Flemming. They had Mark Thomas from Capernwray Hall Bible School visiting them. He comes every year on his way to the Bible school in Sweden, so every year we go and visit Hanne and Flemming, get some great food and have a chance to catch up with Mark and all the news from Capernwray. (Kristian went to Bible school at Capernwray so it has a special place in his heart.) Home late again Saturday night.

Sunday after church Leah and I went to visit our friends Laura and Mia. We had a great afternoon with them and made some wonderful chocolate chip cookies!! YUMMIE!! We were home in time to eat leftovers from Friday evening, which was great, no cooking just re-heating!! Another great day....



....then it was getting ready for the start of a new week - and that was the end of that weekend. Whew!!