And they´re off....

Yes - Kristian and Sara are on their way....and happy they are!!

We drove down to Kristians mum and dads were they were to meet Ronnie.

The trailer was hooked up to Ronnies car...

Goodbyes were said to Grandad Rasmussen (Granny Rasmussen was not home) and then the happy trio set off.

Meanwhile the rest of us did what we normally do on a Friday - watched X-factor, ate far too many sweets and crisps, drank too much coke and just had a really cosy time! (I really am starting to live healthier tomorrow!!)

Almost ready...

...the cart is packed, the tools sorted, clothes half packed, (the other halft are hanging around the livingroom getting dried. )Tomorrow after work Kristian and Sara start the first part of their journey to Belgium. I will drive them down to Kristians mums house. There they will meet Winnies brother - Ronnie. The trailier and go-kart will be hooked up to his car and then away they go, they are so excited.


Tonight things are a little different here at home. There is a buzz about the house as Sara and Kristian run around trying to remember all the important things to take. I am just leaving them to it.


For me its been another busy day. After work I went shopping again for the old lady I know and then spent some time visiting her. She is feeling better today so lets hope that continues. (Sorry Rhona I never made it over to you! I need more hours in my day!!)


Leah and I have had some fun this evening making videos. Just silly family stuff and videos of Shadow - but we sure had fun. (You will probably get to see one of them at the end of this.)


(my two hunks!!)
Kristian and Andrew desperately needed a hair cut, so they took care of that this evening too. It certainly has been an productive evening.Whew!! Thank goodness its Friday tomorrow!!

Roll on Friday

...at least that is what Sara and Kristian are wishing.


On Friday they head off to Belgium with Winnie and her brother. They will arrive Saturday, late afternoon. Sunday they will be spectators at an international go-kart race and then Monday they start a 3 day training camp, along with a lot of other Danish go-kart drivers.



Yesterday (Monday) Kristian was away getting the cart ready. Sara and I got things ready for the trip, like booking hotel rooms! (just a minor detail!) We found some really cheap ones, which was great!!



So Monday went with the planning and organising of the Belgium trip.



Today I came home late. One of "my" old people from my time in Home care called me. She had fallen last week and was still not feeling the best. She had hardly any food left and was wondering if I could shop for her. So after work I headed to town to get her some essentials.



I then went home to her and spent a few hours with her, just talking and helping with some practical things. She was just so appreciative. I get so annoyed sometimes at the governments home care/health care system. So many rules and regulations, the health carers hardly have time to do anything for the old people anymore. I loved my time in the home care/health care place but I did get annoyed at all the rules, many of them, I felt took away care from the old people. It was nice just to be there today without having to worry about the rules of what we were allowed to do and not do!



It was really windy today so I was so happy when Kristian rang me just as I was leaving the old persons house. He was wondering where I was. Ahhhh!! (Nice to be missed!) He then came in the car and got me so I didnt have to bike it home in the wind. (The bike was stuck unto the back of the car, so I have it for tomorrow again!)



Now back to this Belgium trip - I am secretly wishing I could go too. I have never been to Belgium...(only drove through it once on our way to France) so suddenly tonight I got a keen interest in go-kart! I tried to convince Sara and Kristian that it was my great passion - somehow they didnt buy it!!



Well you cant blame me for trying!!

Full house

Its been another busy weekend with a house filled with people.

Friday night Sara had her friend Christina staying here. She came for dinner and then we did what we always do on a Friday - watched X-factor, ate sweets and ice cream. Lovely relaxing night - just what we needed after a busy week.

Saturday Leah was having her cousin Annie come to "play". (Apparently its not called play now days, its called "being together". Help - I can feel another teenager emerging!! ) Leah is one week older than Annie and they both had a blast together. They played hairdressers, were out skateboarding, played computer, played football. I think a great day was had by all.



While Leah had her cousin Annie here, Sara had her cousin Christine here. (One friend leaves, another friend comes!) Our church had rented an ice rink all for themselves and so there was a fun ice skating night arranged for those from 13 - 30 years. (Now how depressing is that when you dont fit into that age bracket - I would have loved to have gone!! Anne and I talked today about that, next time we are going to dress up as teenagers and try and sneak along for the fun!! haha)

Kristian played taxi driver. He drove Andrew and his two friends to the church, then it was back to get Sara and Christine and drive them off too.

They said they had a great time skating, playing ice hockey and just being together.

Last night I learnt that communication is an important thing...



We had to pick the kids up again at the church around 10.30pm, so close to that time, I rang Sara to see if they had arrived at the church. (Our church is in the next town) She said that Christine and her were getting left off at the train station. What a great idea - I thought. So I rang Andrew to hear whose car he was in. I got him to ask them if he and his friends could also get left off at the train station in our town. Yes - the driver could do that. So that meant Kristian didnt have to drive to the next town to pick up the kids, even though it only takes 10 - 12 minutes. Now it would take him 2 minutes to drive down to our train station. Yes - life was good!!



So off Kristian went to get the kids. He found Andrew and his two friends and they waited 5 mintues for Sara and Christine. Finally Kristian rang her...."Where are you" he asked. "Over by the taxi´s" said Sara. Kristian told her that he was in the post office car park so they could just go over there. He waited again. After a few minutes she still hadnt turned up. He rang again. Thats when he discovered that Sara and Christine had got left off at the train station in the next town and not the train station in our town!!! So after dropping off the boys, Kristian had to drive to the next town, anyway and pick up the girls! haha



Now I really should have found out what train station they were at - I just assumed it was the one in our town and sara meant the one in the next town which is closer to us than the church. (so she was trying to save her dad a bit of driving!)



While all this was going on I was trying to prepare for today. I was to speak in our old church, so I was reading and studying and trying to get my thoughts down on paper. It all came together in the end and today we had a lovely morning at church. I think I got across what I wanted to say!



After church we had a surprise party for the two people who have led the church for the last many years. They both turned 70 and so everyone brought some food and we ate together after the service. It was really lovely. They were so surprised and delighted that we did that.



It has really been a great weekend - yet again!!

Up to mischief...

From time to time at work, we like to get up to mischief. We hide things in each others bags or coat pockets. Or we ourselves hide in different places around the school and jump out and scare each other. We really do have some fun.

Well today we decided to sew my bosses trousers together.

I came into our wee room and saw his jeans lying on his desk. (Now what were his jeans doing lying on the desk - I hear you ask! Well he was working outside laying some tiles or something, so he had taken off his jeans and put on old heavy workmen trousers.) So when I saw his jeans lying there I got the idea to sew them. I shared this with one of my colleagues who was near by. She was all for it!

We knew Peter was going to the dump with a lot of things, so we waited until his car left the school grounds and then we went to work. What fun we had!

We sewed the one leg at the top, and the other leg we sewed around the bottom. I am sure he had a job getting into them today when he changed to go home. hahaha Was actually tempted to put them in water and then hide them in the freezer...but thought that was maybe going a bit overboard!! haha

(I happened to have my camera with me today. I had put it in my bag on Wednesday for going horse riding with Leah, just in case I wanted to take some pictures. I had forgotten to take it out. Good job I did, I could get some shots of us doing the terrible deed!! haha)

It nearly that time again....

The other day I thought spring was on the way. Today totally ruined that idea!! I woke up to frost and this afternoon when I left work it was snowing!! It snowed a good part of the afternoon.

Kristian was off work yesterday and today with a bad cold, so my wish came true and I got the car to take Leah horse riding. She had a great time. In fact she had such a great time that she forgot to leave back the riding boots, and helmet that we borrowed from the centre. We were on the road home when we realised she still had on all the gear. I didnt even notice she had it on!! (She can borrow stuff fromt he centre so we dont have to buy everything all at once. It also gives us a chance to see if she likes it before we invest in the all the stuff!) So we had to quickly find a place to turn the car and head back and confess that we had had a big time senior moment!! Ooops - better pay more attention next time!!

Go-kart season is soon starting (OH NOOOO!!) and Sara and Kristian are sooooo looking forward to it. Sara has got the loan of a cart for the whole season. It is just amazing how it all worked out. To buy a used cart for the class she is racing in this year would cost around £1500 without a motor!!! We just couldnt afford this, but a racing team came to her and said they would sponsor a cart for her with a motor!!

So tonight Kristian and Sara went down to see the cart and to work at putting the cart together. (Kristian is feeling a lot better this evening - amazing how quickly a man can get better when a go-kart is involved!! haha)

Next weekend they drive with Winnie and her brother to Belgium for a 3 day training camp. They are like a couple of kids waiting for Christmas. Sara is training hard every day so she can take the pressure. The big problem is the head and neck. You get so tired when racing that your head sort of hangs in the end....so she is training up those neck muscles. I must admit she is doing well. But the neck muscles are not the only muscles getting trained. She told me to punch her in the stomach the other day. I did - and she tightened those muscles....it was like hitting a wall. Amazing girl!!

Sara is so happy to be able to race yet again.

As for me - I have had a fantastic day. I have been getting home late every day this week from work, like between 5pm and 6pm. By the time you make dinner and clear up the evening has gone.

Today I was home at 2.45pm. It was wonderful. I had nothing on for once. Leah also had no friends home today and so we just relaxed together. (Andrew was out with his friend) I was so tired that I fell asleep on the sofa and woke at 4.30pm.

Andrew was eating at his friends, so Leah and I had a cosy night in front of the TV, eating our dinner. It´s not too often we sit in the living room and eat and we enjoyed ourselves while the snow was blazing around outside. Yes, its been a lovely day.