Where has this week gone?

We have had a pretty busy week. Thursday evening Jeffrey arrived from Ireland. It is great to see him again. 

Friday evening Sara had invited a few friends from school home to dinner. Winnie was coming too. They are all going on holiday together and so wanted to do a bit of holiday planning. Leah was away with the church and Andrew was going to eat pizza, so Kristian, Jeffrey and I headed out so the girls could have the house to themselves.

We went to a local café. We had the most delicious food and spent ages sitting around talking. 

We picked Leah up from church at 10pm before heading home to the girls, who were having a really cosy time drinking tea and eating strawberries dipped in chocolate!


Winnie stayed the night and Saturday morning she and Sara headed off together. They were going to a friends birthday party, all the way over on the other side of Denmark.

Saturday was such a beautiful day here. We decided to head up the coast and enjoy the nature....and enjoy it we did:-)

Kristian was off work on Monday so Jeffrey and he spent it together. 


Today has been a big day for me! I got my new car this afternoon and I love it:-) It is soooo quiet to drive and so very clean - long may that last. I love the smell of a new car!! I had a busy afternoon and with junior club on this evening, I didn´t have time to get pictures, but believe me, some will follow shortly:-)

Food glorious food.....

It was time, once again, to eat some glorious Mexican food. Last night (Tuesday) found me out with my friend Genny. We went to our favourite Mexican restaurant. Last time we were out together was in November. We never chat together in-between our Mexican date nights, so we had a lot of catching up to do. There was Christmas, New Year, husbands, children and work to talk about. The evening went in too fast, but we had a wonderful evening. Next time we meet will be in June, just before we all go off on holiday. 


Over the years of going to the Mexican we have gotten to know the owner. We talk away to her each time we are there. Last time we were there we were the only customers. Last night there were a few more people, but still not enough. She was telling us things were hard and that she doesn´t know how long she can keep going. I felt so sorry for her. The food is good and the restaurant is cosy, it is also cheap to eat out there.  I wish I could do something to help her out. 


(So for all you Danes who are reading this blog - go out and support The Mexican Restaurant in Hillerød. You can eat all you want at the Buffet for 108kr - a meal with a coke costs only 138kr. It´s the only Mexican in all of North Sealand.)


Today I am off work. It is wonderful:-) The sun is shining and I have just finished cleaning the bathroom. Now only the rest of the house to get sorted. Tomorrow our friend Jeff from the emerald isle is coming to visit. We can´t wait to see him!! Some more irish craic in the house!!

I´ve done something crazy!!!!

Today, after work, I went and ordered a brand new car!!! What was I thinking!???!!!! 

It´s the cheapest car you can get here in Denmark - a Chervolet Spark. My old banger is slowly giving up the ghost. It needs to go through its M.O.T. in a few months and everything is breaking down. It can just about drive! You actually hear me before you see me in that car! My car is also just drinking the petrol. I only get 10-12km to a litre. On top of that the road tax is so exspensive. Taking all this into consideration I decided to go and check out some new  cars. What if I bought a new car that cost nearly nothing on road tax, and one that could drive double the mileage that I am getting now?! The money I save on petrol, and taxes could help pay off the car. So I did some maths and some more maths and some more maths and decided to go for it.

Kristian and I had gone by the car dealer yesterday after church. We took a test drive in the Spark and I fell in love!! 

 We talked to the sales man and got all the figures down on paper. I told him I would go home and think about it and think about it I did!! I have done nothing else but think about it for the past 24 hours. Finally after work I made my decision.


So next Tuesday I will pick up my new car. (I think I´ll call him Wally! or maybe he is really a she?!)  Anyway, I bought the car in a lovely misty blue colour and not green like in the picture above. I actually wanted it in a coconut brown colour or white, but I would have had to wait a month for that, so I went for the blue which they already had.


I can´t believe I have done it!! Now I just hope I have worked the maths out right and I can afford it!! Maths was never my strong subject!! hahaha

From a dream to reality....

A few weeks ago Leah and I had a dream to transform her room. That dream is now a reality! Well, apart from a few pictures we still have to paint for the wall above her desk. I think her room looks really good. I am so pleased with how it turned out. Leah is over the moon!!

 The picture above is a view from the window, below is a view from the door.

The picture below is another view from the window, this time looking at the opposite side of the room.

Below is a view from the bed looking across the room. It´s small but cosy! (In the photo, Leah is busy putting her computer together and she actually got it together! It even worked - I was impressed!!)

Ahhhhh - a job well done, even if I say so myself:-)

Goodbye Kindle - hello Ikea....

I had gotten some money back from taxes. I had thought about buying myself a Kindle with it but on Thursday evening that idea was thrown out the window. Ikea got the money instead. Kristian, Leah and I went to Ikea to get some things for her room. She needed shelves and things for storage. (We live small, so we are always trying to find better ways to store stuff.)

So we filled our trolley with the things we needed. We only forgot one thing - HOW ON EARTH WOULD WE GET IT ALL INTO OUR SMALL CAR!! What were we thinking!! We should have loaned a trailer.......

 Kristian was amazing. How he got everything fitted in I will never know! There was hardly room for Leah or me.

 It gave us such a laugh! We just prayed we wouldn´t meet any police on the way home! (and we didn´t)

Here´s a challenge...You have heard of "find Wally" well how about trying to "find Laura" in the picture above!

 On Friday when I came home from work the house looked like a bomb had exploded!!(and we were having guests for dinner!!) Ikea boxes and things from Leah´s room were everywhere. 


Andrew had been a good big brother. While we had been at work and school, he had put together a lot of the things from Ikea. Leah was totally delighted. This meant Kristian could start drilling and hanging shelves etc when he got home.  

Leah got in on the fun of building the last few items from Ikea.

 The room is starting to come together.

Today Kristian is away go-karting. Sara is working at the go-kart track and Leah, Andrew and I are going to get this house organised and sorted out. 


Now that Leah´s room has got a lick of paint, I am itching to do something with our wee room. I have a few crazy ideas....I wonder if Kristian will go along with them!!


(Oh by the way, Andrew didn´t get the job. It was at Kristian´s work and his boss found out that they had a policy that families can´t work together in the same department...too bad, working for those 3 months could have earned him enough money to get his driving license.)

We couldn´t wait.....

 Leah has been wanting her room done for a while. I promised her that we would do it at Easter. Last week we went to Ikea and got loads of  ideas. We came home and put pen to paper! We made at least 10 different drawings of the room, we measured and remeasured things Finally we had a room that we liked! We made a list for another trip to Ikea, this time to buy stuff!  


Last weekend we went to the paint shop, Leah picked a pretty purple colour (her favourite colour) and a tester was bought to try it out. It passed the test.  Everything was organised, all we had to do was wait for Easter so we could get started.....BUT we couldn´t wait!!

Yesterday on my way home from work I called by the paint shop and got a bucket of paint.(Leah knew nothing about this!) I decided I would surprise her, I would paint her room while she was at school. So this morning I was up at the crack of dawn, all eager to get started. As soon as Leah was out the door I was in her room getting things moved out for the big paint job. 

 I worked hard all morning. It was so much fun. Just after one o´clock a very surprised Leah walked through the door. She was soooo delighted. Now she wouldn´t have to wait so long for her room to be ready!! I had a VERY happy girl!!


We moved the bed to the opposite side of the room and it fitted perfectly. We tried out the new blanket and pillows, yes they looked good too. Now tomorrow we hope to go to Ikea and get the shelve and desk that she wants. Kristian can put the whole lot together on Friday and then on Saturday we can spend the day organising. Oh I just love decorating!!! I have had so much fun today! 

It was such a beautiful day here. At noon, I took a break from the painting and sat out on the balcony with my sandwiches, just enjoying the sunshine, the warmth and a quick read.  Spring is finally on the way!!