Goodbye May - Hello June

Time is continuing to fly by! 

It´s been 3 weeks since my trip to London, which means it´s been 3 weeks since I last updated!!

So let´s see what I can remember from the last few weeks.....

8th May - 14th May:

The Tuesday after I came back from London found me out with my friend Audry. We went to our favourite cafe and got caught up with each other again. I got spoiled rotten with a few lovely birthday gifts from her. We had a really lovely evening together. 

Wednesday was my bike day with the old people. I always feel so good after being out on the bike. 

On the Thursday evening Andrew surprised me with a visit and we had a BBQ together. He decided to stay the night as we were all of work on the Friday. It was lovely having him home again even if it was only for one night :-)

 Friday morning and I had a good long sleep! When I finially woke I lay in bed reading, while hubby, who was feeling all fresh and energetic, cut the grass and sorted out his garage.

Friday evening we found a huge Tick on Zoey (our wee cat) we got it of and killed it outside on the ground. There was a huge spot of blood. Our neighbour Laura saw it and so when we woke on Saturday morning we saw this note on top of the blood. That set of a bit of craziness!!

I got myself dressed up as Inspector Rasmussen and went over and knocked her door. She got such a surprise when she opened her door. I explained I was here about a murder and had a few questions to ask her! And so the craziness continued!! We had a good laugh - but seriously there are wiser people locked up!! 

 Saturday, early afternoon,  hubby and I decided to have a date.  We went to one of the local cafes for lunch as they had a live band playing 50s music. We really enjoyed sitting eating our lunch and listening to the music. 

 Late afternoon Sara arrived home with her friend. They were having a girls weekend in Copenhagen but wanted to pop by us before going back home. 

We had a really cosy afternoon with them. The weather was beautiful and we were able to sit outside and enjoy our Strawberry cake and coffee. 

When they left I settled down to read my new book that I had bought in London. Unfortunately the weather changed, the sun disappeared and it suddenly got rather chilly. Kristian´s winter coat helped to keep the chill out.

Sunday was Mother´s Day and my neighbour and I have this tradition that we go out and buy each other a present. (We have been doing this for 3 years now as our kids are not very good at remembering Mother´s Day.) We go to the local garden centre -which is huge. We buy hot chocolate and cake and tell each other what great mothers we are! haha  Then we find something we want to own. I buy Laura whatever she has found, and she buys me whatever I have found. We always have sooo much fun and this Mother´s Day was no different.

 We had fun at the different displays about the place!

We always wrap the pressents to each other, even though we know what is in them!

And they have to look as ugly as possible! haha

When I arrived home from my afternoon out with Laura, Leah was home from work and had bought me a beautiful flower and was waiting to take me out to dinner. Wow!!! I was amazed! Leah is now offically my favourite child!!! haha (only joking Sara and Andrew!)

15th-21st May: 

This was a quieter week, which was what I needed.

I spent some of the time reading.

I also did some drawing....

 Friday Kristian left for a go-kart weekend and Leah was going out to eat with some friends, she would stay with them and then go to work on the Saturday. I was alone for 24 hours and I was sooo looking forward to it. 

I went by our Butcher on the way home from work and bought some delicious salads for dinner. I then sat outside in the garden and enjoyed my dinner and did some reading.

Saturday was spent in my Studio making some art work from pebbles. I had so much fun doing these. 

I then did some more drawing. The picture below was meant to be of Kristian when he was younger but it didn´t turn out like I wanted it. 

 I spent Saturday evening watching one of my favourite films - A house in Toscany. 

22nd - 28th May:

The Monday of this week held a surprise for me. I came home from work and found a small package in my post box. It was a present from my cousin Ann. A CD called The Art of Celebration. I was sooo touched to get this CD and I just love it. It has been played non stop since I got it. Thank you soooo much Ann for this! (My favourite songs are track 9, 10, 11) 

We had two days of from work this week. Thursday and Friday were holiday so it was great with only a 3 day week. I could get used to that. 

Thursday my friend Pernille had invited me out as a Birthday gift. We went to Copenhagen to "My home is my slot" exhibition. It was such a great day, the weather was beautiful and we had such a lovely day hanging out together. 

Friday we had Kristian´s brother, his wife and two kids come by for a BBQ. We had such a cosy evening with them.

Saturday Kristian and I decided to head out on a picnic. We headed West and found this gorgeous spot for our picnic lunch. The weather was gorgeous and we spent the day outside enjoying the sun and countryside. 

London

Thursday 4th May found me, along with two sister-in-laws, four nieces and two of their friends, in Copenhagen Airport. We were heading to London for Hillsong Church Woman´s Conference.

I was soooo looking forward to it. Four days away with God, family, friends and 11000 other women who were my sisters in Christ. I was also rather excited because I was meeting up with my friend Pauline. We grew up on the same street, went to the same school and the same church. Pauline and I had been in contact on Facebook but we hadn´t actually seen each other or talked in depth for about 24 years!!! All that was about to change!

Our travels over to London went well. I got to sit between two of my nieces. We talked sooo much that the 1 hour 50 minute flight felt like 30 minutes! Everything went like clockwork and before we knew it we were at our hotel in London.

Pauline arrived a little while after the rest of us and what a joy it was to meet up with her again after all these years

We rested a little while at the hotel before heading to Wembley Arena for the opening meeting.

The meetings were fantastic!

      

It was wonderful to stand and sing praise songs with 11000 other women, our common bond - Jesus.

My niece had a baby 2 months ago and so she came along too. It was wonderful for us oldies in the group to get to play Granny and nurse little Malou now and then.

Friday afternoon Pauline and I headed into Covent Gardens and had lunch in this tiny little Pie Shop. The food was delicious.

After lunch we headed over to Oxford Street where we shopped a little but mostly we talked! We talked soooo much that weekend! There was 24 years worth of catching up to do!

The evening was spent at the Conference again.

All day Saturday was spent  at the Conference. In between the meetings, we walked around the Outlet shops near Wembely Arena.

Sunday we slept as long as possible and checked out of our hotel room at noon. It was my Birthday and so when I came down to the lobby to hand in my key,  the family had gathered and sang Happy Birthday to me, it sounded absolutely lovely in the Hotel lobby.  Hanne, Pauline and I headed out to explore the area and we had one of my favourites for lunch - Subway.

 It was then time to say goodbye to Pauline. It was sooo wonderful hanging out with her again. We had a brilliant weekend together (at least I did!). We talked, we prayed, we sang, we reminisced and we made new memories, but most of all we laughed - boy how we laughed. It was sooo much fun.
(If you´re reading this - Thanks Pauline for a great weekend!)

When I left London my heart was full.  Over the weekend I had been reminded about how much God loves me, I had been reminded that I have an amazing Hubby, kids and  extended family.  I was also  reminded about how many great friends I have that truly enrich my life . I felt sooooo blessed as I boarded the plane home. I may not have a big car, a big house and loads of money in the bank but as I travelled home I felt like the richest woman in town! 

When I arrived at the airport Kristian and Leah were there to meet me with flags.

We drove home and held a quick Birthday celebration. They had gifts all set out for me to open. I got some wonderful presents from them.  (Necklace, face creams, gift card)

It was late when we finally all tumbled into bed and since then till now I have felt sooo blessed but sooo exhausted!!!! :-) 

Easter........

......has come and gone without me doing any updates to the blog!  So here we go - lets see what I can remember of the last few weeks!! :-)

My Easter holidays started a little earlier than Leahs and Kristians. 

So I decided to go on a wee roadtrip by myself. I have absolutely no problem doing things on my own - I enjoy hanging out with me! haha 

(My kids think it is sooo weird when I go out to dinner, all on my own and then on to a movie - which I usually only do when Kristian is away on some trip.  I have the best time, but they just cringe when they hear about it. For some weird reason Sara usually rings me when I am sitting in the Cafe. She always asks what I am doing. When I say I am at a Cafe, her next question is "who are you with?" when I say "by myself," she freaks out!! " MUM stop going to the cafe and movies alone- its weird!!" she says. haha) 

So I packed a picnic and was ready to explore areas of Denmark where I hadn´t been before. I drove after signs to places I had never heard of and found some wonderful spots. 

 It was still a bit cold outside, so I had my picnic in the car. 

I had a really great day out. In the eveing I relaxed at home with Leah and Kristian.

Tuesday morning and the view above was mine. I was at my hairdressers. I came out Silver - yes the old Silver Fox was back (although she didn´t stay around too long. The next Saturday I coloured my hair brown again!)

After the hairdressers I went into town and did a little shopping, then it was home to find Leah clearing out and organising all our wardrobes. The washing was all sorted and the house cleaned. It was wonderful! (She loves doing washing and cleaning!) We never want her to move out! haha)

On Wednesday Kristian finally had free and so we decided to go on a date. We went out to dinner and then on for a movie. 

Already at dinner Kristian started to sneeze and his nose was running something terrible. He was beginning to get a cold. 

The next day, Thursday we had planned a roadtrip with a picnic. Kristian wasn´t feeling the best but wanted to go anyway, so we headed north. The weather wasn´t the best either, but we wanted to eat our picnic in the car and then go for a walk along the beach in the windy weather.

However while eating our picnic Kristian could feel himself getting worse. We decided to just forget the whole thing and drive home. He had fever. 

What a disappointment. We were sooo looking forward to our Easter holidays and going on roadtrips together.  We had planned to go to Sweden to hear Don Moen, the Christian Worship Leader give a concert. We had also planned to go to a Good Friday Service in a church in Copenhagen together with Kristian´s sister Hanne and husband Flemming.

We did none of those things. We had to cancel everything. Kristian lay on one end of the sofa feeling sooo rotten and I lay on the other, feeling great, I was just there to keep him company. 

It was a different Easter than we had planned but we still got to hang out together and enoyed that part of it. It was relaxing. I got to read a couple of books too!! 

On Easter Sunday he was feeling a lot better and so we were able to get to church which was fantastic as we had missed getting to the Good Friday service. 

We invited Hanne and Flemming to dinner on Sunday and had a lovely evening with them.

Easter Monday we relaxed at home and got ready for the start of another week at work. 

 The week after Easter, Sara was working for two days in Copenhagen so she came to stay here. We invited Andrew, Camilla and Lasse to come for dinner. Unfortunately Camilla and Lasse were working and so it ended up just being us five, which was really special. It´s not often it is just us five.

The weekend after Easter and Kristian was away in Jytland for a Go-Kart race. Leah was working and then going to a friends birthday so I was on my own again, this time though, I had invited a bunch of girl friends for Ladies Night.

 I enjoyed getting everything ready on the Saturday. It was all so easy going and relaxing. I baked bread, cheesecake and chocolate cake. I got pressies ready for the games we would play and got the house ready too, all without any stress. 

Ten Ladies turned up and we had such a fun night. We played some games and then we tried on all the clothes that my friend Kirsten had brought from her shop. It was chaos, but good chaos, as we girls ran around trying this and that on - we were ohhing and ahhhing at everything. It was great fun!

Those that wanted to buy did and then we stuffed ourselves with bread and cake.  We then sat around talking to rather late! A really great evening.

When everyone left, it was lovely to have this wee fury friend to go to bed with.

Other things that have happened over the last few weeks....Ummmhhh - we had our Bible Study group here and I made the most delicious dessert to serve with coffee/tea!

There has been a few bike rides with the old people. Lovely weather too!

There was also time for a trip to McDonalds with my friend Jette and her two kids. The kids enjoyed playing in the playground and we enjoyed catching up with each other.

We also fitted in a "Neighbour Night Dinner"- the neighbours came by, each with something to contribute to dinner. It was really delicious food and great company.

On Saturday Kristian was gone again to the Go-Kart track. I decided to change the house around a bit. My piano has been in our bedroom as there isn´t really room for it in the living room. But I  decided to just move it to the living room anyway, maybe I would play it more if it was out there. 

 So that´s what I did on Saturday. I turned the bed around and transformed the bedroom. I got the piano moved out into the livingroom/dining room (all by myself too - who needs a man?!!) and I actually spent time playing it! 

This evening Kristian invited me out on a date. We went to one of the local Cafés and had a wonderful meal and loads of time to talk. It was great to spend time with hubby as we haven´t seen too much of each other over the last few days. 

We ended the evening with Ice-cream!! Yummie - it was good!

(Kristian had the big ice cream - honest!! When he heard I was buying, he went all out! hahaha)