Last week....

..was a quiet week for us.

I felt tired all week - it must have been after my 12½hour day with Anne!! haha It took it out of me!

Last week I set myself a challenge. I decided, after watching Jamie Oliver`s 30 minute meals, that I was going to make one of the meals and see if I could actually do it in 30 minutes. He always makes it seem soooo easy and fun, plus the food always looks delicious.

So Wednesday evening was the night for my challenge. I was going to make macaroni and cauliflower cheese, with a salad and Danish meat balls (these I added to the meal because they are so quick and easy to make and we do like our meat at dinner ). Dessert was to be different fruits baked in the oven served with cream.  So I was all fired up and ready to go - dinner would be served in 30 minutes - or maybe not!

One hour and 10 minutes later I was finished. The meat balls were ready, the macaroni was too but the salad and dessert I gave up on. It would have taken me another hour to get them ready!! All that work and the macaroni and cauliflower cheese weren´t even that nice!! The only good thing were my Danish meatballs. Ah well, you live and learn!!

Last Tuesday Sara went for an interview. She has been a bit unsettled in her job and has been thinking about trying out something different.  In her teenage years she always wanted to be a flight attendant and so when she heard that DAF (Danish Air Transport) were looking for new flight attendant trainees, she decided to apply. She was called in for an interview and was offered the job. So she starts a new chapter of her life 4th January. I think she will make a great flight attendant. She is so service minded and a real people person, so I think she will do well there.

This weekend has been very quiet and relaxing.

After work on Friday I got into my car to drive home. I turned on the radio and what did I hear? Christmas music!!! Well that was that - I was in the mood for Christmas! So instead of driving straight home I decided to go visit the local garden center. They always have a fantastic Christmas display and I thought it was time to check it out.  I was not disappointed. I walked about the place for an hour feeling all cosy and Christmasy. It was just a great way to end the week.

It was awful to wake up to the news about Paris on Saturday morning. My heart went out to all the people who lost loved ones. We spent Saturday morning fixed to the TV watching the dreadful accounts of what had happened. So very sad.

Saturday afternoon we went out for a few hours to check out a new shopping center that had opened not far from us. We had a great afternoon wandering about the place checking out all the electronic stores we could find. We had a quick lunch and late afternoon headed home again.

Saturday evening I decided I would cancel my Netflex account as I haven´t used it for about ½ year. I only joined so I could see Downton Abbey. When I joined I saw series 1-4, which was all that was available at the time.

Well, when I logged into my account on Saturday, there was a message saying that Downton Abbey series 5 was now available to view. That was my Saturday night all fixed up. I watched the one episode after the other. It was fantastic!!! The Christmas episode did make me cry though. Hearing the English Carols just made me so homesick - I suddenly really missed home, so I sat on the sofa beside Kristian and had a good old cry!! :-)

Sunday evening we had a full house. Andrew, Camilla, Leah and Lasse were all here for dinner and we had a really cosy time together. The evening went by so fast and it was fun catching up with them all.

What a day!!!

Yesterday (Saturday) I got to spend 12 hours with my good friend - Anne. It´s so weird when the day goes by so fast and you feel like you have only had about 3 hours together, then discover it has been 12!!! We had a fantastic day!

It started at 10am when I jumped on the train and Anne was sitting waiting on me. The talking started and it didnt stop until I got off the train again at 10.30pm!!

We had planned a girls day out in Copenhagen. Our first stop was at a rooftop cafe for brunch. I must say we didn´t really take in much of the view, we were too busy talking. We had a delicious brunch though and then headed out to shop.

We visited a lot of shops and I bought a couple of plaques with sayings on them for the wall of my kitchen. (I don´t really have anymore room for them, but where there´s a will there´s a way!!) Anne bought some perfume. It was fun to shop.

Then at 2.15pm we headed over to the theatre. We were going to see the 3pm show of....The Sound of Music! We were as usual late!!! The reason being that we had come out of one of the department stores by the wrong exit and we were so busy talking that we didn´t realise we were going in the wrong direction until I saw "The Round Tower" which I knew we shouldn´t be seeing! HELP - we didn´t have time for this!! We had to walk very quickly and at times run to get to the theatre on time! We made it but we were so sweaty!! We sure had a laugh though!

At the theatre we met my niece. My friend Jette was actually meant to meet us at the theatre but she had gotten sick so 1½ hours before the show and we suddenly had an extra ticket. My niece lives in Copenhagen and so we thought if she could get down to the theatre quickly she could use the ticket and that´s what she did! I´m glad she was happy to join two oldies like us!!

As we walked into the theatre we literally bumped into 8 friends from church who were also there. There were loads of hugs and chatting!

I LOVE being at the theatre. It´s such a magical place!

What a fantastic show!!! I enjoyed every minute of it and the 3 hours went by in a flash!! What talent! (Oh how I wish I had the voice and the looks to be part of the theatre world!! Ahhhh wishful thinking!!)

After the show we said goodbye to Sigrid and then Anne and I headed out to eat. We found a wee cafe and had dinner while we once again solved all the world´s problems and our own!

We decided we would head to another cafe for hot chocolate and coffee and so we wandered through Copenhagen looking for a suitable cafe. The rain was pouring down and I was loving every minute of it! We were getting soaked and it felt soooo great!

A lot of cafes that we found were really packed so we decided to go down some of the wee side streets to see if we could find a cosy cafe of the beaten track - we did!!! We found this cosy wee cafe with a jazz trio playing in the corner. We were soaked through, so it felt so good to come into the warmth of the place. Anne ordered a coffee and I a hot chocolate. It was delicious, the best hot chocolate I have had in a long time! We sat and enjoyed the music while, once again, we rambled on about things in our lives. Finally at 9.30pm we thought we should head over to get the train home.

It was such a great day. We couldn´t believe how quickly the time went. I so enjoy hanging out with Anne although I felt sad for Jette that she couldn´t join in the fun with us - she was missed. Hopefully the next time we arrange one of these days she will be well enough to come along.

Today the weather has been beautiful, so this afternoon Kristian and I decided to head out for a bike ride. It´s been a while since we have been out together on our bikes. We had a great ride through the forest and it wasn´t at all cold for it being November!

(An update on the house situation....Thursday I rushed home from work, got the house aired out, everything in order ready for the estate agent to come. I waited an hour and no one turned up!! I kept checking with the other neigbhours to see if he had turned up at their place but he handn´t. All very strange. No one heard anything so we have no idea when he will come again.)

It´s not working....

....my most treasured possession (have I spelt that right?) is broken!! 

Yes, it´s my Kindle - it´s died!! I can´t get it to turn on. I have tried everything (at least I think I have) but it has still just got a black screen. I feel like I have lost a very dear friend. (Seriously - I LOVE my books!!! This is the best thing I have ever bought!)

In bed last night I was lying reading and everything was fine. Then this afternoon on my break at work, I was all alone, and thought I would use the time to read. I was so ready to put my feet up and enjoy my book for 15 minutes. (I had even bought a Mars Bar to enjoy with my cuppa tea and book. I was even happy that there was no-one to share break time with. I had my Kindle and that was all I needed!! I had looked forward to this breaktime since lunch!) 

It was then I discovered the sad fact. No matter what I tried I couldn´t get my Kindle to turn on. Talk about being disappointed!! I was one unhappy Mama!! So I drank my tea and ate my Mars and went quickly back to work again. 

I think Santa will need to bring me a new one for Christmas!! (hint hint Kristian!! haha)

We just love living in this old run down place!

So this week we got some news. I don´t know if it´s good news or bad news. The man who owns this house (which has 4 apartments in it) wants to sell. YIKES!!!!  On Thursday a real estate agent will come out to see the place!! The place will be sold along with us. So whoever buys it cannot put us out, not immediately. 

So this could be a good thing, as this place is soooo old and so many things need fixed (but the man who owns it now is not interested in fixing anything up.) We have done small things about the place so that we can enjoy living here, but there are some major things that need to be done to the place. So if someone new bought it and invested in it, it could be to our benefit. On the downside, if they do alot of work to it they could put the house rent up to more than we can afford. 

Also we don´t have any "rules" living here. Like in our old apartment you could only use the washing machine till 10pm. You weren´t allow to drill after 8pm etc. Here its like having your own home, you can do what you like. (off course we all respect each other and think about what time it is before we drill but there are no offical rules.) I hope the new owners don´t introduce a whole lot of rules. 

Then we are thinking that if this place is going for a good price that maybe we could buy it and fix it up. (We being Kristian and me or if its a bit more than we can afford then our neighbour Laura could get into the deal too.) Laura and I are dreaming away and poor Kristian just sits and shakes his head and says "Lets see what the agent says on Thursday!" 

There can be so many scenarios. I am thankful that I can just leave it all in God´s hands. He´ll show us what to do when the time comes. So we are really not worried.

Talking about worry. I had this wonderful phone call yesterday from my niece. I had shared a post on facebook about worry and stress and how we need to trust God instead of leaning on our own understanding. 

She had been really worried about a few things in her life and after reading the post she decided she was just going to trust God and not worry about it anymore as she could feel it was stressing her out. She not only was filled with peace but got an answer to two of her big worries within a few days! She rang to tell me this and to thank me for posting it. It really did my heart good that she had trusted God and to hear how God came through for her. 

Oops I forgot to update.....

Again it has been a week since I last updated!! So here comes another mega update....

Last Friday (23rd October) I had invited some of my colleagues (8 of them) home for dinner. So Friday afternoon I left work an hour early so I would have time to prepare for them. The best thing was - I wasn´t at all stressed. I came home and actually had a cosy time getting everything ready. I found myself enjoying it all. It felt totally weird not to be stressed. I got the food prepared, the table set, had a shower and even relaxed a bit before they came.

We had a great night together. My main course turned out brilliantly!! I couldn´t believe how everything turned out!! haha I was amazed - I even enjoyed the food and everyone raved about how good it was. They were a lucky bunch - they happened to visit on one of my good nights!

So we stuffed our faces. I had made a 3 course meal and in between the main course and dessert I had a quiz called "How well do you know your colleague". A quiz to see how much we knew about each other. It was fun and we had a good laugh at some of the questions.

The rest of the evening was spent chatting together. We did check out our 3D TV, which they wanted to see, so everyone got their glasses on and we saw a short bit of a 3D film. 

It was midnight before they all headed home. They seemed to have a really good evening, we really enjoyed having them. When they went Kristian and I decided we would get the whole kitchen cleared as we didn´t want to get up to a messy kitchen in the morning. By 1.30am the house was all clean and tidy again and we were totally ready for bed.

Saturday was a relaxing day. I spent most of the day reading. I got one book finished and started another. Saturday evening we had left overs for dinner and then Laura came over to see a film. We ended up seeing two films that evening and since the clocks went back an hour, we didn´t even get to bed late!!

Monday after work I went and collected my friend Audry and we headed to our favourite place - Ikea. We had a great night looking around. I only spent 33kr (3 pounds!!) while Audry went a bit mad and spent more than she should have! haha  When Ikea closed at 9pm  we headed over to McDonalds and ended our evening there, chatting and catching up on each others lives. 

It has been busy at work this week. The fund raising is going well and our rainbow is getting more colours on it each week. Only two more weeks left!!

One of my colleagues turned 50 this week, so we had a celebration for her. I think she really enjoyed her day and we got to enjoy some lovely home made scones and cakes from her. 

Thursday evening I went to a meeting in one of the local churches. A Messianic Jew and a Christian Palestinian were talking about their life in Israel and the work that they are involved with. They are trying to reconcile the two sides through the love of Christ. It was a really interesting meeting. It was great to hear both their view points on things and to experience the unity they had through Christ.

Friday I was at a first aid course with work. I am sooo glad I am not a nurse!! It was fun and interesting but I really hope I am never in the situation to have to give heart massage or mouth to mouth!

This weekend has been a really relaxing one for Kristian and me. Kristian is finally finished with go-kart races for this season and so he is now home every weekend. We just love to hang out together and that´s basically what we did this weekend.

We enjoyed the Autumn weather and the nature changing all around us.

In between hanging out with hubby and relaxing, I started a new book by John Bevere - Good or God, I think it´s going to be a good, challenging read.  I also found my flute again.  I got it cleaned up and I have decided that I am going to practise playing it everyday!! (ummmh....let´s see if that happens!)

On Saturday evening we made some great food (again) and got ready to welcome any neighbours that came by with children for trick or treat. I had craved a pumpkin, put up a few decorations and had loads of sweets ready if anyone did knock the door.  I also love any excuse to dress up so I got dressed up as the crazy cat woman, ready to scare anyone that knocked the door.

We had a few neighbours come by and it was just great to get to chat with them. They loved that I was dressed up and that the place was decorated. We found out where they lived in the village and had a really great chat and good connection with them.

Andrew came for dinner this evening. It was lovely to see him. Tomorrow he  heads to Dublin with his college. He will be there from Monday to Friday. Lucky him - I wish it was me going home again!!

Now a new month has began and along with it comes my, yet again, healthy eating plan!! Let´s see if I can get a few kilos off before Christmas!!! 

Holiday.....

Last week I was off work. I loved having time off!! So how did I spend my week?

Well, Monday morning found me up early with Kristian. He had to go to work (poor man) and I decided to get up early with him so I could get some things done around the house. My goal for the day was to get our wardrobe sorted and to put away our summer clothes and find our winter clothes. I got it all sorted and it felt so good to have a tidy organised wardrobe again. Now lets see how long that will last - usually not long!

On Monday afternoon I left Leah to the bus station so she could take the bus out to Andrew´s place. She was going to spend the afternoon with him and then stay for dinner.  Kristian was going to help at the go-kart shop after work and he would  pick Leah up on the way home. So I was on my own for the afternoon and evening and I decided to make the most of it! With the house organised and tidy, I decided I would spend some time reading and got to finish my book.

I also worked on a project that I have wanted to work on for while, but haven´t had much time for. It was to make a prayer book/journal. This I got started on...

I would love to have a more organised prayer time during my quiet times and when I saw this idea on youtube I thought it could be the very thing to help me. I have adapted the idea to something that I think would work for me.

So I bought a file, plastic covers, dividers, fancy backing paper and ordinary lined paper. I have called the prayer journal " My War Book" as it will contain things that will help me do battle in the spiritual realm through prayer.

I have the book divided into 5 areas. Worship - Laura & Kristian (our marriage) - My children - Thankfulness - Days of the week.

Under Worship I have a 30 day calendar with the names and attributes of God. Each day I can pick one of these things to focus on. The plan is also to have words from worship songs, or bible verses, psalms in here. Just anything that can help me focus on worshipping God.

Laura -  Here I will have a list of character traits that I want to see become fruitful in my life. Here I can pray about myself and ask God to show me what needs to be changed in my life - and help me change those things. I can add prayer requests to this section too.

Kristian - Here I have a list of things I can pray for, for my husband - his character traits, areas in his life that I should pray over. I found a 30 day calendar with a list of different things to focus on for each day. I also wrote my own list out from the book-  The Power of a Praying Wife. Here again I can write down special prayer points as challenges come along.
Marriage - comes under this point too.

Under the title "My children"  I have a list of things that I am praying for for them. Here I can write down different prayer requests as they need prayer for different things.

Thankfulness - Here I each day need to think of something to be thankful for and write it down.

So the idea is that each day I go through these sections and just focus on one thing from each section every day.  So everyday I will worship, pray about some area of my life, about Kristian´s life and the kids life, then I will focus on something to be thankful about. After that, the idea is to go to the "Days of the Week".

On a Monday I will pray for the rest of the family - Kristian´s family, my family in Ireland. Here I have photos of different family members and I take one or two family members and pray for them on a Monday. Also if the family have special prayer requests I can write them down and put them in here so I remember to pray.

Tuesday is friends day. Here I will have photos or names of friends. I can go pick one or two friends and pray for them. Again any special prayer requests for friends can be written in here.

Wednesday is colleagues. (Photos or names written....you work your way through the list, praying for one or two at a time.)
Thursday is church leaders.
Friday is missionaries. (Prayer letters - prayer cards etc can be put in a plastic cover under this day.)
Saturday and Sunday I left free to write down things God puts on my heart to pray for.

I will give this a try and see if it helps me be a bit more organised in my quiet time. I do tend to pray about all sorts of things while I am at work. That´s the privelege of having a job were I don´t need to use my mind!! haha So while washing floors I pray for situations and people that come to mind. :-)

Tuesday and I was up early again with Kristian. I decided I would spend the morning up in town having a look around the shops to see if there were any good bargins. I had a lovely morning walking around the shops.Then I did some food shopping and headed home to make some delicious food

Sara was arriving home from America!! She was landing in Copenhagen in the afternoon and her Christian was going to pick her up. They would then come here for dinner and stay the night. Andrew and Camilla were also coming for dinner. So it would almost be a full house! Leah wouldn´t be eating with us as she had a driving lesson, she would first be home later in the evening.

Tuesday afternoon I spent making Pavlova (Sara´s favourite) and getting all the vegetables cut up and ready for dinner. Sara and Christian arrived around 4pm and Camilla and Andrew were not far behind them. Then my Kristian arrived home. I pulled out all the stops and had a 3 course meal ready for us to enjoy. It was really good!! But by the end of the evening my house looked like a bomb had exploded!!! What happened to the new organised home??!!!

Wednesday morning and I slept to 10am!!! All the hard work of making food and serving them all had exhausted me! Before Sara and Christian headed back to Århus I decided to make a big brunch for them. Once again I was in the kitchen. We had a lovely brunch and had such a cosy morning sitting talking. Laura came in to hear about Sara´s trip as she comes from San Fransico and Sara was in that area.

Around 1pm Sara and Christian left and I got stuck into organising (yet again) my house that literally looked like a hurricane had gone through it. It´s lovely having them all home but it´s also lovely when they all go again!! haha

 My kitchen!!! What on earth happened???!!!

Wednesday evening and Kristian was at his go-kart shop after work so Leah and I had leftovers for dinner and then settled down to watch a few girlie films. It was such a lovely relaxing evening! Just what we both needed!

Thursday, Kristian was off work. Finally some holiday for him.  It was sooo good to have him home. We decided we would go out for the day. We headed to town as we had a couple of gift cards to use from our Silver Wedding Anniversary. We spent the morning looking in all the different shops. We had a lovely lunch in a new cafe that recently opened and then we continued our shopping until the afternoon.  We ended up buying a game that we can play when the whole family are together. So we got to use one of the gift cards. Late afternoon we headed home again and had an easy dinner of bread and salami. The evening was spent in front of the TV.

Friday we had a lovely long sleep!!! Then Kristian got up and headed down to Andrew´s to put up some shelves and lamps. I headed to Ikea to have a look around to see if they had gotten anything new since the last time that I had been there!! haha (No nothing new since last Saturday!!)  When I was finished I headed over to Andrews to pick Kristian up. Andrew was keeping Kristian´s car so he could get to work on Saturday. Kristian wasn´t totally finished when I arrived, so I kicked back on the sofa and watched TV while the men finished off the jobs of putting shelves and lamps up.

When Kristian was finally finished we headed home in my car. On the way home we decided to call into a shopping centre near Andrew´s place. We had never been there before and since I needed to get some milk we thought we could check out the centre and buy the milk at the same time. We walked about the place for about 20 minutes and then went and got the milk.

When we got back to the car there was something on the windshield. What on earth could that be? OH NOOOOOO -  I had gotten a ticket!!!! I forgot to set my parking sign!!! I NEVER, EVER FORGET TO DO THAT!!! How did I forget??? I have no idea, Kristian didn´t think of it either.

Well it was an exspensive carton of milk that we got!! I now have to cough up 750kr (about 75 pounds!!!!) for a 30 minutes visit to a shopping centre!!! I was kicking myself the whole way home!! (Well actually I was hitting my forehead with my hand the whole way home and shouting "STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!!!!) If there is one thing I hate giving money to, it´s parking!!! It´s my first ticket in 25 years. I have never gotten a parking ticket, or a speeding ticket ever. I was not a happy camper!!

Ah well - life goes on.....

And it did. Saturday we had arranged to go to Sweden with Leah and her boyfriend Lasse. They wanted to see the big shopping centre over there. Leah and Lasse shopped and Kristian and I just enjoyed being out and about with them. We had a lovely time in Sweden.

 Eating subway for lunch.....Yummie!!

Now we are all back at work again. (That´s ok - I love my work, so going back is not a problem at all!)

This evening (Tuesday) we had arranged a cosy dinner night with our neighbours - Laura, Mia, Thomas and Pernille and their son. It was such a lovely evening. Everyone came over to us.

Pernille made chilli, I made the rice, Laura made salad and bread and I made dessert. We had such a great night catching up with each other. Having good friends as neighbours is just wonderful!! We want to have these evenings a bit more often!

Phew that was a long update!! Note to self:- Update a bit more often! :-)

Happy Days....

Happy days for hubby.  See what he got to drive last weekend.....

It was his birthday present from our friend  - Laura. The present was 15 minutes in a Ferrari so Kristian didn´t think he was going to get to drive it. He thought that he would be a passenger for those 15 minutes, but he got to drive it!! He was over the moon! A great experience for the memory box!

Last week was a busy week again. On Wednesday I had been invited to give a talk to our 7th graders in their English lesson, about how I celebrated Halloween when I was a child. They were learning about American and English culture and traditions. Since it was October, Halloween was one of those traditions that they were learning about. I had fun planning it all and had a really great English class with them. 

I started the class by standing outside their door singing " Halloweens coming on and the goose is getting fat...." I had arranged this with the English teacher, they had no idea I was coming and it was fun to see their faces when I came in.  

On Wednesday afternoon I went home to visit my colleague after work. We had a lovely couple of hours together eating buns and drinking hot chocolate. It was just the sort of weather for that!

Under our school there is a very low corridor that runs all around the school. It is where all the pipes are. In the 10 years I have worked there I have never been down to see this area. 

I always hear the Janitors talking about how dusty and dirty it is down there, about the spiders and how they have to crawl, almost on their bellies when down there. I always felt sorry for them when they went down there. I had this picture in my mind that it was a really dark horrible place. 

Well, this week I got to see it! The Janitors were going down again into the dark hole and they asked if I wanted to come and check it out - stupid question!! Off course I did!!!

I was sooo surprised at how it was. Not at all like I had imagined!! Those men had me feeling sorry for them for years!! There will be no more sympathy from me when they have to go down there! It is not at all bad!!  I thought it was rather cosy down there and started working on a few decorating ideas!!! haha

Talking about decorating....we got a new sideboard. Kristian´s family had given us money for our 25th wedding anniversary. We decided to use the money on a piece of furniture that we really liked. Now we have a special piece of furniture that will always remind us of his family and their kindness to us. 

On Thursday when I came home from work, something was wrong. Usually when I get home little Zoey comes and welcomes me. I look forward to getting home and shouting hello and then having this wee kitten come running.


So on Thursday I did my normal routine. Opened the door and shouted hello but no wee kitten came. I took off my coat, hung it up, got my shoes off, still no kitten. I went through the house calling Zoey but there was no response at all. Shadow was lying on our bed totally relaxed and not really bothered by all my shouting for Zoey. I actually thought Shadow had killed her! haha

So after checking under every bed and every cupboard I knew something was wrong. I couldn´t find her anywhere. It was then I saw that our living room windows were full of mud on the outside, like a little paw had been on the window. The mud was dragged down the window and I knew it hadn´t been there the day before. Zoey must have gotten out and been up at the window trying to get in again.  That meant she had been out since about 8.30am and the time was now 5pm. Kristian was the last to leave so she must have slipped out without him noticing.

I was in a right state! I ran into my neighbour Laura and got her and Mia to come with me outside to look. We all went around the house and garden calling Zoey - there was no sign of her. Then suddenly we heard crying...we heard what sounded like a kitten, a meowing in the distance. We checked all the bushes but couldn´t find her...the more I called her the more she meowed! 

It was really hard to find out where the meowing was coming from.  Finally we realised it was coming from the neighbour`s garden across the road. We rushed over and that´s when I saw her, hidden in among the bushes meowing her wee heart out. We were able to get her out. She was all wet. It had been a cold, windy, wet day.

We got her home and got her dried off and fed. Before long she was lying totally relaxed on her favourite chair. Pheeeewwwww that was a close call!  I thought she was gone for good!!!  but I am ever so glad that we got her back!  (She fell asleep in this position.....)

Friday was our last day at work before our Autumn break. All the schools in Denmark have Motionsday which is basically a day for motion - excerising. There is no teaching on this day. 

So at our school we started the day with a couple of special people coming to help the kids warm up for their run.

There was a lot of fun out in the playground warming up with these two. The kids were then off to do their run while we got the fruit and juice ready for them all coming home. 

 Some of the 3rd graders ran 21km!!! The older kids biked 40km!! I was very impressed! They all seemed to have a really great day.

Saturday found me in Copenhagen. Kristian´s family (23 of us) were meeting up to go and see a musical.  Our two neices and nephew were preforming in a musical at Tivoli. Leah had to work and couldn´t get her shift changed so she unfortunately couldn´t make it.

Kristian was at home, he is not into musicals and so he stayed at home and started the clear out of our garage and my painting room. It has been such a mess in both these places and so Kristian was on a mission to get it cleared. I would help him again when I got back.

I was looking forward to the musical. Since the musical was being held in the theatre building in Tivoli we had free entry into Tivoli! Fun to see how they had decorated for Halloween.

The musical was fantastic! The children and young people were soooo talented and they did a very professional job, including my nieces and nephews! 

Sitting just over from us was our Royal Family. Our Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary with their 4 children! At one stage they all walked past us, they were sooo close we could have reached out and touched their arm! All rather exciting! (my sister-in-law took the picture, I didn´t dare!)

After the musical I headed back home to help Kristian finish the work around the house. We were very pleased with the result. 

Now I have holiday for a week and I am sooo looking forward to getting the last things organised around the house and then using time to relax, be creative, go walks and enjoy the autumn weather!