Out for the night...

Last night I was out on the town with my colleagues from work. We went to try out the new cafe opened in one of the local towns. We were not disappointed! The food was absolutely delicious!! The 8 of us had a great time fooling around, eating and laughing. 

We nearly licked the plates clean!

Some had dessert while others, like me, had a hot chocolate. Yummieeeee!! At 8pm we were finished eating. Henning, Kai and Ivan had other things to do, so they left the party. The rest of us thought it was too early to go home and wondered what we should do. (There is not much to do in these small local towns!) In the end we decided to head to the cinema to see what was showing. "The Adjustment Bureau" was showing at 9.15pm. We decided to go and see it. We all really enjoyed it. (Check out a trailer on youtube if you want to know what it´s about -  the film got us talking about God´s will, man´s free will etc. We were having deep talks all day about it!!)  It was late when I got home, almost midnight!! 


It has been a hard (but good) day today! Hard because I have been  feeling sooo tired. I´m not feeling any fresher now and I have to get through juniour club this evening. Ah well, at 9pm tonight I can finally relax! 

International night....

Once again it was "International Night at The Rasmussens!"  We had our 4 student friends visiting. They came late afternoon, stayed for dinner and on into the evening. We had a great evening. We talked, laughed, played Wii and ended the evening with a few games of  "Who wants to be a Millionaire." It was really good to see them again. I think the cold Danish winter has been hard on them, but they survived!! In June they will leave Denmark and go to other places to finish their education. We will be sorry to see them go:-(

It´s time for a new Bible verse. I should have chosen one last Sunday, so I am a bit late...but better late than never. So my new verse for this week is a short, but good one. I actually stole it from Terri, it was her verse but I thought it was something that I needed now, something I needed to be reminded off. So the verse is from Proverbs 18 v 21 and it´s from The Message Bible which says it sooo well.

"Words kill, words give life, they´re either poison or fruit  - you choose."

(new update in Treasures for the heart)

A cracked pot.....

I wonder, do you ever feel like a cracked pot? I know I do! Not really sure what I mean? Well listen to the story below, it`s a beautiful story which will explain everything.  I hope you will enjoy.....




So even though I am cracked and full of flaws, it´s good to know that God can still use me! He knew what he was getting, I am no surprise to Him!! and the best thing is - He still loves me and will always love me no matter what! Now that is AWESOME!!


It´s been a week since I posted. I can´t believe where the time has gone. It has been a normal week, nothing extraordinary happened, oh except a trip to Ikea, this time with Leah. (Although that is not really extraordinary for me!!.)  Leah would love a new room. Since it is almost 3 years ago that we made her room, we will redecorate at Easter. We both can´t wait:-)


Mostly this week we have been following the disaster in Japan and we have been feeling really helpless. So many people are suffering throughout the world. My heart aches for them. It made me think about all the stupid, mundane things that I complain about and how insignificant they are.

A note to myself....

....never leave home without the GPS!! 


Thursday evening I went to visit my friend Jette. They moved a while back,  to a big cosy farm house. I set off without the GPS, sure I could find it, after all, I had been there 3 or 4 times before! Having said that, Kristian was always the one driving. I was always the one chatting away not paying much attention to where we were going!!haha


So Thursday evening I headed to the motorway. It was dark, raining and blowing a gale! As I drove along the motorway I started to see signs for towns that lay to the south of us - something was wrong -  I was meant to be going north!! My lightening quick brain realised  that I had taken the wrong motorway. I was on the one heading to Copenhagen instead of the one heading to Helsingor. Aaarrrrghhhhhhhhh how annoying was that!!


I rectified that little mistake and was happily on my way north. It was then time to exit the motorway when I realised again, that I had made another mistake!!  


When I exited the motorway I was surprised to find a T junction. That was not what I was expecting!! The road was meant to go on straight! There was a very confused irish woman in the car!! I decided to turn left at the T juncion and see where the road went...it didn´t go where I was meant to be!! 


Well to cut a long story short, I managed to make it back unto the motorway again. I took the right exit and finally made it to her home - only 20 minutes late!! hahaha


On the way home I stayed clear of the motorway and took the country roads home - which worked out much better - I was home in no time!!


So it´s now weekend again. We are all having a relaxing day. Leah has been at a sleepover in the church. It´s something called COW (Computer Og Wellness - the "og" is Danish for "and") The boys play computer all night and the girls have foot baths, face masks, massages, etc and they watch girlie films all night!! She loved it, but she only got about 3 hours sleep so she is exhausted. 


We did talk about going to Ikea this afternoon. She would like a new room. I have promised her we could paint and decorate her room at Easter. We want to go in and get some ideas. But at the minute I can´t get any life in her, so it looks like a home day for me too. 


Sara is heading into Copenhagen to visit Winnie. She is over staying at her brother´s place. So they will go out this evening and eat together and have some fun! 


Andrew is at home with a few butterflies in his stomach....he is waiting to hear if he can start a new job. He has been at home since January, his other course is finished and his next education course/school first starts in August. He has been looking for jobs since January but they are hard to come by, however he might just have landed a temp job that would give him work until the end of June. He is waiting to hear from them....they have to check to make sure that there is no problem him being under 18. (He will first be 18 in August)  I´ll keep you posted. 


Kristian is sitting at his computer and is excited about a new project he has started. Over the last few months he has made logos and webpages for different go-kart people and they have been very pleased with his work.  This has now encouraged him to try and start his own web design business. So all day today he has been working on the logo and a bit of his homepage. The name will be KR Web Design.(www.krwebdesign.dk) It´s all in the early stages and he has still loads to learn but wouldn´t it be great if it took off!!! ....and here is where I start dreaming - cause if Kristian has his own web design business he could work from home, and that would mean home could be anywhere in world!! hahahaha Now where should we go? 

A visit from the homeland...

Friday afternoon Ivan and Anne arrived from Ireland. It was soooo great to see them again! We had a busy few days planned for them so Friday evening was spent chatting, catching up and relaxing.

Saturday we headed out to explore Denmark. We drove the coast road down into Copenhagen, making a few stops on the way. It was then into a big shopping centre to get some bargins - but we were disappointed, none were to be found. We went out for dinner (which was delicious - Italian buffet) and ended the evening going to the cinema to see "Just go with it" which we all enjoyed! A funny film, just our type of humour!

Sunday we went to church and then headed out for a picnic. The weather was fantastic - just REALLY cold! We headed up to Heather Hill and had a good walk over the hills. We drove by our church summer house and ended the day by visitng the Queens summer house - her castle in Fredensborg.  It was home to dinner and then an evening of watching "Everybody loves Raymond" which Ivan and Anne really got addicted to while here!!

Monday I had work, but Kristian was off, so he went exploring with them. They had a good day visiting the castle, the castle gardens and off course shopping!

Tuesday Kristian and I both had off,  so we headed into Copenhagen to be real tourist. 

We started the day by going to see The Little Mermaid.

Then it was off to the palace to see the changing of the guards. The Danish palace is very open, no big gates to go through. While we were standing watching the guards we spotted one of our Princes. He got out of a car and walked up to the palace. We all stood and watched him open the door and go in!!

Then it was off to New Harbour. Once again the weather was fantastic, just cold! We walked beside the canal, got to see one of the houses that Hans Christian Anderson lived in and then had a coffee/tea and hot chocolate...guess which one I had? 

The rest of the day was spent walking around the shops in Copenhagen and we even managed to fit in a delicious 3 course meal at a very cheap price!!! The day went by too fast and before we knew it we were back home, sitting on the sofa having a good laugh while watching - yes you guessed it - "Everybody loves Raymond."

Today I drove them to the airport. I was soooo tempted to be spontaneous and irresponsible and just get on the plane along with them and go home to wee norn iron!! But as you probably guessed - I didn´t! 

 It was sooo lovely having them over, Kristian and I both really enjoyed their company and I think they had a good time too. The weekend flew by! Now roll on the end of March when our next guest arrives from the emerald isle!! Whoopieeeeee:-) 

Audry date....

....last night it was time to catch up with my friend Audry. It´s been almost 3 months since we last got together so there was lots to catch up on. We as usual went to Ikea and walked around from 7pm - 9pm. We both picked up a few bargins before heading over to McDonalds for our usual McFeast Menus! It was after 11pm when I got home. It sure was nice to catch up.


Some other news, Leah has started a blog which you can find at:  www.leahrasmussen1.blogspot.com or by pressing "Leah Rasmussen" at the left hand side of my blog. My friend Anne has also started one, you can find hers at www.maltesen.blogspot.com or by pressing "Anne´s blog" at the left hand side of mine. Only problem with Annes is that you need to learn Danish to read it - but that is only a minor problem:-) Where there´s a will, there´s a way, I think it´s called Google translate:-)


Have a great day whatever you are up to! 
(p.s. I have added new songs for the month of march - if you want to hear them just hit the button at the top left handside under the title, "my favourite songs for March.")