Saturday and Sunday....

So Saturday and Sunday has come and gone. It has been a lovely weekend. 

Saturday afternoon my friend Jette came by with her two children, we had a lovely afternoon with them. They stayed for dinner before leaving about 7.30pm to head home for bed. The two kids were just sooo cute and we loved having small kids around the house again. 

When they went home Kristian and I decided we would go on a date. Leah was away with her choir for the weekend, Sara was in Jutland visiting friends so there was only Andrew home and he did NOT want to go out with his mum and dad. 

We decided we would go and see the new Tintin movie in 3D. Kristian has been dying to see it as he LOVED Tintin when he was a boy and read all the comic books. So we went to catch the 9.15pm film. It was brilliant! Fantastic work! The best thing was that when we got out of the cinema at 11.30pm we could turn our clock back and it was only 10.30pm!! 

Then this morning saw us back at church. It was lovely to be back again. Today Leah´s choir was singing and they did a really good job. It was a really great service. 

After church we came home and I actually found myself in the kitchen making a cake, well a cake of sorts. I made apple crumble as my friend Laura and her daughter were coming by for a cup of tea and a natter. 


We had a lovely afternoon catching up, it was lovely to see them again. Laura had brought a whole dinner for us. There was chicken kiev, rice and a salad. It was sooooo delicious. I so appreciated her doing that.


Now it´s time for bed. Tomorrow it´s back to normal everyday life and getting used to, once again, getting up at 6am again!! YUK! 

There is always something.....

....yes there is always something to keep you on your toes!


Yesterday I arrived back in Denmark. It was great to see Kristian and the kids again (minus Sara who has gone away to the other side of Denmark for the weekend.) My brother´s funeral was on Thursday and a good crowd of people turned up with lots of good memories and lovely things to say about him.. It was a hard week at home, but we got through it. I was glad I had the week with dad. 


One thing that touched my heart was the kindness of friends. Everyone was so thoughtful and kind. People sent cards, others rang  to offer comforting words, others came and visited, others played taxi driver for us, while others made pots of stew, soup and dinners to see us through the week. Nothing was any trouble for anyone. It was really, really touching. Thank you to all who even thought about us in the last week - it was so appreciated.


So now that I am back home in Denmark I thought that life would settle into a normal pattern again, but oh no, there is always something to keep me on my toes..... this time it´s the cat!!


Last night we noticed that  she was peeing blood. Not so good. 

This morning instead of having a lovely lie in, we had to be up so we could take her to the vet. Turns out she has a urine infection. The poor wee thing has a fever and since coming back home from the vet has been throwing up! I am a bit tired of cleaning up cat sick!! She is lying here on my desk looking very sorry for herself. Now I need to remember to give her her pills twice a day for the next few days. 

A different Monday....

Yes, it´s a different Monday than I anticipated. I thought I would be starting back at work this morning, however I am getting ready to head, once again, to the airport. I am flying home this morning, I should be in Belfast around 3 or 4 this afternoon. (It actually takes a few many hours to get home!!) The time here is 7.10am in 20 minutes I am leaving to catch the train. I wish I was going home under happier circumstances.


I am not sure when I can get unto a computer again.Dad is still without broadband in his new house, so this could be my last post until the weekend. 


Ok better go dry my hair and pack the last few items. xox

Memories...

Today it all still feels a little unreal about my brother. I am sort of all over the place emotionally. One minute I am fine and then the next minute I am crying my eyes out. I have spent a little bit of this afternoon looking through old photos and just remembering things that Jim and I did together. It´s good to have memories and its good to have some of them captured in photo and video.

Jim Robinson 1961 - 2011

It is with a sad heart that I write this post. My brother Jim passed away late this evening. Even though he was ill and we knew things didn´t look good, it was still a shock when the phone call finally came. It made everything final, made it all so real. 

I have been sitting here looking at some old photos and remembering some of the good times we have had over the years. Isn´t it good to have memories?! Precious memories - I will always remember Jim.♥ ♥ ♥

22 years ago today....

I arrived in Denmark for the very first time. I was 20 years old, the same age that Sara is now!


Kristian and I met each other in June 1989 at a conference in England. Although we didn´t really speak to each other at the conference, we both were shy, Kristian had gotten hold of my address and he wrote a letter to me. 


We started to communicate via letter. After a few letters we started to make cassette tapes to each other. This we did for about 3 months. It was crazy, we were falling in love with each other and yet we had never really talked face to face. I had to go to Denmark and find out if this great Dane, who was turning my world upside down, was the one for me!! 


I remember it all like it was yesterday. I was so excited and yet so nervous. I didn't know what I should do when I met him. Should I  shake his hand,  hug him, or kiss him?!! haha ( I ended up hugging him!! haha) If I had to do this all again now, I don´t think I would have the nerve, but all those years ago I could cope with anything! haha


We clicked right away. Kristian was so easy to get along with, we talked and laughed all evening. It was a really wonderful evening even though he didn´t even kiss me goodnight! 


The next evening Kristian asked me to marry him....I said yes!! CRAZY or WHAT?!! But we were sensible young people so we decided we better wait and think about it for a while, just to be sure....so we waited 3 days!! hahaha 

I just remembered this afternoon that this was the day I came to Denmark for the first time. I have no regrets, I am still just as madly in love with Kristian as I was all those years ago (I know, you need to go get a bucket!haha)  The best thing is that we still have as much fun and laughter as we did that first week that I was here.