Bjarki vs. Reality
[Written 01 February 2014] Finnur picked Bjarki up from after-school-care this Friday afternoon, and it was immediately apparent that Bjarki was in a bad mood/hungry/tired/cranky/you name it-he had it. They managed to go to the store to pick up dinner (sushi!) but by the time they got home they’d gotten into a tiff over whetherRead more
Ex-CA Women’s Sewing Club
[Written 01 February 2014] I realized some time ago that I was long past due hosting a sewing club for the Ex-Californian Women, but holiday stress, illnesses, and scheduling difficulties pushed it to the end of January. (Turns out I last hosted a club in November 2012, ahem!). For some reason, everybody but one guestRead more
Fake-Football-Fanclub Outing #3: Photo Exhibit at the National Museum of Iceland and Cafe Haiti
How time flies!!
Today was the third outing of the FFF (3xF?) club, and I was in the mood to be arty.
The art of choice was the opening of a new photo-exhibition by female Icelandic photographers dating from 1872-2013, called ‘From a Different Angle…‘ at the National Museum of Iceland.
Overall I really liked the show. The photos were undeniably ‘feminine’ in that they portrayed views that felt quite intimate, and/or home-y.
They “rang true”, is about as succinctly as I can put it! (31 images total)
I parked by the main building of the University of Iceland. The museum is on its right.
Siblings Wearing Wool
The school asked kids to come to school wearing something ‘national’, i.e. woolen. Luckily, Eyrún, Finnur’s very talented sister, loves to knit, and has given the kids a few woolen jumpers. Yay!Read more
Ice Ice Baby
[Written 25 January 2014]
This winter’s been a little unusual in that a sheet of ice has covered the capital area pretty much since early December.
One result is that our street is crazy bumpy due to uneven ice, and the other is that our poor neighbors have had to skate to their cars in the morning, because their drive-way isn’t heated like ours.
So they decided to do something about it. (8 images total)
I took the kids swimming this Sunday morning, and when we came back, we noticed that our neighbors were attempting to thaw some of the ice in their driveway via a mostly unsupervised hose with hot water pouring out. Anna jumped at the chance to supervise…
Emma Climbs
[Written 24 January 2014]
Emma’s not walking yet, although she’s started to occasionally let go while standing.
Walking doesn’t seem to be a huge priority for her though – she’s mostly trying to get to the places we’ve cordoned off, via pushing furniture around and climbing.
Oh, dear! (15 images total)
Thursday 16 January 2014
Well, hello there phone. Can I get you? You’re a little high up. What if I put my toe there?… (The phone got promptly moved onto the keyboard.)
Epic Tidying
[Written 24 January 2014] Those who’ve visited us often will know that we’re not the tidiest of people. Sure, we keep cooking and eating surfaces clean, but we’ve never been the world’s best at controlling clutter. But every now and then, something snaps, and epic tidying happens. And so it was one recent evening, whileRead more
Kjarvalsstaðir aka The First Fake-Football-Fanclub Event
My darling, darling, darling husband, whom I love more than dark chocolate, likes football a lot.
And that’s great. I looove that he has a hobby (I have similarly engrossing hobbies in my online life), buuuut (could you see the buuut coming?), admittedly, I’ve been a bit miffed that he has a reason to physically venture out of the house every weekend (more or less) for upwards of two hours, come rain, hell, or snowstorms.
So, I’ve been trying to think of something equivalent for me to do, but there aren’t a lot of organized events for people who just want to do something different or special for two hours, sans children. And going to the gym is way too pedestrian.
And thus I decided to form a Fake-Football-Fanclub. Which will operate like a football fanclub, as in have a set time and event to attend every weekend (or close to it) picked by me.
The plan for now is to do something between 3-5 pm on either the Saturday or Sunday (opposite of Finnur’s engagement probably), and for now I’m working with ideas off of the TripAdvisor Activities list for Reykjavik.
The Fake-Football-Fanclub is called Ekki-aðdáendaklúbbur Shrewsbury Town (Not-Fanclub of Shrewsbury Town), and by making it public, I’m putting pressure on my self to both plan and go do stuff!! And of course, if someone wants to tag along, the more the merrier! 🙂
(Shrewsbury Town got picked due to Þráinn’s suggestion that Shrewsbury is the birthplace of Darwin, which is cool.)
So. Today was my first outing.
I decided to be arty, and visit Kjarvalsstaðir (The Place of Kjarval) which is a museum with two show areas, one of which is pretty permanently dedicated to the prolific Icelandic painter Jóhannes S. Kjarval, and the other houses random showings. Today was the last day of the showing for Alexander Rodchenko: Revolution in Photography (wikipedia link).
And in spite of my sometimes snarky commentary (see below), I had a very good time. 🙂 (47 images total)
The weather outside was blistery, but not too bad.
Keyboard Fun
Emma’s recently discovered that crawling all over our big keyboard is a lot of fun! And fiddling with the light over it is also fun when it’s getting dark… (3 images and 2 videos total) Emma crawling all over the keyboard while Anna plays a little. Which reminds me… I totally forgot to postRead more
About Weight
I’ve been meaning to write a post about body weight, mine in particular, for a looong time, particularly about my goal to ‘not gain weight’ as opposed to ‘lose weight’. But I’ve shied away from it because, ugh, aren’t we all supposed to be striving to weigh less? Yesterday I stumbled upon this TED talkRead more