Frame-Staining / Confirmation / Spring-y Choir
[Photos taken 22 April 2025, posted online 8 14 February 2026. Still no precipitation, but it’s freezing cold outside. Brrrr…]
With Easter holiday all done and dusted, it was time for more spring tasks, as the sun kept staying up in the sky for longer and longer.
There were walks, some biking, gymming, a confirmation party, and a lot of wood-staining. I attended a spring-y choral performance, and we went out to dinner with friends.
Tuesday 22 April 2025
HP Confirmation Party / Swedes Leave / Lake Walk-Jog
[Photos taken 13 – 16 April 2025, posted online 01 February 2026. At this rate I’ll soon end up a whole year “behind” myself…]
We had the pleasure of attending my niece’s Harry Potter themed confirmation party on a lovely afternoon. The Swedes returned to their home a couple of days later, and then it was just “waiting for easter holiday”-time!
Sunday 13 April 2025
On a Red Light Show/ The Swedes / Family Time
[Photos taken 08 – 12 April 2025, posted online 31 January 2026. Still almost no precipitation on our shores, while the UK is getting drenched.]
The Swedish contingent arrived for an Easter visit, which was fun for us! I was cultural and went to a show (of the one-woman-kind), and almost peed my pants laughing. Us, the siblings, managed to book ourselves and mom for a lunch, and the weather kept oscillating between spring and winter.
Tuesday 08 April 2025
Confirmation Photos / Sewing Club / Napoleon
[Photos taken 09 – 15 March 2025, posted online 26 October 2025. First snow of the winter season fell overnight, not nearly enough to cover up the grass, but the nights have been cold enough that it’s sticking around.]
This year’s confirmation season was relatively quiet, with only one cousin ascending to the halls of “being counted as an adult” (the wording is probably from when kids were big enough to participate fully in farm-work?). I was happy to take photos of the confirmed-one-to-be, although yet again I swore to one day really update my gear, so I don’t have to fight the lighting quite so much.
That same weekend, Bjarki and two buddies scored the third place in a programming competition, and each got $80/EUR70/ISK10000 for their hard work. The rest of the week saw warmer weather, a haircut, a swim, a ladies lunch, I hosted a sewing club, and we went on an outing to a theatrical production paired with wine.
Lastly, be warned that at the very bottom of the page are a couple of photos of a burst ganglion cyst…
Sunday 09 March 2025
Birthdays / Flowers / More Daylight
[Photos taken 01 – 08 March 2025, posted online 25 October 2025. Overnight frost has arrived, and thus bird-feeding has resumed.]
March is a birthday bonanza month. This time around I turned 48 years old, so I just have a couple of years to go until the big five-oh! We also belatedly formally celebrated Emma’s 12 year birthday, and mostly totally ignored our 25th wedding anniversary.
This first week of March was a mix of things, there was creme-puff-day, costumes for Ash Wednesday (now Halloween #2), an uncomfortable finger-ganglion cyst (mild yuk-photo warning), gym-sessions, and very suddenly a lot more daylight, but the frost held on.
Saturday 01 March 2025
12th Birthday / Increased Daylight / UK Winter Break
[Photos taken 12 – 21 February 2025, posted online 13 September 2025. It’s bright but windy day, the leaves have begun turning although the air temperature has been unseasonably high.]
Emma’s 12 birthday finally arrived, much to her joy! We had a mini celebration at home on the day, and she invited a few friends over a few days later. Further celebrations had to wait as a) I got sick and, b) we were headed to the UK for a school winter-break visit.
In the meantime, the days kept getting longer with the sun higher in the sky, which meant taking down yule-lights, and cleaning windows.
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Annual Photoshoot / Snow Scraping / Gatherings
[Photos taken 16 – 22 December 2024, posted online 27 April 2025. My main has been devouring Dungeon Crawler Carl books at an unhealthy rate, I need to get through them so I can start sleeping again…!]
It was time for the annual photoshoot, so I could complete the annual-family-photo-calendar, which I’ve stubbornly made for close to 20 years now. (I clearly suffer from some mental condition!)
Early in the week I got and accepted a job offer! I would be starting at Varist on 7 January 2025. Very exciting!
The week passed in a blur of activity. I did a lot of snow scraping as the local scraper kept leaving snow in unfortunate places. I prepped a new knitting project, attended a birthday party, met Finnur’s coworkers for dinner, there was tidying up for Christmas, and continued decorating. We also started prepping for house guests that would be arriving soon after Christmas.
Monday 16 December 2024
Dusky Skies / Hat-Knitting / Ice-Skating Show
[Photos taken 07 – 15 December 2024, posted online 26 April 2025. The rain is making the plants happy after a long draught.]
The march towards Christmas continued, with the promise of longer days soon. Christmas decorations had popped up everywhere, and I started knitting a hat to stave off doom-scrolling.
A lot of time was spent gathering, wrapping, and delivering things. We had dinner with friends, celebrated a birthday, I helped a brother hang things, and drove mom to the airport. There was a musical recital, fun at the gym, a sewing club, a passport application, as well as a second job interview!
One is rarely as busy as when one is unemployed!
Saturday 07 December 2024
British Museum / Hannah Gadsby / Bluewater
[Photos taken 08 – 10 November 2024, posted online 16 March 2025. Spring is in the air! Predictably the garage calls out for a spring cleaning, but I just don’t wanna!]
Hannah Gadsby was kind enough to bring both Douglas and Body of Work to Iceland, but when it became clear that Woof would not grace our shores, I caved and decided to use it as a good excuse to visit London for a weekend, all by my lonesome self, staying at dad’s and Shirley’s place.
I decided to expand on the day of the show a bit, and started out at the (somewhat controversial) British Museum where I oooh-ed and aaahhh-ed over shaped rocks and metals from very long ago. I then scarfed down an uninspiring hamburger and fries for dinner, before having a grand time at the show. I just barely caught one of the last trains back to home-base, but it was a very good day overall.
The following day we ventured to the Bluewater shopping center, where I vaguely recall finding a few things, but as I was traveling with hand-luggage only, my space was limited. The following morning, dad dropped me off at the airport, and that was the end of my long weekend.
Friday 08 November 2024
Winter Arrival Prep / Forest Walks / Solo UK Trip
[Photos taken 01 – 07 November 2024, posted online 09 March 2025. Bright sunny-but-chilly weather outside. The days have gotten longer, it’s now bright outside when we leave the house in the mornings, and well past dinnertime. ]
It started getting chilly in November, which meant feeding the wild birds.
There were two birthday parties in one weekend, that week I gymmed, gamed, and walked in the forest a lot, also knitted a headband, gave a car some love, before getting on an airplane to London on a Thursday, to see a show there the following evening.
Friday 01 November 2024
