I spent yesterday visiting various shops, getting small bits and pieces that had slipped under my radar, but popped up again when I wrote down the epic list of stuff to do for the house. I’m talking about things like felt floor-protectors to put under chairs, more plastic bins, hangers, small light fixtures, etc… The biggestRead more
Today I decided to try something ‘new’. Yes, I took a bus for the first time in probably a decade (if not more)! My goal was to get from our home to Finnur’s workplace, and to collect the car for some errands. I was running a little late, so I didn’t fancy a 90 minuteRead more
I noticed last week that I’m stressed. When I really shouldn’t be. Because I have nothing to stress about, right? My main obligations are to make sure the household runs relatively smoothly, and it does so almost on auto-pilot at this point in time. Oh, and I need to learn how to not stress whenRead more
This past Friday a grand old storm hit Iceland. We had unusual amounts of wind, but thankfully no snow, rain or storm surges (the north got snowed in however). Quite a few people in the city got blown over, and roofs were damaged. Once the wind died down on Saturday, it had left our houseRead more
[Written 7 November 2012]
I’m slowly passing from just looking fat (like usual) to having an actual ‘baby bump’, so I wrangled Finnur into taking a few pictures. It was too late at night for anything fancy, the flash was acting up, and Finnur’s super tall, so these are far from ‘elegant’ but they get the point across – I hope. According to the ultrasound I’m 24 weeks and 1 day along here (4 Nov 2012):
Preggers Hrefna at 24w1d (according to ultrasound) – or 24w4 according to more traditional methods.
Bare belly pic after the jump:
Icelanders don’t actually celebrate Halloween , but Finnur carved a couple of pumpkins out last night anyway. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! 🙂 (These last few years, Ash Wednesday in February/March has morphed into something Halloween-esque, with kids dressing up, and trick-or-treating various shops – so they do get an annual dose of random candy!)Read more
At this very moment, Finnur’s working hard on carving his big pumpkin for Halloween this year. Yes, in the spirit of honoring the fact that both Anna and Bjarki are US citizens, we decided to splurge on pumpkins this year. Because how can one resist this: … knowing just how much Finnur enjoys putting onRead more
The days have been getting progressively shorter for a while now, but we’ve now reached a point where it’s still pitch dark outside at 07:05 when our alarms go off, and it’s barely starting to light up when Anna leaves for school shortly before 8 am. This shift in sunrise has hit Bjarki particularly hard,Read more
Anna’s school was closed today and yesterday for their ‘winter break’, which one is supposed to use for quality time with ones children. Bjarki’s daycare stayed open though, and Finnur couldn’t take any time off, so it was just me and her. And what did I make her do? Clean Her Room. I am soRead more
[Written 26 October 2012]
I mentioned in a previous post that we’d given Anna a week to recuperate after taking her arm-splint off, before signing her up for trice-weekly hour-long swim practices with Breiðablik, our local sports club at our local pool. Well, three weeks later, it was time for the first swim meet of the season. It was a two-day meet (Friday and Saturday), but since we planned to leave town that weekend, Anna got signed up for two events on Friday only. They were perhaps somewhat longer swims than she would otherwise have swum, but she survived so I guess it was ok. 🙂
Since this was a pretty big meet, with three sports clubs in attendance, and competitors ranging from 7-20 years old, there were lots of heats, where they tried to match up kids of similar ability and/or age. Also, this was her second swim-meet ever, her first one was last November.
Sitting on the bleachers after ‘warm-up’, waiting for her turn.