We got our first proper snowfall yesterday, and it’s finally cold enough outside for the snow to stick around for a bit. 🙂 Not surprisingly, Anna spent all of yesterday out sledding, even though the grass is only just barely covered with snow. Today, the kids went out again, this time with a friend: UPDATE!Read more
[WARNING: This post mentions blood-draws, and lots of them. Don’t read if squeamish!!] This morning I went into the hospital to undergo a ‘blood glucose tolerance test‘, which screens for pregnancy-induced diabetes (meðgöngusykursýki). The test consists of three blood-draws, spaced an hour apart. One shows up at 8 am in the morning having fasted fromRead more
We started re-arranging Anna’s room last 23 September, by adding a new desk, and shuffling the other furniture around. Then nothing much happened until a month later, when I was evil, and made Anna help me sort through all her stuff during her two days of winter break from school. The next day I madeRead more
Back in late August I took the first stab at organizing Bjarki’s stuff in his room. One important part of this organizing was to label his toy buckets so that it would be easier to find toys and tidy up. Having all the time in the world, I decided to make my own labels forRead more
Belonging to a ‘sewing club’ (eat good food and chat once per month or so) of Icelandic women in California went a long ways towards saving my sanity at times while at school. I still remember walking into ‘a real home’ for the first time in a month, after only hanging out in student housingRead more
This post is just to remind myself NOT to go on multiple-hour-long shopping trips in the next few months. After spending about 4 hours on my feet last Thursday, a rather central part of my body (the front-most part of my pelvis) staged a mutiny, and now I’m walking around slowly like an old ladyRead more
Today was the annual Christmas Photo Session. This year I had two flashes going, one on my camera, and one behind a white umbrella on the right, and we used our dark blue fleece blanket as backdrop. It’s the same blanket that we used when Bjarki was small (black and white images, in color). Here are some of the images from today (click on the link below the top one to see the rest):
My pretties. 🙂
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