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
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