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Footy-News

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[Photos from Monday 15 February 2016, written on Tuesday 16 February 2016. Fish for dinner!]

Hello from BrokenFootLand! Things seem to be improving, albeit slowly. The unhappy feeling on the inside of the foot is mostly less unhappy now than it was a week ago, and I’ve hardly taken any painkillers at all. It’s still not fine and dandy, and I sure hope this unhappiness won’t be permanent.

The most troublesome thing is that as soon as I drop the foot down, blood starts collecting in it. It’s like the pumping-blood-up-the-leg is too hard still. This problem is what really keeps me indoors, and stuck on my spot on either the bed, the couch, or kitchen table. I took a photo to demonstrate, see below the fold. (2 images total)

Not my feet. Bjarki took this photo of me as I was trying to coax him to practice guitar.

Emma Ósk is 3 Years Old

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[Photos from 12 February 2016, posted on 16 February 2016. It’s light out until 6:30 pm!]

Our adorable munchkin is now 3 years old! (9 images total)

Daycare sent us this fun image of Emma!

Early February: In Sickness and in Health

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[Photos from Wednesdays 10-17 February 2016, posted on 17 February 2016. It’s late though, might not make it.]

It’s been a slightly unusual week in casa del Fjallalind. We began with Ash Wednesday (sort of our Halloween), where photos were taken of the big siblings in costumes, but adorable little BuzzEmma Lightyear slipped past her daddy’s camera. On Thursday, both toilets needed fixing. On Friday was Emma’s 3rd birthday, which sadly ended with her getting a stomach bug.

On Saturday, Finnur had a big day and evening planned with some friends, so we’d arranged for sleepovers for both Emma and Bjarki. (Yes, Finnur’s parents, also known as The Saints, took Emma on with a dodgy stomach. Adda & co. also deserve applause for taking on a child from a stomach-bugged home.) Shortly after they left, Anna went to visit a friend, which left me all alone, yet again. And then my grandmother Hrefna called from our parking lot to see if we were home, and then I wasn’t alone anymore!

Sunday was a quiet day, but Monday saw Anna being sent home from school with a dodgy stomach. She never vomited, but came close a couple of times. She stayed home Tuesday, and today, Wednesday, Emma was sent home from daycare with a nasty persistent cough. Finnur took her to the health clinic, and although she does not appear to have pneumonia, she has ‘something’, so she’ll be taking zithromax (commonly given for the ‘walking pneumonia’ among other things) for the next couple of days.

On to some photos! (13 images total)

Emma today (17 Feb), after drinking yogurt from a cup.

Four Weeks Since Ankle Breakage

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[Written 8 February 2016.] Today marks the four week anniversary of me botching an ice-slippage landing so spectacularly that I broke multiple bones in and around my right ankle. Time moves both fast and slow. So, how are things? Well, they’re not bad, but not fabulous either. I keep hopping around on my left foot (withRead more

Cream-Puff Day Prep 2015

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[Photos from Sunday 7 February 2016, posted online 8 February 2016. It’s a nice day out!]

With cream-puff day (bolludagur) looming, it was time to make cream-puffs! Anna and I made the puffs themselves, while Finnur and Anna did the filling and topping.

We used the following recipe, re-posted from here, and translated to English:

4 dl water
160 g butter
250 g flour
0.25 tsp baking powder (some recipes use salt and no baking powder)
5 eggs if molding with spoons, 6 if squeezing out of a tube

Put water and butter in a pot, and bring to a boil, melting all the butter. Meanwhile, mix together flour and baking powder. When the water and butter start boiling, remove from heat, and mix in the flour and baking powder. Stir vigorously with a spatula until the dough is smooth and consistent, and does not stick to the pot.

COOL the dough well, you don’t want to cook the eggs when you put them in! Put one egg in at a time, stirring it well into the dough. The end result should hold its shape pretty well. If it’s liquidy, you’re probably in trouble.

Mold with two spoons and put on a baking plate. Bake for 30-35 minutes at 210°C (200°C if using blow). Do not open the oven until the puffs are almost done, or they may deflate.

So, with that out of the way, here are some photos! (12 photos total)

The end result. Yum!

Parental Meetings at School

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[Photos from 03 February 2016, posted on 05 February 2016. No more melty-snowstorm.]

I expected to get more done on the blogging front but a) my brain was hijacked by a new book series, which I’m having a very hard time putting down, and b) we had parental meetings this week, and my energy levels are apparently good for “one thing per day”. Also, going to the school on crutches was So. Much. Fun! (Not!)

The parental meetings at school went well. Both Bjarki and Anna seem happy at school, and are generally doing well. Anna is actually doing extremely well, scoring 9-10 out of 10 in every single subject. Her teacher describes her as even-keeled, and we struggled to find stuff to talk about.

Bjarki is reading fast, as he’s already achieved a reading speed two grades up. When he’s interested, he also understands what he’s reading. We see this in him as he’s now storming through Harry Potter (he’s on book #3). He’s also started to become a little more interested in interacting with the boys in his class, when up until now, he’s mostly focused on boys a grade below himself, possibly because two of them live on our street. He still has his strengths and weaknesses, but is definitely moving forwards.

Overall, both teachers sounded very positive, so that was good.

So yes, I’m made it out of the house lately, but now I’m back on the couch. Here, have some photos! (5 images total)

The couch is where it’s at!

Blog-Dates Fixed

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Now that life has slowed down to a literal crawl, I’m trying to fill in some of the blogging gaps from last year. So far this January I’ve worked my way back past Christmas, and then I got very confused, because posts belonging to July and forward were still arranged by when they were written,Read more

The End of January … From the Couch

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[Photos from 28-31 January 2016, posted online 4 February. Lots of snow coming down, with wind. Oh fun!]

Since I’m stuck on the couch, this blog is stuck on the couch. Deal with it.

Yes, here follow more photos taken from my corner on the couch. It mostly just the kids, but we did entertain Saturday dinner guests, which was nice. The biggest news was probably Anna winning a bronze medal in Shot Put (kúluvarp) in her age group, during her first track and field meet ever. (15 images total)

Thursday 28 January 2016

Bjarki, hunched over a screen of some kind.

Photos From the Couch

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[Photos taken on 27 January, posted on 27 January 2016. Good sign?]

I got Finnur to hand me the big camera, and took a few photos from my permanent position on the couch. Yes, I’m booooored! Only 8 more weeks until I can fully step on my foot.

Yesterday morning I went to the hospital and the nurse removed all the sutures. I took before photos (nothing much has changed), but she didn’t want me to photograph her working, and then the doctor came to chat, so I have no photos of a suture-free foot.

Instead, I now have a “walking cast”, meaning I’m allowed to put the foot down, but not put pressure on it. Four weeks from now the cast will be removed, and then I will be allowed to put my foot down a little, but not fully. Apparently there’s a screw in there which I can break if I’m not careful, and if it breaks, they can’t fully remove it. Oh joy!

But yes, photos from the couch. Here you go! (16 images total)

My new cast, with detachable sole.

Days Pass By

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[Photos from 16 January to 21 January 2016. Life continues.]

Now that my world has dwindled down to the bed or the sofa, there are precious few things to photograph. But here are a few anyway. (7 images total)

Early Saturday January 16 2016

Finnur being tested for sleep apnea. The test came back totally negative (no signs of sleep apnea), although I maintain his breathing quality varies between nights. For better or for worse, this was a good night, but that has thankfully been the trend lately.