{"id":23229,"date":"2018-12-26T13:08:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T13:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=23229"},"modified":"2019-06-30T13:56:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T13:56:19","slug":"calm-days-between-yule-and-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/calm-days-between-yule-and-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Calm Days Between Yule and the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<em>Photos taken on 26-30 December 2018, posted online 30 June 2019.  We&#8217;ve finally got some rain and clouds, but there&#8217;s quite a bit of yellow grass around still.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were all on holiday between Christmas Day and New Year&#8217;s Eve, because there were only two working days separating the two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We mostly took it veeeery easy, there was one family gathering, we played computer games until late at night, went swimming, I did make it to the gym a few times, and all in all it was quite nice. (15-ish images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Wednesday 26 December 2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_003316.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23231\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_003316.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_003316-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_003316-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption>Anna with her new pineapple lights.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_173338.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23232\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_173338.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_173338-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_173338-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption>Brothers, chowing down.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191914.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23233\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191914.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191914-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191914-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191914-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>Small World being set up.  Bjarki inexplicably in Fabio-mode.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_193802.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23238\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_193802.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_193802-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_193802-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_193802-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>A funny thing happened a little while later&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191933.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23234\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191933.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191933-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191933-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_191933-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>The rest of us played Besserwisser.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_200358.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23235\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_200358.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_200358-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_200358-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_200358-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>So. Much. Yummy. Stuff!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_211516.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23236\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_211516.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_211516-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_211516-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption>Emma happily playing in her cousin&#8217;s room.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_211522.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23237\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_211522.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_211522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_211522-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_211522-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>Cousins chatting.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Friday 28 December 2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181228_145912.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23239\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181228_145912.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181228_145912-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181228_145912-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181228_145912-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>Walking to the swimming pool.  The pool was so popular that day that we needed to park a little ways away!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Saturday 29 December 2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Snapchat-598642663.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23240\" width=\"441\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Snapchat-598642663.jpg 441w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Snapchat-598642663-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><figcaption>We tried playing this board-game, it went pretty well!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_005640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_005640.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_005640-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_005640-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption>After the younger kids had gone to bed, the older folks played <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Witness_(2016_video_game)\">The Witness game<\/a> on the playstation, that we&#8217;d abandoned some two years ago.  We finally made some headway, yes, via a bit of cheating.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Sunday 30 December 2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_123032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23242\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_123032.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_123032-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_123032-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_123032-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>Whoohoo, I made it to the gym!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_144814.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23243\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_144814.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_144814-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_144814-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_144814-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>Post-gym cafe-visit.  It was the busiest I&#8217;ve ever seen it!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_183420.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_183420.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_183420-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_183420-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181230_183420-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>On the way back, I tried out the new self-checkout station at the local grocery shop.  These are here to stay, yay!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<em>Photos taken on 26-30 December 2018, posted online 30 June 2019.  We&#8217;ve finally got some rain and clouds, but there&#8217;s quite a bit of yellow grass around still.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were all on holiday between Christmas Day and New Year&#8217;s Eve, because there were only two working days separating the two. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We mostly took it veeeery easy, there was one family gathering, we played computer games until late at night, went swimming, I did make it to the gym a few times, and all in all it was quite nice. (15-ish images)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Wednesday 26 December 2018<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_003316.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23231\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_003316.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_003316-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MVIMG_20181226_003316-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption>Anna with her new pineapple lights.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/calm-days-between-yule-and-the-new-year\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hrefnas-family","category-us","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23245,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23229\/revisions\/23245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}