{"id":31180,"date":"2021-12-08T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=31180"},"modified":"2022-04-24T11:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T11:42:13","slug":"bird-feeding-forest-visiting-sewing-club-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/bird-feeding-forest-visiting-sewing-club-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Feeding, Forest Visiting & Sewing Club Hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 08 – 17 December 2021, posted online 23 April 2022. Our first family trip abroad in three years has come and gone! Copenhagen was niiiice!<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December is always busy, busy, busy. Covid-19 reared it’s annoying head again, so we worked from home a bit, but then I got fed up with that and returned to the office for a bit. Schools remained open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The days passed doing work, feeding the birds, hosting a sewing club, going on a Christmas forest-adventure, and running Christmas related errands. (40-ish images total)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 08 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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According to my December photos, my December purpose in life was feeding the backyard birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Christmas decorations had been pulled out, and I resorted to tea-drinking and chocolate eating to keep brain functional for work. Yes, the (pre-invasion!) Russian Santa that Finnur bought on his travels is hiding a hand-sanitizer from early covid.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 09 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Winter was in full swing, this was taken at 9 am where I gave up on the tea, and went to the coffee shop to start the work day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I came down with something, so I went in for a free rapid test. Was negative, but missed that evening’s organized hiking event.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This location had a tendency to either be totally full or very empty. This time the line was out the door, and it was seriously difficult to maintain a 2 m distance indoors.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2 pm food party.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Friday 10 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I went to the pet store to stock up on bird food, and contemplated if I should attempt to build a proper birdhouse or two…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Switching between the home and actual office had wrecked my posture and my back was a mess. Back to physical therapy! When I returned to the proper office I tried to emulate my home office (and the kid sized desk) by having the monitor In. My. Face. so as to avoid my head dropping forward.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Emma watching the birds eat.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Emma got invited to an actual (small) birthday party! Dress time!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Emma has the foresight to order braided hair in time for fancy events, because she likes her hair curled.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 11 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Being creative, and unable to host a regular yule-ball for the kids, my work invited families to sign up for a Christmas-tale in the forest! We showed up at 6 pm, and were told where to start our journey.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Glad to be a proud owner of multiple headlamps.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The event was put on by a local theater troupe that has been doing spin offs of popular fairy tales for years. We followed various types of signs to arrive at a location where one actor would do a skit, and then be sent onwards.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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There are small spots in Iceland with actually quite tall trees!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our first stop was with the littlest Santa, St\u00fafur. He gave us some things to give to his other family members.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Santa’s mom, Gr\u00fdla, had a fearsome nose!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Random sibling had a lovely light show.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Santa’s dad, Leppal\u00fa\u00f0i, doing a dance!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Some 40 minutes after entering we exited through this lighted tunnel, with grins on our faces.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photo op with the guiding Santa, who told us we could get hot chocolate and ginger snaps in the red wagon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mmmm, sugar!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 12 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I was responsible for dinner, and finally remembered to go out and pick some of the carrots from the box outside. They were still good!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The washed haul.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Monday 13 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Annual gift card from work for Christmas. Time to go shopping!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Back in the gym… looks like 1 km at a decent speed.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 14 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Unexpected! A certain cut of chicken was unavailable due to a shortage from the supplier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Work distributed boxes with decorations, but certain areas hoarded all of them, and my little first floor area didn’t get any. So we improvised.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 15 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I remember I had some Christmas decorations in my cubby at work, and added to the festivities!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I decided to host a sewing club, and got Anna to make some filled dough-horns for us.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Are you drooling yet?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Not too shabby! Expecting guests!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Table close-up.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sewing club leftovers made me quite popular with the kiddos.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 16 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Finnur being a funny guy with Emma’s “write five words” assignment. (“Help! My parents are forcing me to read!!”)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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December is always utterly overwhelming. This year, as I approached the annual melt-down, I wrote down All. The. Things. and shared with Finnur. It did relieve a bit of pressure, just to not have to remember everything always, and made delegating a bit easier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 17 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Gifts set for export!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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More gifts being prepped!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 08 – 17 December 2021, posted online 23 April 2022. Our first family trip abroad in three years has come and gone! Copenhagen was niiiice!<\/em>]<\/p>\n

December is always busy, busy, busy. Covid-19 reared it’s annoying head again, so we worked from home a bit, but then I got fed up with that and returned to the office for a bit. Schools remained open. <\/p>\n

The days passed doing work, feeding the birds, hosting a sewing club, going on a Christmas forest-adventure, and running Christmas related errands. (40-ish images total)<\/p>\n

Wednesday 08 December 2021<\/h3>\n
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According to my December photos, my December purpose in life was feeding the backyard birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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