{"id":34236,"date":"2022-10-21T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=34236"},"modified":"2023-06-24T12:09:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T12:09:44","slug":"do-all-the-things-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/do-all-the-things-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Do. All. The. Things. Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 15 – 21 October 2022, posted online 24 June 2023. Perpetual clouds covering our area these days. Thankfully it’s fairly warm out.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the third week of my in-between-jobs month, I began to run out of Do. All. The. Things. steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We did manage to invite my immedate family up to the summer house for an overnight stay, and had a nice time. Getting back to town took longer than anticipated, but all went well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I kept up failing at interior designing, went on an evening hike, started working my way through our very out-of-date CD pile (not to mention the floppy disks!), windows got cleaned, gym was visited, and Anna occasionally got a little help with her university homework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 15 October 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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En route to the summer house. The wind was blowing water off the top of the ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Earlier that day, the wind had grabbed the door of the cafe that I frequent, and crashed it into a flowerpot outside, breaking the glass. I don’t think employee handbooks cover such things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The much discussed hospital building finally emerging from the ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Anna likes to drive when we’re going a long ways. Mom in the other front seat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A crowded house!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It was darn cold outside, but the kids gave the trampoline a go.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Turkey for dinner, yum!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 16 October 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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3C is 37 F…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… but outside they went.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Snow visible up high, as one car takes off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I finally replaced this broken socket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We stopped in Borgarnes on the way back, mom had never visited the cozy cafe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Waiting for our food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Rather fruitlessly attempting to copy the painting above of one of the owners. I don’t have enough control over my facial muscles!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The weather was pretty, but still windy. The road on the other side of the tunnel to town was closed due to extreme wind-gusts (and-or a bad accident?), so we ended up hanging out at the cafe for longer than we anticipated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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When the weather forecase began indcating the wind perhaps starting to die down, we set out again. This location is always pretty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Adding some electrical juice to account for extra headwinds, potentially driving around Mount Esja, and having to drive to the west side of town and back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Looking to where the road remained closed, on the right side of Mount Esja. Maybe there was an accident there also, I can’t remember.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Heading into the tunnel under the mouth of the fjord.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The road on the other side remained closed, so we decided to drive the other way around Mount Esja (it is veeeeery wide)…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I think that if we’d waited for the road to open, we’d have arrived at exactly the same time, but at least we got a scenic drive out of the day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monday 17 October 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Enjoying the pretty weather.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This area has seen a nice revival in the last few years, and now they’re asking what more people would like to see.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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First time I’ve gotten cream on the side for a mocha!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The search for compfortable yet sturdy kitchen chairs continued, I really liked sitting in this one, but the metallic legs weren’t my favorite. I really want legs that have supporting bars half way up the legs, where I can rest my own legs (while sitting in another chair), but those are not in fashion right now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 19 October 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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The day began with coffee and fresh scones with clotted cream at a cafe in downtown Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/a>, while my car was being throughly cleaned nearby. The seats had been chronically muddy after all the muddy-pants riding in it the summer before.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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That evening my hiking group met for a hike along Sk\u00f6flungur.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The strava track.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Headlamp, check! Daylight would not last for much longer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Fun fact: All pylons like these have unique id codes on them, so if you’re lost and find one, you can give your location.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Like so.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sk\u00f6flungur literally means “shin”, and it’s a ridge that protrudes from the surrounding area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The darkness below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Watch where you put your feet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Suddenly in a desert?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The local plant life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dinner while looking into the abyss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Walking in the dark is surprisingly enjoyable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We walked back to the cars in the grassy field along the ridge. This is a hike I’d like to redo in daylight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 20 October 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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To-do list: Cleaning our bedroom windows, they get super muddy and salty sometimes after high winds. We have a magnetic gadget which works ok, but I want to buy another one that is a different shape as it’s really hard to get corners well with that square one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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To-do list: Going through the mountain of CDs we have. This lovely 22 year old copy of Microsoft Money 2000 went into the recycling pile. This to-do item ended up draining me dry, and I never quite finished.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 21 October 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Looks like I was tired that day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Waiting at a nearby cafe for Bjarki to finish his music theory class. One of my brothers worked in that building at the time, so this was me waving.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Weirdly, almost all of Anna’s university homeworks were due on or around the weekend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 15 – 21 October 2022, posted online 24 June 2023. Perpetual clouds covering our area these days. Thankfully it’s fairly warm out.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

By the third week of my in-between-jobs month, I began to run out of Do. All. The. Things. steam.<\/p>\n

We did manage to invite my immedate family up to the summer house for an overnight stay, and had a nice time. Getting back to town took longer than anticipated, but all went well.<\/p>\n

I kept up failing at interior designing, went on an evening hike, started working my way through our very out-of-date CD pile (not to mention the floppy disks!), windows got cleaned, gym was visited, and Anna occasionally got a little help with her university homework.<\/p>\n

Saturday 15 October 2022<\/h3>\n
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En route to the summer house. The wind was blowing water off the top of the ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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