{"id":41728,"date":"2024-12-07T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=41728"},"modified":"2025-04-26T14:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T14:47:49","slug":"dusky-skies-hat-knitting-ice-skating-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/dusky-skies-hat-knitting-ice-skating-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusky Skies \/ Hat-Knitting \/ Ice-Skating Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 07 – 15 December 2024, posted online 26 April 2025. The rain is making the plants happy after a long draught.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The march towards Christmas continued, with the promise of longer days soon. Christmas decorations had popped up everywhere, and I started knitting a hat to stave off doom-scrolling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of time was spent gathering, wrapping, and delivering things. We had dinner with friends, celebrated a birthday, I helped a brother hang things, and drove mom to the airport. There was a musical recital, fun at the gym, a sewing club, a passport application, as well as a second job interview!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One is rarely as busy as when one is unemployed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 07 December 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The sky still orange-y at 20 minutes before noon, as the birds waited for food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Getting some things for mom, as she was about to journey to Sweden to stay with one of my brothers. Icelandic candy is in high demand over there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The sky still had light at shortly past 4 that afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lucky us!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 08 December 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Yet another trip to the shopping mall to buy presents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Handy-man-helper time. We managed to hang a large round mirror on that wall, yay for strong muscles!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I wondered if these could be retrofitted to hold regular curtains, but decided it would be a bad idea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Parking charges everywhere! I think this may have been when the payment wouldn’t go through. Turns out you have to pay extra if you use their app. I was not happy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I found a free hat pattern<\/a>, and decided to use wool I’d gotten from mom a couple of decades ago, or so. Knitting helps avoid doomscrolling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monday 09 December 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Festive decorations, part 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Festive decorations, part 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 10 December 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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I drove mom to the airport very, very early. I think one of those bags was just presents from the families!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I’ve learnt over the years that blurb.com usually has 50% off on Black Friday, and this year was no exception. Was a nice deadline to finish my wedding present to this lovely couple!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hat making progress. Patterns are fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 11 December 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Wedding present delivered, only a year plus two months and a few days late!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Late lunch at Ikea, picking up presents, among other things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Picked up seeds for the birds. These would last a few weeks…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hat-making progress! I would learn that washing this wool would make everything stretch out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 12 December 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Approaching the most barricaded house in town, the US embassy. It looks ridiculous, especially compared to all the other official buildings in town, but I guess there’s a template, and it does not get changed between countries?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We had a passport to renew.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Last time this guy would need his parents to accompany him to passport renewals!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Be careful while walking on ice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Now it was Emma’s turn to play a song at a recital. She wasn’t really looking forward to it, but she did a good job.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pretty fruits arrived!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma recently accepted flank steak as an acceptable meat for fajitas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Loops count rapidly going down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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All done!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 13 December 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Busy birds at 9 in the morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Second job interview, at the same place as the week before.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The gym session was yule-themed, so we showed up looking yule-y!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This was good stuff!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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One of the ladies had a birthday, and brought chocolates!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur being a good friend and magicking up a favorite dish for some friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saturday 14 December 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Cousins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Clementines mean Christmas!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yummy pizza!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There was so much wind that a Christmas calendar flew out the window!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Present wrapping continued…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hat got washed with wool soap, and put on a hot spot on the floor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 15 December 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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I drove past a manhole entry that was open, as a scraper had torn the top off, and left it on the street!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sewing club brunch, yum!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I took Emma to see her cousin in the Christmas ice-skating show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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No falling, please!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There were hardly any boys or men there, so a Kenough joke was apt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Final lineup, doing a wave, after a fun show!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A quick chat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Father and daughter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma lighting the second candle out of three that day. Only one more Sunday until Christmas Eve!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 07 – 15 December 2024, posted online 26 April 2025. The rain is making the plants happy after a long draught.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

The march towards Christmas continued, with the promise of longer days soon. Christmas decorations had popped up everywhere, and I started knitting a hat to stave off doom-scrolling. <\/p>\n

A lot of time was spent gathering, wrapping, and delivering things. We had dinner with friends, celebrated a birthday, I helped a brother hang things, and drove mom to the airport. There was a musical recital, fun at the gym, a sewing club, a passport application, as well as a second job interview!<\/p>\n

One is rarely as busy as when one is unemployed!<\/p>\n

Saturday 07 December 2024<\/h2>\n
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The sky still orange-y at 20 minutes before noon, as the birds waited for food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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