The end and the beginning...

Tomorrow will be my last day in my current job. I will miss most of my co-workers, but I will for sure not miss the work for now, I'm ready for change...
I'm not totally stopping in the department store, just changing to another department. I will now be in the department for gardening, tools and paint... I will be pretty much lost when I start, but I'm also super excited to try something new. I will get a really great and funny boss, the most amazing co-workers, okay that might actually come to a draw between them and my current co-workers...
It won't be starting the new job until February 1st so tomorrow afternoon will be the end of almost 2 years in the department for office applies, kitchenware and perfume, but also the beginning of my 2 week long holiday (very much needed).
Our department store won a community award in December, and for the money we won, they have hired one of most popular Danish stand up artist to perform for us for 45 minutes tomorrow morning before opening. That is so cool, I almost can't wait:D
Enjoy your weekend...

How hard can it be...

Well for quite a while I have been looking at all these different pearls etc. that people use for making jewelry. Well I ended up thinking how hard can it be to make these, by now almost everyone makes them, so why not give it a try? This week they have different pearls, and other jewellery making things on sale in the store that I work in, so today I bought just the basics and gave it a try...

Well its actually not that hard, but harder than I thought it would be. But I will for sure be continuing, I believe practice makes perfect. Tonight I have made 2 pairs, and would love to make more, but I have stopped for now, because I only have one colour pearls, different shapes and sizes, but just one colour, and who wants 20 pair on dark beige earrings?

Well here is some pictures of the earrings I made...

My first pair of homemade earrings:)

My second pair of homemade earrings

New Years Pictures

A few New Years Eve pictures, more might follow...

A Danish Tradition with table bombs with confetti, and this was a big one...

Me trying to blow a whistle...

Me and my sister in law with Dracula teeth...

Some of the fireworks at midnight

More fireworks...

Happy New Year

2009 have ended and 2010 have begun, and what a beginning, we had a blast of a party at our place (pictures will follow soon). I had been working long days the last few days, so I had feared that by midnight I would be too drunk to see the fireworks, but somehow the alcohol didn't hit that hard, and instead of getting tired, I got more energy. We celebrated New Year with a friend of mine from kindergarten and her husband, my husbands sister and 4 of her friends. The best thing was my friend and her husband sleeping over, and they helped clean up this morning, so then they left at noon, the dishes were done, the floor vacuumed, empty bottles removed etc. So all that was for left for us to do, was to relax and eat the leftovers of our fab dinner.

Looking back on 2009 its been a year with ups and downs. In April we got married, and had a wedding better than we could have imagined it. In the church my old conductor played a few hymns, and it was hard to keep the tears away while walking into the church hearing him play. Unfortunately I never got to properly thank him for it, just 2 weeks later he suddenly died from an infection, and we all (the old brass band) played at his funeral.

My husband and I in front of the place we had our wedding

This summer we spent our vacation visiting a friend working and living in Singapore for a few years, and from there we went to Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia. It was the most amazing vacation, getting away from everything at home, I guess I at that time all ready was getting tired and stressed about work. It had not been one of our big wishes to go to Asia, but then the opportunity to visit a friend came up we took it, and I must say Asia is a lot more than I had imagined.

Me in front of Angkor Wat, Cambodia

2009 was also the year I turned 30, and in August we arranged a theme party, the theme being the TV show "Survivor", we had split the guests into 2 teams a red and a blue team. They then had to compete in different small competitions as eating with chopsticks, diving for apples in a bucket, solving sodukos etc. It was such and success that it now will be an annual thing.

The red team at our survivor party

The blue team at our survivor party

August was also the month that I got enough of my work, and I broke down crying, told them I couldn't handle it any longer. Most of them were really understanding, and I they tried finding something else for me, which I will be starting in February.

The last part of the year has work wise been some long months, but I can now begin to see the end of it. On the home front this year has been one of the best, only with a few bad things happening. So my wishes for 2010 it that it will be just as good, and it all ready looks to be a good one, we have at least 1 or 2 weddings we are attending in 2010. One of them is my brothers, he proposed on Christmas Eve. The other wedding are we still a bit unsure if we are attending, its a Finnish friend of mine from my time as an Au pair in Maryland, USA, who is getting married. She now lives in Canada and they are probably having the wedding in The Dominican Republic, and I would love to got, but I just have to figure out how we can arrange our vacation and the economic side of it as well. We have also planned a summer vacation to USA, so the look out for 2010 is good, and I how it can full fill my expectations.

Christmas is here...

Ohh Christmas is here, and I'm a bit excited, almost like when I was a kid. The snow is still here, though starting to melt, but its a white Christmas:)

We are spending Christmas eve at my husbands parents together with his sister. We take turns spending Christmas at my parents and at his parents, I think its the 3rd time we are spending it at his parents, and this time I'm more excited about it than usual, I must be getting older and more mature... but lets face it, Christmas at mum and dads are just a tiny bit better;)

So tonight we are at his parents, with the big dinner and all the presents, and tomorrow we are going to my parents for a few days, and more presents waiting, because I haven't been able to meet up with my brother before Christmas, so their presents are waiting tomorrow.

And then on Sunday I'll be back to work, and taking back all the things people have been given, and they don't want, need, fits or have got several of, somehow by then the real joy of Christmas has gone...

Well until when I'm going to enjoy a White Christmas, with carols, candy and presents, yeah... Merry Christmas everybody...

Our backyard covered in snow

Christmas is so close...

I can't believe that Christmas is so close... I haven't completely gotten into the spirit of Christmas yet, though the snow we have been getting over the past 5 days have helped. Though I can't remember when we last had snow for Christmas in Denmark, so in some way I would like it to stay till Christmas, but I would also like a bit warmer weather, go global warming! The past 2 weeks have gone by so fast, I have finished my Christmas shopping, and that might be good because it looks like I will be working a lot the next 3 days, and have been working a lot the past 1 weeks.
I had Monday off this week, though I didn't do much, since I had been working late Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and went to a Christmas get together with some former colleagues on Sunday night, which I really enjoyed. So on Monday I was sleeping till 10.30 and went to the gym, which was a bit surreal, first there was only 4 others there, and these 4 were all over the age of 60, and talking about their grand kids. So I just kept to myself, finished my training, a bit faster than normal, and went home. The rest of the day I spent wrapping my presents and taking care of the sofa and the TV, they had missed me much that weekend:)
Though nothing much have been on TV the past 2 weeks, well not that the screen have been black, but I think about 80% of what was shown on the main 2 Danish channels have been about the COP15, all the talk about global warming just got enough, they had a journalist in the airport looking out for Air Force One and Obama, but lets face its not all that interesting.
In hope of getting in the Christmas spirit within the next 3 days, I wish you all a merry Christmas...

I have a long week ahead of me...

Another weekend is coming to an end, and I feel like I haven't got any time to rest, but that might partly be my own fault. I went on a weekend trip with a brass band I used to play in growing up, we had a theme weekend, the theme being "memory lane". We were quite a few people, some that I haven't seen for 8-10 years, and we had the best time, playing some old tunes, talking about the good old days, and of course partying like the good old days, but the partying also means less sleep. So I'm off to bed a bit early today, and I can hardly bare thinking about the week to come, I have to work all next weekend, so the first possible day off will be next Monday or Tuesday, so 7 or 8 days before I'm able to sleep in...
I had a day off this week, and started my Christmas shopping, and by now I only need 2 more gifts before finishing, that's really a joy to think about, especially when I hear people complaining they haven't started yet.
Well I'm off to bed...