Whiskey

Jeg fik ikke drukket Irish Coffee før eller på min fødselsdag, men jeg har GODT nok taget revanche og drukket det hele 3 aftener i træk her i weekenden! Så i dag er der en opskrift til din whiskey. En lille "cowl", sådan en dejlig halsting som varmer lige der hvor man har brug for det. Strik den til en flaske du skal give som gave, eller bare for sjov. Opskriften finder du her. 
 

I never had any Irish Coffee before or on my birthday, but I've REALLY gotten even since I had it 3 nights in a row this weekend! So today you will get a pattern for your whiskey. A little cowl, warming the neck right where it's needed. Knit it for a bottle you are giving away as a gift, or just for fun. The pattern can be found here. 

Ikke Fanø / Not Fanø

Jeg troede jeg skulle til Fanø fredag-lørdag. Alt var pakket og klart. Men efter at have gjort mit bedste for at ignorere min forkølelse hele ugen, vågnede jeg fredag morgen med en stemme som et pivedyr. 

Såååååååå....... Lørdagen blev brugt derhjemme og blev rigtig hyggelig (og billigere). 

Jeg håber og tror at Irish Coffee faktisk kan gøre noget ved forkølelser. Det smager ihvertfald godt og gør humøret bedre!

I thought I would be going to Fanø on Friday and Saturday. Everything was packed and ready. But after doing my utmost to ignore a cold all week, I woke up on Friday with a voice like a squeky toy. 

Sooooo...... Saturday was spent at home and turned out really nice (and cheaper). 

I hope and believe that Irish Coffee can actually help colds. Indeed it tastes increadibly yummy and helps raise my mood!

Helsingborg

Denne uge har budt på en tur til Helsingborg. Det føles som at bestige et bjerg når man skal gå fra stationen op til sygehuset, men til gengæld er det dejligt nemt på vej tilbage......

Togene kørte forbløffende fint (for en gangs skyld!) og på vej hjem gik jeg forbi den lille garnbutik som meget praktisk ligger på vejen mellem sygehus og station (hvis man går den rigtige vej, altså!)

This week came with a trip to Helsingborg. It feels like climbing a mountain when walking from the station up to the hospital, but then it's really easy going back down......

The trains were running surprisingly well (for once!) and on the way back I passed the small yarn shop that is so conveniently located between the hospital and station (if you pick the right way!)

Min undskyldning var at jeg ikke har så meget strømpegarn som er lidt mere mandefarvede. Men nu købte jeg de her to, fine nøgler som nok skal blive brugt! 

My excuse was that I do not have that much sock yarn in colors a bit more manly. But now I bought these two, beautiful skeins that I'll definitely use!

En lille revolution / A small revolution

På Island købte jeg et sæt af de her strømpepinde. Noget anderledes end mine firkantede strømpepinde!

Som bittesmå rundpinde, tre styk, og så har man halvdelen af maskerne på hver af de to pinde og strikker med den tredje. 

(Alle I andre kender helt sikkert dem her! Det er bare mig der er så langsom!)

When in Iceland I bought a set of these sock needles. Quite different from my square double-pointed ones! Like tiny little circular needles, three of them, and then half the stitches are on each of 2 needles and you knit with the third one. 

(I'm sure all of you know these already! I'm just so incredibly slow!)

De er faktisk rigtig fine at strikke med. Lidt svært nede ved hælen, men ellers ret nemme at bruge. 

Lige nu er jeg tilbage til de firkantede, men jeg skal prøve de her igen. Nu har jeg dem jo!

They are actually really nice to knit with. A bit difficult at the heel, but otherwise very easy to use. 

Right now, I'm using the square ones again, but I'll try these again. Now that I have them!

Gaver / Gifts

Jeg føler mig virkelig gammel i år, for jeg har fået en ny regnvandstønde, og jeg er VILDT glad for den! Den gamle lækkede og stod på en skammel som var helt rusten, så det er virkelig en opgradering! Den blev monteret og det hele, og jeg glæder mig meget til at bruge den!

I feel really old this year, because I got a new rainwater barrel, and I just LOVE it!

The old one was leaking and it stood on a stool that was all old and rusty, so this is a real upgrade! It was set up and ready, and I'm really looking forward to using it!

Jeg fik også en cd med Tchaikovsky's "Tornerose" som jeg skal i Operaen og se i oktober. Jeg glæder mig meget. Disney bruger en bid af Tchaikovsky's musik i deres film - tjek selv her. 

Jeg elsker at der findes sådan nogle balletter!

I also had a cd with Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" which I will be watching at the Copenhagen Opera in October. I'm looking so much forward to this! Disney is using a bit of Tchaikovsky's music for their movie - check it out here. 

I do love that ballets like this exist!

Jeg fik også fine skåle i flotte farver. Dem glæder jeg mig til at bruge når jeg har gæster! Festlige, fine skåle er lige det man behøver. 

I also had some very beautiful bowls in beautiful colors. I'm looking forward to using them when having guests! They are festive and pretty, and just what you need. 

Da jeg kom hjem fra arbejde i tirsdags var der blomster udenfor døren. Fra min kære søster. De er sådan lidt til den lilla side, men altså - hvis jeg nu definerer dem som gammelrosa er de helt perfekte!

Så dejligt, altså!

When I came home from work on Tuesday, there were flowers outside my door. From my dear sister. They are kind of purple, but really - if I define them as old rose, they are perfect!

So lovely!

Og så fik jeg en dejlig flaske gin. Det er sjovt at kunne smage på alle de forskellige slags gin, og min niece havde virkelig fundet en god en!

Der kommer nok lidt flere gaver de næste dage. Det vil jeg bare glæde mig til. Jeg elsker gaver!

And then I had a lovely bottle of gin. It's fun tasting all the different kinds of gin, and my niece found a really good one!

There will possibly be some more presents the next days. It will be fun. I love presents!

Det bliver regn og koldt på min fødselsdag. Jeg elsker det! / My birthday brings rain and cold. I love it!

 

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Min mindste nevø ha fødselsdag næste uge, så han ska have strømper. Hans første fødselsdag efter han er flyttet hjemmefra! 

Denne gang valgte jeg et mønster som hedder Aramis. Det er bare ret og vrang, men det er ret pænt, og så er mønsteret spejlvendt på strømpe nummer 2. 

Som I kan se er hans fødder en del større end mine!

My youngest nephew is turning 19 next week, so he will have socks. His first birthday after he moved away from home!

This time, I picked a pattern called Aramis. It's just knit/purl, but it looks really nice and then hte pattern is mirrored on the second sock. 

As you can see, his feet are quite a bit larger than mine!

De er strikket i Wollmeise i en farve som er ret håbløs hvis der ikke er helt lyst der hvor man strikker. Jeg siger det bare! Men de er flotte og jeg håber han overlever de lilla striber. Det gør han nok. 

Pakken er sendt afsted, og jeg håber bare den når frem til tiden. Det er altid spændende!

De er strikket på pind 2,5 og vejer 130 gram. 

They are made with Wollmeise using a color that's quite hopeless if the light where you knit is not bright. Just saying! But they look pretty and I do hope he survives the purple stripes. I'm sure he will. 

The packade is mailed, and I just hope it will make it in time. It's always hard to know!

I used 2.5 mm needles and they weigh 130 grams. 

Hue med lys / Hat with candles

Jeg ville finde en fødselsdagshue - denne her ser da fin ud, ikke? Desværre er det så ment som en krone til Lucia dag. Men man kan vel snyde og bruge den flere gange?
 

I wanted to find a birthday hat - this one looks pretty, don't you think? Unfortunately, this is meant so be a crown for St. Lucy's day. But I guess you could cheat and use it for several occasions!

I dag er jeg træt / Today I'm tired

Så i går skulle jeg have gæster. Der er jo altid en del forberedelse, men ud over det kom jeg til at kigge på min krydderihylde for at se hvad der var for gammelt. 

Stort set det hele, viste det sig...... Er det ikke utroligt som krydderier bare bliver for gamle? Nu er der ryddet op, jeg har købt det jeg skulle bruge, og så må jeg jo tage en ny tur om nogle år!

So yesterday, I had visitors. There are always so much to prepare, but apart from that, I took a look at my spice shelf to see if any spices had expired. 

Turned out most of them were too old...... Isn't it amazing how spices just get too old? So now I've cleaned and I bought what I needed yesterday, and then I guess I will take a new cleaning round in a few years! 

Men jeg nåede det jeg skulle og fik en af de bedste til at hjælpe med at pynte kagekone. 

Vi var en 12-14 stykker (en var for lille til andet end sin mor, en anden skulle på arbejde) og det var bare så hyggeligt! Det var dejligt vi kunne sidde ude i varmen, og vi kom endda ud at gå en lille tur. 

Gaverne var også rigtig gode. Dem må I se senere. 

But I managed to do what I needed and got help from one of the best ones to decorate the cake lady. 

We were about 12-14 people (one was too small for anything than his mom, and one had to go to work) and it was just so nice! It was lovely that we could sit outdoor in the heat, and we even went out for a small walk. The gifts were also really good. I'll show them later. 

Lagkagen var totalt fantasiløs men smagte godt, og faktisk er der mere flødeskum, så jeg overvejer om jeg skal tage en Irish Coffee i dag?

Maden var også god, selv om den ikke rigtig var helt det som var meningen, så alt i alt virkelig en vellykket dag!

I dag er jeg træt. Det eneste jeg skal i dag er at tage i kirke, strikke min nevøs strømper færdige og sende hans gave og så slappe af. Det er nogle udmærkede planer!

The layer cake was totally without imagination, but tasted yummy, and I actually have more whipped cream, so I'm thinking about making an Irish Coffee today?

The food was good, although it wasn't totally what I planned it to be, so all in all it was a good day!

Today, I'm tired. The only things I have planned are going to church, finish the socks for my nephew and mail his present and then relax. Some very fine plans!

Ikke den bedste planlægning / Not the best planning

I har jo hørt om mine vægge og fugten. Der er ikke sket så meget hen over sommeren - mest fordi jeg bare ikke orkede hvis der skulle komme håndværkere i min ferie. 

Men NU er de i gang igen! Torsdag aften tømte jeg en sektion af min ABC-reol (ELSKER det koncept!) så tømreren kunne komme til. Jeg var noget spændt på hvordan det ville se ud når jeg kom hjem, for i dag kommer familien på besøg.......

So you heard about my walls getting wet. Not a lot have happened over summer - mostly because I just couldn't stand the thought of workers during my vacation. 

But NOW they are at it again! On Thursday evening I emptied a section of my ABC-bookshelf (I LOVE that concept!) so the carpenter would be able to do his stuff. I was quite nervous thinking of how it would look when I came home, because today my family is visiting......

Men det var faktisk bare fint! Han havde sat nye plader op i hullerne, og nu venter det så på mureren som skal fikse det sidste omkring skorstenen, inden maleren kan lave sin del af arbejdet. 

Mine gæster kan også komme uden det er helt håbløst, så det er jeg glad for. Det bliver så dejligt at få i orden igen!

But it actually just looked okay! He put up new boards in the holes, and now it's waiting for the mason to fix the last bits around the chimney before the painter can do his bit of the work. 

My guests can also come without everything being totally hopeless, and I'm happy about that. It's going to be so nice getting everything in order again!

Skjorter! / Shirts!

Nu har I jo hørt skjorte-sagaen i flere dele og I kan sikkert godt gætte HVOR glad jeg var da jeg satte symaskinen væk onsdag aften! Det var utroligt langsommeligt at sy hele 16 knapper på i hånden og jeg blev ret sent færdig, men det var virkelig skønt!

Her er skjorten som han selv valgte stof til. Nok den mest stilige jeg nogensinde har syet!

So now you've heard the adventures of the shirts in several chapters, and I'm sure you can guess HOW happy I was when I put the sewing machine away on Wednesday evening! It took forever to sew all 16 buttons on by hand, and it was late when I was done, but it was so nice!

So here is the shirt that he picked the fabric for. I do think it's the most stylish shirt I've even sewn!

Og her er overraskelsen i stof med logo fra hans college. Jeg er totalt sikker på at han også kommer til at kunne lide denne her! Jeg synes farven er virkelig fin og den kommer til at klæde ham godt. 

Nu skal strømperne bare også blive færdige så jeg kan sende hans pakke. Hans første fødselsdag hjemmefra. 

And this is the surprise in fabric with the logo of his college. I'm totally sure that he will also like this one! I think the color is really pretty, and it will fit him well. 

So now I just need to finish the socks so I can mail his package. His first birthday away from home. 

Måske nogle af jer tænker om han virkelig vil gå med de fjollede skjorter? Og kan han overhovedet få dem på? 

Her er han som "student" fra sin high school i den første skjorte - den med hundene. Han elsker sine skjorter og bruger dem flittigt. Derfor er det lige før jeg synes det er sjovt at sy dem! Bagefter, altså. 

Maybe some of you are wondering if he really wants to wear these silly shirts? And are they large enough to fit him?

Here he is, graduating from high school, wearing his first shirt - the one with the dogs. He loves his shirts and use them all the time. So I almost think it's fun to make them! Afterwards.......

Knaphuller! / Button holes!

Skjorterne er færdige!!!! Efter mange aftener hvor jeg har stirret på eller tænkt på skjorterne, hvis jeg ikke lige har fået syet, er de simpelthen færdige!!!!!!

I går syede jeg knaphuller, og jeg huskede at det var lidt svært sidste gang og derfor lavede jeg lige en prøve. (Meget stolt.)

The shirts are done!!!!! After many evenings staring at them or thinking of them, if I didn't sew, they are actually done!!!!

Yesterday, I sewed the button holes, and I remembered how hard it was last time, so I did test my technique. (Very proud.)

Det var temmelig mange knaphuller!!!!!!

Men bagefter blev min symaskine endelig pakket væk!

There were so many button holes!!!!!

But afterwards, my sewing machine was packed away. Finally!

Det tog virkelig lang tid at sy hele 16 knapper i! Men med lidt stædighed (og en forsinket sengetid) blev jeg (og skjorterne) færdig. Jeg skal lige have taget billeder i aften så I kan se dem i morgen. Det er virkelig dejligt at de er færdige!!!!!

It took me a lot of time to sew a total of 16 buttons! But with some stubbornness (and a late bed time) I (and the shirts) got done. I just need to take some photos tonight so you can see them tomorrow. It's sooooo nice that they are done!!!!!!

En meget hurtig tur til Bornholm / A very quick trip to Bornholm

 

Travl uge / Busy week

Den første uge efter ferien var ret travl. Denne stak papirer med prøvesvar og sådan noget lå og ventede. Jeg nåede faktisk ikke rigtigt at få kigget på det i løbet af de første dage, men nu kan I jo så få lov at høre hvad jeg har lavet!

My first week after vacation was quite busy. This stack of papers with results and stuff was waiting for me. Actually I didn't find the time to look at everything during the first days, but now you can get to know what I did!

Det nye er, at man virkelig skal vise at man VIL på arbejde. Taget er ved at blive pakket ind. Igen. Men det betyder så at stort set hele huset (inklusiv indgangsdøre) er pakket ind. Er man så først inde er det ikke nødvendigvis let at komme ud igen! 

Men jeg håber hullerne i taget nu bliver lavet. 

It's new that you have to really show that you WANT to go to work. The roof is being wrapped. Again. So this means that the entire house (including the entrances) is wrapped. So when you first get in there, it might not be easy finding the exit!

But I do hope the holes in the roof will be fixed now. 

Onsdag skulle jeg til tandlæge. I Danmark. Kl. 18. Jeg havde et møde fra 16.30-17.30, hvilket var et problem, men så gik jeg tidligt (!) og havde møde i toget. Toget var lige tilpas forsinket så jeg nåede hele mødet, tandlægen OG en solnedgang i lufthavnen på vej hjem. 

On Wednesday I had a dentist appointment. In Denmark. At 6 p.m. I had a meeting from 4.30-5.30 p.m., which was a problem, but then I left early (!) and had my meeting on the train. The train was a bit late, but just enough to let me have the meeting, seeing the dentist AND the sunset in the airport on the way home. 

Weekenden var hurtigt væk, for lørdag var jeg på Bornholm, og søndag skulle jeg arbejde. Normalt synes jeg det går fint at pendle. Et par gange om året tager jeg en taxa når der er helt krise, men det tager jeg med. Søndag morgen var toget aflyst. Stod der på stationen. Men da jeg så havde betalt temmelig meget for en taxa og var kommet til Malmö, opdagede jeg at toget IKKE var aflyst! Der var jeg godt nok SUR! Især da jeg også opdagede at jeg havde glemt mine arbejdsnøgler. Resten af dagen gik bedre. 

The weekend was over very fast, because on Saturday I went to Bornholm, and on Sunday I was working. Normally, I don't mind commuting. A few times a year I take a taxi if it's total crisis, but that's part of the package. On Sunday morning, the train was cancelled. According to the screen at the station. But after I paid quite a lot for a taxi and had arrived in Malmö, I discovered that the train was NOT cancelled! I got so MAD! Especially when I discovered that I forgot my work-keys. The rest of the day was better. 

Men det vigtigste på arbejdet er jo patienterne. Selvfølgelig. Jeg måtte til Malmö et par gange og se en af vore små patienter og havde længere samtaler med en teenager som har sine udfordringer. Jeg mødte nye familier og gamle familier og vinkede farvel til vores seneste vikar som har været helt exceptionel. 

Og så vinkede vi farvel til en patient som skal hjem og gav os denne her fine kage. 

Jeg elsker mit arbejde! Udfordringer og det hele. 

But the most important thing at work are our patients. Of course. I had to go to Malmö a few times and see one of our small patients, and I had long talks with a teenager who is challenged. I met new families and old families and waved good-bye to our latest temporary doctor who was exceptional. 

And we waved good-bye to a patient who is going home and gave us this yummy cake. 

I do love my job! Challenges and all. 

Så sød / So cute

Dagens opskrift er simpelthen det mest nuttede! En sød lille strikket and. Jeg er ikke sikker på at små børn kan håndtere de små perleøjne, men du kan eventuelt bare strikke den til dig selv? Jeg har sjældent set en finere and. 

Today's pattern is just the cutest thing! A sweet little knitted duck. I'm not sure that small kids can handle the tiny bead-eyes, but maybe you should simply knit it for yourself? I've actually never seen a prettier little duck.  

Knapper / Buttons

Nå. Det går noget langsommere med at sy end jeg troede. (Det er vel ingen overraskelse?) Men jeg er kommet så langt som til at have fundet knapper. 

Den blå skjorte får nogle knapper i en lidt anden farver, men jeg tror det bliver godt. Jeg håber det!

Well. So the sewing is far slower than I thought. (No surprise, I guess!) But I'm so far along that I actually found the buttons. 

The blue shirt will get colors in a different color, but I do think it will be okay. I hope so!