absolutely hilarious gymnastics....

I laughed 'till I cried.... :o)

car trouble

SEE? We were driving along, minding our own business, and all of a sudden - crash boom bang - the front left tire fell off!! I am not kidding!! Fortunately we were driving veery slowly, so no one got hurt - but what a chock !! And now the garage who mounted the tires a month ago says he won't take on all the blame( or the costs to fix it) because in theory it is impossible that we have driven 5000 km ( during our summer holiday in Norway) with a tire not properly mounted.... well, dude, the theory might be fine, but the facts still speak for themselves!! I am so frustrated, standing with tears in my eyes arguing with the garage owner.... He says I have to pay for the spare parts, and he will cover the working hours costs... It is just unfair.... and a bunch of money for me... Does anyone have an opinion on this? Or maybe some good advice for me??

joke

An Old Fart


One evening, a family brings their frail, elderly mother to a nursing home and leaves her, hoping she will be well cared for. The next morning, the nurses bathe her, feed her a tasty breakfast, and set her in a chair at a window overlooking a lovely flower garden.
She seems okay but after a while she slowly starts to lean over sideways in her chair. Two attentive nurses immediately rush up to catch her and straighten her up.
Again, she seems okay but after a while she starts to tilt to the other side. The nurses rush back and once more bring her back upright. This goes on all morning.
Later, the family arrives to see how the old woman is adjusting to her new home. "So Ma, how is it here? Are they treating you all right?" they ask.
"It's pretty nice," she replies. "Except they won't let you fart."

summer holiday in the far north of Norway

see the profile of a woman and a man in the mountains, Børvasstindan, at Saltenfjorden?

view of M/S Hurtigruta from our "rorbu" at Henningsvær

View of the city Reine at Lofoten, incl. my camera flash...

The amazing Copacabana beach at Lofoten, the water was freezing though...

glare from the midnight sun, Bodø

amazing waterfalls

My son

My son, my first born, is not so little anymore. He is finishing school these days, sweating over the final exams. And yesterday at the oral exam in Danish he scored the very top grade!! WOW! He just never ceases to amaze me. And I am sooooo proud ! Tomorrow it is his last exam, also oral, English. He is to talk about a topic of his own choice, and for some reason he has prepared to talk about: Divorce. Hm. He is not himself a child of divorced parents ( we are still very much happily married), but several of his friends are... so well, tonight I will discuss divorces with him, in English, and tomorrow I will cross my fingers for him and be happy with him afterwards.

We've been celebrating each good grade so far with dinner of his choice, and I must admit I am getting a bit tired of the gastronomical adventures you find at the Golden Seagull ( McDonalds...)

This is how cute he was when he was only 2, so you can imagine now at almost 16 he is even cuter.... As only a mother can see....

Bon-fire, cooking outdoors

Is this great or what? we love it, and for all you food and cooking lovers out there- grab friends and familiy, cooking ingredients and some wine and get out there ! Cooking outdoors is the best!!

www.bon-fire.dk

why?

Finallyfourty? well, just turned over from the thirties, which was quite a comfortable age. Fourty sounds so grownup! Before I turned 30 I got an education, got married, got 2 kids, bought a house... so the thirties was merely a period of enjoying life, sort of... doing some carreer, watching the kids grow, getting into an even closer symbiosis with my husband... and NOT longing back to the more or less hectic twenties... But now, fourty. I'll be fourty something for the next 10 years...Ah well, they say, it's just a number. And it is, I know!! --sigh - Should I be chasing new events, now in more of a hurry than before ? Is it OK just to be content with life as it is? Should I do some bungy jumping, sky diving or other reckless stuff? No, I don't think so... Every day life is an adventure, 'course some days are more adventurous than others.