Wow! Time flies. CAn´t believe that winter is soon here

Marianne:
I (and you) may just have to accept that there will be longer time between my posts. Last time I wrote  (the 28th of July), I had not imagined that it would be 3 1/2 months until my next post. But it is as it is. We had a great vacation in FriisBo - even it hte weater was far from perfect.

When writing my last post, we were expecting a visit from Caro and Mick. They arrived late Friday night and stayed until Sunday. On Saturday, my Mom, Dad, Søren and Sisse came for breakfast. We all made a trip to Lønstrup, where the girls did some shopping while the boys enjoyed the sun. Mom bought yarn for a new winter hat and Sisse bought sea urchins for her girlfriends back home in Roskilde - and also one for me!

When we returned to FriisBo, we all relaxed on the patio.

We went to brunch at Mom and Dad´s on Sunday and afterwards we made a trip to Aalborg. We visited the beautiful harbor bath, where Sisse was the only one of us who had the courage to jump into the water. She could not withstand the pretty amazing obstacle course. The rest of us stayed dry.

For the longest time, Michael and my brother Michael had talked about going to Restaurant Vestre Bådelaug to eat their famous hamburgers with gravy, pickled beets and other stuff. We all joined and had a wonderful time. (And the boyz were happy!)

Michael and I took down the chimney at the summerhouse, and made ready for the process of replacing the roof tiles, which was going to happen the week after my vacation.

We also consecrated the local petanque course. We biked down there and played, but unfortunately it started to rain, so the match was not settled.

We enjoyed dinner one night in Løkken where we were able to sit outside at Søgaard. The service was excellent and we a great time.

On Thursday August 3rd, we went back home to Farum. Michael was attending a golf turnament for sponsored teams (for some reason I wasn´t invited???) But I was invited for the after party, which was a spectacular event. They served an amazing fish and shellfish dinner and later in the night we were partying, dancing and enjoying ourselves..

The following day, we both played in a golf tournament. This one was for all members of the boards in the golf club. Another fun day.

The following Monday I went back to work. Michael drove back to FriisBo, where he met with two neighbor guys from Farum, Steen and Michael and my Dad. They were going to change the roof tiles during that week. My Mom assisted by cooking "Grandma dinner" which the boys appreciated. The weather during this week was perfect - probably the best all summer. I love the new blac tiles.

They made a small attic in the utility room, so now everybody can enter without bowing their head.

I had the opportunity to see the new roof when I made a trip to Northern Jutland a few weeks later. Michael was already there since he spent a few days up there so he could watch the Made in Denmark golf tournament. Dad was there for a single day and I was there on the final day, Sunday. As previously, it was a really nice event with lots of spectators.

One weekend in August we drove to Møns klint. We visited the very nice GeoCenter and wene for a walk down to the beach.
The nature is absolutely amazing. And it was good exercise to climbing the many stairs.

Our good friend Ole has decided to realize an old dream of opening a kitchen store. He has done that in Hillerød - and it's a vey nice store where he sells the beautiful Rotpunkt kitchens. I attended the opening reception and decided that he should have a gift that was somehow related to our common past when we first met - both working in the pharmaceutical industry. Michael was in the US on the opening day, but we went up there a few days later to see and admire it all.

August var en måned med masser af aktiviteter. Vi havde besøg af Hadda og Haukur fra Island. Skønt at se dem. De var på kærestetur i København, hvor de bl.a. skulle fejre Haddas fødselsdag.



Helle and Søren have been married for 25 years - and they chose (luckily!) to celebrate with a beautiful party at Kragerup Gods. The day after the party we played golf in Sorø. We must have been very relaxed, because we both finished on the leader board ;-)

It probably hasn´t overlooked anybody´s attention that we are very happy in our new house. We have had a one-year review and most things have been fixed. We have a lot of wonderful neighbors with whom we celebrated a street party. We have bought a tent together, so now we´ve got the basis for this party to become an annual recurring event.

We participated in the Ryder Cup, which is a golf tournament over 3 days with around 65 participants. Spouses play on each of their teams (red and green team). As you can see from the picture, this year the red team (my team!) won. It was a very quiet trip back home from Korsør..

I have started making cards again. I have now held the first workshop that took place at Luna Hobby in Køge. It was a great success. And for my part it was crowned by my niece Sisse being a very skilled participant. The theme was backgrounds for autumn cards. I'll teach another workshop in the middle of January. So I have to figure out something fun and beautiful.

In early October I was on a congress trip to Belgrade. Most of the time we spent at the convention center, but I went out to see the city on Sunday morning. I was not very excited about the city, but there were nevertheless some really nice places.

This coming Tuesday there are regional and municipal elections. Since Michael and I do not yet know the local politicians, we decided to go to a election meeting on Monday. It was TV2 that had arranged and it was actually quite informative. I´m still not sure who to vote for, but I´m sure I´ve made up my mind on Tuesday.