Monday, May 21, 2012

Construction Zone


 What naively started out as a necessary replacement of our wooden floor in the living room due to water damage grew into a monster of a project that took up the better part of our autumn.  Sometimes I really believe that it is better that we didn't know in advance how much work it would really take for us to do all that we set out to.  We might have had second thoughts, maybe even third!

Hvad har begyndt som mål at repairer vores træ gulv i stuen hurtig vokset indtil et stort monstre af et bygge projekt. Med dette "lille" projektet har vi brugt mest af vores tid sidste efteråret! Nogen gange syntes jeg det var fint nok at vi vidste ikke hvor meget arbejde det ville kraves før vi gik i gang. Eller har vi måske tænkt godt nok over en anden eller tredje gange inden!

Fortunately we walked directly into the fire and came out with a home that is much more suited to our lifestyle, and fits our personalities.  We still have a few finishing touches in the way of paintings, and textiles but for the most part...we are happy!

Heldigvis some vi plejer at gøre vi gik direkt inde i ilten og har et delige hjemme det passer meget bedre til vores travlt livstyle og passer vores smag! Vi stadig har nogen få detajler some malerier og tekstiler, men for det mest er vi meget tilfreds!





















Tuesday, March 29, 2011

three days in October-tre dage i Oktober

While the kids were enjoying themselves in Æbletoft with their dad, Finn and I took some down time too.  We loaned Karin Leo's family escape and went up north ourselves.  It was great! 

Mens Bailey, Max og Sophie var med faren i Æbletoft Finn og jeg tog noget tid for at slap af og nyder tiden sammen.  Vi lånede Karin og Leo's sommerhus og slappede af.  Det var fantastisk.

We went to a few little towns and just out on the beach for awhile.  Sometimes with so many people requiring our attention, it is difficult to find time for ourselves.  Funny enough, we ended up talking about the kids most of the time, until we made a rule that we needed to branch out a little! 


Vi besogte noget få byer, og tog delige tur ned med stranden.  Nogen gang med så mange menneske som vi skal tanke på det kan være svært at find tid sammen.  Sjovt nok, vi snakkede mest om børnene, indtil vi lavet en regl at vi skulle prøve at snakke om noget andet!  


Some of these pictures remind me how important it is to see the beauty that really is all around us here. That, and how important it is to make the investment in our marriage to be there for one another.

Nogen af billederne huske mig at hvor vigtigt det er at se hvor flotte naturen er i hvors område her i Danmark.  Og hvor vigtigt det er at investere tiden i vores ægteskab at stotte hindanden









Felix in October