A gift of memories

Another birthday present that I received was a big package that I found in my mailbox. The box was big and heavy and had traveled all the way from the Netherlands. My lovely friend Ageeth had sent me a birthday box of memories!

Ageeth and I had become blog friends a few years back and, in 2018, we spent a fantastic weekend exploring Amsterdam together (see here). It is always a funny situation, to spend a weekend with someone that you have never met in person before, but I hit the jackpot with Ageeth! She was exactly who I thought she would be! We both loved to wander around, explore flea markets, enter every cool looking shop, drink rosé wine in cafés and spend some slow time enjoying the city. She treated me to a craft afternoon in a ceramic shop, making our very own works of "art" (hers was much more talented than mine!). Ageeth also patiently hung out while I bought way too many candies for the trip home 😉

Opening this big box from Ageeth brought me right back to our time in Amsterdam: the candies, the beautiful wrapping and details that always reminds me of Ageeth and the vase I had made during our ceramic adventure!

Thank you, Ageeth, for the beautiful gift of memories! Although I cannot physically travel at this time, your box brought me right back. A mini trip to Amsterdam! Let's do it again sometime xox

The vase I made during our ceramic class. OK, I know it is crooked but it takes me right back.... xox

YUM!

All works of art!

Copenhagen photo spam

What can I say? I love the place and love the people.... I always feel like I am coming home....

Here is a bit of Copenhagen photo spam for you (whether you like it or not 😉) xox

So Copenhagen!

One of my old 'hoods...

Aarhusgade

Aarhusgade

Yup!

View from my friend's flat

Charlottenlund beach

Skovshoved

Skovshoved

Skovshoved

Our old apartment building in Charlottenlund (Ordrup)

Our old apartment building in Charlottenlund (Ordrup)

Alexander's old daycare

Alexander's old daycare... good thing it was a Sunday so I didn't look too creepy taking pictures ;)

Alexander's old daycare

Alexander's old daycare

Charlottenlund 2920

Botanical gardens in Charlottenlund

These ladies kept me (relatively) sane and happy during my PhD <3

Oesterbro

The lakes

The lakes

Old friends are the best kind of friends

Memory Monday

Sometimes, when I am on a break at work, I like to take a look at old pictures. I found this one today... I cannot even believe how fast time flies! Thank goodness for videos... just to freeze a moment in our lives like this! A treasure!

Happy Monday to you all! xox

Blast from the past

I found this old picture of the boys. I think that this was from Nicka's graduation from daycare (5 years old). Alexander would have been 7 and Oliver 2. They look like some bad-ass biker gang ;) Yups... the trio of trouble in action ;) Things haven't changed much since then!

By the way, they are feeling better now. Nicka is going back to school tomorrow. Not too sure about Oliver yet. Alexander has a ped day so he gets an automatic day off.

2 more days until Andreas gets back....

The memory of a mother

Actually, the title of this blog post is a complete misnomer. This mother has absolutely NO memory left. Or, rather, I should say that I have a very selective memory. For example, I cannot remember what I am supposed to do in the next 20 minutes, nor do I remember the names of my children (aren't they all named after the cat?) BUT I can remember the words to most songs from the 1980s. I will look blankly at Andreas when he asks where I will be going on Saturday afternoon BUT I remember the name of my friend's dog from 1975 (it was Rusty). I am very good at forgetting when bills are due (sorry cell phone company!) but will always remember the birthdays of people that I haven't seen in about 20 years and the name of my kindergarten teacher (Mrs. Brabant at Willowdale).

To be honest, sometimes my poor memory worries me (my apologies to my student who has been in about 5 of my classes and I still couldn't remember her name!). I am feeling the need to write things down more and more and my agenda has become my new best friend (that is, if I remember to put it in my bag in the morning). I am hoping that my memory is just hiding somewhere between the lunch requests, grocery lists, play dates, doctor appointments, work meetings and Oliver waking me up in the middle of the night because he had a bad dream ;) Or maybe it just froze in our beautiful winter weather ;)

Oh yeah- the name of the song is Heart of Glass and the band is Blondie ;)

Happy Wednesday xox

Random... but appropriate... thing that I found on the internet ;)

Cold!!!!

When it is -20C outside, it is always best to remember summer ;) Ahhhhhh.... ;)

Hope you all stay warm and cosy... and dream of the sound of waves and the feeling of fine sand between your toes <3

Serious cravings....

I am seriously craving sun, sand and water. Since it is obviously not going to happen any time soon, I will visit my "happy place" in my head ;)

Have a great rest of the day :)

My happy place :)

Take my picture, now!

Beach bum!

Ahhh.... I will park myself over here ;)

Trouble maker!

Partners in crime ;)

I hope that I appreciated this day as much as I would now!

Buddies!