Maternity Leave Ends: Enter Househusband!

She's ten months now and more than ready for her father to take over: On Tuesday I start my big girl job again. But working in the public sector I get two hours off every day to keep on nursing, so the transition is not so brutal.

Arctic Dad has his twelve weeks mandatory paternity leave, and I look forward to ready-picked up kids and dinner. I have no plans of vacuuming, fold clothes or empty the dishwasher (which we all know is 2nd boring activity after cleaning the bathroom) until September.

Maybe we should talk him into blogging about his upcoming househusband life? And will he get the time to play his guitars??

Keep on following, dear readers!

Hello Midnigh Sun

There you are! I knew you would appear sooner or later, to finish off that melting in the garden.

On the mountains? No chance yet.

Hurrah, the 17th of May

 

 

 

The 17th of May is an ordinary day for the whole world, except for the tiny few living in this corner.

The constitution day celebrating the independence means parading and waving with flags in a positive, non-nationalistic way (I hope). 

For my two big girls it means icecream and even more icecream. For others, like Anna, it means taking a looong nap to the sound of corps music (not blaming her,lol)

Happy weekend!

Me - The Snow Shuffler

 

 

I used to laugh at people with houses who were shuffling snow from their gardens, as if it would help the melting, with like - an hour.

Now look who's talking.

I'm interviewed over at Elke dag in the Netherlands today. I'm a true everyday person. Holidays actually tend to make me a bit unsure.

Have a great week, everyone! 

Housetour: Hello, Marianne!

 

 

 

 

 

 

My new friend Marianne lives in a flat with her family. We can chat for hours about flea market finds and retro stuff. Talking about shared interests! Look at those floors, don't you love them.

I  like her style, retro with a warm touch - and not overdone. Hey, we don't want to live in a museum!

Or, by second thought, maybe that would be fantastic.

Have a great weekend! It's melting in the Arctic. Just not yet in my garden.

A Sudden New View

Our neighbours were cutting down trees (as in Joni Mitchell's River, except it's not Christmas) the other day.

Suddenly we had a new, overwhelming view to the sea and my favourite mountain from the kitchen window. We're certainly not arguing with these neighbours!

Saturday I'll be selling cushion covers from vintage fabrics at a market, and lots of other vintage stuff too. Wish me luck. But I may need it more on Sunday when 13 seven year old girls will join my eldest daughter's birthday party. Oh lord, I guess it's a matter of keeping them busy.

Have a good weekend!

Sunday update: I sold eight pillow cases, and lots more! And we did survive the birthday party, it was fun!

24/7 Daylight Crash Course #1: Love The Sun

Maybe because we don't have it for months. Or because we have it for months at a time: We let the sun in uncensored.

We have blinds in the bedrooms. But in the livingroom and kitchen faced towards west? Nope.

Do we have dinner and the sun shines in our faces ( we should get sunglasses), and we go through everyone's day like there's no elephant in the room? Yes.

The grown ups disagree on this matter: I want some kind of shading. He thinks that when you don't have sun for months, you should't keep it outside when it finally arrives. What can I do.

So 24/7 daylight Crash Course Lesson 1: Love the sun. And get blinds.

Yesterday we sang together against the terrorist who took our children.