1st advent.

När första ljuset brinner står julens dörr på glänt,
då gläds vi åter alla att fira få advent.

Rough translation:
When the first candle's burning, Christmas is at our door,
we're all once again delighted to celebrate advent.
♥ E.

Ready! :)

:) My snowman lantern -
possibly my favourite thing to take out of the xmas box.
Sooo...1st of advent's tomorrow and for once I feel a bit christmas:y before it's over and done with! :) Usually Christmas sort of hits me the day before Christmas Eve. I might get a bit of a nudge at Lucia, but last year I missed that too as I was working so I was (as per usual!) taken a bit by surprise that Christmas was already here...! :D

Not this year though! :) We've "finally" got our fake tree bought, we've been debating real vs. fake for years and not gotten round to acutally buying one... Because we did decide that a real one (indoors) is too much of a mess but fake ones are mostly blah if you don't want to pay a fortune for them (which I would do if I had the fortune to spend! ;) )... So previous years we've gotten a real one to have outside, on our porch...but...it's not been the same thing as having one inside! I've not wanted to decorate it with my "nice" decorations as it's outside and tends to fall over at least a few times before we decide Christmas is over and toss it! :)

The fake tree we got was at a sensible price (i.e. cheap!) and it actully looks OK when dressed in the blue, silver and white xmas tree decorations. I just need a bit more tinsle and it'll be fab! ;) I'll post a photo of it when it's "fully dressed". ;)

Merry Christmas!
♥ E.

Ready for Xmas?

As you may notice I've spruced up the blog (early!) for Christmas. If the music (presently on right hand side of screen) is too annoying press the "pause"-button on the "MyPod" and write me an angry comment in the nearest post available! ;) It it pre-set to start automatically but if it keeps my few trusty followers away rather than here pleeeeaaase let me know and I'll change it. OK? :)

I blame this early start on Christmas on my sister who's already gotten well started on decorating her home for the Holidays. ;) I am, like with most "homely things", rubbish at decorating for any holiday. Decorating in general I'm alright at/with, but all this stuff for all the holidays...?! I Love it but nah! I just can't be bothered... :/ I'll throw up som xmas lights and a few odd decorations and light a few more candles and possibly light a fire in the fireplace (although, it's a pest to clear out so I keep it at a minimum!). We'll see if we'll get a tree this year - for the kids! I'm happy enough with our annual tradition of decorating the christmas tree at my big sis's and not having to deal with the whole *blah!* myself...but...for the kiddies I/we might just have to.
*blushing now*

Yep!
That's me.
The lazy Xmas enthusiast! :)
'Cause I do love it! I love the tinsel and the music and all that cheesiness...! :) I just can't be bothered with doing it all myself...! ;)
♥ E.

:/ :\

I'm just writing something for the sake of writing something. I've been feeling totally uninspired lately. :/ Not sure if it's the end of the first course or the beginning of the second one (or perhaps both!) that has just...depleted me. :\ I feel totally drained.

I just realised that I haven't even mentioned that the drainage work on the house has been done!? How could I miss that!? :O
It got done fairly smoothly. Apparently the house had not only not had any drainage work done in the last 60 or so years but it seems to have been built without sufficient drainage! :O It's fixed now but I'm amazed that there's not been a damp issue in the basement until now... What sort of fool builds a house without anywhere for all the rain/wetness to go, except straight into the ground i.e. foundation of the house?!? *sigh!*

We had more snow last week :) and then rain again these last few days :/ so we're back to brown... Maybe the grey days dampens my mood too? :\

I don't know...I just feel a bit overwhelmed by Life at the moment without finding the inspiration to do anything about it. :/

E.

Some pics!

Here are a few photos from Anton's birthday party. :)

♥ E.

Birthday Party!

That time has come around again...having Anton's little friends over for his birthday party and... again...I'm more looking forward to it being over and done with than having them "all" (6 little ones) here for fun and games. *blushing!*

I'm sorry Anton, it doesn't mean I don't think you deserve a party, because absolutely you do, I'm just not good at these things... :/ ...I'm trying and hoping I'll be better at this one day...OK?

Tomorrow at 12 pm the friends will be arriving, Mum's promised to arrive beforehand to, tell me to get a grip and enjoy myself ;) and to, be at hand serving food and drinks and whatever else needs doing.

♥ Thanks Mum! ♥

After kiddiewinks have returned home all played out and with bellies full of good stuff :) Family will start arriving, which doesn't "stress" me at all...why is that!? I feel "intimidated" by a "bunch" of 4-5 year olds but not by Family and Friends (age ranging from 0-59) coming...weird...!
Anyhoot, family are coming about 3ish so we get to party twice...and truly have it over and done with all in one go, until next year! ;) :D

♥ E.
Off to bed! Sweet dreams...

*sigh!*

These last few weeks have been murder! Two big exams just one week from each other...stressing me out!

I've not been able to focus on much of anything else but my exams and whenever I've been forced to take a break I've just crashed on the sofa with a sore brain from information overload. Last night I fell asleep at 8 just after the kiddies and I could have easily gone to bed at 6...completely knackered!

Don't get me wrong, it's really interesting stuff! The problem is just knowing when enough is enough for now. Realistically our second exam ever at uni just can't be that hard/difficult to manage...but when do I know enough for this exam?!?

So...first one went well. I sort of knew it would beforehand...we'd be sooo well prepared for this "new" type of examination and post-exam-evalutaion of it so it didn't feel too overwelming. Today's exam though...just really really didn't know what to expect...I sort of knew that the interviews we did at our placements a few weeks back would be used as a reference point to the "essay" part but...how? And what else? What of all the interesting stuff is relevant for now??

Hmmm...so after having done the exam I sort of, maybe, perhaps, think that hopefully I might have passed this exam too...but...I honestly don't have a clue! :D I'm just glad that my brain can breathe again! :)
♥ E.