The days after

So Christmas was spent at my mothers, eating the most delicious duck (a Danish tradition) and all the other good stuff my mother serves. An all good time! Now we're back in the new place hammering and painting again!

This was the little cats first Christmas and he thought it was scary at times. good thing there was lots of boxes to hide in:-)

Important with both Swedish and Danish flags in the tree:-)

Do I need to say anything?

happy...?

The real tree...

I'll post some more pictures from the apartment soon, until then have a great couple of days!

God Jul

We are taking a break from the painting for two days now. I'm hoping to get some knitting done since I haven't knitted a row in weeks...J was supposed to have a scarf for Christmas but I think he'll get it for new years eve:-)That's the charm with handmade gifts!

God jul! Merry Christmas! Today is the day!
I wish you all a merry day filled with joy!
See you next year!

A pre-Christmas gift

I've been awarded with a "You make my Day" Award by Miss Laurence over at be craft be happy! I too would like to give this award to some people in blogland that inspire me and give me happiness just by reading their blogs. In no particular order:
Miss Laurence
Felicia
Gunnel
Maria
Mette
Mia
Caroline (A Swedish blog)

Give the award to up to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel so happy about blogland! Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so that they can pass it on. Beware! You may get the award several times! :)

"Little Christmas eve"

It's getting closer and closer to the big day and we are hammering and painting away in our new place so the Christmas spirit has not yet gotten to us. But I thought that I'd show all the lovely Christmas cards that I have been getting these last couple of days. Thank you all!
Today is called little Christmas eve here in Sweden, it's the day before the day. To night we are going home to my mother and decorating the "real" tree and pre-tasting the food. Today is both a sad and a happy day, today is my fathers birthday but he's been dead for exactly ten yeas this year and this is usually the time of year when I miss him the most. Since he died we always make sure the whole family is together and celebrate him and that we do something fun together. And decorating the tree or going to the cinema is what we have done these last years.

I don't think I'll ever stop having these mixed feelings about Christmas but I know that making new traditions and being to getter with those I love the most will make this holiday good!
I'm wishing you all a good Sunday filled with good feelings and happy people!

Ceramic Friday

For a last Ceramic thing this year A ceramic little town with candles in so it looks like someone's at home. I'm very happy with how this turned out, I even think this is the best thing I made this semester!

Let me end the story I started yesterday: Ok, this is how it was. On Tuesday I went to a job interview and on Wednesdays they called and told me that they wanted me to start working on the 7th off January! Great news! But yesterday when I called them back to confirm that I could start on the 7th, they took the job back and said that they gave the job to another teacher with 10 years experience! I was mad, to put it nicely. But the headmistress probably felt bad about this and recommended me to another school and said a bunch of good things about me. So, yesterday at eight in the evening another headmistress of another school called me up and offered me a job! Which I feel is much better then the first! So, I now have a job as a teacher for children with Swedish as a second language (Which is my major)! This is going to be a good Christmas after all! :-)