Nyt hus – New home

SÅ!

Nu har vi skrevet under på huset, og sælgerne også, siger de  - så nu er det ved at være alvor!

Her er lige et billede taget fra vejen:

Jeg kan ikke beskrive hvor vild jeg er med det hus – det passer lige til os, men samtidig er vi jo også glade for det nuværende hus, så det er lidt vemodigt…

Der er travlhed på! Nu skal vores hus jo sælges, og i dag har vi så haft besøg af en fotograf. Det tog ca 3 timer. Og alt er rydtet og sat pænt op – og det svære bliver jo at holde det sådan (hvilket betyder at man skal rydde helt op efter sig – hver gang man vil sy en lille lille bitte smule!)

THERE!

We’ve signed the contract for the house, and hear that the sellers has as well – so now it’s getting serious!

The picture shows our new house as seen from the road.

I can’t express how much I love this house – I’ll give you more details later, but at the same house I also really like the house we have now, so it’s going to be weird to leave it (especially the garden), but I’ll manage

We are really bussy! Because now we have to sell our house. The photographer came today – it took him 3 hours! Everything is neat and tidy and things are placed in their right position etc etc. It took some work – But the hard part is coming now! Now we have to keep it that neat all the time! And that means that everything that comes out must go back even when I’m only sewing a tiny little bitty thing.. sigh!

How do they know that?????

Det er lidt utroligt… at jeg så bliver 32 næste fredag er en anden ting, men alligevel!

It’s somewhat incredible – I’m turning 32 next friday, so it’s really close. But still!

You Are 31 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view – and you look at the world with awe.13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what’s to come… love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You’ve had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You’ve been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

testing 3

Jeg tog denne her test, som jeg lige så hos Tina… Nej, jeg synes ikke rigtig den passer….

I took this test that I found over at  Tinas..

It doesn’t sound right.. (feel free to correct me, though, I might be wrong )

You Are 3: The Achiever

You’re confident and competent – with a lot of energy. Eager to reach your goals, you are ambitious and competitive.You are good at motivating yourself and motivating others. You’re also a charmer, with a great sense of humor. At Your Best: You are kind, confident, and completely authentic. You are witty and full of life. At Your Worst: You are insecure, narcissistic, and jealous. Your Fixation: Vanity Your Primary Fear: Being worthless. Your Primary Desire: To be important and valuable. Other Number 3’s: Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Jordan, Madonna, and Shania Twain.

What Number Are You?

sidst på sæsonen.. / End of the season

Ja, den er vist go nok – det er ved at være slut på sommeren.. Lyset er anderledes. Der er gule blade på plænen.

Det får mig til at tænke på hvad jeg vil næste år…

Næste år er det jo (forhåbentlig?) ikke den her have, der skal nydes, og jeg ved godt at man det første år i en ny have ikke skal lave (om på) for meget, men alligevel vil jeg satse på at jeg næste år skal:

 - have ærteblomster – og mange af dem!

- prøve at dyrke Loofah svampe (det er en plante af agurkeslægten).

- sætte nogle Georginer

- dyrke sjove tomater.

- plante flere agurker (og især flere “skoleagurker”) – men kan man det uden drivhus?

- så Zinnia (frøkenhat). Jeg havde dem det første år her i hytten, og savner dem.

Lige nu er jeg rigtig glad for alle kornblomsterne i blomsterbedet. Jeg såede en pose m blandede farver i foråret 2005 (en frøpose fra Dagligbrugsen) – og de er her endnu. I massevis af forskellige farvekombinationer. Hvide, hvide m lilla, lilla, blå, lyserøde, rosa, stærk pink, lyserøde m pink midte osv osv..

 Sådan nogle kan det også ske at jeg skal have i min nye have (hvor der i hvert fald i øjeblikket er en utrolig iøjnefaldende mangel på blomster!).

En sammenfiltret klump m selvsåere:

En enkelt på nært hold:

De er nu meget fine, synes jeg!

Well, we are getting closer to the end of summer. The light is different. There are yellow leaves on the grass..

I makes me start thinking about what I want to do next year..

It’s (hopefully) a different garden I’m enjoying next year, and I know that I’m not supposed to do (or change) anything the first year in a new garden. But still.

Next year I’ll:

- plant sweet peas – lots and lots.

- Try growing Loofah sponges (it’s a plant in the cucumber family)

- plant more Dahlias

- Grow different sorts of tomatoes.

- Grow more cucumbers (especially the small kind!) – but can it be done without a green house?

- Sow zinnias! I had them my first year in this garden – and loved them!

Right now I’m enjoying the annuals (I don’t know the english name for???) that I originally sowed in the spring of 2005 – and they have been sowing themselfes since. They have a lot of different colours and patterns. All that in a small bag from the supermarket…

The first picture shows some of the different colours, the second is a close up of one of the light pink with a dark pink center. I really really like them!

Yeah!

Jo, så har vi fået ja fra banken, har haft en håndværker med ude og se på huset, har budt på huset - og fået nej, men har budt igen og fået ja… så nu er det godt nok tæt på…. Så hvis alt nu går glat, så har vi meget meget snart købt nyt hus.

Her er et udsnit fra haven (som er 3 gange så stor som min nuværende): Ribs i forgrunden, en kæmpe stor Rhododendron og en stort klatretræ (lind?) med udkigshytte!

Well, we have a yes from the bank, have had a handyman to have a look at the house, have made an offer, that got refused, made another offer, that got accepted, so now it’s really close!

If everything goes well (cross your fingers) we’ll get a new house very soon.

The picture is of a tiny section of the garden (which is 3 times the size of my current garden). Berries in the front, a humongus Rhododendron, and then in the back a climbing-tree with a tree hut.

Tilbage – Back again

Så så man lige mig med nyt fast arbejde……

Åbenbart overhovedet ikke noget overskud til at åbne computeren når jeg har fri, for slet ikke at tale om rent faktisk at skrive i min blog.

Nej, det er ikke kun arbejdets skyld, at jeg har været lidt fraværende. Hovedsageligt skyldes det:

1. Det har været dejligt sommervejr, så jeg har prøvet at hive alt ud af det ved at arbejde rigtig meget i haven – og slappe af derude også.

2. Vi har forelsket os i et nyt hus. Jo. Selv om vi er meget glade for det nuværende, så mødte jeg på en gåtur lige det helt perfekte hus (og have) for os. Med hvad det medfører af fremvisninger, beregninger, vurdering af nuværende hus (indvolverede lige en grundig oprydning/rengøring), møde i banken og venten…. Vi venter stadig (bankrådgiveren lagde sig lige syg i et par dage, så vi har fået en ny til at tage sig af det), men vi er blevet lovet svar aller aller aller senest på tirsdag – måske allerede i morgen.  Vi synes selv vi har råd (som følge af bl.a. nyt fast arbejde), men derfor er det jo ikke sikkert at banken synes det….. Og så er der jo alt det andet (vil de sælge til os, eller er det allerede solgt når vi kommer så langt osv osv..)

Billeder fra haven?

JO, jeg høster brombær i store mængder:

Og der er meget snart modne tomater:

Og se så den smukke Dahlia (eller Georgine) jeg lige kom til at købe!

OKay, this is apparently what happens when I start a new job. Not alot..

I have almost no energy to turn on the computer when I’m off, and I certainly don’t get anything written in my blog..

Well, it’s not only the job that is to blame but also:

1. It has been very nice summer weather, and I’ve been outside in the garden enjoying it by working and relaxing in the sun.

2. We’ve fallen in love with a new house  (with a new garden) It’s not new, but only new to us . Even though we like the house we have now very much. I was taking a walk, and passed by an even more perfect house for us. Then there has been seeing the house, calculating, having this house valued (?? right word?) – and that took some cleaning! And then meetings at the bank and waiting waiting waiting. We are still waiting because the first bank counselour got sick, so we had to set up an appointment with another counselour and talk to him, and now they told us, that they will let us know by Tuesday the latest… We think we can afford it – but you never know about the bank. And then there will be more waiting (will the sellers accept our offer etc etc)

Pictures from the garden:

I’m picking a lot of berries for my breakfast (what are the name of these?).

The tomatoes are almost ready.

And have a look at the Dahlia I just had to have!

statistics…

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Men der er 1,259,783 der har mit fornavn…

Og som ekstra bonus-info er 99,4% af de amerikanske Maria’er kvinder (man undres over de der 0.6%…)

But there are that share my first name.

Extra bonus info: 99.4% of the american Maria’s are women (I wonder about the remaining 0.6%…)

Sjal – Shawl

Nå ja, jeg har slet ikke fortalt eller vist at mit sjal er færdig!

Jeg er ikke så vild med det – synes det er lidt for klodset i udtrykket, men det skal nok blive et godt tørklæde til vinter alligevel…

Nu kom solen frem, og det er vist endelig tid til at gå i haven!

I forgot to tell and show you that my shawl is done.. I’m not too crazy about it, I think it looks a little clumsy, but it’s going to be worn anyway – at least for scarf in the winter…