the brunch club

Sunday we had the most delicious brunch over at our friends' place. (i was very impressed with the pineapple presentation) For the first time in my life i liked the scrambled eggs! The trick was goat cheese! We used to have a Twin Peaks club and im thinking our next club should be a Sunday Brunch Club!

▶ Linda: Det er mit tredje bryllup i år! Elsker at så mange jeg kender bliver gift!
▶ Lea: Tusind tak for en rigtig hyggelig dag og aften! glæder os til at se alle gaverne!
▶ Emma: I had a surdeg but it went bad after three weeks. Wondering if its really worth it starting a new one -it feels like such a pressure!
▶ Bantik: I really know what you mean. There are some bloggers who are like friends, because you check in with them everyday -which is often more than you see many of your real life friends! One of the best things about blogging is the community, i think, so you should always share your blog with the people you like online!

love

We were lucky enough to be a part of a very lovely bunch of happiness this weekend.

▶ Everyone: Thank you so much for all your great thoughts about blogging and the real world! I find it very strange to say the words "i write a blog" when people ask what i do - but it would also be strange to keep it a secret, because i spend so much time doing it... I especially hate explaining what the blog is about! it always sounds so self-centred! I think i will use Marias description: A visual diary!

long days

Days are getting shorter - lightwise, but not when it comes to things i need to get done. Days feel long with lots of things that needs to get done. Question: Do you introduce new people you meet to your blog? or do you keep it more of an internet-secret? im torn.

▶ Linda: heldigvis
▶ Jana: I didn't know that one! im bad at following recipes -and even worse when they are in a foreign language, but they are great inspiration!
▶ Kadhysign: my pizza stone broke in three -i still use it, but i would like a new one. Im getting my masters in digital design and communication
▶ Emma: oh no - allergic to bread? that sounds horrible! Sandra og Johan fortalte at alle unge svenske mænd er besat af brød og pain de martin :)
▶ Lisen: i like that - a philosophic nose!
▶ WEEKDAYCARNIVAL: bread is a very though thing to master! it takes a lot of practice
▶ Schorlemädchen: im sort of addicted to pizza... its not all good
▶ Anna: Mr Frosty is from the danish brand Lucky boy sunday - they do amazing stuff!
▶ Irene: Thank you so much -the oven is here and i talked to some sweet people in school
▶ Anna: Thank you! I will tell my dad - he painted it!
▶ Sara, Epe, Tarta: :)
▶ Kerry: a weeks worth of pizza... that sounds SO good!
▶ sopchan: She actually just lost her strength and put her head down :) but she does play peek a boo and its really really sweet
▶ Stephanie renee: It can be really good to get back!
▶ And A: i made a pizza guide: http://blog.ungtblod.com/2010/06/ungt-blod-pizza-guide.html
▶ Nathan: I really try to just go up and talk to people who look interesting, but its very intimidating

no heat

Last friday our oven broke! The glass inside the door broke into a million pieces. Almost a week without pizza! Luckily we should get the new stove tomorrow and im planning a bread -maybe something fancy inspired by this guy. Yesterday i started school! The first course seems very inspiring and im hoping it will feel like an energy boost (- and not the opposite..) I like the prospect of meeting all these new people, but still i sat in the back row and felt a bit like hiding.

▶ Irene: Yep!
▶ bouclette: Thank you for the sweet comment. I actually think koala cookies looks much better than they taste!
▶ Jana: Gifts from Japan are so great!
▶ Tiffany: I know :)
▶ fmi: sjovt -jeg kunne bedst lide skum-jordbær
▶ Malin: as long as you don't eat the cookies
▶ Whitney: how boring that you couldn't buy them! this one moves around and Elinor loves it!

gifts

Flowers from friends and gifts from Japan! Two of our friends have been travelling around Japan for five weeks and are finally home! Have missed them A LOT! they brought plenty of koala cookies, coffee jelly, alphabet stamps and a moving piece of nigiri for Elinor :) Goodness. Last night we had all you can eat running sushi. I can't remember the last time i was so full

▶ Maja B: Tak!
▶ Bykirabo: Ja, det er også en af mine yndlingsting ved lejligheden!
▶ Katrine: det var det også lidt :)
▶ B: Surt! glæder mig til vi snart ses
▶ Nidhi: i love it when she leans out to look at something
▶ Fábio: Thank you - so sweet
▶ Millo: Ja, de er ret fantastiske
▶ Lisen & Gustav: Hurra Hurra for Lisen & Gustav
▶ Danielle: Thank you so much - don't be shy! keep commenting!
▶ Maria: D and I don't agree on the living room so its still in limbo
▶ schorlemädchen: ;)
▶ Bonjour Juliette: Thank you - i love reinventing but at the same time i love how everything is
▶ Julie: Tak! Tror ikke jeg kan sige nogle bestemte butikker - det vigtigste er at vælge hver eneste ting for sig, så man får en helt personlig blanding. Hay er et godt sted at finde flotte, nye ting, men ellers er det arveting, hjemmebygget og genbrug! Lampen er købt i ROOM som vist er gået konkurs
▶ Kate: Thank you!

sneak peek

Here is a sneak peek of some of the rearranging we have been doing this summer. The living room is still not as it should but we are really happy with the dining table in the kitchen.

▶ Sofie: Yes it is! and i hope so too -it can't just disappear!! i really don't understand it..

Buttcrack Characters

The stripy fella in the background came home with us when we visited Sandra and Johan in Göteborg. He likes to hang out in the kitchen. Sandra has a new blog. We are moving our stuff around. I won this giveaway from danish illustrator Lisa Grue a while back but seem to have lost the beautiful print!! i simply cannot find it!! What to do? Move more stuff around - maybe then i will find it behind a bookcase or in Rufus cave perhaps! (i want one of Lisa's plates and Johan's sailors for my birthday!)

▶ Liv: Thank you so much for the sweet comment - i will look up that book once if finish these two :9
▶ Ohh happy: uhh er mynte nem? det kunne være jeg skulle prøve det. Jeg har ind til videre kun kunne holde sukkulenter i live -dem må man nemlig gerne glemme at vande
▶ kadhysign: how sweet
▶ Sofie: I have seen something like that -and also a variant where you tangle out the actual roots and put them in the water. Maybe special equipment is required
▶ Young: Sejt! Det kan du godt være stolt af! Mine har levet i over en uge og jeg er meget meget stolt
▶ Karen: Jeg er totalt multitask-skadet -og P1 er perfekt at multitaske til!! hmm. min hjerne ville sikkert have godt af hvis jeg slukkede for radioen og koncentrerede mig om een ting i stilhed
▶ milk tooth's rain: Thank you for the tips! they have been alive for over a week now! thats a new record for me!
▶ Fine Little Day: I know - i want a cake again!
▶ Nathan: That is the best and very obvious advice given! Do you think the plants like talkradio?
▶ mieke willems: Im with you! cake is good but Elinor is better
▶ Whitney: i need to pick one too! but crime and punishment is such a big book so i can't take it with me everywhere.. i can feel that im ruining it by taking so long breaks. i will just have to pull myself together!

books and

I like books and i like reading and i have no idea why i don't do it more. Maybe because you can't listen to the radio while reading. And i like listening to the radio. Im reading Crime and Punishment (Dostojevskij) simultaneously with Great Expectations (Dickens) which i am reading on my iphone. It might take years. many many years. On a greener note im trying to grow my own herbs. Or maybe just not have them dying to quickly. Any tips?

▶ Nath: Then you do not know how easy it is! at least this danish styled birthdaycake. I will do a guide. soon.
▶ Wide-eyed: It disappeared so quickly
▶ Ella: No, i actually don't think so. She is too quiet
▶ Sandra: The cake is GONE, D is happy too and giggling is good!
▶ Jana: D is the one who should be credited for that photo!
▶ Ohh happy: Sejt!
▶ BawkBawk: Its great when you realise you are surrounded by cuteness
▶ jokemijn: The cake actually IS Elinor - we always call her our little strawberry cake
▶ Irene: I try to keep a diary with little facts about Elinors development. Should update it soon!
▶ La sale bete: Rufus often think Elinor is sort of childish. like a real big brother
▶ Millo: YES
▶ Vanessa: I order you to make a cake! go get the last strawberries of the season!
▶ Emma: I like it very much too. She has been doing it for a long time but now its totally consistent every time rufus is around. She also says Bøhhh but its more of a bh sound and raisins are called rsss
▶ Simon: Its made by danish artist Stine Tranekjær. We have two of her giant posters and i love love love love them! feel so happy when i look at them!
▶ Linda: Ja lige præcis - der er jo altid en eller anden der har fødselsdag, så der er altid en undskyldning. Gjorde det tit da jeg boede hjemme - især hvis jeg var alene hjemme :)
▶ Brit: I just looked at videoclips of Elinor and i can't believe how baby-like her face and movements once were
▶ Tilda: That sounds SO cute!
▶ Katie: Thank you so much for your sweet comment!

layers and layers

The other day i had an incredible craving for a layer cake. Then i remembered that you can just make one if you want!
Elinor has started talking! -no, really! In that cute almost not audible way that only her parents can hear and find interesting: She calls Rufus F (an F sound where she blows air through her lips. Now she just needs the ru and the us part.

▶ Sandra, Kerry: He does feel better know - only sporadic coughing. im grateful that E and I didn't get hit too.
▶ Emma: D went to the doctor after a week and he told him that it was on its way out and he could do anything now, but he was sick for a week after that :(
▶ Bykirabo: Elsker det også, selvom jeg skræmmende nok har svært ved at koncentrere mig en hel film!
▶ Camilla: thank you so much -stop by anytime
▶ La casita de wendy: Im so glad to hear! thank you!
▶ Linda: Det bedste er når aftnerne og morgenerne er mørke nok til sterinlys!
▶ Idabidabum: Ja, det var et ret godt Tiger-stel! elsker også de små skåle!

fall foam

another sign that fall is here: Dennis has been sick for almost two weeks and we have been wathcing movies and drinking hot cocoa with whipped cream in the dark.

▶ B: Sejt! http://www.tattydevine.com
▶ Alaina: Not Elinor :) She is a non-mover! fully content with where she is! Though she does move backwards some times
▶ Jeana Sohn: Im so fascinated by them!
▶ Adeline: I think so too :)