Good morning connie, Fogfighter, Gerry, Space Quest Fan, hagatha, Draclvr and all who follow. Hope you get a walk in later today Gerry. Wow Fogfighter, little to no wind raising electricity prices is awful! I miss the quiet snow falls and wintery white blankets of snow. C'est la vie... But do so enjoy WADDB, knäckebröd and bagels.

Stay warm everyone and have a wonderful Thursday

Good Thursday morning! Still running cold, but not below freezing here. Tolerable for me, but miserable for hubby and his poor knees. That first knee replacement can't come soon enough in January.

Our German family went to the Canary Islands for 3 weeks, so they are escaping those high energy prices... while lounging on the beach!

Not much on the agenda today, but I have league bowling tonight.

Good morning everyone.

The party last night was a great success. There are a few new people in the neighbourhood, so lots of new friends. This street really is different; everyone knows everyone else. It a tiny one-block street right at the top end of a peninsula, with about 20 houses. It was a good pick for me.

Only in the 20's here today. Looking for my blankie.

Good Morning and Happy Friday soot, connie, Fogfighter, hagatha, Draclvr, SpaceQ and everyone!

Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready as usual. Enjoy!

Got to walk yesterday, but it was cold and windy...hope to get in another couple miles today.

Enjoy your day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

TGIF good morning connie, Fogfighter, Gerry, Space Quest Fan, hagatha, Draclvr and everyone. Another chilly brrrr morning here but just above freezing. Got my walk in this morning and now working on the grocery list while enjoying a cup of wide awake doubel dark brew and bagel. It was really windy here yesterday too Gerry. Hope league bowling was fun Draclvr. Sounds like a wonderful neighborhood hagatha.

Take care everyone and stay warm

Good morning everyone.

We're in the throes of a nasty winter storm right now - wind and driving rain and gloom. It was going to be a Pilates morning but the landscaper is coming over to review the lawn maintenance plan for next year, which means a walkabout in the rain. Ugh.

Good Friday morning! I just barely made it before noon. Had to take hubby to the eye doctor this morning. He usually gets an eye injection, but his macular degeneration is doing so well with the treatments that he didn't have to get one. He was a happy camper! I was explaining to the grands that as awful as it sounds, in the days before cataract surgery and treatments for vision issues, people were just blind. Hard for them to fathom.

Just doing what little Christmas decorating I do here today. It's just us and hubby doesn't like Christmas, so I decorate for me!

Welcome to the weekend everyone.

Yay! Weekend. Already dark over here. Time for a cup of fall asleep tea.

The crazy electricity price is back to more or less normal but the quarreling and finger pointing is still ongoing. Somewhat warmer weather and weekend helps.

Today I had lutefisk for lunch. That traditional scandinavian fish dish nowdays mostly served around Christmas. Actually it was quite good. The fish tasteless but there was a nice sauce and some potatoes and peas. Me being hungry no doubt helped.

Also today the 13th we do the traditional Lucia celebrations in Sweden. A local take on the real Syracuse saint Lucia with pretty singing girls dressed in white with candles and spicy cookies and hot wine. All in all a pretty popular tradition. Not strictly Christian but the church seems to approve.

Happy Lucia Day GameBoomers!
With or without Lutefisk and hot wine.

LOL! Ah, Fogfighter... lutefisk. A traditional food when I was growing up - on my Norwegian side of the family - I hated it! The stuff smells so incredibly BAD! I didn't go to my Norwegian grandma's house at Christmas and smell the wonderful smells of Christmas - no, it was boiled whitefish which had been dried and preserved in lye! GAAA!!! They still have lutefisk festivals up where I'm from where a lot of Scandinavians settled. Entire counties smell like lutefisk!

The only Norwegian food I still love is lefse. I may have to make it this year.

I think I can live without the Lutefisk, having had it exactly once and nevermore! Same with pickled herring. I'm also off tuna at the moment, since I was served some that was not quite fresh a few years ago. I've not even been able to eat it as sushi.

My paternal grandmother was of German heritage. On Christmas Eve we would all gather around the baby grand and sing carols in German, or at least those of us who speak German did, which is not me. The tree was decorated with only candles -- a scary proposition, but they were snuffed as soon as the carols were over.

These days my Christmas is a roast chicken and two cats. Boring but easy.

Happy Lucia Day, celebrating with my Swedish family by way of the internet in Oregon

Good Morning connie, soot, Draclvr, hagatha, Fogfighter, BeaSong and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark brew is ready and smells and tastes delicious on this bitter cold morning!

Nice to see you in the Break Room BeaSong...how are you doing? Hagatha I hope you mean only a roast chicken and not 2 roasted cats too! Good the electric cost has gone down Fogfighter.

Hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Christmas Party at the Eagles tonight, karaoke included. I'm making 2 crockpots of ham. Santa will be there for a gift ex change. Tomorrow 5 of us will go shopping for our Christmas families. We get the names from our 2 elementary schools. Parents get a gift card, children get clothes and toys. They also get full Christmas dinners. This is one of our favorite charities as we are hands on. We gift them wrapping paper so the parents can wrap the gifts. We never see the families, the gifts are dropped off at the schools. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning everyone. How was your landscaping walk-about yesterday hagatha? Hope your weather is better today. Draclvr, the lefse sounds marvelous. Fogfighter, I'll pass on the lutefisk...glad you had a fun day of celebrations. Hello Beasong and Space Quest Fan. What a neat charity connie. Enjoying the WADDB and bagels this morning.

Have a wonderful day everone.

Good day everyone.

Don't worry. I will not deliver any lutefisk here. Though I suspect Draclvr's Norwegian grandma must have used a stronger recepie than we do in Sweden. The one I had yesterday totally lacked smell, taste and almost color. Not much substance. Think semitransparent white vaguely fish shaped jelly that apparently once was a real fish. Sounds pretty lame but it is a Christmas tradition. Especially in the parts closest to the North Sea.

Speaking of Christmas BeaSong must of course wish the Swedish relatives God Jul! on the 24th. Internet is mighty useful for staying in touch over continents. A great charity you participate in Connie. No doubt spreading much joy among the recepient.
I second Gerry's opinion. Hope Hagatha didn't roast her cats.

And happy Saturday GameBoomers. Hopefully peaceful and calm without drama!

Good Morning connie, soot, Fogfighter, Dracvr, hagatha, and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready to sharpen your senses!

Connie that is a wonderful way to make Christmas special for others! Soot what's on your schedule for today? Fogfighter are you able to get out or is it too cold?

I'm going to the grocery store early this morning...stormy weather expected Monday so better to go today even though it is bitter cold!

Wishing everyone a Happy Day!

Gerry

Good morning everyone!

- 4 Celsius and cloudy over here. I'm going to get out today. Main challenge is the icy spots. Becasue tonight it was thawing and now cold again. Better stay frosty while moving around.
The WADDB helps to concentrate.

Happy Sunday GameBoomers!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. The Christmas party was a Great success. So much so we put our Christmas shopping for our families off until tomorrow. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Sunday morning! The WADDB is direly needed this morning. It's still cold, but at least it has stopped raining.

Fogfighter, my Norwegian grandma's lutefisk was similar to what you had. It was the long cooking that made her house smell so bad! It was always served with large amounts of melted butter. Horrid stuff! My dad always had to have pickled herring and oyster soup at Christmas too. Yuck! I think it's why I hate oysters and anything related to this day.

Soot, the lefse is made with potatoes, flour and lard! The best lefse makers could roll out their lefse to nearly transparent... my mom had a lefse griddle that was only allowed to be used for lefse. Most of the Scandanavian church ladies still get together and make huge quantities!

Poor hubby is down for the count. His knees are SO painful with this weather he can barely walk plus he woke up sick yesterday... chills, congestion, slight fever. He just feels awful. Roasted some beef soup bones in the oven yesterday and then simmered them for several hours to make beef broth for a vegetable beef barley soup for him.

Heading out to take care of his chickens...

EDIT: Great. I just did a COVID test for hubby and it was positive. I'm not surprised as he just kept feeling worse and worse.

Hope your hubby starts to feel better soon Draclvr.

Good morning everyone.

Emergency kits with instant coffee and knäckebröd available in the Break Room. No Lutefisk.
Keeping my fingers crossed for Dracvlr's hubby. I'm confident he gets the best possible care.

Over here there is a full moon shining and the sun is rising. - 1 Celsius. Dangerously icy roads.
Saw a car that had gently slipped off the road yesterday. Driver and car unhurt. Just a big inconvenience for them.

Happy Monday GameBoomers!

Good Morning Fogfighter, connie, Draclvr, copper, soot, hagatha and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready! Brought some Birthday Cupcakes to celebrate Ana's Birthday!

Draclvr I hope hubby starts to feel better. Did he get the latest Covid shot? My sister is just getting over Covid too.

It is snowing here right now but the temps are warming and everything under foot is icy...very dangerous to walk! I will stay put today as my driveway will be a sheet of ice.

Hope you all enjoy your Monday!

Gerry