Kykuit
The material for the house arrived!
September 29th, 2006
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Update
Sorry for the lack of updates lately. It has just been hectic:
I’ve been very busy trying to get the basement of our house approved. Some problems arose. The pressure from the outside (under ground level) on the wall was more than expected. A crack appeared which had to be fixed. Extra supporting walls on the inside of the house had to be build.
Cecilie got fever and a throat infection, Sean is coughing like a chain smoker and Mia got fever too.
I loaded too much on my hanger so that it collapsed while driving.
I vacuumed the house, but forgot to plug the freezer back in.
But…
This morning the foundation/ basement got approved!!! The rest of the house will now be delivered in about two weeks from now.
The weather here got really great. It’s like mid-summer with temperatures well over 20 degrees Celsius and a lot of sun.
Anyway, I have been in a foul mood and could only bare to pick up my camera to document the technical situation around the house. Tonight, for the first time, I picked it up and made some pictures of Sean and Mia having a bath together.
I’m tired and on my way to bed. There are no good pictures to publish, but I’ll put up a few anyway. See y’all next week.
September 16th, 2006
Sankthans aften
Sankthansaften is widely celebrated in Norway on the longest day of the year (midsummer’s eve), the day that the sun turns. People gather around large bonfires and barbecues are held all over the country. These fires date back to pagan days, and some superstitions surrounding them state that the bonfires will protect people from evil spirits and witches. I read somewhere that during the occupation it actually freaked out the Germans who where not familiar with this custom and thought that the bonfires where a signal to the British and that an attack was imminent.
Sankthans was named after John the Baptist (Saint Johannes). Older people call it Jonsok, which means Johannes wake. Those names are a result of the church trying to transform a pagan custom into a Christian one. The birthday of John the Baptist is believed to fall on the longest day of the year (June 24th). Today in Norway, the celebration is mainly a secular one.
2 comments June 23rd, 2006
