March 22, 2008
March 13, 2008
Things are good here. Work is good. Life is good.
We got some money back in taxes this year so we are now planning a little trip somewhere in Europe for sometime in late June. We're thinking Bulgaria. Sun, sandy beaches, poolside cocktails, holding hands, walking around in a different country taking loads and loads of fun pictures.... Right now DK has shitty weather. Windy, rainy and just very blah. I'm tired of blah. I need some sun and being able to be outside without freezing my ass off.
Last shift at Nørup youth club yesterday evening. Tine came with me so Karin and I fed her cookies and coffee while hanging out with "our kids". We are now closed until October which is always a bitter-sweet feeling. I love my job there but now I'll have an extra night for Rie stuff. But then again, I love what I do so I took on some extra shifts up at JB since one of my co-workers will be on leave and we need to fill the gap. I can't help myself, I just really love what I do.
Panduro Hobby is having a huge sale so I stocked up on artsy/crafty stuff. Spent too much money but I was in heaven. Don't know why I'm telling you guys that. I think I'm just eager to have some peace and quiet to work on some projects I've been thinking about for weeks now.
Ok, I'm babbling. That's my sign to end this post and get ready for work. Long shift today, won't be home until late. Only two more days until weekend. Then only two more days after that, then Easter vacation!
February 24, 2008

Jesper and Vibeke

Karin - Jesper's mom with her new grandchildren. Hello Line and Tobias!
I've been busy with my hobbies and I'm becoming friends with my sewing machine. I don't have a name for her yet (Yes, I'm talking about my Queen Deluxe machine...) My coworker at Jættebo is my rock - she's been teaching me how to read the patterns and small tricks of the trade. I have made a shirt from scratch - a "very easy" project... that took me freaking forever! Instead of "very easy", it should have said "Very easy for anyone else other than RIE!!" Argh!! But I finished it and I think it's wearable. I'm not scared off from sewing but I have learned that I have to start from the very beginning. My next project - a skirt... also "very easy"... yeah right, we'll see about that!
Ok, I'm starting to ramble on and on so I should end this post for now. I'll be back.
February 9, 2008
But life is ok. My jobs are good and I'm still very happy for my career choice. I've been working some extra shifts - school party in Nørup last Thursday and Jelling Halbal tonight... Jelling Halbal is where the kids are allowed to drink so it'll be a long night. Plus we have the diverse activities this month including a skating trip to Herning, Halbal in Vejle etc. But it's all good.
Next weekend, I will finally have a "fun" weekend. My old apartment is finally out of the picture so I don't have to worry about moving or cleaning (although this place could use a good clean!) so Anders, Tine and I are going to have some fun next Saturday. We are going to a TV2 concert - the plan is to eat dinner together before and then just relax and listen to good music. Have a few drinks and then we'll see what happens after the concert. Maybe go downtown to the local pub or not.... we'll find out next weekend.
Things here at home are good too. Anders loves his job and is busy studying for... something. Computer stuff. Our little apartment is coming around - we still need to hang up some shelves and pictures but it's getting there. A little messy at the moment but we'll survive for now. My hobbies have been at a standstill but I'm working on a shirt and a painting at the moment so hopefully I'll have something to show off tomorrow. We'll see what happens.
January 12, 2008
I got to sleep in today but then I ended up taking a nap a few hours after I had woken up. So I can actually say that I have done nothing other than eat and sleep today. Now I'm awake and hungry again. We were supposed to go over to my old apartment and get some more things moved but I'm seriously having a lazy day today so we'll have to just do it tomorrow. I just can't get my shit together today.
I'll be working extra shifts next week but other than that, I have nothing much going on here. My old apartment is coming along and we should have the last of the stuff moved next weekend.... btw, Tine - do you still want the bookshelf? Then I just need to clean it up and hand in the keys.
I think I'll be creative tonight. Put on my "crafty clothes" and have some fun. Order Chinese food (Mmmmmm) and just do my own thing tonight.... Yups, that's the plan.
Have a great weekend!!
January 4, 2008
Merry Christmas!
I had to work this year at the Christmas Youth Party in Jelling - pretty much babysitting 700 drunken teenagers. Very interesting and lots of fun. Very gross too but I'll spare the details so you'll have to use your imagination...
New Years Eve was fun. We were a little late in the planning part but it turned into a good party with good friends. Heidi, Tine, Anders and I ate dinner here at our place - Tine made good food and we all ate like there was no year 2008. It has turned into a tradition now that Heidi comes to Vejle on NYE and this year was no different. Kenneth and his brother came over after dinner and we all partied hard to welcome the new year. Not really with massive amounts of alchohol - the most of us behaved ourselves and were pretty responsible with the intake of fun drinks. Still lots of fun. The weather was gorgeous so we were able to see fireworks from all over Vejle so we all ooh'd and aww'd from our balcony and living room windows. No hangovers the day after and the clean up wasn't too bad. Happy New Years! (More New Years pictures on Heidi's blog!)
Heidi decided I needed to be decorated...
Being lazy before the party started.
Anders trying out one of the table bomb poof things... wtf is that called in English?
A traditional Heidi/Rie picture!
Getting ready to eat! Yummy!
Tine after dinner!
Traditional for New Years Eve and other Danish celebrations. It was a little crooked... but tasted good!
Long story - we had lots of inside jokes going on that night!
I did not get one picture where Anders looks normal. But at least I look super cute!
Now I'm back to work and life is pretty much normal again - whatever you call that. I bought myself a sewing machine (xmas present from the parental units) so I'm planning on experimenting this weekend. If anything turns out to be remotely interesting, I'll post some pictures...
Hope everyone is doing good!!December 24, 2007
I did absolutely nothing this weekend and I LOVED it! I guess I really needed to catch up on some sleep because I slept in both days and woke up to breakfast being served. I didn't do much other than sleep, eat, watch movies and play on my computer. Since we'll be so busy with family stuff the next few days, I don't feel guilty about being a lazy hermit the last couple of days!
So tonight is at Anders' parent's place. Tomorrow will probably be left overs at their place again - we usually go over to my family on Christmas Day but plans have been changed. Then a Christmas lunch on Wednesday at Anders' aunt and uncle's place - again with too much food and lots of people. We were invited out to Nørup (my family) on Thursday but Anders has to work and I have a youth club party that evening with lots of drunken teenagers plus I have plans with an old friend coming to Vejle so we had to unfortunately say no thanks to more food. Hopefully we can drive out there sometime during the weekend and drink some coffee with my crazy aunt and uncle.
New Years Eve (NYE) plans are starting to come around.... ok, not really. All I know is that Tine, Heidi, Anders and I will be eating dinner together, most likely here at our place. Maybe two more friends too. But we don't know what's happening afterwards and with who. No one is really showing too much excitement towards NYE so it'll probably be a quieter evening... which suits me just fine. It'll be a nice excuse to really just hang out with our friends and have a good time without the hangover the day after.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas - Danes, Canadians and whoever else reads this blog. Big hugs to you and your family!!
xoxoxoxxoxo Rie
December 16, 2007
I've been busy with work and that takes up a lot of my time - working and the transportation. I get home at 11pm three night a week and it takes lot of my energy. But I still love my job and even though we've been busy, it's still lots of fun. I'd rather be busy then having nothing to do.
I'm still in the process of moving all my stuff. I guess I haven't been clear on where exactly I moved since some people have been asking questions.... Anders and I have moved back in with each other and instead of spending money on a new apartment, I moved back to his place, which is actually my old place too. So I guess you can say we are finally back to normal after some hard times during the past year. And life is good - we are happy. We still have lots to do here but because of work, we can only really get stuff moved and organized during the weekends. But it's getting there. I think after I finish this post, I will start cleaning up in the computer/craft room and then start re-organising the kitchen so we can see what we need and don't need from my old place. I have the other apartment until Feb. 15 so we still have some time. We are slowly buying new furniture and have already bought two desks for the computer/craft room, a dresser for the bedroom and a tv bench for the living room. At one point, we do want to get new couches and a new dining room table but that'll come after Christmas when we have some money to play with.
Speaking of Christmas, what is everyone's plans for the holidays? Are you all done with the shopping? We're only halfway done and I'll have to make some trips downtown before work next week and Anders will have to do his shopping next weekend. We'll be doing the usual for Christmas - Christmas Eve at his parent's place and then hopefully Christmas Day with my family in Nørup... Maybe I'll get to see my cousin's new babies - the twins were born Dec. 5th and Line and Tobias are happy and healthy (from what I hear from Karin).
Major update!!! Glenda and Nathan are now proud parents to Aiden Benjamin. He finally came to the world yesterday, Dec. 15th after a tough labor that ended in a c-section. From what I hear from Nathan and Dee, mommy Glenda and baby bean Aiden are both doing really good.

Congratulations to the Potter family! I can't wait to see more pictures! And thank you to Dee for keeping me updated and also for posting pictures on her blog!
It's been a quiet weekend. Anders and I both had Christmas parties at our work on Friday so he was in Ă…rhus with computer geeks and I was here in Vejle with my co-workers. Dinner, drinks and Singstar. We ended up meeting each other downtown at the local bar and came home at around 5am.... We are too old for this kind of partying because we did absolutely nothing yesterday - neither one of us could find extra energy to do anything else other than watch tv and sleep.
I hope to update my blog more often and to take some more pictures of my life here. The batteries to my camera are being recharged as I type this so I won't have any excuses.
November 25, 2007
Our "new" home is coming along nicely. We have bought some new furniture - a desk, chest of drawers and a tv bench and it definitely helps. I don't have all my stuff up here yet but that's because we are both working quite a bit (and at different times in the day) and plus we want to really clean up and get it all ready here before we move everything. I think it's going to look great when we're done but it's taking longer than I expected because of finances and just plain lack of time.
I went to a "summerhouse" with Anders and his family this weekend to celebrate his mom's bday on Tuesday. Tine and I did have plans to spend Friday evening with Jonna and her two girls but they unfortunately all came down with the flu and Jonna was forced to cancel. Next time! I just hope they're feeling better. (And I hope Tine's headache is finally gone too!) So I came out to the summerhouse and basically just hung out there. We went for a walk Saturday but it was really cold and windy so after a few hours of wandering around in some vacation town, we went back to the fireplace, our coffee and played boardgames. Trivial Pursuit and "Tegn og Gæt" (what is it called in English? In teams, drawing and guessing what it is? I can't remember!)
We drove home Sunday and I was so tired - I didn't sleep well at all so I desperately needed a couple hours so I could function again. And now I'm here. Just finished talking to my parents and brother and his girlfriend on skype and now I think I'm going to clean up on a bookshelf here and the closet in the hallway before I throw myself on the couch and watch a movie. Maybe we should start thinking about what we're eating for dinner tonight too....
See, nothing all that interesting to post. Work is good. Life is good. Health is good. Family is good. It's all good.
November 8, 2007
I don't know why but I haven't been good at updating my blog lately but I think it's because I don't know what to write. I work. I sleep. I take the bus. I eat. I watch tv. I play cards on the computer. That's my life. But I'm loving it!
Thank you to everyone for all the birthday greetings! All the phone calls, emails, text messages, facebook... I felt so loved! I had a good day - it started with breakfast served by Anders before he had to work. Then I brought a cake with me to my work and found a few minutes to sit down with my co-workers and eat cake and drink coffee. The kids found out that it was my birthday so a lot of the girls sang to me and make small gifts from the materials we have in our creative workshop - I ended up coming home with cards, a purse decorated with beads and roses, small earring boxes and keychains. I got other good gifts, including money from the Canadian family, dvd's from Anders and a book from Tine. I went out for dinner with Tine Tuesday after work and we really caught up on some girly gossip - lots of laughs and a really good time.
So, I had a really good day - nice and quiet but that's the way I wanted it!
Other than my birthday, I haven't really been doing much. Work takes up a lot of my time and energy but I love it. I feel good at work and I definitely feel right about making this my career choice. It won't make me rich but that's not what's important. I'm learning so much about myself, about my limits, about kids and their limits and I feel as though I'm doing something good. Plus it's fun! I can honestly say that my work is fun.
News from my American side of the family - my cousin, Cydney, tied the knot with her boyfriend Patrick and can now call themselves husband and wife! Congratulations! The ceremony took place a couple of weeks ago but I'm a little behind in my blogging. Here are some pictures of the happy couple!
Speaking of weddings, my brother and his fiance finally set the date. JC and Kim will be getting married in Calgary May 1st next year! It'll be a small wedding ceremony... without his big sister being present. Yes... I am forced to take a good look at reality and reality for me is that I can't afford a trip to Calgary at that point, nor can I take the time off work for an extra vacation. And I'm pretty bummed out because I would have loved to meet Kim and seen my baby brother get hitched. So I'm going to have to rely on my parent's photography skills and be there in spirit. Hey, maybe someone can set up a webcam in the corner!
I have a busy weekend coming up - a "tupperware" party Friday evening with Jannie and the girls and then a bday party at Anders' place Saturday. I don't plan on hitting the drinks too hard this weekend but it should be fun hanging out with some friends and just having a good time. I'll bring my camera and take pictures!
