calgary excitement?

well, the last couple days have pretty much whizzed by.
monday i hung out with my mom most of the day, and then went to have dinner with heather and mark, and holly. afterwards holly and i hit the mall and it was actually super empty! a nice surprise.
i think ive spent most of the money that i saved for the states here in calgary. but for family so its all good. i will just have to take more from my savings. dun dun dunnnnn.
tuesday i went to the doctors, was told i didnt need to fast, had blood taken, was then told i had needed to fast.. and then went to my aunt and uncles. only got to see my one cousin, jennifer, but i did get to see all the pics from their trip to denmark last june.
today i got more blood taken! i was able to make an appt downtown at a clinic so i fasted and did the last test. bah.
then i had breakfast with dan and his girlfriend, and walked to my moms work.
while there, her friend jackie came in with a coffee and some baileys, and then the two of us (jackie and i) went to safeway for some food.
i came home and tried my hand at candied peppered almonds.
the first batch burnt a bit but they taste ok.
the second batch is better but alot of the candying part stuck together and not to the almonds.
not sure why.
now im going to eat something (not candied almonds), wrap a few presents, go to the bank to get american dollars and head to my aunts for a bit. hopefully grab the car so we can move the tv over there tonight. more on that later.

that was a big ugly bunch of sentences, and no pics. sorry.

snow + lights

makes for a strange look on my balcony.
but i like it!














and my tree again.



















in two days ill be in calgary so i wont be able to see mine anymore.
just my grandmas (mormor).

ive been trying to pack some christmas things for my mom too.
since im not dragging it all to denmark, it seems a shame to throw it all away.
and i know how my mom loves to wrap presents all fancy like.
yes, i will be flying with rolls of wrapping paper.
its going to be fun.

here are my two suitcases that are coming to calgary.
(also my messy living room at present)
the awesome little yellow one will remain there, probably to be given away.
i love it and its so cute, but it has no wheels and your hand hurts when its heavy and you have to carry it around.
trust me, ive done it many times.
c'est la vie.

merry christmas?

i took this picture at 830 am today. you cant really see them, but there are giant wet snowflakes falling rapidly.














oh wait. you can. one hour later. spot the difference?














its still snowing very quickly. if my ride doesnt come in half an hour, ill grace you with another photo...

and as promised... 1010 am














and its still coming down...
wonder how that highway is doing.... /sigh

day 10

somehow i got behind on my advent calendar.
i dont even know how that happened.
so this morning, i get to eat two chocolates!
great way to start the day. maybe i am starting to like chocolate more.
or maybe its a phase.
either way...












and yes, todays chocolate is, in fact, a squirrel!!

lights of christmas!

ok, so after i suggested that i could only take blurry shots of my lights outside, i went and tried anyways. yep. blurry.
but as i got more encouragement to do so, ill just post it.









and also a blurry but fun shot of my tree. i love all the light reflecting on the wall behind it.












love christmas.

domestic weekend

after my super fun christmas party friday, of which i still owe you pictures, i just stayed in all weekend and baked and stuff. less of the stuff and more of the baking actually.

it rained all day saturday, so i tried out a recipe for sugar cookies that my sister-in-law sent me, as well as some royal icing sugar icing. that was a first and a messy adventure. but it worked out alright!









today i made a second batch of cookies, (put the right amount of milk in this time) and made my icing red and green!












it started out super gross and rainy today, but then it cleared up.









i went for a walk to pick up some things.
i love that i can find palm trees in this city.












i got food writers!
yes, i get to colour my cookies. so much fun!!
i get to do todays batch tomorrow when it hardens!!!









after all that, i had my first full glass of egg nog. none of the egg nog chai business, just the full on real deal. (i was looking up recipes today Dave, and that is what you could have used your egg yolks for...)

just like old times

when i was little, my mom and i would go and see the nutcracker suite ballet every christmas. i think the last time we went was maybe when i was ten or eleven. i dont even remember. i just remember going and loving it.

i just bought tickets for us to go this year! the seats probably arent great but you have to be able to see or they wouldnt sell them. im so excited! the only downer is that i have to limit what i pack cause i have such a big trip, but i want to bring something nice to go to the theatre in.

yay nutcracker!!!

peeling

yep. im peeling. every every every where. its awesome.
ok, maybe more than a little gross too.

i went and got a hat today for my part on friday!
40s/50s hollywood! sad that i couldnt have gotten one of Amalie's hats, but next time!
pictures friday when im all done up.

my friend peter came over today to teach me how to actually use my camera, and understand more photography things about it, instead of just point and click. he worked with my mom at the camera store in calgary, so i guess in theory he is her friend and now mine by default. he stayed around to chat for a couple hours after the camera lesson, so it was nice to just chat with someone. i never do that.

i also put up my christmas tree tonight! i got a few more decorations when i was out today. they are all bought and not crafted, but whatever! so excited!!! ill probably pack it all up before i go anyways. maybe bring some of it to my moms cause i wont be setting up christmas in this country again!













tried out some of the new infos with the camera..









ill try to be artsy... at least i want to be...









this one feels like a super old christmas card...

nog

i just went to the grocery store for some things, and saw egg nog in the fridge. egg nog! i love it so much. i will only have like, 3 glasses over all of xmas but i love it. is there egg nog in denmark? i am out of touch with the world, i realize this. i hope there is.

i love christmas. i cant wait for it. im going to turn on my christmas lights right now. if the cord is accessible. yes, they stayed up all year.