Weekending :: Gratitude

Weekending, my favorite part of the week. A time to relax, live, love, just to be.
Joining with Amanda.



It's been a weekend filled with loads upon loads of snow...
The kids have had free from school Thursday and Friday,
so it's been a long weekend for them.
Friday was spent on grocery shopping and a quick stop at the library to pick up a book.
I'm glad we went to town on Friday,
because we had a snowstorm here yesterday.
So most of the weekend has been spent inside
with candlelights
The Croods and Oz the Great and Powerful
fire in the woodstove
knitting
many cups of tea
"ribbe" as Sunday dinner

It still snowing outside which mean I will have some snow to shovel tomorrow.
Endre is a bit feverish and has had a nap on the sofa...
Hopefully he will sleep it off during the night and feel better tomorrow.
I'll spend the rest of the night knitting on a sock that will go in the adventcalendar
and flip throuhg the pages in "Knas" for inspiration for our gingerbreadhouse.

How's your weekend been?



Joining in with Taryn for her heartfelt Sunday tradition. A time to slow down, to reflect, to be grateful. This week I have been grateful for...

... a warm fire
... meeting up with Tove Fevang and other knitters
... the good, but tired feeling after shoveling snow for hours
... the good help from my eldest while shoveling snow
... laundry smelling of crisp winter air
... the local library
... finishing some christmas gifts
... the snow - since it makes the day brighter now when the light is fading fast
... candlelights
... my mom taking Eirin with her shopping
... taking the kids out for dinner in the middle of the week
... chocolate

Gratitude Sunday

This week I'm joining Gratitude Sunday at Wooly Moss Roots
{Sunday's heartfelt tradition. A time to reflect, to slow down, to be grateful. A list of gratitudes.}

Throughout the week I've felt grateful for:

~ Lots of warm, sunny and lazy days out on the deck

~ A trip to the beach

~ Not having to wash the dishes for three weeks because hubby has had vacation :)

~ Casting on a new project

~ The smell in the air after a big rainfall

~ Watching dragonflies

~ All those small, but oh so pretty flowers in the forest

~ Going for a hike

~ Having a handy Hubby who can make the kids bows and arrows, quivers and a sword.

~ Watching them play and see how far they can make the arrows fly (they are not sharp)

~ Being able to harvest of nature right outside our door

~ Finding enough blueberries for a blueberry crumble pai

Gratitude Sunday

This week I'm joining Gratitude Sunday at Wooly Moss Roots
{Sunday's heartfelt tradition. A time to reflect, to slow down, to be grateful. A list of gratitudes}

Throughout the week I've felt grateful for:

~ Staying up late and read

~ Listening to the heavy rain on the roof when going to sleep

~ Going shopping with mom, my sister and the kids. Including a stop at the local yarn store

~ Picking cloudberries

~ Working in the garden and eat the first zucchinis and sugar peas

~ Casting on a new project

~ Eirin's enthusiasm in the kitchen and to eat her yummy heart cakes

~ A sunday walk in the forest

~ Being part of the joy Endre felt when we found a tiny frog

~ And I'm most grateful for all the years we've had with my grandmother and that we went to see her a couple of times this week. Sadly she past away yesterday - 90 years old, but by letting the kids see her when she was sick has made the grief easier. They know why she died. And I think death is a part of life we should not hide from the kids...

“Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories…” 

~Ronald Reagan

Weekending :: Snowfort and cupcakes

It's been a weekend filled with
- Snow, yes, it's still coming...
- Finishing the onesie
- Piles of laundry
- Cupcakes
- A bottle of wine
- Finally the 3rd season of Game of Thrones is here
- Shoveling away the now on the patio so we can use it when the sun starts to warm
- And build a snowfort with the lumps of snow we shoveld away

How's your weekend been?

Joining Amanda for Weekending and giving thanks with Taryn at Wooly Moss Roots for Gratitude Sunday