Thursday, December 9, 2010

Who's cat are you calling spoiled?



Hi ya'll,



Today ,I should have stayed home and done chores.....such as ironing and laundry. But nooooo....I did not. It was snowing like crazy and I just had the urge to get out of the house.







My hubby was in Finland ,so I took off out in the world today wearing NO makeup.I thought " ah ,who cares, nobody knows me anyway."



So what happens , since I'm out looking like hell ? Naturally ,I hear a woman on the subway speaking English! She was talking on the phone and my plan was to speak to her.Well she would up leaving the subway,never getting off the phone. Damn it! I lost my chance to talk to her.



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We live in Orestad.I took the subway all the way to Vanlose to go to the store Jysk. I was looking for colored christmas lights. They had ONE box left.


As you can see, Vanlose is about as far away from home as I can get.






They also have a library there,one thrift store and a nice grocery store. I wound up hauling groceries around all day as well.








A florist. This looked really pretty in the snow.















The countryside ,from the subway.














Also at the florist.
















Vanlose, on the main street.
















Lady with big baby stroller. Everyone has these. I rarely ever see (or hear) a baby that's awake.














Run like hell ?












Off into the wild blue yonder....













Our homemade Danish stockings. I got these at the flea market. I have no place to hang them.(they are on the fridge)














This is our "Christmas tree" :)

The cat's needed that ladder shelf to get on top of the closets.So we are using it instead of a tree.


(?????)






I got this little outfit today at the thrift store for 10 kroner. It was doll clothes.O'Reilly would NOT cooperate at all. Cavuto is Mama's good baby.




Crazy cat lady out. Happy humpday guys!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The cat whisperer.....







"Let me tell you a really big secret"








Yesterday I went shopping in an area called Amargerbro. To get there, I walk to the Metro ,take a subway to Christianhavn,get off and board another subway and then walk the rest of the way.Too bad all I bought was a kitchen faucet sprayer adaptor. I hope the thing works.


I did take some pictures. When I first left the house I had to wear sunglasses.Soon ,it was back to gray.



(remember,click them to make 'em big)



Snowy tracks












A church with fancy doors














pretty Christmasy, no?












Billions of bikes ,all in a row.













Outside the shopping center (centret)











Accross from the centret.













How would a person even find their own bike?


















Outside of the mall by my house. Right accross from there is the metro.















"I will tell NO humans my secret ,so don't even try.Cat's got my tongue."







Ha! You didn't think "I" had a secret ,did you?

Nope, the cats do.




Happy tuesday!

Monday, December 6, 2010

The cat food is too loud....



Hi ya'll,







(wall in Copenhagen)



As you may have noticed,I have gotten into a bit of a blogging slump. You know, I've been fat, depressed, moving and getting used to a new country....bla bla bla..yackity smackity. The reasons don't really matter. What matters is that I want to bust out of my slump and get back to normal.(whatever that is)




So, I have signed up to do Holidailies this year. I may do no more than stick up a picture and call it a post but I WILL be blogging every day from now until Jan.5th.



Holidailies is easy ,free and open to any blogger .More info below if you care to join in the Christmas fun.


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Holidailies participants solemnly vow to update their personal web sites daily from Dec. 6 to Jan. 5.



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Ok....on with my unslumping.



Last night I woke up at 3 A.M. and I could not go back to sleep.I heard the snow plow guys laughing down on the street,then I heard the snow plows,the metro trains,the side walk snow sweeper,then all got quiet for a second and what do I hear...the extrememly loud sound of a cat chomping dry cat food. I try to sleep...then my skin is too dry,my shirt is tangled,my pant legs are twisted,my pillows too hot. I try some more to go to sleep.....my husband starts snoring, my arm falls asleep,the cat starts drinking out of my water glass. Arrhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! I give up. It's very difficult to sleep in a small apartment.



That reminds me .....here's a couple of dumb things I've done since I've been in Denmark.



1. We have this intercom thing by our front door ,like on Seinfield. I've never had one before ,didn't know a thing about how it worked.Well when the cable guy had to come (2 days in a row) he rang the buzzer, I answered the little phone,he said "I'm down here."


Moron girl "Ok,I'll be right there to let you in."


I take the elevator down 10 floors and let him in the door,then we have to ride the elevator back up together. I did this several times.At one point he said "can't you open it from up here?"


Duh (I don't know)


Next time he rings the buzzer, I answer the little phone and tell him "Ok,I'm going to push this button ,you tell me if it does anything."


Cable man says " I'm in , it let me in."


(oh shit)


He will probably tell the story about the "stupid American " for the rest of his carreer.


2. The lighting in here is awful. I usually put my makeup on in the entry way mirror.The other day,the entry way light burned out. hubby was gone. I could barely reach the light bulb to remove it.So I try and try ,I finally get the thing unscrewed and oh great, it's some funky lightbulb we don't have. It has a big porecilin part on the bottom of it.


I search and search at the store. No luck. When hubby gets home I give him the "weird" lightbulb and tell him "I could not find one like that at the store."


After he got done shaking his head in disbelief , he informed me that the porecilin part was actually part of the light fixture .I had unscrewed that as well as the bulb.






Thank God I didn't bring the light bulb with me to the store.


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See ya tomorrow!