A small knitting brake...

After a busy fall,
my needles are resting - for a little bit...

Christmas is coming up,
and I need time to dig into my Christmas boxes,
and to bake and shop!

This morning I took some pictures,
- this is how I decorated,
welcome in!

The fire place is still missing Santa's stockings,
this December we hung
the "Advent kalender" here.


These are some of my favorites items,
and they come out of hiding
every year.


The table is ready for our favorite Christmas food.
Norwegian, salted and dryed, lambribs,
served with boiled potatoes and
rutabaga stew...mmm...


We brought this cabinet over from Norway
several years ago when we moved here.
It is a desk with a book cabinet attached,
from the 1800 century.
The original glass is still in the doors.


My Christmas village
is arranged in another cabinet.
Our youngest daughter loved to help me setting it up,
but not this year...
It's time for final tests at school,
and she is busy studying.

Most years the garlands get to stay in their boxes,
it takes patient to get it all up.
They have gotten a real beating
from being stored in the heat, in the garage attic.


The front room got a small lift also,
and the Christmas tree is in this room.

This is a time to think of "home",
of Christmases past, and Christmases to come.


This is a time to miss the ones that's far away,
but also a time to enjoy the ones that will be visiting!

I will be reloading my batteries,
and be ready for new challenges in 2009.

Happy Holidays to everybody!

Denne høsten har vært travel,
med masse julemesse strikking.
Vær så snill å minn meg på dette neste år,
om jeg skulle finne på å ville stille igjen.

Nå er det tid for jul, og for å roe litt ned.
Jeg kom sent igang iår,
men fikk det meste gjort i en fei.
Litt mer shopping,
så er jeg klar for å hente jule gjester på flyplassen.
Gjett om vi gleder oss til det...

Ønsker alle som stikker innom en God Jul!