Christmas preparations!

Christmas if by far my favourite time of year! I love the bright and colourful decorations, to sing along to the Christmas songs, and to bake so many delicious cookies.

Everyone may know how much time and effort goes into baking the Norwegian Pepperkaker, it takes hours making the dough, cooling it in the fridge over night, and rolling it out, shaping them and baking them in the oven and then decorate if with icing sugar. It is by far one  of my favourite things to do in December. Yesterday I baked for work again, and while baking, I was listening to the very fun and lovely Norwegian Pepperkake Visa (youtube clip underneath).

I have also found a new recipe for my snowflake crochet project. The more advanced the recipe, the longer it takes to make them. I wish I knew how to make these earlier, so I could have made more advanced one for Christmas gifts. Maybe next year!

It is getting hotter and hotter in Queensland, and the thunderstorms are more frequent as well. I used to be terrified of thunderstorms, to the point that I would stay at friends and family it one was closing in. You cannot be doing that here, as they almost as common as heavy rain. I think it took me a year to get used to them and now I don’t care unless they forecast hail. The storms usually hit in the late afternoon and evening, making the day hot and humid. Nothing beats a hot and humid day than a day in the water, whether it be a swimming pool, a lake, river or ocean.
That is exactly what Luke and I did on the weekend and it was lovely. It am enjoying the heat until next week, when I will be going home to Norway for Christmas!

I am so excited to be going home for Christmas, and the countdown to next week is on!

Write Soon

Xo

Coming Home for Christmas!

Hi All,

It is 3rd of December on this side of the world and Christmas is just around the corner. I am proud to say that I was done with the Christmas present shopping before the 1st of December. A first for me as I am usually one of the people buying some presents the day before Christmas. I have t say it feels great being done with it all so I can relax with Christmas songs and baking. This time of year I bring Norwegian Christmas cookies to work each week and it is usually very popular. A whole box full of cookies will empty in a day.

This year I am extra excited about Christmas as I am finally celebrating it in Norway! 14 days, 11 hours until I leave from the boiling heat of an Australian summer, to the cold and hopefully white winter in Norway. I am of course hoping for a white Christmas, but in any case it will be great spending if with my family. Christmas with my family feels like proper Christmas to me, weather it is here in Australia or in Norway. My suitcase is full of presents and there is barely space for me to pack some clothes to wear. Lucky I got an amazing early Christmas present from Luke, a 1.5 kg carry on suitcase. Thanks to that I will be able to bring clothes as well!

When I was younger I always loved the Christmas song , I'll be Home for Christmas and I would never have thought then, how much the lyrics of this song would mean to me now. It gives me butterflies in my stomach and puts a smile on my face. Another song that has the same affect on me is White Christmas. Such a classic song that means more to me now that I long for white Christmas each year.

I have found that my trips to Norway becomes a bit hectic between seeing everyone I would like to. Family and my best friend is a priority but I will try to catch up with as many as possible.

Looking forward to catching up with most of you soon.

Write soon,

XoXo