annan jóladag ella Boxing Day a.k.a 2nd Christmas day

Christmas came and went. Last year Ivan and Sharon were the only visitors but on 28th (Christmas is over then except for the tree and decorations still around till 6th Jan), this year, they were the only visitors again!
Now back to the starting about Christmas.
My goose dinner was a wonderful success. The meat was succulent and juicy and the sauce was delicious. Only thing was, we ate like a rabbit. The goose was 4.5kg. 3 adults and 3 small children under 5 years ate not even a quarter of the goose! I was so embarrassed to admit to my brother in law and his wife that we couldn't even finished a quarter of the goose. They had chosen not to join us this year in our home so they had 2 ducks and a goose for 5 adults this year.
We planned on eating roast leg of lamb on Christmas day but we end up eating half of the goose instead. I freeze the other half of the goose to be eaten on someday when I feel like eating roast goose. Good as I don't have to spend time cooking. I got up so late as I was not feeling good. I don't even know when the kids wake up. Lucky my hubby could see that I am not well so he took over my duties and feed Danial's medicine in the morning. Hadi Johan was left with me ofcourse as that "booby guy" only want one thing! Yes I still breast feed him and I wish he will give it up soon. So I didn't go to church for Christmas service this year.
Today I roast "ræst kjøt" in the oven. My mil would have preferred it boiled in the big pot so that we can have soup and then eat that "ræst" leg of lamb with boiled potatoes.

presents I gave to my family.
sony ericsson cellphone K750i for my hubby with accessories (car charger, wireless earpiece, carrying case) and I bought 5 ladles and labelled it as from kids. He also get a romantic tealight candle holder with flying birds motif from me.

V-smile Vtech learning game for my kids (mainly Jana Maria and Hadi Johan since Danial cannot comprehend normalcy)

a headset for my mil (so that we don't spoilt our eardrums at a young age and end up llike her now.........almost deaf so the radio or tv has to be very loud for her to hear. Only trouble is, she shouted when she want to talk to us now while using her headpiece!)

My hubby gave her the water jug that she wish for so long.

presents I get from my hubby
a long black skirt with beautiful lace hem
a glittering black blouse w/long sleeve
a sleeveless reddish top with shiny buttons all over it
a black overcoat with silver shimmer all over it

other presents
Maggie(dear friend from Singapore, living in Singapore)a nice Christmas card with Christams songs CD attach to it
Annie(hubby's cousin and also Godmother to Dánial) gave me a beautiful pendant necklace from Pilgrim
Stella(friend in Faroe Island who come from Sri Lanka) gave me a heart shaped pink soap, pink face towel and a roll on (couldn't smell because my smell sense has gone for the last 4 months)
Sharon(a Singaporean friend who will be leaving Faroe Island for good on 28th December) gave me 2 small porcelain angels to hang on Christmas tree and a small white salt&pepper container.
Jana Maria painted 2 cups and it was labelled one for me and one for hubby. It was cute!

My mil forgot to ask my hubby to buy a present for me from her. I bought my husband a very nice cardigan for my mil. I also bought 3 sets of ivory table cloth and give it to my older brother in law and his wife, my younger brother in law and his partner, and for me and my hubby and label it as from my mil to us all.

My older brother in law and his wife got me and my hubby 2 sets of wall lamps and we got them the waffle toaster?? Not sure what it is call. You know, the thing you pour your waffle mixture to bake the waffle? Yeah, that thing. As for my younger brother in law and his partner, they didn't give us anything for the past 3 years. They requested that we don't give them either as they don't want to bother buying for us. Hmm......they might as well join the Jehovah's Witnesses. I heard somewhere that Jehovah's Witnesses are not supposed to celebrate Christmas. They don't even buy present for each other except friends, and the partner families and her extended families and her friends. He didn't even give his mom any Christmas presents.

On another note.................Christmas by ourselves was nice and I love the preparation to have dinner on the eve of Christmas. Only trouble is we were all taxed out by Danial's antic. It is certainly not easy to have to be on the lookout all the time. However it was much easier for him this year to be here. He didn't cry or go hysterical as he knows he is in his own house. He is free to roam around wherever he wanted to. The only problem we face was that since we were busy with Christmassy stuffs, he is free to run around naked many times. He peed on the sofa, he throws his diapers and clothes everywhere. Once we sat down to have "rís a la mande" and he walk in fiddling with his "ting-a-ling" completely naked and laughing. What a sight it was! Lucky my mil is blind and we have no guests. Opening of presents was chaotic. Hadi Johan has only one thing on his mind.......booby! Danial only chewed on the gift wrappers or the fancy strings. Jana Maria was busy unwrapping most of the pack for everybody even before we read who was it from! My mil kept asking what and who and how and we all have not much time to give all the info as she keep asking the same question every 2mins even after you tell her. Same thing all over again. When all the presents were unwrapped, there wasn't any floors to be seen, Danial had pulled my hubby's hand at 7:45pm to go to bed. He wanted to sleep. Jana Maria and Hadi Johan was too tired to sing and dance around the Christmas tree, besides, they couldn't find any floor remember??

3more days

Just a few more days before we celebrate Christmas. Here we celebrate on the 24th by eating at 12noon following the tradition of the á Krákusteini familiy for generations, "ræst riv" with rye bread. Following that is dinner at 6pm. I am making goose this year. So looking forward to it. After dinner we open up our gifts and then we will have the "win an almond gift" game with coffee before lazying around on the sofa. Some people sing Christmas carols as the dance around the tree. We are not able to do that as my mil is blind and very old, my one year old son is still afraid to take more than 4 steps. My four year old son is weak sighted and handicapped in his own way. My husband do not sing or do the walk around the Christmas tree since he was 15 years old so there's only me and Jana Maria left. We cannot handle all the songs and the tree by ourselves. First of all, I am not faroese, and as most of these carols are in faroese, it's not easy for me to remember. Jana Maria cannot remember all the verse as she is only three years old and not a professional singer. On top of it all, one big and one short will not be able to form a chain around our christmas tree!

Your Heart Is Pink

In relationships, you like to play innocent - even though you aren't.Each time you fall in love, it's like falling for the first time. Your flirting style: Coy Your lucky first date: Picnic in the park Your dream lover: Is both caring and dominant What you bring to relationships: Romance

What Color Heart Do You Have?

You Are Likely an Only Child

At your darkest moments, you feel frustrated.At work and school, you do best when you're organizing.When you love someone, you tend to worry about them. In friendship, you are emotional and sympathetic.Your ideal careers are: radio announcer, finance, teaching, ministry, and management.You will leave your mark on the world with organizational leadership, maybe as the author of self-help books.

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You Are 60% Weird

You're so weird, you think you're *totally* normal. Right?But you wig out even the biggest of circus freaks!

How Weird Are You?

Your Brain's Pattern

You have a dreamy mind, full of fancy and fantasy.You have the ability to stay forever entertained with your thoughts.People may say you're hard to read, but that's because you're so internally focused.But when you do share what you're thinking, people are impressed with your imagination.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?

Your Power Color Is Gold

At Your Highest: You are engrossed in passions that mentally stimulate you. At Your Lowest: You seek thrills and neglect what's important in your life. In Love: You see dating as adventure and approach it with an open attitude. How You're Attractive: You passion for life makes others passionate about you. Your Eternal Question: "Am I Having Fun?"

What's" Your Power Color?

What Your Underwear Says About You

You like your underwear to make you feel girlish and pretty. Let's hope you're a chick. You're comfortable in your own skin - and don't care to impress anyone.

The Underwear Oracle

this is funny to me

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored. You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change. You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please. Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with. Your risk of cheating is low. Even if you're tempted, you'd try hard not to do it. You think of marriage pessimistically. You don't think happy marriages exist anymore. In this moment, you think of love as something you don't need. You just feel like flirting around and playing right now.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

presents

Your Christmas Stocking Will Be Filled With Little Wrapped Presents

You've made Santa a very happy fellow this year.Don't worry - what happens at the North Pole stays at the North Pole!

What Will Be In Your Christmas Stocking?

my birth date

Your Birthdate: April 29

You have the mind of an artist, even if you haven't developed the talent yet.Expressive and aware, you enjoy finding new ways to share your feelings.You often feel like you don't fit in - especially in traditional environments.You have big dreams. The problem is putting those dreams into action. Your strength: Your vivid imagination Your weakness: Fear of failure Your power color: Coral Your power symbol: Oval Your power month: November

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

My life

How You Life Your Life

You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside.You tend to avoid confrontation and stay away from sticky situations.You prefer a variety of friends and tend to change friends quickly.Some of your past dreams have disappointed you, but you don't let it get you down.

How Do You Live Your Life?

Irish name

Your Irish Name Is...

Jade Healy

What's" your Irish Name?

My life is an open book

Your Blog Should Be Blue

Your blog is a peaceful, calming force in the blogosphere.You tend to avoid conflict - you're more likely to share than rant.From your social causes to cute pet photos, your life is a (mostly) open book.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

my inner child

Your Inner Child Is Scared

Like a kid, you tend to shy away from new experiences.You prefer what's tried and true - novelty is scary!New foods, new places, and new friends are difficult for you to deal with.Some say you're predictable, but you enjoy being comfortable.

How Is Your Inner Child?

WorldShortestPersonality Test

Your Personality Profile

You are dependable, popular, and observant.Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness.In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do. You are unique, creative, and expressive.You don't mind waving your freak flag every once and a while.And lucky for you, most people find your weird ways charming!

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A very cold day

Last night it started to snow at 10pm just as the weatherman predicted it would. So today, it got even more. It is so cold now at -6 deg C. I feel like putting on my gloves sitting up here. Hope it is not going to be this cold tomorrow. I plan to bring Jana Maria out for pony-riding. There is a xmas special event somewhere near our house where there are going to be lot of activities for children to participate and sale of Cristmas trees, sweets and etc. The pony-riding will be the highllights for all children ofcourse.

Sharon called me earlier at 5pm to ask if I would like to go out to watch King Kong at 2245hrs. I told her I'd think about it and decide by 2200hrs. I am not so sure now about going as it is already freezing sitting indoors, I wonder how am I going to cope walking outside?

Last night I did more baking. I baked "spesiur" and it is really tasty. So I thought I'd pack some for my mil's cousin during next visit. Might cheer her up. She's been sick for so long. About the pictures of those cookies.......I'll do it. Just not yet okay?

This morning I prepare another dough for another type of cookie that they faroese call "kleynur". I guess it means slim, coming from the word klæna. I maybe wrong.
Anyway, I hate doing that. I just prepare the dough for my hubby to do the frying of it since my mil insist on having that for Christmas. Last year we prepared the dough too.........it stayed in the spare bedroom until after New Year! So this year I prepared half that portion for my hubby to fry. So now all I hear is my mil complaining to my hubby that Imade so little kleynur! As if people are going to come anyway to visit us. I've made hundreds of other cookies so what harm can it do to have Christmas with no kleynur considering that we didn't bake anything last year plus the fact that we didn't have any visitors at all! Except for Sharon ofcourse who visited me on 28th December with Ivan.

Christmas baking

I've baked two types of cookies for Christmas yesterday afternoon and night. I would have baked more if I had all the ingredients I needed but there was only 3 eggs at home. one I deep-fried, another one for the kokoskransur and another one to smear on to the finsk breyð cookies. I'll post some pictures tomorrow. Hadi Johan is seeking my attention now by banging his head on the floor????

Aggressive

Danial is getting more aggressive now. Probably due to the increased dosage of Keppra. How I wish I can be sure. After informing his pædiatrician, I was ordered to further increase his medication to 1000mg perday. I tried but he is becoming more aggressive up to a point where Jana Maria is in danger if they are both in the same room. Thus I have decided to cut down on the medication and bring him for a Keppra level blood test on friday on this current level-875mg. I leave a message with the Pædiatrician secretary so hope he get to hear of my plan.
You should have seen Danial. It was hysterical. There was no way of consoling him or tune him down whatsoever. If he wasn't hitting anything, then he hit his own head repeatedly. I wish there is some way to help him. Even Hadi Johan is steering his way off Danial now and He is only 1 year of age and yet he knows he has to be out of harm way from his older brother.

sidebar and hand railings. Hospital??

This sidebar was just put up this morning at 10:35am by some workers from the "hjálpartølamiðstoðin" along the hallways on our second level. This was arranged by the occupational therapist for my mil who is blind so that she can hold on to something and walk to her room. There's actually more sidebars along other walls but I don't want to show you now how my house is looking more like an institution. We are going to look more like a hospital if we apply to get a metal bed for Danial in his room upstairs(which we are not!). The workers are supposed to fix hand railings and some kind of gate at the staircase going up to the loft (where we stay) sometime next year too. This is for Danial as he has weak vision. As for his seizures thing, we are not sure what to do. A helmet will not work because we are sure he will remove it from his head as soon as we put it on him. Lately he has been having this "fall down flat on his bump" kind of seizures quite frequent. And we are afraid if it can happen while he is going up or down the stairs. Hand railings will not help as he has no control over his limbs when he is having his epilepsy "attack".

Thanks Maggie!!

This is a Christmas card that I got from Maggie. Thank you so much Maggie. Yes the CD works and I am so glad that you sent it to me because all I hear is faroese Christmas hymns over here. You never fail to send me Christmas card each year so thank you so much for always being there (even though we are far now) and remembering.

holiday seasons prep for Danial

I actually pinched this off Daily Doses

Autism vs. the Holidays

MAKING THE HOLIDAYS HAPPY FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

School

Visual Supports/Routines

Present the upcoming holiday in a visual manner through use of a calendar; e.g. mark the days at home in one color and days at school in a different color.
Social stories that describe upcoming holiday schedule changes
Maintain visual daily schedule and incorporate any holiday event changes within the schedule (e.g. change in music schedule, rearrangement of classes, upcoming holiday concerts.)
Strive to maintain consistent and familiar routines for the student with ASD.
Rehearse the schedule in advance with the child (especially changes in routine)
Consider giving the student additional breaks in their day throughout the holiday season; it will be especially for the student to have a means of requesting a break during this time.
Develop social stories that will assist the child in participating in holiday programs. Include information concerning where the students will sit and stand, who will be standing beside them, who will be in the audience, etc.
Prior to the holiday break, start preparing for class changes, block changes, and new semester calendar.


Sensory

Be alert to additional sensory processing pressures during this time such as lights, glitter, holiday sounds/music, and smells.
Consult with the school OT for recommendations as to how these potential sensory overloads might be handled.
Additional sensory diet activities might be employed during breaks.
Gradually decorate the classroom to lessen the change the environment.
In art activities, consider that fact that some children avoid messy materials due to sensory differences. Encourage gradual exposure at the child’s pace or rate.


Curriculum

Include in your reading sessions and play sessions stories about giving and receiving presents; rehearse appropriate responses can be rehearsed during that time.
Model good manners such as saying, “Thank you,” and responding positively when the present is not what the child expected.
Pre-teach and role play turn-taking activities related to giving and receiving gifts.
At snack, explore different foods that the child may experience during the holiday season.
Pre-teach specific roles for the student during holiday activities such as class parties, Santa visit, music programs, i.e. passing out candy canes, setting the table, assisting in preparation for the music program, or developing and utilizing an audience participation sign.


Home

Visual Supports/Routine

Prepare a holiday schedule. Plan structured activities and events for each day and make sure they are on the schedule.
Develop social stories about the relatives who might be visiting. Include pictures if possible.
Consider developing specific social scripts of tasks to help your child participate in holiday celebrations. For example, greet each guest by handing him or her an ornament for the tree or take their coat and putting it on the bed or in the closet.
If your child has difficulty with wrapped presents because he or she does not understand what is inside, consider wrapping them in cellophane (this way he or she can unwrap the gift yet still see what is inside); draw the item on the gift tag; or put a catalog picture on the gift tag.
Try to avoid canceling regular activities; maintain as much of the normal household routine as possible.
Make a concerted effort to go to bed and get up at the same time each day.
Also consider the need for consistency in medication and mealtimes.
Attempt to complete holiday shopping and other planning activities within your regular errand routine. Set up respite options before and during the holiday season.
Do not allow your child’s bedroom to become the guestroom for out-of-town visitors.
Consider the use of a “mini-schedule” to prepare the child for the day’s events, particularly when making long trips (e.g. car, McDonald’s, gas, rest stop, Grandma’s house.)
Decide if a transition object/picture, photo would be helpful to communicate that your child will not be sleeping/staying at home for that evening. A sleeping bag could be used to show her that she will be sleeping at Grandma’s house that evening.
If staying at home, consider asking relatives to stagger visits to your home.


Sensory

Determine the activities that are calming and enjoyable for your child and keep
these activities in his or her daily schedule.
Designate a break area or home base area in your home or the home in which you will be staying. Represent this area in object/photo/PIC symbol format so that the child will understand where he or she can request to go if necessary.
Problem solve ways to avoid crowds or congested areas if they are troublesome to your child.
When going to a restaurant, sit in a remote area or separate room.
Develop and keep a sensory overload emergency kit based on recommendations developed by the OT
When selecting holiday outfits, respect the child’s desire for certain textures.
Pre-warn family members that your child has a more pleasant experience when he or she is allowed to determine whether and/or when thug or kiss other people.
Have an awareness of the possible increase in variety and intensity of aromas during the holidays. Consider limiting scented candles, potpourri, real trees and garland, as these odors may overload the child’s olfactory system.
Gradually decorate your home and tree tallow the child to adjust the change and to the sensory information.
Pre-teach the present-opening routine, including what the child may and may not open. Allow some flexibility as the child explores new wrapping materials.
Consider your child’s sensory needs when selecting presents. For example, toys should be visually plain, i.e. lacking in busy patterns (this allows the child to concentrate on the function of the toy rather than becoming distracted by the visual aspects); toys that have parts that nest or assemble easily; jigsaw puzzles should be chunky and lie flat and have a definite fit (some children with ASD have fine motor difficulties that make assembly difficult and frustrating).
Consider bringing favorite food choices for your child to holiday events.


Other

Because of your child’s possible difficulties with recognizing and being sensitive to the feelings of others, provide opportunities for your child to open presents from other people in the presence of immediate family only. Model appropriate responses (e.g. “thank you,” “that was kind of you,” smiles directed to others, etc.)
Be prepared to answer questions that family or friends may pose related to your son or daughter’s specific needs during the holidays. Use this as an opportunity to enrich their understanding of autism spectrum disorders.


School/Home

After Holiday Vacation

Be sure to prepare individual’s daily schedule for the child’s return to regular routine.
Avoid having substitutes during the first week back to school. If this cannot be avoided, be certain that a social story or similar preparation is completed to assist the child in adapting to the change.
Continue the increased number of breaks in the child’s daily schedule as he or she transitions back in to the daily routine.
Be sure to place specific emphasis on scheduled times to review past and future events.

Princess Leia??

Princess Leia

A strong-willed herald of causes against injustice, you passionately strive to right the wrongs around you.

Somebody has to save our skins!

Leia is a character in the Star Wars universe. See her character entry at the Star Wars Databank for more information.

just came back

We just came back from the "jolafest" held at the daycare centre attended by Jana Maria. It was really fun this time compared with last year. Maybe because last year I was so tired carrying 3 week old Hadi Johan in the baby sling and Jana Maria was still small then. This year Hadi Johan can walk with support and Jana Maria can sing along and do the actions with the singing. My cake was really popular today. Maybe because mine was the biggest and the only 6 layered rich chocolate cake with chocolate cream icing! Anyway, as soon as we get home, it's out of the dress for all of us as there is another one to go to tomorrow so we must not get any stain on this attires. sorry I didn't get any pictures because as usual, we were late. The jolafest started at 3pm but we were there at 3:20pm. Hanus had to watch football first from 12noon till 2:45pm.
So in the midst of it all, we forgot to bring the camera along. We each got a christmas present from Jana Maria. Jana Maria, Hadi Johan and even Danial who wasn't there got a goody pack from Santa Claus. This year the children performed in their classes too for the parents as the parents sit down to enjoy cakes and coffee which was really nice!

Friday

Danial was sick since last wednesday. He had been at home for such a long time. we have had the stuðul over at home to care for him the whole week except for eysterday friday. I decide to keep him at home until 3pm when Una come to pick him up then. He was so happy to see Una then unlike other times. He smile and follow he so willingly to put on his jacket and shoes. He even walk down the steps with cheery steps. I think after being cooped up at home for more than a week (not counting the thursday night jolafest) he would have been glad to go out with just anybody. Usually Danial don't like being led out of the house. He felt safe being at home. Not that he don't like going out, he loves going out to run free with wind or rain in his face or for a car ride but he make such a big issue out of dressing and going out of the door or sometimes even down the stairs from the loft!

another jolafest

The weather is not too kind today. Jana Maria's daycare is organising jolafest for the children's families and it will be at 3pm this afternoon. I have made layered chocolate cake to bring along. This time Danial will not be attending as he is away in Vestmanna (Una's house). He went yesterday for the bi-monthly "umlætting" and won't be back till sunday at 2pm.

Last thursday night, the jolahald that we went to with Majken was really nice. We didn't know it was going to a sit down dinner. Lucky for us Majken brought along Danial's pushchair. So we managed to make him sit and eat throughout dinner. It was only after 8:30pm that he started getting restless. He would usually be sleeping by then. But on thursday night at that time, I was force-feeding him ice-cream to make him sit a while longer in his chair. All the children and grown up were waiting for Santa Claus to arrive. There were long lines of people with special needs who were waiting to get to the microphone too. They all wanted to sing Christmas carols to us. There were lots of party games to suit their special needs so that most can join in. It was really fun and hilarious to watch all these special people performing. At 9:30pm, there was a looud siren and flashing lights outside the Pallstova big building. Most of the guest run to the wide windows and screamed with delights.............Santa Claus arrived in style!! With big sack full of gifts on his back! It was worth waiting for. Some of the children were so happy to see such sights they cried.

The jolafest that we are going today will not have dinner but the guest are treated with cakes and desserts made by moms whose children attend the daycare centre. We will watch performances by childrens who attend this daycare centre. They have been practising all october and november to get it right. It is usually fun. Then Santa Claus will visit each classes individually as we sat down to have coffee and cakes. Hanus will have to leave as soon as possible because he is working tonight and movie start at 5pm today.

Tomorrow I will bring Jana Maria to church to attend "jola-barnaGudstænasta" at 2pm. That's a Christmas special children's service. Hanus will have to stay at home as Danial is returning at that time so Hadi Johan will stay with him too. I cannot carry Hadi Johan too much now as I have strained my left shoulder from knitting and carrying that clingy boy too much.

update

Danial and Hadi Johan are feeling much better today so that's good news. Which means that I can bring them out to the "jolahald" held in a big hall call "pallstova" somewhere in Torshavn. Jolahald means Xmas celebrations. It is sort of a Xmas party and it is organised by the Sports Association for the Handicapped. Here it is known as ÍSB, short for ítrottur samband fyri brekkað. I've heard that it is not to be miss because they have a reputation for holding the most fun X'mas party for young and old alike. So I am looking for ward to it. the plan is Majken will bring me and the kids as Hanus will be working.

I went out last night with Stella as Sharon had a dinner appointment with Ivan and his friend for some chicken dish. We had a la carte chinese dinner at "Nantong" before going down to the cinema (in the same building). We watch a movie "In her Shoes" and it was a really good movie I would say. I enjoyed it. Not sure about other people. There was someone in the audience last night. I think her humour reflex may be about 5 seconds delayed. She laugh very loudly when no one else was laughing or delayed laughing. As for most of the faroese audience in the theatre last night, they were pretty much quiet. I guess they were trying to keep up with the danish subtitles. I don't understand why they should have danish subtitles when the person who do the translation did not do a direct translation of the movie actually. They just put some danish slang to make the comedy scene funny so that "their audience" will laugh at the joke made in the movie. Know what I mean??
It is not subtitled word for word, that's what I mean.

Author sick

I've been away from this blog for so long. Just to keep you informed, I have been sick, my boys have been sick and we three are still battling to get well so not sure when I'll get time to post again. Watch this space for new post.

What did I do today

• Wake up at 6am. Busy with the singing Hadi Johan. Prepared kids to go out early today.
• We all managed to get into the car at 8:15am and drive off to the hospital. We reach there at 8:22am. I realised that Jana Maria has memorized the lyrics to the "Jolamenn" song that they are practising for the Christmas CD. That's good news. She's got a good ear to tune unlike me.......tone deaf and dead more like it.
• Meet with the child psychiatrist, talk so much until mouth bubbles..........same ending. Nothing much to help with. Had fun chatting though. Until 9:45am, then Dánial get his medication. Danial and Hadi Johan fell asleep while Hanus and me talk to Dr.F.
• Went home and quickly nursed Hadi Johan and cook Lamb Briyani (no mutton here. I paid 71kr just for this meagre 300gr of lamb meat) for our asian potluck with Sharon, Putri and Kristina.
• Janet cannot come though as she had just delivered a big beautiful baby boy. He is almost 4kg and 56cm. I went to visit the little guy this morning while in the hospital but his mommy was in the tutorial room being lectured by nurse tutor on tips on how to breastfeed. So I just sneak out again.
• It was so weird. I was waiting outside the labour ward waiting for a nurse to ask if I could visit at 10am (visiting hours are 3-4pm and 7-8pm strictly. Only spouse and siblings are allowed to visit) but the midwives who saw me standing there, immediately ushered me in insisting that I should go in and visit. Two of them. They were so nice to me during my stay there last year. I remembered that. I still remember the last thing they told me to do before I leave too....."You are always welcome to have more babies as it has been so easy with you and you got a very good oven for baking!"Imagine that when I have decided that Hadi Johan is going to be my youngest child. No more.
• Anyway, let's go back to the cooking. While I was cooking, Kristina came early to help. She brought her famous black pepper and garlic chicken. Then came Sharon with her chicken curry. Last came Putri with her stir fried bihun with chicken. Hmmm........they sure love chicken. I must be the odd one out.......I use lamb.
• I set the table in the main living room at 12noon.
• Danial and Hanus had fallen asleep in the small living room on the couch leaving Hadi Johan to roam around freely everywhere he could reach.
• We really enjoyed our food as we talk about why Sharon must leave Faroe Islands. There was so much left over.
• We had coffee at 2:30pm. I had made some marengs few days earlier just in case unexpected guest popped in you see. So I made aero cake. They almost finish the whole piece.
• Then Dánial's stuðul Joan, came to look after Dánial. I had instructed her to have Dánial here in my house since I don't want him to go out and make himself sick again. He has been febrile since wednesday. Now he is very chesty and getting more lethargic. so Joan looked earnestly at the last piece of aero cake so I offered it to her which made her so happy.
• Hanus wasn't too pleased when he came home at 5pm though as he was really looking forward to having few slices of that cake himself.
• Anyway, Joan stayed with Danial.
• Putri and Kristina left for work at 3pm.
• Sharon stayed on to catch up with some of her friends back in Singapore until Ivan pick her up at 5 something pm.
• I gave her some of the lamb briyani so that she don't have to cook dinner for Ivan and herself tonight. She still has some left over of chicken curry at home anyway.
• I ate some of my briyani and what's left of our chicken curry lunch. It was great. I saved the fried bihun for Maiken and kids and the garlic chicken if anybody want. Maiken like it but it was too hot for her. She find the bihun very nice though.
• She managed to feed Dánial some of it too considering that he has not eaten anything the whole day. Lucky Dánial, today he get to eat 7 ice-lollies just to encourage fluids and some sugar.
• I put Jana Maria to bed at 7:15pm. Brush Hadi Johan's teeth. Feed Dánial's medicine and Maiken managed the rest for Danial and put him to sleep at 8pm.
• Hadi Johan only surrender after I nursed him lying down at 8:30pm.
• Now I am going to bed. 2303hrs.

Janet got a baby BOY!!!

My friend Janet has just delivered a baby boy. Her second child. Her first child is a girl name Helena and she is two now. So a boy was a great welcome to them. Eivin (her husband) was so happy about it. He went to watch a movie tonight and pass the message to my husband and my husband just pass me this message 5mins ago and I have passed on this message to Veronica and Maj and Martin. And now to you. Maybe I will go and see her tomorrow morning when I bring Danial to see the child psychiatrist at 8:15am.