Dec 26, 2004 | Uncategorized |
Little Kid: I know the Yule Lads don’t put presents in our shoe. RE*: Oh really? Then who does? Little Kid: The government. * RE, daughter of EPI, was playing a Yule Lad at a little kids’ function where she met this astute Young...
Dec 25, 2004 | Uncategorized |
CRIPES! THE SMELL! Yeh, well. The skate party. YT ended her very lovely birthday afternoon by going to a rancid-skate party at EPI’s brother and sister-in-law’s. The smell wafted out to greet us way past the front door of the house and once inside it positively stung...
Dec 24, 2004 | Uncategorized |
Thanks everyone for your birthday greetings. So heart-warming! Don’t forsee much posting until post-Christmas. But just because I hate starting something and not finishing it: here are the two remaining Yule Lads… Ketkrókur – Meat Hook. Crafty fella,...
Dec 22, 2004 | Uncategorized |
Marathon day! All the zillion little Christmas details to get sorted out. Poor EPI’s been sick for two days yet got up early like a trouper to help clean the apartment. Next some last-minute shopping was required (his), then the fetching of a Christmas tree that...
Dec 21, 2004 | Uncategorized |
Winter solstice today! Also making this is the shortest day of the year. We had our four hours of daylight which is bad enough at the best of times, but when it’s overcast and grey like it was today – pfftt! Can’t even call it a proper day. WHO’S SORRY FOR US?...