That is wonderful Norbert! They look so happy.

Congradulations on your new family members!

Suzanne

[COLOR=”Purple”]Congratulations, Norb on your son’s upcoming marriage. What a happy looking family to be![/COLOR]

Great looking group. They look very happy. Your son and his intended look like they belong together.

VMac

Congrats Norb! that is wonderful news. what a neat looking family. 🙂

Okay, my daily delight is that I’m 30 minutes from being done at work and haven’t had one emergency all day. Of course I may have just thrown myself a snake.

well, my daily delight is that i went out to dinner with my husband tonight! I haven’t been able to do that for awhile, maybe april. i sat there in pain but it was overcome by joy of being out!

My daily delight – just had my hair cut, yeah easier to manage!

Ninus

Congrats Norb! Your son and his new family look very happy together.

My daily delight is that I had the flu last week and I am finally feeling good today.

My delight today and for many more days to come is my first grandchild. He’s one month old and named after my beloved father Max.

Norb,

I wish my daughter and her husband and Max did live close by. My husband and I live in Virginia and they live in Venice Beach, California. We just got back on Monday night from a visit with them.

I didn’t know how to post the photo of Max, except as an attachment, so that’s how I did it on my previous post.

Enjoy Sydney’s visit.

Suzanne

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Warm congratulations to the new grandmothers, and I’ll remind you that I’ll join the club at the end of April if all goes well.:)

It would be so delightful if Norb (and others) have found an easy way of posting “normal”-sized pictures directly into the posts again, it makes the whole athmosphere of the nice threads so much more lively and literally colorful!

I for one don’t even know how to put a small “foreign” smilie or ani-gif into the post – and I really, really wish I could!:confused:

[SIZE=4][COLOR=deepskyblue]Congrats Suzanne!!!! Max is adorable!![SIZE=2][COLOR=deepskyblue] Sooo what is Grandma going to make for her Cute Grandson??!!:) [/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE]

Cheryl,

I saved a beautiful velvet and satin quilt that my daughter’s beloved aunt made for my daughter when she was an infant. The aunt died very young (52) and was a great seamstress. My daughter was the first grandchild on both sides of the family, and Max is the first grandchild on both sides of his family too.

I took the quilt apart and replaced the batting inside (it was bunched after many trips to the drycleaners), and replaced the satin side with new satin (it had baby stains that couldn’t be removed).

My daughter didn’t know that I had been saving this quilt for her first child, so it was a happy surprize when she and her husband unwrapped it. I included a photo of my daughter, taken when she was a month old, on the same quilt. Now she’ll be taking one of her son on the quilt too.

Norb,

Thanks for re-posting Max’s photo. I agree with Allaug, the photos liven up our posts.

Best wishes for many more daily delights for all of you!

Suzanne

Thats awesome suzanne!!!

my mom saved my baby blanket and brought it out for my kids to use while they are at grammies house. i never knew she kept it-and it was in perfect shape, just like i remembered leaving it. my kids didn’t believe me when i told them it was my baby blanket. we had to show them the baby pics too. my daughter’s blanket is all torn up and worn, and she is just 13 years old. :rolleyes:
that is just too cool that you saved that for her.:)

Allaug, what a majestic looking cat. beautiful!
norb, lesson for me too please. i just can’t get it to go.:confused:

Thank you very much, Norb – I was really stunned to see my beloved pet on this forum! Why can’t you tell me\us how to move pic’s from GB to the US forum? Everything you don’t know seems difficult, you know.

Yes, Cheryl -she is a queen. When we first got her I was trying to figure out what to call her, and I came up with royal and\or historic names like Bast (the old Egyptian word for cat\cat-godess), Isis (another Egyptian God), Semiramis and Cleopatra. So one day at dinner I told hubby my suggestions, but he didn’t say a word for a long time. Then I asked him what he tought about my list, and he answered :”I think we should call her Mosse!” It was such an unexpected contrast to what I had in mind, that I almost felll face down into my dinnerplate with laughter. Of course – Mosse it was! But I also added “Caramel” because of her colors – but we only use that for more formal occations.:cool:

Miaw to you all!

Norb,

Thanks for the tutorial for uploading pictures to the forum. I’ll try it next time I want to post a photo.

From one of the “dummies”;) ,

Suzanne

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How about this?:o

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– and the floor is collecting the unemployment…

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NORB! I’m on my wit’s end here, trying your information work for me – what am I doing wrong? This window behind your red B is not looking the same on my PC, I’m getting the window with all the different types of image-files, and when I paste my url address there and click OK it says “invalid URL” even if the address is the UK forum.

I need further coaching, please!

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Norb, I’m using the same software, but when I click on the picture icon above the reply box here, my blue box does not say [url]http://www.gbs-cidp.org[/url], but “Internet explorer ledetekst”, but on the gray it says the same “Please enter the URL of your image. When I do that and click OK, just the address appears in my post. I think I understand that the text in the blue box is where the problem lies, but how can I change that?:confused: :confused:

BTW the rose is from my island garden in July. They have a very strong smell; like rose-perfume. Wish I could share that too!

You know, Norb, part of the problem is that I don’t know what “ledetekst” means myself, even if it’s Norwegian. Hubby showed a slight interest in the problem just before dinner, so I’ll take the opportunity to ask him again before I (might) give up!

Thanks so far!

cool slide set carol. nice croc shoes sydney. nice pics norb.:) and you wouldn’t want her to have anyother type of personality norb, right!? she’s part german isn’t she?! (so am i!):eek:

My delight today, is getting the crossword at the end of shift briefing, and having it done a few minutes later by the time the troops were ready to head out. Yeah me!!

Today i get to spend the whole day with my 8 yr old son. Joey asked if i could make him a grilled cheese sandwich today, joey NEVER asks for new foods-he is a very picky eater! i am soo happy to make him a sandwich we are having it for breakfast/early lunch!!:)
we had his parent/teacher conference today-he is doing great in school. I’M ONE PROUD MOMMA!!!!:)

It’s my Friday and I have the next four days off AND tonight is opera (Faust) and I don’t have to worry about getting home to get to bed, so we can have a nice dinner after the show. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My delight today was receiving photos of my grandson Max from my daughter and son-in-law. I’ll try to post them with Norb’s directions, so I hope they work![IMG]http://shim1.shutterfly.com/procgserv/47b6cf27b3127cce98548b93e3a300000017100AbMmrdi4csWKA[/IMG]

Thanks for the “lessons”, Norb. As you can see, your directions were flawless. I loved the pictures of Sydney on the slide. She looks so intent.

Suzanne

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Norb!

As it turned out Hubby knew less about this “posting picture” thing than me. I think the fact that I don’t get the “name” [url]www.gbs-cidp.org[/url] as a headline on the little blue window that pops up when one clicks on the little “picture-picture” by the B-arrow you made, is the reason my pictures don’t come down as PICTURES in my posts. How to change that is beyond me. (I use all B.Gates sort of software! )

My joy is to listen to this

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Im going to find them to listen to, thank you for sharing them. 🙂

Ninus,

Your music post is interesting. I’m going to see if I can find that for a listen.

Best wishes,

Suzanne

Another Great Marine Corp Ball (Birthday). The frist for me was when I was 17. Many memories over the years. The Marines still say

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It’s Veteran’s Day – and very delightful! For all of our past and present vets, thank you for your service to our country. WE LOVE YOU!:)

Thank You to All the Veterans!!! I really appreciate Everything You have done for All of US!!!

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Great afternoon yesterday visiting with friends.

My delight today was a POURING rainstorm that lasted most of the day. I didn’t have to go out at all and enjoyed listening to the rain drumming on the skylites, while I curled up and read, with my two sleeping cats.

[COLOR=”Purple”]I am delighted to see DocDavid back and posting again!! Hope you’re doing well. We’ve missed you…Vicki[/COLOR]

My delight today [Friday] is that I am still able to teach [even if it is only part time] and today 98% of the students looked alive and interested right up to the finial bell. 😀

Got DragonDictate successfully installed to-day! After some training I’ll be able to post as much and as many posts and other documents in English as I want, without literally having to lift a finger! Isn’t it marvellous!;)

does that mean you will have dragon breathe now Allaug?:) or you will have firey words? 😀

Hi Cheryl!

Dragon-breath -no, no! I’ve tried that, after having had one mouthful of an Ethiopian rice-dish that LOOKED quite innocent!:eek:

But my words will be written in fire across the sky – you just wait – you will be able to see it all the way to and across the American continent!

Allaug, do one thing for me before you start talking with your dragonvoice—–make sure your kitty is out of the way!!! wouldn’t want you to cinge the tail!!!!!:D 😮

Having one of our family forum members come up from Alabama to spend Thanksgiving with the family!

It’s been quite a while since anybody had a delight to share, but now I have at least two!

A while ago, a friend of mine from an English-speaking country gave me this wonderful program were I can just dictate into a microphone and then my computer writes down what I’m saying. I had to train while before most of the errors were overcome, but now it works quite well. This must be a heavenly program for people who are completely unable to use a keyboard! I’m able to use two fingers when I’m writing on my laptop, but even for me this program is a great help. Of course this program works only in English so when I want to write Norwegian, I have to use my fingers. Even if all my friends understand English, it would seem rather peculiar if I started sending them e-mails in English!

My other delight is that I’ve seen the first picture of my grandchild. A few days ago, my daughter-in-law went to an ultrasound examination and had pictures taken. My son and his wife could of course have chosen to wait to find out what gender their child was, but they didn’t want to wait so they found out that their little baby is a boy! On the picture I could see his profile, and I think he looks like his grandfather, especially his chin! We were discussing a name, but found out that it was hard to decide before we had seen him. The doctor said that he is due at the end of March.:) I’ll keep you posted on the subject!

That is wonderful Allaug, you must be elated to be having a grandson. 🙂
i’m one of those 2 finger typists also. i’m trying to hold off on using our viavoice to communicate, although it would be faster and a better speller right now.

my delight is…i was able to go to a girls basketball game tonight with my 2 kids and my parents. well actually it was 3 games-freshman, junior varsity and varsity. i even got to talk with my old coach—he is still coaching after 25 years!!! he wanted me to talk to the team about how much you miss running suicide drills after going through gbs relapsing/remitting. he wants to get thru to them that they are lucky to have their health and they need to work hard to keep their health and the importance of having a positive attitude. in other words he wants me to give them a kick in the butt!!:D by the way 2 out of 3 of my teams won their games-all were very close and decided in the last few seconds of the game—-Very Exciting!!:)

My daily delight was having an entire afternoon to sit by the fire, drink tea, knit and read.

Norb, That is Great News about your new Grandbaby.
A suicide drill is a type of sprint that my coach had us doing to get/keep in shape for basketball. on a bball court you start at the outside line at one end and sprint to the foulline, turn and go back to the baseline. immediately turn and sprint to the halfcourt line, turn and sprint back to the baseline, turn and sprint to the opposite courts foulline, turn sprint to baseline then sprint to the opposite baseline and back to the start–in under 35 seconds. repeat this drill 10 to 20 times, depending on how many people didn’t complete the prior drill in the alotted time. they were killers to run back then, but man i would love to try it today, if i could!:rolleyes:

what a cute and intelligent child 🙂

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What cute babies!

Cher, you must be pretty tall if you played basketball! I had no idea you were an athlete! I’m a scrawny 5’2,” so I was cheerleader, flag twirler and gymnast. That was about as physical as it got for me! I couldn’t imagine playing basketball with all those people jumping around in your face. I would feel claustophobic.

Shan

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Thanks a million, Norb – I could see where the mistake was from comparing “notes” with you. The picture here was just the first one I tried, from one of my favourite sites: engrish.com.

Really a delightful discovery – I love posting pictures -, and I can share my private ones via the English forum.

Sometime a picture says it all
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Jim, the picture is adorable!

[B]Jim[/B], thank you for the most wonderful picture, it made me smile today!

My daily delight came yesterday, i accomplished more in one day then i have been able to do in one week! on top of caring for my recovering husband.(thats a task in itself!:eek: 😀 ) and today i get to do what i really want to do—some crocheting!!!:)

Norb ~ what a delight of a picture! Thank you for sharing 🙂 My delight is talking with my 3 year old grandson, Jacob. He lives in Maine so our weekly chats keep me going 🙂 🙂 😀

We’re taking the dogs to the BEACH for an overnight. No phone, no emergency runs to the ship, no chores. WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My delight today was being the proud mother finding out when helping my son with his written English essay that he actually is very good and has good vocabulary. He didn’t need much help other than company 🙂

It might seem a small thing, but to me it was great!

My daily delight was getting BACK from the beach with the dogs. Ended up putting them in the cab with us, and putting all our gear in trash bags in the back of the pickup. Brought back a chair from the beach house to fix, and it nearly blew out. Were blown to a complete stop going up the Astoria-Megler Bridge, then watched a tree fall over the road in front of us. Got home, turned the tree lights on, and thanked God for our safety.

Dear Friends:

One tradition our family has during the holidays is to drive around town and look at the Christmas light displays. We try to find the tackiest, most overdone Christmas display in the town. Last night we found the most stunning display! They had angles, Santas, an animated Nativity scene, and more ligths than you could imagine fitting on a 50 foot by 100 foot lot. There wasn’t a square foot of the entire lot, house, roof, lawn, fence, and radio antenna that didn’t have a light on it. You could probably see this place from outer space! There was a freezing frost yesterday, but the heat of this light display melted the frost off the trees for 200 feet away. Wish you were here to see it. Ed Griswald would be proud.

Lee

Lee,

Let me know where it is. I’ll drive across the river just to get a peak.

Dear Vmac:

The winner of the Ed Griswald Award is at 19250 Eastborne Lane off of Clairmant Road in Oregon City. You should see it soon. This area is a bit higher elevation and all the trees are nicely frosted. The reflected light off the trees is pretty all by itself.

Lee

thanks Lee

my daily delight–today i was freed from the worse hospitals stays i have ever had!!!! and to think back on it i would have never guessed in a million years that it all happened to me in only 4 days!!!! I’M FREE!!!! I’M FREEEEE!!!!!

Having a white Christmas and it looks like we will.

Norb, you seem to be enjoying yourself 😀

A very merry Christmas to all of you – I am finally in Christmas mood.

Happy Holidays!

Here is a picture of Hubby (disguised as a cat) when I surprised him while he was prepearing my Christmas present:

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This was really a great delight – makes my Dragon work perfectly too!:D 😀

The Joy of having grand kids last nite and today…

Norb, I wish we had snow, and good work!

My delight was making a good winter soup and eating it 🙂

just think norb, it could have been worse! at least this time you had clothes on!!!:D

My delight is we have a lad for the day. He’s down on the ship with sandy, but I’ll take lunch down to them in a few hours. He’s already had TWO cheeseburgers and it’s just 1230 here.

Norb, you always seem to have good photos to show!

My delight today was going to the cinema and watch “Eragon” a new fantasy film, part one of a trilogy.

My delight for today is a photo of my grandson Max, 4 months old, with one of his Christmas presents called the Exersaucer. I think he likes it!

Suzanne

Norb, Heres Wishing You and Carol A SAFE and Enjoyable Trip!! God Bless the 2 of You!

Please give that sweet, adorable Grandbabe a Big Hug for me! She is growing up right before my eyes!:)

Norb, have a good trip to Thailand and home. I will miss you if you are not able to post 😉

Norb,
Sawade, you and Carol have a safe trip. The work you will be doing in Thailand is truly remarkable. God bless and keep you both.

Norb, safe journey. Come back to us as soon as you can.

My daily delight was having to wait several hours to get my car serviced, and enjoying the “forced” down time with my husband. It was nice just to sit and read and relax while the auto dealer bought the coffee.

Norb,

Godspeed, and hope you and your wife have a safe and productive trip.

Suzanne

My Daily Delight today was receiving an email from Norb, letting me know he and carol made it safely to Thailand. Stay safe Norb and Carol.:)

Great to hear you and Carol made the trip safely. Let us know how you are doing.

Suzanne

My delight today was seeing my daughter, son-in-law, and my grandson on the webcam that they gave to us for Christmas! They have one too, so even though they are on the left coast and we’re on the right, we can still “visit” easily.

What an inspired gift and one that will give us so much pleasure.

Suzanne

My delight was having a family dinner last night.

Mine was having fresh steamer clams, a nice green salad and a freshly baked baguette for family dinner last night.

My delight to-day was being able to clean my study. It has a lot of stuff in it, so dusting and vacuuming are not something you do in a jiffy! I was pretty exhausted afterwards, but sooo happy I managed it: a first in I don’t know how many years:D 😀 ! I fell asleep in our recliner a while later. Trying to read, the lines refused to stay horizontally so I just had to give in to the demand of my body, even though my brains tried to prevent it for quite some time:p

When I woke up, I was aching all over, but it was still worth it. (I must admit I do look forward to my cleaning-lady returning from her trip to see her parents.:o ).

Thanks for the update, Norb.

My delight this morning was running through the snow to meet my husband for breakfast.

my daily delight is contesting and winning a )(#$%)(df traffic ticket in court this afternoon!

i’m a clean(well, sorta), free man!

my delight today is the fact of being able to make my husband have a CT scan without holding his hand.

Daily Delight — have the sun out to warm the air.

Getting the snow shoveled off the sidewalk before someone slips and sues us.

Vacuuming MY OWN kitchen and livingroom for the first time in at least two years 😀 – and I didn’t feel completely wasted afterwards:) 🙂

(Still looking forward to my cleaning-lady’s return, though! )

My delight is seeing the photos of Norb on his wonderful trip.

Thank you, Norbie for doing this for us.

Delight — to have two granddaughter over for a few hours this afternoon.

something to look forward to, for sure.

today – riding the vx to work after the roads thawed. exhilirating.

My Delight is to have a light snow falling.

My delight is to have had a lot of snow falling:) 🙂 !

Norb,

Lots of fun to hear about your latest adventure.

Suzanne

today’s delight was being alive and well enough to troubleshoot the forced air furnace i put in some 15 years ago, ride the f650 to get the replacement igniter found in a store at the end of a very windy road through the park in the back of my town, and enjoy a dungeness crab dinner with a glass of wine in a warm home. tomorrow’s delight will be to go to church, horse trade for some walnuts, and possibly get some more walnut firewood.

blessed in california,
ferenc

My delight is knowing the site is still up and running and see all the help that is being offered. Thanks to all.

Yes, if that’s not a daily delight, I don’t know what is!

My daily delight was imagining Norb eating the post gecko post toasties

😀
This is my 400th entry here on this exellent Forum! Mostly thanks to my (almost) daily entries on my three favourite games!

I really love playing with you all, but it gives me a very rewarding feeling when I might be able to help someone by sharing what I know about the theme that ties us together. It somehow makes all I’ve been through medically, worth while – but then again I’m one of the lucky few who can talk about remission and see a real light at the end of my traumatic tunnel.

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– or a perfect tree in my mirror!:) 🙂

Allaug in honor of your 400th post my daffodils in my yard are blooming! January is a little early,but they are beautiful!

Thank you, Lesa!

I would freak out if I found one of them in my cereal box! But then again, they are not something I would ordinarily see in Ireland anyway. Though I suspect I would rather find a gecko than a mouse.

Congrats on the 400th Allaug – and that tree in the mirror is really neat.

Norb, I hope that you bought something quite mad at the market (as I would have done). You’re in Thailand, on holiday? I hope you have a whale of a time!

Ferenc – What’s a dungeness crab dinner?

Oh! Daily delights – today I discovered two things – firstly, that I am an awkward so and so as I wanted to do something, and I did it. I’m paying for it and I won’t do it again but I had a go and I did it.

I found nearly 300 pounds in old money, in small coins, where I work. It had been left there cos it was so awkward basically. and the only way it could be changed was by taking it to a particular bank in Dublin. Now, I had an eye hospital appointment today in Dublin so I decided to take it up. I was told that I was mad and I didn’t listen. It took 2 men to lift it on to the train (do not ask how I got it out of the car). I have the muscle pains now and I slept on the couch when I got home.

I was lucky because I ended up late for my eye appointment – or so I thought – only to find that I had the wrong time anyway and was in fact very early! Focussing is still rather difficult because of the eye drops.

The number of steps up to the bank just took out! I got a bit cross (I was tired of it!) and I learnt about back entrances and lifts. I suspect the security men had a good laugh at my goings on.

Basically, if you are going to need a bit of help – do it in Dublin. Although the taxi driver will still drop you in the wrong place, you’ll have a grand chat on the way there!

Oh yes – daily delights! I got the 300 Euro that I wanted to get from the bank for the coins I took up to Dublin.

But, best of all, I was told today that my eyesight has not changed one bit. The big changes that the optician saw are most likely because of the awful headache that I encountered. It might be migraine. I didn’t think I would ever be glad to say that I have now experienced migraine. But I am. I only hope it is that and nothing worse.

After the eye appointment and before the train home, I couldn’t even spend any money – cos I couldn’t see properly, people looked at me strange as I had a trolley with me and it was just too awkward to go into shops with the trolley. Oh, I had the trolley because without it there was no way to transport the coins.

After the eye hospital appointment, I couldn’t see very well (they put drops in my eyes) I grabbed a taxi at some traffic lights and panicked when I could not lift the trolley into the car and nearly did myself a mischief. But when the lights turned green, nobody blew their horn in annoyance. I was grateful that I was in Ireland!

After all that, my daily delight is that I went to the eye hospital actually expecting to be told to rip up my driving licence – only to be told that in fact there was no change in my eyesight regarding occular macular degeneration over the last year. One of the taxi drivers asked if I had won the lottery and I said ‘no, I had done better than that’.

The awful headache that I had recently experienced had probably distorted my eyesight and it could be migraine.

Okay, I know I am now whittering so I will stop.

God bless

I know I am blathering yet I am so glad of the opportunity to do so.

My delight today was reading TA post about her eyes. So happy to learn that her eyes are not getting worse!

Allaug, what a terrific photo of the tree in your mirror. Very artistic and beautiful1

My detlight is the daily joy of family.

[QUOTE=Teresa Anne]…

Ferenc – What’s a dungeness crab dinner?

… Oh! Daily delights – today I discovered two things – firstly, that I am an awkward so and so as I wanted to do something, and I did it. I’m paying for it and I won’t do it again but I had a go and I did it.
God bless

I know I am blathering yet I am so glad of the opportunity to do so.[/QUOTE]

I’m delighted to see your post and that you can feast your eyes upon:
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it’s not the exotic weekend market with spicy fried scorpions, but a great place to catch some fresh seafood or some heart-warming clam chowder:
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after a blistery ride across the bay,
ferenc, back to the grind now – don’t want to pay for the delights more than once!

Today my great joy is a wonderful Sunday visit with family.

my daily delight was watching my kids go sledding today in the snowshower!:) and watching my hubby fall everytime he gave them a push at the top of the hill!!!:D

Dungeness crab is native to the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest. It is sweet and very tasty. It’s one of the things we in the PNW are proud of. At a crab dinner, one dons a large bib, grabs the crab crackers, and dives in.

My delight was Saturday, watching my husband captain a 125 foot traiing ship with high school kids who had never done it before. He was brilliant, and they were very good. It was a good ride.

Yesterday’s delight: a wonderful, quiet week-end in a cabin by a beautiful lake in Sweden, staying with good Norwegian friends, meeting nice Swedish friends of theirs!

Save “my island” this is my favourite place on earth
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This is the view from the verandah in summer.

Today’s delight was seeing that beautiful island! Allaug that is so pretty!!!

Looking forward to a family celebration. Will be great to have some of our kids and grand kids together.

Hi Ferenc, thanks,

I tried the copy and paste but got no place. Me and the internet – well, sometimes we don’t get on.

To be honest now, I don’t really fancy the spicy fried scorpions. It’s not the scorpions I mind so much as the spicy part!

Norb’s pictures intrigue me – it looks an interesting, and calm, place. And more power to your elbow getting on that transport yoke.

Okay, Norb – I note you bought a bottle of whisky. I hope it goes down smooth. But I also note that you got Carol a bottle of diet coke. Diet? Does Carol really drink that stuff? And why? I know that sounds a bit ‘in your face’ and I don’t mean it to be. I was just so surprised. Probably because I would be dying of thirst before I would touch it.

God bless

The Diet Coke reminds me – when I was in Canada eons ago (-72, really) I tried Cherry Coke, which never has been on the market here in Norway, and My Daily Delight to-day is the thought of the fact that I NEVER have to drink that beverage again in my life!

I so agree with you there Allaug

And you made me realise that today, I told my lass that I’d got her some Fruit Shot drinks. I threw a quick glance at the label in the shop. But SHE checked it before she drank it and told me it had artificial sweeteners in it. So children do listen sometimes. Actually, I suspect that she is fed up of me going on about it.

Another daily delight, small as it seems. The weather was so nice that yesterday I washed my car and I had a good go at it with a brush and car shampoo with wax (I discovered that wax is not good on your windscreen!) and today I cleaned the inside and the glass. I do this about twice a year (Ahem!). It came up red (the colour it is supposed to be) not a dull pink (the colour it had looked).

I and Sarah went to town for a late lunch and a woman came up and said she used to have the same sort of car and told me not to change to what she now drives as it’s only half as good. She missed the car she used to have and I wonder if she only spotted it because it was a bit shiny.
I was chuffed and it was nice to have chat.

God bless

I like diet soda better than the “normal” type.

My delight yesterday was to spend a few minutes watching the “Puppy Bowl”. The Animal Planet places a number of puppies and puppy toys inside a small “football” arena. They have instant replays. It was a hoot. It was on at the same time as the Supper Bowl and made an interesting diversion when game slowed down.

My delight today was this cute photo of my grandson Max.

[QUOTE=Teresa Anne]Hi Ferenc, thanks,

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To be honest now, I don’t really fancy the spicy fried scorpions. It’s not the scorpions I mind so much as the spicy part!

Norb’s pictures intrigue me – it looks an interesting, and calm, place. And more power to your elbow getting on that transport yoke.

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God bless[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I agree with your about bugs – something Survivor folks have to do. Oh, one of my colleaues is making an appearance in tomorrow night’s opener.

I was thinking that Norb was into such exotic foods at the Weekend Market.

Had a grat dinner at Ponzu’s tonight – new chef and she was very creative. favorite was the crab cakes – great fusion of flavors ….
food can be heavenly,
ferenc

Norb, are you really OK?? It’s always fun to read/see your current posts. Thanks!

My delight is knowing that my little grandboys in Maine love me. Talking with them via webcam is a thrill since we live clear across the county from each other. I’ll post a picture of Jacob and Eli when I learn more computer!

Norb,

What a story! Glad you are ok though. Judy is right, I do like reading your posts. Also the newsletters from you and Carol have really been wonderful, always waiting for the next installment – thank Carol for taking the time to write them.:)

Norb
Keep the pictures and stories coming. It reminds me of my stay in Thailand and the wonderful people I met many very ago. I’m glad to see somethings don’t change

My daily delight is get more pictures and information about Norb’s Trip.

Thanks for that post, Norb. My daily delight is that Norb gives us all such delight. Bless you Norbster.

my daily delight today is i got to shovel my sidewalk and 3/4 of my driveway, all by myself and for the first time in 2 years!:) I love being out in the snow, can’t wait til tuesday when we will have even more snow, but i won’t be shoveling it-i’ll be playing in it!!!:D

Cheryl,
Throw a snowball for me tomorrow!

Norb,

Norbster is related to the Vicster. It must be a northwest thing. It’s a term of compatibility around here.

The Vicster

Family dinner with kids and grandkids is always a delite.

Norm,
Keep the pictures coming. I remember trying to ride in those things in my younger day. I could hardly get in and out. 6’6″ I just doesn’t fit. It’s quite a delight to see these images that remind me of a life time long long time ago.

My daily delight is, yesterday my 13 yr old daughter and myself had a snowball fight. it was the best time i have had in along time. afterwards we made snow sculptures-that were immediately attacked by our dog Henry.:D we did all our playing in the rain!:)
we are both recouping today! (school was closed due to ice and dense fog) we even taught our Henry to carry a snowball from one person to another and to retrieve a thrown snowball-our dog is tooo cool!:cool: he comes by it naturally-follows after my kids!:)

Cheryl,

I really enjoyed your “daily delight” post so much. You and the kids and Henry must have had lots of fun!

Suzanne

Yeap, we had a blast! well worth the recovery time!!

that same night i went to a girls basketball game, tournament time, with my parents and had a great time also. my arms are still really sore and i’m spending the last couple of days laying around and rehabing, but it is all worth it.

i’m looking forward to saturday’s game, i’m taking my daughter with us-my parents and like to make alot of noise at the game and that just embarrasses my Tev, especially when others turn their heads and look at us like we are crazy people!!:D

Daily delight for today was how every thing at work came together. The all the projects were completed on time!

My daily delight today was i went shopping tonight all by myself and actually bought my first pair of jeans in the last 20 years-and they fit!:D and i can post a pic of my Henry.:) he’s checking out the snow from the blizzard. and Henry smiling.

[COLOR=”LightBlue”][B][/B][/COLOR]We are happy to announce the birth of our grandson Joseph Wesley. He is a small guy, weighing in at 4lbs. 6ozs and 17 inches , but he is doing well and might get to come home in a couple weeks. 😉

Congradulations! Babies are a delight,so innocent and pure.Hope he does well and comes home very soon.

Angel,

I just wanted to say congrats – your first pair of heans after 20 years! But really the mega news was that – they fit! I’m not trying to be funny cos in times long gone by I tried to fnd jeans that fit and I was on a hiding to nothing. But in recent times I have found some – yippee! However, I a now 50 years of age. But blow it, I still like demin jeans – that fit.

somehow, I have missed the picture of Henry.

Congrats to Molly. I hope you have a ball with your grandchild. All the fun and none of the aggro. Plus, you now have the experience and the knowlege. Use it wisely and have a great time.

God bless

Having the grandkids and their parents over for dinner is always a delight?

[SIZE=3][COLOR=lightblue]Congrats [COLOR=palegreen]Molly!!![/COLOR][COLOR=blue] Boy he is a little guy! Hope he gets home soon.:) [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]i know what you mean TA. i have been looking for pants for too long, got tired of wearing snapup sweats and warmup pants. [/COLOR][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]today my daily delight is i was able to drive to several places around town today, and i went shopping 3 times and to a basketball game. now if i can only go to sleep.:rolleyes: [/COLOR][/SIZE]

My delight today is leaving work at lunch, half day early. Woo Hoo!!

My delight for yesterday is i was able to extend my walking to 1 mile and added steps also! today i got to take a much needed rest, well worth the added steps i think.:)

norb, tell carol-great job, that is cool. what is coreldraw? can’t wait to see you guys are back home. miss seeing all your snow back there!:D

Hi, Cheryl, you say you miss seeing snow?

Check this out:

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This is my cousin’s verandah

And here is her brother’s garage:

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They live down on the sout coast of Norway, not so far from my island, but I thank the weather-gods that where I live the amount of snow is reasonable. As much as they are having is exceptional even by Norwegian standards.

My delight to-day was celebrating my son’s 29th birthday. He got a Cannon digital camera from Hubby & me, and was overjoyed. So nice, now he can shower us with pic’s of our grand-son when he sees daylight for the first time in about a month.:)

Allaug, OOOHHH what I would give to be there in ALL that snow!!!!:) neat pics! we might have about 1 1/2 inches left on the ground-if that! supposed to get up near 50s this week—and there goes all my snow!:(
can’t wait to see that little bundle of sweetness! i bet you are just beside yourself waiting!

Allaug, Now that is what I would call to much snow.

That is soo sweet, Norb. Can I call you my Opa also? I hope You and Carol have a safe and fast trip home. Thanks for sharing that part of the world with my kids and myself-they just love seeing the pics from your trip.:)

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To-morrow Hubby and I are going to follow Gene’s example and go on a CRUISE!!

I was born with salt-water in my veins (in my father’s family all the men – except my father – were ship’s captains, so I just love it at sea). We have taken this trip between Oslo and Kiel in Germany many, many times since -67, just after we first met. But this time is the first on this huge ship “Color Fantasy”. It’s one of Europe’s biggest “ferries”, but equipped just like the cruise-ships of the West Indies etc. There are all kinds of restaurants, from the most fancy to a Hamburger stand, swimming pool (indoors of course), spa, training facilities, shows, golf course ( ! ), a whole mall of taxfree shops: ho-ho-ho – tobacco, alcohol, sweets, perfumes, clothes etc, etc! I’ll know more when I’ve seen and enjoyed it all.

I found a (2465 in fact) picture on the net to show you now, but Hubby’s going to take plenty of pic’s, so I’ll share some with you later.

Unfortunately, this is not for two weeks, only two days, but they’ll seem long since everything is new.

I’ll be back here on Thursday, so see you then!

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My husband and I were out on our deck near dark on Sunday, when we noticed two deer standing about 30 ft. away – a young, 6 point buck, and a doe. We were close enough to see the lashes on their soft brown eyes.

They were browsing for food in the woods beside our house. The buck was mostly keeping watch over his mate, as she ate. We watched them until dark, when they faded back into the darkness.

The next day, we put out some corn, and sure enough, the deer returned. They were aware of our presence, but other than keeping an eye on us, they didn’t seem to mind us watching them, as they foraged peacefully.

God must surely love the forest to populate it with such lovely creatures.

What a delightful day! It’s snowing softly – big fluffy flakes covering the ground and the leaves in the woods.

This afternoon we were visited by a red fox. He looked very healthy with a strawberry blond color and white tip on his tail. He walked around in the woods on the side and rear yard of our house, then wandered back to the park area behind us.

The sun was shining yesterday @ about 62* so I worked up my flower bed at the front step. The crocuses and tulips are peeping thru and I added a couple of primroses. I have an old cream seperator and a crock which I have filled with the most beautiful pansies. So, today my delight is peeking out the window and enjoying the fruits of my labour ~ sore arms and all !! 🙂

Norb,

It’s good to see you made it back. 🙂 Although I’ll miss the pictures from Thailand.

Nice to know you are safely back home, Norb – you certainly had a harder journey than Hubby and I on our cruise to Kiel. Here are afew pictures to prove it:

Our cabin:

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Part on the ship’s shopping mall:

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Part of the à la carte restaurant with three decks high windows at the aft of “Color Fantasy”:

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Do I have to mention that we had a wonderful time?

OK ~ I wanna cruise! What a delight to see your pictures ~ thanks.

A delight that you liked them, Judi!

Allaug sounds and looks like you had a nice couple of days. neat pics.:) that sounds like my kind of getaway-a few days on the water, without the worries.

my delight today was smart mouthing to an ignorant man at the post office. i wasn’t even out of the car yet, and this snobby, slightly older then me man, starts to tell me i’m parked in a handicapped space and i can’t park there. i had my handicapped placard on my mirror, my cane and my husband was driving-but he lets into me(since i was the only mame there at the time), in such a nasty voice and didn’t stop harping until i slammed the car door and looked into his eyes and said ” thank you for pointing that out to me-i didn’t know i was handicapped, and i am aloud to park there!” my hubby was nicer about the situation then i was, he nicely told him she is handicapped and we do have the right to park there, and we do have a handicapped placard. after the double barrel assault on the man, he didn’t even appoligize for being soo mean and making a mistake.
after we went into the post office, my hubby just couldn’t believe the nerve of some people. he was more upset then i was. and so was another man who heard the conversation outside, they were both at a loss for words. i took the other road, i see it as i stood up to a strange, snobby, very ignorant person in a public place and i made a few more people aware that handicapped people do come in all shapes, sizes, ages and levels of disability, and they can still talk back and get away with being rude to those who deserve it. i should have used my cane on him!:D he deserved a good caning!!!:D

[B]Cheryl, good for you girlfriend. Some people really need to be told off.

You should have whacked him with your cane. Marge would be so proud of you. She whacked a guy’s car outside the hospital one day.[/B]

Donna, Marge made me do it!!!!:D I wish I had the nerve to smack him with my cane–didn’t want to waste my energy on a jerk like that though.
I did refrain from using my keys on a new caddy that parked illegally at my door at the mall later in the morning. after going for my daily walk with my parents i go to get into the car(which was parked legally in a handicapped space) and find this nice new caddy parked on the cross lines next to my dad’s car–the only thing that kept me from doing it was my mom-she was standing right behind me–darn it i wish i didn’t have soo much respect for my elders!!;)
today i’m staying home, still in my pjs and doing nothing!:)

Atta girl, Cheryl, you made my day with your story of how you put the man straight! You live up to the “-with An Attitude” part, while I don’t have a shadow of a doubt that you’re an “Angel” too, (even if I remember the reason for your “signature”).

Seeing the flowers peeking up out of the ground.

We got a delightful return visit from the little red fox this morning. He sat briefly beside our deck, then sauntered off down the hill in the woods. I’ll try to get a photo next time, so I can share him with you.

Suzanne

Suzanne ~ how lucky you are!

My delight today (St. Paddy’s Day) was our first picnic of 2007. And yes, we had a yummy potato salad, made by yours truly 🙂

Recovering is my delight.

My delight was seeing the first daffodils, snowbells, and crocuses appear in our yard after watching it snow and sleet the day before.

Its [COLOR=plum]SPRING!!!!:) [/COLOR]

To-night we are going to our son’s in-laws – where he and his wife currently live between houses – to give them “all” the presents we bought for them and the baby in Germany two weeks ago. I’m really looking forward to see if they are pleased, especially my daughter-in-law, because most of them are for her and the baby. We were a short trip to Sweden on Sunday, and I found this bib saying “This does it – now I’m gonna phone grandma!” Of course I had to buy that too – just so the new parents are warned:D .

Everybody there had the flu a week ago, and we thought that it would be over by now, because yesterday they were all feeling OK again, and then my son’s mother-in-law phoned me an hour ago and told me our son had been sent home from work (!) with a temperature of 102F 😮 and a new bout of influenza. But we’re going there anyway, I just have to say hello to him through the key-hole. I just hope he’ll get well again before the birth, which in fact could start any day now. It would be such a disappointment for him to miss it, and even though his wife can have other family-members at her bedsid when it happens, it will not be the same for her either.:(

I now have my tickets to go to Maine for 2 weeks in April ~ to enjoy my Jacob (3) and Eli (1) and my son and daughter-in-love 🙂 🙂 🙂

Today’s daily delight ~ knowing that Miss Emily is working on a surprise!

Allaug, you’re Grandma-you get to buy what and as many as you want for your grandbabe.;) how do you say grandma in Norway? i bet you are all a tingle waiting for your sweet little g-baby to arrive.:D

my delight today was calling the store i just went shopping at and complaining. i usually just let it go and stay quiet, but not this time. the customer service girl told me to go over to another checkout-express line. so i did, i had been the next in line at the first checkout-which is what made me mad, going over to the express line i had to wait for 4 others before i was wrung out. it took me longer to wait in the express line then it did otherwise. as it was i was holding a heavy box of garbage bags-52 count, and a few other things, and using my cane besides. boy did i have a few words to say to that nice lady-but i bit my tongue and called the manager from home instead. and while i was being waited on that nice helper told the elderly man and his wife behind me to go over to the other line–and naturally he wasn’t going to budge because he was next and if he had he would have been in line after 3 others–man was she doing something wrong!:mad: i feel better now that i explained to the manager you don’t have someone on the floor telling people where to go when they don’t need the help, especially when it sets them back. my arm was of no use to me driving home because of the strain i had on it. if there were scooters available i would have used one–not one to be found in the store.

Cheryl, you can be so proud of yourself, not playing the “good-girl” game of putting up with everything all the time. Age should give all of us the knowledge to know when to keep shut and the self-confidence of speaking up when that’s the right thing to do.

“Grandma” in Norwegian can be “bestemor” (best mother) whether the child is your son’s or you daughter’s, or more specifically “farmor” (father’s mother) if it’s you son’s child – like in my case – or “mormor” (mother’s mother) if it’s your daughters.

Still no baby, but my son’s flu is on the mend.

My delight today: I had my house thoroughly cleaned by the girl who lived with us last year. She is still helping out with heavy duties like that. Yesterday she cleaned all our windows. But now the house will remain uncleaned for three weeks because she is going home for Easter.

Visiting with all the cousins.

today my delight was going fishing with my kids and hubby. didn’t catch a thing, but got some neat picks of a couple of loons and a coot(boy that didn’t exactly come out right-i really did mean the feathered type, not my kids and hubby!;) ) swimming closeby. and brought back some minnows for my pond out back too.

[B]HUGE DELIGHT TO-DAY[/B]

that hopefully will last for the rest of my life:

a boy 2.9 kilos, 48 cm long! (Picture(s) will be posted asap)

Grandmother\farmor

Farmor, [SIZE=3][COLOR=royalblue]CONGRATS!!!! when you see him, please give him a sweet little peck on the cheek from me. and one to mom and dad also.:) [/COLOR][/SIZE]

Congrads It is wonderful having grandbabies. I have three and maybe another on the way. They sure do bring lots of joy and happiness into your life. Have a good time with him and sending you lots of love and hugs for you and your family.:D

My husband’s ship was vandalized and sinking. They have been on board 24 hours a day keeping the pumps running until a dry dock space opens up. My delight is that one of the wonderful volunteers showed up for an extra watch last night and he got to come home and get good sleep in a real bed with me and the dogs. God Bless good volunteers.

Sorry to hear about your hubby’s ship, vic. i hope its repairable.

my delight today is i got through my 1st aqua therapy appt without getting stuck in the pool. the last time i was in a warm pool i ended up paralyzed for a week. i even made it up the steps to get out on my own today.:)

Thanks for all good thoughts! Norb, I guess that you’ll see it when I tell you that “farmor” means “father’s mother”.

I met my grandson for the first time to-day, he is cute, isn’t he?

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Congratulations! He is beautiful 🙂 Does he have a name yet? Hugs to all.

Allaug,

Congradulations! What an adorable picture of your new grandson.

Vmac,

So sorry about your husband’s ship. What a terrible thing for someone to do on purpose. I hope things will turn out alright and they will find the person who did it.

Suzanne

It’s “yard sale Friday” and my stepdaughter and I will enjoy the hunt for “treasures” 🙂 (she has a new apartment to furnish ~ yeah!)

This is actually more a weekly delight. On Monday I had a lymph node biopsy. Three doctors had diagnosed sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disorder in which the T-cells cluster in various parts of the body and affect the function of different organs. One doctor believed it was lymphoma. So, Monday I went into surgery.

On Wednesday my father went under the knife for suspected colon cancer. On the same day, my three-week-old niece had surgery for a narrowed aorta–the kind of thing that wouldn’t normally be discovered until, as a toddler, she dropped dead.

At midnight Wednesday my mother called to tell me that my niece’s surgery had been successful, and that my father was found to be free of colon cancer. Today my doctor called to say that my biopsy showed sarcoidosis but no cancer.

It’s been an amazing week. God is indeed good.

Deb

norb, if i have 4 times that amount dumped in my driveway will carol come and make my flower, garden and lawn areas for me?!:D Sydney has grown in the past few months, she is still sooo adorable!

today my delight is i walked through Cabellas without a rest, or a buggy and using just my cane.:)

Congradulations Cheryl.

May delight is a home day for just me and my wife.

Enjoy your day, john!
today my delight will be taking my kids down to the maumee river to fish for walleye. and hopefully bring home a fish or 2.:)

what carol didn’t like the size of the holes in the dripline? just had to have them larger.:D that’s ok norb, i think i’ll just work on the flower garden and the veggie garden and let the lawn(well the dirt!) go until the fall. we have a major grub and mole problem that needs to be taken care of first.:(
and with the chance of snow coming this week, things are going to be backed up as far as working outdoors goes.

well we took the neighbor boy fishing with us this afternoon, didn’t catch anything but rocks, until it started raining. after the snow passes thru this week, we’ll be back out there to try again.

norb, you better take that wonderful lady out for dinner!!!:D tell her it looks great!!! well done!!:)

Delight — kids looking for easter candy and eggs.

My delight family dinner with the kids and grandkids.

my delight today was going fishing with my family and actually catching a few fish, even though they kept breaking the line and getting away. the fish were all big carps.:eek: 😎 heres a pic of my daughter after she caught (and lost) her fish.[IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/467846077_356ea522be.jpg[/IMG]

Having Ham and Bean Soup.

About a year ago we started refurbishing our main bathroom. It has been a long and at times an unnerving (:eek: !) process. We have been able to use it since August last year, but only to-day did I pay the contractor his last bill. Now the bathroom is pretty and functional, and I’m very happy we did it, even if at times I almost regretted starting the business.

My second delight was celebrating wee William’s four week birthday. He has gained about 2 lbs. since birth, and now he is a little, perfect marzipan baby! I had him on my lap, singing softly to him while gently bouncing him on my knee, and he looked interestingly at my face, at first with wide open, dark blue eyes. After a while they narrowed more and more until he fell asleep in my hands, and when I put him up along my breast and shoulder, he went on sleeping. A blissful moment for “farmor”! A birthday picture will be published on “Farmor Allaug” when I get some mailed over from my son. He and his wife are very proud of that thread, and they look it up it now and then to check for enthusiastic comments on their 😎 offspring.

Cheryl; it’s not hard to give an enthusiastic comment on you daughter – she also looks “cool” and I’m sure she’s a nice and OK kid!

Thanks Allaug. she is my “cool chic”! tevan is an awesome kid! 🙂
i can’t wait to see those pics of sir william!:D

Good to see You 2 together smiling, Norb! soo when do you get sprung? You are looking great! Keep up the good work!:)

What a joy to see so much life in a hospital bed! Norb – I wish you all the best.

I can’t say I’ve had a delightful day to-day, because my washing machine broke beyond repair, but after abt. 25 years, I guess it was to be expected. Well, there is something to be happy about after all: I can afford to buy a new one, and just the one I like the best too! I just ordered it on the Net. And come to think about it – this is also something to be happy about: I don’t have to spend a lot of painful energy to run around to find the machine of my choice!

Hi Norb

That picture speaks at least a thousand words. Such delight, such trust and faith in her face.

What I want to know is what is your ‘owee’?

God bless

Delight a visit with a neighbor.

my delight for the week was getting out of the house!!! not only for my appt but to go to my in-laws house and had a surprise visit with my hubby’s aunt and uncle. 🙂

norb, i had the same airhead idea running through my mind, and then i read your next sentence about carol-i just had to laugh!:D your knee sounds really painful, good thing you are on hydro!!:eek: you just enjoy getting out of doing the housework don’t you?! now you have to behave, or carol might put a boot on your wc wheels to keep you out of trouble!!:D

my weekend delight was, i took my daughter and son to a fishing derby at the lake 1 mile south of us. here is my son checking out the competion with his binoculars….[IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/478378658_e74d0ec04a.jpg[/IMG]

and here is my daughter with the catch of the day….[IMG]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/221/478378700_bab9147adc.jpg[/IMG] Her first Rainbow Trout!

is it Opa airhead?;) Thanks, i think so also!:D i had a good time with them, just wished my son had caught a trout also. but since he didn’t, i guess i’ll just have to take them fishing there again this week sometime!:cool:
i’m already planning on getting some extra rest in during the day.:)

You behave Birthday Boy, and please give Carol and Sydney a Big Hug for me. and here’s a BIG HUG for you, too!

Norb, fishing is a very relaxing activity. you married a very smart lady!;)
my delight today was taking my kids to the lake and catching 10 bluegill, which was 1 more then my daughter caught:D and watching an Osprey hoover overhead and dive dive into the lake and come out with a fish, 5 times:cool: i got a pic of the dive, well all you can see is the water splash, and another shot of the Osprey holding the catch afterwards. so neat to see that type of bird of prey just 1 mile from my house and soo close to a city.

My daily delight would not normally be a Monday. Yet, this Monday is the last week of the semester. The faculty and the students are prepared for finals and ready for a break. Some for one week then back for the summer session, some to be gone until the fall semester, some to graduate and some to retire. It is a great time of the year.

Daily Delight — learning that rear tires need to be aligned also.

my delight today was putting in half of my garden, finally. i’m paying big time for overdoing, but hopefully it will be worth it later this summer and fall.:)

Great to hear Norb. Just take it at a pace you can handle without hurting yourself.

Sue

Good to hear you are doing better Norb. Let us know how PT goes.

I’m also very happy for you Norb, and our wee William is wawing the Norwegian flag for you! BTW, pic was taken on our National Day May 17th:

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Great Pic, Farmor Allaug!!!!! Love it! Give that Handsome Prince a Big Hug from His Auntie C, please!:)

Some say Rainy Days and Mondays make me blue. But as for me we need the rain and Monday is what I choose to make of it. That is my delight for today.

Norb that sounds very relaxing. don’t over do it and please-no falling!;) take plenty of pics of Sydney for us. i can’t wait to see how she has changed. have a great trip. Give Carol and Sydney Big Hugs for me.:)

Good week over all. Work was great.

2 days ago i climbed up to our house roof to rescue a baby bird. it was in the upper 80s that day and we have a metal roof-hot to the touch. a black bird had taken the baby sparrow out of its nest and dropped it on my roof. well my daughter and i placed it in a shoebox with some bedding materials and fed it with tweezers and a syringe. my daughter put the box and bird on our bench on the back deck, in a short time the momma bird was landing on the box, feeding her baby. at night i tuck Roofus in and put his box right under my kitchen window, under the roof over hang, so he stays dry and warm. today was daddy birds’ turn to feed Roofus, amazing how they switch responsibilities, and stick to them the whole day.:)

another delight for me, my sister and some of her kids, are coming to visit for the weekend. hopefully the drive friday, from wisconsin, will be a fast and safe one.:)

I am headed to Portland, ME for 10 days with my son, Jeremy, daughter-in-love, Karen and my grandsons, Jacob (3) and Eli (16 mths). I haven’t seen them in 8 months!! (I’ll post a pic when I learn how 😀 )

SNOW, thanks for those cool pics Norb.:D Sydney is quite the young lady already! i can’t believe how big she is getting!:) looks like a beautiful place Norb, glad you enjoyed it.

My delight today was finding out my sister and 4 of her kids are staying an extra day.:) and with the good comes the bad, my son is sick for the 2nd day in a row!:(

Your pic’s were delightful, Norb, and I’m so happy for you, you recovering so well is such a reliefe to me to me too, though far away as I am, I often think about you!

My delight for the day is that Kevie is swimming in the pool playing with his friends. Hopefully tommorrows delight will be when the neuro says he does in fact think Kevie has gbs and not cidp, we shall see. For now I will be delighted for the wonderful day Kevie is having! Dawn 😮

Today’s delight was staying semi awake during the final facility meeting.

Norb, great pictures

Norb, its that German blood don’t ya know. thats what i blame in my case.:D
my delight today is my son is feeling good and back to school, my hubby and i got our pool all ready(actually he is getting in as i write this):) and my sister and her kids are on their drive back to wisconsin.:( visit was good but way too short.

My delight to-day is that it’s sunny and calm after several cold, rainy and windy days. My friend Ellen and I are going out to look for lilies-of-the-vally as soon as her pain medication kicks in. She is staying with me here on the island this week, and we have such a great time, quiet, but great, no matter what the weather is like, but we’re both looking forward to go for a walk now after days of in-doors “activities”.

Norb,
Great pictures! Looks like you find the right nurse to direct you physical therapy 🙂

Norb, Love that pic!!! your pt assistant is beautiful! no bribing her with cookies!!!;)

my delight today was hearing my son won a 15 speed bike from his school!! he is soo excited about winning it.:D

My daily delight yestarday was to go to the beach in the afternoon, and had a marvellous nap. I didn’t do it since May 2006 and now it’s even better.

Lourdes

Way to go Norb!!:) Keep up the Good work!

My delight for today was celebrating my daughters’ 14th birthday. We had a party at my sil house and it was a beautiful day.:)

Norb, you’re just an old softee!:D have you been behaving yourself?!

my delights this week have been, I walked around The Zoo for 5 hours with my kids monday-the hottest day of the year so far!!:eek: and tuesday night I walked around Wauseon looking at the 400 plus cars that showed up for the supercruise.:cool:

The last time I went shopping at this one particular grocery store, i noticed the electric carts were ALL shot, broke and in really bad shape. I was soo mad that this store had replaced all the other carts with brand new ones and didn’t bother replacing the electric carts, so I spoke up. I wrote an email complaint to the head office up in Michigan, complaining for the 2nd time about the elec carts and the poor shape they were/are in. Well I went in to shop and to my surprise there were 3 new carts sitting among the bad ones. It does pay to email complaints to the Head Honchos! (I guess they didn’t want the local tv station to investigate the unfairness they show towards the disabled patrons of their store):D

My delight today was seeing pics of my new niece, she was born 6/22/07. My baby brother is a Grandpa-man does that make me feel old!:eek:

A wonder warm sunday with family comming to visit.

My Delight for today will be meeting with friends at a picnic.

I’m so happy about the fact that my son and daughter-in-law have bought a new home, and it seems like they got good value for their money. They are moving in on July 7th. I have only seen pictures, but it looks very nice and I wonder if I can wait until the middle of August to see it. On the other hand, I hate having to go back to Oslo in the middle of my stay here, so I guess seeing it for myself will have to wait.

My delight today was watching rain fall on my parched yard. 🙂

Grand children are a joy. Congradulations to you and your sons family.

I’m so happy for you, Carol and Norb!

Imagine – grandchild no 17!! But this one is special – only three months and two days younger than William. Now we have grandchildren practically the same age!

Love

[COLOR=deepskyblue]CONGRATULATIONS NORB AND CAROL on THE BIRTH of YOUR 17TH GRANDCHILD!!!!!:) [/COLOR]
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Today I got Great News!!! My Father in Law is now CANCER FREE!!!!! He was dx with stage 4 Non Hodgkins Lymphoma last Year, Today His Onocologist told Him He was Cancer Free! We are celebrating with him tonight! Talk about emotions running High!!!:D

My Delight was the joy of my grand daughters today. How little involvement it takes to make them and me very happy.

Now that is good news and a great delight. Congratulations! Much success with being able to have your treatments in Fort Collins.

My Delight today was along time coming, 33 years actually. I rode on a Roller Coaster that I had flown out of the seat way back when I was a kid. My Dad caught me by my belt in my pants. I faced my demons and I WON!!!! So take that, Blue Streak!!:D

That’s Great News, Airhe.., aahhh I mean Norb! Now Sydney will have to come to you to visit while you’re getting your treatments.

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I’m sorry that the photo is not of excellent quality (cell phone camera), but even if it’s not to-day’s delight (two weeks old) I want to share my beautiful lunch table, with roses from my own and two very nice neighbours’ gardens. We were 15 people all together, the kids had their own table on the verandah. We had such a nice time and everybody were so happy about the event – in honour of my aunt who died last year. These were people who had got to know each other in connection with her passing away. We are planning to make it a tradition to meet like this every summer, and I really hope it will come true.

My delight today was arriving back home after a cruse. The cruse was fun, but one more trip to the buffet and I would have be rolled down the gangplank.

Pictures to follow 😀

Thats Wonderful news Norb. I’m proud of You!!:) Carol is such a Wonderful Lady!!!:)

Norb……….you post some of the best pictures!! Congrats on your accomplishment, I think it’s great. Keep those pictures coming!

My delight today is starting a new school year. Teacher start today so we can get ready for all the smiling face that will show up in a little bit 🙂

My delight was seeing Allaug’s lovely luncheon table. I just want to sit down and visit in such beautiful surroundings. Perhaps we should ask Allaud, set a date, send out the invites and choose our place at the table. Then we can chat away about the joys in our lives.
Just lovely, Allaug, just lovely!:)

My delight was seeing Allaug’s lovely luncheon table. I just want to sit down and visit in such beautiful surroundings. Perhaps we should ask Allaud, set a date, send out the invites and choose our place at the table. Then we can chat away about the joys in our lives.
Just lovely, Allaug, just lovely!:)

M Delight/wish. Seeing Allaug luncheon table makes me want to go visit it.
I love traveling.

Maybe someday we can get a few of us visit each other.

Sue

😉 I’ll polish the silver, get out the damask tablecloth, buy some romantic napkins to go with the other colours on the table, set out the more than 100 years’ old glasses and English (Sheffield) stoneware, go hunting for the lovliest and most decorative flowers – and greenery – from my own and – really – my neighbours’ gardens and invite up to 27 of you (that’s how many plates I have of the kind on the photograph) to come over the Pond for lunch. Please give me some ideas for what to serve – and what kind of wines you prefer. Coffe and “native” cakes later, before you return.

Wow – my delight to-day was getting such a positive response to my photo of my luncheon table – it was such a nice party too!:)

Suddenly this morning the population here increased 100%! I have been all alone here since Monday morning, and I don’t mean alone in the house, but alone in the “village”. The thought of being the only person for miles around was a little disturbing at first – it has never happened before – but it was not so bad really, since I’m quite used to be alone in the house, and in the evenings I seldom saw or heard anyone anyway.

My dear neighbour Gerd came out from Tvedestrand where she lives when she’s not staying here, to do some gardening in the nice and sunny weather, and I invited her for lunch on my verandah. I picked a whole lot of blackberries and stirred the with some sugar, and we had tea and dark bread and butter to go with the delicious freshly made jam. It was so nice to share the latest news too.

She went back to Tvedestrand in the evening, but in the meantime another (frankly not so dear) neighbour, who is living here all year round, came back from a trip to Oslo, so now I’m not staying on a totally desert island.

It’s really a special and wonderful atmosphere here when there is almost nobody around. I guess some of you never have been to a place where you cannot hear a single man-made sound, only the wind, the sea and the birds. I love it when that happens, but very often the shrill sound of a boat or ship pierces the silence. The good thing about that is the very nature of the disturbance – it disappears.:)

So pleased you enjoyed my little epistle from yesterday I feel motivated to describe the athmosphere just now. It’s 9.15 in the evening, pitch dark and the wind is so strong I can hear it howling around and above the houses. It has been blowing “hats and hay” as we say in Norway, off and on during the last week or so, from the North West\North East which is the only directions that we really feel in the bay, as it opens towards the North.

But indoors in my house everything is so quiet, Mosse is asleep and I have turned off the TV now that I use my computer. There is a faint smell of wood-smoke in the livingroom, as I have lit a fire in our new soapstone\cast iron stove. It has a huge window in front, so it’s almost like an open fireplace, and I love to sit and watch the flames. It’s also very convenient, because I don’t have to open it to see if I need to put more logs on the fire.

To watch a fire while the wind is making strange and a little scary noises outside, is my delight at the moment – and when I’ve finished this, I’m going to treat myself to a large, sweet apple! (Unfortunately not from any of my own trees, as that fruit is not ripe yet).

I’m coming for a visit Allaug!!! I can just picture your fire and can hear the wind blowing! Thanks for the momentary vacation! Keep them coming-can you make them last just a little longer next time;)

Well Allaug, I thought that I was coming just for the lovely lunch but now you’ve made the rest of the day sound so inviting! Is there any chance that you have a feather bed to go with the cozy of your home?? I promise to “try” to keep Cheryl from jumping on the bed 😮 Lets see, a new toothbrush and new flannel jammies and I’m on my way 😀

Why don’t you guys come for lunch to-morrow and stay until the next day? The weather forecast says strong north-westerly wind again (after a wonderfully calm and sunny day to-day) from mid-day tomorrow until Sunday, so the cozy\spoky mood will surely be back. I have 11 beds with duvets for all, so we could bring the duvets down in front of the stove, light candles and I know hubby has several bottles of fine red wine in our cellar – let’s indulge ourselves on that and the best chocholate in the world. That’s what I have – if you want something else, please bring it along, as there are no shops whatsoever on the island. I might have a surprise for dinner: reindeer meatballs with new potatoes and a gravy tasting of sour cream, brown cheese (a special Norwegian treat) and junipher-berries, and a salad of fresh vegetables. Red wine with that too. The best ice-cream in Norway with freshly picked blackberries for dessert. For lunch you will have to go and catch your own fish – I have rods and other gear – and gut your catch too 😀 , nobody has a problem with that I take it? If so, I guess Norb, Ken, Jim or other gentlemen in the party, will be able to help you gals – or it may be the other way around;)

See you soon then!

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A very inviteing photo, hey I want in on this one to. I think I’d like to go there & stay about a wk. Surely looks like a great place to visit.

Hey Terry, Can you swing north a tad and pick me up?:D Allaug, you are def on my To Do list!!:) I enjoy fires and cool sounding wind, along with The Best Ice Cream in the World!:D Ahhh come on Judi, its a vacation-We have to have FUN!;)

OK ~ now you all know that I am a “first born”! Just shake me loose (another glass of Allaug’s husband’s wine 😀 ) and I’ll get the hang of it. I’m long overdue for a vacation with good friends and fabulous food. Cheryl, I promise not to count how many reindeer meatballs you enjoy:) What a lovely and generous invite, Allaug. [I]Thanks[/I] (You really have a descriptive way with words. Perhaps we should start a thread “Tales from Norway” as I anxiously await each forthcoming post)