Growing up Swedish/Norwegian means shinglebread at christmas! It’s a lovely Scandinavian potato tortilla of sorts. For as long as I remember this has been a sugary Christmas treat.
Start with a flat piece and drizzle with Caro syrup….
Then you roll it up and eat up!
This dish means family and Christmas and memories of childhood! I am a happy Swede tonight. Now for a little cuddle time in front of the fire before 11pm services out the local Lutheran church!
Merry Christmas to all!!
Hello from the land of my in laws! It’s finally snowed in Kansas and we have started our Christmas travels. Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Feels good to have a couple days off of work and I packed a LARGE bag of knitting!
I have scarves:
Toasty fire:
What else do you need? Oh ya….my own handmade yarn swift!!!!!
My father in law is a gifted wood worker (see this amazing motorcycle rocking horse)!
Well he and my husband put their heads together and devised a version of a yarn swift any knitter would drool over! It spins easily and sanded to soft perfection so no nasty yarn snags.
The pegs are adjustable to conform to any hank size. The “legs” have holes so I could mount to a stand or clamp to a table. I’m in love! It’s beautiful, thoughtful, and most assuredly to get a lot of use in my house. I’m a lucky lucky girl to have such talented and loving people in my life!!
T-minus 4 days to Christmas!
Happy Knitting!
I received the most bestest unbeatable secret santa gift ever!!!! Drum roll please………………………….
That’s right ladies and gentleman, it a drum auger/pipe snake. The moment I opened it I knew exactly who my Santa was!
I live a rental house with poor plumbing and I’m always borrowing tools from the maintenance guy at work. He is always helpful, full if great tips, and never makes me feel like a “girl” trying to fix my own problems. And our shower drain problems of late make this auger a perfect Christmas present.
I was touched by the thoughtfulness if his gift and the hilarity of it made laugh until I almost cried. I know very well he went over the money limit too! This gift my dear blog friends has single handedly catapulted me into the holiday spirit. I put a bug in Santa’s ear to put something extra special in his stocking (and it may or may not be some jam from my secret pantry stash)!!
I wish each and every one of you a very Merry and Special Christmas!
T-minus 6 days to Christmas
Day two and I still can’t ferret out who my person is…..they are very stealthy and sneaky.
On the upside I have a new coffee mug and marshmallow goodness for my cocoa!
T minus 7 days to Christmas!
My secret Santa at work must know my hobbies and possibly my vow to learn socks in 2013…..
Now to whittle down the suspects!!
T-minus 8 days to Christmas!!!
My unbelievably wonderful husband decorated our entire house all by himself. I’ll admit to being a little grinchy, but his wonderful surprise helped me beat the grinch! So I did the last of our shopping today, wrapped all our gifts, and cleaned the house.
As a reward, I treated myself to a homemade mocha, some scarf knitting, and my newest book! So here I sit relaxing under the stockings waiting for Christmas to get here…..
Are you ready for Christmas?
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