I drove down to Lolland last thursday evening. Tina had to work the weekend so I left her behind. Already thursday evening I made a foul of myself. I had been talking myself into buying this new e-bike for the summerhouse. It was on sale at THansen with a lot of savings. I could see, that the store at Maribo had two in stock where one was in the showroom - That one I did not want. As I was waiting for my turn a women buy the one in the unopened box - I became so disappointed that I left the store and headed home to the summerhouse without talking to the staff.

But as I was working "from home" on friday I could see, that the store still had two in stock - that made me wonder! I could see, that the store had the same model - but with small tires. So I figured out that it must have been that model the women bought and not the one I wanted. So back to the store friday afternoon and I finally bought the bike in an unopened box as I wanted. It is a folding bike and quickly I put it together and took a first run on it. First it is not a chinese crap bike. It is a Korean bike but still made cheap. There is not that sense of quality - but it also was a cheap bike for a e-bike to be. Hopefully it will last a least more that the warranty.

On saturday I began cutting down trees in the back yard. We have these plum trees that take a lot of the sun from the greenhouse and our new high beds. That took all of saturday just cutting down and driving the the recycling station. On my second last run I noticed that one of the indicators on the trailer didn't work. I counted on, that it must have been the light balls that had to be changed. I went to Nakskov sunday morning and bought some new ones. Sure enough - it just had to change the light ball and then it worked again. But then it didn't work because I had installed the ball incorrectly - but I figured it out and all was good.

I also stayed monday and first headed home on tuesday. On monday a sewer master from a local firm came by to take a look on our local sewer. He was a nice guy and had some questions that meant I had to call the previous owner of the house. Later monday I visited him at his new places with some cake. He had made a drawing of the pipes and lead out. Hopefully that will work so we can get some progress in getting it fixed.

On sunday evening I decided to try and make some food with Tofu. I might begin to eat more Tofu or more correctly - just begin eating it. I made a red curry stew containing coconut milk, chicken, tofu, red curry and served with rice. I might be modest - but it tasted pretty damn good and I didn't mind the consistency of tofu.

1 / 13 The unopened box with the bike 2 / 13 Beginning of the assembly 3 / 13 The finished bike 4 / 13 Yes - made in Korea. Much better than china 5 / 13 Operation cleaning the back yard 6 / 13 The cutting down in progress 7 / 13 The finished look. Tina has to help me with the rest. 8 / 13 Changing the light on the trailer 9 / 13 The used couch we bought last weekend 10 / 13 Me trying the make food with Tofu and chicken 11 / 13 Ready to eat 12 / 13 Yes - much more sun comes into the garden 13 / 13 Sunset at Lolland ❮ ❯

Oh my god how time just goes fast. Tomorrow comes the longest day this year and we once again goes backwards into the dark winter. But until we reach that target we still have a hole summer to spend! And what a summer it has been so fare. My skin tone is already a crisp brown from all the sun. The passing week the rain finally came back. Not enough rain to matter but still something is better than nothing. We drove down to our summerhouse on friday for the weekend. On saturday we visited Red Cross in Nakskov  to buy a second hand three person sofa - of course I forgot to take pictures! It was a real nice sofa which only needed to be cleaned for dog hairs.

Else we didn't do much else than removing weed and watering and nursing the garden. Even though it has been raining a bit - it is still pretty hot and sunny. The potatoes have real grown since last weekend. Maybe soon we will be able to have home grown potatoes on the dinner table.

We got a hearing letter from Lolland municipality about our sewer which is not cleaning the water good enough. In september we will get an injunction to get it fixed and 12 months to get it done. I will surely follow up on that the coming year. We didn't know, that it wound come - hopefully we have the money to get it fixed.

I have to do something about the chain on my bike. It keeps falling off because it is too lose. I might have to take of a link to make the chain a bit smaller.

On friday I went to "Bakken" for the annual summer party in the company. First we had 5 games where we competed against each other. Afterward we tried the old wooden roller coaster - just once. Then dinner - this year it was served dinner, which was much better than last year, where the line to the buffet was endless. The starter was some kind of salmon mouse then beef cuvette and then something I have forgot. The wine was okay thinking it was bulk. On saturday we went by an old colleague of mine. Later in the evening I dropped Tina off at a bus station and went alone down to our summerhouse at Lolland. Tine could not come as she had at knitting party on sunday. I simply had to go because of the weather and the heat. I had to water our new high beds and some other plants and flowers - else it would all die. I didn't do much except cleaning up some weed and walking around the garden. I went home in the late afternoon sunday.

I went to the gym alone on monday. My usual buddy was going to Oslo on business. Today I took a detour home though the central Copenhagen while I was taking some photos to publish on my new "Pictures of Copenhagen" page. This morning I found a digger down in a hole in the ground.

We spend last weekend down at our summerhouse at Lolland. As usual the weather forecast from SMHI came true and gave us a hot and sunny but slightly windy weekend. I had the hedge cut down to a manageable size and changed a lot of window trims on our winder garden. Actually it became too hot so we had a power nap after lunch, where it was hottest. Nice our new plum tree still survives the brutal sun.

We are a little worried about our two new high beds that the sun will burn them off while we are not there. Maybe I will drive down the coming weekend just to give them some water. We have bough some kind of water control from the company Gardena - we hope it will be able to water the high beds at the middle of the week went we are not there - so the newly grown potatoes don't die. But it has yet to be installed. The weather forecast still say sun and warm weather. The lawn down has begun to get dead'ish and will most likely stay in hibernation until we get rain again. Tina will have to stay home this weekend and take care of her home knitting club.

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At work we are approaching the midway status to City Hall and all the extra work it brings along. But seems to go nice and steady without to much stress. On friday we have the annual summer party. This year we will once again be going to "Bakken" for dinner and maybe some wine.

I went to the gym yesterday just for a solo session. That went okay even though it was hot. I finished off by doing some bouldering - damn that has become more hard that I remembered it to be.

I went to the gym on wednesday for the weekly heavy session - I worked on this black 6b on the large overhang. I tried it twice. First time I had a comfort pause just before it got real overhang. The second time I made it all the way to the top, but could not hold the last hand hole and do the anchor clip. Otherwise I basically speend the rest of the evening on fucking up my fingers - beat them to become stronger.

When I came home from the gym Tina had bad news from the hospital. Sadly the cancer thing is still a problem however the doctors were not worried. But still it make us kind of uncomfortable.

I went to the gym both last tuesday and wednesday. The session on tuesday was great as I closed one of my projects a grade 6b on the big overhang. The top was a bit heavy, but when I positioned myself more on the feet I managed to close it. The rest of the days was just happy climbing. On wednesday I went alone just to enjoy myself and train on the auto belay. My fingers was kind of ruined after to two days in a row in the gym.

On thursday I went to Tivoli with the guys for one beer and the state of the world. Later thursday evening I drove down to Lolland and our summerhouse. The police had a speeding raid with a laser control. All the three police motorbikes were busy as I passed. Luckily I had the car on cruise control matching the speed limit as I usually do. I worked from home on friday and just enjoyed the very good weather. I painted the winter garden yet another layer of white which really did it make look so much nicer than before. I picked up Tina at the station in Maribo saturday after she had finish work and took the train down south. We spend most of the weekend just cleaning the garden from weed and other unwanted green growing things. It might sound boring but in way a very satisfying thing to do even though it is futile as nature always win.

Sunday evening I had kind of an accident involving red vine. Because I am cheep I didn't wanted throw the rest from a 3 liter wine box I drank the rest causing me to get very drunk. Thankfully Tina had already gone to bed. In a fare away corner of the garden first peed on my hands then in another corner I puked up a lot. After cleaning myself I did a fast walk around the block to try and get some of the alcohol burned off. On monday I watered the garden with a hose - I also washed away the mix of red vine and popcorn - so disgusting - but most of all - Tina will never find out.

1 / 8 A random selfie on my way to work early in the morning 2 / 8 The rebuild of the Dragon Fountain at City Hall Square 3 / 8 Sunset at Lolland 4 / 8 Close up 5 / 8 Operation cleaning the front yard 6 / 8 The result of operation the front yard 7 / 8 Random picture from the garden 8 / 8 The paint job of the winter garden ❮ ❯

We drove south last wednesday to our summer house down at Lolland. We didn't went fare before traffic stopped us. We decided to skip the traffic and went shopping in a mall near by. After an hour the traffic was still heavy but manageable. We did tons of stuff down there. We finished the high bed with watering system. I begang removing some of the ugly carport, began paining the winter garden and removing weed.

1 / 15 Tina is planting stuff in our high beds 2 / 15 Overview Dannebro in the background 3 / 15 Tina has planted some green plants 4 / 15 The beginning of the carport project 5 / 15 The beginning of the carport project 6 / 15 One wall was quickly gone 7 / 15 That looks much nicer - but the rest still have to go 8 / 15 From another angel 9 / 15 Sunset 10 / 15 The last sun over the garden 11 / 15 I began by cleaning the white top 12 / 15 After cleaning the old paint began to bubble out at some places and had to be removed 13 / 15 After one turn of new white paint 14 / 15 The winter garden from another angel 15 / 15 On monday at work I saw this little red spot on my arm. It turned out to be a tick. I managed to remove it alive ❮ ❯

Monday became the first day of this year, where I drove just in t-shirt from work though Copenhagen to the gym, and afterwards home. The session in the gym was good and once again a hard one. I did some finger hard routes but only after a proper warm-up. Today - tuesday was not that good weather wise. I had to put on my long sleeves and I even put on gloves on my way home.

The next update will most likely be next monday or tuesday.

Many from the offices were sick last week - I guess that something is going around for the moment. I went to the gym both tuesday and thursday. Tuesday was with a buddy and it turned out to be a hard session. Much harder than I had planed - my fingers were pretty fucked up at the end of the session. I went alone on thursday. I wanted a quick session as I would drive down to Lolland alone.

I have spend some time in making "Pictures of Copenhagen" - a new page - I don't I have to take a lot of pictures!

The weather forecast for the weekend said, that this weekend would be the first real summer days with +20 degrees. Tina could not come as she wanted to visit her sisters instead - so I had a weekend off just for my self. On friday evening I went to Jem&Fix at bought a water container for the high plan beds. Unfortunately was the slow leaking hoses sold out.

I spend saturday cleaning out the back yard for old garden waste and setting up the new water container. Sunday was my day off. With high sun I eat my breakfast in the front yard. Scrambled eggs, a bun and hot hot cocoa.

As I came on on thursday I could fell something was wrong in my body. I fell tired and like something big was on the way. I ended the day with one big shot of rum. Surely enough - on friday morning my throat was rotten and I felt feverish. I almost didn't leave my bed friday, saturday and sunday. On monday I finally began moving around - just a little. And the same time Tina was down as well. We had both monday off on tuesday I began working from home - not entirely well but sick enough to just do nothing. Tina call in sick the rest of the week. We both drove down to Lolland wednesday late afternoon after I had shut down for the day.

I think it was yet a turn of chinese Corona - headache, vomiting, lack of taste and smell, cough and so on. Both thursday, friday and the rest of the weekend went slow. The only thing we really finished was the two new high plant beds. I am not sure Tina is well enough for work on monday - I hope I will be.

The warm weather have been replaced by cold weather with only 5 degrees in the morning. I have yet again put on the long sleeves to avoid freezing my ass off on my way to work. I brought some tulips from our summerhouse to work - everyone are saying how beautiful they are. I went to the gym on tuesday. I thought it would be an easy session alone because my buddy had canceled - she has hurt her tail bone. But my other buddy came and we had an awesome session. So many people - most likely because all the boulder walls have been striped for this weekends competition.

I decided to climb very careful because my left elbow had begun to hurt a little again. But it went fine and all was good to day wednesday.

Most of last week was pretty warm. The big finale was saturday with temperatures around 20 degrees. As we left our summerhouse sunday all the trees and bushes look like small green bombs just waiting to explode.

Last week I went to the gym tuesday and thursday. Tuesday was a cozy session just to maintain the mussels. The session on thursday was quite intensive and left me with an easy pain in the elbow. I have to remember to be easy and don't act like a 5 year old went I am over 50!

We drove down to Lolland on a sunny friday afternoon. Immediately saturday we began on the high bed. First we went to Nakskov to buy supplies. Then the digging and assembling the wood structure. The digging was extensive and heavy. We kept finding old nails and other crap in the dirt. The previous owner had left a lot of brick stones which we have begun using as the floor. We didn't finish this time - but we hope to finish next time. We just need to finish the floor and make some steps and then of cause fill up the high bed with some green biologically materials.

1 / 10 Lovely sunlight in the morning 2 / 10 A selfie of cause 3 / 10 The work has begun 4 / 10 The wood frame which most likely will be rotten in a year 5 / 10 Tina digging gold 6 / 10 Me thinking very hard 7 / 10 Doing some trimming to make it level 8 / 10 Lost and found 9 / 10 The beginning of the floor 10 / 10 An overview of the project ❮ ❯

I began the day with swallowing two Paracetamol as I felt a bit all around. But the bike ride to work cured everything. Because of easter it was only four days that I had been off from work. Thankfully there wasn't that many mails to deal with. The good weather made it a good working day. I had forgot my lunch last evening on the kitchen desk outside the fridge - so I had to throw it out - I don't like hidden surprises in my food. Instead I went by a supermarket and bought a burger'ish thing - just to punish myself for my forgetfulness. 

On my way home I enjoyed the good weather where the wild daffodil are almost in flower. I even gave myself time for a selfie on Long bridge. Later in the evening I found out, that one of the music artists I follow has a Bandcamp profile - so I just had to buy her latest album from 2021. It is always nice to buy music from a site, which has a fair trade policy. So the day ended as a good day.

I picked up Tina at the station wednesday evening. But she was rotten - she feel sick and was coughing and feverish. She passed it on to me and I too feel sick the next two days. On sunday we both felt okay and went ahead on a little new year project. Last new years even our sick neighbor came by and throw a brick stone though our living room window. We promised ourselves to do a remake of our new year evens dinner. As usual we had Lamb as main course. As a starter we had avocado with shrimp. Later we saw the movie "Small Town Killers", "The Menu" and finally the movie "65" - All in all it turned out to be a nice cozy evening. The next many days until friday we both felt quite sick - I even had a hole day in bed. All we could was to sit and enjoy the nature around us. Even the neighbors cat came by to catch mice.

On friday we both was almost normal again and we went to Maribo to buy "stuff" Tina wanted for the greenhouse. Last year Tina only had two boxes but this year she wanted five new ones.

Saturday evening we found out, that there was something wrong with our our pellet furnace. It was like the fan had stopped working. I investigated the problem - it was like the fan only would work on full power. I began to dissemble the burn unit and focused on the fan which I also dissemble. It felt like there was lots of resistance in the bearings. First I cleaned it for dust and I gave it some oil - that helped and did the trick. After I and assemble the burn unit again it work as it is supposed to do. Hopefully this will last else I will have to change the fan. I don't mind working like this and fixing things as long it is only unscrewing thing where assembling is just screwing the opposite way. As it was kind of broken in the first place, it was free to experiment as the bill for the repair would most likely be the same.

On sunday we headed home to Copenhagen again. We went in the early afternoon as the weather was kind of crappy.

1 / 11 Free meal 2 / 11 Yet a free meal 3 / 11 We call him Mr. Red 4 / 11 A new "new years evening" 5 / 11 Out buying stuff 6 / 11 I love my trailer 7 / 11 After Tina had played sims in the greenhouse 8 / 11 Working on the pellet furnace 9 / 11 I know - it is a dirty and messed up workbench - the fan before cleaning 10 / 11 I have reassemble the burn unit 11 / 11 Now everything is back in place again. ❮ ❯

I didn't really sleep than well. I woke up like a hundreds times during the night and wasn't really motivated to change the world when the alarm woke me up a 6 pm. Anyway - I went up and a bath helped on the mood. I had already decided to stop work one hour before usual time. I have setup the old couch in the winter garden so I could take a powernap after work. It turned out to become a 2 1/2 hour long one.

Afterward I cleaned the outside mouse trap and untangled the pennon which had about 20 knots. Later today I will pick up Tina at the station and the happy life is over. Actually I haven't really done shit the last five days! - Just what I needed.

Yet another day at the home offices with a beautiful sunrise. It is strange how fast time goes - tomorrow is the last working day before easter.

Around 9:30 I took 2 hours off to do some shopping at Maribo. I now understand why cars are so important on the county side. I Copenhagen I would just walk around and do the shopping - I might take the bike, if it was too long or heavy. But down here at Lolland first a 25 minutes drive then four stops - Aldi, Lidl, the drugstore and then Netto. It would take forever walking!

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Seldom have I done so little. Woke up early and went to the home offices - POW and then the clock was almost 5 pm. I took a short walk around the garden and my brain went on screensaver mode.

I went late to bed so the morning felt like a happy vacation I didn't wanted to spoil. Once again I made a good solid breakfast with eggs and a bun. I began cleaning one of the flower beds for weed and leftovers from the winter. Then the lawn got all my attention - first I  changed the oil on the lawnmower and then I did the complete tour meaning the garden, front garden and along the road in front.

We have bought two high flower beds. Because Tina's back isn't that good and she don't like bending to much over.  I will try to make it easier for her by digging a work trench. The plan is to reinforce it with tree and use bricks as the floor. But first I wanted to try digging to see how hard the earth was - it seems possible. I have to wood buy supplies one of the coming days.

Then it was time to clean the pellet furnace - or maybe not. I though it would by overdue but it actually could have waited for some time yet. Anyway I gave it some TLC - now it should be able to run least 30 working days.

I woke up to ruff weather - high wind, rain and temperatures just around 3 degrees. But no reason to rush anything - I am at the summerhouse alone and all the time in the world to do absolutely nothing. I made a solid breakfast with bread and scrambled eggs - then began to work on our puzzle while hearing Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. All in all a nice cozy start of my stay down at Lolland. After lunch I took at long power nap as I woke up the weather was still windy but much more sunny. I took a walk around the garden which was freezing. I when in and had a long talk with Tina back at Copenhagen. I kept working on the puzzle and finish the audio book - then it was time for dinner and a relaxing evening watching movies.

The usual everyday life is rushing away toward a hopefully warm and pleasant summer. But right here and now it is kind of rough. Last tuesday I went for the half year dentist inspection and cleaning - for once without being ripped off. Zero holes and off I went. I went to the gym twice last week - I kind of forget how it went. On friday my boss gave a "cake man" to the department. We have had a well-being survey with a 100 response percentage.

On saturday we went by Tina's brother in law and his small birthday party. On sunday we had our wedding day - we decided to keep it simple and went for brunch at cafe Vivaldi at city center. Afterward we went to the cinema to see the new John Wick movie. The movie was okay - maybe to much killing - but that is kind of the theme of the movie!

Monday the weather turned awful with snow and shitty weather. Later on monday I went to the gym for what turned out to be a long climbing session. I made two onsides on 6b overhang routes - which were awesome. I was home just before 10 in the evening - coming home after a long day. Tuesday morning was cold but clear skies - very nice weather for the 25 minutes bike ride to work.

Down a our summerhouse the new camera have send a notification twice - once on saturday where a deer was in the front yard

And again on monday where a bunny was jumping around.

We drove down to our summerhouse thursday evening. I picked up Tina from her work and off we went. On the way south we went by Jem&Fix and bought two plant raised beds. Tina had friday off from work and I could work "from home" as I no important meeting that demanded my present. I spend most of my time cleaning the back yard. I removed a little fence, cleaned the ground and replanted some very small trees which I hope will grove big some day.

The weather was super fantastic - on sunday we went by the recycling station. On our way home we went by the local baker and bought two small cakes. We eat them as we sat in the back yard and enjoyed the sun. I guess the temperature was around 13 degrees and almost no wind. I still had our long sleeves on - but still very pleasant.

1 / 10 On thursday I worked in the "Focus" Zone. A small offices room, where people are expected to be quieted 2 / 10 The raised bed is assembled 3 / 10 The dirt strainer - we are using to clean the dirt and remove metal and plastic 4 / 10 First one bolt, then two stainless screws and then two more not stainless 5 / 10 Things are tumbling down 6 / 10 The morning sunshine on the grass 7 / 10 Tina doing the hard work 8 / 10 The crater is leveled out we have planted grass 9 / 10 Some we small trees which have started their lives in a balcony box home on Amager 10 / 10 Tina have done some cleaning up. ❮ ❯

I worked home tuesday as the weather forecast said something about this huge winter storm. But it turned out to be almost nothing. Yes it was cold and slippery wednesday morning - but nothing I haven't seen before. Actually it was a pretty nice driving weather with less wind and clear skies.

I went to the gym on thursday for at climbing session with two other buddies. I feel as strong as I ever have been and still I have managed to keep the injuries away. I think it is about time to begin to push things just a little bit more and begin on some of the 6b's on the big overhang. On my way home friday I went by one of my favorite  liquor shops and bought a whiskey and a home made sweet rom.

Tina have been talking to Lolland municipality about a permit for our garage at the summerhouse. It is now finally, that we won't get a permit and we at some point have to remove it. It at little bummer as I like the functionality - but it so ugly. I don't think I will miss it, when it is gone. Getting it torn down might be a bigger job than the barn. There is some electrician work, the chimney from the pellet furnace, the door to the outhouse and more that have to be fixed. The reason for the rejection is, the most of the garage is no within our ground. This haven't been a problem the last 50 years - but we just can't get a permit. 

I would have made an update tuesday evening, but I didn't sleep well between monday/tuesday. I slept like one hour and then awake one hour and the same again all over again. I was really crashed at work and we even had a 3 hours workshop and afterward two hours of playing petanque. That was fun - but I was really run over afterward. I laid down around 8 and just fell a sleep until the clock radio began at 6 am.

I was better wednesday where I tried my new very cheep German made sun glasses. They cost only 6,5 Euro in Lidl. I bought two pairs - they are probably rubbish and will most likely break soon. But at least it German crap and not corona china forced labor made. I went to the gym wednesday afternoon - just for some chilled bouldering for myself. Maybe I was a little hard on myself as I could feel both my bad left elbow, my bad right over arm and my knees.

So the project was to remove this old wood barn or whatever you would call it. I began sunday by removing all the wood for the fire pit and cleaning out shit from the barn. I began monday with the removal of the backend of the barn and removal of this structure. It was surprising fast gone as I just could unscrew the joints and just undo mostly everything. Afterward I began to remove the sides of the barn. After removing the end section and one side section I got quite worry as the whole structure all became very wobbly. I feared an uncontrollable tilt or failure. To counter this I immediately began removal of the roof – the top weight of the structure. I finish off this day’s work by adding two wood beans at the end of the barn which seems to increase the stability.

I continued tuesday with the removal of the sides, then the roof structure and finally the rest of the structure. It was kind of an easy job. However wednesday proofed maybe to be the hardest day – driving all the building waste to the recycling station. Meaning lifting everything I spend two days to remove onto the trailer and drive it away. In the evening I could really feel the hard work in my back. Luckily the recycle station is only 5 min. drive away.

I worked very easy thursday – I began late by build up a new end wall for the garage. As we still haven’t an official permit for the garage I decided to only use recycle materials from the old barn. Some of the wood was in very good condition, so the reused actually made sense. If we don’t get a permit, we wouldn’t have wasted any money. If we get a permit, we can always change the materials for something nicer. I finish off the work friday afternoon. I did some cleaning and finished off the work. I decided I needed to relax and to take the rest of the week off – meaning drinking wine and just do nothing.

1 / 36 The classic "before" picture 2 / 36 Everything has a flip side 3 / 36 The inside of the barn - old and dirty 4 / 36 We kept the wood for the fire pit 5 / 36 First wall section gone 6 / 36 Removal off the back 7 / 36 On top on the roof 8 / 36 Only naked wood beams back 9 / 36 The back section is gone 10 / 36 Removal of more wall section. At the time I found out, the hole structure had begun unstable 11 / 36 To counter the instability I immediately began the removal the roof aka the top weight of the structure 12 / 36 An inside view 13 / 36 Quickly the roof was removed 14 / 36 During the night I mounted two wood beams to make it less wobbly 15 / 36 Cleaning out the inside and making space for the roof structure 16 / 36 An outside view - the removal opens up the garden 17 / 36 The first section of the roof structure is down 18 / 36 All roof structure is gone 19 / 36 All structure is gone 20 / 36 Some of the leftovers 21 / 36 More leftovers ready for the recycling station 22 / 36 The beginning of a wall 23 / 36 I found some old wood structure in the ground. 24 / 36 I reused the old foundation blocks to make this new wall endurable  25 / 36 Some more wood work - everything was reused from the old barn 26 / 36 The door is in and a demo of the wall to test/proof of concept 27 / 36 The walls are getting in place 28 / 36 The top is being done as well 29 / 36 An inside view of the undergoing work 30 / 36 The finish new wall - all made of reused materials 31 / 36 The inside view - some how it looks like an isis tag? 32 / 36 Some more old wood structure in the ground 33 / 36 The finish look after the cleanup 34 / 36 Same look - but from another angle 35 / 36 Sometime nothing can give more 36 / 36 Next up is the fence to the left ❮ ❯

No much have happened since last update. It has just been normal everyday life. The biggest change has been, that we have gained 20 minutes more light in the mornings. It was clear skies yesterday all tuesday - The early mornings were very visible and beautiful as I arrived at work.

On sunday we went to my parents in Albertslund for breakfast and to discuss the state of the world. Afterward we drove to Bauhaus to check out some offers - but they turned out to be not so interesting after all. Then we drove to Jysk and afterward Bilka for just normal everyday shopping. Later on sunday I fixed my hair by doing a blonding. Somehow I look just a bit younger with blond hair.

I went to the gym last friday on a last session before they stripped all the routes on the big overhang walls because of the competition the coming weekend. I went to the gym again on monday where the work had begun - that was just an easy session alone where I also did some bouldering.

Work is still very quieted - usually it stays that way until mid april. On wednesday I drove a detour on my way home. I went by Christianshavn just because I could.

I have a vacation all next week. I am not sure when the next update will come or if I will do a daily update. The project next week is to demolish an outbuilding and just relax :-) I will be at the summerhouse alone as Tina has to week.

I have been wondering about happiness and how to achieve happiness. I think I have realized that it all begins with ones own attitude toward one self and others. This will not bring changes itself - but by accepting this concept one has a chance/possibility to begin making positive changes. This might be bullshit but usually things are as they are and can't be changed. It is our own perspective that decide if we fell positive/negative about things.

The pictures below are from last thursday - a pretty pleasant sunny day. It has begun to be just a little red in the horizon in the morning as I arrive at work in the morning. When it is not completely clouded the day begins with a beautiful red sky. Later thursday I drove though the city to the gym for a climbing session.

I left work early on friday and drove down to our summerhouse for the weekend. On saturday I picked up Tina at the station and we spend saturday and sunday together at the house. I did some garden work on saturday but forgot to take pictures - sorry.

This week is usual quiet at work because of the winter holidays. Yesterday monday I once again went to the gym for a climbing session.

Monday was a typical day. At work we began the day with pastry because I new employee started. Later on the day we got even more cake. After the last weeks rush and long working hours it was nice finally to leave work already around 3 pm. I began tuesday with working from home. Around 8:30 I took the bike and drove to City Hall for a 3 hour long workshop. I am still amazed about the indoor bike parking.

Afterward I went for Burger King - That did not go well. I mistakably got extra ketchup in the burger instead of for the french fries. I still don't understand, why I should pay extra for ketchup? I should just be free in my opinion.

After driving the bike back home, and I worked some extra hours I drove for the gym around half past 2. My buddy had unfortunately cancel so I took a "Han Solo" session. The was almost empty that early and I had the auto belays for my self.

The sun was shining from blues skies as I drove home wednesday.

I have made a new simple subpage to make an imdb search. Using this link makes it impossible to track repeated searches though out Imdb.

I had to work from home monday to thursday last week because I still felt a bit sick and needed an extended powernap after work. Thursday was the first day where I woke up without a rotten throat and green icicles hanging from my nose. That could only result in one thing - going to the gym after work. I went early and was at the gym already just before 3 pm just to find out, that the gym was closed until 4 pm because of a fashion show. But they were cool enough to let me wait at the cafe, where I bought a coffee. I texted my buddy to come a bit later - no reason we both were hung up. It was so nice finally to be at the gym - I could feel on my fingers, that I have being skipping practice and had to be careful not to over do things.

On saturday I finally upgraded my computer with the new 2 TB WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD M.2 drive I bought early december last year. At the same time I upgraded from OpenSuse 15.3 LEAP to the newest version. That was about time as they stopped maintaining the old version end 2022. It almost went smoothly except the Nvidia driver was wrongly installed and I had to reinstall it. I also upgraded my Vmware Workstation to the newest version for 99 dollars + 24,75 dollars in danish tax. Afterward I took the car for a relaxing drive and both checked the oil, tire pressure and filled up the gas tank.

On sunday I went to the gym once more - but this time alone. It was nice to just using the auto belays and do some bouldering afterward. Next week could turn out to be interesting - maybe with to sessions and the gym, one meeting at City hall and a trip to our summerhouse.

Last week ended kind of bad with me getting sick. But first - on monday afternoon the lumber called and asked if he could come by tuesday to fix our windows, after our mentally ill neighbor ruined it the afternoon of news years evening . He throw a brick stone and a raw pork roast through our dining room window. We decided that I should drive down to our summerhouse but first I had to drive by work to pick up my work laptop. Tuesday the lumber came by and changed the two windows and fixed the damage on the wood. It is a very nice done. I returned home to Copenhagen later in the afternoon after "end of work".

Wednesday morning my throat was rotten. I had to call my boss and ask for working from home instead of the offices. Thursday it was totally misery. I had to call in sick both thursday and friday. It was totally waste of time - I was lying in my bed most of the time doing nothing. Same though the weekend - what a bummer.

To day monday I was okay to begin working from home. After work I took a 3 hour long powernap which is no normal! It is getting better and not worse.

It has been the most busy weekend in the year. At work we have been working hard on closing down the accounting year of 2022. Thursday was the last day, where we could make adjustments. Monday was a semi long day from 7 to 3:30 pm. After work I went to two different Rema 1000 to buy veal culottes - they had small size on sale for small money and canned mackerel for just 0,7 Euro. The usual price is around 2 Euro or more.

Tuesday was even longer where I meet at 7 am and left just after 7 pm in the afternoon after a 12 hour long work day. Because we all worked late the company paid for dinner - Thai take out. I went for the Khao Phat with beef and king prawns. Wednesday was also a long day until after 5 pm. It is nice to drive though Copenhagen early morning before the city wake up and the bike cycle paths are over crowded. At work I can updated data on the spending and Power Bi dashboards before everyone else comes or weak up.

Friday I pulled the plug early and went to the gym early around 2 pm. It turned out to be a long afternoon at the gym - I think I headed home around 8 after 5 hours at the gym. It was nice finally to do some climbing and relax the brain a little. The skin on my fingers are almost gone - but that is how it goes when the stress has been building up.

Saturday I once again went to Rema 1000 to buy even more veal culottes and canned mackerel. The freezer is now stuffed with meat and should last until summertime. Sunday I once again went to the gym for a quick session. I have begun on this 6c project. I will try to remember to take a photo next time. The end at the top seems impossible or maybe it is just something my mind tells me. This is an issue I will find out during the next weeks - is the route hard or is it just my mind thinking the route is hard? The skin on my fingers is even more thin to night.

I worked from home on friday. At 2 pm I turned off my work laptop and drove to pickup Tina at her work. First thing at our summerhouse is to check out the traps. Yet again we were "unlucky" to catch a mouse. It was still kind of fresh and was looking just fine except it it was dead and had a deep mark where the metal had hit it.

After our experience with our mentally ill neighbor we decided to drive to Nakskov and bought a ladder at Jem&Fix. This way we can always escape the first floor in case of fire blocking the stairs down. Just an insurance in case of something unexpected. I also had to work a little saturday to make up, what I didn't managed friday. Saturday evening we saw "Violent Night". We also began a new puzzle, Tina quickly found all the corners, we both found our own small project to work on - but still we have a long way yet to finish it.

I cleaned the pellet furnace sunday morning - the ash tray was full but else it not that bad. Still it was messy as usual and I had to take a shower afterward. I also did a walk around the house to take some mood pictures.

Monday I was at the gym. It turned out to be a good session. I closed yet another 6B on long wall with overhang. I am still a bit cautious about overdoing things. This is the first time in 12 months that I am injury free - but a joy to climb without hurt and doing push-ups without felling one arm compensating the other. I also went on wednesday just for myself. It was a "short'ish" session but very intense - 2 hours. This time they have build some very good and finger hard routes at the auto belays - they are very enjoyable to climb and it feels like they are strengthen my fingers.

Work is very busy for the moment. Accounting year 2022 is closing down next week and we all want to make the result as correct and good as possible. This gives some long works day but nothing I haven't tried before. It is nice to be the first one at the offices and avoid all the traffic on the way.

I haven't heard from the insurance/lumber about fixing the window yet. I guess there might currently be some waiting this one new windows. Next week I will contact them about an ETA. To day I got a call from the glazier who made the temporary cover of the broken window. They said the insurance wouldn't pay for the fix because it wasn't covered - great I thought!! But it is only money. After some calls back and forth the insurance accepted to pay the bill.

The weather is currently warm but very rainy. The news wrote, that the average rain for january already have fallen during the first 12 days of january. I feel, that I already can feel that the days is just a bit longer now, If we drive to our summerhouse this weekend, we have to find a new puzzle.

On the day of New Years evening Tina and I was assaulted in our house at Lolland by our mentally ill neighbor. As Tina was in the kitchen and I was upstairs relaxing the neighbor came by and began throwing a brick stone and our dining room window. He continued as Tina was on the other side yelling at him to stop. As I came down the windows was broken, and the brick stone was on the floor inside together with a raw roast pork (don’t ask why) he had thrown after Tina. I went outside to confront him. He tried to leave, but after quite a fight I held him back. I was on top of him on the ground in the driveway until the police came. I really had to xxxxx him hard to make him lie still and stop fighting. And I haven’t been in such a fight since school! Lucky our other neighbor 300 meters down the road had heard the bang from the window breaking and me yelling at the dude to lie still. He came in his car to investigate what was up. He helped me talking to Robert (the sick one) to lie still and just wait for the police.

It has been quite a shock for both Tina and I. We have had difficulty sleeping and eating too. But now one week after the shock seems to settle down. We have called Lolland Municipality who have a mobile unit for mentally ill citizens. We know, that they have been by him a couple of times. But still - this is a hole new situation for us that we have to deal with.

Until now we have decided not to let this affect our use of our summerhouse. We are not going to buy expensive surveillance equipment, gates and other stuff. We are both very angry - I admitted to Tina, that I fell ashamed, that I wanted to go over to him and beat him up - she said don't bother yourself - I want to kill him. But it is what it is, and we just have to cope with this too.

This was one hell of a way to end 2022.

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