Which on shall I choose? Blue or pink - just like ying yang! After much debate I went for the blue one!

But the result was kind of doubtful.

We had both friday off so we went down to Lolland already on thursday. But what a disaster - a deer had eaten the tops of many of my sunflowers! Therefore we decided to put a fence around our kitchen garden. Else we did some cleaning up at the garage, painting inside and began the renovation on the next room on the first floor.

Work has really begun to quite down before the summer holidays. Most of us will take 4 weeks off. We have a very late vacation and have to wait until august for our prime 3 weeks of vacation.

Again we spend the weekend down at our summer house on Lolland. This weekend was very much summer'ish with high sun friday to sunday and temperatures above 20 degrees.

During thursday there had been a huge rain shower. We were very curious to see, if we again had incoming water on the first floor. Unfortunately the wall was once again a little wet. Saturday morning we took it apart to see if we could pin point the problem. It turn out the plastic cover was twisted somehow, we found a mice nest and insulation in places where it was not supposed to be. We fixed it to the best of our abilities. We cut new wall panels and put them in place. Now we just have to wait until the next heavy rain shower.

Most of sunday we spend cleaning the garden from weed and old branches and leaves that we had left around during winter and spring time.

1 / 12 Clearly we have a problem 2 / 12 The plastic cover not doing cover stuff 3 / 12 All cleaned up 4 / 12 First a new plastic cover 5 / 12 Then insulation 6 / 12 And then the new wall panel 7 / 12 The finish wall 8 / 12 Cleaning up the garden 9 / 12 The kitchen garden 10 / 12 The two back rows are hopefully beautiful red sunflowers 11 / 12 We go lots of potatoes 12 / 12 Look - yet another a flower that I don't know the name of ❮ ❯

Of cause we spend the weekend down at Lolland. I spend time trimming some of our hedges that had grown wild. We both disassemble the garage a bit more and made ready the change of the door and rotten window in our outhouse. For the first time Tina did the lawn almost alone. I did the hard first round, then she took over and did the rest of the garden. Afterward I did the grass along the road there it is very bumpy because of the  tractors.

Both monday and tuesday was tough days. I didn't sleep that good and woke up in the middle night coughing. At the same time monday was a very long working day with overtime. Tuesday afternoon, even though I was tired, I went to the gym for at workout alone. That seemed to help. This morning I was as fresh as I usually are.

This weekend we both went down to Lolland. Again it was an extended weekend. Because of Whit Monday we both had monday off. First I began cleaning some tiles in the garden for weed. I had bought a hard brush for the drilling machine to to the hard work. That didn't worked so I changed for the steel brush - that did the trick. Pretty fast all the weed was gone.

Then Tina wanted to clean the green house. So we removed all the glass segments, cleaned them and then reinstalled then again. We changed the broken ones with new one, we cut our self with our glasscutter. Sunday turned out to be a long sunday where we began just after 6 am and was finished around 5 pm.

The weather is so fare still summer'ish around 20 degrees, sun all day but lots of wind. On wednesday we went to Tivoli and used my new membership card.

1 / 17 Too much of the green stuff 2 / 17 This hard brush just couldn't make it 3 / 17 Evil dead grass 4 / 17 But the steel brush did the job 5 / 17 That looks just so much better 6 / 17 Team work. Tina washing and me taking down and setting up again 7 / 17 We did three section on saturday 8 / 17 Early sunday morning 9 / 17 We just worked like machines 10 / 17 Finally finish 11 / 17 And with a finishing selfie 12 / 17 It almost looks new except the backend with the door which we will do some other time 13 / 17 The high beds are working and things have begun to look up from the dirt 14 / 17 Also my potatoes 15 / 17 Overview of the garden 16 / 17 Main entrance at Tivoli 17 / 17 Just a random picture ❮ ❯

We both had thursday off last week because it was Ascension Day – a public holiday. But Tina had to go to work both friday and saturday. I took friday off and drove down to out summerhouse on wednesday afternoon. I spend most of thursday removing the walls on the garage. I had to pack each panel in plastic because they probably contain asbestos and for the recycling station to handle them, they had to be sealed.

Friday turned out to be a shit show. I might have had a few shots of alcohol thursday evening. On friday the weather was very cloudy and I found it hard to get out of my pyjamas. After lunch I began to drink again – maybe too much - again. I watched action movies on HBO and I think I passed out around 4 pm. I woke up again just after 9 pm felling like what had happened just was wrong. I went for a walk to clear my head. So that was the end of heavy drinking for me – so far.

On saturday I continued on the garage and removed the front and the gate. I left the backend as it is for the moment. I will wait until the back door has been changed. Somehow the house just looks so much better without that old crap.

I spend most of sunday working in the garden cleaning up the front of the house and trimming bushes and so on. I also planted sunflowers in the front garden after cleaning up and removing the weed and spring flowers.

The summer has really come to Denmark. The last five days have been high sun and just around 20 degrees. It really nice to have short pants on once again.

On wednesday morning the pump on our newish shower began to make some noise that pumps should not make. It was more like changing from 5. to 1. on the motorway and listing to the gearbox. After work I took it apart and found a little rock inside. We are totally clueless on how that happened. But it is fixed and everything works again. I also used the occasion to clean up the motor and applying some oil strategic places 

1 / 13 The before picture of the garage 2 / 13 After the removal of 1 and a half side 3 / 13 The front had to go too 4 / 13 Working on my garden meditation 5 / 13 No straight lines allowed - more always wants more 6 / 13 Lunch time with just one little snaps 7 / 13 More cleaning the garden 8 / 13 Trying to make a pathway with no weed 9 / 13 It is on purpose you can see the weed cover 10 / 13 Sunny selfie in the morning 11 / 13 Doing the pump job 12 / 13 Trying to clean up this 20 year old pump 13 / 13 The evil rock ❮ ❯

On wednesday the first of may we both had the day off. But because I can work from home and Tina cannot - I took the car and drove off tuesday after work down to Lolland. On wednesday I finish as much as possible on the 1. floor. I cut cover wood panels to cover for the joints in the middle of the wall and for the corner on the right. The left corner was just fine and didn't any attention. I made the cover panel out of the surplus panels left and cut them to 1/3'ish to make them look good and not too fat. As you can see below - I had a beautiful view from my workshop. After that project I went working to finish our high beds in the garden and make them ready for this season.

I picked up Tina at the train station friday afternoon. We spend most of saturday painting the panels and the stairs on the 1. floor making it even more nicely. As we left on sunday the only thing we need to do next time is to paint the inside window a couple more times, buying some wooden strips for the window and buying some furniture from the Red Cross.

The gym has been kind of slow for the moment. Last week my buddy could only climb monday about 2 hours. That was just fine as I was on my way to Lolland. This week I went alone to the gym monday. I did the usual worming up on the auto belay and din some very nice bouldering. I finish 3 brand new blue problems and almost another one. But the final move was just to iffy for my taste. Hopefully I will go to the gym again tomorrow and give the boulder problems one more go - but they have closed off a huge part of the gym because of risk of falling objects roof construction of the building - doh!. I hope they will solve that problem fast.

Work was for a short while getting better - now it is like being institutionalized at a mental hospital - but with benefits. The organization is currently undergoing a bigger organizational change. But hopefully for the better in the long term. 

1 / 15 Working with my big table saw 2 / 15 I was like a real open offices space 3 / 15 The final wood cover panels was on the wall 4 / 15 Just a view 5 / 15 Doing some insulation 6 / 15 The view from below 7 / 15 mowing the lawn 8 / 15 Shining up the pathway and removing weed 9 / 15 The high beds are finish and ready for this season 10 / 15 Random tulips 11 / 15 More random tulips Tina have bought 12 / 15 The big bushes know summer is on the way 13 / 15 Plastic garbage fund when digging around the high beds 14 / 15 I selfie of cause 15 / 15 Just a bit rain - nothing that will harm a grown up man ❮ ❯

We spend the weekend down at our summerhouse working on the first floor. The project was setting up the acoustic panels we bought some weeks ago. That turned out to take all day. The first section and was only two panels was easy enough. We just had to adjust the high by cutting the top off so they fit in height.

The other section was 8 panels. Somehow we forgot buying 12 panels I total. We only bought 10! So we had to drive back to the store and but two more. But also here they were kind of easy to install. It was more tricky because of the stairs but still manageable. We knew the house is crooked so we decided to make the panels leveled compared to gravity. We still need to paint the floor panels and making finishing touches all around and do something about the window.

After two weeks without alcohol I drank a half bottle wine friday and the rest saturday evening + a bit strong alcohol – that put me down and I had to return what I had been drinking – what a shit show.

We spend sunday recovering from the hard working saturday and cleaning the garden a bit from weed and other green growing stuff.

Tuesday I finally teamed up with my buddy at the gym. It was a last minute deal and in total I spend more than four hours at the gym. I can feel it in my body here the day after.

Else most in my life is the same. Work is still wired but manageable.

1 / 9 The first panel is up 2 / 9 The workshop 3 / 9 On section is done 4 / 9 The beginning of the second section 5 / 9 Getting more done 6 / 9 A picture of me working - I look fat 7 / 9 The final product 8 / 9 Good morning Claus 9 / 9 Still just a bit cold ❮ ❯

I have made this new page with panorama pictures from our summerhouse. Only one now, but surly more will come - LINK

After the very "wet" easter vacation I decide to take two weeks without any form of alcohol. It has been okay without any shaking or other discomfort felling. On wednesday last week I went to City Hall because a colleague in another department was retiring. I always enjoy walking around City Hall and look for all sorts of small details.

Last week I went twice to the gym. I have the same plan this week. My usual buddy have been down with some kind of flu. Therefore I have spend much time at the autobelay and bouldering. In short words fucking my body up and colleting a lot of bruises. On sunday we went to a baptism. The daughter of one of Tina's sisters has delivered a tiny little baby girl. It was the same church in where I was baptized and confirmed.

Last tuesday the car went though the the car inspection without any problems as expected. Last weekend I changed to summer tires. Maybe a bit early as we still are under 10 degrees - but fingers crossed.

I have revived my old Nexus 7. I have bought and installed a new battery and surprise! It still works even though it is a bit fucked up at the frame because I had to be a bit ruff opening it. But it works - and I can now make photo spheres again.

I have made these to random ones you can see at this LINK. I you want to change picture - do as below. They are not perfect! A half human (I think) and my bike is like violated by Google! But still pretty good when you think how old the device is.

Thursday the 21. after work I packed my car and drove down south to our summerhouse at Lolland and leaving Tina alone at CPH until easter, where she would join me. The first four days was in a kind of twilight for me. I was laying sick most of the time living in the couch with my pillows and duvet. I might also got pretty drunk a couple of times. But some how it helped me putting things together in my head after what have happened at work the last weeks. I didn't get much done only some garden work one day, where the weather was acceptable.

Tina came down by train on wednesday the 27. after she had finished working. That make the things move just a bit more hasty. We began at the garage and finished the facade and covering this ugly part of the wall. I began working in the garden on garden high beds number three and four. Digging out for the walk way and making the wood frame. We both began working on the stair landing on the first floor. First working with filer and the sandpaper. Then we work on to putting up a wall sealer and then the big final - the paint job. We finished two sides and bought acoustic panels for the two others. Hopefully we can finish them next time. To make it perfect we need the big level bubble stick tool and our power jigsaw which we hadn't brought this time. We also made a major clean up at the workshop and preparing when the they came and install our new door and window.

All in all it was an okay vacation even though the weather sucked so much. Monday was back to reality and the "normal" everyday at work.

1 / 22 The beginning of a new puzzle 2 / 22 A real cute one with only 2.000 pices 3 / 22 Seven days later 4 / 22 A small visitor 5 / 22 Digging out for the two new garden high beds 6 / 22 Almost done 7 / 22 Doing the wood frame and floor tiles 8 / 22 One down - one to go 9 / 22 And done with this small project 10 / 22 A real nice sun rise 11 / 22 The workshop clean up 12 / 22 Tina packing the trailer for the recycling station 13 / 22 After the clean up 14 / 22 But still - our stuff have to be some place 15 / 22 The garage project - the beginning some weeks ago 16 / 22 Working on the cover up 17 / 22 The almost finish project. We might decide to expand the cover 18 / 22 The project on the first floor 19 / 22 The walls are done and ready for paint 20 / 22 After the painting 21 / 22 The heavy rain combined with a not cleaned gutter - guess I have to fix it 22 / 22 Back at work ❮ ❯

I drove down to Lolland alone friday morning. I had sat the clock to 5 am but woke up already at 4 am. Around 4:30 I gave up any hope of further sleep and pack my stuff and went off. The traffic was perfect so early. Tina was still in bed. She could not come with me because she had the weekend shift. That was fine by me, I guess I needed some alone time. Friday afternoon I drove by the local convenience store and bought a ready and home made dinner - huge meatballs with potatoes, red cabbage and brown sauce. The price was only around 7 Euro and It could have been enough for two people if I wasn't a meathead. For comparison an okay pizza in Copenhagen cost around 15 Euro.

Saturday was a strange day. I had a lot of plans but after breakfast around 8 I was just so tired that I fell asleep again in our armchair. I woke up 12:30 and just a bit surprised. I know I am a bit worn out but sleeping more than 12 hours out of 24 hours is a bit on the extreme side. Anyway it is that it is. Instead of getting depressed about not getting anything done, I just changed the plan to simply not doing anything what so ever. I ended up working on our current 1.000 pic. puzzle and listening to Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds on my phone. I did the same on sunday – simply no doing a plain shit except working on the puzzle.

II woke crazy early tuesday morning around 2 am and couldn’t fall asleep again. For an hour I just lay with music in my ears, then a sound book for an hour as well. At the end I got up and eat some pills. As a result I was kind of groggy tuesday morning. I worked from home because I had to go to the half year dentist inspection. Around 2 pm I gave up working and took a powernap. Afterward the mood was okay and I went to the gym to relax a bit and just to get away. That left me worn out afterward but in a good way.

Down at Lolland it seems we have a deer infestation of some sort. They keep tricking the cameras. Tina thinks they are so sweet. I guess that will last until they eat all of hers tulips!

On friday work got kind of screwed up. We had an offices meeting for one hour which I found boring and a waste of time. After the meeting my boss came by to ask if everything was okay - because I apparently had made some sad faces. I told him all was good but I found the meeting boring – not I good career move I know. But that was how it was. He was kind a persistent and said other others also found me stressed out. That kind of made my temper come out and he just wouldn’t go away – so we ended with a time out after 5 minutes and me having one more thing to fix.

I know that he means it well – but he pushed something in me that made me very angry. Anyway we have a 1 on 1 later in the week to mend things.

During the weekend I was still affected and maybe for the first time considering looking for a new job. But still I love my job too much to just throw it away. There will always be bumps on one way through life. I have decided to begin to work more from home maybe try two days a week. Hopefully I will found it more quiet and productive compared to be at work.

We spend the weekend down at our summerhouse. We didn’t do shit. It was still freaking cold around 5 degrees and high winds that make it super cold to be outside. Instead we finish our 1.000 pic puzzle and even began on a new one.

On monday I drove my car to service. This year its air-condition service, rust protection and 90.000 km. service. I picked up the car today tuesday. The price ended just under 1.500 Euro. Everything should now be ready for the car inspection medium april. The car now smells like a chemical factory because of all the black shit they have sprayed underneath. The selfie below was from friday morning before it got fucked up.

Last thursday I went to the carglass dealer to get a huge chip crack in the front windshield fixed. It turned out to be a kind old dude who really knew what he was doing. He fixed it so good, that I am sure that the car will pass inspection medium april. There was a second much smaller chip that we also agreed to get fixed at the same time. Everything was free of charge because as a member of the danish car union they pay for the repair for their members. I tried to take some pictures, but they were totally out of focus - sorry.

After work I went to the gym and had a super good session with my buddy. However friday morning I feel just a bit grungy again, but nothing that bad that pills could do it. In the evening I went to the restaurant "Fiore d'Italia" with some of my good old colleagues from before 2015 - wow almost 10 years ago. We had good vibes and food. Saturday went okay. I had to drive down to our summerhouse on Lolland because vi had made a deal with a building company to make an offer to install a new door and window at our outhouse/workshop. Saturday afternoon was okay pleasant with a sun, so I took a camera trip around the house. Sunday was just so much different.  I was just totally crashed. I went up around 8 am, eat some food and went back to bed and slept until half pasted 12. I took a powernap around 2 pm and slept 2 hours more. That was how my sunday just went away!

I worked "from home" - that means Lolland on monday. After some pills I kind of felt okay again. The guy from the company came in the late afternoon to look at what had to be done. It is the same company who installed our new terrace door two years ago, and as last time he was super nice and cozy. After the visit I packed and drove home to Copenhagen. Tuesday also okay, I didn't even eat pills. But I just feel so tired that I went home after work. Usually I would had taken a detour pass the gym on my way home. 

On wednesday we had a "fun session" at work. Just after 2 pm we drove to a Shuffleboard Bar and played for two hours. Afterward I felt okay and went straight to the gym for a solo session. At home I was just so crashed and just went to bed. To day thursday was just a zombie day. The only positive things was, I only had around 15 minutes overtime and we get more and more light as the days go by.

We both had vacation last week. We spend our time down at our summerhouse at Lolland. Most of the time Tina was in the twilight between being sick and being well. I guess I am just stressed out about everything in my life. Even when I slow down and relax I get stressed out because nothing gets done. It seems like an evil circle of stress. I cannot just drink wine as it currently makes me even grungier – it must be the age of transition or whatever or maybe I am just a bit manic for the moment. Being one week away from the gym doesn’t help either.

Enough whining – We did make some progress at the garage. First I began to change some of the old bricks. Then we removed the chimney, attached the first of three metal sheets to the wall and reattached the chimney. I forgot my impact drilling machine in Copenhagen so no drilling in the bricks. On the top of that, we are planning to hire someone to change the door to a proper one which can handle wind and rain. On the first floor we continued our renovation project. We removed the rest of the wallpaper and began to repair the many many holes in the walls.

Sometime ago we got a chip crack in the front windshield on our Subaru Crosstrek. Tomorrow I will drive to a carglass dealer to get it fixed. Hopefully then will be able to help without destroying anything.

1 / 10 The ugly wall with the chimney 2 / 10 Ugly work too 3 / 10 First knocking the broken ones out 4 / 10 Then rebuild as good as I could 5 / 10 Back from the lumber store 6 / 10 Tina is hanging on 7 / 10 Me being a handyman 8 / 10 Doing the final touches 9 / 10 Almost done with the first section 10 / 10 The project on the first floor ❮ ❯

I had hoped to spend a lot of time at the gym - but that didn't happen. Monday went fine and we I had a great session with my buddy at the gym. I went for my blue 6c project but failed twice. The plan was to meet again wednesday. But on wednesday my buddy canceled because of some problems with his elbow. That was okay as I felt just a bit offset too. I remembered it was valentines day so I asked Tine if we should go out for dinner instead. I know - it sounds like I am an ass - making Tina my second choice after the gym!!! But what can one do! On thursday morning I was totally crashed with fever I think - Tina was a bit grungy too but went to work. I had to call in sick. Thankfully it was one a one day virus and I was okay'ish again friday morning after 24 hours in bed.

So much for that week!

To be honest no much have happened in my life the last week or so. Last weekend we went down to our summerhouse to spend the weekend. I was mostly wasted and needed rest because of a hard work week. In the end we didn’t do much except relaxing.

Sunday evening I decide it was time for at new mobile phone. The speaker in the old one had stopped working. For me buying a new phone is kind easy. The budget is around 1.200 Dkr. (160 Euro) and I don’t want Iphone or Samsung – like I can buy a new Iphone for that budget - hah!! I went for a Motorola Moto G73 -> It has a newer version of android and was only 200 dkr. (27 Euro) over budget.

The old one was also a Motorola which I unfortunately had smashed up in the gym. But it did last almost 3 years with 2 and half year with broken glass. It is my hope and expectation that this one will last more than two years which give an annual mobil phone tax at 700 dkr. (93 Euro). It is a tax as it gets harder and harder to live life without one of those hateful devices.

One of the main reasons I like Motorola is, that I can turn off almost everything without it keeps bothering me with notifications. An almost anonymous companion.

At the gym I have finished one of my projects – a pretty hard 6a+ mostly with friction hand holes – a true bitch. I also finish a 6b on the big overhang – however it was an easy 6b I would say. I have begun on a 6c project on the big overhang. It is doubtful if I can finish it. Not because I am a weak fat fuck, but because all the walls on the big overhang will be striped in 8 or 9 days because of the upcoming lead cup in the gym. That gives me all of next week to finish it – let see how that goes.

Work is work – I have had some long days and it will most likely continue until summer. On the upside I am saving overtime – a lot of overtime. I might have to do a 5 week long summer vacation. In a way I don’t mind the working days as long as I still have time for the gym sessions. However – I do feel so tired in the evenings. Maybe that is just the dark winter nights or maybe I just might be a little stressed out.

The weather has turn to the cold side again. Not like subzero but close. It gave me yet another opportunity to dress like a moron on two wheels. On the up side – I am not an ice cube after the 30 minutes bike ride though city center.

During christmas the computer game Far Cry 6 was on sale and I bought it for half price. This weekend I really battle my way though the story gaming most of friday evening, saturday and sunday. It is a huge game and still has a lot of game play left.

The video surveillance has caught some cats and a deer. Hopefully the cat will keep all the mice away.

I went to the gym monday after work. It was kind of good and a bloody shit show. Sunday evening I cut my left index finger pretty bad. At the gym I tape it up but still it bled though and was a bit hurtful. It is just a flesh wound and it keeps getting better.

For dinner wednesday we agreed upon on home made/build frikadelle burgers. I don't why Tina always insist on building doll and flat burgers with no life and excitement? Her burger looks like it was invented at an designer competition in the old DDR - anyway what ever that makes her happy!

Monday turned out to be a great day. I left work early around 2:30 pm and headed for the gym. At the gym I had time for a cortado and then began the worming up process after been immobile for over a week. It became a good climbing session where I had a go on one of my projects. But much too soon my fingers ran out of power – but that is how it goes.

I had a plan about keeping my overtime down for the next weeks – but I failed tuesday and had one and a half hours overtime. We had ordered a new top basked for our dishwasher. The old one had begun to rust. Tina picked it up on her way home. It was a perfect fit and so much nicer that the old one.

I went to the gym once again on wednesday. I left work on time and was at the gym early after my bike ride though Copenhagen. I had to struggle on my way to work in the morning because of the high winds. That meant I was flying though the city. At the gym I took time for a cortado before warming up. My buddy Mr. Late was late again. So I did some couching and after some waiting I began bouldering a bit. Past 5 Mr. Late came and we began climbing. I was perfect warm and ready to tackle my 6b+ project. I went for it and finished it for the first time in one go. The rest of the evening was just happy ever after climbing. That was except when I tried one of my other projects and turned it into a shit show. We finished around half past 7. For me that was just 4 hours of climbing.

On thursday my fingers felt numb and I felt very low on energy. I kept on dropping things. It helped eating some chocolate. Work seems to be more manageable here late on the week. On my way home I took some pictures over the inner harbor.

It really began to go sideways last weekend. We were at Lolland at our summerhouse for the weekend. On saturday I went to the bakery to buy Shrovetide cakes. At home I gave the car at wash down. Later saturday my stomach did a ctrl+alt+del, and I felt feverish. Sunday was the same. That made the home trip kind of tricky, as Tine don’t have a driver license. The two hour drive home went just fine – thankfully. But the home trip from the garage didn’t go at all - unfortunately. I took it like a man and it was only 500 meters.

On monday morning I had to call my boss and tell him, that I had to work from home. At the same time I had to do overtime because we had to close down accounting year 2023. Tuesday I went to the drugstore and bought pills to restore my stomach to normal. On wednesday morning it stopped running brown cream and back to the work offices. Furthermore it seems very thing had stopped – kind of the opposite problem! On thursday I began to worry about what to do as I didn’t want my stomach to rupture or explode. On friday I found some exercises to help the poo on it way and it actually worked. Thankfully my stomach is slowly returning to normal again.

Next week I will surely go to the gym again and that will surely help it recover even more. Along my stomach issue I had to work pretty had. It turned out to become an almost 60 hour work week. Next week will show if it was enough. We will still have plenty to do – until we start all over again.

This saturday we meet up with one of my old colleagues for coffee and dinner. That went super cozy and they will surely come by our summerhouse at some point this summer.

This sunday we went by the hospital to visit my mother, who once again has been hospitalized. Hopefully it is nothing major as she is 81 years old.

We went down to our summerhouse on friday for a cozy weekend and to check the house after the heavy rain during the week. The rain caused some section of the highway to be close because of flooding. Thankfully the house was okay - no problems. However our sewage water goes in a nearby ditch. But it seemed full of water. I am of cause still just a big child and had to break the ice in the ditch. The water had sunken under the ice - maybe 10 cm. It is the first time we have seen water in that ditch. Just to be cautious we limited our waste water to only the toilet. The rest we just collected in a small tub we poured onto the lawn. We simple couldn't managed flooding - so we simply avoid it instead. It is still freezing cold. I guess this winter will be the most expensive in heating to keep the house frost free - but what can one do? 

I went to the gym yesterday tuesday. You can say - I risen just bit after the shit show last week. With a proper warm up it went okay. We began early around 4 pm. But just after 6 pm the gym was full of folks and we pulled the plug. It was good to feel just a bit of my old power.

Work is still maxing out and will keep going that way until the end of january. It is okay, it is as it usual is. However this week two is down with sickness which most like will give some extra stress. But it is what it is! Because of the cold weather I really look like a moron on my bike on my way to work. But the balaclava with the fuck hole for my mouth does the job.

The last weeks of 2023 were some hard weeks. I am back full time at work but things are bit psycho for the moment. We will close accounting year 2023 on friday the 19. of january. Until then it is probably continuing to be as it is - overtime and so on.

The christmas went well. We were at Tina's sister. We were 9 in total so it was very relaxed. The roasted pork was fantastic both tender and juicy. The same you could say about the duck. Like last year, times just flies away. We were at home around 0:30 am. I am not going to post pictures because of privacy. On second christmas day we went to a christmas lunch at Tina's sisters husbands sister (that was a long one). The theme was "plenty". I had to pull the plug and stop eating because my stomach began to hurt. Much later and afterward we drove to Lolland and ship dinner for once! We spend the rest of the days between christmas and New Year at our summerhouse and New Years evening. This year our neighbor didn't bother us. Thank for that as I probably would had hurt him bad. The biggest news was, that our queen announced her abdication on 14 january. That is going to be a very big deal here in Denmark.

I went to the gym yesterday. That was a shit show of dimensions. Because of our vacation, my sickness in december, to much wine and me not moving around I was just lacking power. January will be painful at the gym and I will suffer for my sins!

The days before christmas I finally got the new shower cabinet put together. It came in four big boxes as I was in bed sick before Christmas. Removing the old one was a dirty job. The old had been leaking for some time and it was hard to remove the left over chalk. The new one was easy to put together. However the drain was leaking badly. After some hard thinking we decided to disassemble it and use the same roof fix filler as we use down a Lolland and use it as a seal in and around the drain and then put it all together again. Afterward I gave it an extra outside coat - just for good measures. The alternative was to make a reclamation but - that could take like weeks or months.

1 / 16 The manual for our new shower cabinet 2 / 16 That looks like easy steps which actually was easy 3 / 16 First the old one had to go 4 / 16 It was a dirty job and the cleaning was hard as the old one was leaking 5 / 16 Picture of the pump 6 / 16 Easy first steps 7 / 16 You have to work with what you got 8 / 16 The new one - what a joy 9 / 16 Weather down at Lolland 10 / 16 It has been windy since last time. I had to do some small fixing 11 / 16 A small 1.000 pic. puzzle 12 / 16 This years christmas tree 13 / 16 The table at New Years evening 14 / 16 I put up some powerful work spot on the first floor so we didn't had to look our of a black window 15 / 16 A christmas rose 16 / 16 Selfie - back at work ❮ ❯

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