The Barbers Move to Denmark

The weather is getting colder here and we're becoming a little less active - fewer bike rides, fewer walks, less time in the garden, etc. We also have fewer and fewer "Moving to Denmark" to-do items to deal with these days! With the cooler temperatures and fewer logistics to take care of, we've put a little more effort into making our temporary house more homey! Pretty soon, I think we'll be able to actually invite some people over and try to pay back all the friends and neighbors who have helped or hosted us thus far. Friday There were treats for sale at work again! I was going to resist them, but Zac caught me after lunch and told me his coworkers said we should definitely buy some of the coconut ones. Zac came back to my office with me and we sat at the little table eating dessert together.  It was like a Girl Scout Samoa but richer and without the caramel. Yum! Back at home, it was movie night! Harrison has been asking us to have a family movie night for weeks...

Friday I got to eat a most delicious pastry at morgenbrød again. The last time I had this one, I described it to Zac and said I thought it was a Danish kringle .  He want to the bakery to find one and said he didn't see anything with that name. He bought something labeled wienerbrød  and it was good but not quite the same. So tasty and yet so controversial. So Friday, when I saw it sitting there, I asked my colleagues for clarification. Chaos ensued. Me: "This is a kringle , right? Not a wienerbrød ?" Coworker 1: "Yes, k ringle." Coworker 2: "I thought it was a wienerbrød ? Kringle  is a circle." Coworker 1: "Maybe it's just part of a kringle , so we can't see the whole circle to know it's a kringle ." [Googling and a lot of Danish chatter.] Coworker 1: "A kringle  is a circle or a... kringle ...shape [shows me a picture of a pretzel]. So this is a wienerstang ." Me: " WienerSTANG ? Not wienerBRØD ?" Coworker ...

We're settling in a little more! Some rooms are shaping up, others are still a mess, but we're doing it. Khloe's room is getting there! The family room in the basement is a little cluttered, but the kids like having the Xbox again. Kaden's room. Note his clever use of the snowboard to hide the giant water main. The other side of Kaden's room with his fancy new dehumidifier. Friday Zac and I rode our bikes (separately) to and from work for the first time! Thomas, my officemate, has challenged me to ride my bike to and from work three times before the autumn break, which effectively means I have to accomplish this by Friday, October 13th. If I succeed, he'll buy me a beer, and if I don't, I have to buy him one. It seemed like a good little push to start living that active Danish life. One down. Parkin' at the bike rack outside Building 9 like everyone else! I also remembered to photograph my lunch again, so get excited for another episode of "What...