baking day

Ginger bread men, women, pigs, trees, stars, hearts, elks, deers, babies, teddy bears, snow flakes, angels etc etc.

A taste of Christmas. The whole house is filled with the wonderful smell of fresh baked cookies!

out of this world good

This year the homemade gingerbread cookies will have an extra terrestrially terrific taste.

Tomorrow: Baking day.

alternative armchair travelling

A herd of reindeers or a gang of elks? At IKEA you make do with what you've got.

I bet Santa would have appreciated the comfy armchair. First Christmas class.

goldilocks and the 10 bears

At IKEA they gladly restructure old fairytales. Why just 3 bears when you can have 10?

Someone's been assembling our new kitchen furniture!

morning has broken

Home office Friday. Time to work.

The December sun rises over the Oslo fjord.

a visitor in the night

Tracks on the terrace.

Mouse?

a new revelation

Christmas communion at the Temple of telecom. Cookies with 4G-wafers.

4G. A better experience.

true blue christmas

You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white.

A blue morning at the Temple of telecom.

happy st. nicholas day

Christmas is just around the corner now.

The Christmas sheaf. Bought it yesterday evening.

football all year round

Under the floodlights at Nadderud.

11 boys in minus 10 degrees centigrade/Celsius. And bitter, icy wind.

snow in the temple

Wednesday morning with a thin layer of white powder.

Morning mass at The Temple of telecom.

say no to motionflow

Do you have a Sony flat screen? Turn off motionflow! I just did. Should have done it a year ago...

They say sports won't be affected by motionflow, but to me the picture never looked better. Or maybe I'm just imagining things?

Anyway, I just had to let you know.

those summer nights

Vitemölle. 5,5 months ago. Just 6,5 months to go.

It's what I live for.

love is in the chair

Everywhere I look around... spectacular chairs.  Do you remember the egg chair? Here are some other truly wonderful chairs at work.

Gotta love this:

And these:

Must try them out. If they're not comfy, they might cause a heartache.

the green star of xmas

Christmas decoration.

Green green star of work.

handball heat

Finally a winter sport where you don't freeze to death while watching.

Jesper at handball practice in Gjønneshallen. It's minus 15 degrees centigrade/Celsius outside.

before the flood

There's trouble in the Temple of telecom. These words appeared from above on my way home:

"I cannot stand it."

What's wrong? And where's Noah? Start building!

breaking news – use your mobile to book a taxi

An insert in today's "Finansavisen" focussing on mobile, mobile tech and mobile possibilities.

"Bestill taxi med mobiltelefonen."/"Book a taxi with your mobile phone."

Imagine that.

december moon over the temple

Early morning at the Temple of telecom.

Minus 14,5 degrees centigrade/Celsius when I left home.

who dares to climb the gloomy stairs?

Climbing gloomy stairs on my evening walk.

Pre-xmas work out. When no one's around.

the neighbourhood waterfall

Granfossen by night.

It's beginning to freeze.

christmas is hanging on a thin thread

Who's that hanging from the balcony?

A red dressed bringer of gifts or a sneaky burglar caught red handed?

It's better to give than to receive.

burning by numbers

The advent candles.

Nice touch with the "dog tags".

There. The first candle is lit. Christmas is coming.

white advent

With a touch of blue.

Setting the table. It's dinner time on the first Sunday of Advent.

another icy morning

Bandy at Hundsund, Snarøya.

Minus 7,5 degrees centigrade/Celsius.

A 9-4 victory warmed frozen parents.

burning the candle at both ends

This year I have a calendar candle for different views on life/Christmas/whatever.

If you look ahead: Counting up. 

 If you look the other way: Counting down.

Burn wicked wick burn!

another bandy day

First a 2002-game at Hauger.

And then off to Mjøndalen for a 2001-tournament.

Happy 2002-bandy boys.

baking paper art

The mark of meatballs:

More meatball masterpieces:

For sale to the highest bidder.

making meatballs

Preparing the meat – with eggs, salt, white pepper, black pepper, water, oatmeal and onions:

The second plate:

In the oven:

New balls with a little help from Jesper:

All together 226 balls:

Meatballs for Christmas Eve. Check.

our own private ice age 2

The next 8 days.

It' just like someone pushed a button today. Hello blue numbers.

our own private ice age

The water in the small battle that have been standing just outside our front door has (finally?) frozen to ice during the night.

Dec. 1. Winter's here. (And my hands are too cold to hold the iPhone steady.)