If you believe it, I actually saw this one first with school. They’d sent the whole year out to the cinema, and unlike when I was learning French in high school and we only got to see the educational films, this was what we ended up seeing. “We’re not just doing this for us. We’re… Continue reading Advent calendar, day 3
Author: Anne
Anne is a librarian by day. By night, she reads. She knits. She watches movies and television shows. She enjoys board games. And posting on royal related forums.
Advent calendar, day 2
I love this movie. I think I first saw it back in sixth grade, or something like that. (It certainly fits with the timing of when it would have been out on VHS). Sandra Bullock does these kind of characters so well, but it is more the big, bumbling family that semi-adopts her for Christmas… Continue reading Advent calendar, day 2
Norwegian Christmas Cooking: Sirupsnipper
Or as a translation to English might be: Syrup Diamonds. Basically because they’re meant to be shaped like men’s cuff (hence the name in Norwegian) but actually look like the diamonds you find on playing cards. Well, they’re meant to. Mine just looks, er…, odd. But they taste good, and that is the most important… Continue reading Norwegian Christmas Cooking: Sirupsnipper
Advent Calendar, Day 1
Day 1 of the Advent Calendar consisting of movie and television quotes relating to Christmas. I’ve tried keeping them on both the positive and the humorous side, and tried not to repeat films or television series the quotes have been picked from. So, if everything works, there should be 24 different movies or tv series… Continue reading Advent Calendar, Day 1
Harry Potter
I haven’t seen Harry Potter yet. As a huge HP fan… It’s not very impressive, but I also find that the longer I go without seeing it, the less inclined am I to do so. I enjoyed the book, but it was also very dark and depressive. Do I really want to go into Christmas… Continue reading Harry Potter
Happy first Sunday of Advent
We’ve started making Sugar cookies for Christmas.
Traveling
For some odd reason, work travel and leisure travel decided that this was a great time to unite. I like traveling, but I also like having time at home. Since mid-October, I’ve been to London twice, Copenhagen once as well as other locations in Norway a couple of times… Next weekend is Vienna, and then… Continue reading Traveling
Nobel Prize of Literature
As a librarian, I must admit to being woefully behind on my reading of the Nobel laureates. I’ve read works by Bjørnson (1903), Kipling (1907), Lagerlöf (1909), Hamsun (1920), Yeats (1923), Shaw (1925), Undset (1928), Buck (1938), Eliot (1948), Faulkner (1949), Hemingway (1954), Steinbeck (1962), Beckett (1969), Golding (1983), Gordimer (1991), Morrison (1993), Heaney (1995),… Continue reading Nobel Prize of Literature
Calendars
I have calendars to help me keep track of things. I often get the feeling that I’ve forgotten something, so getting into the habit having calendars updated… will likely be beneficial when I am 88, and forget everything. There is the calendar on the iPhone, which syncs with GoogleCalendar and the iCal on my computer.… Continue reading Calendars