New years eve grows close and it feels like the perfect time to look back at the year that’s gone by. As I write this, my blog is 3 months and a few days old, and I am floored by the amount of support and interest people have shown it. The blogging community have been [...]
Month: December 2019
Special day
Today is a special day. Today my boyfriend arrives after us being apart for 3 months and 29 days. He is living in Finland, studying to be an engineer, and I’m living on my little island in Denmark with my kids. We are normally good at visiting each other often, and we do talk on [...]
Christmas self care
Christmas time means family, partying, decorating and going to about a million social functions at work, school, friends and so on. On top of that we are bombarded with all these expectations about how Christmas should be, our bank account scream bloody murder and the weight is slowly creeping up. So it’s no wonder that [...]
Christmas with pets
Christmas is all about love and family, and what is more worthy of our love than our beloved cats and dogs? (Or any other cute pets you might have) So today’s post is all about how to make Christmas extra special for the pets in our lives. Gifts I’ve always made sure there’s a gift [...]
Christmas Drinks
I’ve covered the food, the sweaters and the music. But today it’s gonna be all about the adult drinks. I’m gonna start with my own creation - Spicy hot chocolate: Hot chocolate powder Spicy chai latte powder Baileys Marshmallows Candy cane Mix half chocolate powder and half spicy chai latter powder with boiling water in [...]
Christmas travel bucket list
I love Christmas and there are so many cool places I would love to see at Christmas. So here’s my travel bucket list for Christmas destinations. New York - New York have been on my list for a long time and going at Christmas would be a dream. I want to see Christmas trees and [...]
Donating clothes and toys
Christmas is often equal with lots of new stuff being brought into the home, and living with two kids in a small apartment that can be a bit of a space problem. So I always try to set away a single day for sorting through our stuff to find the things that can be donated [...]
Danish Christmas cookies
I love cookies. And nothing screams Christmas like Danish Christmas cookies. So today I’m gonna share some of my favorite Christmas recipes with you. Lemon cookies Jew cakes Christmas cookie Vanilla wreath cookies Finnish bread Specier Coffee bread Most of these cookie recipes are from 1850-1900 when having your own oven become more normal for [...]
12 things I love about Christmas
We’re now 12 days into Christmas so here’s my 12 favorite things about Christmas. Christmas means family time, hugs and laughs. Christmas songs playing on repeat from the past. Movies with cookies and candy galore Presents for the little ones to adore. Nissen who brings mischief and cheer Hot cocoa to share with those [...]
Christmas cookies
These cookies is a classic Danish Christmas cookie. You can buy them in every store come mid November, but nothing beats the homemade kind. Makes approximately 100 Bakers, please note: these cookies will be soft out of the oven and until completely cold. Do not bake until hard or you will have burned lethal throwing [...]
