4 Days to Christmas

It will be a white Christmas this year, and don't we love it.

December started with rain and very miserable weather, but turned around for the better or should we say colder. I am not a big fan of dozens of freezing degrees, but this time of year it is better than rain. And the snow brightens it all up. Yesterday Philip and I was a trip to Lillestrøm, that's half an hours ride outside Oslo where Ingunn's parents live. We were going to pick up their car so we could get around a bit to fix a few things. It was 5 degrees and windy. Philip and I had to walk from the train station to their house and we were almost freezing to death. The temperature, the wind and the humidity made it. But it has turned milder so now it is only 20 so it almost like you want to go swimming.

We did go out to buy a Christmas tree this week, and it could just be that a little bit of Americanism kicks in and we decorate it a day or two before the evening of the 23rd. It could just be. The family tradition has been to decorate the tree on the above mentioned evening after the kids have gone to bed. The they could wake up on Christmas eve to a big WOW! Possibly not so this year.

Today we paid "our" (i.e. Ingunn's) grandmother, Philip and Tia's great grand mother a visit. She is 101 years old and has been a few days in hospital. She has been living at home on her own up till this day, well a week ago anyway. Impressive. All is well, and we are all happy to have made the trip ti visit.

It is still rather cold for would-be Floridians, it is snowing lightly. Three more days at work before we can take 11 days Christmas vacation. We all need that rest.