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Happiness is a fully functional washing machine, as in all the programmmes on my new washing machine work! Can you say warehouse sale and big discount?

Lykken er en ny vaskemaskine hvor alle programmerne virker. Kan du sige fabriksudsalg og stor rabat? Til Fru Hansen kan jeg oplyse at det er en Bosch

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Happiness is when DS2 is safe and unharmed after a couple of thugs tried to rob him on his way home from school.

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It took me 2 weeks, but today I finally made a second launch attempt for MS3, and this one went much better than the first one. The yarn I am knitting with is obviously not my 1st choice, but neither is it a 2nd or 3rd choice. In fact it is not my choice it all. I wanted a laceweight MS3, something soft and light. And I do have one or two yarns in my stash that fit that description. I also have some Silkwool that is neither laceweight, nor soft and light. It is fingering weight, rustic and in its current unwashed state, quite cottonlike. It didn’t say “please, pick me”. It said “I must become your MS3!” And I refused, no rustic MS3 for me, thank you! But when the yarn speaks, one can only resist for so long. Perhaps with a pair of dark blue jeans and a white shirt?

Det tog mig yderligere 2 uger, men jeg er endelig kommet i gang med min MS3. Jeg havde en ide om at det skulle en fin og let og om ikke elegant, så i alt fald blød stola af tyndt garn. Og jeg har et par garner på lager der er både fine, bløde og tynde.. Jeg har har også noget Silkwool der faktisk ikke er nogen af delene. Det sagde ikke at det gerne ville være min MS3. Nej, det insisterede! Og jeg sagde nej, for hvad skal jeg med en rustik stola? Men når garnet taler kan man blive nødt til at høre efter!

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Yesterday afternoon I finally managed to get going on MS3, happily starting out with a yarn/needle combo I have previously used for lace - and been happy with. This is from a shawl I made last year:

That would be a laceweight from handpaintedyarn.com and 3.75 mm needles. As previously mentioned I was going to use a bluish grey for MS3. Anyway, *I started knitting, and then I stopped. And then I ripped.* Repeat from * to * until end of afternoon. I tried different needles sizes, with beads and without beads (and yes, I know I said I wouldn’t do the beads), but this yarn is so telling me it doesn’t want to become a MS3. So I listened, and am currently pondering my next step.

I går skulle jeg endelig i gang med MS3, dvs det troede jeg i alt fald. Som før nævnt havde jeg bestemt mig for at bruge en blålig grå laceweight fra handpaintedyarn.com og pinde 3.75 mm, fordi jeg tidligere har haft brugt det garn og den størrelse pinde med et godt resultat - se billede ovenover fra et sjal jeg strikkede sidste år.
Nå, men *jeg gik i gang. Og i stå. Jeg pillede op.* Gentag fra * til * eftermiddagen ud. Jeg prøvede med større pinde og mindre pinde, med perler og uden perler, men godt blev det ikke. Og ja, jeg ved godt at jeg sagde der ikke skulle perler på, men ligesom en vis Hr Kragh havde det, har jeg nogle gange et standpunkt til jeg tager et nyt! Nå, men det korte af det lange er at jeg endelig valgte høre på hvad garnet havde at sige, nemlig at det så absolut ikke nærer noget ønske om at blive en MS3. Og så må jeg så lige overveje hvad mit næste skridt skal være.

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We are not regular concertgoers, but yesterday DH and I attended the matinee performance at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas. The reason I wanted to go (and DH was kind enough to agree to accompany me) was the guest performer, which was Michala Petri. I am familar with her work and knew what we were in for, but I guess some were pleasantly surprised, as I overheard this during intermisssion: “Wow, I never knew a recorder could sound like that!” Ms Petri was awesome!
Other than Vivaldi the classical ear candy included Telemann and Mozart. Can you say “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”?

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Og sørme om ikke det er fødselsdag igen! Idag sender vi et stort tillykke og mange ønsker om alt godt på dagen til Bedstefar!

Mrs Richards har fødselsdag i dag, og vi sender mange ønsker om en dejlig dag. Og om gode gaver, selvfølgelig
Og så ville vi i øvrigt ønske at det var os der skulle have chocoladelagkage med banan!