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Week Notes 26#9

  • The week started off very quite with me and Baby-En just enjoying some time at home together
  • BUT, El and I finished Dark. It was a great show but both of us thought that they rushed the last season.
  • All 3 of us went to the Lønningspils which was organized by one of Els colleagues.
    • Baby-En enjoyed his first visit to a pub
    • He was the center of attention and of course wanted our food instead of his own. So he tasted some of our sweetpotato fries.
  • On the weekend we celebrated Baby-Ens 1st birthday
    • A lot of people came (including his friend - who was able to come after all) and the house of full of kids and parents
    • Good thing we booked a daycare spot for Krümel for that day
    • I can’t believe it’s already been a year. El and I are watching “old” pictures and videos of En and both of us are suprised who fast he has grown. He is close to walking 🤯
  • Anyway, this also means my last month of parental leave has started. There are days when I look forward to a normal working day, but most of the time I am just happy to see him grow up and enjoy every small piece of the world around him. I am going to miss those days…

Watched (trakt.tv):

  • Dark (S03/E07 & E08)
  • Fear the Walking Dead (S05/E16)
  • Ghosts (S05/E11)
  • heute-show (S29/E04)
  • MaiThink X - Die Show (S09/E04 & E05)
  • ZDF Magazin Royale (S12/E01)

Week Notes 26#8

  • It’s been a very quite week of me painting one me piece of furniture in Baby-En room and waiting for it to dry
  • El and me are deep into the TV Show Dark
    • We never watched a Show were we needed to stop so often to talk about what just happened and to loosen some knots in our heads before continuing
    • We were so close to finishing it this week but us being tired made us stop and move the last two episodes to today
  • Sunday we went on a nice walk in Estenstadmarka. We got some fresh snow in the last couple of days and the sun was shining, so it was beautiful to walk through the forest. We were also almost by ourselves.
  • Next week is Baby-En first birthday
    • Sadly his only friend is not able to join but we invited some friends and colleagues for coffee and cake and booked a place at the dog hotel for Krümel

Watched (trakt.tv):

  • The Housemaid
  • Dark (S02 & S03/E01-06)
  • Fear the Walking Dead (S05/E09-15)

Week Notes 26#7

  • Spend some time in the city with my dad and Baby-En before he left on Tuesday
    • We actually wanted to go to Sponhuset but it was closed due to winter vacation
    • Went to Espresso House in City Lade instead - Baby-En had a blast because the coffee shop is in the middle of the shopping mall and he can smile at sooo many people :)
  • Went to Carglass so they can fix the stone chip they missed last time
  • On Friday we went to the dog park after a long while. I think Krümel had fun. It’s sometimes hard to know because she doesn’t want to leave but also mostly watches the other dogs play.
  • Invited Pat and Dani for Lasange on Saturday, they have just been to Germany and brought us some nice vegan stuff … yummy.
  • Sunday was a quite day with lots of sun. We went for a nice family walk and enjoyed the rest of the day by doing mostly nothing

Watched (trakt.tv):

  • heute-show (S29/E02)
  • MaiThinkX - Die Show (S09/E02-3)
  • Fear the Walking Dead (S05/E06-8)
  • Spartacus: House of Ashur (S01/E07-10)
  • Dark (S01)

Week Notes 26#6

  • We finished the last James Bond movie on Sunday - Not going to do this any time soon again …
  • The week itself was quite uneventful
    • Went a couple of times in the city with En and my Dad to have some coffee
    • My dad wanted to buy a Norwegian woolen pullover - and he found one
    • He also help us a lot by chopping down the big branches which fell of the tree in the beginning of winter
    • My dad also invited us to dinner at Mat fra Hagen (food from the garden) in the city center which was lovely as always :)
  • Winter is still very cold but it looks like we are getting some fresh snow next week (finally)
  • We finished the second pallete of firewood - it’s really time to renew the heat pump in the living room. The current one just cannot keep up against the cold anymore.

Watched (trakt.tv):

  • Skyfall
  • Spectre
  • Lee
  • heute-show
  • MaiThinkX - Die Show
  • The Gentlemen
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • No Time to Die

Week Notes 26#5

I’m on a role here, I like it!

January is already over. 2026 is rushing as fast as 2025 did. But I do plan to write a review of 2025 in the coming days.

  • We are almost done with watching all of the James Bond movies - I am quite sure we will finish them next week!
  • We bought a new electric heater for Baby-Ens room - and also attached it to the wall almost the same day - I am very proud for that :)
    • We only have to finish paiting the shelf, which El is currently doing, and re-attach the electric sockets
  • I had the local NITO (union) general assembly on friday where we elacted the new board, as one of the two board members is leaving the company
  • Bought iceskates for my dad and went skating today on the lake right infront of our house. The weather was lovely so we were not alone. My dad fell quite hard on our way back home, so let’s hope no major injuries. For now he it seems fine.
  • Made some vegan cinnamon buns today, which turned out quite good :P

Watched (trakt.tv):

  • The World Is Not Enough
  • Die Another Day
  • Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials
  • Casino Royale
  • Quantum of Solace

Week Notes 26#4

Well, it’s already thursday and therefore almost time for week #5. So, let’s finish #4…

  • On monday the indoor fence to baby-proof the fireplace finally arrived. So, now I can let baby E crawl around the living room without watching his every step.
    • Currently, it is constantly so cold, that we have the fireplace burning throughout the whole day
  • I visited my collegues in the new office and kept a lot of them from working by bringing the baby. Suddenly everyone needed a long coffee break in the kitchen :)
  • My dad arrived on thursday
    • It was way easier with the dog and him, than what I was expecting
  • Me and my dad went for Pub Quiz at Three Lions Pub
    • It was the start of the season and our usual team had so many people joining that we needed to split in two teams
    • We as the extra team made it at least somewhere in the middle
  • We also thought about things we want to finish in the house while my dad is here. It’s great to have additional help, so someone can take care of baby E while the other is finishing tasks
  • It’s been a week of watching the old James Bond movies. I am still missing the newest so E and me started watching them from the beginning. It’s been tough for E to watch them so she is quite happy that I can watch them with my dad now :D

Watched (trakt.tv):

  • Fear the Walking Dead
  • The Office
  • Licence to Kill
  • GoldenEye
  • Tomorrow Never Dies

Trondheim Språk- og Kulturfestivalen!

So many nationalities showing up and presenting local cuisine - did not find any vegan friendly options, but nonetheless all looks very good

I was looking for a book for years now and I just found it. Now and then I start searching for it, and now I thought I give GPT 5 a run for it. Now that I know its name again, I am wondering why I did not find it before. The info on Amazon about it is basically exactly what I remember of the book 🤦‍♂️ Btw, it’s called “Gelöscht” by Marco Kunst (Dutch - translated to German).

I am currently working on a very annoying bug with indoor positioning. Biggest annoyance is that I have to be in the office to actually test it with the BLE nodes…

Is it really that hard to understand the difference between vegetarian and vegan? This time: Holiday Inn Krakow. Cheese is not vegan, same as fish is not vegan.