Category: Christmas

In today’s hygge Newsletter: Thanksgiving pie in Copenhagen, I’m heading off for a few days (yay) plus our final Flylady Christmas Planning Mission – number 30 of 30! Happy Green Friday from Copenhagen (where there are lots of initiatives for people to swap and recycle gifts instead of buying more stuff). Are you ready for our final hygge Christmas planning mission? Make yourself a nice warm cuppa or hot cup of coffee, grab your pen and notebook or Flylady Holiday Control Journal (see the bottom of the Newsletter for a link) and tap below to watch the video. Hygge chat time!

Yesterday (Thursday, aka “Little Friday” here in Denmark) I met up with my Bestie, Erika from America to run some errands and we enjoyed a yummy savoury Thanksgiving pie and salad lunch at the American Pie Company. Such a hygge little place in the centre of the city. Lovely pastry with roasted turkey, peas, carrots, celery and onion in a white wine cream sauce with fresh thyme – so good! Erika bought a full size traditional pumpkin pie “to go” to enjoy with her family last night…

And a heads-up that there’ll be radio silence from me the next couple of days because – hooray, hooray – we’re off to visit my dear old Mum in Edinburgh, Scotland! Looking forward to spending time together with our family and to a festive meal in the city. I last saw Mum back in September and I took her out for lunch to her favourite place (where she used to lunch with my Dad), Café Andaluz on George Street. This time we’ll be going out for dinner with the whole family! Another restaurant on George Street but somewhere different for a change – can’t wait!

But back to our planning! Today’s mission completes our first round of hygge Christmas planning. You can find my check-off list here (a Canva template you can modify). But if you didn’t manage to join in with us, don’t worry! We will have Super Missions at the beginning of December and I will be bringing you a full video with every single one!

The Flylady has a FREE workbook which you can download for free here. (Also useful for planning a wedding, Hannukah, baby shower, Ramadan, etc) I show you how to use it in this video…

Looking for recipes, crafts and more Christmas hygge planning? Here’s my FULL Christmas and seasonal series… This is where you will find recipes, easy crafts, decorating with my Bestie Vibeke, the sights and sounds of Copenhagen at Christmas time…

That’s it for today! Are you subscribed to my Newsletter? Get my posts straight to your Inbox! Take care and keep it hygge out there! See you on my return from Edinburgh!

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In today’s Newsletter – Thanksgiving, hygge Christmas planning plus our Tuesday goal reminders – woo hoo! We are on to the final stretch of our hygge Christmas planning missions! Number 27 of 30! Do you celebrate Thanksgiving, how is your prep going? Settle down with a cup of tea or glass of water, grab your pen and notebook then tap below for today’s mission which is all about Thanksgiving, checklists…and self-care!

Did you skip your Morning Routine today because you have so much to do? Our Routines keep us afloat! Take 5-minutes to do a quick review…do you need to get dressed, put on a LOL (load of laundry), meditate for a few minutes, swish and swipe the bathroom? Let’s start the day with your best foot forward!

Tuesday in Flylady Land is Plan and Play Day. Set your timer for 15 minutes and do some “desk work”. Pay bills, check what’s coming up in the weeks ahead. Remember to plan a little fun for yourself and your family! I have fun every Saturday morning with my Bluetits Chill Swimmers group. And I’m also very intentional about plotting other fun into my diary. My international ladies group always puts together a great programme of events and in December I will be going to a Christmas lunch in the city plus a Christmas Cookie Exchange (a first for me!).

The Christmas missions are straightforward and won’t leave you feeling overwhelmed. A little bit each day, and you’ll have a calm and collected holiday season. You can find my check-off list here (a Canva template you can modify). But you don’t need a list to start: watch today’s video, move your bahookie and start! If you miss a day or two, don’t go back. Just keep moving forward! We will have Super Missions in December…

The Flylady has a FREE workbook which you can download for free here. I show you how to use it in this video…

Looking for recipes, crafts and more Christmas hygge planning? Here’s my FULL Christmas and seasonal series…

That’s it for today! Are you subscribed to my Newsletter? Get my posts straight to your Inbox! And see you tomorrow!

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In today’s hygge Newsletter! Flyady Christmas planning, a stormy dip in the heaviest rain of the past 150 years plus a delicious traditional smørrebrød lunch to celebrate the birthday of my Bestie, Erika from America! The weekend is on the horizon so let’s dive right in!

Today’s hygge Christmas planning mission – number 25 – has a reminder about our Friday goals… Make yourself a nice warm cuppa or hot cup of coffee, grab your pen and notebook or Flylady Holiday Control Journal (see the bottom of the Newsletter for a link) and tap below to watch the video. Hygge chat time!

Yesterday Erika took me out for a delicious lunch to celebrate her birthday (see last Saturday’s post for the photos of her birthday celebrations at our Bluetits Chill Swimmers group). But first, of course, we dipped! Very stormy and it rained all day! I heard on this morning’s radio news it was the most rain in Copenhagen in a single day in the past 150 years. And the equivalent of a whole month of rain, wow! It was a battle to walk out on the bathing jetty. Sea temperature was 6c/42f, air windchill minus -1c/30f! In conditions like these, safety takes priority. So we held on to the steps and dipped, letting the waves crash over us. No swimming. But fun!

But let’s quickly warm up and get cozy again with a delicious Danish frokostplatte (“lunch plate”). A traditional selection of smørrebrød. In Danish lunch restaurants you’ll often be given a long thin piece of paper and a pencil. You fill in your table number and tick the boxes of the dishes you’d like to order. Dishes are served with our ubiquitous Danish ryebread. For lunch I usually eat two or three dishes and we had ordered the plate of three for 179 Danish crowns. I had the fiskefilet (fried fillet of plaice), fresh tuna/avocado/lime salad and the tartare of raw beef (which comes with a raw egg yolk, horseradish, capers red onion, crispy onions, etc). All delicious! Plus a glass of elderflower cordial to drink. Erika chose the fried plaice, frikadeller (traditional Danish pork patties) and fiskefrikadeller (fish cakes). Lots of fish at this restaurant right by the sea and it was very hygge watching the waves crashing in as the rain battered the windows. And you’ll notice the small Danish flag on the restaurant table – another Danish tradition when you’re out for lunch or dinner celebrating a birthday or anniversary!

But back to our planning! The hygge Christmas missions are straightforward and won’t leave you feeling overwhelmed. A little bit each day, and you’ll have a calm and collected holiday season. You can find my check-off list here (a Canva template you can modify). But you don’t need a list to start: watch today’s video, move your bahookie and start! If you miss a day or two, don’t go back. Just keep moving forward! We will have Super Missions in December…

The Flylady has a FREE workbook which you can download for free here. (Also useful for planning a wedding, Hannukah, baby shower, Ramadan, etc) I show you how to use it in this video…

Looking for recipes, crafts and more Christmas hygge planning? Here’s my FULL Christmas and seasonal series… This is where you will find recipes, easy crafts, decorating with my Bestie Vibeke, the sights and sounds of Copenhagen at Christmas time…

That’s it for today! Are you subscribed to my Newsletter? Get my posts straight to your Inbox! Take care and keep it hygge out there!

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Will you be using your umbrella today?! Happy Tuesday from Copenhagen where it has been raining all night and looks to be the same for the rest of the day! But I’ve had a dip in my plunge pool in our garden shed (my “She Shack”) – there were puddles on the garden path to manoeuver – have finished my Morning Routine and am working in my cozy office. Heading out for a training swim later – that’s why I’m wearing my onesie, ha ha! Tuesdays are Plan and Play focus day in Flylady land (but choose any day of the week that works for you) and Day 22 of our hygge Christmas planning reflects that theme. Today we’re chatting about our lists, self-care and lots more! See below for the my video mission…

Settle down with a cup of tea or glass of water, grab your pen and notebook then tap below for today’s hygge Christmas planning mission!

The Flylady daily focus keeps us on track…no more having to think about ALL the things ALL the time. Feeling overwhelmed? Breathe out. Breathe in. Breath out. Put one foot in front of the other! And make self-care a priority today!

The Christmas missions are straightforward and won’t leave you feeling overwhelmed. A little bit each day, and you’ll have a calm and collected holiday season. You can find my check-off list here (a Canva template you can modify). But you don’t need a list to start: watch today’s video, move your bahookie and start! If you miss a day or two, don’t go back. Just keep moving forward! We will have Super Missions in December…

The Flylady has a FREE workbook which you can download for free here. I show you how to use it in this video…

Looking for recipes, crafts and more Christmas hygge planning? Here’s my FULL Christmas and seasonal series…

That’s it for today! Are you subscribed to my Newsletter? Get my posts straight to your Inbox! And see you tomorrow!

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Coming up in today’s Newsletter! Hygge Christmas Flylady planning mission number 20 and our goals for Friday! Hope you’re enjoying some nice weather today? Vibeke and I had our skinnydip seaswim this morning in the wind and rain…hair-raising fun! LOL! Sea temp today was 10c/50f and the air was 8c/46f

Friday is here and it’s time to wrap up the week and prepare for the weekend ahead. We all need to rest and recharge – whatever that looks like for you and your family! Today’s focus is to spend a few minutes decluttering your handbag and car. Set a timer for 5 minutes and see how much clutter you can find! I’m removing shopping receipts, extra lipsticks (how do I always end up with so many in one handbag?!) and snotty hankies.

It’s also Date Night – be deliberate and take time to nurture your relationships! Hubby and I like to stay home on Fridays and tonight our kids are coming round for a special dinner (it’s Mortens Aften tonight = St Martin’s Eve). The tradition here is to eat duck!

Oh, and who needs a laugh today? Here’s today’s hygge Christmas planning mission – number 20! It was fun for me to rewatch this video…I was on a trip to Brussels, Belgium, to visit good friends/colleagues (from my days working at the European Supreme Court in Luxembourg in the 1990s) and you can see me making up the murphy bed in my Brussels hotel room! LOL! Did you make YOUR bed this morning?! Go do it! Then make yourself a nice warm cuppa or hot cup of coffee, grab your pen and notebook or Flylady Holiday Control Journal (see the bottom of the Newsletter for a link) and tap below to watch the video. Let’s hygge!

And a final word about our hygge Christmas planning missions… They are straightforward and won’t leave you feeling overwhelmed. A little bit each day, and you’ll have a calm and collected holiday season. You can find my check-off list here (a Canva template you can modify). But you don’t need a list to start: watch today’s video, move your bahookie and start! If you miss a day or two, don’t go back. Just keep moving forward! We will have Super Missions in December…

The Flylady has a FREE workbook which you can download for free here. (Also useful for planning a wedding, Hannukah, baby shower, Ramadan, etc) I show you how to use it in this video…

Looking for recipes, crafts and more Christmas hygge planning? Here’s my FULL Christmas and seasonal series… This is where you will find recipes, easy crafts, decorating with my Bestie Vibeke, the sights and sounds of Copenhagen at Christmas time…

That’s it for today! Are you subscribed to my Newsletter? Get my posts straight to your Inbox! Take care and keep it hygge out there!

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Happy Tuesday from – again – very wet Copenhagen! It’s Plan and Play day in Flylady land (but choose any day of the week that works for you) and Day 17 of our hygge Christmas planning reflects that theme. Today we’re chatting about Thanksgiving and daily routines. Do you need a pep talk to get you up off your bahookie and moving forward? LOL! I’m your girl! Grab your pen and notebook! Tap below for today’s hygge Christmas planning mission!

As you saw in today’s video, we’re not stressing, we are putting one foot in front of the other and focusing on our routines and habits. Tuesday is Plan and Play day. Look at your diary and see what’s coming up, pay bills, make any necessary appointments. Hubby and I are invited to a 50th birthday party this weekend and I’m going to look out my outfit, check the address/how to get there so there’s no last minute panic. Temperatures in Copenhagen have now fallen below 7c/44f so that means it’s time to put winter tyres on our car. I went online this morning and booked an appointment with our local garage for next week. Go me! I’ve also been online and booked my next two haircuts (one before Christmas and one in the New Year). I love that my hairdresser has online booking: makes it so easy and I can avoid making a phone call (do you hate making calls too? Ha ha!) And take a minute today to plan some fun for yourself and your family! If it’s planned, it is more likely to happen!

My friends Erika, Angela and I have arranged an evening swim/sauna in the dark at our bathing club later this week. It’s dark here before 5pm now and actually very hyggelig swiming in the dark… Can’t wait! Angela and Erika have known each other for over 18 years – they met at Baby Group!

These missions are straightforward and won’t leave you feeling overwhelmed. A little bit each day, and you’ll have a calm and collected holiday season. You can find my check-off list here (a Canva template you can modify). But you don’t need a list to start: watch today’s video, move your bahookie and start! If you miss a day or two, don’t go back. Just keep moving forward! We will have Super Missions in December…

The Flylady has a FREE workbook which you can download for free here. I show you how to use it in this video…

Looking for recipes, crafts and more Christmas hygge planning? Here’s my FULL Christmas and seasonal series…

That’s it for today! Are you subscribed to my Newsletter? Get my posts straight to your Inbox! And see you tomorrow!

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Coming up in today’s Newsletter! Hygge Christmas Flylady planning mission number 15, Halloween coldwater seaswimming highjinks plus a wee reminder (or should that be a kick in the bahookie…) about your weekend Routines! So let’s get straight to it!

First up… Friday’s hygge Christmas planning mission. You know the drill – make yourself a nice warm cuppa or hot cup of coffee, grab your pen and notebook or Flylady Holiday Control Journal (see the bottom of the Newsletter for a link), sit back and be inspired! Tap below to watch the video right now. Let’s hygge!

Halloween has been…and gone! We had great fun at our Bluetits Chillswimmers meet on Saturday morning where we dressed up a little (coldwater seaswimming is our chance to go a little crazy EVERY weekend, ha ha!) and had some yummy treats and lots of hot tea in our thermos flasks to warm us up afterwards! It was blowing a gale on Saturday morning, sea temp was 9c/48f and the air much lower due to high winds! Brr!

And I’ve displayed a few spooky decorations in the hall and by the kitchen sink. But today is Friday 3 November – it’s over! So I’m taking down the Halloween decorations, packing them away and eating the last of the Halloween sweets. Go me! Did you or your kids carve pumpkins? What state are they in? Don’t forget about them out on your porch or front step! Take action this weekend!

And talking of the weekend… A wee reminder! Just because it’s the weekend, please don’t stop your Routines. You may think “oh, I deserve a little time off”. But do you know what really happens? Saturday or Sunday slips away from us. We don’t get up and moving, we slouch around, unfocused. All those plans we had for the day don’t happen. Instead of enjoying time with friends or family, the day just drifts. And by Monday morning, the small chores are piling up and we are feeling behind. Again! LOL! So do yourself a favour. Get the things you need to get done DONE. And enjoy the rest of your weekend to the FULL!

Often we’re not doing our Routines because we haven’t made them cozy! Need a little inspiration? See my hygge Evening Routine…

And a final word about our hygge Christmas planning missions… They are straightforward and won’t leave you feeling overwhelmed. A little bit each day, and you’ll have a calm and collected holiday season. You can find my check-off list here (a Canva template you can modify). But you don’t need a list to start: watch today’s video, move your bahookie and start! If you miss a day or two, don’t go back. Just keep moving forward! We will have Super Missions in December…

The Flylady has a FREE workbook which you can download for free here. (Also useful for planning a wedding, Hannukah, baby shower, Ramadan, etc) I show you how to use it in this video…

Looking for recipes, crafts and more Christmas hygge planning? Here’s my FULL Christmas and seasonal series… This is where you will find recipes, easy crafts, decorating with my Bestie Vibeke, the sights and sounds of Copenhagen at Christmas time…

That’s it for today! Are you subscribed to my Newsletter? Get my posts straight to your Inbox! Take care and keep it hygge out there!

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