It is interesting

It is interesting that when we go to the bakery now, they get what I want before I even open my mouth.  Five hard rolls (a variety) and one loaf of crusty bread.  Clyde is getting a little tired of the crusty bread here.  Jeppe brought us some homemade sourdough rolls the other day that were soft and chewy.  It was a great change of pace.  He keeps offering me a start but I haven't gotten comfortable with the oven yet.

Speaking of Jeppe - there is a running club that the young men in the office have.  They run either during lunch or after work 3 or 4 days a week.  Because the storm was coming in on Thursday, they decided to run at lunch.  While Jeppe was running, he saw a dead deer.  He was so startled that he tripped and badly sprained his foot.  He had it elevated and had ice on it as we left work on Thursday.  The problem is that he had to ride his bike home from work at the end of the day!

We have had another easy going day.  Clyde needed that.  He had swollen eyes and a fever last night.  It was good to just have to do shopping today.  There was a guy singing in the mall.  He must have been quite a celebrity because the courtyard to the mall was packed and so was the second floor looking down.  He was dressed as a nisse or an elf.  The kids were singing with him and having a ball. 

Our big purchase of the day was a backpack for Clyde.  By the time we carry home 2 quarts of milk and a 6 pack of tonic water, things get pretty heavy.  It was much easier with a backpack today.  I also found a place where we could get reusable shopping bags.  They charge for grocery sacks here - so to get a good quality heavy duty shopping bag is a must.  It saves almost a dollar every time we shop.

I also got a Santa similar to the one Heather sent me from Italy.  It sits on the shelf and is ringing a bell and holding a Yule Tree (as they are called here).  He is very flashy in his gold vest and red plaid pants.  We also got  few things for our 'secret nisse' at work. 

We found out that because we are outside of the states, we cannot use Prime with Amazon to watch movies.  It makes me a bit sad.  We might have to keep the TV just so we can watch a movie periodically.  As I write this, Clyde is watching The Hobbit in English with Danish subtitles.  It is very educational.  We did watch the news last night and found that downtown Copenhagen was under 4 feet of water.  We don't know if affected where we worked or not.  We will see come Monday morning.  I also watched High Society this afternoon.  It was so much fun.  I learned quite a bit - most importantly that the Danish really don't have swear words.  I find that quite wonderful.