Innkaupalistar

I hate shopping for school supplies. Here is Stefán's list from Holtaskóli.
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3. bekkur 2011 - 2012
Yfirfarið það sem börnin eiga frá fyrra ári og notið það sem hægt er.
1 stk. Stóra sögubókin mín A4
1 stk. stílabók A4 (án gorma)
1 stk. stílabók A4 (með gormum)
2 stk. stílabækur A5 (án gorma)
1 stk. reikningsbók A5 (án gorma og ekki litlar rúður)
1 stk. Teygjumappa A4
1 stk. askja A4 (tré)
1 stk. Teikniblokk A3
7 stk. Plastmöppur: 1 gul, 1 rauð, 1 græn, 1 blá, 1 svört, 1 hvít og 1
appelsínugul.
Talnagrind
Vasareiknir (einfaldan)
Pennaveski
3-4 stk. góðir blýantar eða skrúfblýantur (muna þá eftir auka blýi)
Strokleður
Yddari með boxi
Reglustika
1 stórt límstifti
Trélitir
Góð skæri, oddlaus
1 stk. svartur tússpenni, Artline 210 medium 0,6
Í leikfimi þarf stuttbuxur og bol. Börnin eru berfætt
Í sund þarf sundföt og æskilegt er að hafa sundhettu
Foreldrar athugið að nauðsynlegt er að merkja vel bækur,
föt og aðra muni barnsins.

Shopping
3rd class 2011 - 2012
Go over what the children are from last year and enjoyed it as possible.
 1 pc. Great story my book A4
1 pc. A4 notebook paper (no springs)
1 pc. A4 notebook (with coil springs)
2 pcs. A5 exercise books (no springs)
1 pc. reikningsbók A5 (no springs and no small windows)
1 pc. Elastic Folder A4
1 pc. carton A4 (tree)
1 pc. Drawing block A3
7 pc. plastic folder: 1 yellow, 1 red, 1 green, 1 blue, 1 black, 1 white and 1
orange.
Abacus
Calculator (simple)
pencil case
3-4 pcs. good pencils or mechanical pencils (remember them by increasing the lead)
eraser
sharpener in a box
ruler
1 large glue stick
pencil crayons
Good scissors, oddlaus
1 pc. black pen markers, Artline 210 Medium 0.6
The gym shorts and shirt required. The children are barefoot
The channels need swimwear and it is desirable to sundhettu
Parents note that it is necessary to mark books,
clothing and other objects of the child.

give the kid a camera

The last day of the Grindavík Red Cross camp asked the children to bring cameras.
And these were Stefán's pictures:

There are a lot of pictures of Einar - mostly because they are best friends.

A+

I have managed, through whinning, contacts and sheer persistance, to be admited into the University of Iceland, basically to master Icelandic, but I will do more too.
I am so excited my stomach in upset.
Things to do

Robert will be 62

My father in law is having his birthday this weekend and sent out, to everyone, this fabulous invitation.
I think I am allowed to share it with you because he said everyone is welcome, EVERYONE. It is one of those kind of partys. And while it says you dont need to bring food, I think I might try to make something and maybe you can too.
quote:
We have decided to have a party here on SATURDAY AUGUST 13 (Not Friday
the 12th, but people are welcome to arrive whenever.)

Saturdays are better days for parties than Fridays. And anyway it
won't be a facile"birthday party" but, rather, a gift-free celebration
of:(a) our acquisition of Víðihóll in its entirety, (b) the Dog Days,
July 13-Aug 13, i.e. the by-far-best time of year, (c) Inga's 60th,
(d) ok, wtf, my birth day.

We'll tell people to turn up and leave (or not) when they like. There
will be two pools, two empty houses and a bus, a former greenhouse
(now rec room, which will become a greenhouse again in 2013; great
until then for a bad weather party), lamb on a spit (no vegans
expected, but welcome to watch) and potatoes. And music.And I hope
dancing. I will try to have the lamb & potatoes ready by 6 or 7 pm. I
am not planning to serve much vitamin C or dessert.

I would like you to consider inviting friends. Call it a Dog Days
Party. It would be more fun with some of them. And they will have fun,
too.

People should just bring something to drink and sleeping bags. Of
course we will not body-search people for lettuce, tomatoes, cake,
tofu or whatever they really want to eat if meat & spuds is not
enough. A tent would do no harm, but is not a deal breaker. Family has
dibs on the housing, but there will be spare floor space for friends.

This should be memorable.

Dad/Rob

moviemakers200

Kasper and his friend Erikur has started making movies. They even have a youtube channel now, with 2 videos.
One video was accidentally uploaded, I guess it is Erikurs dog.
The other is a short film that they made. The profanity is an extra special touch.
http://www.youtube.com/user/THEFILMMAKERS200
and if thats not enough, theres more on the way.

This is making me feel rather old.

A beautiful Saturday

Today, while enjoying the amazing weather here, 18 today, with the same expected for tomorrow, my thoughts are elsewhere.

My little brother Tye is getting married this weekend.


Anyone who knows me knows my family is seriously confusing, so let me explain, Tye is the one who has the same mother as me, different fathers.

He is 5 years younger then me, so when I left Canada he was still so young. 20.

It is hard to imagine him now. Older, with a better half, a toddler following him and a baby in his arm.

I wish I was there. Mostly to help out. Thats what family is for right? I feel so helpless out here. I really wanted to do something for them.

But I am counting on my sister, Shantell. She went out on Thursday to help with the kids, probably calm some nerves. She is a super hero.

We have the same mother as well, but she has a different father, then Tye too. I know, it is confusing.

When you look at pictures, it is hard to believe that we are related at all, but we are still family. And if we can not be there, we still dream of each others weddings.

Stefán, the perfect host

Alex, a couchsurfer of ours from Austria, sent me these pictures of himself, Stefán and the Blue Lagoon. His (Alex's) mom was there aswell, but I guess she didn't feel like being in any pictures.
Stefán was a great host, showing them around the Blue Lagoon and going for a swim, although he was a little unhappy about having to wear floaters on his arms. 

Baconiase

I fear for dieters everywhere, and I dont even want to guess how points this would earn you on weight watchers, but here it is and the world will never be the same again.

Baconnaise!

I say these things

After reading this article I can only assume people around me all cringe when I open my mouth.
I make a lot of these mistakes, but if so many people make the same mistake, is it still a mistake?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14201796

and it's not just Americans.

Summer and everything that comes with it

Time is something that we do not get extra of, even in the summer. While the sun shines all night long, there still does not seem to be enough time....
Hosting fabulous people who mention us is one of my favorite summer pastimes.
Feeling homesick, missing my sister, my niece and nephews, brother, Dad....
Sometimes Iceland disappoints me.
I look forward to school starting again, these kids are staying up way too late, and with that waking up way to cranky.
While most people quit volunteering in the summer I took up the extra hours. I dont think it makes sense to close the free soup and cheap clothing in the summer. IT is true that a lot of people are away, but the people coming for free soup are not going away for the summer, so I am here for them.
I found a crazy person online, I guess everyone deserves a place to spills there crazies.
I also have a sun burn, too many days in the outside pool for me.

reykjavík

a new view of reykjavík, created by everyone.
http://www.urb.is/en/
if you have something to add
http://www.urb.is/en/skraning/

Davíð's phone pix

We found the usb cord so Davíð could finally upload the pictures from his phone. Most are from Stefán's soccer tournament.

I dont expect everyone to agree but,

I saw this article on BBC, and thought it was rather funny. If exchange the word CEO with Icelander, you have an explanation for a lot.

The seven deadly sins CEOS ICELANDERS won't admit

its all who you know.

Everyone knows that in Iceland, everything is about who you know, what job you get, lose, home, everything depends on your connections.

So heres a little story about an apartment in my building. Its a nice little two level condo. Smaller then mine, but with a yard and private entrance making it very much in demand.

For a long time, maybe three years, a friend of mine lived there completely rent and expense free, basically because she knew the right people. There was no formal arrangement, it was just known that this was her apartment and that was that.

Then one day while I was house sitting for her, she was out of the country for long periods of time, I heard a rumor that this apartment was about to be rented out. In fact everyone was talking about it, they wanted it, and since it was always empty it must be available right?

So I went to talk to the Keiler office about this, because my friend seemed to think there was no way someone else could be moving into her apartment, it was, after all, promised to her.

The women at the front desk, confirmed that the apartment was rented out already and they were just waiting for it to be emptied.

So there were a few weeks of stress and confusion. The friend came and packed her stuff, with nearly no notice and without anyone giving her any explanation as to what was happening or why someone else would be moving in.

Fast forward a few weeks and guess what I see, my new neighbor is the women from the front desk of Keiler.

*This women from the front desk is rather high up in the housing chain of command

**How much you want to bet that she is not paying rent either?

***I should also mention that this women scares the heck out of me and it takes all my courage not to cower in fear when I see her. Not someone you want on your bad side.

Swagger

Today I got the treat of going to Kostur, a grocery store in Reykjavík specializing in North American products.


The longer I am away from North America (Canada), the funneir some of these things seem to me.

Today I found some Old Spice Deodorant called Swagger, with the written on the back:

Swagger transforms unfresh men into legends of confidence.

Well, I was sold. Now out to find me an unfresh man.