2013 the new year begins

Its a new day with new things and i so hope this year is gona be the one to be the good year .
last night was a busy one for us ,the kids had fun and one of them was to tierd to stay awake so late so he was out in dreamland before midnight.
But me and my 17 year old where standing a on bridge where we can see well over the town and just after midnight i saw a fire in a window near us and an old man was trying to fight the fire with a stick and an old lady sitting on the sofa  (i was shooting with my camera just over the house)
 there where a few guys on the bridge as well and i called them and asked if they saw what i was looking at and i gave them my phone to call the firedepartment ,i dint know the name on the street ,then we ran down there to see if we could get them out but there was no way we could get in there big locks and stuff so we just had to wait for the police and firedep ,they where really fast

and i kinda felt like a reporter with my camera and my biggest lens on it hahah there was a photographer there as well and kinda felt like i was one to :) he is standing in the pic there in the middle .
but this all ended well and the old couple where ok and the fire was put out ,so me and my daughter left .So this is how i ended the 2012 and this is how we began the new 2013 ,feels good to know that this all whent well cause this could have gona so bad in just a few min ,and i guess the old folks will be more carefull with there candles in the windows .

i took this image just min before the fire started in one of the window where the light is .
So the new year began with a big blast and i hope im gona do fun things in the new year and do them with a blast ... i like that blast are my kinda thing :)you would understand if you knew my well
for the new year i plan big things and im gona write them down here so i can look back on them when this year will be ending .

1. finish the school NYIP
2. go home to Iceland with my family next summer
3. get some fat off (this is the one i have every year ) haha
4. ? this one i need to think about

hope the new year will bring you everything you whant it to bring
xoxo
Valeria

Happy new year

Its a new start they say ,i guess we can say it is ,but only if you make it a new start ,it all begings with you ,it is what you let it be .......

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850

Happy new year to you all 

A dogs life

Here is my old sweet friend or my 6th baby as we often call him

he was pretty tierd that day por old doggie
well the hollidays are almost over ,time fly´s
My kids grow so fast now and one of them is even moving out in the new year ,that makes me feel old or older
here are some pic´s from this holliday

im just having to much fun with the bokeh of lights ,amazing things you can do with a few lights

xoxo
Valeria

Merry christmas/Gleðileg jól/ God jul

                                                                           Life's most

                                                           beautiful things are not seen
                                                                        with the eyes,
                                                                             but felt
                                                                       with the heart.
                                                                        Wishing you
                                                                      a special season
                                                                         of the heart.

                                                                     Merry Christmas

Love Valeria

Almost done

Im almost done doing eveything for christmas ,i still need to bake some bread will do that to day ,and i have the wrapping to do as well .
The tree is ready and beautiful (need to take a pic of it )
they say its gona snow so im just hoping and that would make me happy again ,not that im not just makes me even more happy .

i still had an chai image that i whanted to share ,this one has something i love so much and that is bokeh ,ive been playing with bokeh now for sometime and im trying to get the shaped bokeh right ,it has to be at the right size and i dint have the right punch for it ,dint whant cut the shape out my self so ive been looking for the punch and i think i have it now ,just need to practice a bit .

hope you have a great last weekend before christmas .

Funny

A friend here in Norway just made this for me and hubby,this is me,hubby and one of my dd
enjoy and merry christmas to all my friends
http://www.jibjab.com/view/0VsBS7nBQKqIQnmVPHb52w

Chai dessert

Found this amazing recipe online the other day and thought i would try it out ,it looks so good im thinking of making for dessert on christmas day when my daughters boyfriend comes for dinner
he´s a chef to be soon so i need to impress him haha .

i really like how they look and tasted but i think i would use a bit more of the gelatin to make it bit more stiff but the taste was really yummy and i love chai tea so im all for that spicy flavor .

Chai Cream
Makes about 8 half cup servings
Ingredients
5 cups, plus 1/2 cup, heavy cream
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 envelope gelatin
2 tea bags Chai tea
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
5 black peppercorns
1 recipe whipped cream
In a large saucepan, combine 5 cups of heavy cream and the granulated sugar, and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat.
While the cream mixture is warming, combine the remaining half cup of cream with the envelope of gelatin. Stir together and let sit about five minutes. After the gelatin has absorbed the cream, stir together until smooth; set aside.
Once the cream-sugar mixture comes to a simmer, remove from heat and stir in the gelatin mixture until dissolved. Empty the contents of the tea bags into the pan, then stir in the cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and peppercorns, and allow to steep for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, place the pan in an ice bath in a large glass or metal bowl, cover with plastic wrap, pressing the plastic directly to the surface of the pudding, and allow to cool for 20 to 30 minutes. Once cooled, remove the plastic wrap, and pour and press the mixture through a fine mesh sieve to remove as much of the tea leaves as possible.
Cover and place in the freezer for 20 minutes. After chilling, divide the mixture evenly between 8 or 6-ounce serving dishes. Chill in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
Garnish with fresh whipped cream and chocolate shavings. Serve cold.

today is my youngest dd 8th birthday so im gona make her a cake before she comes home from school.

hope you like this christmas post

ps if you live in the USA please read this
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/immediately-address-issue-gun-control-through-introduction-legislation-congress/2tgcXzQC

we dont whant more children killed with the guns