Saturday, May 17, 2008

Popcorn on fire

Soon the popcorns will be popping in our garden!!! And everyone in my family loves popcorns....nice, salty ones!

I was so lucky to get this set for my birthday...and the popcornmaker (which also is a pancake pan - And I got a whole lot of other wonderful presents).

I am very excited about trying it out, but sadly the weather has been too cold for popcorn making! So now we have put it up in our livingroom to have a closer look at the bonfire set (without the fire underneath it, mind you!!)

Tomorrow is the birthday of another one in my family - Emma (with the broken arm) turns 10 years old....I guess she is having a hard time sleeping right now!

But when tomorrow comes, I know that she will be getting quite different presents than me...

I would love it if I could get this of the neddles by tomorrow, by I'm absolutely not sure about that at all! ( I have knitted some what more than in the picture!!!) Although it would make a soft extra gift for Emma....

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  1. Lige præcis sådan en "båltingest" ønsker jeg mig også. Har en eller anden idé om, at det kunne være enormt hyggeligt at gå rundt og ordne have samtidig med at man laver mad. Vores ungerne elsker det der koncept med snobrød omkring et bål.

    Håber du når at færdiggøre blusen til Emma. Tillykke med hende i dag. Håber hendes arm har det bedre.

    God søndag

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  2. Fiiiine gaver!!

    Og tillykke til Emma! Blev du færdig?

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  3. Lagde lige en hilsen på en anden blog, og pokkerme om jeg ikke kom til at skrive "Hej Ulla" -. og hun hedder absolut ikke Ulla....... Skal vist på afvending ;-)

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  4. I love popcorns...salt and butter :)I never saw a popcornmaker like that before. It is so cool. Too bad for the cold weather...soon you will make great popcorns :) xox

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  5. Karä Ulla,
    my very best wishes for you birthday, delayed as a I was out of Blogland over the weekend ;-)
    What nice presents you've got! May the season start! Have a lovely week!

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  6. Vores børn har også altid været vilde med at lave bål. De rister pølser og skumfiduser som de putter mellem 2 kiks (altså skumfiduserne!!) - og laver snobrød.
    Forhåbentlig vil hele familien blive bedre til bålmad efter jeg har fået det fine bålsæt...

    Tak for hilsenen til Emma - hun har det heldigvis bedre med armen og skal faktisk allerede have gips og ståltråd af/ud d. 30. maj. Da Anne-Sophie knuste albuen som 6 årig beholdt hun gipsen på i 6 uger - men det er jo 10 år siden, så meget kan være sket i mellemtiden!

    Blusen blev først færdig efter fødselsdagen, men nu ligger den og er spændt ud mens den tørrer...

    Rigtig god mandag...

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    Ja, jeg fik simplethen de skønneste gaver, Julia masser af penge og gavekort til min yndlings kunsthåndværkerbutik.

    Tak! Blusen til hende er først blevet færdig i dag!!

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    Altså, Gitte - jeg måttet le!! Måske er afvænning nødvendigt (men det synes jeg nu ikke helt du skal!) ;0)

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    Me too, Claudia!! I haven't tried them with butter though. Is it melted butter or what?
    I'm sure that the weather will turn better soon, and then we will make the biggest bonfire and pop loads of popcorn!! ;0)

    Ulla xox

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    Kære Jaana Maria,

    Thank you very much :0) I really enjoyed the day and all of my wonderful presents. My son and daughter made me the sweetest card and my son wrote that he is embroidering a present for me at school. So exciting!

    Have a wonderful week too...
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  7. Skønne gaver du har fået. Den Bon-fire bliver du glad for Ulla.... den giver bare så mange muligheder og så kan man lave mad til mange på én gang. Vi havde vores med til Sverige sidste sommer så der blev den for alvor afprøvet morgen og aften ;0)

    KnuZ Dorthe

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  8. Wow, what a great birthday present...I've never seen anything like it in the US. I hope it warms up for you soon so you can try it out!

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