Graphs like this you just don´t want to see......

Dinner Club

Autumn is the time for hearty cooking, such as Steak and kidney pie !

Cooking with SARA

Last weekend we took a step forward with the use of cooking technology. It was a leg of lamb. It really wanted to be cooked nicely and end up to be juicy, tender and a little bit rare. But a leg of lamb is difficult to judge in the oven and close to the bone.

Meat thermometers are good but SARA goes even one better. SARA is stuck into the meat and then beams a signal to a console which give a temperature reading. The console is wireless and can clip onto your belt or whatever.

Here comes the clever bit. SARA speaks to you and in five languages too. She says, “ Nearly ready” and then “Its ready”.

And guess what, SARA was absolutely right. The meat was perfectly cooked. Namm.

Thank you SARA.

Palestinian refugees in Iceland

Here is an interesting story from BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/7632453.stm

Icelandic Red Cross is the representative of UNHCR in Iceland, therefore we had a lot to do with the selection, movement and resettlement of the refugees from Iraq. It has been a big programme and I hope that the people settle well. The support families make a real difference in helping people to adjust. You will imagine that it is a great change from being in the desert to a stormy island - you can see how windy it is on the video.

Sandra and Ballet

Sandra went to her first Friday session of ballet today. She met her new teacher and she learnt ballet games, such as “concentration” and “jumping”. It was fun. Then she came home amd showed Anna Bryndis how to do fun ballet.
After supper and conversations, we watched “Charmed” together, because that is Eirikurs and Sandra´s favourite programme. We are also singing along to Singing Bee ; we are best at the Abba songs.
Eirikur is doing big drawings and Dad is doing Facebook. This is how we are spending a lazy Friday evening. Tommorrow is English school and we are looking forward to that.

Göngum til góðs

We are fund raising to support Red Cross work with reuniteing families that have been split by war or disaster. This is a rework of an ICRC video with beautiful Icelandic music. The song tells of a man waiting for his loved one. He waits so long that he turns to stone, cold inside and covered in moss and snow.