New neighbors
We will be having new neighbors soon. New neighbors, what’s so newsorthy about new neighbors? Right? Well, our new neighbors live near our new - to us - house. Oh yeah. We’re going in with some of B’s family and purchasing a house on the sea in the teeny tiny, 300-person fishing village of Stokkseyri, Iceland.And who are our neighbors? Anyone who’s ever visited my myspace page has heard the music of Sigur Rós - they live in the same small town. How cool is that?! At least to me…and maybe B doesn’t care much about the music, but - IT’S A HOUSE! And it’s for US! To BE in! 
:) I can’t wait to use it…someday.
Don’t mind the gentlemen in the bottom of the picture, this is one from the Internets that we found. More pictures will be on the way soon from B’s sister Svala. I can’t wait to see more!!
Needless to say, this has been a very exciting Mother’s Day for me! A sweet origami crane from Isak, a peed on mattress from Anja, a stunning black pearl earring and necklace from B and the kids, a new house, and a surprise to be revealed at a later date.
And NO. I. AM. NOT. PREGNANT. But Svala is! Happy Mother’s Day to her as she’s the newest Mom-to-be!!
niki
Ho heavenly yippee!
I AM SO EXCITED!! Be sure to invite me to your block party, the one where you meet all your new neighbors! Oh yeah!
niki
OK and this is what i got when I looked up your new town http://www.randburg.com/is/coaches/ghost-centre.asp
niki
Hi, im back again, i am back again, i am just so excited!
Kristin
Karyn that is so cool. Congrats! How much long till you get to live there full time?
Happy Mother’s Day!
Krustina
OMG I AM SOOOOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!! I wanna come to the block party too!!!
Krustina
I know why Niki came back again. I had to too!!! I am SOOOO happy happy happy for you! I know it’s where you want to be and you belong there and it’s the best little vacay getaway for the rest of us! Is that really the house or is it a general idea? It is adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
niki
wait a minute.. i’m slow…
Another surprise??
Karyn
Krusty, thanks for clarifying exactly which Kristina you are. That’s the house, the green one there. Svala is going to take pictures and I’ll post more then but that’s the outside. See the backyard there? That’s the OCEAN.
Niki, I’ll email you!!
Karyn
Kristin, I don’t know if and when we’ll ever live there full time. I still have 10 years left in the Navy.
Elizabeth
wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow! we’re visiting. let us know when we can come!!
Walter
I’M SO THERE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! I’m so excited for you!
(And I’m SO at the Ghost Museum too!!!)
Helen
man, that is such great news!!! I am so happy for all of you and what a great area as well
My sister-in-law’s family has a farm a bit to the north of Stokkseyri 
so happy
Dan
surprise to be, huh??? not preggo?? hmmmm…….
CHIEF SIG???? (am I warm? I usually am..)
Dan
Oh, and congrats on the vacation home purchase.
Karyn
I will not know anything about Chief’s results until mid to late August! The board hasn’t even convened yet!
Laura
Wow this is way cool - congrats on the new house!
Dan
so that means you must be planning a trip home ….that would be the only surprises.
Emily
Ohh! Congrats, congrats!! So nice to ‘own’ a piece of the earth, isn’t it? I hope you are able to be in YOUR home sooner than you think!! Way cool!
Hjörvar
This is perfect only 20 min to visit me and go horse riding with me.
You must come for a visit Bjössi this time, i did not even know that you where here last time. Skammastu þín drengur og komdu að heimsækja okkur næst, við getum farið á hestbak og djammað smá. Það verður gaman.
Krustina
No no, the trip home is not the surprise. The surprise is she will be stationed in the states again!!! Right right?? She is so tight lipped she won’t break if it is, but for the record that’s what I think. She has like a masterlock on her lips…
Laura
So when is the surprise being revealed?
B.
Það er enginn vafi á því, ég kem og kíki á þig þegar ég kem næst á klakann Hjörvar minn. Þegar ég kom síðast þá var ég út og suður og í rauninni hitti ég ekki marga fyrir utan ættingjagerpin. Ég tek hnakkinn með.
Hjörvar
Líst vel á það.
Dan
translation: cant wait to hang out, suck lots of beers, and fish out brains out :p
Dan
and shoot baby seals with our handmade spears
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