Well after a nice summer the fall is arriving with school and work, the weather does not know it jet but we propably just have to wait for a little while and the weather will notice the fall also.
I have been busy at work driving around South of Iceland starting the computer system’s at schools. The kids started their school on the 23rd of August and Maríanna started her school season with going to Denmark with her class. Now ahead is a busy time gathering the sheep and the usual work in the fall, filling up the freaser with meat and stuff.
The family did get a whole four days of vacation together and we went to Vestmannaeyjar on a big family meeting. I will put some photos on my Picasa site so that you can see. This photo here is from Vestmannaeyjar where my parents and brother’s were born. The weather was not very nice but it was fun meeting all the realatives.
My trip to USA was a nice one I didn’t think I would ever see some of the people I did meet in this trip. Now I know it is soo easy to travel to Niles 
so maybe I will bring my kids over some day. I felt like I just left Niles yesterday when I arrived this summer but jet there were exactly 20 years since I left. To all you people I meet I just want to thank you for the time and all the things you did for me.
Well I will keep on writing here every once in awile so hope you enjoy the photos and some news from me
Love Ella Jona
hi all of you
Well I thought I was keeping this blog updated but oh well the last months has gone way to quickly. The Volcanic eruption has been the main issue here in Iceland since March but we didn’t get any ashes here in Tungufell. Today though we are getting alot of it blowing from the volcano even though it has stopped erupting. That is harmless but just annoying because everything gets dirty.
Me and Svanur have been changing alot in our house, breaking down walls and such things. So that has been keeping my free time busy since Christmas. It is so much fun to finally be able to do things in your home just like you want to.
Today is a year since Maríanna’s Confirmation, the spring (summer) arrived early this year and we hope to be able to harvest early.
I got my invitation to the 20th Class reunion in Niles, I even thought I would not be able to arrive but maybe, just maybe I will be able to meet all you guys in Niles July 17th, I will keep you posted.
Well as you can se I am keeping busy doing all kind of things besides of working full time away from the home. I am so glad the summer is coming because I have not been able to take any summervacation in two years since I my accident was the first day of my last vacation.
Love you all
Ella Jóna
I have been waiting for the last 15 years, the house for Svanur’s brother is arriving today and soon he will be moving to his own house. It surtainly pays to be patient. I can do what ever I want to on my own home, yesssssss.
Well my neck is healing fine and I am geting stronger every day. My mom and dad moved back to their home and went on their sommerholliday. I will start working again in middle of August but I hope I will be strong enough to do that. Then I still have to take my summervacation but I will probably do that in the wintertime, maybe I would even be able to visit Florida if the currency changes for the better.
Enough for now I will put some photos into my Picasaweb later today.
http://picasaweb.google.com/elitraus/Husaflutningur
Love Ella Jóna
I was just starting my summer vacation when the accident happened, on my second day, I now get a sick lease and then have to take my summervacation later.
Well moms have to do all kind of things here in Tungufell like riding horses and gather sheep to and from the mountains like I was taking the sheep to the mountains when this happened.
Maríanna and Einar has been working alot for me and doing things around the house. I am not in any pain, the operation went well and I feel more in pain where the doctors took the spare part of a small bone from my hipbone to put in between the two vertebras that broke, now they have to heal together.
I am trying to do like the doctor says, sleep, eat, rest, and let others take care of my. But it is soo hard. I am glad though that the weather has been good and my kids made me a bed outsite on the porch so I can walk between beds. I have a neck brace i have to wear when I walk around but can sleep without it. I also have to work on the muscles in the neck so that they don’t just become to weak.
Of course this was a big shock for all of us and a reminder of that we are not eternal. Now when the building of the other house is almost finished and me and Svanur can at last start to live together like a normal family this day kind of became a starting day for something new. Now we just have to do all the things that have been waiting for the last 15 years.
I will keep you posted and maybe get someone to take some pictures of me wearing that rediculus neck brace.
Hi there, long time no hear
Well I just had to write today because yesterday Maríanna had her confirmation. It was að beutyful day in our little church here in Tungufell, and after the ceremony we went to the historical place Skálholt to enjoy the rest of the day with family and friends. My brother from Switcherland took a trip to Iceland to spend the day with us, and is using the trip to visit Iceland some more. I really missed my brother Gonni who is recently moved to Idaho USA.
We were all wearing our national costume and you can look at some pictures from the day here http://picasaweb.google.com/elitraus/MariannaFerming
Would love to here from you.
Love Ella Jóna
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Here in Iceland we are having a black and white Christmas but Sunday we had all white earth and a nice Christmas snow, but yesterday the rain came and took it all away.
I took the days around Christmas off so I am home for whole 2 weeks, there is plenty to chatch up so I belive I will be writing more on my blog shortly.
Love Ella Jona.
Well I have my day of at work but I work 90% and do have every other friday off. That is very nice to bee able to do something else than work all days. Einar Trausti just came home from school and Maríanna is in music class learning musicology (got it from the dictionary), I am writing this and looking outsice the window at the glacer Langjökull, as the picture shows.
Everything is gray the wether, the earth, the mood in the community (well that’s rather black), many people is in big financial trouble after the breakdown. Some of my friends have lost their job, and some have lost their savings, but we just have to look at the bright side we didn’t loose the healt or each other. Icelanders are fighters and rather optimistic so I think we will get through this like everything else. Now it is cool to be a teacher or a nurce at the hospital but 3 months ago it was rather lame. People goes back to the basics in stead of living like a king.
I am now a member of Facebook and that is a whole world of old friends, I meet some old friends from Niles, Michigan there and old school friends from Laugarvatn. Meet you there
More sometimes later.
Love Ella Jona
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Hi everyone
Well in spite of what you have heard in the news, we are all fine here in Tungufell. We are not broke, I still have my job and we didn’t loose any money on the big bankruptcy here in Iceland. All the banks exept one is now in the ownerchip of the government. Oh well little Iceland was trying to bee sooo big!!
We still had to change some plans because of the situation, but we were supposed to be flying out to Germany tomorrow with the company I work with, but the trip was postponed . We are going in end of March instead.
Maríanna is growing up and is having her confirmation in end of May. The ceremony is going to be here in the little church in Tungufell but I still don’t know where the rest is going to be.
Einar Trausti is getting 10 years old in December, whow things happend fast.
Well I don’t have more time now I write more later.
