Misc: November 2008 Archives

Still working on getting back to a normal posting schedule - ideally I'd like to have a new post up at least every 5 days, but for some reason I still seem to be having trouble doing that.

Anyway, I've been looking for some things that I just cannot find in Norway, or are hard to find.  I'll add more to this list as I think of them.

• Pie pans (strange, I know, but I've been to at least 10 stores, including IKEA, and nobody has pie pans)
• Butterscotch chips (luckily I had a way to order some)

Things that have been hard to find:

• Baking soda

And finally, things that have been surprisingly easy to find:

• Karo corn syrup
• Canned pumpkin, and Libby's pumpkin pie mix (hard to use without the pie pans, though)

And amazingly, Deli De Luca has apparently started stocking Kraft Mac 'n Cheese!

Well, the election is over, and I've managed to pull myself away from Fallout 3 long enough for a quick post.

Back on October 29, Oslo had a snow day!  It really was quite beautiful, as you can see from the picture below.  Since then it's ranged from quite warm to a bit chilly, but nothing too bad.  This morning was extremely wet, though.  I'm really hoping to see more snow later this winter (hopefully sooner rather than later).

From what I can tell - we'll see if I still believe this in a couple of months - if you can survive a Chicago winter, you can survive winter in Oslo.  The biggest difference is the days are shorter over here.