Freja

The poor lil Pip has had a hard week end. Either her teeth are giveing her jip or she's just restless with all the energy of being brand new. What ever has been up with her, she's been a mortal terror for the last few days and Mette's patience has been wearing thin with the constant wrestling and sleepless bouncing about in her bed.

What ever is wrong with her, Freja seems happy enough about it. She's as extroverted as ever, sharing smiles and waving at me from across the room, or shaking her head (Rammstein style) to what ever music is playing. (I spent the day backing up files and recording some music for a distant friend). Today I've had a rough day (upset tummy) so I've been worn out by the constant need to pay attention. At one point, she pulled the adjustment lever clean out of my office chair (which is broken anyway)

Stakkels lil Pipski har haft en hård dag. Enten er det hendes tænder eller også har hun for meget energi. Det vides ikke hvad, men hun har været en lil monster og Mette's tålmådighed er bleven strakt til det ydest. Freja gider ikke sov og hopper rundt i sengen i stedet for.

Hvad det nu er galt med hende har ikke påvirket Freja særlig meget. Hun er lige så glad og udadvendt som normal og har smilet og vinket (hendes senest trick) til mig hele dagen. Hun har også 'danset', og rysted hoved til min musik og på et tidspunkt tog hun fat i min stol og knækkede 'dimsen' af (den som man bruger til at justere stolen). Stolen er alligvel gået i stykker for langt siden.

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Nao

In between everything else, I've been adding bits to my model ship and I've now finished the main decking and sides and all thats left is the fore and aft superstructures and the various details.

Having gotten this far I've experienced several interesting points regarding hull formation, in particular the way the stem shapes the bow. I think the model is far too 'pointed' in its bow and too 'fat' in the middle to be an accurate replica of a Nao. I put this down to the drawing I used as inspiration. It doesn't really matter though since the model, as it is now, is excellent for wargaming purposes. The fat middle of the hull means more space for elements (little figures of men) to engage each other.