Middle of March

We are nearly on the day that marks half way through the month of March, and goodness how the days have flown by, as usual.

It feels like the older I get that faster the days go by. I am pretty certain most people feel the same. 

Since I was here last, we have gotten a new bed, a new mattress and finally I am sleeping through the whole night and I'm not waking up with a sore back every morning. 

We have been to the local recycling centre with all our rubbish, we also donated stuff to our favourite charity shop, The Magpie's Eye in Glasgow. 

As you understand, I am trying to make changes that will last, and implementing changes can be difficult but I am ready to do the work. 

 I have reorganised the kitchen this morning, moved the fridge and the kitchen table. hopefully this will be a help in trying to keep it more organised going forward. 

Here in Scotland, homes are fairly small, and that is a challenge in itself. 

Due to not having a loft/attic space, not a garage and not even a garden hut/shed , I have over the years become good at not keeping stuff. 

It doesn't mean that I am where I want to be in regards to the stuff I have, here's a selection of some washi tapes I will use over the next few weeks and months. I do have more tapes, but the are behind a stack of notebooks, so they will have to wait for another time. 

Ginette B mentioned habit stacking, how that could be halpful. I agree, I am just reading a book about minimalism and this book also mentions habit stacking. I have of course also come across this in James Clear's book Atomic habits. 

I admit, I haven't actually finished reading this book but it is definitely on my reading list for 2026.

There are many books on my reading list for 2026, at the moment I am reading three books. 

1. Low Carb in the UK, by Nikola Howard
2. Having a Mary heart in a Martha world
3. Pollyanna

I have also joined Bible in 365 and I am reading through the Bible with Mrs. E. Kirk this year. I am a week behind schedule, but I will try and catch up these next weeks. 

For the rest of today, I am trying to tidy up the kitchen after all the changes I just made, totally chaos at the moment. I just wanted to come on here, and they to be more here. 

There's a few more projects on the horizon for me, I will share these with you another time. 

Happy Wednesday.  

Love Linn 

Nine months later

It has been nine months since my last post. Nothing has changed, and that's really the biggest problem. 

I will try to change things in my life, to live the life I want to live. Not just survive each day, but really live. 

And do the things I want to. 

I will try to write more often, to document things here.

Maybe someone will want to follow along, and if you do you are most welcome to do so. If you get inspired, wonderful. 

I will do my very best to adopt my grandmother's way, the "do it now" mentality. 

I doubt she had to think much about it, it just came naturally to her. I do find it hard, but I will try. 

I will try. 

Also, if anyone has any good ideas about anything, or enjoy reading my writings do feel free to leave a comment, it it most welcome. 

Stay safe,. Love from Linn

June has started

It is officially June, which is also my birthday month. 

The good news is, that since I wrote a few days ago, I have had some success.

Yesterday I don't usually have any breakfast, apart from a cup of coffee with cream in it.

 I had beef sausages for lunch, then we went walking in a shopping centre near Glasgow for a few hours. Not for shopping, just for walking. This is Scotland, it rains a lot. 

I did have a peach matcha to drink, the sirup was mostly in the bottom, so I didn't really have much of that. 

At home, I made enchiladas and also had 4 twirls of Takis crisps. Somehow they weren't too spicy this time round.

I also had half a glass of salt water, to make sure I don't end up with headaches. 

The result of yesterday, on my scales this morning, I am 0.7 kilos down. That is really great. 

The plan for today is to head for the swimming pool, and go swimming for the first time since last summer.

I did say this are changing. 

Things are changing. For sure. 

This is today's update. Wish me luck this week. The first proper week is always the most difficult, but when I know I'll be updating here, is makes me feel accountable. And that's what I need. 

Linn x

What's going on?

The days go by, life seems to stand still. Nothing is happening, 

Still, somehow life goes on without me noticing. 

I am an an age where my body is telling me to change a few things. I cannot continue the same way as if I'm still 25.

Over the last 10 years, my weight has gone up and my health slowly deteriorating.

Today, on the May 30, I pledge to change my ways. 

I am applying a change on my life, and I believe that I will find that I have more energy and more room to live in my life as I change things for the better.

I have been merely existing and trying to survive through the working day. 

No more.

Everything changes now, today. 

My plan is to update here, try out things and talk about the results. 

I hope to see some sort of result, and perhaps his journey of mine can be of inspiration and help for someone else. 

I will find it hard, and it's likely that I'll mess up... Often. But I will continue. 

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. Methods mentioned in this blog are what I try for myself, to change my own personal life situation.Please speak to your GP before trying embarking on such a journey yourself. 

March already?

How did we get here so quickly? 

I thought that January lasted forever, when we were only half way through, I felt it should have been the end of the month. 

Then we have February, it literally flew by and now it's already March 2. 

After several years of having a muddled up mind, things feel clearer. 

I have several goals to work towards, one of these goals is minimalism. 

I will probably never be a minimalist in the way that some people are thinking. But I want to be happy with the things I surround myself with, and I don't want to have too many things, including books. I want to hold on to the ones I really love. Going forward, i will try to mention the books I will hold on to, and which I'm not. 

I hope to make some changes in my life, and I do plan to share them here on the blog. 

Hurrah for March! 

Thanks for visiting me, love Linn 

Advent time

1.

Ho Ho Ho, it's Christmas time. 

I have an advent calendar for the first time in many years. 

This is the Amazing Inkvent calendar , with 25 bottles of ink. 

As it is the 3.Decmber already, I have so far opened three doors, as it should be. 

The name of the inks are:

 Baltic Breeze, a blue shimmery ink, 

Wilted Rose, brownish red ink

Noble fir, a very glimmery or glittery green ink. 

I am unfortunately not someone that swatches inks, but I may put them all in my Bullet journal when Advent is over and all the inks are sitting on top of my bureau.

I'll do a swatch page, and show you all. 

I know, loads of people swatch these, and you can just google it. But it wont be my swatch.

So, December...

Do you all have any plans for the three next weeks? 

I will be working, and then I have one week of annual leave coming up (phew). I feel that I really need it. 

It's the same every time Annual Leave comes round. 

A week of nothingness, just trying to catch up with housework, letters, reading and just "stuff"around the house. 

This time, I think I want to head to Glasgow for a change of scenery. We all need a change of scenery every so often, if just for a day. 

Have a nice first week of December everyone. 

Linn 

 

New Dreams

Good evening, or morning Perhaps even afternoon?  

Hello again friends. 

One month to Christmas!  

Where does the time go?

So much has been going on these last few years, I feel like I have lost myself.

How does one go around trying to find oneself? Does anyone have any good ideas on how to not forget yourself in all the stress of trying to keep up with work, children and just existing in this world? 

This is in addition to the changing of several other things in my life. 

I feel stressed today, worried. 

I haven't been writing much in this blog, and I certainly have no practise in writing well. 

All I can do I try to keep this blog alive by writing more often, and then perhaps I will end up being a better writer. 

I can only try, 

Tomorrow is another day, it's a day of work and probably more stress. But I will do my best to survive another day at work. 

If you are inclined to pray, I will ask if you pray for me that the work situation will get sorted, and for my husbands health and my daughters studies and mental health. 

We need the extra help these days. 

Thanks for reading, friends. Come back to visit me soon. 

Love, Linn

April dreams

 We are in the middle of April, a while back we went to visit Doune Castle, it was great fun to go inside and see all the rooms. We had not yet seen any of the famous Outlander tv show, but some of it was filmed at Doune Castle. Monty Python's Holy Grail was also filmed here. 

 

 We also decided to finally get rid of our garden hut, it was old, and the ceiling had caved in. It took my daughter and I less then two hours to demolish it. It felt fantastic to finally get rid of it. For me, it feels so great to do phyical work, it truly refreshes me somehow. 

This was the result.

After several trips to the local reycling centre, most of the wood is gone. There's still a bit to clean up, but I am waiting for a warmer dry day before I get on with that. It has been pretty wet and miserable around here the last few weeks, that is for sure.

It is raining today as well, and there are things on my mind, things that needs fixing. It is not easy. 

If anyone finds themselves inclined to prayer, please pray that everything will be fine. 

There are three major issues, and the Lord knows what they are. 

I have watched a couple of you tube videos this morning, just trying to keep calm. They did inspire me to do some decluttering in the house (again). 

I haven't really started yet, but I think I may be able to tidy up a little today. Maybe i should share my storage room with you all, the plan is that it will be my workroom ,where I can sit and do my sewing and cutting and planning. 

Thank you for your prayers ladies and gentlemen. 

much love, Linn xx

Refocus

Hello everyone, 

A very good morning to you all.

The sun is shining, and it's the start of a new week. It is also the first Monday of March.

I thought today was as good a day as any to update the blog and refocus on important things in my life. 

Going forward, I will talk about many different things from health and food, to gardening, travel, books and ideas in general. 

A little bit later I will introduce myself a little again, and tell you all a about myself and my plans going forward. 

Thank you for visiting, and Bless you all . 

2023 recap

Hello again, 

It has been a very long time since I have been here, on my blog. 

2023 is over, and I am very glas that is is. 

It was not a good year for me, or my family. 

1. Husband has a new job.

2. Our dog God bless her soul; she got sick, and we said goodbye in June.

So sweet little Misomis our only pet, a hamster who will soon be two years old, and I ecpect he will also soon no longer be with us (hamsters generally don't live much more than 2 years.)

3. Just before Christmas every warning light possible on the car lit up. 

Now we are at the start of 2024, and I'm praying that this next year will be better.

Actually, I haven't prayed about that, but it is a very good idea. 

This morning I saw a fox in our back garden, which was alot on fun, They seem to like our back garden, probably because it's such a mess.

I am planning some major work out there in the spring. Watch this space.

Here is a picture I took a few months ago, when it was autumn, and the car was still happy. 

This is a view of Loch Lomond.

Happy new year everyone! 

Oh sweet September

OH SWEET SEPTEMBER

How can it already be September, The sweet month of Autumn.

The Rains are on, the winds are here. 

The sadness and blues have already started. 

Today was the start of something new, something unknown. 

Something I have not done before, and I have no choice but to throw myself into it. 

I am learning to let go.

Letting go of all the best laid plans.

All this is left is to start over again.

Starting fresh

Nothing seems to matter equally much anymore. 

I guess it's The Blues talking. 

I'm grumpy, I'm told

I am not grumpy. 

I am sad.

Upset

Worried

But maybe, just maybe there's light at the end of the tunnel. 

My journey is not over, it's just started. 

It turned dark just yesterday.

Now to find that rope, and pull myself up the mountain. 

Go me.

New Beginnings

It is time. 

I depend on it. 

I will change my Way Of Eating.

I will keep myself accountable for what I put in my body.

I am changing things today. 

My starting point is roughly 98 kilos. 

I will take my measurements later on today, and update this when I have the chance. 

I am taking control over what I do. This is it. 

My plan is to motivate myself , and also document what happens on my journey.

 

God bless you all, Shalom

RIP

My old friend, not  a very close friend but he was a friend. 

We spoke a lot and hung out as teenagers. 

I haven't seen him for years, but he is the father of my Goddaughter. 

I have often thought of him throughout the years, just like I do with a lot of people. 

Yes, I do think of the friends I had when I was young.

A few days back, I received a phone call, from the mother of my Goddaughter. 

He is dead. He died.

Completely out of the blue. No health issues, no depression, no nothing. He just fell asleep.

I suppose it can happen, it's how I wish to go, but not when I'm 44. I want to be about 95. 

We cannot choose when and how we leave this world, but I will try to make each day valuable.

I will strive for good health, joy and happiness. 

You will be dearly missed Øyvind, 

mostly by your  wife and your four children. 

But I will also miss you. 

God Bless you all. 

1st Book

I'm glad my mom died

This is the title on Jennette McCurdy's book. The book is about her life and her career and her relationship with her abusive mother. 

I enjoyed the book, as to learn more about Jennette but it was heartbreaking to read what she went through from a little girl all the way until her recovery from an eating disorder and alcohol abuse. 

I liked Jennette, I just did, I had a good feeling about her as a person. Also: she shares her name with my best friend though my teenage years, who also suffered from (by her father as a teenager and also in her late teenage, early twenties by her landlord. 

And Jennette and I are birthday twins, which is always nice. This book had made me understand what went on with jennette during her years on ICarly and Sam and Cat. 

I recommend reading this book , and to support Jennette in her future away from acting. 

Love, Linn

A catch up

Hi. Hello.  Long time, no see. 

Yes, it has most certainly been a long while ago since I have regularly updated anything. 

It is a brand new year, with hopefully new successes. 

I finished 2022 with a win in NaNoWriMo for the first time ever. It was hard going and I haven't written a single word since Nov. 30. 

Nevermind. I'll get back to it soon. As it it a new year, I decided to start knitting a temperature blanket. Just a plain blanket with the colour matching today's temperature.  Here's a picture of my little meager start of a year long project. By now, it has been 14 days (started on Friday 13th of Jan) and I will try to update every once in a while.

What else, I guess I am thinking... a lot, about this and that and everything. My mind is overrun by thoughts. We're watching The Walking Dead, from start to finish, it's fun and it's scary. I am not worried about zombies exactly, but I do think of how the world that we know could end. Especially with things going on in the world, from war to greedy people that want to exploit others to be richer than rich. 

I'd rather live in peace with nature, use only natural clothing and eat only foods from natural sources. It's just not that easy, it seems that meat is more and more difficult to get a hold of. And I eat meat. Maybe I just need to get my own cow, bull and calf and grow a heard from scratch. Just a shame that my small garden behind the house is barely enough to keep chickens. Which I don't. I would very much like to though. One day maybe... 

But for now, I'll just try to avoid certain things. I avoid fast fashion, and the goal is to wear something me- made every day. It's easy enough in the winter with all my knitted sweaters and scarves, but for the summer...it's a little more tricky. I'm trying to finish a dress, and I sew only by hand, so it definitely takes time. But I really enjoy it. 

Will share a picture sometime soon.

 I wonder...

Maybe I'll share some of my houseplants too, I like plants and have done so since I was about 14 years old. That's like.....30 years ago!! wow. Nevermind, age is but a number. 

And honestly, I think I have a different view than some. Maybe most? 

I hope I'll be back soon, with another update. Perhaps more often than before. Maybe 2023 is the year I return fully to my blogging life. 

We shall see. 

Until next time. Much love to you all, Linn

My holiday

Good morning friends, 

I have been away on holiday in Norway for 12 days and I am back in Scotland by now. 

Travelling to Norway went great, we drove to Aberdeen and spent the night at a hotel next to the airport. There were hundreds of little wild bunnies  running around, they were ever so cute.

We had dinner at the only restuarant that didn't belong to any of the hotels, Dyce Farm I think. 

When we went back to the hotel we caught the sunset. 

The flight went really well, no issues and no delays. Yay! 

Finally arrived in Norway, we relaxed the first day and just enjoyed the sunshine. The following day it was a birthday celebration...my step sister's son turned 8. Obviously we're not really close as our parents got married when we were all adults, and we live in different countries. Just how it is. 

We also went for a day trip in our sailboat, I loved it, but not sure if my husband and daughter enjoyed it equally much. I grew up spending weeks on end sailing every summer, so I am really at home on the ocean. 

Here's some pictures from that day.

We also went to our Hytte, which is a holiday house or perhaps you want to call it a cottage. I have also spent a great amount of time at this place during my childhood and teenage years. 

Another thing we managed to do , was to get tickets for the Kaptein Sabeltann show (Captain Sabertooth), The first time I went to this was only the second year of the shows, I think it started at 9 pm and finished maybe at 10 pm. I am not sure, as it is a few years ago by now. 

The second time was around ten years ago and now this summer. It started at 11pm and finished half past midnight. YES, this is a childrens show!! 

It has been running for 30 years this year, and still children really love it, I bet the patens of these kids that love it now, they loved the Kaptein Sabeltann themselves when they were little. I was 13 or so when it started, so just that little bit too old to love it. Here's a link to  Wikipedia, where you can read a little about it, it has not been updated the last couple of year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sabertooth

And here's the official You Tube channel where you can hear and see the songs

KapteinSabeltann-officialYouTube

I think these were probably the highlights of our stay in Southern Norway, apart from spending time with family and friends.

Now, it's back to normal here in Scotland. I have already worked one day, and been asked to do a few extra shifts during my next working days. 

The manager is 6 staff down, so she was very thankful that I could help out. 

I don't mind, but I would really like to receive some cash bonus for all the extra affort I have put in this last year. 

It wont happen, but it would be nice!

For the rest of this day off, I plan to try and tidy up in the spare bedroom. It seems to never ever get fully tidyed up. I must be doing something wrong. 

I'll be back soon, until then. Take care of yourself, and thank you for visiting me here. 

Much love, Linn

Spend Freeze

Hello, and good morning, afternoon or evening, all depending on when you are visiting me here.

Today, on this lovely Thursday I have been spending my day reading, on and off throughout the day, flitting from one book to the other. I also finished a book, the one about minimalism. Well, there's several good ideas in that book, and it has made me think even more about my own life.

I started 2022 with plenty of plans, but now it feels like I have fallen off the rail a little. While I mostly go to charity shops these days, strictly speaking....

There's nothing I really need. 

So, i am embarking on year long project called Spend Freeze. 

I may have to purchase some things, but they will be planned for. I am thinking undergarments, socks and possibly shoes if needed. 

I will try to document my journey here on the blog, the posts will be labelled "SPEND FREEZE".

I am going on holiday very soon, for the first time since December 2019, but I'm NOT planning to purchase anything other than food while we're away. 

I'm actually planning to go through some of my belongings at my dad's house, and possibly let some of them go. 

Let's see how many pounds I can save this next year then .

I am starting with as much as 14 pounds in my bank account, and 9 pounds in my savings account. 

What can one year do for me? 

We shall see. 

Thank you for stopping by, my friend  hope to see you again very soon.

Much love, Linn XX 

books, books and more books

Good morning everyone, 

I am testing out mobile blogging, hoping it works better than the last time I tried. 

I wanted to talk about books, my reading list is getting so very long, but I don't have as much time to read as I'd like. 

At this time , I'm halfway through Hamnet, and I am really enjoying it. I suppose I can relate to Agnes quite a bit, at least at this time I'm the book. 

We will be going on holiday soon, and I hope to be able to still continue to post while I'm away. 

After I posted my previous entry, I thought I had written so very much, but after it was posted it looked really short. I can only assume and hope that my writing and posts will become better with time. 

On my holiday, I think I may bring a notebook and make a start on a brand new story...no idea what it will be about, but I will try to finish it before 2023 starts. How is that for a goal? 

Let me know your thoughts my friend, and thank you for stopping by my place today. 

Much love, Linn xx 

HI!!

Hi everyone, 

It has been a very long time since I have spent much or any time at all on this blog. I have for a very long time wondered if I should just start a brand new blog, or continue here.

I have come to the conclusion that I want to continue using this site, as it has been with me for many years already.

I have many projects on the go, and I will tell you about them little by little. 

Firstly, over the last few years I have been yearning to read more books, and finally..I am finally actually reading more books. Here is a little look at my pile of books to read, they are sitting here next to me waiting patientely. 

At the moment I am currently reading ...oh I don't know, several books 

• Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrel
• Jingo by Terry Pratchett
• Lessons from Madame Chic, by Jennifer L.Scott
• The Minimalist Way by Erica Layne
• Keeping Life simple by Karen Levine
• Coming home to Cuckoo Cottage by Heidi Swain

If you wonder why I am reading so many books at the same time, there's a reason. 

I have one book in the livingroom, one in the bedroom, one is on the Kindle, two are on my phone on two different reading apps and lastly one is on my desk.

I read in them when I have the chance, usually a little every day. 

I am really enjoying going somewhere else for just a little while, to disappear into another world, someone elses's world. 

Do you read alot?

Do you recommend any books that you think I ought to put on my reading list? 

Please let me know in the comments. 

Thank you so much for coming by. I hope you have a lovely day wherever you are. 

Linn xx

 

 

Happy Hanukah

For all my friends that celebrate these 8 special days. I wish you  all a very happy last day of Hannakah this evening, 

Love, Linn

 

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