Hair

One thing I have never really mentioned before is my obsession with hair. I have since I was 8 wanted long hair.

So over the years it has growb. But I have never really had it longer than I have it these days. I thought I would share a  picture with you all.

My new project it to let it grow without a major cut  for 2 years..until October 2015.

This is my October 15th 2013 picture!

Mid week

Yes, it's Wednesday and mid week. We are inluck because this Friday all the schools are off. It's the September weekend and I can sleep a bit longer than 7.am.

Which is really good, because I didn't sleep very well last night at all. Kept waking up and wondered if I had slept at all. I probably have ...but I feel like this:

I had a dentist appointment today, took me only 10 minutes because the splint didn't even fit..so there. I had to take a new imprint and I am going back next Monday.

Oh, also...I had to lift my mood a little, so I popped in to "my" phamacy and I bought some new nailpolishes. LAcolour, I like them and might pop in on Friday again when they get some new colours in..!

But first, I have to make myself something to eat and then get started on some housework that needs done. It feels like this at home these days...

So, I guess I have a little bit of work ahead of me. I will fight through my tiredness..!
See you later lovelies...oh by the way..you ARE allowed to comment..lol!

Another Friday

It's Friday again, and my goodness how tired am I ? Can't seem towake up at all. It has been like this for a few days now. I just can't seem to get anything done.

I just realised, it could have something to do with my changed eating habits.  will just have to fight this tiredness and get on with all the things I need to.

My Kamma is home from school  today, her nose is full of snot, her throat and ears full of phlegm and I thought best to keep her home.

She is organiseing her Moshi Monsters stuff at the moment. But even if it's a home day, it doesn't mean it's a no work day for either of us.

A 6 hours school day might be alot, but tackling her messy room shouldn't take all energy out of her..and also a bit of piano playing should be ok. She has a 30 minute lesson tonight , and that is still alot less than 6 hours at school.

I am desperate to get some new knitting on my needles, but I don't have the time and when I do have the time I can't find the right pattern...and when I find the right pattern I don't have the right wool...bad feeling this.

For now I will just continue knitting that scarf until I have nomore wool, and then I will do that hat..yes..I am "designing" a new hat. Let's see how THAT goes.  I have no idea on how to do knitting pattens..soI don't know if I should knit and try to sell than all done..or if I should make a pattern and sell the pattern..! Or maybe both...! Or none...!

What I do know is that I need to finish up here and do the dishes and hang up my washing..! Have a great weekend, let me know what your up to if you are reading this.

Take care lovelies!

Bare en liten sak som jeg måhuske på...

Physical, -- but not in the ways I used to define this, where it meant running around trying 

to find new clients here and there and at the other place, and getting exhausted. 

Physical, in the sense of physically taking care of things like my taxes; in the sense of clearing the mess from my desk and putting a system in place to track and direct all the new income 

I'll be generating; in the sense of setting up my studio to handle the increased energy, focus, and flow of paying work. 

Physical in the sense of continuing to declutter my living space and make it into something I feel good about and that reflects my new ideas about who I am. 

And then physically going and exercising more, and going to play more with my horse and allowing myself to enjoy that life I already have.

Rain today

Yes, it's raining today, pouring down outside. I have been enjoying loads of tea, and paleo breakfast and lunch too.

According to the weighing scales, my weight is down a little, but not loads.That is ok,  I am still at the start of my program. I will have to make another batch of tomoto soup tomorrow morning, luckily I have alot of passata I can use.

Last night on the evening of my fifth day I got soooo hungry for something sweet, but I stayed away from the biscuits that were on the table. Instead I made myself a little smoothie..Raspberries, banana and grapes. It took away the need for something sweet.

I was also busy cutting hair yesterday, first the husband, then my own hair and last the daughters hair. Also did a hairdo made up by Kamma herself.  Here is it.

The last on my mind these days are letters,I haven't written any letters for probably a week, and I am starting to feel bad as I have many letters to reply to. Some people (online groups) got a new idea, napkinholders for letterholder. I myself have been doing that for well over 10 years and this is one of  MY letterholders. I love it, becaue of that special Rose motif that I absolutely LOVE.  I still think it's so cute.

Anyway, i still haven't done some stuff I feel I should have done, such as setting my goals and working towards them. I will have to do that tomorrow,  some goal setting. I have a webinar in the middle of the night, hopefully I can mangae to attend it..if I am not to tired!

But, I need to get going. I have been inspired by a canadian family that has turned their "new" timewasters off. So i am doing the same. Not intirely, but I want to do more STUFF!!

Take care and have a great day lovelies!

Friday 13th

Today is a lucky day, because my grandmother was born 91 years ago.  Happy birthday Fama!

My new food thing is going pretty well actually and lets see how next week goes. It was slightly hard to resist biscuits last night, but I did it. 

These Pukka teas are what i have been drinking the last few days, more tea than usual and less coffee than usual. Even at the WW meeting yesterday I said no thank's to the coffee in there. We were so lucky , a man came in the room with a bowl full of fruit and said that we could have it all. Guess what we all sat munching on during the talkie talk bit? 

Indeed , it was apples!!

Yesterday , as I walked to school to pick up Kamma I took a photo of some trees I passed..thought it looked really nice and I want to share with you.

Also, last but not least...you might knowm how I also am an Avon Representative? Well, I went to see a new customer today and I found the cutest spiderweb around..

See for yourself..no spider anywhere I might add..

So, you'd think this was the end of today..nope,we have just started. But I better get on with my work, have tons of stuff to do to be honest!! 

Take care of yourselves lovelies 

Sure

Yeah, sure why not?
I have bewildered myself into the deep forest of the unknown...and it's a little scary. So...did I mention my little food challenge? Well, I have been doing "it" for 24 hours..no cheating..cause what's the point?

Still having coconut milk in my coffee(not that great tasting just yet, but I drank it without problems this morning). More energy? Not quite yet, maybe another day or so?

Eggs for lunch with ham..and then a banana..! And I feel rather satisfied..that's just weird.

Well, that's that...I am supposed to go out, but it's pouring outside and I was hoping it migh lighten a little before I venture out there. I have come  to the conclusion that this Autumn and winter..it will be a lot of tights, wellies and skirts for me...! My fairly new Adidas trainers won't hold the whole winter I can tell you already  now :(

And my last pair of jeans that fit,when they are done, they're done.  I WILL NOT BUY ANY MORE JEANS!!!  I already have several in the wardrobe, unused, not fitting....so until I can fit them I need to wear what I have..and skirts that fit, that I have.

So, I hope this challenge I have joined will give me a boost in the right direction!  But, as I say, still early days but I am hopeful.

Oh whoops, there's a knock on the door...oh a delivery man..guess what arrived?
Yup, it's a set of  Highland dance swords for Kamma. I will get a picture for you and post it tomorrow!

I better get going now, someone named Jacky is waiting for me...!

Have a good day lovelies

September

Good morning everyone,
I don't mean to be negative here but this month has not started so great...the last week i have been struggling with headaches, not constant but that could be because I have been taking headache tablets almost every day.

So, it IS time to change my life, i have had som many signs the last week that it's just crazy and I can see now how it all fits together.

So from  today I will start a new challenge..if you have followed me a while..you will already know that I always fall off any challenge..but this is only for 30 days and I have a chance to see if I feel any different. It has to do with eating, and today is the first day.

It's arranged by Melissa and I will do my very best to keep this going.

Apart from my no energy and headaches...life still goes on and I still have laundry to do and activities to take Kamma to..and on Mondays this is my waiting view....

 This is where I often spend an hour on a Monday evening..yay!

 This morning when I came back home fromthe school run, I had a cup of coffee in that lovely mug my sister-in.law gave me for my birthday. I guess it will be the last time for weeks that I hae normal milk in my coffee...let's see how we like THAT  :) 

The last picture of the day, my friend posted it on her Facebook page, it's her 35th birthday today and to honour her , her picture comes up here. It's is also going into my smashbook later on today so there..! 

Gratulerer med dagen Rigmor  !

Now I am off to sort out my kitchen, to see what lunchtime will bring me..! 

Monday morning blues

Or something like that.
Last night I was watching tennis again, it was my tennishero Rafa Nadal! He won..and now he is ready for the final in US Open...

Anyway, I was watching and knitting, and here is it in the very beginning...it will take ages to knit because each round had over 500 stitches..but it's really easy tv knitting.

Start of the Kamma bunad

The plan is to actually write the pattern as I go along, and who knows..maybe someone else would like to use this too. What is it going to be you ask? 

The answer is a national dress from my daughter. It should be finished by 17th of may 2014..so I don't have that much time to be honest. As I said...500 stitches takes a while. 

Over to something else...

I had this really weird dreajm, but I think it was just trying to tell me something, and it was all about blue butterflies not unlike this one. 

Blue butterfly from dream

What can I say..it's not the first time that I get some sort of sin through my dreams...and I have always followed my dreams in that way. 

Not all dreams are true though, but I always know which they are..they are the ones that aren't as clear as the others. 

You probably find that as weird as anything, and that is fine. 

So, I am going to take my blue butterfly talk and go for a walk in this fine September weather. 

Have a good day my lovlies. 

Autumn

Right, ladies and gentlemen...
I am horribly sorry that my blog has been so unused this year..I have been very busy doing lots of other things, such as writing letters,  reading books and taking my 9 years old daughter to all her clubs.

But, i have decided to get some life into this blog again..not like it used to be..not only knitting but a bit of everything.

So, I will start with today...

I have been crocheting..a big something...in pale blue, grey and a few more colours..I can't reveal what it is just yet ..or who it is for I should say.

squares

Another thing that was big in our house happened a while ago, a meeting with a celebrity here in UK. Her name is Beth Tweddle and my Kamma met up with her. Pity you can't see the medal hanging around Kamma's neck..but it IS a real Olympic Bronze medal, it's the Medal Ms.Tweddle won in London 2012, Gymnastics of course!

Beth Tweddle and Kamma 

Today it's another busy day for us, the husband is at work, and for us here at home we have been busy..Kamma practising the piano, trying to do some homework...more piano practising, and later on she has gymnastics and she will go directly from gymnastics to her piano lesson with Charlotte.

We do keep ourselves busy indeed! Hoping to finish my secret crocheting..and then to start making a blanket for Nisse's little boy.He's not due until October, so I do have a little time..but better get started..!

By the way, the nailpolish of the day is an old Avon polish...bronze like Beth's olympic medal.

poem found on FB- In Norwegian

Livets strikketøy

Den gang vi kom til verden da fikk vi en presang,
et nøste med vår skjebne, og ingen vet hvor lang.
Da la vi alle masker opp til livets strikketøy,
der vil det stå i mønsteret når vi jukset og vi løy.

Hver maske er en dag, og hver omgang er et år,
og alt vi gjør og sier i strikketøyet står.
Og mistet vi en maske og lot den rakne ned,
det var kan hende venner vi aldri mer fikk se.

Noen har et strikketøy med varme farger i,
det er de gode strikkersker som kjærlighet kan gi.
Men alle må vi strikke med det garnet vi har fått
selv om det av og til kan virke kjedelig og grått.

Og når vi så blir eldre da tenker vi som så;
Hvor mye er tilbake av livets strikketråd?
Vi håper at det holder slik at vi kan felle av,
så tomme strikkepinner blir korset på vår grav.

Og møter vi St. Peter som vokter himmelens port,
vi gir ham strikketøyet med alt som vi har gjort.
Da gransker han det nøye og sier
Kjære barn,her oppe har vi bruk for en mengde opprekksgarn.

Da vasker himmelens engler vårt garn så reint og hvitt,
de glatter det og ordner det til det blir knutefritt.
Det legges så på lager, så mykt og fint og bløtt,
- kan hende det skal brukes til barna som blir født?

Fast turnaround

How can someone's mood turn around so fast? Just under a week ago I woke up feeling great, and today I feel completely opposite.  Can it be that we have booked tickets to go home to my hometown during the summer holidays and I am already thinking about the problems we might face?

The unhappiness and things not said outloud.? I am feeling really down the dumps today/.so I just wanted this off my chest. I am going to put on some music and sing out load..usually helps me feel better.

But, it is still weird what a turnaround my mood has had since only yesterday.  Things will have to change here at home too. So I DO have many things to do over the next 3hours. Wish me luck!!

June

June is here, I have many thoughts about what I need to do over the next few days.
I am hoping I will have enough time to do everything. We have now booked our holiday and I do look forward to going away for a little.

I (my husband) have ordered my new shoes and hopefully they'll arrive before we go. All the busyness starts tomorrow, wish me luck!!!!

27th May

Yes, what a wonderful day. Actually it's pouring down here today, but it IS my little sisters 30'th birthday today so it is a great day.I hope she is having a great day.

I am so far away from her, so I wont be doing anything partying for her lol.

What I have done is 5K on the treadmill, and it was all of a sudden alot easier again. I ran for 10 minutes today without any effort. Very satisfying. I would have been well under 40 minutes today...but my husband phoned and I had to walk the last 200 meters of the 5k. I was still under 40  minutes even with the walk at the end.

I have been on a standstill on the scales for a few days, so I hoping it will move down just a little before Thursday.
So onwards and forward and downwards....!

Lovely weird May

We have already passed the middle of May, I have been knitting a shawl and it took me five days to complete it. All I need to do now is crochet an edge around it and put a fringe on it...is it called a fringe?

I don't even know.

I have many things on my mind, I was hoping to be near or at my goal weight by now..but it hasn't happened.  So now that our celebration of our constitutional day May 17th is over I am back to being in full control. I have come across a blog about a girl/lady with Anorexia, and it doesn't sound nice at all. To be so obsessed with your weight and so unhappy with yourself that you almost stop eating, and have fear for food.

It doesn't sound like a very easy life, and I wish everyone with such problems good luck with feeling good and being healthy.

I don't have that problem, I have the opposite problem...I love biscuits, and I eat them sometimes...and we have had pizza over the weekend..and an indian carry out....and coca cola..and ice cream..! So , as you can understand..I need to get a grip.

I need to LOSE weight, but only in a sensible and healthy way of course. So, i have just finished 30 minutes on the treadmill, didn't mange 4 km in 30 minutes today, but I bet its because of what I have eaten over the weekend.

Now, to have a cup of coffee and watch some tennis.
Have a lovely Sunday!

Help...March already!!!

Oh my goodness, i cannot believe how fast the time goes..HELP it's March already..where did February go?       We had problems with our boiler all  the way up to this Thursday...I have no faith in the boiler anymore and I wouldn't be surprised if it packs inon Monday morning again.

Anyway, I guess it just a part of being a houseowner.
Another part of life that I have never experienced before is a sore back. Sure,i have had a sore back for a few days ...but this has lasted since January and I have two different tablets to take 3 times a day and I am doing stratching excerises at the moment too. I am on the waiting list to get physiotherapy but that could take up to 12 weeks to get an appointment. So,I will just have to wait and see I guess.

Apart from this little problem, I SO want to go jogging again, but I am only allowed to swim for a while now.      
So I will just have to be patient and do my stretching excersises I guess.

We are going swimming tomorrow anyway..did I mention that my daughter is trying out for the school swiming team? She can swim...just...but I don't want to tell her no, so we need to get a few extra lessons in there this week. I am slightly worried about it.

Will let you know what happens! Take care now!

Monday, January 28th

This morning I have started on my house project. Actually, I am as usual doing lots of different stuff and I don't dare to start on something big because I amwaiting for Keir to come and have a look at our boiler that stopped working on Thursday (again). He's an hour late, and I am wondering weather he'll actually come or not.

So, so far I have ironed shirts,hung up washing and taken everything out of the boiler cupboard.
I have also done the daily dishes, but it's quite a bitmore work than usual because I have to boil the water I am using for the dishes. Did I mention that the kitchen sink is slightly blocked?

Yeah, I am having fun :)

What I am going to do, I am going to phone my grandmother, have a chat and drink a cuppa coffee...THEN see if Keir has arrived, and if not I will start on the bedroom wardrobe anyway.

Sounds like a plan?

Saturday

So,  you might know how I function...I go about my daily life and suddenly inspiration strikes.

It has struck again, this time...well once again the inspiration is PludreHanne . She is tidying up her house, bit by bit.

So...I have been  tidying up for over a year, but honestly...I think it will never end. I will be tidying forevermore. But I do like the fact that the house is looking better and we DO have less clutter lying about.

So, starting Monday I will be doing a bit of tidying myself..haven't really done alot of throwing for a few months, and I do feel ready again for a clearout.

 

First week of normality

The first week back to routines is over, back to normality..if you can call it that. We have been super busy, lots of new people enrolling at the Weight Watchers meetings as well and being really busy with Avon.

At school the Princess has been working with the topic Rainforests, and their showcase was yesterday and today.

It was really good, and so interesting. All the children dressed up, Princess was a leopard (or whatever it is) using my old t-shirt and her BF was a parrot wearing a very last minute home made outfit. Really nice!

I was impressedby all the work they had put into it, and the teacher Mrs. R did a fab job!

New year 2013

Well then, happy new year!!

I have started the new year trying  to be very organised, and also reading books. I don't have alot of time this morning, just thought I'd say hello and let you know that I am around, finally feeling ok as well.

I have started excersising, and I have a big plan ahead on how to finally lose all this weight I am carrying around. I weighed in at 81 kilos this morning, NOT impressed by myself.

So, just get on with it Linn!
Big January hugs from Siri-

Nearly over

The old year is nearly over, only one more day and we can all get used to write 2013. I have BIG  plans for the next year and hopefully you will be able to play a part of my plans.

First and foremost I want to wish you all Happy NewYear 2013, hope you had a better Christmas than we had, as we were all ill overthe whole holiday.

May next year be a great year full of success!!

November again

So, not long until Christmas is here again, I have started thinking about it a little and bought the first present yesterday.

Actually, I had some stuff I really had to do yesterday. It all started on Wednesday when the Princess came out from school with large holes in her tights and a HUGE deep scratch in her glasses..yikes!!!

Well, I had to get them fixed, so I took the bus to EK and at Vision Express they bent them back in the correct manner but they couldn't do much for the scratch. So, new lenses and a new frame is on order and I will get a phonecall sometime next week, hopefully telling me I can pick them up.

Princess in away on her first weekend without me...Ahhh, Don't know what to do with myself. She was on my mind when I went to bed, and she was the firwt thing I thought of when I got up.

I know she is having a great time, it's just a bit tough for mum seeing her little baby growing up (Seems it's worse for dad though).

Not yet

Nope, i haven't ye figured out how to empty the camera...I have by the way started using our big Nikon Camera because "my" camera refuses to charge the batteries!

So,if I can just get this working, then I will show you pictures of my very new short sleeved cardiganthat I finished yesterday. I wore it today,andI love it!!

Yes, another thing...last weekend it  was the danceschool danceshow and we were really busy with it. The whole weekend went to the danceshow and also Tuesday evening. It was fun but I am glad it is finished...and it willbe another 18 months until the next show.

Unfortunately, it's time for me to go to sleep, so I will love you and leave you..just for now atleast.

HAve a lovely day!

Busy Tuesday

Hi again,
We have had a few really busy days here at home, the October week has started and yesterday we (Princess and I) were busy cleaning the master bedroom, and wow is it nice!

Yesterday the Princess' schoolbooks arrived, and we got really busy doing homework as we are several weeks late now. She attends Norskskolen.com , where she learns to  write and read Norwegian. You have to be Norwegian living abroud to attend this course.

Today we have been really busy again, this time clearing out Princess' room. It took ages, and we are actually not completely finished. But tomorrow we will tackle the playroom and the bathroom, as well as going to town.

I need some more wool for my current project, what I am looking for is Stylecraft DK, and I think the colour is Bottle green.

I don't have that much left to do on my cardigan and it feels really good to finish something again. Last year I joined a "saving money" project, but it really didn't turn out very good for me at all. Seriously dissapointed , I only knitted 22 balls of wool in one year.

I have of course started this same project over again, and I do hope to have more than 22 pounds to show next October. Good luck Linn...!!

Think I might be back...!

I have really been pretty absent here on my blog, but I have FOUND my camera and I feel inspired again so I might actually manage to pop by and write a bit more often.

I am even knitting more often and feel utterly inspired by that as well,soi am pretty sure when I figure out how to get the pics out of the camera you will see some moe photos from this end of the world.

I have also decided to not measure my knits for this year and I willl just wait until Januray  1st and then start with the new years knitting.

The weekend is here, and this is alsothe tart of October week,so one  full week of  holiday for us...we are just staying  home though, nothing special going on.

Are you keeping busy, tell me your projects!
xxx

Autumn nails

Pictures taken with my mobile just doesn't show up as very nice at all.-So sorry about that. The camera is lost and it didn't work that well anyway...butI am going to try to use another camera and try to upload some more pictures this week.*i might have a bit more time on my hands that usual.





I have been quite busy trying to tidy up the house...sofarI have had two whole days and still it looks nearly as messy as ever. I am trying to do it the FLYlady way.

It is taking time, but atleast the bathroom is clean and the dishes are done. New bedding on all beds as well..guess I should be happy that I managed to do these things.

I also finished my letter to Monika, Aaron and got started on my letter to Torunn!
We are busy as always ,and the days just fly by. Last month we were on DAY TRIP wo Southern Norway, to celebrate my Grandmothers 90'ieth birthday. God bless that wonderful woman!!