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I got home late tonight. Tired and worn after a long, long day at work. Instead of just vegging in front of the TV computer, I decided to create something nice. So I found a couple of old, sweet and lovely photos and started playing. It took a few minutes (ok. several!), but this is what I made:

I used Shimelles sketch of the week as inspiration.

Tomorrow is another crazy busy day at work, so I need some sleep to manage it all.

Hope you have some sweet and lovely in you life as well. Cherish it.

It was so much fun finding these photos again, I just had to scrap them! Good thing Shimelle has a perfect challenge for this: Let’s Go Retro Challenge.

I remember our trips to our shabby cabin up on the mountain back when I was a teenager. Sometimes we were only two going up, other times we were several. Every time we had great fun and lots of laughs.

The mountain is a great place to be, I feel so free there, here we have walked up from our cabin and are enjoying the view. And look at our smashing style. LOL. Late 1980s.

Papers and embellishments from recent Studio Calico kit(s).
For Shimelle’s Let’s Go Retro challenge.

I celebrated my birthday with family and friends today. And it was such a happy and beautiful day, even though the sun did not shine.

It was the people that came that made the day so good. All but one of my extended family could be there. My brother and his family as well. And some of my good good friends too. Some I hadn’t seen for a year or more. So nice to catch up and see how much the children have grown.

As usual I wanted to have a barbecue. Setting out the meat and vegetables and letting my guests take whatever they wanted and grill it themselves. I was a bit worried about the weather, but we did all right. Most of the children played outside for a long time, and we had room in the farm house for all when needed.

Off course I wished we could have been outside all day in the sunshine and soaked up the warm weather; that would have been great! Sitting under our apple treas, going to and from the BBQ as we wished and needed.

Maybe next time. I like to do this kind of birthday celebration every 5 years. I have already placed the weather wish for 2016 Then I want some sun!

Thanks for reading this. I promise there will be some photos from this day eventually…. and maybe some words as well about being 40.

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Look for my 10 on the 10th blog post later today. I need some sleep

Finally I’m back online on a regular basis. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve only been here a few minutes now and then (when I’ve got the chance to borrow someones Internet connection ) – and I love being able to check up on blogs I’m reading and loading up my stuff to galleries and such again. I know, I know, I have an www-addiction….

Anyway. We are doing great! MT is happy at school and I’m finding my way at work; slowly learning how things are done. My new colleagues are nice and welcoming, they help me figuring things out and I can’t wait to get to know them better

I’m excited (and a bit scared) about it all and look forward to meeting the congregation on Sunday for my first service here; working on the sermon as we speak.

Our home is also getting together nicely, there is off course many things to do yet (like hanging something on the walls.. or placing the washing machine in it’s little corner of the kitchen,) I have gotten many things done too. (Yay!!)

Right now I’m all alone in the house, working on my sermon, blogging, thinking, praying, washing clothes and getting ready for the weekend. In a few hours MT is finished at school and a bit later my friend is coming back to stay some more days with us (SO NICE!!) We don’t see her often enough since we live so far from each other, so having her visit for a week is super great for both me and kiddo.

A little bit of everyday life and new things from me.

Take care and be blessed!!

anneberit

MT has stated practicing his writing skills.

We’ve been busy running around meeting people today. Some familiar faces (thanks for dinner SIL! + for candy mom!) and some new faces (nice to meet you new colleagues!).

We visited my new office (where I start in October), I’ve been interviewed for a local newspaper right outside one of the churches (the only one of three that I haven’t been inside off) – and only a few 100 meters down from the new house. [Being interviewed is always both a bit scary and a bit fun, I only hope I found the right words and that I didn't say anything stupid(!) - I probably did.] Then we walked to the store and bought a little lunch snack before we headed back to town and stopped by my brother’s house. I so look forward to doing this on a regular basis when we move closer! At around 4:30 pm MT finally got his wish for the day a stop by a indoor swimming pool(s) – he had so much fun and I promised we’ll return once we’ve moved there. He’s getting really good at practicing his swimming, not long before he actually can do it (and not only say that he can swim). [But in the end he got to confident and got into a little trouble. He broke the not-in-deep-water rule, one of the few really important ones when I'm not in the water with him. So he won't be taking another swim in the pool this month.....not that I planned it anyhow.] At the end of the the day we met mom and dad outside the store, just for a quick little chat. Nice to see them too. Not many photos from today, though…

Tomorrow he’s going to a farm with his class. Better figure out where the farm is(!) Night!!

MT came into the kitchen all wild and crazy shouting:  “the girls are here, the girls are here, the girls are here, the girls are here“. Hehe. He got me smiling, and I guessed the neighbors are having visitors again; I was right and he asked if he could go and talk with them. I said yes – and out he went.

Some minutes later he came back and asked if he were allowed to go with them to the house they are staying and play. Off course he could.

How I wish he had a neighbor this close and on this side of the main road. Then they could run to and from each other all day long. And the weekend would be just as fun as playing with his mates in kindergarten!

He really misses having a friend living close by. And so do I!!

Bea is one of our good friends from back where we used to live 1.5 years ago, she is also one of MT’s godparents. We don’t see her as often as we wish, but this weekend we spend a few days together. And, off course, I had to take a few photos of her and MT together. The favorite got scrapped:

Credits: elements from shine on and unscripted no.3 by TaylorMade; papers and elements from bloom+grow by Ali Edwards, Amy Wolf and Meredith Fenwich; papers and element from de*lovely by Paislee Press and The Queen of Quirk; template by me

Journal: This weekend our good friend Bea came to stay with us. It was so nice to catch up, celebrate birthdays, drink coffee and just hang out together. I shot a few photos of Bea and MT, this one is my favorite. I love MT’s half smile and the way Bea looks at him. So much humor and love there!

As you can see, I’m testing my own block/boxy templates. Head over to my lime scrapped if you want a template freebie (available in a couple of days…).

MT got invited to his friend for a little costume skiing contest this afternoon, just for him and a few friends. MT was super happy to be invited and with a little bit of help he got his ninja costume on top of his thick winter clothes – the suit is not easy to see from these photos, since the decoration is on the front, but anyhow

He had lots of fun skiing and playing with friends, he got served hot dogs and later they got chocolate cake. How nice to be invited to such a thing.

I went back home to try to relax a bit. This day started with a huge headache that lasted most of the day and a hour or so before I drove MT to his friend I throw up the little food I had eaten. Not a fun day. I’m so tired of this kind of headache, but as usual it got better in the evening and I got to eat some and keep it down too. Nice. One of the other mothers brought MT back home. Another nice. We spent some time talking and watching cartoons, I made us some hot chocolate before it was time for bed.

Now I’ll better go to bed my self. I have a big day tomorrow with lots of tasks and it feels a little intimidating after a week on sick leave….

Wishing you a blessed week!

This week there was something every evening. By Thursday I started to feel really tired with that. I want to have at least a couple of nights at home (and my laptop up and running, ahem..) – but there was a lot of nice things going on, though, but not always.

On Thursday we went swimming with our neighbor kid and his mom. We’ve been doing this a couple of times, and it’s so nice to see the kids have fun in the water. This afternoon another friend of MT also joined us. It didn’t go so well, even though we tried to interfere and make them play together, they just couldn’t make it happen. My kid and the other friend is so much alike when it comes to loving a physical challenge and they completely forgot to let our neighbor kid join them; playing all three of them. Even though they are mastering different things in the water, there has to be room for all of them, but when our neighbor kid asked to join the other two he got a NO answer back – and that is not at all a nice thing to say!! We’ve talked a lot about it later – and the kids have made up and are now friends again, but it was some rough days – and our poor kid next door was so sad for a while.

For my #42/365 I give you a self portrait

This morning I managed to get out of the house and back to work. This day I went to a work …….. for the youths at one of the larger towns an hour from our house. It was a beautiful and cold day. Forgot to bring my camera, so I didn’t get to take any of the stunning scenery’s I saw driving though out winter wonderland.

In the afternoon MT went swimming with out neighbor kid, and I tagged along to chat with his mom. It was nice and MT had so much fun!! In the evening MT went with me to a meeting and ended up watching another movie together with a couple of other children present. A nice evening, but we got so tired by the time we were back home – and I really felt that I didn’t have much energy since I had been sick a couple of days.

Our 5 yr old neighbor came over again and we ended up being outside in the snow for almost two hours(!) I had to spend time with them out there because it was dark and they told me there were TIGERS in the woods. It was okay, though, I got some shoveling done Since it was snowing – and dark – I only took a couple of photos. Here is a tiny post about it as well.

Tonight we had dinner guests. It was so nice, we don’t do that too often!!

It was quite an international party; us and one of the girls from Norway, one from Wales, one from Finland and one from California, US. Most of the conversation went on English – I feel so insecure there and so not used to talking it (writing is another thing all together!) – but we managed helping each other find the words.

The girls visiting are all students at one of the Youth With A Mission’s schools in Norway. It was nice to get to know them a bit better (one of them I know quite well already) and to be able to cook a dinner for them as well. We had trout with potatoes, broccoli and sour cream. Delicious!!

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The rest of the day was pretty basic and, sadly, not too good. I really feel so vulnerable these days, it only take a few wrong words towards me and I’m right in the cellar (emotionally) before you know it. I don’t like feeling like this and wish my life wasn’t so much a roller coaster right now. Anyhow, I need my sleep to function – so better get some!

Night

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO L & D!!

Our favorite twin girls turn 6 today! And what a great day to turn 6

They have just started their first year at school, so my guess is that there is lots happening right now I have been with them on their birthday for 5 years, this year I won’t make it (the journey is too long, and then there is the Confirmant Camp…) – but I wish I was there with you and so do MT! Miss you a lot, but have great memories from this summer to think about

We wish you all that is good and shout out that we LOVE you!

Lots of hugs from MT and me