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| You scored as Cat The cat is your protector. Because of this it is likely that you care about your appearence and are well groomed. When motivated you can be very energetic and restless but at times you can fall prey to sloth.
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Monday, June 23, 2008
accurate???
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Graduation
DS1 graduated from 10th grade tonight- he's off to school in the autumn- we've just participated in their graduation party. Great kids- they were dancing, singing and doing gymnastics, before getting their diplomas. It's hard to believe that he is almost a grown-up! One era has come to an end, another is soon to begin... Good luck! Love you!
(guess what? I forgot my camera...what kind of a lousy mother am I???)
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tagged!
(picture taken in Ervik in May. Other links here and here.)
Ruth tagged me for an alphabetgame....
A- allsidig
B- "bonde", bokorm
C- ..carpe diem..
D- dagdrømmer, doven
E- enkel
F- forsiktig
G- godlynt
H- hissig, hjemmearbeidende
I- innadvendt
J- jente
K- kort lunte
L- lesehest
M- mor
N- nesevis
O- okay
P- perfeksjonist...NOT!
Q- quer er ålreite dyr- men sauer er bedre:-)
R- rotete
S- strikkende og syende sørlending:-)
T- tedrikker
U- ullelsker
V- vrang og vrien
W- ?
X- ?
Y- yngre blir man ikke...
Z- zzznork...
Æ- ærlig
Ø- ødsel...
Å- åpen
I'm not going to translate this! But I'd like to tag Tantehilde, Caroline, and Judy. Play along if you like, but remember: No obligations:-)
In other news: the back of my green sweater is done. Now to cast on for the fronts...
And DS1, the nearly 16-year old, is a happy guy these days! He got tickets for Metallica in Bergen on July 16th, and he got accepted into the school he wanted! It will be very strange not having him at home next winter, but this is something he really wanted, so I really hope he likes it.
That's it for now. Take care, and have a nice day:-)
What kind of flower are you?
You Are a Violet
"You have a shy personality. You tend to hesitate before trying new things or meeting new people. But once people get to know you, you open up and show the world what you are really all about."
Ruth tagged me for another game- and while trying to come up with something clever for that, I stole this one....
"You have a shy personality. You tend to hesitate before trying new things or meeting new people. But once people get to know you, you open up and show the world what you are really all about."
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Ruth tagged me for another game- and while trying to come up with something clever for that, I stole this one....
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
...another update...
OOOkay...let's try again....being the computergeek I am, I managed to delete a whole post....also, we still have some computerissues, which means that I sometimes have real trouble reading bloggerblogs!
The big problem about updating so seldom, is that there are too many things I want to share! But today the photos uploaded real easy, that's why you get a pictureheavy post:-)
I've borrowed a sewing machine. I got a call a couple of weeks ago, one of the workers at church wondered if I could help her with a project (more on that later), so I found out I needed to try it again. I haven't sewn for 4 years! It used to be a passion. Now I look at the machine and wonder how I shall use it. I've been digging through my stash of fabrics(oh yes, I have that too!)- or rather, my pile of worn-out jeans! That resulted in this bag. I'm not very "ladylike"-jeans and a t-shirt or woolsweater is my "uniform" at most occasions-LOL!- so bags are not often used....usually I use a jacket with roomy pockets for my wallet and keys. BUT sometimes a bag comes in handy:-) This one is made of one pair of jeans, lined with some cotton fabric. There are a couple of pockets inside, even a zippered one...but I had forgotten how to sew a zipper in a passepoiled pocket, so it looks rather odd! But it's an okay bag, and it works fine with me. I even added a hook for my keys! I've been digging through the bottom of bags more times than I care to think of, searching for those lost keys!
Then I knitted a sweater, in PT2, bought here at Eid Miljø. I found the pattern in a book called "Strikk og tov", but it didn't turn out quite as it should...it got a bit on the smaller side...so I ripped out a row around the bustline, and knitted the body down from there, with more incresing to make it more A-shaped. It is still pretty closefitting...but warm and nice, and just the right thing for the colder weather we're having right now. I'm a "frostpinne"! (translation needed:-))
But I have casted on for a summersweater too- found the pattern in the Norwegain magazine "Familien" 9/2008, knitted in "FØN" from Gjestal Spinneri (I couldn't get the link to work, sorry!) The yarn is 70%bamboo/30%cotton, very soft, and VERY splitty! I made a top for my 11-year old a few months ago, and it holds up nicely to washing and all that stuff. I'm nearly done with the back.
And then the church! E., who called me, works mainly with the children/youth, both the children's choir and the confirmations. Some years ago (probably 7 or 8...time flies!) the choir staged the musical "Noahs Ark". We made customes- elephants, giraffes, lions, chicken....it was fun, and the kids were doing great. Now, the 4-year olds were getting their books(each 4yearold is invited to church to get a book), and they wanted to emphasize on Noahs Ark. That meant a rainbow...and more animals...we got away with sewing ears that could be tied around the head of the kids. It looked great. And we made a rainbow...
Here's the choir- not as many as they should be, but still singing well! Some of them had dressed up as animals, you should be able to see a lion, a zebra and a monkey, at least.
Then over to something else- more fuzzyness! The rabbits are growing, and still very cute:-)
We've had summer here for more than a month! Warm, sunny, beautiful. Dry. Very dry. We walked the sheep a couple of weeks ago, so now they are grazing in the mountains for the next 3 or 4 months. The kids helped out walking them.
The chestnuttree is blooming...
Ad then the weather turned- it as so strange- we had sun, then all of a sudden the fog/haze came, and the sun disappeared! So, now it's pouring down. But we need it. As I said, it was dry.
I am quite sure that once I hit "publish" there are more things I want to write:-) I've been looking a bit a Ravelry- but haven't tried to figure it out yet. The computerissues...
Oh well, there will be time when winter comes...
But for now- Have a great summer:-) (I hope to be back soon...)
The big problem about updating so seldom, is that there are too many things I want to share! But today the photos uploaded real easy, that's why you get a pictureheavy post:-)
I've borrowed a sewing machine. I got a call a couple of weeks ago, one of the workers at church wondered if I could help her with a project (more on that later), so I found out I needed to try it again. I haven't sewn for 4 years! It used to be a passion. Now I look at the machine and wonder how I shall use it. I've been digging through my stash of fabrics(oh yes, I have that too!)- or rather, my pile of worn-out jeans! That resulted in this bag. I'm not very "ladylike"-jeans and a t-shirt or woolsweater is my "uniform" at most occasions-LOL!- so bags are not often used....usually I use a jacket with roomy pockets for my wallet and keys. BUT sometimes a bag comes in handy:-) This one is made of one pair of jeans, lined with some cotton fabric. There are a couple of pockets inside, even a zippered one...but I had forgotten how to sew a zipper in a passepoiled pocket, so it looks rather odd! But it's an okay bag, and it works fine with me. I even added a hook for my keys! I've been digging through the bottom of bags more times than I care to think of, searching for those lost keys!
Then I knitted a sweater, in PT2, bought here at Eid Miljø. I found the pattern in a book called "Strikk og tov", but it didn't turn out quite as it should...it got a bit on the smaller side...so I ripped out a row around the bustline, and knitted the body down from there, with more incresing to make it more A-shaped. It is still pretty closefitting...but warm and nice, and just the right thing for the colder weather we're having right now. I'm a "frostpinne"! (translation needed:-))
But I have casted on for a summersweater too- found the pattern in the Norwegain magazine "Familien" 9/2008, knitted in "FØN" from Gjestal Spinneri (I couldn't get the link to work, sorry!) The yarn is 70%bamboo/30%cotton, very soft, and VERY splitty! I made a top for my 11-year old a few months ago, and it holds up nicely to washing and all that stuff. I'm nearly done with the back.
And then the church! E., who called me, works mainly with the children/youth, both the children's choir and the confirmations. Some years ago (probably 7 or 8...time flies!) the choir staged the musical "Noahs Ark". We made customes- elephants, giraffes, lions, chicken....it was fun, and the kids were doing great. Now, the 4-year olds were getting their books(each 4yearold is invited to church to get a book), and they wanted to emphasize on Noahs Ark. That meant a rainbow...and more animals...we got away with sewing ears that could be tied around the head of the kids. It looked great. And we made a rainbow...
Here's the choir- not as many as they should be, but still singing well! Some of them had dressed up as animals, you should be able to see a lion, a zebra and a monkey, at least.
Then over to something else- more fuzzyness! The rabbits are growing, and still very cute:-)
We've had summer here for more than a month! Warm, sunny, beautiful. Dry. Very dry. We walked the sheep a couple of weeks ago, so now they are grazing in the mountains for the next 3 or 4 months. The kids helped out walking them.
The chestnuttree is blooming...
Ad then the weather turned- it as so strange- we had sun, then all of a sudden the fog/haze came, and the sun disappeared! So, now it's pouring down. But we need it. As I said, it was dry.
I am quite sure that once I hit "publish" there are more things I want to write:-) I've been looking a bit a Ravelry- but haven't tried to figure it out yet. The computerissues...
Oh well, there will be time when winter comes...
But for now- Have a great summer:-) (I hope to be back soon...)
Saturday, May 31, 2008
...svarte hull..../ ....black holes....
Jippi- endelig er det kontakt med "blogger" igjen! Vi har hatt endel problemer med pc-en vår, og det har vært helt umulig å komme innpå .blogspot.com adresser. Kjedelig. Men jeg er her, og prøver å få lest litt noen blogger hver dag;-)
yesss- finally contact with "blogger" again! We've had some problems with our computer lately, and it has been impossible to get access to .blogspot.com adresses. Annoying. But I'm still here, and I try to read a few blogs every day;-)
Jeg har hatt meg en kjapp tur ned til søsteren i Ryfylke, hovedsaklig for å hente endel møbler som stod der, men jeg fikk også med meg noen av disse kaninene, som er en blanding av løvehode og fuchs- og kjempesøte! Svogeren var bare glad for å bli kvitt noen, sa han! Det blir sikkert bedre bilder av dem senere...
I took a quick drive down tomy sister in Ryfylke, mainly pick up some furniture we had there, but I also got a few of these rabbits, they are a mix between Løvehode and Fuchs- and really cute! My brother-in-law was only happy to get rid of a few! There will be better photos later sometime...
På hjemveien traff jeg på denne gjengen her...
På hjemveien traff jeg på denne gjengen her...I met these goats on my way home...
Det er ikke så veldig langt å kjøre herfra til Ryfylke, ca. 60 mil. Jeg brukte 12 timer ned, men da var jeg innom
GranbergGarveri for å levere endel saueskinn fra da vi slakta i høst. Det var fem ferjer den veien. Og et utall tunneler...på hjemvei bestemte jeg meg for å telle dem....de første 10 milene kjørte jeg gjennom 34- ja trettifire!- tunneler- og på hele turen totalt 66! Noen av dem var lange, noen korte, noen svarte, noen godt opplyste. Totalt ble det etpar timers kjøring i tunnell...Den grønne her er Lærdalstunnelen.
It's not very far to drive to Ryfylke, about 600 kilometers one way. I used 12 hours on my way down, but stopped at the Tannery to deliever some sheepskin from last years butcheringseason. There were five ferries down. And a number of tunnels....on my way home, I decided to count them....the first 100 kilometers I drove through 34- yes thirtyfour! -tunnels- and the total count (one way) was 66! Some of them were long(25, 11, 15 km), some were short (50m, 350m and so on...)some were very dark, some well lit. I guess I spent a couple of hours driving through tunnels! This green one is the world's longest tunnel- Lærdalstunnelen.
Det var solskinn og blikkstille på vei opp igjen, men smale veier...
Sunshine and calm weather on my way home, but narrow roads...
Men nå er jeg hjemme igjen, og strikkepinnene går...har stadig noen nye prosjekter på gang...Ja, og så har jeg kommet inn på Ravelry, (brukernavn maritko) men har foreløpig ikke hatt tid til å sjekke ut hvordan det virker!
I'm back home now, and the needles are clicking...always some projects in the works...Oh, and I've signed up for Ravelry (username maritko), but haven't had time to check how it works yet!
Og så fikk jeg denne av
Ruth! Tusen takk! Ruth har en flott blogg, med en humor som jeg absolutt har sansen for!
Ruth! Tusen takk! Ruth har en flott blogg, med en humor som jeg absolutt har sansen for!
Jeg ønsker å gi denne videre til
I got this "You make my day" award from Ruth! Thank you very much! Ruth has a very nice blog, with a sense of humour that I really like!
I'd like to pass this on to Bea, Kate and Helene. Three great ladies with beautiful handwork, and lots of humour:-)
På tide å gi seg for kvelden. Blogginga kan nok bli noe mer sporadisk i sommer, men jeg er her! Ha en flott sommer!
Time to quit for tonight. I might blog more sporadically through the summer, but I'll be around! Have a great summer!
(and please:I've tried writing this in both English and Norwegian- tell me if I've made grave mistakes in the translations!)
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Monday, May 12, 2008
...preparations and celebrations...
Sooo, where do I start? Maybe with this lovely photograph of myself, around 10 pm on the day before DS2's confirmation, trying to make "kompe"?( which is potatoballs- made out of potatoes, flour, salted meat and a bit of salt, and cooked together with more salted meat and vegetables) Can you see I was getting tired...? And a bit upset...? Usually I get kompe perfect every time. Not so this time...I had kompesoup...but in the end it turned out okay, and everyone ate and got stuffed! It may sound horrendous, but it is good! The boy was happy, so were the guests:-)
My sister-in-law did the flowerarrangements, with good help from the kids, especially DD2.
And the main person? Happy as a fiddle:-) He chose a non-religious ceremony just like his brother last year, and he really liked being in the center for once. Here he is together with his grandfathers accordionplayer!
And then the familyphoto...DD1 changed her outfit about 8 times that day...(she'll be 13 in October)
We were 14 for dinner, 7 less than last year, since one of my sisters couldn't make it because of exams and work and lambingseason, and also two of the other guests were otherwise occupied. Still,we had a very nice time. I got the mayor to help me heating and serving the food, and she and her family came for coffee later. The weather was nice, and everyone seemed to have a good time.
My mother,aunt, sister and me took a drive on Sunday, and went to Vestkapp, since my aunt hadn't been there before. The view is, as always, spectacular. We try to bring our guests around the district a bit, since we like it a lot ourselves, and it is very different from Høvåg, where I grew up. All in all, we had a terrific weekend!
My sister-in-law did the flowerarrangements, with good help from the kids, especially DD2.
And the main person? Happy as a fiddle:-) He chose a non-religious ceremony just like his brother last year, and he really liked being in the center for once. Here he is together with his grandfathers accordionplayer!
And then the familyphoto...DD1 changed her outfit about 8 times that day...(she'll be 13 in October)
We were 14 for dinner, 7 less than last year, since one of my sisters couldn't make it because of exams and work and lambingseason, and also two of the other guests were otherwise occupied. Still,we had a very nice time. I got the mayor to help me heating and serving the food, and she and her family came for coffee later. The weather was nice, and everyone seemed to have a good time.
My mother,aunt, sister and me took a drive on Sunday, and went to Vestkapp, since my aunt hadn't been there before. The view is, as always, spectacular. We try to bring our guests around the district a bit, since we like it a lot ourselves, and it is very different from Høvåg, where I grew up. All in all, we had a terrific weekend!In other news-
Kristy is back! And with a challenge this time- she needs hats! She's going to Ukraine later this year, and would like to bring with her handknit hats for the orphanage she is visiting. Please check out her blog for more details.! I'll cast on, as soon as I get another pair of socks off my needles. Speaking of socks- here are the latest Sockamania socks! Knit in Silja superwash, magic loop, two-at-a-time, on 2.5mm needles. Cables and lace. LOTS of cables and lace! But still fun to knit.
Also- Holly tagged me! And I've been trying to figure out how to narrow it down to
six words....
Also- Holly tagged me! And I've been trying to figure out how to narrow it down tosix words....
What is your philosophy of life in six words? Think about it for a few moments.
If you want to participate -
Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you/where you found it.
2. Post the rules.
3. Share a 6 word philosophy of life
4. Tag at least 3 other people -and post in language of your choice.
Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you/where you found it.
2. Post the rules.
3. Share a 6 word philosophy of life
4. Tag at least 3 other people -and post in language of your choice.
Holly's words are: make the world a better place.
That's a good one.
I'm still no closer to one "of my own"...I'll have to ponder about it a bit longer... but I'll tag Kristy,
Have a nice day:-)
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