I have used the legs from a pair of jeans and added decoration band, zippers and old T-shirts to make it longer. Like it and can just wait until the weather let’s me use it…
The jeans (leg) dress. Black and green.
Author: miasimonesvenberg
Welcome to my blog. I am a creative young lady who comes from the northern part of Sweden and moved to Norway in 2007. This blog is about my dailylife, my faith, being creative in different ways, take challenges, share thoughts. I write to share, cause my heavenly Father told me so. And you SHARE to them around you. I mostly sew. Become a student this August-25, to become a teacher, so I'll share about that too. I love to inspire others. ..and I love coffee!
Inspiration documentary in Norway about “log off social media” for a longer period.
When I saw this and read about it – the documentary – I got inspired again! I did something like this few years ago. I uninstall the apps I felt I used to much time on.
I think I will take a break from some of my social media apps from 10th of February to 10th of March 😉. Maybe you say “why not from today? ” well my excuse is I’m home and sick with fever and I want to give head’s up to you and others 😉.
I’m not on Snapchat so often as it is today so I don’t think I need to uninstall that app. I have been less on Facebook the past 4 months. So I think the hardest will be to not be on Instagram! Even if I don’t use the app more than to share what I have done. I nearly never check what friends has posted so I think I am quite good to not use to much time there. This will be interesting!
Messenger will be an issue! I use Messenger a lot 🤪. Well I hope to see where I use my time and if I can get less hours on my smartphone and what I will do instead.
Finished up dresses and went to the gym 🤩 – good weekend.
This last weekend was productive 😊😊. I finished the blue cocktail dress
And I got help from a friend to fix the hem on my summer-curtain dress…
And I sew the waist band after more room on the top part so I can breath…
And I got out to the gym 🤩🤩. Walked for 20min and then on the treadmill for 10min 💪.
Went through 4 machines and then home.
And last week I started on something new – a challenge – to sew a dress from 2 pair of jeans legs (because I cut off the waist part to the orange skirt).
3 years of involuntary residence because of injuries, but 2025 will be the year I get back “on the horse” and start go to the gym.
After almost 3 years of involuntary residence, because of injuries, have I today (18th of January 2025) bought a membership at one of the two biggest gym in Norway 😊. So keen to finally start building up my body again 🤩.
I’ll start today 😊. Start light and easy. I know my limitations.
My goal is still, to have enough energy to go to the gym 3 times a week. And now with my job it will fit to manage Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I am so excited and motivated. I was never at an elite level, but I was involved in athletics as a teenager. So I am used to exercise and love the kick of good energy 😉.
Sewing skirt(s) in December 2024 & January 2025 with redesign in 2012 😉.
Last minute skirt which I made in 5 hours 😊😆🤪. I didn’t have a Christmas skirt so at 11pm the 17th of December-24, got I an idea in my head 😆😆. “If I cut a pair of jeans so I can redesign my red wool sweater into a Christmas skirt!” Which I did. I cut the jeans just before I went to bed.
The 18th of December after work I used five hours on sewing the skirt just so I would be able to wear it the 19th at work 😆😆. It got a bit to short to my long legs 😆😆. But I wear it.
After love used it I made it longer with the neck part of the sweater 😉.
January 2025, more sewing 😊.
While I am finishing the blue cocktail dress which takes a bit longer time than I thought… Have I upcycling another skirt 😉.
In 2012, I bought my sewing machine and started to sew.
This was once a sweater…
I was never really satisfied with how it sat on me but it was one of my first upcycling- skirts. I have now upcycling it one more time 😊😊.
Since the first upcycled jeans skirt with a sweater or just random fabric, have I wanted a orange skirt. Now I finally have it 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍.
I’ll continue sewing on my orange skirt this weekend (17th – 19th of January) so I can use it this spring 😊.
Leaving 2024 going into 2025, glimpse of my life and what will come 😊.
This is a glimpse of my 2024. Lot’s I have done and learn. And 2025 will be an other year of learning more new things!
I am looking forward to what the Lord has for me this year! Challenges or not. Continuing get know my newest friends even better, continuing learning more, challenging myself, become a even better teacher for the future, learn to listen more to the Lord, enjoying life more, get out in the nature more, drive more, sew more!
I wish you all a blessed New Year of 2025 🎇❗️.
I started on a dress yesterday the 31st of December and finishing it today 1st of January 😉.
December 2024, Christmas Holiday in Haltdalen, Trøndelag. Part 3, 25th.
Christmas day, the 25th. This morning started with rain and plus degrees and very slippery walk to the church service 😆😆
1pm, Priest – my brother and a local brass band and a solo violinist.
After the service we went over to my sister in law’s mother for some Christmas brunch that lasted to afternoon 😆😆.
When we got home, there where Tusse in the couch 😊 😻.
Later on I sat down with the jigsaw. A jigsaw with 2000 pieces. A good challenge! A Christmas tradition I like.
2nd Christmas day, the 26th.
Later on I teach my sister in law to sew 😊🧵.
December 24, Christmas Holiday chaos and relaxing, part 2. December 23rd.
The first boarding went well and I arrived in Oslo, Gardermoen 09:30am as planned, December 23rd.
And because I had a transit flight I didn’t need to stress about other things 😊. I was also blessed with the fact that the first flight and the second flight left from the same gate 😊😊.
Express bus in to Trondheim city and “fatch some food ” at Burger King.
Here could I finally relax and enjoy being in Trondheim (even though I lost more than 12 hours and a night at a hotel).
Went for “the walk” to fond the bus stop, I kind of remembered where it was but not totally 😆😆. Walked past a Coffee and Tea shop. Went in and bought two cup’s as a pre Christmas gift to my brother and sister in law.
And offcourse was I early to the bus 🤪 so I had to stand and wait… and when I arrived Trondheim it was 🌡 +2 but when I was waiting on the bus it was already minus degrees 😆 and I didn’t have warm enough shoes 😆😆
I arrived my families place (village) 5:40pm) dark and colder with lot’s of sn❄️w 😍😍😍.
We had some typical Norwegian Christmas food – risengrynsgrøt (white rice porridge) with cinnamon and suger (and if you are Norwegian with butter also)
I haven’t got that far yet,yet I’ve lived in Norway for 17 years.
After the risengrynsgrøt we started to decorate the Christmas tree with ornaments.
December 22nd and traveling north for Christmas, oh no it got cancelled 🤬 but I will get there eventually. Christmas Holiday part one.
That was the plan at least. I got nervous already at 2pm when I heard flights were cancelled at Heathrow, London UK and hoped it wouldn’t be the same here. I arrived to the airport in good time (8pm) and got my bagage checked in and past the safety control without a problem. Walking towards the gate, (8:30pm ish) I overheard other passengers also going to Trondheim, saying ” we have to find an other flight ” and I realised the flight was cancelled.
I went to pick up my suitcase and txted friends. I called one friend because my adhd brain needed to calm down. I realised quickly that it wouldn’t help to go home and try to sleep and call a taxi to be back at the airport around 7am. So I’m still at the airport.
Bought night snacks/ food and a espresso.
[Boring info, I ate and drank my coffee] Because the flight was cancelled by the airline they also got meca new ticket and a new time for departure.
New boarding time is 08:35am the 23rd, towards Oslo [one of few airports I hate]. Hopefully it will go well for my adhd [that’s why I hate big airports]. I am on my way up north, towards my brother and sister in law at #haltdalen south of Trondheim but north of Røros.
Walked to the arriving board to check if my new flight had got there with information. Walked past a good couch where I’m laying right now (23:40/11:40pm) I have set the alarm for “working alarm” at 06:30am and hoping I’ll manage to rest maybe sleep some. But the lights in the ceiling are quite bright… but I am tired!
I woke up 04:30am from passangers walking past where I tried to sleep. Manage to rest 30 min more b4 I really needed the wc. I have maybe ‘slept’ 4 hours at the airport,
…already checked in my suitcase and got my double espresso. 06:30am and soon breakfast….
I’ll boarding in an hour (08:05am).
My pray now is to I stay awake when needed and can relax or eat at Gardermoen/ osl airport and that I don’t get migraine.
Am I stuck with my head in the sand because I can’t get away and not thinking on age difference in a relationship?
Age difference in a relationship, how important is that really? Are “we” to much into that because of the society thinking? Or is it just the “way we grow up thinking “?
How are you thinking? Are you in a relationship where you are younger or older than your partner?
Why am I writing about this? Well I have started to ask myself the question. Am I still single because I thought “I always wanted a younger man in my life” or “have I failed so many times because I only looked for a younger man because I look younger than my actually age?” I know I shouldn’t think like this. I should be able to focus on chemistry and common interests. But I am reacting on my self’s thinking about age.
What “benefits” is it with an older vs younger man in a relationship?
I have forced myself to try to “look” for someone in my own agerange and above when it comes to go on a date – yes there it was… 😆🤪 and I would love to here from you whom follow my blog, how do you think about this “issue I have”?
Can I trust the matching test most dating app’s has (for a reason) or will I continue to be skeptical to them? Do they work? And how much will be right? I have so many questions about this 🙈🙈🙈 . But it is something that occupy my thoughts.
Please respond if you read this 😉.
An other pair of jeans became an other skirt, kind of wool-skirt. 8th – 10th of November.
Super tired brain, on Friday 8th of November also second day back at work and still on sickleave but only 50%. Spinning brain and dizzyness is my common feeling when I get tired from all the noises at work [I mean it would be kind of wierd if the kids didn’t make noises, I do work in a school]. But with fatigue symptoms and spinning brain, my brain can’t cope with high noises, which it’s a lot of in this generation of kids. And the only thing that really works as medicin is sewing 🧵😊.
So, after work on Friday the 8th, I got home 1.30 pm and made my coffee and had a need of sewing but didn’t really know what to sew. Two weeks ago I got a huge bag of second hand clothes from a friend, maybe I could upcycling something from that bag? So I looked through and I knew I had hot several pairs of old jeans. Maybe I could upcycle a pair of jeans into a warmer skirt? That became my goal. 😊.
I didn’t know how long – how many hours I needed to sew to get my brain ” back to non spinning situation “. So I just did what I always do when I sew. I make it on the way – how it will look like. My main focus was to use as much wool fabric as possible but I also wanted colours. And if I could, colours closer to the nature.
I was sewing 🧵 for 6,5 hours on Friday 🤩.
Saturday 9th, I started where I left it. Need to unpick a back pocket, because I wanted to used it an other place on the skirt.
Here is the skirt after 7 hours of sewing on Saturday 😉.
Sunday morning the 10th, trying it on, I realised I need more colours in the front. I found some ocra yellow wool fabric 🤩, and I don’t like things symetric as most people 😆😆 so I made it very me 😆😆😊.
God can use this too (me and my body).
I have just been listening to my favourite online Church, Elevation Church, and the title of the service; God can use this too.
Here are some things I got from the preaching;
Creativity is not defined by how many ideas you have, Creativity is defined by how you implement the ideas you have.
As Christians, what distinguishes our Christian faith from those who do not have faith is not necessarily the things that happen to us. it’s not necessarily even the things we hear in Church. It is our ability to take those things that happen to us and do something with them that will be fruitful and productive.
The more painful the event is, the greater the opportunity for God to show his creative power. See, God is not creative; he is creator. Creative people can take something and make it into something. God can create something from nothing.
” God can use this too “.
The Creator God lives in you.
God prefer that you use wisdom as you’re living your life, but if you don’t use wisdom, God is so big and so good and so amazing that when you don’t use wisdom, God will use stupid. (That’s a place to praise him right there.)
Stop and think.
What have God done in your life, from what you think on in a stupid decision?
Use wisdom.
When you don’t use wisdom, God uses stupid. When God use the wrong way.
Act 28:1
“Just because you didn’t choose it, doesn’t mean He won’t use it.”
The creative you are, the more constrictions will try to keep you from creating.
How God can use the situation you are in, into something you don’t see.
God knows how to use you in a certain way. “The snake bites because snakes bite, but God knows how to turn a snake into a sign.” The enemy always bites you, where God has blessed you. But, the biggest breakthrough happens after a bite. When I get bit,it is God working that hand he wants to use. (Act 28).
God likes to use snakes to heal Islands. The God that used Paul’s words also Paul’s wounds. Don’t be so quick to categorize the things in your life. You can never really understand what it is until you see how God sees it. There are some snakes that need to go back in the fire today. There is some beliefs… There is some things you have allowed to latch on to your life, that you just need to let go of in the presence of God.
If you stand there and fight about it, if you stand there and blame about it, if you stand there and hurt about it and hurt about it and hurt about it… Your hands were not made for hurting; they were made for healing.
There is a next thing God is calling you to do.
Winter dress.
I have been upcycling a sweater (that had spots that didn’t go away in the laundry). I have used woven wool and decoration. Decorations from jogging shoes and flames from an old cap 😉. Here us the process…
Decoration band.
It took me approx 4 weeks from start to finish. Now I just have to wait on the Winter temperature 🤪😆🙈.
Picture of the last day’s, October-24.
Sewing projects – finishing up while I can Summer of 2024 – the Bonett hat.
The Bonett hat;
Church service, September 1st, The Word.
Re:jesus – The Word [what my church’s plan for two years from last August].
The Word provides nourishment. (Mattew 4:1-4)
The Word shape us. (Luke 6:46-49)
Jesus also pointing on the (Mattew 5:18) [Roman 8:15 – in this verse did today’s preacher, get his motivation and what was the start to find his identity in Jesus]
The Word is Living. (Hebrew ) The word give us everything no matter if we feel anything. The word isn’t dependant on what or how we react or feel. The word isn’t just for me alone.
“Do’s and Don’t’s “
- Don’t do to much.
- Don’t read just alone. (Very important to share and get word’s from other Christians)
- Find your rythem.
- Let you be formed by the word.
- We read because we want to read, not by force.
Some words from the worship ;
October-24, a new month, good uplifting and encouraging music helps for all types of feelings 😊.
It’s once again a new month! The first winter month. Today (October 2nd) is bright and chill with wind from the east.
October is here 🤩 my second favourite month. Since last week I have had once again a need to just listen to encouraging and good music to or from work. It comes in waves for me. It feels like it is a bit to much going on around me. So for me ” to find back to myself ” I listen to instrumental heavy metal or worship. They are actually not to far away from each other music vice.
Then, when I get home I listen to audio book in an kind of other theme – cozy crime. Have my coffee and mostly (as you know) sew. Yesterday (Tuesday) was different. I took time to just sit in the couch and updated & deleted things, out here that can not be here.
It will be an other change in here something with more depth of creativity. How it will express itself I can not say. Because this is as new for me as it is for you to follow. ” A new era ”
Trusting the Lord for the changes that are here now.
I went to a workshop with two guest’s from US to IMI Church, yesterday evening (Monday September 30st). About creativity and being a Christian. A really interesting workshop! The Lord confirmed things for me and has started something new inside me.
I am curious on what HE has for me from now on. How to express my creativity. How to do what is me, my designe & calling God has put inside me.
I will do some changes, again. All good!
I just want to be able to write or sew, whatever the Lord put on my heart to do and share. I am curious on my new path in creativity. How the Lord can and will lead me how to use my gift’s.
I have withdrawn few posts as you might see if you following my blog. It’s all in the hands of the Lord ✝️.
My longing is to see you Jesus (worship), IMI Church and Open Sky weekend.
It’s Sunday and this weekend is the Open Sky (Åpen Himmel) . My first since I moved back in 2021. The weekend where we have to put Jesus in an other focus.
To get more encourage to search.
Psalm 42 :
Testimony from different people in Church that has been here this weekend;
How can we feel the longing of more of the Lord?
The scary part of not longing is the fact of ” that we rather following the society’s fashion and selfhelp ” and that is the opposite of what the Lord wants for us. The Lord want us to read or listen more to the word. He wants us to search different, to search with a longing for something new.
How can we as a Church stay awake in this time? Live close in prayer!
A picture of when the air around you isn’t good enough: A tent for one or two persons and it’s more than those persons. The air in the tent is too bad! You just want to open the zipper. And when you do,get out of the tent, you can breath the heavenly air.
➡️For me this uncommon service got to me through the theme they had as the decorations, the umbrellas in the ceiling, in combination of to search different and how we can use our creative gifts both for searching and exploring more of the Lord.
What I have in my head now on my way home (in the bus) is how can I be longing for more in my life? How can I whom already struggle to read the bible longing for more? And how can I implement that in my life? This is my questions. What are yours?
How can we improve more of God in our life so that our lifes get an other meaning? How can we improve our already so hectic life, that society forces us to have, and yet feel more from our Lord. This is something I am curious to try to have focus on.
A goal to get a bit more fit so I can start at a gym soon again 💪.
I have started again to workouts at home and adding an app, the same app I had two years ago 😊. My goal is to build up my core muscles and be in a better shape to both have the strength and energy to actually go to a gym and do what I like, get a positive kick off and can afford now and that finally works for my coxxy after 1,5 years after the accident 😊.
I am so thankful that after 1,5 years of resting my coxxy I have got to the point where I can start exercising again. That is happiness for me. 😊
From +20 Celsius ☀️ to +15 foggy and a bright 🌕 light in the evening, September 21st. Edit version.
Saturday the 21st became an other really good day both with energy and with the weather. I woke up to a temperature of +13 degrees Celsius just before 9 am with a sun that was on the way up. No alarm clock that wanted my attention either 😊. The radio was sat on 09:15 am 😆, how could I know the night before that I wouldn’t sleep more than just the normal amount 😆 but I did. Six and a half hours that’s me, almost every night except if I am sick.
I had coffee and oats for breakfast, and was wondering while eating if I should rent a car or just check with a friend who lives nearby. I did call her and we helped each other.
Visiting 2ndhand stores to give away things we just needed to give away.
We drove to Sandnes, even though my though was to borrowing a car, so I could buy what I have been needed since I started my work this August. And plants for my terrace and household stuff that just become to much to bring back home alone 🤪😅!
After my efficiency in Sandnes we drove to Våland suburb in Stavanger, to a flea market in Våland school. Where I found and bought 3 paper collectors in wood, 2ndhand, 3 for 15 nok = bargain! And we met up with an other friend we have in common 😊.
I got home around 3 pm and the first thing I did after just putting everything I bought just inside my front door, was to plant the flowers in the empty pots 😊.
Then I made a good strong cup of coffee 😊 and whileI I was waiting on it to finish I took a ice cold head shower to cool down my head 😊😆. And started to paint the paper collectors while I made dinner and a friend texted me.
Painting in the couch, with dinner in the oven. So I just had to turn on my fan and sit out on my terrace chill down 😆😆😅. Out there I finished painting my bargain ( of the 3 paper collectors ) and because we ha +20 ° Celsius at 7 pm, the paint dried fast 😊 and I could even paint-write the text for each collector.
… and all 3 for my sewingroom…
Some more resting in the couch (dizzyness and a light heatstroke 🤪) watching some telly before I had to go to the grocery store. And when I did, it was suddenly foggy!
And it wasn’t better when I walked back home 30 min later 😆😅 but cozy!
I literally didn’t see more than 20 meters ahead of me while walking 😆😅.
My birthday boy Silver, would have been 10 y.o today💙🐈⬛💞💔. Edit version.
SILVER; My Birthday boy would have been 10 years today 💙🐈⬛🎉🎉🎉💙. And it’s been 5,5 months since I let him fall asleep and never wake up again 💙💞💔🐈⬛. Always loved. Always with me.
So thankful for the time I got with him 😍💞🐈⬛💙
Today’s pictures.
After work I managed to both do some grocery shopping and sew a bit while I made dinner 😊. Yet my brain is heavy and have a hard time to relax right now 😔.
On top of this I started my day with a doctor appointment 😊 for increased hotflushes and side effects 😔…
Rain cover to my 2 backpacker.
The materials.
The shape of the old one.
Iron on seam tape on the raincoat fabric.
Sunday service, August 11th.
Luke 8, vers 22-39, two stories. Jesus do big things in those stories and in this text that he tell us about.
Where is your faith?
Proverbs 8, vers 13 – about what fear.
Thoughts from the text, Have you had the type of fear where you don’t know how to handle in a intense situation? Have you experienced something where you have had fear for Jesus? Have you hated Jesus any time?
Is this text the type of text that we need to melt on us? To understand the depth of it?
John 15 vers 9
What did this story hive me / you? Did you get more questions? Well you are not alone. Three questions to keep with you this coming week;
What relationship do I have with the fear of God?
Who in these stories do I recognize myself in?
How do these narratives best influence the choices I make and how I prioritize?
Empire dress without sleeves & floor long – part 2.
Kjeragbolten, Sirdal, mountain hiking, stunning nature with a friend from Oslo.
I woke up around 08.00am, had breakfast and Coffee, had packed to evening before after church. 10 am had we said we should leave from my house. Well, my friend Olav was late… not with much maybe 11 minutes.
We headed towards Ålgård a 30 minutes drive (28 km). Made a stop for some snacks for our hike. And then headed towards Kjeragbolten and Sirdal. 111 km and 2 hours of driving.
As closer we got as more sheep 🐑🐑🐑 we saw along, beside and on the road.
At the parkinglot at Kjerag, I saw what kind of mountain I had in front of me. We started 1 pm.
As I am I had to try at least, quite sure I would not make it all the way if this was the path all the way. Not with my knee (the right knee I had a surgery on in 2013 and still isn’t good after the blood cloth I had 9 weeks after). but I am stubborn and wanted to try. So I did.
Halfway on the first mountain, took me actually not to much time 😊 to walk. I had to stop and breath maybe every 10 minutes. I am not in good shape! After the first mountain with stairs to help us up where it look like it was to hard to walk on the mountain itself . For me those stairs gave me more pain than actually walk on the mountain itself.
I literally had to find my own path and walk on the side of those stairs and it was quite many of them 🤪😔.
But I did enjoy the view!
I stopped at 1,2 km, walked down to the stream. Washed away some sweat in my face, cooling down my boiling head and ate some before I headed back towards the parkinglot.
My place totally 😊😊.
This is how steep the mountain was to walk up or down 🤪. You could follow the chain but after so many turists walked that path it was almost slippery it was easier to find your own path to walk down.
More sheep’s among us people…
I had so much pain in both my knees that it took me one hour to walk back. But I did it 🤩🤩. I walked in total 2,4 km with pain 🤪😆😔🤩 a mixed feeling. But I do know that if I am gonna walk there again I have to build up my knees and body in a gym with combination of easier hikes.
He did it. And even if he said he would not climb up on the stone (Kjeragbolten itself) he did. I am proud of him, because he is scared of heights!
I found a spot to sit and watch all the people going up or coming down and the cute sheep’s for a good hour or more.
I really enjoyed to sit down and rest my body. This isn’t a hike for people with #badknees !
We left Kjeragbolten parkinglot 18:30 I think. Olav drove the first 304 km (40 minutes) because it was so many winding, with many sharp turns where there was literally no room for more than one car!
We even met to big trailers / lorries long and heavy going up the hill road while we drove down hill and in just one bend (!). Scary! I would not been able to be calm there!
He let me drive from Siridalen 1 all the way back home to my place, 115 km. That was nice of him. (But he did comment more than both my driving school teacher and the men I had private driving with before I got my license 😔.)
Notes from today’s service at IMI (July 28th).
Luke 7:36-50 – about the sin and things that have a false or true value.
In Romans 3:19-20
Romans 3:19 NIV
[19] Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Romans 3:20 NIV
[20] Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
Many Christians talkes behind other Christians, sadly, but it happens. We need to build each other not the opposite! Are you willing to look in the mirror and see who you are before you criticizing other Christians?
Can you see in the text, that this woman is clean and forgiven?
Earlier in this text, we know she met with Jesus and was forgiven (we can read it and understand it through the text).
Vers 48:
[48] Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
We are both sinners and been forgiven. We need to understand that we are free with Jesus.
Everything we been given from the Lord is grace. When we forgive those who has hurt us, Jesus wil help you and me to forgive myself and yourself. We will not be able to forgive and feel forgiveness if we don’t forgive ourselves. 💜✝️.
I don’t know if this notes gives any of you any meaning, but I am going to share it anyway.
Exploring my neighbourhood suburb – Lervig with a friend, ex. college and kind of a bonus mother 😊 July 23rd.
Exploring the suburb Lervig with my friend, ex.college and kind of a bonus mother. We have wanted to go for a walk before. We tryed just before my holidays, that day the sky open up for rain 😆. Today we were more lucky! ⛅️ some sunshine and wind +19°C perfect! We walked a short version, a 40 min walk in the suburb of Lervig. Next to the seaside 😊. A suburb that before all new buildings wasn’t nice and didn’t have a good rumor 😔.
A suburb for me is a area that is growing and this area has really grown!! And it has started to grow on me 😊.
The last pictures is suburb Lervig and Midjord.
Thoughts of my nearest future, my life here and now and the loneliness I feel.
It’s nearly been a week since I got back from my holiday (July 22nd today).
After I’ve been home for two days I realised I really want to have a family around me. A husband with family. If it’s his growen kids or his siblings it doesn’t really matter as long as its family (person’s). It also means I litterly need to meet people every day, especially when I have a school break. Because when I work I always have people around me and my quote for the social part gets quite high but than when I don’t have a work to go to because it’s Summer, my quote goes down to fast 😔.
Anyway, I have been a bit creative yet not been sewing 😬🤪🙈.
On Saturday (20th) me and my 74 years old neighbour went to a plant store. I bought soil, orchid peat and basicpon to my flowers and 4 new plant pot’s in two sizes. Gave my outdoor plants and my aloe vera basicpon. And new seed soil and clay balls to my indoor flowers. And it looks like they liked it.
Sunday 21st I finally managed to go to Church 😊 on my way I walked on my favourite bridge which also is a roundabout for traffic under. The weather forecast said rain from morning to evening, but we were lucky to not have the rain until during the service. Met a close friend from Oslo after the service, I haven’t seen since I moved three years ago. (It feels like this summer is the summer for meeting up with friends I haven’t seen in too many years.)
Painting…
Now I paint it with acrylic turquoise colour to figure out if this is the colour I want. And I think so. So until I can afford the reel paint this stays.
I still haven’t decided if I will have black or white edges 🤔. I guess it has to grow on me as everything else I do 😆.
I chose to paint this too. The furniture I don’t know what you call, but it’s mostly used as a writing table back in the day’s both with drawers and cupboards. And the turquoise colour pop’s more to the black than the red colour did.
Today, Monday 22nd, I haven’t done much 🙈. I have cleaning my mother’s sewing machine and I found a bulb that fit 😍 and giving the machine some oil. I have the luxury to own two sewing machines now. My mother’s sewing machine was made in 1953 and I think mu mother bought it in the 1960’s. So it’s been along quite long time! A good but heavy machine.
I haven’t been sewing yet 🙈😆 but I will 😉.
Faith and Trusting the Lord. I still don’t know what or where I will work in August yet I have peace inside me for this autumn. I am Trusting the Lord and have faith he will guide my steps. He has already blessed me to be able pay a bit less next time I have to pay the rent 😍🙏✝️. I gave money to the missionary work my church, yesterday, they are doing in Thailand and trust that God will bless my money for how I will live and pay bills in August.
Thoughts for the future… one of them are if I should save up for a used car (becoming an adult in an other level). I know I need a job to be able to save up money – to realistic brain to think otherwise. I have been looking at job’s but nothing so far fit’s me 🙈😔.
Continuing travelling July 17th and 18th.
Finally on the 🚆 night train with the end station Stavanger 😍 tomorrow morning July 18th. A distance of 550 km along the coast.
I hope I’ll be able to sleep more on this train then I did going on holiday. 🤞.
00:18 am good night for now.
Somewhere along the way (trail)
For some reason I can’t just walk into my appointment when I arrive 😆😆 , I always check my flowers.
Now coffee and breakfast… 😆
And unpacking, watering my indoor flowers, do laundry and relax. It’s so nice to be back home!
Those two days of traveling was and became shorter in time, more direct even though I was blessed with space between the stop. I think I used 16,6 hours compared to when I went to Sweden when it took more than 21 hours.
My goal with those posts from my holiday is to inspire you who read to explore places/ a country you kind of know but travel different to how you normally do it 😉. Have faith in the Lord that he will open up the right doors for you along the way you travel.
mia-simone. svenberg 