Empire dress without sleeves & floor long – part 2.
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!
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 à lgÃĨrd 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 ððð 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 ð 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 ðĪŠð.
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 ðð.
This is how steep the mountain was to walk up or down ðĪŠ. 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 ðĪĐðĪĐ. I walked in total 2,4 km with pain ðĪŠðððĪĐ 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 ð.)
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 Godâs 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, âYour 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. ðâïļ.
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 ð 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 ð. Today we were more lucky! â ïļ 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 ð. A suburb that before all new buildings wasn’t nice and didn’t have a good rumor ð.
A suburb for me is a area that is growing and this area has really grown!! And it has started to grow on me ð.
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 ð.
Anyway, I have been a bit creative yet not been sewing ðŽðĪŠð.
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 ð 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 ðĪ. I guess it has to grow on me as everything else I do ð.
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 ð. I have cleaning my mother’s sewing machine and I found a bulb that fit ð 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 ðð but I will ð.
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 ððâïļ. 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 ðð.
Continuing travelling July 17th and 18th.
Finally on the ð night train with the end station Stavanger ð 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. ðĪ.
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 ðð , I always check my flowers.
Now coffee and breakfast… ð
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 ð. Have faith in the Lord that he will open up the right doors for you along the way you travel.
Holiday July 17th and travelling day towards Oslo and Kongsberg.
My day started 08.00 am when I couldn’t sleep more. Made coffee and placed the clean kitchen things from the dishwasher where it belonging. Had breakfast outside while it was raining ð, very cozy!
Got packed into the car and a 25 min drive,by my brother, to BorlÃĪnge. Where I had to try my bank again while my brother and my nephew got on the train towards Danmark.
Finally done with the bank, yet not totally finished with them ðĪŠðĪŽ. Walked fast to catch up with my sister-in-law and my backpacker (600 meters).
Had some waiting at the train station in BorlÃĪnge (an hour). 14:06 pm I found a seat in the train (the train departure time 14:40 pm). Took the elevator the coolest I’ve seen in a long time! )
On the train it started to rain after one train stop.
We will arrive Kristinehamn 17:05 pm and then the next train departure 17:51 pm.
The first travel way…
Next stop Oslo, Norway. Arriving time shall be 21:24 pm lucky me we arrived 22:15 pm ððð happy happy happy! And even more lucky that the train arrived on track 15 so I didn’t need to stress walk through the train station ðð .
On the bus-for-train 22:00 pm – 23:11 pm and 23:43 pm is the departure time for the night train home to Stavanger.
Holiday, July 16th, Falun and 4 things to do!
The goal for today was four things.
The first thing was to try to fix my Swedish bank account, it went kind of good but not totally ðĪŠðĪðĪŽ.
The second was to try to open up a new account in an other bank. That didn’t go as planned ðĪŽ. Back to square one ðĪŽ.
The third thing was to meet my childhood best friend Annica and spend time with her. Catch up the last & past ten years. That went well ð.
I am happy with a new backpacker, it’s an 65 liter and the one I have at home is 60 liter. (1 liter = 0,26 gal (U.S.)
Walking in streets I’ve walked many times before…
Got back to my families house and it felt like I was sweated, but I can’t. So resting my foot a bit and then took I my very last dip and short swim in Runn (the lake here).
Time for packing and making dinner with my niece ð.
Sunday service, July 14th, Falun.
Is it possible to live like Jesus wanted, today and alone?
Romans 12:4-10 – how we are breches to work with each other in this tree (verse 5)
If someone asks to hlp you and you respond “no I don’t need your help ” – this is a mirror of our society. A sad picture but in so many ways the hard truth.
If we take football as an example (mostly because it’s right now are football games) those who play football play as a team and work together and practice on what they all already are good at – we all need each other to be able to how we live as Christians and if we can follow Jesus and live alone.
We were made for something bigger than to earn a lot of money! What is the goal for the Churches?
First Peter 4:10-11 – The love we receive from the lord.
(John 16:7 – about the Holy Spirit. Our guide, our helper when we pray, )
Say Yes to help from those you have around you, where you live.
Holiday July 15th, Falun – VÃĨmhus – sewing machine.
This morning started with the normal coffee and breakfast. And to drive with a rental car (spaceship) from Falun
Between RÃĪttvik and Mora went it slow! But forward.
I took a small break in a village called GarsÃĨs.
Continued to Mora and Orsa, drove the old road also called the turist road to be able to take a picture of the stunning view, but it was to much tree’s in the way to see anything ð. And then towards to my father in VÃĨmhus.
My only reason for this trip was to pick up my mother’s sewing machine ðð. Which is heavier than I remember ðð ðĪŠ. ( And this sewing machine will bring back to Norway ðĪŠ craziness!! )
My conclusion from this trip is that, it’s boring to drive alone! Even if I had the radio on.
It’s approxy 105 km one way from Falun to VÃĨmhus, Mora.
When I arrived in the Bojsenburg suburb the sky opened up and the rain bounced off the asphalt.
Then I had about 35 minutes to leave the sewing machine with my brother and then drive and return the rental car.
I was back in Falun 4.31 pm and drove back the rental car and parked it and handed in the key 4:57 pm ð . And then was the rain over ð.
It feels like I have been driving much longer and much more than I actually have ð ð. But I’m pleased with the day and even more I now ca breath normal ð .
Holiday July 13th, day 5.
Today I woke up 08.45 am was out of the place I mostly just sleep 10.10 am. Catch a citybus. Bought a protein shake with the taste of childhood ice cream ð pear and vanilla.
The temperature was now already +22 °C. Catched the next citybus towards my family.
Swimming with my niece. I would say the water temperature was around +20°C (the same lake as the day before).
Around 2.30 pm a friend of mine Ferdinand (that I got to know back in the time I lived here in 2002 – 2005) picked me up. We drove into the city centre to pick up an other friend before we drove to a place called DjurÃĨs – also a place I’ve lived. But we went to Ferdinand summer house.
BBQ and swimming in a smaller lake, here was the water temp maybe +21 in the evening. Really nice!
Holiday July 12th, 4th day and lot’s of swimming and a challenge.
Falun.
To be able to enjoy visiting a city I have lived in, even if it’s more than twenty-three years ago (gosh is it that long time ago?!)? The time runs too fast!
I went down to the city only to see if I could find a bikini top because I lost one already ðĪŠ. I found two on sale ðð in about 30 minutes.
Needed food b4 doing anything else 1.30 pm. Walked to MAX burger a Swedish burger brand since 1968.
Ate and walked back to the bus hub.
Between 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm I went down to the lake twice ð. After dinner my oldest brother challenged me to learn the sup. So hard! And I am stubborn and I don’t give up easily! I did fall off and landed in the water ððð but I didn’t give up!
I even managed to get around the “floating island” for the first time on a sup ðð it’sapproxy 100 meters away from the beach. After I went for my third swim today.
A perfect 4th day of my holiday ð
Holiday July 10th and 11th.
It’s Wednesday the 10th. I enjoy it’s my first day of my holiday.
It’s 11:40ish and the temperature is +19°C some sun most clouds. Just perfect! My friends I am visiting are at work and I enjoying there house and garden ð
My bonus-bonus baby sister came visiting me while I was in FrÃķvi. We haven’t seen each since 2018 because of corona and closed borders.
We did everything we could to spend time together ðâĪïļ.
We spent approxy nine hours together, coffee, swimming, dinner and table games with my friends, before she had to drive back home.
July 11th;
10:43am, train railway issues… waiting on a station to go forward to the next station. I don’t mind I have a ticket for the bus but the bus departure time is not until 12:25 pm which I really hope I make. This train arrival time was expected to be 12:09 pm. Let’s hope we make it ðĪð. We arrived 12:40 pm still good time to catch a bus towards Falun ð after a short walk from the train station to the bus hub.
Walked 5 minutes from the train station in BorlÃĪnge to the bus hub and waited on bus 152 towards Falun 1:10 pm
In Falun it’s a tiny walk, straight ahead from the bus hub to the pedestrian street. I arrived 1:35 pm.
Approxy 1:40 – 1:50 pm. In this square, in one one the shopping mall it’s a farmacy and there I was going to meet my friend (this friend, I got to know when I was living here back in 2001 – 2004). I am staying in her place despite the fact that she won’t be home this weekend ðð, approxy 1:50 pm I was picked up by my oldest brother and heading towards their home.
It was +18,9°C in the water/lake ð. Swimming temperature ð.
This view is Summer for me! I have spent many Summer holidays here when the kids (my niece and nephews) were small ðð. Now two of them are young adults and the third is a teenager. It’s here I love to swim and hang out ð. And today it was them, a family of five, and my 2nd brother and his wife there too (they live in TrÃļndelag Norway). And later on this evening friends of one of my nephew came. On top of that my head started to ‘boil’ and spinning – to much impressions for me ððĪŠ. The positive side is that I know I will sleep heavy tonight ð
Holiday July 8th and 9th.
The holiday started with an accident while walking Saga ð.
And instead of waiting to catch a city bus 9.15pm I choose to catch a bus 8.15pm so I could go to the farmacy and buy things to clean my sore elbows before my night train departure 10.15pm
On the train
Arriving Kristiansand approxy 01:45am and leaving about 02:15am.
Slept approxy 3,5 hours on the train ðĪŠ. Wok up 06:03am. Out in the morning sunshine but chill morning!
Arriving Kongsberg 06:12am, here it was bus for train departure 06:19am. Now on the bus towards Oslo my first destination on this holiday.
It’s a distance of 550km, from Stavanger to Oslo (north east).
A really good breakfast at the train station in Oslo with a friend from my church network from when I lived here.
Fancinated that it took me three years to get here again! After I moved away. And even if I am not really in Oslo, I just had breakfast and changed buses ð here. I’m here for a short while.
Off to Ãrebro, 4 hours drive with the bus and I am gonna sleep what I didn’t sleep on the night train! A distance of 340km east from Oslo.
Two more hours on the bus from Karlstad to arrive to my second destination (but first where I’ll stay for 48 hours) 15 hours later from when my journey began ðĪŠðð.
I arrived 2:25pm to Ãrebro. Been very careful with my elbows all this journey! Managed anyway to hit the right elbow ð and then I tryed to lock my suitcase in a locker but oh no that didn’t work ðĪŽðĪŽðĪŽ. I have than the second time today been a customer to Espressohouse ðð.
The very fiber rich sandwich actually worked ð
But my journey isn’t done yet ðð. I will meet with my friend I’m staying with 4:30 pm, catch the last train for today towards FrÃķvi a smaller village 200km north of Ãrebro.
After dinner and catch up time with the family I visit (which I haven’t seen in ten years! ) we played some table games.
Lacking of friends – continueing…
I have now throughing myself out there to be more outgoing and find new friends. Twice, two day’s in a row. And totally worth it!
I met two women yesterday (Thursday July 4th) that I probably will meet again for a chat over a coffee or similar. But it wasn’t contacting on how we are as personality or maybe it was hard to get to that level ðĪ when one of us spoke broken English and the other floating English and me also floating English. We didn’t got deep enough to explore hobbies.
Today (July 5th) I met Amber, just me and her talking. And we had the contacting ð. We talked like we been knowing each other much longer! And we will stay in touch so that we can meet again as soon as the summer holidays are over and start to ‘hang’, talk or do things together ð.
Thankful is was is left inside me right now.
I feel I have had lost my outgoing side of myself for the past years but I am getting closer to whom I once was ðð. This is promising! To challenge yourself can be so good for yourself!
Thankful to the Lord showing me what I need in life.
A very wet walk in the rain ð§…
With an ex-colleague, she is also like an extra mother because she reminds me of my mother. We went for a walk, but when we actually started to walk it also started to rain like the sky just open up ððð ð . But we did walk! Approxy 4 km. And it’s a very long time since I was so wet after a walk ðð.
Home’n drying up before I heading out again a bit later to get to know some new ladies in Stavanger ðð
Eventful week so far! First week of my holiday.
So far (4 days) this week has been an eventful week!
First, Monday (24th) migraine and pasting the driving test.
Second, Tuesday (25th) did a super bargain on sale.
Thirdly, Wednesday (26th) could enjoy the temperature outdoors and painted the outdoors pots with colors my style ð.
Fourthly, Thursday (27th) on adventure with Saga the grand danios and Hilde (Saga’s mom), got migraine with auora again but this time I had it for a record time of 15 min! And around 6:30 pm went for this years first time dipped me in the sea! Also first time in three (!) years.
Freezing cold water but perfect for me and my body after the top temperature of +28°C – the sudden heat we just got and you know me I just don’t cope above +15°C ð.
The only thing I did after that was actually sewing ððð.
The challenges to be taller than 5’10 – the standard size.
Just wanted to finish it. Not that I thought I would need one more ðð but, I do need more than one bikini. Therefor will I sew a matching bikini buttom to this green top.
I am between sizes, the sizes you find in the stores ðĪŠ . Their for it’s easier to sew something that fits my body. Their for adjustment is nessesary. Try it on my body to know it fits and I dislike to go shopping and trying things on.
I sew to challenges myself to become better but also offcourse to be able to have clothing that fits my tall body!
I found another bikini top ð and going to finish that too, but this one will have a twist ð.
To be 6’2 ( or 189cm) doesn’t come with just happiness just because I am tall, as most people are jealous on. No it comes with a lot more challenges.  We who are taller than 5’10 have the challenges to find clothes long enough or fit all the other curvers, weight, longer upper torso than legs or the opposite. Not something we find in a normal clothing store! (It is easier to be shorter because you can shorten clothes than make one item longer!) Â
Most of my tall friends buy clothes in online stores that has started their own business just because they never found clothes for their body or in online stores that has been approached to get clothes for tall people.  I do too, mostly for Jeans and sweaters.
Sewing is not just a hobby for me, as many of my friends and students asks. No it’s more than that! It is mostly to be able to get clothes my style and learn to sew ð§ĩâïļmy wardrobe ð. But it also is to save the planet. If we sew, we can choose the fabric. Use what we already have and redesign it into upcycling or choose naturally fabric we know is good for the environment!
Bikini 2024.
My challenge last week was to sew a bikini that fits my tall body. A challenge I took. And it took me six days to finish. I am pleased to finally feel good in a bikini that looks different and good on me.
Before I started.
Both training tops was perfect for upcycling and make the bikini buttom.
As you may know I am 6’2 and it is hard to buy clothes that actually fits my tall body! A bikini isn’t any difference. As the fashion is everything “shall be as little as possible ” well that doesn’t look good on all bodies!
And I am not super pleased with every curve I have, not uncommon for any woman around the world. Yet I have found my style and therefore I sew ð. Exploring in different pattern that hopefully will fit me and also look good on my tall body ð.
Hope you will be inspired by my sewing to challenge yourself ð. Good luck! And thank you for reading my blog@
Looking for a bikini – found 2 top’s to sew & celebrating my driving licence with a friend.
I was looking for a new bikini but didn’t find any good colour or size but I did found 2 top’s on sale ðĪĐ. In perfect colour! And what did I think? Well, I can use those 2 top’s to sew my bikini ðĪĐðĪĐ.
After this bargain on sale, I met a friend and celebrated with a dessert (read about it in the post’s Driving Licence part 1 – 7) down in the city.Â
And after that I bought a whole watermelon ðĪĐðĪĐ, got home sewed a bit and while doing that a friend from my house church came by with a flower as a congratulations greeting
Driving license – part 7 – did it ðĪĐðĪĐðĪĐð.
24th of June. It didn’t start good ð oh no it started with migraine with aurora 05:50 am. Took my medicine and ate breakfast. Texted my driving school teacher, to inform him. Did all I could to get it away. My goal was to do the very last mandatory driving test without migraine.
Catched the planned bus. Got to the driving school before meeting up time (06:58 am) as was 07:10 am.
Went through the car and all that I need to on what is what and where I found it.
Driving off to the traficstastion (where it all starts), drove some nessesary streets incase of if that’s where I would be driving with the sensor from the traficstastion.
I have to say, I have never before, been driving with my migraine medication. So this was wierd and I wouldn’t done it if it wasn’t because of today’s task!
The driving test itself is an hour long,and in three (3) parts.
When we got back an hour later, this very nice sensor, told me I had past. A bit of a chock! But a good chock! I have worked so hard for this in the end!
I did it!
ðððð
Driving license – part 6.
May 29th. Reflections from today’s driving. In total 36,11 km. Lot’s of practice on the feedback lately ð. Driver with the L in the back of the car, for a good course. Driving with the thermoses of coffee also svela – a very Norwegian dish/ thicker pancake – around to the charity group during day 3 of Goodness Week in Stavanger.
Private driving 1st of June went much better even if I got lost and didn’t find the right road to drive off to the European motorway at once ðĪŠ. But I managed to read all the signs without stress ð, even the roundabout went fine today (even if I had lost of pain in my lower back). I am a bit worried that my back won’t be good enough for the next mandatory part ð.
I am thankful for my neighbour lady (age 74 that dare to sit beside me and having Sagað in the car, while I’m driving) and thankful for the protection from the Lord!
Private driving June 4th tunnel practice not so much about how to drive in a tunnel, no the focus was on where will I end up? So I could update my gps in my head. Unlucky I didn’t drive there at all the 7th when I had my 3rd mandatory part, 2nd driving over 2 hours. I had made a plan that would have worked perfectly with my brain but after half of the mandatory driving the teacher asked me how much time we had left – approxy half – so instead of driving where I in mind and be able to stop and eat a bit, the teacher forced me to change my plans, drop out of a break. I drove with the same teacher May 24th and than it was okay with breaks. I just don’t understand!
Sadly I now, since the last hour of the mandatory driving lesson, have fatigue symptoms. My ADHD doesn’t work well with driving more than 2 hours. I hope it is something I can practice on! But I can’t have a life with fatigue symptoms as soon as I am driving with someone. This driving school teacher also send me unconscious stress – which is the reason I now since approxy 1 am Friday the 7th have had fatigue symptoms ð.
Yet I have to be apart of the last mandatory part tomorrow Monday 10th of June, 3 pm. I feel like someone been driving over my head. And screens (laptop or smartphone) are less good than other things in life right now. Fatigue symptoms ð.
June 22nd. Today I have my last private driving. So today I am going to repeat things I know I can do better, poking on the driving in and around and out of a roundabout and get to know the suburb where the trafic station for the drive-up (or driving tests) starts.
Midsummer home inðļðŠ Sweden is a big weekend, here in Norwayðģðī they make a bonfire.
And what do I do? For the past years haven’t I done a thing ð. I think I have been on one maybe two St.Hans bonfire during my soon 17 years in Norway. I totally miss my SwedishðļðŠ traditions! Not all of it but a lot. And this midsummer I am nauseous ð been eating and drinking blueberry ðŦ which is the only thing that helps.
I went grocery shopping (just got home) and thought “why not at least buy some strawberry ð as some kind of feeling of which day it is.Â
But it isn’t the same!
To be sick on such a big day and single isn’t fun! But at least I know it comes more ð and hopefully with a driving license ð in the future.
The Swedish ðļðŠ traditions is herring, potatoes, family, schnapps (for those who like it), pick 7 different flowers, Midsummer dance with folk-dress, folk music, barbecue, bring in hay (for those who live further north, and Christian festivals.
The Norwegian ðģðī traditions haven’t I got into yet. And I would say it’s a mix of that I don’t have a driving license and no Norwegian man or any Norwegian family whom has adopted me in to their family and traditions.
My midsummer 2024 is a sad mix of frozen pizza and blueberry and maybe strawberry…
Birthday gift to a friend.
I am not the person that go out and buy a gift therefore I had figure out what to sew on Tuesday (June 11th) so I knew it would be done on Thursday (13th).
I found some jeans fabric in two different sizes and sew them together with red thread.
Found an old shirt to make ties for the apron. The apron is size XL.
It was hard to know if the tie around the neck would fit so I saved some length to be adjusted if needed.
The giftcard also upcycling. I used one side of a coffee bag, glued it on thicker paper and used it as a giftcard ð
In total the Birthday man was happy for the gift. I am looking forward to see him use it even if he said it was too pretty to use.
The Birthday party was yesterday, Friday June 14th.
Menopause isn’t just one stage to get through! It’s 3 stages; Perimenopause, Menopause and Postmenopausal.
Why am I sharing this? Well I am learning more and more about this every day. Because this isn’t something we woman just will go through it is a part of life!
And the sad part is that too many doctors still believe that a bloodtest will show if you are in one of the stages.
Which is sad! Because you can start symptoms of being in one of the stages with other symptoms than can’t show on a blood test!
Read more about it – if you are a woman!
You can have the same type of symptoms as if you are depressed or have anxiety and maybe it actually are more naturally things like less testosterone in your body?! Make a reaserch about those stages, find a podcast about it and newer books in this field! Talk to your doctor and be a bit stubborn so you get answers. The body, our bodies ate changing!
I have learned so much more about this theme by listening to my favourite podcast with The Dr Louise Newson Podcast, she works in the field, interviewing women in all different fields who are in one of the 3 stages.
Perimenopause is the first stage and and be in a period between 2-10 years and in this stage you still have the period.
Menopause is the second stage and you have now been without the period for one full year.
Postmenopause is the third stage and this is where you will be for the rest of your life.
This is not just for us women the more men knows about as more will they understand not just why we “go though it” but hopefully also why it will be easier to understand “why some women wants less sex or be less intimate” in this time of life.
Please share this to your friends if they don’t understand what they should do or don’t understand what’s happening with their body ð.
My backpacker
I really needed a new backpacker! Therfore did I check what I had at home that I could use.
Here are a mix of rest pieces from Jeans I haven’t been able to use and I recycled the smaller backpack I had and didn’t like.
I’ve used the straps and the zipper from the smaller backpack.
This is the process.
And this is the finish;
Empire dress without sleeves and floor long – part one – my summer dress ð.
All of us who has ADHD knows what I mean! So my next sewing project is an empire dress in full length. In a light fabric with wider sholders for warm summer days. I am “a bit allergic” to long sleeves ðð in the summer.
Here are the start of my summer dress.
While I was cutting out the fabric I realised I wouldn’t have enough fabric from one curtain so here am I using 3 curtains. And instead of sewing an undergown (skirt under) I am testing to sew the nice fabric on the inside of the dress.
Sewing June 1st in the evening, after a “bumpy-ride-day” (lots of back pain). I started with the turquoise fabric the only fabric I hadn’t done anything with so far.
If my back is better today, June 2nd, I hope to managed to sew all the insides so I can sew it all together. And start on the top part soon. Because I really want to be done before my holiday so I can bring it with me and wear it.
I am taking Holiday the 2nd week of July, the first propper Holiday in 8 years.
The re-design of the bead-dress (2023-2024), part one.
I got this dress after some of my old colleagues, last years work place (Bore school) when they had a ‘Change your wardrobe Day with clothes you don’t want but maybe your colleague like’
I took it out of my sewing project box yesterday (1st of January 24) to get some ideas of what kind of fabric could work on it.
And they both could work for sure! But it was not what I wanted. I wanted something more fun & crazy like me ðð.
And today (second of January) I went to my favorite fabric store to buy new needles ð and there it was! The cool fabric ðĪĐðĪĐðĪĐ and enough (2,8 meters) and on sale ðĪĐðĪĐðĪĐ.
This will be so fun! I will do it so asymetric as possible. Orange and black is perfect! Playful, crazy and fun!
I bought this fabric in January and still in June haven’t I found the pattern I want ððĪŠ for this dress. I will use the undergown (the inside dress) because it fit’s me.
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Driving license – part 5 [ I didn’t think I would need an other part of this subject but I will ððð.]
May 10th 07.30-09.00am had I the first part of the last mandatory part through the driving school.
Then it will be two different types of mandatory driving – one part is countryside driving for 3-4 hours the other is planing-gps-driving for 2,5â3 hours. And then it’s a last part where you reflect on what you learned during those driving school lessons.
Norway are making all new drivers extremely alert on absolutely everything they think is important when it comes to driving. Instead of learning more along the way, everything must be learned at driving school and it is expensive! And all mandatory parts are not adapted to people (like me) who have practiced driving a lot or have had a driving license for something else before. No, everyone must do this regardless of what you already know. This type of mandatory came in 2005 because the government saw how many accidents it was among new drivers.
Instead of adapting to your background and possibly age, they extend the lessons and instead of compressing the lessons to make them more efficiently ðĪŠ they do the opposite. Tipical Norway.
Between May 10th and May 24th, I have had good practical ð driving with my two friends my age that taking time to help me with this ðĪĐðĪĐ
Next driving with the driving school, May 24th countryside driving are done (after an a bit rough morning with hotflush ðĪŠ) . The driving itself went well. I am now driving automatic (started with stick) and I love to drive an automatic car! This mandatory part – countryside driving for 4 hours(!) was so intense for my adhd-brain and I had so much pain in my wrist after ðĪŠ.
My day wasn’t over just because I past this. [More thing would happen after this.] But the Lord was with me all 4 hours ðâïļ.
mia-simone. svenberg 