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 🤪😆🙈.
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 ”
It has taken me some more years then most people in my age, to figure out what I want to do “when I grow up” which is an expression on what you want to work as or with, for most people it happends when you are between 20-30 y.o. For me, who was 100% burned out in the age of 26, on sickleave for 2 years after and tryed to find my path in what to work with or what kind of education both in Sweden and here in Norway. During 8 years here in Norway taking courses through NAV and for the last 4 years have I actually been working in the school as a learning support teacher hasn’t always been easy. It has been a learning journey, yet I haven’t been able to work more then 80% for the last 10-15 years because of the burnout. Yet I am greatful for every job I have had, and learned from! It isn’t until now I know what I want to do. And for me it has been it’s own journey to figure this out, underestanding what the Lord have in mind. I still have some things to sort out before I can apply to the Univercity, but at least I know in which direction I am going, which I haven’t known before.
I will not let you know yet, the direction, cause some friends are following my blog and I have only told some close friends. I do wonder if my <3Mom<3 knew in which direction my life would turn, while she was still with us without her sickness or if she is happy now when she is in heaven whatching me on distance?
Anyway, every day between the 23rd to the 27th, did I work as a substitute teacher. The first week I had almost a full week! 🙂 Friday the 27th – Had I for the first time lessons by myself, no co-teacher. I was a substitute teacher for a 6th grade class in both English and Norwegian subject. It was fun, and an okay class. You know, back in the day’s when you were in school you probably tryed your limits when you had a substitute teacher and not you normal ones. Offcourse this class did that too. And here is the thing, I think I got this from my Mom, I do not tollerent much noice in a class room. I am from the generation (growing up during the 80’s and 90’s) that wants the pulpils to listen, be in the classroom also with there heads and brains and following on what I talk about so they wont ask me hundered times after when they shall do the task. Which I made clear and the boy’s who tryed to strech on the limits didn’t really work for them. that was a good feeling for me who hasn’t or isn’t a propper teacher. 🙂
I will also be a permenent on-call substitute from now on, which the management likes a lot cause they always need substitutet teachers.
Anyway, I liked to be a substitute teacher on Friday. It reminded me on when I did it back in Sweden long before I moved to Norway. I was young and the pulpils where teenagers then. I liked it then and now. A lot has happend with me during the years, yet the one thing that feels like it is the same is how much I like beeing in a classroom.
I just have to tell you about Thursday 26th. I was a co-teacher in 7th grade in art and crafts with the project “take photo’s” the first two classes we went to a place nearby where I live and after luch we went with the third class to a suburb called Lervig where Stavanger has long traditions within young creative culture such as Tou scene, various artistic expressions within performing arts, visual arts, film, music and other cultural industries. At Tou Scene did they (and I) take pictures of buildings and street art. That day I walked a lot!
Yes, and on Wednesday 25th I was in 1st grade (!). I haven’t been in the lower grades at all before Wednesday. I was so tired in my head when I got home….
I don’t know you guys who are following me, where you come from, what your thoughts are about Halloween or if it’s just a date?! But I know I did change my thoughts about 20 years back when I was working in a yought club in Sweden and Halloween got closer. What the yought thought about Halloween and what they thought was the truth, which it wasn’t. Because what they though was what they had learn from social media at that time and not the background. Where does the halloween fenomen comes from? And how was is it before Americans changed it? Well I asked the youth and told them to search. And learn about the orignial halloween day or weekend when that happends.
The conclution was, “Oh it isn’t from America!”. No it isn’t. So where does it comes from? Well, the tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain – marked the end of the Celtic year and the beginning of the new one – were people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts, in the 8th century. And November 1 is designated to honor saints. October 31st was known as All Hallows eve and later become Halloween. Over time Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick.or.treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating treats. October 31st is also marked as the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of the year that was often associated with human death.
So you can choose how or what you do on October 31st! I choose “Harvesting” and celebrating that the summer is over and the winter is coming. I decorate with things that is for me Autumn or connected to harvest. I have been working on farms so I have the knowledge of what we can harvest this time of the year. This year – which is the first for me – I bought a pumpkin and did a very easy carving decoration mostly for fun cause I have never done it before. I also bought a typical autumn flower Heather flower which I have outside my door on a small table. I will put up the rest of my decoration this evening and put a sign on my door tomorrow. “DO NOT RING THE DOORBELL, SCARRED CAT INSIDE & I’M OUT.” because I will be out tomorrow evening. I don’t think that will be popular…
Have a blast October 31st!
I just have to share what I walk by every day when I am blessed to be working as a subtitute co-teacher in 5th, 6th or 7th grade at Nylund school. A ten minutes walk from my place.
This week started unfortunately with some fever from last week, even at work as a subtitute assistant at the school club (sfo), with 1st grade. It was fun! I climb with the young pulpils 😊 in a climbing frames for children and young people. I don’t have a picture which I thought of but never had time to take.
Then I worked Tuesday 😊 in 7th grade. But when I got home I got setback 😔, the fever 🤒 came back for approxy 24 hour. So no work on Wednesday 😔, but this morning was really good! And the rest of the day both in the class I helped in, as a subtitute co-teacher, and the ☀️-shine we got. Like the picture above 😊. The temperature 🌡getting closer to +5°C in the morning. And I really need a new feather jacket!! Which is my goal on Saturday – to buy a new feather jacket.
But first will I work tomorrow Friday. Even if I had a setback this week has it been the best week so far! Awsome pulpils and co-workers!!😊😊 I haven’t liked a school so much since the school I worked at on the East side of Norway- Bekkestua school (junior high) between 2019-21. And I think I like this age more then teenagers.
And one more thing, which is hard to admit is I think I want to work as some kind of teacher one day.
I may be starting this thinking twenty years later then most on my age, but I didn’t have the chance to studdy twenty years ago. Due to an illness – 100 % burnout for at least three years – which has left mark on where I have worked or why I have no education as of today.
We all have different times in life when we studdy and become something we work with later. While the Lord has his timing planned for you and me when things will happend. ✝️ To trust him in all his plans is the key. I know that when I start have the Lord already made a path for me. I just have to try and see where this will take me 😊. I can’t have focus on how many years it is but have focus on the Lord and have fun!
So, you who read the post of October 10th, know what I am talking about.
What I didn’t write was how long the process would take, from applying for a new passport to when I could expect to collect it. At the police station in Gothenborg I were told it would take 11-12 weeks(!) That would be January 2023.
I didn’t think more about that when work started again so when I recieved a txt msg Friday October 28th from the Police in Sweden, that I could go and pick up the new passport at the ambassy of Sweden in Oslo or send an email so the Swedish Ambassy could send it closer to me, I were super surprised!!
And now, I am waiting on it to arrive Stavanger 😊. I have to say it’s such a blessing it arriving earlier!! So many things I need the passport for here in Norway. The security level on all gowerment webpages got higher this Autumn.
An unsharp picture of me in Stavanger the 9th of November. I went straight from work to pick it up. On my way I 🤞 to be able to catch a train back home b4 6pm. Cause then I wouldn’t use so much time on waiting 😊. I were lucky 😊😊, the train was delayed 😊😊.
But now I got it 😊.
Hey you wherever you are around the World! I don’t know how you feel or think, but I just don’t understand. It was the same last year 🤪.
I start working August the 16th and in a blunck it’s October!?!
Where I live it’s time for the Autumn break next week (the 11th to 17th of October) which is the middle of this month!! The time is really flying away!! 🤪🤪🤪🤪
So much and so less har happend since I started to work.
I have started to get in to my work tasks. Last week were I a substitute teacher in Arts & crafts in the 9th grade already. What a Boost that was!! The same day I was a substitute teacher in the elective subject Design and redesign for the 8th graders. 🤩🤩🤩.
The weeks flies. 🤪. Like last week we had ☀️🌤 with a 🌡temperature on up to +20°C !! in the end of September!! The seasons has really changed. This week has been grey and rainy with a temperature on +11° to +18°C.
My challenge with the weather change is that I get each in the body & head 😔😔. It’s like I am a walking weather machine 🤪. I am trying to coope with it. The sadest part is that with headache I miss out on Church 😔😭 cause I just don’t stand the music with headache.
So my longing to actually go to Church has still not happend becauce of the weather is changing from week to week. I do hope it’s gets a bit more stable weather in October and if not,that the changes goes faster.
Anyway.
Life is good here! Love living here!
I would not change it for money! Or for an other country.
My goal for this month (October) is, Blog more. Get to the gym. Get to Church & housechurch. Get out in the nature more. Meet up with old friends.
Get more practical things like a wacuum cleaner & more function furnitures.
See if we can get a new cat in the house.
And in the middle of all those challenges I just have to say how much I love this season!! Autumn is the best! Gives me so much happiness from all the colours and the rain is lovely.
I really believe the Lord put me here for å reason. He is working in me and I just have to wait’n see what more in his plans 😊.
Enjoy life it’s worth it!
I have not celebrated Halloween in in years. I have not had a Job or friends who like it or who just go to an “adult party” with a Costume on that Day here in Oslo.
So, I who love Costumes, had this year my opportunity to dress up in a Costume. 😍😍😍
But to do that I needed to sew a under-skirt to have under my tulle skirt which is see-through… I had to take off my homemade paper buttons and bleach my light yellow blouse white. Re-sew the buttons back. All this in 3 days including to work and shopping the last things.
And find wool-stockings that did not have any wholes in them 🤣🤣 I had to find my Theater makeup and buy some more.
What a lovely task. 😍
This is how I looked like;
I was the snow-lady instead og snowman because I’m a girl 😉 I even painted my nose orange to look like a carrot. 😉
Happy Halloween 😉
/Mia-Simone.Svenberg.
Two weeks ago.
2 weeks ago we had our first snow ❄️ day here in Oslo. I was happy like a child but most of my colleagues was not. They started to complain…
Everything is delayed in Oslo when the first snow ❄️ comes. It is the same shit every year.
I was waiting om “my” bus 23 for more then nine minutes, which is the normal amount off minutes om my side og Oslo to wait. Not talk about the metro 😂😂😂 which was standing still because of the snow 🤣😜😠 and signal failure at the National Theater, 3 stops closer to the city from my metro stop at Smestad.
I arrived the metro station in time. It was even three minutes left to when it was going but! the metro train did not go!! 😠😠 It was just standing there. 🤪😳
The metro driver came out of the train and told med and everyone else else that planed to catch it,
It will come a bus-instead-of-metro. (Very common in Oslo.) Go and wait on the other side. We do not know how close the bus-instead-of-metro is but it will come.
I waited.
I think I waited on this “metro-bus” for about twenty minutes before I catch a regular bus.
In the meantime I txted my co-worker about the delay traffic and that I was on my way even if that would take while.
I finally got on the bus, jumped off where the shortest walk to the School was according to google maps. Walked up-hill to work. Came forty-five minutes later then a normal day, just because of the snow. 😐
And it was not just me who where late. Almost a third of my colleagues was also late.
And most of our students because they are coming with a taxi, they where even more stuck in the traffic, poor students. 😕😕
What a day!
But it does not end there. … You see, the day after is most times even worst. The day after is everything is delay and that Day you are stuck in traffic!
/Mia-Simone.Svenberg.2018.
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