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Summer break 2025. Adventure. Part 5 of 7 days

Thursday July 24th.

You know the feeling when you really want to sleep in long and just can’t. That’s how this holiday in Gothenburg has been so far 😆😆. Normally I can sleep longer but then I also managed to be up late 😆. But when you have activities almost all day long you actually get tired early.

It’s the fourth day with my best friend Annica in Gothenburg. New things to explore. Today we went to Mölndals Kvarnby – the mill village of Mölndal.

The start of the climbing up hills in the high temperature of +25 around11.40 am and later +27° (but it felt like +30° C.

I was about to melt away when we walked up the slopes to Mölndals Kvarnby. Farthest up the hill was a secondhand shop. My friend Annica wanted to go in so I joined her. Oh, luck it was 😊, because inside I found a blouse that was perfectly thin for this heat!

The blouse from 2ndhand

Here I have it on, on the way towards Oslo 😉

While we were waiting on the tram into Gothenburg center again we changed our plans from Church Safari to just go to one store and head back to the hotel. One of the reasons was my sad back and thirty minutes later the sudden rain 😆😆.

The good thing with the rain was at least one thing. I got to use my rain jacket when the sky suddenly opened up.

Some thunderstorm today too. But still warm enough to not get cold.

After a cup of coffee when we got back to the hotel (around4 pm), and a power-nap for both me and my friend Annica we had late dinner. And went for a walk in the neighbourhood to the hotel. Here are those photos 😉.

From the opposite side of the Waterfront Cabins.

We have had a wonderful holiday here in Gothenburg! We have taken the day’s as they came with exploring in the hot weather 🥵. Done the most out of it as it fit us. We are pleased and tomorrow is departing day.

Hope you enjoy reading about what we have done and that you will get some tips on what to do if you choose to go to Gothenburg!

Summer break 2025. Adventure. Part 4 of 7 days.

Wednesday July 23rd.

Starting later today but with breakfast and Coffee on the “balcony”. It’s a bit more grey clouds this morning but the around the same temperature (+23°C) 10 am.

Today’s goal is the botanical garden. Something the both of us love. I don’t have much that looks like a garden at home… but always dream of something I can make a garden in or off. And today we’ll walk in a huge garden and receive even more idea’s or just inspiration for a future garden 😉.

The weather forecast today is grey and cloudy but it’s predicted to be up to +28°C even today. A good day for this kind of adventure!

We catch a local bus down to **Brunnsparken** and switch to a tram towards **The botanical garden. We took tram nr 2.**

From the tram stop, you walk up to the main road and past it (walk over). And on this side of the road **you find this sign.**

We past the gates 12pm. And stroll slowly through this magnificent garden. We had really good weather! A good combination of ⛅️🌤☀️ and wind and a temperature between +23° and +26°C.

And here are some of the flowers I liked…

Through the school garden and interesting tree garden…

… I had to stop to cool down my feet’s…

After the lunch we walked towards the Japanese garden.

And when we came to a fence we thought we would end up in an other smaller garden but we didn’t 😆. We walked through the Nature Reserve and ended up in a street with houses 😆😆 and had to walk back the to the garden once more.

And now it was time for 🚻 (toilet facility) and water to cool down, rest on the grass and ice cream. And a kind-of-power-nap in the grass.

While laying in the grass the wind got stronger and suddenly we heard the thunderstorm getting closer. (Around 3 – 3.30 pm). And had to walk faster to not get wet from the sudden 🌧 rain 😆.

Tram back into the city but not to Nordstan, but to Grønsakstorget (the vegitable square). Rain pooring down and yes we didn’t take our Rain jacket with us 😆. Grocery shopping and walking in the rain to the closest tram stop to get back to the hotel.

Waiting on a tram after grocery shopping.

Late dinner out on our ” balcony ” and yatzy with wine in the chill breeze after the thunderstorm and rainbow 😊. A perfect evening!

Summer break 2025. Adventure. Part 3 of 7 days.

Tuesday 22nd.

Our plan yesterday was to sleep in, but no I woke up 7 am and couldn’t sleep more 😆😆. Annica was awake maybe ten minutes later. We had an early breakfast and coffee. Took things like it came. No stress just relaxing.

Around 11 am we headed into the city. I had something I needed to do. The reason for this trip for me.

Had lunch at Deg_pizzeria …

…which was really good and tasty! Totally recommend if you visit Gothenburg .

Walked around in the city…

Instead of an ***ice*** ***cream*** that would melt before you started on it, we bought each ***ice tea Mango + Mojito.*** Really good! At ***Espressohouse.***

Continued to explore. I found and bought a shell jacket on sale 😊🤩. Got some necessary things you need during a stay on holiday. And last stop was the liquidstore (which is a special store just for alcoholic liquid and where you have to be 20 years old both in Sweden and Norway) where we got each bottle if wine. Me white wine and a new ale and Annica red wine.

Dinner around 7 pm and… movie time.

Summer break 2025. Adventure. Part 2 of 7 days

Monday July 21st. Switching from the train to the bus 06.10 am and it was raining 🤪 but luckily the ☀️ was up in Oslo 07.30 am.

Good morning Oslo.

Here am I normally have my breakfast when I travel. But they didn’t have my favourite so I have to be satisfied with just a simple espresso. And maybe that’s smart after the sandwich I had on the train… because my stomach is upset.

I have one and a half hour in total here at the train station hub until I have to catch the bus to Gothenburg at 9 am (one hour from now).

It’s warm. +27°C , 1 pm.

I will just find a place to sit and wait on my best friend from (childhood) Sweden. She arrives 1.30 pm. The breeze is nice so this will be perfect.

….

Me and my best friend Annica (since 1989).

We had lunch in the city after both of us been traveling we were starving. Ate at BK (Burger King). Bought tickets and headed towards the Waterfront Cabin Hotel which is placed next to the water with a lovely view!

Our home for 4 nights. Waterfront cabins.

We have settled in and got our coffee and can now make plans for this evening and tomorrow.

After check-in and some food we headed into the city again, around6 pm, even if we to tired to do much 😆😆😅..

Got back by bus. Made dinner and after both if us got annoyed on the (a bit to small couch for two aduldt ladies above 5″9) we moved it 😆😅. The appointment we have rent for four nights is perfect for this kind of trip/Holiday. It has some challenges if you as us are tall people 😅. But for the most it works.

To be able to stay awake at least until 11 pm we found some series to watch. Then it was good night!

Summer break 2025. Adventure. Part 1 of 7 days.

Today is it Sunday the 20th July. I am finishing up with my packing. Can’t say I am looking forward to travel in this temperature… (picture below).

But I have to. The tickets are already booked. The heat wave Norway is under came last week and have only got stronger and warmer each day. 🥵.

First ” stop ” is Church 6pm.

From the Church I got ride with a friend from latest House Church I catch to the train station.

Waiting on the train 8 pm – 10 pm. Thankful it isn’t so warm longer. And I can grab a sandwich.

10:05 pm on the train. We’ll soon leave Stavanger. I hope I managed to sleep some.

At 04.20 am I just couldn’t sleep anymore 😔. Too cold and hungry.

… on our way to Kongsberg in about 15 min (06:10 am) where we have to switch to bus-for-train, to Oslo.

Summer break 2025. Adventure and exploring islands around Stavanger.

Vassøy. Thursday July 17th. The day started at 09.30 am for me and the 🌡temperature was already +21°C ⛅️. I catch the first 🚍local bus 11.48 am [number 7 from Sola] down to the city centre of Stavanger. It takes approx 18min. A short busride off two stops, [with number 1], just because it goes faster than walking 😆😆. And then catching the ferry towards Vassøy island.

The ferry took about 15 min.

To get to **Vassøykalven beach you just walk forward on Sørstrandveien.** It takes between 10 and 15min depending on how fast you walk. It’s only 1 km. You will end up with the beach on your left side or get to a wooden bathing jetty if you walk the small path in the forest.

Vassøykalven beach. Child friendly with permanent grill facilities. Two bathing jetty’s.

The water temperature is okay today. Maybe +20°C.

A bit to much small stones for my taste in the sand while walking out in the water for a swim..

And you need to walk quite far out for the swim 😔 (at least I always needs that 😅). But it’s very Child friendly because of that.

The toilet facility on the left side and the walking path towards the suspension bridge on your right side.

Before we (me and a girlfriend) headed towards the ferry back to Stavanger ferry port we or I wanted to find the walking path for the suspension bridge over to Vassøykalven island (the calf island).

This map picture show you where it is. Vassøykalven grill (with the green dot), I didn’t walk there.

We got lost 😆😆 but rhus oath led us to this… next picture.

This is Bybrua (the city bridge in Stavanger) from Vassøy island side.

If you walk from the beach towards the toilet facility and then up into the forest on your right side (see picture below) and follow the red paint you will end up at the suspension bridge. It’s no signs more than the red paint “dots”.

On the top of “the hill” before it goes down hill to the bridge.

And on Vassøykalven island you find ruins from some kind of permanent living many (hundred?) years ago.

On the other side of this island it was like a lagoon.

Totally worth a visit! If it warmer than +20°C you can also enjoy a swim in the summer.

Summer break 2025. Adventure and exploring my neighbourhood.

I live next to the seaside. A short walk off 3 minutes.

On Friday Jily 11th I got out for a walk a long the beach to explore and enjoy both the weather and the sea. All because it was to warm during the day for me 😅.

Seashell laying in the blocks of stones.

A lovely place to sit and enjoy the sea 😊.

On my walk on those big stones along the sea, I was looking for driftwood something I love to create something new off.

I have found my place along the seaside.

Summer break 2025. Adventures and explore.

Tuesday 8th of July. 10.45 am.

Towards Kvitsøy island… but first two busses 😉.

Bus from my closest bus stop, Stavanger University Hospital Ullandhaug.

#Paahjul #stavangerkommune #rentabycycle

The first beach few hundred meters from the ferry.

The water here was pretty okay temperature at the **public beach.**

My friends back closest and the lighthouse of **Kvitsøy island.**

After the break, we biked away in hope to get to the **stone cross**. But we were not up for the walk after the 2 km of bicycling (I had only one gear 😅 and lot’s of pain in my legs).

The stone cross is about 4 meter high, you find it at leiasundet, on the far east side of the island. It’s been there for a long time. No one knows how old it us but at least 1000 years.

On our way back to the **public beach.**

I walked in the water and my friend swam a little. Maybe the water 🌡 was +14 ?🤔.

The ferry port before we left to get to main land again at 3 pm.

We have had a great adventure and exploring the island as much as we had energy for. We are pleased and a bit sun burned 😆. Seen as many 🐑’s as 🏠-es I think. It was perfect to rent a bicycle to get around! And the ferry is for free if you have a monthly card for bus in Nord-Jæren.

This picture shows how we were bicycling on the island ;

The Red was the first part to the lighthouse, the Aqua Green is the second part to our first food break. The Blue is the third part towards the stone cross and the Yellow is back. In total over 6 km.

Summer break 2025. A mix of things I need to do and Adventures 😉.

It’s summer again 😆😆. This summer will I explore the islands outside of Stavanger. If it’s to catch a ferry or a bus, we’ll see 😊.

I will explore and go on adventure both in my neighbourhood and other cities 😊.

I will start and finish projects. My first painting project was my wooden shelf

This picture is from when I lived in Ganddal 2022-23.

Here you see the original colour. While the last 1,5 year, I painted it white inside because it was to dark for me. When I moved to Grannes, I wanted a theme for my kitchen and sofa-corner. Red flower an inspiration for a fabric I have. This last week the end of June and the first week of July I’ve painted it black on the back side 😉.

Here, from the start in May to finish last week of June-25.

I also needed to make a decision if I should keep the old furniture I’ve used as storage in the kitchen at Midjord or not. And when I realised I still need the storage, I wanted it to be black so it could pop in my small place.

Here are it is from the time in Midjord with other colours 😆.

Too today, finish with black colour around except the inside and backside, which are red.

Here I’m almost done with painting black and took the inside, red because I need some happy colour too.

And between the painting I’ve visit flower gardening

This one, **Bjørkespretten**, only 2 km from me 😊.

Been having a visit off this cute neighbour cat 😻.

My newest addition of furnitures, my new shelf 🤩 was delivered 6pm 4th of July 🤩.

This is from my two first weeks of Summer break 2025.

Summer decoration made by upcycling oilcloths pieces.

Because it’s today 1st of June = the first summer month. 😊

My new home, outside, looks like I want it. A mirror of my creativity 🤩. With flowers and pennants. Happy colours.

On adventure in my new municipality – Sola kommune. Part 1.

I have been living in my new house/ home for 14 day’s. I have explored where the nearest grocery store is but that one is expensive! I have also found my route from the nearest bus stop coming from work. It’s a 12 minutes walk (fast walk) and approxy 1.1 km with or against the wind.

On the way from the newest Hospital and bus hub. My neighbourhood.

My view when I wait on the morning bus 😊.

Today, May 30th, I went on an adventure to Sola center not very big but they have many shopping opportunities and gas station!

I couldn’t just stand still (in the cold wind) and wait 30 minutes on the bus… when I was done. So I started to walk. I think that is the best way to get to know a new place.

…walking ” towards ” my home pasting bus stop after bus stop… I didn’t walk that far though. But I walked almost 1.5 km with a quiet heavy small backpacker on my shoulders. And in the freezing wind I didn’t want to walk to far away and not knowing where the next bus stop was.

Let’s see where and what I discover next time….

Upcycling with used coffee bags.

I have been collecting coffee bags for the past two years mostly because I wanted to be able to make something new. Upcycling is a huge part of my sewing. I do it because I like to see what is possible to redesign and how I can make something new from an old product. It has started to become part of my thoughts on sustainability. What can I do with the things I live on and use in my everyday life in a sustainable way?

So, during the last day’s of packing (down) my apartment I realised I had too many blankets 🤪 and needed something or somewhere to put them in my new apartment.

I started to sew coffee bags together, and realised how many I needed 🤪 and actually had 😯😅.

Here is one of the sides becoming the actual size.

During my sewing I realised I needed stability on the four sides 😅😆. I used old cardboard boxes.

Here us it full with blankets and floor pillows 🤩.

I got exactly what I had need of 🤩😍. I just wished I had a semi-sewing machine 🙂🙃. For those of you who don’t know what a semi-sewing machine is, they have a longer sewing arm for bigger projects 😉. And they are for house hold, the next step in sewing machine is the industry type.

I hope I have inspired some of you to do more out the everyday things you have at home and upcycling for our world’s future!

Remember to have fun when you are creative!

May month… 2025

Lot’s have happen since last post 🤪😆.

My Birthday and latest my move 🤪. I live in a mess of boxes again 😆😆😆. This time I had to move for many reasons. But the biggest reason is, because I have applied to the University. And if I get in I will be a student for five years and that means I need a lower rent.

So for you of my followers that are Christians, please pray with me that I get in 🙏✝️.

It was also 17th of May this weekend = Norways National Day.

My Birthday was celebrated two day’s ahead with my Norwegian mother. With quality time, food and wine and 🍓.

Tattoo to honoring people whom had an impact on my life.

Finally have I got the first of many butterflies. With this tattoo that I have been thinking of many years before my mom died is finally here 😍😍.

Not so painful as I thought it would be 😍.

In process… just see all the details! 😍😍😍.

This is art!

Blue and some purple. Mom’s colour! For everything she learned me. Now always with me 😍.

Very pleased with it!

Very satisfied!

The details!

Art!

Learn to sew a upcycling jacket – long enough for me.

I have never been able to find a Jeans jacket with long enough sleeves or long enough in the torso lengt in my size 😔😔. So why not sew my own with my style?

That’s what I’ve started on 😊🤩

How to adjust the length from torso 67cm to 74cm. — The sleeves.

How will this work? (I didn’t understand)

Just the details of the zipper.

Here I found out that the left sleeve got too long because the shoulder was to far out.

Here I needed to pick up the top seam on the left shoulder and resew 1,5cm farther in on the shoulder 🤪. But it worked and made wonder!

The only thing left now is the zipper… I need a “jacket zipper” and I want a red one, just because I can.

Silver-boy 💙🐈‍⬛💙

It has past a year 😭😭😭😭 since I had to put-him-down at the wet 😭. The tears has come a bit here and there for the past year. More ofter after Christmas 24… I don’t know why.

Today the 23rd, on the day, one year ago we went to the wet because his breathing was really bad 😭😭.

So thankful for the time I got with him! He gave me so much love 💙🐈‍⬛💙

To write about him, and my tears streaming like someone turn on the tap… I miss him 😭😭😭.

He really loved his walks 😍. But yet the patient towards me when I didn’t have enough energy 💝💝💝.

Oh what I miss him 💝💝😭😭

But life goes on…

Upcycling shirt, March 25😊

I got some used shirts from a friend a while ago. And “what to do with them ?” Well yesterday I needed to sew, but empty on ideas…. Pinterest gave me an idea 😊😊.

I turned the shirt inside out, shorten the sleeves and added the leftover sleeves to the length to fit me.

The jeans (leg) dress. Black and green.

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…

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 😉.

One goal I have is to build up my body so I can go hiking and not get pain in joints. Like I got last summer on this hiking path.

I will be happy as soon as I manage over 60kg again on my knees/ legs. 😊

Sewing skirt(s) in December 2024 & January 2025 with redesign in 2012 😉. Edit May-26.

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. 😆😆. It got a bit to short to my long legs 😆😆. But I wear it.

The sweater was a bit to see-through so I added thick wowen cotton fabric under.

After love used it I made it longer with the neck part of the sweater 😉.

Here is it in full length on little Christmas eve the 23rd 😉. I travelled in it and that was perfect! It hold me warm 😊.

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 just cutter off the neck part on the sweater and put elastic band in the waist.

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 😊😊.

The inspiration colour to the **second upcycling, black and orange.**

Since the first upcycled jeans skirt with a sweater or just random fabric, have I wanted a orange skirt. Now I finally have it 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍.

Once I got a pair of jeans send to me from a person I actually never met. I jeans was with 38″ (inches) and didn’t fit the other person. *Those jeans* has been hanging in my wardrobe for more than a year… So now it’s time to redesign them!

I started with the decorations Friday 17th.

Purple is the contrast colour to Orange.

I tried with other things first, picked it up and now I go for Black in the front.

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.

I started where I left the jigsaw the evening before, now having late breakfast and Coffee with the jigsaw while my brother and sister in law went to the gym. A good one and a half hour alone in the house. Only Tusse was at home sleeping somewhere…

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 😍😍😍.

The moment I arrived in the cold part of Norway.

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!

11:40pm Sola airport, 22nd of December 24.

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…