Easter 2023, not how I thought it would be.

I got cold at work Wednesday the 29th of March and I had sore throat and fever Friday 31st of March. Gaaa. Fever at work is never fun! But I did work. That Friday evening didn’t I have any energy in my body. I was laying flat in the couch the whole weekend. On Monday 3rd of April I had one appointment in Sandnes – to pick up my new spectacles (glasses), so I took paracetamol and headed in to Sandnes and did that only thing, headed home an hour later and that were what I “had” energy to.

The red par is my normal glasses and then I got a par of glasses for computer or sewing as I use them for.

With new glasses at home and the trip outdoors, the day after I had more fever…Gaaa. Not what I wanted but just reality. I have been in the couch all day’s since Monday. Only had some extra energy the last two evenings where I have trying to understand a dress-pattern.

And when I thought I understood it, I went on next step – drawing up.

Got company of Silver, who doesn’t understand that I am doing other things on the floor then gonna be with him <3. I have got so far that my next step is to sew it all together, but not yet. To less energy and to much pain in the body :-((((

This dress, if that’s what it actually ends up as, is my very first try to sew a dress after a pattern! And if I manage I will use this pattern to many more and get good on this before I try an other pattern. My goal is to concer this task. I do want to be able to just buy fabric I like and then sew a dress that fits my body. And if you wonder, I am between sizes S and M in most exept the length. Everything in Small is to short on the length but fits good or perfect in my waist. My hips are “to wide” for a Medium and yes too short in the legs.

This is my length on this dress, look at the bottom of this dresslength – the last 10cm is my addition.

An other thing I had energy to do yesterday (Friday 7th of April) was to give my seeds new soil and divide the little flowers I sowed as seeds two weeks ago.

My only goal today (8th of April) is to force myself to the grocery store (the only day here i Norway the stores are open during Easter) and buy paracetamol for my headache before 4pm. Which I managed – Happy and free from pain after 6pm. And from that (no pain) I got energy to put into my dress-project.

It actually looks like a dress.

Tomorrow I will try it on and see how tight I will sew it and where to put a zipper, which I haven’t figured out yet…

A good habit has started 🤩.

I have, since 8th of February, been able to start with my exercises again after my injury 🤩🤩🤩 and I’m a good flow where I have been able to do it almost every evening for the past week 🤩🤩🤩. And I have also been able to add things along the way that is good for my body.

This is two types I’ve been able to add the last week 💪🤩.

My regular exercise is;

And after almost 2 weeks I can feel how my stomache mucles are getting tighter and stronger 😊💪.

Theese are on my goal to add;

One step at the time, a new goal each week and then I compeet against myself 😉 on how many repeets I managed from day to day 😉😆😉. Like yesterday were my goal to do 15 butt lift & 15 reverse crunch but I couldn’t do them all cause of pain but I weren’t far from it 🙂 so I were pleased with what I managed.

I can only hope that my strategy helps you to be motivated 😉. To set up a goal isn’t the same thing as a “new year resultion” remember that.

A mix of pictures from the last weeks.

From the preaching with Elevation Church online, February 19th.

Spring signs and the sky. February23.

A fun test to make a metal flower and see how it looks like day by day I continue working on it and how to implant the orange pearls was fun. I am pleased with the finished “product”.

Reparing wool socks.

A windy week, 13th to 19th of February 23.

The light has been coming more each day this last weeks and the mornings has been so beautiful in the sunrise.

I’ve been able to walk a bit more after work, not every day but I do enjoy it every time I do short or longer walk.

For me it isn’t how far I walk, it’s about to do it, to have the extra energy in my body.

Is Faith something unknown? Something you can tuch or just trust?

Questions, answers anda lot more.

In my house church, we r going through an alpha serie, with questions, movie and sharing. How will u discribe faith? And how did u get there?

Repentance & faith is how to get there.

Do u think over this? Do u share it with anyone?

Faith is trust. To trust something u can’t see or the trust u won’t fall off a chair. Faith is the unknown. Like the chair, u don’t know who made it or how u got it. It’s unknown.

Are all Christians wierd? Or can it be something unknown for the people who isn’t christians? How can we be for them around us, and not get the stamp of being wierd?

An other part of faith is, it is an relationship. A relationship to the Lord. To someone who loves u more then u ever can love a child, ur child if u got one (or several). God wants u to understand that he loves u as his child.

If u aren’t a Christian, ask him to get into ur life with a simple prayer. Ask him to forgive ur sins and be able to start a new life with him.

If u have God in ur life, when did u open the door (or window) [a picture of how u met Jesus] to let him in to ur life? How is ur Journey with him? Tell someone u trust or ur house church. It will encourage those u have around u.

How have your faith grown? And how have your journey been from the start to now?

My thoughts, ur thoughts, facts, the thread through the Bible who can help us through life.

Online dating (annoying or not), part 7.

Suddely and I mean that. Have I started to talk to a guy. Not believer Christian. But it’s okay for me because of the deal I have with the Lord. He took the first propper contact 😊😊.

And as more we talk as more he acts and respect my thoughts and if I don’t want hom to send a picture or msg je doesn’t 😊and in my head he becomes more and more as a gentleman. He surprise me in many ways. He isn’t like most other guys I’ve talked to on the same age as him. And this is positive!

Is this to good to be true or not?

I wont give you details but can say he is Norwegian. It doesn’t become awkward or silent if I ask him something oh no he is better then that. 🙂. He ask as much as me 😊. Seems really interesed. Wants to meet on a date and two if the chemesrty is there, which I think it actually can be. But we just have to wait…

I can’t say ‘he is more mature becauce he has a kid’ because I’ve talked to other guys with kids not as mature as this one! Trust me.

In this dating app, you can choose to take a test that looks at personality, openness, personal traits, housekeeping and order, sloppiness etc. It’s a personality test to find out who.one fits best with, a type of algorithm.

Me and this guy, score pretty much the same on the 5 biggest areas that the dating app prioritises. …like, 84% on cohabitation (sex and cohabitation, equality, house order, exercise and health). 94% on interest (sport, culture, music, travel and nature). 88% on communication and 76% on personality.

I am impressed! Not just on this guy, no. How the Lord has been with me so far and still is, His way of guiding me steps! I haven’t really been looking looking for a match so far this year. My words to the Lord were ” I’ll put this “chasing” and need you to guide my steps or answer the guy who contact me”. And that is what happend here 😊.

When I put my trust into the Lord he provides!

…But it will not be any date with this guy anyway 😔, he has blocked me. As sudden as it felt good it feels like a “poof” of something good just went away. Can’t really put words on what I think or feel for something like this. I guess it was too good to be true 😔.

This happend approxy a year ago too…

Well well, I “keep searching fir mr right” even though I don’t search more looking.

“Why not just move the shelf?”

Then I thought “why not move the shelf” from the livingroom (where it anyway just was filled up with things) to the sewing room where I can use it for a purpose of sewing stuff?!? So I did! 😍

This is where the shelf was standing, now I’ve got a green corner.
The door I want to become my Kitchen Iceland is still just standing in my livingroom, but now where it gives me both Inspiration and a good feeling of interiour. 🤩.

My sewing ✂️📍room is taking the form and with the colours I want. It is still some storage I need and shelfs on the wall or floor-storage. I need to buy colour 🟠🧊🖌🎨 and it all will take time – becauce it needs to feel right. And I am not in stress, and I don’t like to rush and I’m not rich. And this is my project right now & to make sure I have fun while doing it.

[The best time for me to write in this blog is whole I am listening to a preaching from Elevaton Church online.]

This room will have a wibe of orange & turquoise 🤩 the colours that have become two motiovation colours for me to be even more Creative.

Smooth start to get back to work after my tailbone (coccyx) injury.

January 23rd; I’ve been at work, if only for 3 hours and “only” to the school-sparetime-organisation-part (sfo). It was enough after one week home! A good smooth start.

I’ve been in contact with my GP without any answer 😔 (daytime). But I pray 🙏 and hope my wish will go through. That my GP will accept my wish to be on sick leave on 60% this week. Got an answer from my GP at 10:17pm 🤪🙂.

I hope I’ll be able to slowly get less % on my sick leave and be able to be back on my 80% soon. But I have to take slow. Don’t want to get more pain again and be back on 100% sick leave.

January 24th, I s5art work 11:45, need to leave home around 11… and I’ll work to 4pm 🙂.

The “Forest” at Bore school.

No pain no game

Outdoor time at work (around 1pm), foggy day.

Today has also been good 😊, I’ve managed to some of the tasks I have with one of the students with Autism 🙂. Always challenging but gives me a lot of motivation 😊.

Tmrw Wednesday 25th I am free 😊. And then I’ll be working Thursday and Friday.

Online dating (annoying or not), part 6.

The most annoying part of online dating is all those guys and yes I mean guys! Who just show interesst in me because I look young and have past 40. So tired of them! They only want one thing and still think woman also just want that 😔😔. Pls grow up! And pls understand not all woman wants that.

Or I end up chatting with some okay interesting man that lives far far away and can chat forever… or who has focus on how much you 2 need to have in comman… Sorry that’s not me. I know it takes time and effort to get to know an other person no matter if this person “just” will end becoming my friend or future boyfriend. But it seams like I am quite alone thinking that 🤪🤪

I don’t say I will give up. No I do believe “someone” is out there for me. So I just have to switch focus. In the meanwhile I am trying to get back to work after one week on sick leave and be thankful for those I do have around me.

2nd annoying r those who don’t understand the point of a profile txt!! Or those who just like “cute” pictures 🤪🤪🤬.

I have been on snap with a guy, he thought I was “the right girl” for him. He was convinst I were what he was lo8king for. 😆😆. I tryed to get him to understand that it’s a bit smart to be objective when you want to get to know an other person but he was only in his normal track. Wrong track for me. He “showed” some, for me important sides, but they didn’t last 😔. When he send me pictures I didn’t ask for & I asked him to respect me and what I didn’t want. He didn’t. So I ditched him. I just can’t stand a person who can’t respect me and my values.

Just because “we all” are out on some dating app dosen’t mean we all “just do whatever we want” and “give a shit” about values and not respecting others out there. I do know a lot of people do, give a shit, but I don’t!

Lay back straight down into the ground 🥴, January 17th. Part 2 of 2.

I slept good/okay on my stomache most the time. Some painkiller b4 bedtime, normal painkillers. Woke up around 7.30am. Managed both get out of my bed and go to the bathroom with not so much pain 🙂. I also managed to find a position in the couch that wasn’t to painful.

I woke up to even more snow today.

1.25pm was my GP apointment in Stavanger. But long b4 that I had my coffee and breakfast, played jigsaw on my laptop and just tryed to relax as much as possible. I txted my friend who hlpd me the day b4. “I would appreciate if you could drive me to my apointment in Stavanger.” Which she did 💜😊.

Just b4 I went in to the waitingroom at my GP.

So, my apointment was 1:25pm, we were there early because of the weather. And it was lots of people a head of me in the que-system. I finally got in to my GP 1:55pm. My GP, checked my spine, lower back and gave me some strong painkillers I could pick up later at the pharmacy and a urgent referral to an X-ray at SUS (Stavanger University Hospital).

My friend, also drove me to the Stavanger University Hospital (SUS).

Hungry. Bought something.

I were to hungry to drop that and b4 I checked the referral, so I found some fastfood to buy & eat while I walked the corridor towards the X-ray. I read the referral and figured I had an urgent referral from my GP 😊😊 so it only took my approxy ten – fifteen minutes from arriving to taking the x-ray pictures 😊.

But then I had to wait in the verdict. And because of my pain I gave myself some time in a couch b4 I asked the girl in the X-ray reception. So around 4pm I got the news, “nothing is broken” 🙏✝️. Thank you Lord for embrasing me & my body!

Snowy weather, traffic chaos, slippery roads, delayed busses, big risk to end up in the ditch for people driving to fast or is taking bigger risks.

I wanted to try and catch a bus, from the hospital, even if I knew it would be a “painful and bumpy ride” for my back. I left the hospital 4:11pm, the bus arrived late but 4:24pm got to Sandnes 4:52pm. Had enough time to drop by a grocery store b4 nxt bus & heading home. And the opportunity to walk a bit 😊😊 and losen up the back. It was more slippety then I had expected yet walked a bit around at the bushub 🙂.

Home 5:30pm.

And the rest of the evening I spent in the couch 🙂.

Lay back straight down into the ground 🥴, January 16th. Part 1 of 2.

The school yard.

…walking to the swimming pool with a student in the 2nd grade, I went backwards to talk to the student. Had seen that there was a bicycle along the wall and knew that I had to turn before it, miscalculated the distance. While the bike was there and I tried to put my left foot in the right place so as not to trip, I tripped. I fell. Lay back straight down into the ground. Hit the coccyx and lower back and probably something more. I couldn’t get up on my own, but I told the student (who looked at me shocked) to catch up with the class, because we were far behind the class.

A colleague came, saw me lying on the ground, and asked if she should help me up. I just said I can’t do dey by myself. She helped me up and into the canteen. But before we went in, I had to call my department head, who was also a substitute swimming teacher that day. Let me know what just happened and that I can’t join. She called another environmental worker. My colleague and I entered the canteen, met the other environmental worker. My colleague who helped me spoke to the other woman. Then the school’s “receptionist and office lady” also came to find the other environmental worker.

At about 10:40am I was in the canteen. Tried sitting on the cushions in the window. But it just didn’t work. Slide down on your knees on the floor. It was the only thing that worked. Then came the migraine. The “office lady” asked if she could help me, so I explained where my bag was, with migraine medicine and what it looked like was. She went, I called my manager for sfo (sfo stands for school and leisure). Told her what just happend, the “office lady” came back with my backpacker. We went up together in the elevator, up to the stafs area. I eat, tryed to call my GP.

Around 12:50pm, after 20 min of que I got hold on the nurse of my GP and got an apointment for the nxt day.

A friend and colleague was informed and she was able to come and pick me up around 1pm at work 💜. I left work in huge pain. Not really able to walk. Werepicked up, managed to both get in and out of the car but it felt like I were 85 or something… nearly home we stopped by the nearest pharmacy 💜.

Got home approxy 1.30pm. The migraine came back while I were in the couch. Slept and it hlpd 🙂. I also managed, even if my pain were high, to make dinner 🙂. And I think I can say, I am thankful that I had a good night sleep.

Online dating (annoying or not), part 5.

To get 2 know an other person through an app, u need time & patience. U need 2 ‘through’ u out there & write about who u r, post pictures from ur daily life. U need 2 confront ur thinking & more important compromice w/ urself. Why? Well becauce most of the time the person u trying 2 get 2 know living in an other area from u and u can’t just go there. U need 2 through urself out there 2 find someone.

U need 2 write so someone understand what u are looking for, to catch something that is u. U need 2 compromice with urself. What is the most important for u 2 not just beliefs and values?!? And how are u appreciate ur self and other peoples values? How do u talking, writing, txting, blogging mm.

U need 2 have pictures on ur profile if u want someone to get curious on u. U need details from ur life. Make it short but interesting. U can talk 2 more then one but u should not date more then one person at once! And ask as much as u can If u live far away from each other.

Dig into the details as far as u managed to ur values, don’t let other peoples voices hindering u to figuer out what u want to know. Only u know what u are curious about. No question is wrong. If u feel the conversation goes into an area u dont like u only say STOP and explain why u don’t want to talk about it. And if he/she doesn’t listen to u, he/she isn’t worth more txting becauce he/she doesn’t respect u.

In today’s suciety among Christians “u shouldn’t get into certain areas in txting.” I think that is up to u and ur relationship with the Lord. Talk loud to the Lord and pray for guidence.

Only you know you. Your limits. But be careful!! Don’t do or write things you don’t want!! Remeber what you stand for and what you want or not want. He/she can’t say or write things you don’t like and tell you to do it. Then he/she isn’t worth txting with!

And then it comes to how and when you start txting on snap or simular app or start to call each other. What do u share? Where are ur limits? How far are u willing to go to share? Well it’s up to u. But I would not recomand to share intimicy! He/she probably want u to share intimicy… often so 😔 is my experience. I stop b4 that. And if he/she start and continue I block the person becauce then he/she doesn’t listen to my limits. It’s not worth to go there! Something should be private!! No matter what most people do & share. Make sure u show u r different & that u can stand up for urself 💜.

Stand up for your limits, your values and what you like not like. Remember who you are. It’s okay to take a break and not do a thing too 😊. It shouldn’t be a thing to stress about! Very many are desperate to find a new partner, they are tired to be alone. I don’t even read thoses profiles. They are not enough interesting for me. The last thing I need is a desperate person into my life!

Very important is; have patince. To get know a new person is like to become your new friend, it takes time so why should it go faster to get to know your partner? Take the time, chat, call each other, go on dates, do practical things, have fun and think you are trying to get a new friend . This new friend can end up becoming your best friend in life and walk beside you 💗.

A good week with exercise.

…which has been one of my biggest struggles for a long time. I love when I have a good week, enjoying it a lot and know how good it is for my body. 😊💪…

And it’s not a New Year resolution! I just trying to do what I need – exercise.

The app I have helps a lot 😊😊 and this last week I mostly done reverse crunch 10*3, butt bridge 10*3 and arms. 😊💪.

New Year’s eve 2022 & 1st of January 2023

What happend in 2022? Well a lot! But I won’t write about it here, if you are curious, well read my blog.

New Years eve 2022 will be most like most other new year eve’s at home with my cat that are afraid of rakets and fireworks.

2 hours b4 midnight (10pm, 22).

I wish for a good, interesting, fun year of 2023 and that I managed to do my “to-do-list” for my body and that the Lord continue to guide my steps wherever that leads me. I am agaist those New Year’s resolutions lists. I have never managed to hold on to the kind of list and I have never understood why they are so popular. I am looking 4ward a New Year and what will come with it. Up’s and down’s. Time when I don’t understand or doubt, time when life is good and fun and everything in between. Becauce I trust the Lord.

Let’s celebrate 2023 all the way and not forget what we got from the Lord in life to actually be here!

Let’s enjoy life no matter how it turn.

Let’s stay positive through rough times 💝.

Let’s enjoy the small things in life different then other things in life.

Be happy, Trust the Lord, Walk with Him not away, Enjoy Life, Have fun, be sad when you need or cry, Sing worship to Him who given you a New life, be Creative, drink Coffee if that helps you to stay focused 😉, Love life and those you have around you, be Thankful, get angry if it helps you to move on but don’t stay angry, Enjoy the small things in life, do things you never tryed b4, keep calm, Laugh and have fun with friends, Live, dream big, show others you care, be inspired by others & inspire, Bake if it makes you happy, be with those you get energy from, Be Blessed!

🎆🎊🎊HaPPy NeW YeaR🎊🎊🎆

Project December 22.

I finally found the old doors I have dreamed about for years, this December.

Hoe the old doors look like when I bought them.
Sanded, first layer of colour on one side.
Golden door with one layer of black.
Table legs, 2nd hand, perfect.
2 of the legs screwed into the door, temporary solution with reused plastic bags from coffee as a temporary cover until I bought the plexiglas I need to protect the paint.

I can now finally sew. 😍😍🧵📍✂️

Updating the layout for 2022.

If you visiting my blog today – 28th of December – you’ll see that the post’s getting in under menu’s, which is how I want it. Sadly I haven’t figured it out how to do it while I am posting it, therfor I’ll do after a while which happend today.

Hope you understand and find what you are looking for.

Christmas Day -22.

Remember to enjoy this day no matter if you are with friends, family or alone at home or away! It’s a day for us all no matter where we are in life! Jesus was born for you.

I am home alone, almost, my cat is with with me…

Listening to the sound from the TV service..

I am watching the early morning Christmas Day service, which in Sweden is called ‘julotta’ and in Norway called ‘julemesse’. This was something I gladly did every year as an aduldt with my mom, and now 2 years after ahe died I do it with thoughts of her ❤Mom❤.

With one of my favorite songs during Christmas “Holly night” 💜. I need to hear it at least once on Christmas Day.

Christmas is often said “to spend time with family & friends” probably becauce it’s a long tradition and what most people are used to do. But my question is; why can’t you or me be alone in this time and celebert Christmas? I like being alone at home and just be, doing nothing or being creative. No stress, no must’s, just me 😊. I don’t say I don’t like being with friends during Christmas. I like the mix of both. Yet, I think it’s interesting how most people thinks ” you must/should not be alone during Christmas “. Why?

I am curious about what you think, please write your thoghts if you like this post.

I have to say I have been like this since I were a child, so those thought are not new. I don’t say I don’t miss having “my own family and spend time with them” even during Christmas or any other Holiday. I guess I am saying I like my Quality time to do what I like 😉. Anyway, I am never alone cauce the Lord is always with me no matter where I am or what I do 😊✝️.

Maybe you work this weekend, then you are with co-workers, not alone all the time yet you will have time to be alone and / or a chose to be with your loved once. Maybe you don’t have a family and spend most of your days alone and need to spend time with friends this weekend, then do! As long as you enjoy it ❤. We all have different life and we all have different needs in life and it’s okay 😉.

So back to the first line of this post remember to enjoy this time of Christmas alone or with friends or family. Do it your way and Enjoy it.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas eve, 24th of December 22.

A resume of today to you all.

I woke up with headache 🤪 07:30am, but that is now almost over 10am. I’ve just been dribking my coffee and watching “the Christmas story for kids” on the television, which they send from 1st of December to the 24th every year. A new story every year, it’s more like a drama play. And often some kind of action in the story.

I am going to fulfill the Christmas decoration of the Christmas tree 🎄 with lights and go for a walk with Silver before I heading out.

🎄💝☃️10am 😍💝🎄
Dinner with a co-worker and her family. 7pm.
Decoration at dinner.
Merry Christmas.
Christmas tree, as it should be. 🤩.

And at home I just had to watch Home alone the original.

14th, 15th, 17th & 18th of December-22

Words from the Lord.

14th: It is a day to get organized and ready.

15th: The shift is here! 

17th: The Lord is walking close right now.

18th: Worship and joy will help you breakthrough. 

❄❄❄😍😍😍, December 16th.

Maybe you say “yes what about it” or “wow”. Whatever you think. It’s rare with snow here so I am like a child today. Happiness. Snow 😍😍😍. I can only enjoy it even if the bus was 20 min late just becauce of the snow 😆😆.

Happiness.

Winterland 22.

❄❄❄❄2022, Ganddal, Bore etc.

It started to snow Tuesday 6th to Wednesday 7th night here in Sandnes municipality and neighboring municipalities. Which it hasn’t in years and is so Unusual that when it happends you just have to enjoy it.

Kleppekrossen walk between “my” busses.

I managed to slide right outside my work, and landed on all four which means pain for me in my sad knee and sad wrist. Which led to one cruch to work Thursday and Friday… But hey, one or two cruches for me doesn’t mean I can’t work. I am to used to use them when I work that it’s just everyone elses question I have to answer.

Thursday morning.
Icy schoolyard vs snowy road, Friday 9th, waiting on the bus to get home. 🌡-3°C but it felt like -10°.
Saturday 10th.
The first walk in the snow this December for Silver, he showed clearly it was cold and scarry so he wasn’t out more then max 5 minutes. My brave indoor cat 😍🐈😍.

The snow is still here, Monday 12th, and it has even come more snow this weekend 😍😍 and today. If 🤞 we are lucky. We’ll have snow for Christmas 😍😍🤞🤞🤞 and not just the cold temperature.

I enjoy every moment of this winter. And counting down (in my head) to the 21st when I go on Christmas holiday 🤩 .

12th of December, -22.

Words from the Lord.

Today I have been thinking of the word grace. How we use it and how we use it. Mostly “we can recieve grace from the Lord “, but how can we use it in our daily life as christians? Well, I think that by being thankful for what the Lord is doing in us every day we recieve grace and by grace we can reach our co-workers in a higher level then they understand. So, what is my piont? Well, I say pray for your co-workers every day and the Lord can do miracles.