tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80695480530828870862024-03-07T00:48:59.391-08:00Linnea på landetlinnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.comBlogger651125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-34222637407845445502022-02-27T12:56:00.000-08:002022-02-27T12:56:25.835-08:00Will it get worse?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a horrible week for Europe and specially Ukraine. My heart bleeds for the Ukranian people. I sincerely hope that this will end well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also got Covid, so I spent the week in the couch in front of the TV, watching news and reading social media.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I feel tired.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But tomorrow I will visit a new friend and hopefully visit the gym.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm hoping for a good night and a return of better days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVqIQEm9BVH9KMGKHEGstKPZJGMduJQocyWrBZYcRZ4GUKorLZAcHoZglNlGQ6dncrvlmazZEawSXCNH_XxpIE0OFNmkqff_3Jml7EzJZhTKs3ptFmts6Oqj--IgiaLlURrZApOuSoSJ-tDweYe4U4hHTowY5I_2xr2Ldqtfy7qs-agA78S3TLvv18=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVqIQEm9BVH9KMGKHEGstKPZJGMduJQocyWrBZYcRZ4GUKorLZAcHoZglNlGQ6dncrvlmazZEawSXCNH_XxpIE0OFNmkqff_3Jml7EzJZhTKs3ptFmts6Oqj--IgiaLlURrZApOuSoSJ-tDweYe4U4hHTowY5I_2xr2Ldqtfy7qs-agA78S3TLvv18=w400-h195" width="400" /></a></div>In meantime, a crappy photo of the northern light that graced us several times this winter.<p></p>linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-23866057162897990422022-02-02T08:25:00.001-08:002022-02-02T08:25:40.706-08:00<p> Habitants of Blogerland has moved to instagram and some to tiktok and snapchat. I have also moved partly and post short snippets of my life at instagram. I run two accounts. One in english, where I post more personal photos and tell things I do. The other account is about private economy and how to run a family and a house with one income, that is written in Swedish. I will put the links in the sidebar. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlUwQU0LVqhLzA1nBetH59UG4x-7p6gEMraMP2cuIjPeXhNzcL6hq7M3EdzuvAyht8fDvpmQky5c1i9UixeTuKnnOs-iIwzcY4Hlr4V6zLXBZ8cx9w4j53xyACrazECb2DEHkvXbo8bQKO5yF7sNThLXTS0yOQIX4o2q0KWy7-BQlM1k3KVNfNISWF=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlUwQU0LVqhLzA1nBetH59UG4x-7p6gEMraMP2cuIjPeXhNzcL6hq7M3EdzuvAyht8fDvpmQky5c1i9UixeTuKnnOs-iIwzcY4Hlr4V6zLXBZ8cx9w4j53xyACrazECb2DEHkvXbo8bQKO5yF7sNThLXTS0yOQIX4o2q0KWy7-BQlM1k3KVNfNISWF=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>2021 was a year in a limbo sort of way. The distance to everyone took out its poll on us. It was a few years ago since I felt this tired. I would love to prolonge the summer and never go back to work...yeah, sounds not like me at all as I love my job and my students. We are all tired. </p><p>I got my third jab a week ago and now I frankly give a damn about distance. I wash my hands and I use alcogel. But a mask is completely useless if you spend time in a small room toghether with 30 students. If I haven't been sick, I will become sick sooner or later...Whatever. I will throw a hell of a party later. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKzPzHXEvlvCwofzgVNBwb9kT4CpMq22UXpaS0QB5_K0yyWPTfTYE9LMt8YH92p8ppR5i5kKzHUtff4Hu8TScfE7AvxLx2iQC5AuwF3m4MoeC1paHorQEieJqGMUfsHKnaMRc9ZwBJUTNNa6yUMfeuI9shT-F1e4HeiW9kW5ZQwtqEbObAAIn14XWF=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKzPzHXEvlvCwofzgVNBwb9kT4CpMq22UXpaS0QB5_K0yyWPTfTYE9LMt8YH92p8ppR5i5kKzHUtff4Hu8TScfE7AvxLx2iQC5AuwF3m4MoeC1paHorQEieJqGMUfsHKnaMRc9ZwBJUTNNa6yUMfeuI9shT-F1e4HeiW9kW5ZQwtqEbObAAIn14XWF=s320" width="320" /></a></div>My love for my dear S grows deeper and deeper. He is such an amazing man. I do beleive my mother (who can be suspicious) has taken him to her heart as well. She even slipped out an "Aw, he's so sweet, following us around" when he drove us to different flea markets and they had friendly conversations in the front seat. He really treat people with equal respect and is very caring about people around him. Never fake-friendly and never to receive benefits for his own. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHEmqkmSzoilIzWj4fuaceVoVVmrPrX7VaGI3ggLUogVsbFuhPsHtiGEUSu26kX8A-8HEMqd30i4YgG-kJBOFt-ssAZSla7BpPyRZ1PYEF2gJmyHd8oFOLMF_kQXnDM79oSKiDivfaLST_mq9TrTZtB096Qk4b67IZ9QeqRr0pEuw93FEVFP4tavUa=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHEmqkmSzoilIzWj4fuaceVoVVmrPrX7VaGI3ggLUogVsbFuhPsHtiGEUSu26kX8A-8HEMqd30i4YgG-kJBOFt-ssAZSla7BpPyRZ1PYEF2gJmyHd8oFOLMF_kQXnDM79oSKiDivfaLST_mq9TrTZtB096Qk4b67IZ9QeqRr0pEuw93FEVFP4tavUa=s320" width="156" /></a></div><p>During the coldest days of November and December me and my boys changed roof on the house. I'm so impressed of my oldest. He worked so fast yet thoroughly. I have a shiny roof now with no risk of leakage. I will continue this work this year by repainting the house and rebuild the balcony. The balcony looks so stupid, like a wooden box. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuacbkdZzkiEjrP_hggEBGkLX6P9moMS8udfMNfx2pf3p27UhNhNCPCY5jy2Ik-CzXrJ4MvJSBUoO4C3W4pVMWt_kZYbPov5LXwmm_nGZ49Rtm2mBw8S8-nj0FkJKuYe_-bCOK7jXFS37D4TFsbI5mrSDZMcA2f9VnertGv6o8o_DaBWhyuPy5FUNK=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuacbkdZzkiEjrP_hggEBGkLX6P9moMS8udfMNfx2pf3p27UhNhNCPCY5jy2Ik-CzXrJ4MvJSBUoO4C3W4pVMWt_kZYbPov5LXwmm_nGZ49Rtm2mBw8S8-nj0FkJKuYe_-bCOK7jXFS37D4TFsbI5mrSDZMcA2f9VnertGv6o8o_DaBWhyuPy5FUNK=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrKjwsJC5o1KJ9iEkDE-mkGxzoRu9_twemTlVD6oUjc8weVHuUK5KpmiDXOJ7ZI50hWlUMOf8cxKRSAPgsgq5gSVN1NyiLoLBlvX7KbgpFzbpkwljEYgAfi6mBOEPpVB7a2s9QD9IEwTlQWy5vCKz4vo5_hv-XxDS8GR9zufkfq1QvdSrxu83joIZz=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrKjwsJC5o1KJ9iEkDE-mkGxzoRu9_twemTlVD6oUjc8weVHuUK5KpmiDXOJ7ZI50hWlUMOf8cxKRSAPgsgq5gSVN1NyiLoLBlvX7KbgpFzbpkwljEYgAfi6mBOEPpVB7a2s9QD9IEwTlQWy5vCKz4vo5_hv-XxDS8GR9zufkfq1QvdSrxu83joIZz=s320" width="156" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Toodle , from me in a bright red wig. I wish my hair could look like this</div><br /><p></p>linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com2Sverige60.128161000000013 18.64350131.817927163821167 -16.512749 88.438394836178858 53.799751tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-64396222070193892072021-02-08T08:50:00.000-08:002021-02-08T08:50:16.210-08:00Resume over 2020<p> I guess a lot of people feel that 2020 was a shitty year. Well it wasn't for me. It was a strange year but a good one. </p><p>In the end of 2019 I met a man and fell deeply in love. He's an amazing person and we have same values and the same thinking. During this lockdown we have spent a lot of time outdoors in nature and exploring our own surroundings. I haven't seen this much of my county as this year. We also found lots of nice places for picnics and campfires. He brought along to lovely kids.</p><p>I let the photo speak for themselves. You can clearly see that I feel great and feel loved. He's so kind, thoughtful, intelligent, funny and good looking <3</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8eyIP9XeBFKLMFiKq1yczStJAj3xjcAZctBnbUUaNvpCc6ZNdyMgZdpaeYak0ve4uEnjxw8P243QsVd_71SlD5gu3bwuD8MiGr2TSk44ylIn4bY_r0zvZvtXwwtQWYObv6mZG4ovKWc/s2539/20200425_133917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2539" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8eyIP9XeBFKLMFiKq1yczStJAj3xjcAZctBnbUUaNvpCc6ZNdyMgZdpaeYak0ve4uEnjxw8P243QsVd_71SlD5gu3bwuD8MiGr2TSk44ylIn4bY_r0zvZvtXwwtQWYObv6mZG4ovKWc/s320/20200425_133917.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8zC90PZM1tqO7jzjTZqe4bpXY3dqiIuDVJ66ZTBIAHcsCWxT6YwrY3GWcHfoty0kcrwOOAXx3WRZws0-hu_JriAWBQpKF9z2hdghyhrnnxnGtTNpnDKw6lToBaXM_BBbf643bwtKHYQ/s2543/20200701_171906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When someone sees you as you are, it's healing. Love can only grow in an environment were acceptance, respect and unconditionally love is given and received.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2AfX96u3ee92WNOSZyQfqevQQboqloLy9puKvadRqLV2bbg1l5ZIOrOoUfJKSQbKRYwn3s918PEca80hr76VYge4PIYcS-bFHXp3ioRZ83-v7cgAbxPQkqfX2ZhinFFMe1YOzO_4aic/s2539/20200627_115201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2539" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2AfX96u3ee92WNOSZyQfqevQQboqloLy9puKvadRqLV2bbg1l5ZIOrOoUfJKSQbKRYwn3s918PEca80hr76VYge4PIYcS-bFHXp3ioRZ83-v7cgAbxPQkqfX2ZhinFFMe1YOzO_4aic/s320/20200627_115201.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipLOFFo1mIxxl01eutrvpg68VW_79H_MXE5tEwr8ndfQ4MYEooNKDYkJVGzkokdKBX-zaVuLhtd3OkkPDeNiP4dmzwQZ_jbppY8VRm6kCO7H3TUhfXdQGm190KLsrB3nQi8HQS4_YtXw/s2539/20200904_203111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2539" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipLOFFo1mIxxl01eutrvpg68VW_79H_MXE5tEwr8ndfQ4MYEooNKDYkJVGzkokdKBX-zaVuLhtd3OkkPDeNiP4dmzwQZ_jbppY8VRm6kCO7H3TUhfXdQGm190KLsrB3nQi8HQS4_YtXw/s320/20200904_203111.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiMjx23xm8hMymJACaITy-y23pzlF6bwNN70XR4LPVBJXrPNJy4oJF2ev1zUABzdf-aWbbuBZtxpcUi8nUXSAYa6A05U0b3l_zqQkYdNb7DqE-3-YU_p6-rYf6VXrSQL0x-B0D87zV2g/s2539/20201031_134505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2539" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiMjx23xm8hMymJACaITy-y23pzlF6bwNN70XR4LPVBJXrPNJy4oJF2ev1zUABzdf-aWbbuBZtxpcUi8nUXSAYa6A05U0b3l_zqQkYdNb7DqE-3-YU_p6-rYf6VXrSQL0x-B0D87zV2g/s320/20201031_134505.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGJtjSJZ9U96FeKZqeB-EpJtQNcNZNbFheSGEJrTmIDSq6EDmWX01rnKJ_dJeUi1Z7TS8hRaZ-sAlrEgdLHJnD9Zu9W6xsGDe0PUHN-s4XEsF0hDW1qL2uMyAJm7OAXtMoDCjtzUFJzA/s2539/20201231_165815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2539" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGJtjSJZ9U96FeKZqeB-EpJtQNcNZNbFheSGEJrTmIDSq6EDmWX01rnKJ_dJeUi1Z7TS8hRaZ-sAlrEgdLHJnD9Zu9W6xsGDe0PUHN-s4XEsF0hDW1qL2uMyAJm7OAXtMoDCjtzUFJzA/s320/20201231_165815.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And I'm finally comfortable of taking selfies and being on photos and not feeling awkward or ugly.<br /><p><br /></p>linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-62947578366781607302020-03-16T13:31:00.000-07:002020-03-16T13:31:00.813-07:00Resume 2019This is a very late update from me. Blogland is shrinking and both me and others are not busy here anymore. Times goes faster and the fact that there is no working app for blogger really sucks!!! The alternative is Instagram, but I have never been personal at that place and will not post anything but snippets and photos there.<br />
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So what the heck has happened since my last depressed post? Well first lets explain how I work. I break down, weep, complain, get my shit together and rise like Phoenix rebirthed.<br />
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I'm lucky to be able to live in my own house and only have a tiny walk to nearest place for a cooling dip.</div>
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I'm lucky to have friends that lend you their mountain lodge for a fancy weekend in the Swedish mountains.</div>
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I've been gardening and picking berries in the forest.</div>
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I've been visiting friends. Been on concerts, parties, walks, dinners etc with friends.</div>
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I've been renovating my house and the photo below shows my sons new bedroom</div>
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I've been taking the bicycle everywhere I go, to get fit and to reduce the carbondioxide print.</div>
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I had a Halloween party with many friends</div>
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The conclusion is that friends have been very important this year. They helped me heal and to appreciate myself. They helped me see what I was responible of and what only was reactions of another persons bad behaviour. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Life is no bed of roses</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">it is made with broken glass</span></div>
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My heart is completely broken, but it surprise me anyway by racing amok every night.<br />
I've been so blind trying to hold everything together that I didn't see what I now beginning to understand. With solitude and distance, I begin to understand why my confidence is on the bottom of a well, why I feel completely useless, never good enough and why I felt socially awkward and unwelcome. I feel like a total looser.<br />
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The future is like a black hole, it sucks all the light and energy, and I don't know whats around the bend. It is hard to make plans, because I'm worried if I will manage the economy and the house on my own. I have no idea what life will look like in a couple of years. </div>
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One thing is for sure. I will <u>never ever</u> give away my heart so completely again. Well it is lost anyway and broken.</div>
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I do hope I will find my mojo soon. By that, I mean my creativity and imagination. The science departement at our university is renovating and was going to throw these old boxes that contained microscopic samples. I asked nicely and could take them home. </div>
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I also found the microscopic slides in the waste bin. I didn't ask and I took lots of them as well. Some of them are 100 years old and marked with tiny labels and capillacious handwriting. How about a liver sample from cat?</div>
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So in waiting of mojo and time, I hope to create something mixed media/steampunk with this if the future will allow me.</div>
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First, thank you for your kind words. I will emphasize that we are still good friends. I got all the clears from the bank and are waiting for all the papers to arrive.</div>
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Johan got an apartment to rent on this side of town, amazingly quick and thanks to aquaintances. He will be gone in a month.</div>
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I'm worried about the economy and if I will be able to manage all the loans and bills that comes with a house. There are so many things to consider, tv, internet, insurances etc. If my health would fail me it would be devastating. So in order to keep myself floating I really have to turn every stone/penny before I buy new stuff and save as much as I can for harder times...There's a roof to change in the future as well.</div>
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The plans to save money would look ridicilous in the eyes of many, but all the tiniest pebbles will build a mountain in the long run. I do this also for my son, he's a teenager and won't be too bothered by my scrimping.</div>
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I cannot say enough how pleased I am with my bokashi compost. It is amazing. This method will give me free planting soil. On sunday I filled a wheelbarrow with dark nutricious soil. It took only 6 week to compost. You don't need worms and you don't get any problems with flies, rodents or foul smell, perfect!</div>
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I topped a leaf and bokashi compost with the soil and sowed spinach. </div>
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Topped the seeds with a thin layer of more soil and the watered with loads of snow.</div>
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The lid will give a warmer climate. Does it looks weird? Well the seeds will grow when they think it's time and they will sprout earlier. </div>
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I wen't completely bananas with the chili seeds. I have chilis in every window now. Maybe I will cook my own chilisauce for next winter. </div>
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So, you can see I'm planning to make it work, by continue to grow my own vegetables and expand my vegetable garden even more. I'm only worried about my health though, I have Mr Depression tapping on my shoulder and have to keep him at bay, I have to, I must do this.</div>
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<br />linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-73220800918847704042019-03-01T12:56:00.000-08:002019-03-01T12:56:25.278-08:00It´s gonna be a bumpy ride!There will be no part 2 as supposed. I'm devastated! Johan doesn't want to live with me anymore. He didn't say it. I just realized that he don't want me around and confronted him about it. He said nothing but he didn't denied it either.<br />
Maybe it's best for us both but right now, I'm very hurt and heart broken. I don't want to split. I wanted us to be a family, we and the kids.<br />
I can't say much more without being to private<br />
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I'm not an easy person to live with but neither is he. I'm hyper active and hurtfully honest. I can't keep my mouth shut if there is something I think is wrong. I can be too much of everything.<br />
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Sorry...but I'm exhausted, haven't slept much.<br />
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But I got some good news from the bank today. I can take over the loans and continue to live in the house. It will be just me and my youngest. Money will be scarce but I think I can manage it. I can grow my veggies and finish my chicken coop. My oldest son is a carpenter so he can help me with the heaviest things.<br />
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The most important thing is that we separate as good friends<br />
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-42064838147542767102019-01-27T11:45:00.000-08:002019-01-27T11:45:47.455-08:00I'm not here to please. Part 1This is a both private and personal post, so if you don't want to read this kind of text, you are warned.<br />
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Almost my whole adulthood, I've been searching for my true self. I have also been battling with myself and always had the goal to improve and be a better person. My vision is, always be kind, honest, polite and show affection to the ones you love and care for.<br />
Before I started this quest, to be a better person, I didn't care about who I was or how people might see me. I stepped on many toes, sprinkling snarky comments, too honest when it was unnecessary. I believe the change started when I got my first child. To become a parent was a spiritual experience and I thought a lot about the meaning of life.<br />
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Let's jump forward a bit. After my divorce and moving together with my current spouse, I got a severe depression. I really wanted to kill myself and had a plan how to end it. I believe that the reason was how people around me constantly told me how wrong I was. Exhusband, boyfriend, boss, coworkers, almost everyone around me had opinions about how I lived, what a lousy mother I was, my economical priorities, what I did or not did at work, anything and everything. Moving two different families together also caused a lot of cultural divergencies. My kids was unruly and spoilt, while I had raised them as free thinkers. It ended with a meltdown and a wish to end it all, because I wasn't worthy and hated myself so much.<br />
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I know it sounds horrible to be a loving parent and yet want to leave them forever. My self loathing was so deep that it said to me that they would do much better without me. Yet the thought of leaving them behind was at the same time not really an alternative.<br />
I'm usually very strong minded and have lots of integrity, but anyone can get depressed surrounded by asshats. Fortunately my boyfriend forced me to seek help.<br />
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My rescuing angel was my therapist. She really was the person on the right position. She gave me tools on how to recognize angst, and how to deal with it right away. Medication also helped, it muffled the sound of the world screaming at me, or was I screaming on the inside? Whatever.<br />
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I still have moments of selfharming when I'm in situations I can't control and emotions run over me, but these moments are rare.<br />
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The time it takes for a person to overcome a depression is long and uncertain. I still have problems with emotional stress, the caching memory is not very good and sometimes speak the words in wrong order or say the complete opposite of what I was ment to say. Imagine that in a classroom. LOL.<br />
I have caught myself during these last 6 years of recovery, thinking that "Ah, now I'm free from depression, at last" and a year after...thinking the same again. Recovery is an extremely slow process, like ant steps. It is important to move forward though and not get stuck in bitterness or bad relations. A new career is also a good decision, eventhough it takes energy from healing.<br />
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Noises from the kitchen, the tv and the sofa behind my back and the path to the stairway passing me. No escape from noises while building my lessons for my classes, grading papers and completing my own university studies. It was hard, but I made it, with some melt downs and throwing books. Never the less, I made it...patting ones shoulder.</div>
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During this years, my oldest moved out to live with his father, full time. Johan grabbed that room for his own. It was necessary because I didn't enjoy finding small copper wire clippings in the bedroom, among other things.</div>
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I really liked the white and beige walls and only had to paint over some spots, for refreshing. I carefully planned how to furnish it with my consisting desks and tables. </div>
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I actually fitted 3 desks, 1 table, 1 book shelf , 3 drawers and an armchair in this little room.<br />
The desk with the white chair, is my crafting station. The desk with the computor is my working desk. This desk is a lovely 40's piece in birch wood but had to paint it because the colour of the glaze had turned it piss-yellow. The door leads to an attic closet. The pink table is my sewing station.<br />
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In the other corner sits another desk, were I will have my jewellery and metal work station. The drawer holds lots of hoarded craft supplies and junk. Thanks to all the drawers, I can keep the room tidy and not too cluttered. I also have a comfortable 40's arm chair for myself or visitors. My sewing dummy is embellished with bat wings. I have a full size mirror because I have moved my entire wardrobe to the other attic closet.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNGe3gbAMOfjZgvFIn2A7wwU-kTSr-3DPYLVjn38FZVkwQdhqnrGcbphyphenhyphenxlLUxH-bQp-Ojy-kukkyCJnaFcnTXCub5-0t54KZttvGvU4Ds1xNyyacMXDICBTzaPDgNSyzdmL7_Kt3R74/s1600/20181231_130409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="858" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNGe3gbAMOfjZgvFIn2A7wwU-kTSr-3DPYLVjn38FZVkwQdhqnrGcbphyphenhyphenxlLUxH-bQp-Ojy-kukkyCJnaFcnTXCub5-0t54KZttvGvU4Ds1xNyyacMXDICBTzaPDgNSyzdmL7_Kt3R74/s320/20181231_130409.jpg" width="171" /></a></div>
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The closet is not big and the ceiling is low, but it is enough for me.</div>
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I can finally store all my clothes, jewellery and shoes in one place. This makes it so much easier to plan and pick new outfits.</div>
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If you know me well, you already know that I'm a collector of vintage stuff. I haven't been wearing or buying vintage for a long time, but I also haven't got rid of my old things. The photo above shows the boxes with safely packed vintage clothes, and the shelves with hats, handbags and other things. </div>
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The black and white photo is from my youth, when me and my friends wen't to rockabilly events.</div>
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The clothes has been monocrome black for too many years now. Before I turned black again (I dressed in black in my teenage years), I always dressed in vibrant colours, like a peacock. I never had any special style but liked to dress up and mix styles. I still like black clothes, but I have to promised myself to not dress in black just because it's comfortable.</div>
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I love this room. I spend a lot of time here and I can finally find the peace to work and get the progress and pace I need to hold.</div>
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I love that it reflects who I am and what I like to do.</div>
linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-37168345904061728242018-12-31T09:18:00.000-08:002018-12-31T09:18:22.331-08:00I was supposed to...but I didn't. A last look in the rearview mirror of 2018As the header says, I was supposed to do something, bud I chosed not to do it. I was supposed to study this autumn physiology and anatomy and resourceful developement, with the goal to gain another teacher examina. The autumn started really bad at work, the supposedly fabulous schedule was a catastrophy, with double bookings or no class rooms. This stressed me out so badly that I seriously considered quitting my job. I must say that it wasn't the principals fault at all, just some unfortunate misunderstandings. The other reason I choosed not to study is that I got my own study room. It sounds funny saying it like this, but actually...My stepdaughter moved out for good and we had one room free. Instead of having my desk in the hallway, were it was impossible to work in peace, I got a door to close and a room that is only mine. To make it completely perfect I had to paint the walls a little and paint all the furnitures. All my sparetime has gone to perfecting this place, to get the calm and inspirational haven for me. I will show you photos of it in my next post.<br />
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It is with a bit sad feelings, I'm leaving this year. It has been mostly good and maybe the best year in several years. I have to mention one sad thing. My father is in bad condition, but I leave this year with hope for a good progress.</div>
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Time is a good medicine, it gives you distance to some things and another perspective of them as well. I have come closer to my true self. Instead of insanity and self harming, because people around me makes me feel wrong in every aspect, I now know that I'm not an idiot, not mean or angry. I'm not the problem, it is other people who got problems and make me responsible for it. </div>
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All the black clothes weighed me down and didn't reflect my energy. I have so much energy, that I can bee too much of everything sometimes. Sometimes it makes me exhausted as well, LOL.</div>
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I learned about Dressing Your thruth, through a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbbm7p8Sk15fmeU0LWk7YwA" target="_blank">Danish youtuber </a>(who helps people to organise their life).</div>
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<a href="https://my.liveyourtruth.com/dyt/home/" target="_blank">Dressing your truth was developed by Carol Tuttle</a> in Utah. It is a combination of personality test, colour coded dressing, and wellness. Some elements are a bit too pseudo science for a person (scientist) like me but other elements are very helpful. The program really helped me to come to the conclusions above. </div>
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The absolute best thing that happened this year, was our vacation to Vesterålen and Lofoten in Norway. It was MAGICAL. I will carry this trip in my heart forever, I wan't to travel to places like this. I don't wan't busy towns and noises. I wan't to se the ocean, mountains, a never ending shoreline, and the sound of nothing but nature.</div>
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It was amazing to have my kids along . I have got the opportunity to have long conversations with my oldest and we have become more close to each other. No partner or spouse can compete the love you feel for you children.</div>
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At home we had several things happening, at last!!!!</div>
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We got a new heating system installed. We got a new bathroom renovated.</div>
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I started to build my chicken coop, this summer. It's not finished yet. I have isolated our garden shed and put in a window. And it got a new roof.</div>
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The upper window seal is still missing in this photo. The hole in the wall will become the little door for the chickens.</div>
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My plans for next year are following:</div>
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Assigning for new university classes in the autumn (another try)</div>
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Renovate Alfons room (my youngest), starting tomorrow</div>
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Maybe, do some renovating on the house as well</div>
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Saving money for more renovations.</div>
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Loose more weight. I lost 10 kg already but I have about 20 kg's left.</div>
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What plans do you have for next year?</div>
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-83643519495515488752018-09-21T08:41:00.001-07:002018-09-21T08:41:07.589-07:00Time fliesThe semester started insanely hectic. Things that really stress me out, is when I don't have control over the situation and when I don't get the time for planning and reflection. I have been on the edge of exhaustion lately. I have a ton of work to do, but right now, I'll take the time to write a post. Because it's autumn 💜. I love it. I will soon lay the garden to rest for winter.<br />
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We had our first frost night, but I snatched a photo of my mediterranean corner before it hit. Pumpkin, basil, cucumber, sunflowers, grape, lavender, tomatoes and chilis are growing together at this spot. The tomatoes looks tired, but the cucumber likes this moist weather.</div>
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I learned a lesson about pumpkins, this summer. They crossbreed with zucchini very easy. You can see a glimpse of it by the colour of the green pumpkin. I Planted what I thought was a Connecticut field (Traditional Halloween pumpkin), but the fruit looked like a swollen zucchini. That one is left in the garden. I also realised that pumkins actually prefer a normal summer, not the hot and dry one like we had this year.<br />
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My flower beds are a sad sight. But I also grow flowers in my vegetable garden, they literally flourish. The green twigs with red berries are aspargus. There are seeds inside the berries that I will try to sow.</div>
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My Begonia Odorata having its crescendo right now. I took it indoors to enjoy the flowers. Johan thinks they smell like Gin and Tonic.</div>
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Things I do at work: Letting the teenagers burn metallic salts. I beleive it's Potassiumpermanganate here, or a mixture of salts (because they have to try that too).</div>
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I reminded my old chemistry teachers hands, they looked damaged of all the chemicals he unsafely handled. I looked the same (almost). It is the salt mentioned above that gives these spots. They disappeared a day later.</div>
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Our ash tree at the backyard looks so beautiful with the green and yellow tones. </div>
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-87639961107225326542018-08-18T10:04:00.000-07:002018-08-18T10:04:06.576-07:00Pamper yourselfI've been working for a couple of days. It is a huge transition from living in an almost solitude and low pace to a mass of chatting people and lots of impressions and new things that this year will bring. We also have a music festival in town, Sabaton open air and we always buy tickets for the whole weekend. It can become too much noise at the same time.<br />
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One thing I haven't told you, is that I live with recurring angst, ever since my depression. Angst is (for me anyway) thoughts of feeling useless, not good enough and a freak. I have a history of beeing the black sheep of the family, an odd bird and so it still goes on. We were suppost to go to a fancy pre party today and then further on to the festival, with a bunch of happy people. But angst and other private circumstances made me choose to stay at home alone. At the same time I did not want this, I really need the silence and solitude. At the same time I would love to have my spouse at home with me, but he is extremely extroverted and is happiest among other people and I want him to be happy.</div>
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Shit happens and sometimes I need to put myself first, if I ever will become sane.</div>
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So silence and solitude is the way for me to pamper myself.</div>
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Another is at least trying to take care of my appearance.</div>
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I visited an old coworker in july. We went to the city were she lives and had some coffee and icecream (fika). She and her daughter forced me in an nail saloon. This was my first visit and I choosed only an acrylic nail strenghtening.</div>
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The blue nails are mine. I'm very pleased with the result and a month later, my nails are long and strong. I've been building the last weeks of my vacation and my nails are still perfect.</div>
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So how do you keep your nails? Do you have natural, gel or acrylic nails and what do you think about it?</div>
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-34550981954718611702018-07-29T12:11:00.000-07:002018-07-29T12:11:14.146-07:00Garden days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My partner has start working and the kids are gone with their other parents, so I'm home alone. It is nice but a bit lonely in the long run. I like use my time for different projects and hobbies, gardening is one of them.</div>
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On the south side of the house, the sun and the houses creates a warm spot for plants like tomatos, lemons, lavender, etc. I bought seeds of a chili called coffe this year. The plant looks nice with purple flowers and fruits black as sin, or coffe. But the heat is missing, I can use it raw in salads and people will beleive I have used tiny paprika. The purple flower is Ipomoea Purpurea (latin), I saw this growing wild in Greece and fell instantly in love with it.</div>
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I have a box on the south side were I intended to grow basil and cucumber. Well I got a pumpkin instead. If you lift the plate sized leafs and look underneath, you find the basil. </div>
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Let's take a stroll to the backyard were my vegetable beds are.</div>
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Under the net curtain (Jill from Ikea) hides cabbage and cauliflowers. This is the only way to grow cauliflowers without larvaes.</div>
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Zucchini is my every year staple. I grow them from my own seeds. It has become expensive to buy seeds and the number of seeds in a package are reduced. So if you like to grow veggies like me, learn how to grow seeds as well. You can se some short corn plants to the left.</div>
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This is my bed of roots. But the one first in view , under the compost fence is salad, parsil and dill. I have a couple of deers living nearby who think this is a buffé of delicasies. The bed behind is beetroots. Swedish people love pickled beetroots. </div>
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I also grow garlic, parsnips, challots and carrots. As we don't have any water restrictions, I water my vegetables shamelessely. But I save water from the tap and rinse water from the clothes wash for my plants.</div>
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The sad part of my garden.</div>
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The apple trees are bending towards the ground with so many apples, but they are falling because of the drought. I have cucumbers, borlotti beans and pumpkins in this part. I also have covered a part with a plastic cover, because lack of time in the beginning of summer.</div>
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The cucumber plants might look small but they produce nice pickle cucumbers. I made my first jar a couple of days ago. These are to die for. They are very popular among my friends.</div>
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In a sauce pan, bring following ingredients to boil.</div>
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150 ml of white vinegar (12 %)</div>
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500 ml water</div>
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Rinse and slice the cucumbers (the kind for pickling) and put them in a clean jar. You can add dill flowers and mustard seeds if you like. Try to fill the jar as much you can.</div>
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I rarely take the time to rest. But sometimes I need to sit down and think for a while. An old rattan chair, that I got from my grand father is to rattly to use indoors, but fits perfect for short rests for me.<br />
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It is unbeliavable hot. We only had one rain shower in two months. We have huge forest fires going on both in my county and up north. Fortunately no deaths has occured. My thought goes to beautiful Greece and the loss of over 70 people in wild fires. I'm convinced that this is the cause of climate change. I try to save water, feed the birds and fill a pan with fresh water for insects and birds.</div>
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Running can only be done at sunset or in the morning. I'm so happy to have lovely surroundings, just outside our house. One of my tracks is a little more than 5 km and goes along the river.</div>
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I love this view.</div>
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The river runs just about 150 meters from home and after 9 years in this house, we dared to take a dip. The water is streaming and it is deep right here.</div>
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We have been avoiding this place because the children were a bit too young to go here alone.</div>
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We have been swimming here almost every day. Nothing can cool you off like a swim in the river.</div>
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If your family have it's roots in Dalarna Sweden. You or someone in your family will likely have a "fäbod", a summerhouse. Our cottage belongs to Johan and his family. Small log cabins built in the 17th century have served as a summer home for cattle and mostly women for centuries. Because lack of pastures around the farms, these places in the forest served as houses for the people (women) who took care of the kettle and their milk. The kettle walked free in the forest but came back for the night and the safety at the stable.</div>
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Top photo, the cabin. Bottom left, the shed. Bottom right, the stable. </div>
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After dinner and making the beds, we walked to the lake for a evening swim. </div>
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This flower bloomed everywere in the shallow water.<br />
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One evening we, me and the youngest boys walked up the mountain to check our spring. These natural springs are essential for forest farming. This is were we get our fresh water, it's mostly ok. If it has been raining or a moose have been there for a bath, the water from the tap turns muddy.</div>
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This summer has been extremely sunny, the temperature has been between 25-30 degrees Celsius, every day. So, during our stay at the cottage, we went to the beach every day for baths.</div>
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Our beach is over 1 km long and the sand is soft. This place is truly a hidden gem.</div>
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Last night at our stay in the cottage, I wanted to see the sunset badly. These photos are taken 12 o clock at night. Nordic summernights are magical, it is so hard to go to bed.</div>
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We lit a little fire on the wet sand. This was a risk, because there were warnings about fires and we have many forest fires going on. The day after the news banned fires completely. But as an excuse I can say that the fire is tiny and we were very cautious. We carefully put out the fire before we left.</div>
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The land on the left is Torsnäs, it's a Viking burial and ceremonial place.</div>
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This is how a relaxed and a well rested teacher looks like. Teachers work their butts of in the schoolyear, that is why our vacation is longer than everyone else. We deserve it!</div>
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I can say that during the week in Norway, I lost words several times and lost my focus a lot. </div>
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-10580289091754749282018-07-22T10:10:00.000-07:002018-07-22T13:29:41.622-07:00There is no place like home, there is no place like homeDay 7 June 30th Leaving Norway<br />
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Leaving Lofoten and Vesterålen.</div>
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On the way back to Sweden we spotted amazing mountains with interesting geological textures.</div>
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Alfons says I have a fetish for mountains. Oh, I know I have.</div>
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Happy to see the border to Sweden.<br />
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And the soft mountains of Lapland. We stayed one night in Arjeplog in Lapland.<br />
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I bought some jewellery in Arjeplog from Sami designers. I bought the necklace in bone and wood at the hotel. The silver earrings (that already got some oxidation) was bought at the Silver museum. The museum tells the stores about how Swedish settlers lived and worked in Lapland but a great deal of the exhibition is about the Sami peapole, how they survived, their culture and their beautiful craftmanship and clothing. As many lived as nomads their clothes and their jewellery was of important economic value, apart from the reindeers.</div>
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If you are interested in the Sami people, I can highly recommend the movie Sami Blood. The story takes place in a quite modern time when young people of Sapmi was forced to learn everything in Swedish. The Sami people has been harrassed for a long time for their culture, religion and language. </div>
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11 hours in a car in hot weather can be a challenge. We were so releived when we arrived home safe and sound 11 o'clock in the evening. The trip was an amazing experience and I'm so happy that my oldest wanted to join along with girlfriend. I can recommend you to seek those beautiful spots of the world to explore. Save your money, don't buy crap, and travel more.</div>
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-57334567741631949462018-07-18T15:42:00.003-07:002018-07-18T15:42:54.991-07:00Reaching for the sky<span style="font-size: large;">Day 6, June 29th Another try to climb a mountain</span><br />
Oskar wanted so badly to climb one of the tops so I bought a hiking map, hoping that it would be easier to find a way up a mountain. I decided a short car ride to Högfjellet and the top Durmålstuva 711 m above the ocean. Thought that it would be not a too hard climb. Johan and his son decided to go and visit a space center instead, so it was me and my kids only who took this challenge.<br />
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It was already in the afternoon when we started our hike. First and foremost, we didnt find a path. Maybe the red dotted line was only a suggestion for the best way?</div>
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We took many pauses, one reason because I was slow comparing to the young ones and one because the terrain was difficult.</div>
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Half way up and we are soaking wet. Mind you that the temperature is 9 degrees, but higher up the temperature drops to only a few degrees above freezing point.</div>
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The forests on the hills are so beautiful, there are lots of flowers in the grass. We also stumbled upon several heaps of bear poo. I know how it looks but Alfons repeatedly said it wasnt a bear, like he was scared to meet one. Not likely because we were noisy. </div>
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When we finally reached above the tree line and only had 50 m of climbing to the first top, we took a rest and ate our sandwich. We had climbed for 3 hours, we were soaking wet and Johanna admitted that she had a fever.</div>
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While we sat there, a thick fog swept in and hid the view (the photo below is before that). We only had 30 meters of sight. We knew that we could find our way up and down anyway, but since Johanna was tired and the fog put us in risk, we decided after some afterthought to walk downwards. </div>
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So, instead of reaching Durmålstuva at 711 m we almost reached Småtindan (little top) at 600 m. The higher top was completely covered by clouds, and to climb all the way, would be too dangerous.</div>
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As you can see the land that we had to pass was water soaked, no shoes can stop this except rubber boots and they are not fit for this kind of hiking. Wool socks is the only way to keep you a little warm.</div>
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Another photo that gives you a hint of how hard this hike was. I became so proud of my sons, they showed me how good they are in team working, caring for each other and me and Johanna. We came toghether really well this day and I'm thankful for sharing this challenging experience with my children. I can be sure that they will handle any obstacles well.</div>
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Almost back on the gravel road. Can you see were the mountain dips a bit on the horizon? This is were we turned and walked back. Of course everything on a photo looks flat and like a walk in the park, I can tell you that it was steep, rocky, swamping wet and quite cold.</div>
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Alfons had so much energy left, he's hyper active. At 22 o clock in the evening Alfons wanted to take a dip in the sea. With a wet suit and clothes on, he manage to dip twice before rushing up from the cold water. </div>
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Finnaly, we had a day with a little blue sky. The view from our windows is amazing. The eyes are continuosly drawn to the view and one just sits there and try to grasp the fact that places like this really exist. I don't have a photo of it, but when eating breakfast we saw a sea otter diving for clams.<br />
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We packed our car with rainboots and warm clothes and headed towards Andöya, but we didn't get far. Just after a couple of minutes driving, we urgently needed to stop to take photos.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The view over our neighbour-fjord, Hognfjorden is stunning. <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">Simanestinden, Mortendalstinden, Middagstinden stands in a row. Every little mountain-top has a name here, and there are thousands of them.</span></span></div>
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So as the header says, our goal for the day was a whale safari. Andenes at Andöya is a sleepy little town that seems to live by whales and fishing.<br />
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There were quite a lot of houses for sale. For example this one. If you are a fan of Hitchcock movies and loves the sea, this house is perfect. It is very picturesque with a lot of patina and bird song, literally. :-D</div>
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We jumped in our winter wardrobe, rain boots and borrowed some kind of overall suit that made me feel like a stuffed snowman. It was only me and my sons on this event. The others were a bit worried over sea sicknes, deep water and so on. We travelled fast with RIB-boats out on the ocean. During the bumpy ride we saw flocks of puffin birds, diving in the sea. It was impossible to take photos of the birds so heres a photo from wikipedia.</div>
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Isn't it cute? I have always wanted to see one in real life, ever since I was a little child.</div>
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This whale is 16 meters long and the weight is 40 000 kg, a heavy dude. The sperm whale dives relatively deep and can stay under water for 2 hours, before it needs to reach the surface to breathe. After about 15 minutes of breathing it dives again.</div>
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I think it was wonderful to see the whale in it's natural habitat, and share this experience with my sons. </div>
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We came home late that evening, again. But as you can see, it's never dark here. The photo of the bog, mountains and the sky is taken 22:41.</div>
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After another day, travelling by car, we needed a "day off" at home. We slept, took it easy. We had looked at the mountain behind our house for a long time. I wanted to se the lake so much. The lake Nordheivatnet is at 386 meters above the ocean and lays between the bowl shaped mountains.</div>
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We started in a good mood. The subarctic forest is very beautiful with dwarf cornel in bloom and gnarly birch trees.</div>
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It had rained for 5 weeks and our feet got wet very fast.</div>
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We obviously took the wrong way. With a steep almost impossible to climb and heaps of rocks surrounding us, we had to turn back. Since it was late, we headed back home.</div>
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I sneaked away and took a bath. I can tell you it was unbelievable cold, even though I had a wet suit. It was a quick dip and no one saw me, so they didn't beleive that I did dip myself.</div>
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One of the things we learned about this nook of the world is that the weather change fast here, as you will see in the photos of this post. Actually, dangerously fast, if you are somewhere were you need to dress for the weather. More on that later.<br />
We found out that we have our own herd of reindeers in the neighbourhood, that is cute.<br />
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This day was aimed for Lofoten, a short daytrip we thought. The distance might look short on a map, but with windling roads, the time to travel from one spot to another is quite a bit longer. Hinnöya, one of the islands in this area has massive mountains. Even though they have built lots of tunnels (Mines of Moria, we call them), the roads takes us around, along the shoreline. At Hinnöya there is a National park called Möysalen, the same name as the highest point 1265 m above sea level. It hides behind the fog and rain. Oskar would love to climb this mountain and I looked for information about it. It was not safe to go alone without a mountain guide, so we opted for another top.</div>
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Svolvaer at Austvågöya (east wave island) is the largest town in Lofoten. A landmark in the town is the nearby mountain with a chimney like cliff called Svolvaer Geita. I googled the name and got quite annoyed of adrenaline seeking people who use to jump between the two rocks. </div>
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We found a restaurant with a surfers theme, were I had a fish soup and the others ate hamburgers. </div>
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Our main goal for this day trip was <a href="http://www.lofotr.no/" target="_blank">Lofotr Viking museum</a> at Vestvågöya (west wave island). Part of the museum is a HUUGE long house (83 meters) built by hand in accordance with old methods. I didn't knew that long houses were this big, the lenght is in size of a large mansion.</div>
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Lots of good craftmanship and beautiful details in all the wood work. Look at the roof tiles, hand carved piece by piece. This is built to last. </div>
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I was lucky enough to get photos without people swarming around. There were a large group of elderly people who had bright red jackets with lots of badges and large white letters "polar expedition" or something on their backs. They didn't look very adventurous, more comfortable I would say. Johan looked it up and found out that they had paide a huge amount of money for this trip. Maybe I'm a snob, but I dislike charter and all inclusive travelling.</div>
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The craftmanship continued inside the long house, everything hand made and genuine. I think the loom looks unpractical ( have been weaving) to tighten the weave, they used swords in whale bone.</div>
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Johan and Gustav, and Oskar tries helmets and shields.<br />
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In one end of the long house, there was a wood working shop were a couple of guys made ornamental things like the plank on the right.<br />
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the museum had it's own harbour with a few boats. Johannas father who is a wood worker, has built a viking ship once with the old methods, larger than these, he told me that it takes long time and it's difficult.</div>
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The nature around Borg as the place is called has softer hills and not much wind. A good place to build a long house. The long house is an almost exact replica of the long house that once stood there in the viking era, it is the largest long house that ever been found. Archeological examinations has revealed many treasures and traces for the people who once lived here. Olaf Tvennumbruni was one of the last chiefs of Borg he was said to be a great "hamram" kind of priest who held rites for the old gods. He and his family left Borg for Island, maybe because of a time of political and religious upheavals.</div>
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The surfer restaurant in Svolvaer has a locigal meaning. Unstad beach, not long from Borg has the northliest surfing school (<a href="http://unstadarcticsurf.com/" target="_blank">Unstad Arctic surf)</a> in the world. If you google arctic surf you can se cool photos of the winter surfers. </div>
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Unstad is a tiny village, surrounded by high mountains. The only way here is through a small tunnel, that was on a renovating status when we came here. The lights was out and the tunnel very small. I was scared to drive through.</div>
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The photos from Borg shows a blue sky but on the other side of the mountain, the clouds cover the sky and the wind is heavy. Alfons and I removed our shoes to wade in the water.</div>
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I understand why there is no one in the water. The under streams is strong and the sand blaster our bones. Alfons didn't pull upp his trousers enough and he waded further out. Until a big wave came and flushed him up to the waist. Did he brought some extra clothes? No, sigh. But fortunately he's eleder brother did. </div>
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Back through the tunnel and on the other side of the mountain, the weather is much calmer. Himmeltindan, the mountain in the background rises 930 meter above sea.<br />
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I really wanted to go all the way out on the tail end of Lofoten ( the name means lynx foot btw), but by this time the clock was half past eight and we had several hours of driving ahead. So we called it a night.<br />
Writing these post with the soundtrack from lots in my ears...<br />
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-26539334908664332242018-07-08T11:27:00.000-07:002018-07-08T11:27:02.624-07:00Vesterålen - where the sky meets the ocean<span style="font-size: large;">Day 2 June 25th</span><br />
Once across the border, the landscape suddenly change. The mountains are higher and more rocky and the nature gives a dramatic impression, comparing to the Swedish side. The photos below shows Junkerdal.<br />
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A serpentine road windling along the mountain side with a steep cliff. You can see how small the road is. These meeting spots (were I parked) are a bit sunken, scary.</div>
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The photo above was taken in Fauske were I had to fill up gas.<br />
The trip also included a ride with a ferry, from Bognes to Lödingen<br />
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Driving through this dramatic landscape, frequently the thought comes to me, why didn't they shoot the lotr in Norway?</div>
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Finally we reach our destination, 6 o'clock in the evening. The red house with large windows is ours. The house is clean and fresh and well equipped. Behind the house is a bowl shaped mountain (Reinstadtinden) reaching 835 meters above the sea. I can see a lake in the bottom of the "bowl", on a map, and I wish to take a climb. I'm on the beach right now, so when I turn around...</div>
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White sand, turqoise water and a 900 m high mountain, called Nontind. This is our amazing view, everytime we look out the window. It's a bit sad that a photo doesn't make the real thing justice. The mountain looks actually much higher in reality, you feel pretty small in this place.</div>
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Sitting on a stone and ingesting the view, I become overwhelmed by the beauty. If I could, I would cry, but I'm overwhelmed and filled with to many emotions. You do agree with me, that this is the place for fairytales, don't you?<br />
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The photos are taken half past 10 in the evening, it's not particularly dark. At one o clock in the night it is only a wee bit darker.</div>
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I pick seashells and sea glass. The salty water is ice cold.</div>
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Johan gives me a hug and says that I've planned this trip very well.</div>
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-45388405395844128132018-07-06T07:07:00.000-07:002018-07-06T09:48:05.604-07:00A trip to a place far away Sweden is a country with a very shifting nature. It shifts from Mediterranean to Arctic climate. Something we don't have is the dramatic nature like Norway. Lofoten and Vesterålen is like a place sprung from fairy tales and sagas, well some tales of the Vikings actually happened there. I have always wanted to visit this wonderful spot of earth and particularly see the puffin birds, the sea and the mountains.<br />
Our trip became a real family-road trip, because I even got my oldest son to join, along with girlfriend.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 1 June 24th. Travelling north</span><br />
Our first day was spent in the car. We drove constantly for 11 hours, with only two pauses for snacks and food and some short ones for driver change and leg stretching.<br />
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When driving through the Ångermanland and Lapland county, we also had to stop several times because of reindeers on the road. They "own" the road and are not afraid of the cars at all. If you use, google maps for fastest track, you can be advised some strange roads, we had to travel 30 km on a gravel road, wich actually worked excellent.<br />
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Our stop for the night was Vuoggatjålme, this is how far we could go in Sweden and still have a comfortable place to stay at. Vuoggatjålme is right on the arctic circle and is one of the old road stations along the Silver road. </div>
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After a quick dinner, some of us headed out for a short walk. I took photos of arctic flowers. </div>
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Butter ball is a giant kind of butter cup. We found a whole meadow with these flowers, it was amazingly beautiful, mut too much mosquitoes. I also found yellow violets and dwarf cornel (hönsbär).</div>
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There is something with a waterfall that is attracting. Is it the energy of the running water, the sound or the beauty of it that caught our interest? What do you think?</div>
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Anyway, we saw a lot of waterfalls during this trip.</div>
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Vuoggatjålme is located by a lake called Sädvajaure. It has a marvellous beach with flat stones. Perfect for playing ducks and drakes. The water is crystal clear and you can drink it right away. </div>
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The mountains still have snow even though it's the end of June. The mountains in the background is Såmbertjårro.</div>
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The face of a tired middle aged woman.</div>
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Perhaps you are wondering about the names on these places I mention, they sound a bit exotic, don't they? We are in Sapmi the country of the Sàmi-people our native population <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1pmi" target="_blank">(Read more about this here).</a> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 2 June 25th Leaving Sweden.</span></div>
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Butter balls for the breakfast table. Isn't it an adorable flower?</div>
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But first a photo of our kids. Reluctantly posing: Johans son, Gustav. My youngest Alfons, my eldest Oskar and his girlfriend Johanna.</div>
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Naturally we couldn't resist frequent stops for photos of beautiful Lapland.</div>
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The silent, vast landskape is very soothing for the soul. I wish I could come here again and stay for a while, just to breathe and hike.</div>
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This is the amazing view over Skärrim1300 m.a.s. Behind these mountains we have Norway.</div>
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-23538750371065910952018-06-27T14:24:00.000-07:002018-07-02T08:31:26.868-07:00Bat fit - Loosing weight finallySince I met Johan, I have gained weight slowly but steady. I adopted his lifestyle and it wasn't good for my health at all. Last year I weighed heavy 95 kg for my modest height. That is dangerously unhealty for a woman in my age with heart failure as a heredity.<br />
Recovering from psychological health issues and working full time, plus studying half time prevented me from doing something about it.<br />
What actually made me determined and get the motivation, was a stair with 400 steps I had to climb when visiting a mine last winter.<br />
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My heart raced and I felt the taste of blood in my mouth. I had to stop several times to take my breath and couples far more older than me, passed by and asked how I was. I felt lousy.</div>
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I started with weigh lifting and inspired Johan to buy a gym pass as well. </div>
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It's very uncomfortable to show you a selfie I dislike. My training clothes fits like a sausage casing, and I look swollen.</div>
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He also joined Weight watchers, wich we had done before, but failed. I resisted.</div>
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I got a smart watch, a Samsung 3s from Johan as a birthday gift</div>
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Can you read the number at the clock on the bottom middle. 79 beats per minute, that is the lowest heart rate I tracked. It was more often over 80 beats and that is a big sign of lack of health.</div>
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As we had a long snowy winter, I went cross country skiing a couple of times per week. We have amazing tracks in the neighbourhood..well forest. </div>
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This is me, finally reached the top of the mountain with a fantastic view. I'm tired and have a full moon face. I snore heavily at night for obvious reasons.</div>
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When Johan started to loose weight, I joined Weight Watchers programme. It worked excellent this time. I beleive there are more than one reason it works. </div>
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First of all, our mindset is set for change and determination to end this, we are encouraging to each other.</div>
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Second, I put in an IUS, to end my Niagara fall menstruations, migraine, mood swings and the feeling of being ill once in a month. This was a huge positive change for my physical and mental health.</div>
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Third, the new Weight Watchers system really works. I loose weight without much effort or being too hungry. I learn to combine foods so they don't add on my weight.</div>
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The result is that I lost 12 kg and have changed clothing size. I shop my closet, find old clothes that fits again. Maybe I'll post a new selfie later.</div>
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I can really recommend the new Weight Watcher system. Yes, it is expensive, but the money i once put on restaurants I can now save in the long run.</div>
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I had to write about my trip to Edinburgh in arrears, because I really wanted to tell you about it. I also wanted to write about something nice.</div>
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Right now, we are planning another great adventure, that I will write about later.</div>
linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-70009519957667915042018-06-24T13:37:00.000-07:002018-07-02T08:31:15.813-07:00Schools outI work as a science and chemistry teacher in High School. One thing that many don't know is that we teachers also have angst about grading. The end of term is very hectic, because national school rules says that teachers ought to help students as much as possible, to pass grades. Some students wake up only a few week left and starts to work. I have given encouraging chats, called students on their phone to get them to work, comforting crying students and giving hugs and pats on shoulders, but sadly, also negative responses.<br />
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My oldest son went out of High School last week. He studied house building at the same school I teach. He was a bit dismissive and avoiding the first year, it was tough. But it changed the last years. I teached many of his friends and he told me, he never heard anything negative about me as a teacher, on the contrary, only positive things. Maybe that changed his view of me.<br />
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Anyway, the graduation ritual is a serious thing in Sweden. It's almost like a second National Day. A week before, there is a ritual in putting on the Student cap (it's a Swedish thing). Falun has a local tradition, were you have to walk around the center block with one foot on the pavement and the other in the gutter. Then you jump on one foot towards a draining well, while mumbling a verse in latin. You throw a coin from the same year you were born in the well and gather around the market square. After all this, you are allowed to put on the cap.<br />
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The day for the graduation is also special ritual for High School students. They receive their grades and maybe an award, having a dinner with their class teacher and then run out of school to their relatives.</div>
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I took my day off and welcomed Oskar out of school. We hold up a sign for him to find us in the crowd (its a tradition) and we hung silly gifts around his neck.</div>
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He looked very smart in a flower shirt, red bowtie and costume.<br />
After this, a carnival like tour around town take place. Every class has hired a truck and decorated it with branches and banners.<br />
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These banners have different messages written.</div>
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Top photo: "Get drunk, get handsome". "I rather be eaten by an animal than study science". It is common to mock the Science classes like this.</div>
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Bottom left: An hommage to a colleague of mine, named Åke, he teach math.</div>
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Bottom right: A cropped banner but it is the students from the Science programme that writes "To hate us Science nerds is your favourite thing, but we get the best grades".</div>
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Oskar has boarded the truck. The sign says "We are better than Di Caprio, we have 5 Oscars". It means that there are 5 guys in the class named Oscar. I tried to call for my Oskar, but three other boys, not mine, looked over the wall. I had to yell Mårten (his nickname) for him to respond. Johan had to climb up in the flatbed to help the students with the sound system. Suddenly the truck drove away with him and the students. Not every adult is welcome on board.</div>
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The truck drives around for one hour or so, then the students march through town, making noice, singing, and sprinkles champagne before a fancy car picks every student up to bring them home to a student reception and a party.</div>
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I got my vacation a couple of days ago. It lasts until mid August. </div>
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linnea-mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378511815400433196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069548053082887086.post-91428851205695710002018-06-22T12:34:00.001-07:002018-06-22T12:34:15.078-07:00Trip to Edinburgh day 3<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday March 4th 2017</span><br />
I woke up with a swollen knee and feet. Well I could rest another day and we needed to use our time, so we took a walk over to old town and Royal Mile via Advocates Close...with all the stairs...<br />
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Our goal this day was shopping, so our feet turned towards a whiskey shop. It is very unusual for a Swedish person to go to a liqeur store and taste the products, because alcohol selling is restricted by our government. I bought a nice gin and Johan bought a couple of whiskeys.</div>
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After some more shopping we went for lunch at Patisserie Valerie, we got a huge plate each with lovely sandwiches, so no place for tarts left. </div>
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We also booked a tour at Mary Kings Close, that is another underground tour. The City Chambers was built on top of old Edinburgh. They simply chopped off the up to 14 stairs houses and used them as foundation for a new large building. The maze like underground around Mary Kings Close gives you a picture of how daily life could be around the alleys in old times, sans odour. The poorest lived at the bottom stairs in the dirt were you also held cattle. Johan actually heard a mooing sound in one of the chambers. Mary Kings Close was visited by Most Haunted in one episode were you clearly can hear the mooing of a ghost cow.</div>
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The house in the photo above is built 1490 ca. This is how the houses around the Mary Kings Close looked like except higher. After 5 stairs built in stone, they usually continued another 4-10 stairs in wood and extra balconys that made them wider at the top. It happended that the badly engineered buildings collapsed.</div>
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After lots of walking shopping I was completely exhausted by afternoon. I could simply not walk anymore, so we spent our last night at the hotel. The name of the hotel is The Principal and is very pleasant, nice staff, good food and perfect service.</div>
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We arrived home with lots of gifts for the kids. Alfons had to try all the flavours of Bertie Botts beans. He actually ate 6 of them until he got too much of gag reflexes and had to stop. I didn't dare to taste one.</div>
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