15 Things day 91 | South American cities

Confessions pt 5

- I give up way to easily

- I cling to the thought of moving to London some day, I want it so bad. From time to time I try to convince my boyfriend we should move, so far he's not budging :(

- I'm a big crybaby. I cry when I'm happy, when I'm sad, confused, tired, sleepy, angry, you-name-it. Luckily for me it's healthy to have a good cry now and again.

- I wish I liked coffee, I've tried liking it, and for a while I even pretended to like it. I've realised it's not going to happen any time soon, but I'll keep trying from time to time!

- I'm addicted to scented candles, I love them and have at least one in every room! The only thing bothering me are those "vanilla" scented ones, I can't stand that smell!

- I've never really been a soda/fizzy drinks kind of girl. I'll drink it if it's been shaken, and all the bubbles are gone. But I really don't see the point, it does nothing for me or my health.

- I bruise easily ("so be careful when you handle me", I'll bet none of you got the Natasha Bedingfield reference there..) Every night I find new bruises somewhere on my body (usually legs and arms) without knowing where I got them. Works for me that I'm one of those insanely clumsy people  without control of my arms and legs.

- I've already broken my "no candy in 2015" rule twice so far, no wait, three times. Crap

- While cooking I use my entire kitchen and leave an insane amount of mess. We're talking mountains. Might have to work on that.

19.01.15

15 Things day 90 | Asian Cities

Traditions with friends

Yesterday my friend Silje and I went skiing. We do this once a year, and even though I hate skiing so very,very much, I go anyway. Every year.This was our fourth (or fifth?) year going, and the same thing happens every year. I, being a terrible skier use all the strenght my arms provide, dragging myself up and down small hills. She's like a freaking gazelle(!!) and practically does laps around me. Here are some pictures to prove I actually went! I can't wait for next year, when her daughter is coming along. Finally someone who will be having the same speed as me!

18.1.15

15 Things day 89 | Norwegian cities

17.1.15

15 Things day 88 | About Siblings

Today is both of my brothers birthday! Happy birthday, I love you both so very much! I'm off to a birthday gathering for them, food, cake, family and presents I'm hoping they'll like! X

DIY of the week | Facescrub

I've decided to do a DIY every week! This first week I'm doing doing a homemade facescrub! I've done a few of these at home and I love knowing what I apply to my skin isn't harmful for it. Specially since my skin is very dry and very sensitive! Making your own skin care is so fun, and the possibilities are endless! Honey, Green Tea, sugar, salt, coffee ground, yoghurt, avocado and coconut oil are just some of the many ingredients you can find in your kitchen for the most amazing face masks and scrubs!  My top tip is keeping it simple. Have fun! (-:

If you want to try the one I made today you'll need:
3 tbs coconut oil (or Olive oil, almond oil, grapeseed oil)
2 tbs granulated sugar (if you want it grainier you can add more sugar)
the juice of 1/2 lemon

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, apply to face and enjoy a few minutes of silence while listening to some of your favorite songs! I suggest taking a crack at the songs in my January playlist, you can find it in the sidebar of my blog! (-: This recipe makes for multiple times of use, I usually keep the remainders in a mason jar in my bathroom cabinet

The absolute simplest scrub is adding a tablespoon granulated sugar to your regular cleansing cream

Happy weekend to you all, I hope it's a good one! X

16.1.15

15 Things day 87 | European cities

Letter to a friend in heaven

in 2007, five days before the year turned into 2008 I lost my best friend. I was 16 years old and I'm not joking when I say that it felt like my life was over. Imagine going from talking to someone all day, every day to never talking to them again. I honestly don't remember most of 2008, I've blocked it out. Mostly because of the person I became, desperately trying to fill the void losing my friend, Lasse, had left. I'm not proud of it, and I'm never going back. This is a letter to him, written in norwegian because it's so damn personal, and because letters to best friends should never be in a foreign language.
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 Kjære Lasse. Kjære, fine, gode Lasse.
2. juledag var det sju år siden jeg fikk den verste telefonen jeg noen gang har tatt. Det var som om all luft forsvant fra bilen, der jeg satt på tur til julelunsj med resten av familien. Jeg tenker på deg hver dag, også smiler jeg for meg selv fordi jeg kommer på noe morsomt du har sagt. Det er fint å ha de minnene, håper jeg aldri glemmer dem. Samtidig river det noe vannvittig i hjertet å tenke på at du som lovte du skulle være der, alltid, forlot meg på en så tragisk måte.

Jeg håper du er stolt av meg, der du sitter oppe på skyen din og titter ned på meg. Det er en betryggende tanke å ha deg der oppe til å passe på. Selv om ditt liv ikke helt ble slik du snakket om da vi satt på ynglingen for så mange år siden og planla livene våre, vi som skulle være venner for alltid og ende på samme gamlehjem. Nå må jeg finne noen andre å havne på gamlehjem med, som jeg kan ha rullestolrally med, og som kan fortelle røverhistorier om gamle dager.

Jeg savner deg sånn, og plassen din kan ingen andre ta. Den er reservert til deg. Ta av plassen ved siden av deg i himmelen da, så sees vi når det er min tur. Jeg er så ufattelig glad i deg, det vil aldri endre seg. X

15.1.15

15 Things day 86 | TBT Reasons your friend is a keeper

Having to justify your every move.

I don't drink coffee, because I don't like the taste. It has nothing to do with my teeth getting brown. There are a lot health benefits to drinking black coffee, I know. But I don't like it.

How did it come to this? Having to justify your very action and decision. If you make a conscious effort of eating healthy your a fanatic. If you choose to eat most of your meals at McDonalds you're automatically labeled as both lazy and not caring about your own health and well-being. People are so quick to judge and come to their own conclusions without knowing the whole story, and even though it shouldn't bother me, it does. I don't like feeling like I have to justify eating healthy, not working out on a regular basis, not drinking coffee, and not drinking alcohol.

I don't hide the fact that I'm of a christian belief, nor that I don't drink alcohol. But those two facts about me have got nothing to do with each other. I used to drink alcohol, and then I stopped. I don't drink alcohol because A) it gives me one hell of a migraine and B) I don't like the feeling it gives me, or the taste of it. 

I eat to much or not enough, I drink way to much water and I should drink more of it. I should lose weight, I should just tighten up a bit. I wear to much black or grey and I should wear heels more often. It seems everyone has something to say about the way others look, behave and treat themselves. This year I'm going to try to shut those people out, listen to my gut and eat what I want, wear what I want and do the things I want to do. Everyone else can do whatever they want as far as I'm concerned (-:

14.1.15

15 Things day 85 | Things I miss

Recipe of the week: Proteinballs

 

Please ignore the mess that is currently my kitchen. I had taken pictures and didn't realize they were no good until the perfectly round protein-ball was in my tummy. Bummer! These pictures will have to do, of a protein-ball that isn't as pretty, but that tasted just as good! This week I want to share a recipe I use a lot! I do my own spin on Kristine Weber's protein bars.

For four protein-balls you will need:

30 g protein powder ( I opted for chocolate flavored)

15g coconut flour

10g sweetener

1 tbs cocoa powder (Can be skipped!)

10g rolled oats

milk

Coconut sprinkles

Mix all the dry ingredients (except the coconut sprinkles) and add small amounts of milk at the time until the mixture have wanted consistency. Let your mixture sit for a couple of minutes before using two spoons to shape out the balls. This is quite sticky! Roll inn the coconut sprinkles and pop in the freezer to set (-: Enjoy!

13.1.15

15 Things day 84 | Things I love

Confessions pt. 4

- I spend to much time wishing I was skinnier, prettier, someone else.





- I'm not a hopeless romantic. Big romantic gestures makes me uncomfortable and makes me wish the ground would just open up and swallow me whole


- I write a lot. Short stories are my thing. I never share them with anyone though, because I'm afraid. I'm afraid of someone picking my story apart and find hidden meanings that aren't there.


- Whenever I'm supposed to do something worst case scenario Andrea gets involved more often than not, that bitch ruins a lot of my plans.

-  More often than not, I'm torn between wanting to look good and not bothering to make an effort. If I could wake up looking like a supermodel, that would be nice. Or if Kim Kardashian doesn't need her beauty crew anymore, I'll be more than happy to have them coming to my house every morning.
 

12.1.15

15 Things day 83 | Things I love about mondays

Living in black and white.

Some people like living from day to day, not knowing what might happen or what new and exiting adventures lie around every corner. They love with all their heart and embrace every part of who they are. They're not afraid of getting hurt, and throw themselves into new and exiting projects, sometimes before they have time to finish the last one. They travel the world with nothing more than they can fit into a backpack and they have an amazing time. They tell amazing stories, both from their personal life and everything they have seen and done. They share of themselves with every part of their being.

 I wish I was one of those people, I really do. Not knowing what today or tomorrow brings give me anxiety. And traveling the world without knowing where I'm going, how I'm going to get there and the possibility to pack for everything from ice-age to tropical heat? Forget it. Not happening anytime soon. This is why I like lists, I can collect my thoughts, plan ahead and be prepared. I don't like to over share, and I absolutely don't like people knowing every little thing there is to know about me.

I'd like to be able to let go a bit and see where the day takes me, but to be honest I quite like being that way as well. A golden middle would be ideal. I'm not saying I have every part of my day planned, but I like to have a plan with what I'm doing. These days it's mostly studying and household chores, exiting things..

11.1.15

15 things day 82 | Shoes

I'm not Charlie.

"I thought I was. But even though I support freedom of speech 100%, I'm not willing to offend others for it.  I'm not willing to risk my life for it. I'm not willing to put those I love and live around in harms way for it. I'm not provocative or brave enough to be Charlie." - Kristiane Aateigen said it perfectly.

I'm torn these days. I'm thankful for living in calm, small Norway. I feel guilty for being thankful. I'm wishing there was something I could offer other than my deepest sympathy. And I'm scared that Norway might be a target.

I'm taken back to July 22nd 2011 and I'm so scared something like that, or worse will happen again. I know I can't go around being scared all the time, but when something like this happens it hits so close to home and just the thought of someone I love being hurt or killed chills me to the core. It's like a nightmare I can't wake up from. It's a constant feeling of being cold, with no way to get warm.

Take care of yourselves and each other, France. I'm with you in thought. X

10.1.15

 

"Don't climb me, I'll die."

15 Things day 81 | Favorite songs this month

9.1.15

15 Things day 80 | Things everyone needs to know about nutrition

A letter to my future husband

Hi!

I don't know your name or if we've already met.(Have we met? Have we dated? Am I dating you right now?) But at some point we will. I hope you're passionate and that you follow your dreams, as I am and I will. I hope you let me do my thing (which is all over the place just so you know what you might be getting yourself into. One day I want to be a pop-star, the other a world famous photographer, to be honest I don't think that will happen for me, but it's nice to have dreams) and I will let you do yours

I don't know what you look like or how you personality is, but I know you will have those little quirks that make me fall madly in love with you. Because that's what I do, I fall hard. Like how you always make me laugh when I'm having a bad day or the way you smile in your own special way, or how we can have our own little inside jokes that no-one else will understand. Or how you love your job so much that you can't wait to tell me how your day was, and I'll listen, and I'll soak in every word even though I couldn't care less about accounting (or whatever you job is) because I love that you want to share your day with me.

I hope you're kind to everyone and as including of others as I aspire to be. I want you to be the one I turn to in my time of need, and that I can be the same for you.

... and if you happen to have an amazing accent, dimples and like to cook I'm not complaining at all, just saying.

Stay safe, I love you. Or, you know, I will at some point.  Hopefully

8.1.15

15 Things day 79 | TBT: Things I need to improve upon

This might become a problem

Even though I don't really enjoy cooking I have a weird obsession with cookbooks. The thing putting me off the most is having to clean up my own mess when I'm done, but I'm working on it! Every meal I eat in 2015 I intend on being made from scratch (so far, so good six days into the new year. Pat on the back!) My only problem now is the fact that there is no more room for cookbooks, so I have to choose which ones go on display. This is a nightmare..

7.1.15

15 Things day 78 | Items of clothings

My take on Moussaka

For two people you will need:

• 1 Onion
• Garlic to your liking, I used 3 cloves
• 500g minced lamb (minced beef works well too)
• 1 can crushed tomatoes
• Herbs ( I used Basil, Thyme, Rosemary, Oregano and Parsley)
• Salt&Pepper 
• 1 dl beef stock
• Oil

• 2 TBS plain flour
• 1 Egg
• 1 TBS Butter
• 2 dl Milk
• 3 potatoes
• Wanted amount of cheese

 

 

Start by boiling your potatoes if you're not using yesterdays leftovers as i did.  Heat garlic and onion until the onion is soft.

 

Add the meat

 

When the meat is done add tomatoes, stock and spices (including salt and pepper, easily forgotten!) Let it simmer on a low heat for 30 min.

 

In another pan melt the butter. When it's all melted add the flour and whisk in the milk. When the sauce is at wanted consistency add the egg while whisking. Salt and Pepper to taste. Slice the potatoes and put the slices in the bottom of your ovenproof dish (tray?) pour the sauce over and finish with the meat. Cheese on top.Cook in the oven at 200 degrees (centigrade) for 25-30 min depending on your oven.

I was planning on taking pictures of the leftovers the day after in a more appealing light, but managed to quickly take a picture before my boyfriend ate the last of it. I'll take that as a compliment! (-: Enjoy

6.1.15

15Things day 77 | Favorite Tv Shows

5.1.15

15 Things day 76 | Phobias pt. 2 (A's)

4.1.15

15 Things day 75 | Things to do when bored