Sunday sunshine

Two snap shots of this day's Sunday walk, before heading back to Oslo. The first picture is a view of the surroundings to my home town, situated by Norway's largest lake Mjøsa. The second picture is of The Best Mom In The World. I miss her all ready...

Sun in my window

We are having a fantastic fall in Oslo. The sun is shining, and the sky has that lovely blue color that comes with colder weather... or maybe it just looks more blue against the exploding fireworks of fall colors on the trees. I love the fall. I love to bundle up in long jackets, scarves, and finally make use of my fabulous boots..Here's a glimpse of my little office ("limerommet"), with a view of this fantastic big tree, about to lose it's fall jacket..

Nicknacks..

My home is not a very romantic nor very feminin decorated home. It's been sensibly furnished, and our love for movies, music and our hobbies are reflected in the decor. I am not a shabby chic girl when it comes to interior design. I love reading interior magazines where people show off their perfect houses, in their perfect, matching clothes, with the inevitable perfect matching kids and golden retriever. But I could never live like that. I need a clean slate, some free, not overfilled space, so that I am able to create something new. Right away, whenever I want, without having to clear out piles of decor first.

However, I easily fall in love with nicknacks. When shop browsing, I have learned to be really strict with my shop impulses, so that the house will not fill up with ornamented vases and boxes. But lately I have discovered this candle holder from Rice.. and I don't think I have the strength in me to resist if I come across this in a shop. Is'nt it awsome??

A good week

I had a pretty good week. It's been snowing like crazy and been quite windy since Wednesday, but today it finally stopped, and everything was pretty and white again. And cold.. On Thursday I went to see Rammstein playing at Valhall. Completely cold out. 13000 fans from all over Norway, by the sound and look of it. All though I've never been a huge fan, I've got to say that it was pretty spectacular to watch those guys! They play a tight show, and the numberous explotions, all the smoke and flamethrowers can make ones jaw drop to the floor. I think being Rammsteins pyro technician must be the coolest job in the whole, wide world. Nothing wrong with my job, but really...!


Today I helped Sigrid with a little demolition work on her kitchen. She's bought a new one at IKEA, and since it's being delivered tomorrow, she had her work cut out today. We managed to tear down most of the cupboards, and I especially want to give her credit for her way of seeing all items in her kitchen as potential tools. Her bread knife together with the hammer served as a handy tool to remove the things that really stuck to the wall.. Who needs a man, or a carpenter-demolition-guy right?

Everyday Life

Yeey! It's Saturday, and I got to sleep in today. I think my body has run out of vitamin D, because I've been tired the whole week.

On Tuesday I managed to get my toilet clogged. I was just getting rid of a liter of old chicken soup, that had been in the fridge longer than I like to admit.. but let's just say that it should have started to pay rent. I poured the whole thing into the loo and flushed, but instead of going down and disappearing, it came back UP! The bright yellow soup was now floating close to the edge of the toilet, and I'm pretty sure it was going through it's options.. flood the bathroom, or leave quietly. It had a little think, and then decided to slowly leave. Unfortunatly the soup took mr. toilet air freshner as hostage down the drain, or at least I think it did, 'cause nobody's seen him since.

So there I was. It was a struggle. A war in my bathroom. I fought with buckets of hot water, trying create enough water pressure, so that the remains of the soup (and possibly mr. air freshner) would surrender and leave the bathroom premises.

In the end I gave up and called a plummer. I'm waiting for a bill, I'm sure it will be big, since plummers do not come cheap.

And also it's going to be a while before I make my chicken Tom Yum soup again. But hey; feel free to email me if you want the recipe!

Wish list part 1

Jeg trodde ikke jeg var typen som kom til å gå bananas sånn rent interiørmessig, men jeg skjønner nå at denne "fallgruven" kommer jo jeg til å ramle oppi. Med et brak.

Så fint at the big 3-0 for meg finner sted i slutten av November, og overtakelse av leilighet er i begynnelsen av November...

Disse to kommer i klassen "ååå! disse ønsker jeg meg så VEEldig at jeg tror jeg må kjøpe dem selv..!"

1. Ikea's PS Maskros

2. Veggdekal med telefonstålper og fugler fra Decorette

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I never concidered myself to be the kind of person that talks about interiour design with a stuttering voice , jumping up and down excitedly whenever seeing some furnitural treasure somewhere, but now whenever thinking about moving to our new appartement and making it ours.. I can't help myself!

Luckily the big 3-0 for me is in the end of November, and we're moving in the first week of november, so my wishlist if now offiicially "out there"!

1. The fabulous Ikea lamp made in paper is garanteed to be a success over our dining table.

2. The amazing wall decal from Decorette is a must-have for me

Nytt hi

Også skjedde det bare; vi fant en drømmebolig og kjøpte den!
Jeg gleder meg som en unge til å flytte inn i over dobbelt så mange kvm, og til å få mitt eget hobbyrom (heretter kalt "limerom"!)

Okay.. så er kanskje bildet en anelse misvisende, men den nye leiligheten er i sammenlikning med den gamle mer slott-aktig i størrelsen..

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And all of a sudden we found an appartemet that we loved, we put in an offer -and got it!

I am so thrilled to be moving into a place that's over twice as big as our old appartement, I'll even get my own gluing room.

We'll live in boxes for some time now, so everything is a mess.

The house on the picture is the home of the royal family in Norway, by the way, so I'm not moving in there... yet! But the new appartment feels like a spacious castle you can get lost in.. yippii!

Mmmmaling..

Siste uke med ferie. Dager med dårlig vær (..eller i alle fall uten den store gule klumpen på himmelen.. har helt glemt hva den het.. ) har ført til økt aktivitet i butikken, samt maling av vinduskarmer, dører, små reparasjoner og rydding av boder (!). Det høres muligens en anelse desperat ut, ja, men alt dette gjøres for at panikken vil bli noget mindre når vi etter hvert selger og flytter.

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We are spending our last week of vacation doing up a little in our appartement, so that when we sell and move (preferably sometimes before Christmas), the 'to-do-list' will be some what shorter and the amount of panic will be at a minimum..

Nytt hjem

Jeg kaster meg ut i norskskrivinga etter Sigrid. Norsk er stas det.

Vi (jeg og mannen med verdens trolig raskseste skjeggvekst) er på utkikk etter en større bolig. I tre år har vi klart oss på 44 kvm, hvor vi vel har bodd i et slags kollektiv med gitarene hans.

Kan ikke si annet enn at jeg gleder meg utrolig til å få mer plass. Oslo kan være litt trangt.

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Me and my soon very bearded manfriend are looking for a bigger appartment, and I can't wait since the place we have now has been invaded with his guitars..