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Travel Travel Travel! :D

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:31:47 GMT

Hey blog, it's been a while, but oh well. I was just looking at this year, 2011, and I realized, I'm gunna be all over the place this year. I mean, I've allready been to Singapore for two weeks, I was in Poland for one week, in a few short months I'm going home agin. Back to MD USA. :) And for this fall, I've heard rumors of a weekend trip to Poland for shopping. :)I'm excited. And yes, I love traveling!

Singapore. :)

Singapore. :) I wanna go back sooo bad!

Poland. ;)

Poland. :)

And as for this summer, that's going to be the best trip this year. :) It's been way too long away from my friends and family, and not to mention my country. Two years is too long, and it will never be that long again. At least not for me. I will personally see to that. :)

Sick:(

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:09:25 GMT

So as you probably understood, I'm sick. And I'm not running a fever anymore, but I'm still drained of energy and coughing every two minutes. So this post wont be that long. Since Christmas some interesting stuff has occured. For one, I'm going to Singapore for two weeks in february. I leave on the 19th and come back on the 5th of march. And I don't have to pay for a hotel either cuz I have family down there that I'm gunna live with. I'm the only one going. My siblings and parents have to stay behind. I'm traveling with my aunt and uncle and two cousins. But coming back alone. I'll make sure to take lots of pictures while I'm there. I'm getting a new phone soon. It's a Vivaz Pro. I was supposed to get it in black, but suddenly they don't sell black anymore or something, so I'm going with white instead. Here's a pic.

That's about it. School is boring as ever. Except for last wednesday. That was the first day I felt the symtoms of this sickness and my throught hurt a lot. Pluss a lot of coughing. And I had to get up infront of the entire school and sing a solo! It sounded terrible. :(

Fam was here for X-Mas

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:14:01 GMT

As some of you know my Aunt, Grandma, and two cousins Maxine and Olivia spent the Christmas and New Year here in Norway with me and my family. We havent really done much outside of Moss, but we did make it to the mall several times. And Maxine and I went to the stables twice. Once just to visit, and then a second time so Maxine could try out english riding as opposed to western (which btw I have to learn). We had a movie night with all my friends and that was great. :)Plus Christmas and New Years. So we got a lot of stuff in in these two weeks. As for the pictures, Maxine took them with her new camera that she got for Christmas. Idk if I'll get any any time soon. Like last time, I'm forcing Maxine to write on my blog before she leaves for the airport. ~As I have been in Norway for the second time i realized that everything is so much different here in the winter time. Things are more calm unless ur in Amfi right before Christmas and then it is quite crazy. I love it here in Norway and i hope that other people will come to visit here if they dont already live here. I cant wait until i come back here for the next tme because then i will love it here even more. When i come here next time i will be going swimming in the lake because i will be coming hopefully in the summer time in 2 years. I will miss it here, but i have enjoyed being here for my 2 weeks instead of one. I will deff be writing on here everytime that i come here just so i can tell u my experiences. Thanks and ill talk to u all soon ~Maxine~ Love you babe. <3 I'll see you again this summer. When I come home for the first time in 2 years! :D

Outfit for tomorow

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:04:44 GMT

Christmas Time!

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:35:19 GMT

Now it's Christmas time again and there's a lot going on.
Testing just ended and they are working us hard in school. Just next week I have a project/presantasion due that's supposed to last for 15 minutes!

Our house is almost finished and we are supposed to move in one week. :) We are all very excited about that. It's been 2 long years, but we are finally about to settle down for good.

I'm going to the new Harry Potter movie tomorow. I'm going to see it with my two best friends Elin and Fredrik. It's going to be so great! :)

And that same day I'm going to a baptism for my new cousin. I'm going to be the god-mother!

Talk to you later.
:)

Another vid. :P

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:16:10 GMT

This is also from oslo horse show. hehe. I know you may be getting tired of that topic, but this vid includes things that werent in the other one. ^^

Oslo Horse Show 2010

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:33:51 GMT

Here is a great video I found on youtube of Olso Horse Show 2010. :) I didn't make it, but it's great anyways. It gives a a little taste of everything that I experianced that day. :) Hope you enjoy.

Oslo Horse Show. :)

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:23:05 GMT

As most of you know, I was at Oslo Horse Show about a week ago. I have taken many pictures and many videos. But will only upload a few pics because they are all pretty much the same.

I had a great time! I'm going back next year and I'm bringing more people! I can't believe anyone missed this! It was the greatest show ever! I'll upload a video from the family show in a seperate post. ;) The whole thing lasted for about 15 hours, but I didn't get bored once. :)

And for everyone in Norway, jeg er usikker på hvilken Vg skole jeg skal søke på. Jeg svever mellom Kalnes og Tomb i Østfold. Kan dere være så snille og komentare på hvilken skole du syntes er bedere, og hvorfor? :)

It's been a month!

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:39:40 GMT

Hey readers, there isn't much going on right now. But I havnet blogged in a month so I figured, why not?

I'm going to Oslo Horse Show in a few weeks. Really looking forward to that. ;) I'll try to take lots of pictures. And this saturday my mom is taking me out to go get a riding helmet. :D I'm excited about this because I will no longer have to borrow helmets from the stables. It's kind of gross, if you think about how much you sweat in the and stuff like that. So I can;t wait to get one of my own. :)

Me and my best friend Elin are working on an art project. I hate it. I love working with her, but the project sucks. It's due on monday and we arent even close to done. I'm stressing out!

Anyways, until anything happens or enough time passes, see ya.

9/11 Tribute

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:18:45 GMT

This is a tribute i'm doin for all of the poor people who were affected by this terrible disaster.
As you all know, 9 years ago today, two planes struck the World Trade Center in new York City. A few minutes after the second plane hit the towers, they colapsed.
The youngest victin was 2 year old Christie Hanson. The oldest victin was 85 year old Robert Grant Norton. 3251 children lost a parent that day.

We pray for the families and the children and all the poor people who died that day. The innocent victims and the brave heroes who died in the line of duty.

Never forget what happend on September 11, 2001.

A whole nation cryed that day.

The vid of me getting pierced.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:19:13 GMT

My Piercing! :D

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:16:11 GMT

Ok. As most of you know I have been planning to get my bellybutton pierced for a while now. Well, I finally got it done yesterday! I haven't been able to stare at it that much, cuz after I got it done I got a bandaid put over it. lol. ;). So I keep playing the video over and over again. xD Yea, I got it on tape. I'm gunna try to post it to my blog but I haven't ever done it before. So it may not work. My mom took pics too though. And they'll be easy to upload.

The place I got it done at is called Madison. They are located in Sarpsborg Norway. I'm putting a link to thier website at the end of this post. The guy who pierced me did a great job. It took me like 2 months of research to figure out where I wanted to get it done. And of all the parlors and clinics and sutdios out there, this was the best. What won me over was the fact that they used titanium instead of surgicl steel. Because it was less prone to infection and just healthier for your skin. He used three different solutions just to clean the area. So I knew there was no chance of anything getting into the piercing that could harm it. And he gave me candy. ^^ lol. He thought licorice would help my nerves so he gave me one before and after the piercing. haha. ^^ I love IFA by the way. lol. He put the needle through very fast so I felt minimun pain. Gave me a bunch of info about cleaning it and how I was supposed to treat it when I go to the stables. For which I am grateful. It was a great experiance. :)

And for all of you who have been dying to get piercing, (you know who you are ;) ), this is deffinantly the place to go. :)

Here are the pics my mom took. :)

This is just one of the 3 solutions he used to clean the area. This one was the scariest. lol. ^^

These are the pen markings showing where the needle whould go.

And this is the finished piercing. ^^ :)

http://www.piercing.no/ This is the website. ;) By the way, he got really lucky with that URL. I'll try to upload the video in a different post. It didn't work in this one for some reason. :\

OKay. I need to get back to my moutain of homework.
See ya. :)

Buncha New Stuff

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:14:29 GMT

Ok, I know I havn't blogged in a while. And right now is about the time when I'd give you some lame excuse for ignoring my blog for so long. But I'm not gunna do that. Instead, I'm gunna tell the truth. I DIDN'T WANT TO. Plain and simple. ^^haha.

So anyways, I got braces like 2 weeks ago. I hate them, of course. But they should be out by Christmas. I'm only fixing a couple of teeth. Lucky for me, my teeth are fairly strait natually. Don't expect me to upload a pic. The last thing I wanna do is put that out there for the world to see. But don't fret, lol, my friends in Norway will see it at school and my peeps in the US of A will probably see it on web-cam.

This Saturday at noon I am getting my bellybutton pierced! :D I can't wait! Not really looking forward to the healing process. But just having the piercing will be awsome! ^^ The place I'm getting it done at is great. They use titanium instead of steel cuz titanium has less nickle in it and isn't as prone to infection. Plus I might be allergic to surgical steel. Idk. I never got tested.

In other, less exciting news, I started horseback riding again today. Idk how long this season is but I know it'll be over before Christmas. I have the same horse as I had last year. Juno. Nice enough horse. But she can be a huge pain in the ass somtimes. Oh well. She's young. She has an excuse. She's only like 4 or 5 years old. Young and rebelious. Nice.

School has started again. This is allready proving to be a very difficult year. Since it's the last year before "high school" and you have to apply to high schools to get in. This year is taken very siriously. :( The teachers are piling on the homework and won't stop talking about final exams. It's very stressful, and will be for the rest of the year I'm afraid.
*sigh*

Till next time. I'm gunna snap a pic of my stomach after the redness and swelling has gone down and upload it to facebook and to my blog. So stay tuned! ^^

The pics from greece!

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:51:31 GMT

Swimming off the boat.

Pic of my and my siblings and my daddy. In Kalithea.

Pretty water in Kalithea. We snorkled here.

Jonas.

Jonas got burned by some sea plant.

Acropolis.

Pretty clear water.

Acropolis.

The view from the top of Lindos.

Me riding the donkey up to Acropolis.

Jonas.

First half of the hotel pool.

The other part of the hotel pool. It topped all pools ever! Best one in the world!

Boat store. ^^

Idk why this pic and the pic below it got stuck together. But anyways, me looking at the sky. (Thanks mom -.-)

Funny. ^^

Lindos and Acropolis up top.

Merete and Jonas riding donkeys up to Acropolis.

Merete enjoying her "safe sex on the beach". lol.

Acropolis.

The legandary deer.

My daddy learning how to belly dance. XD Dude-Daddy-Belly Dancer-Dude-Dude.

Cats are to Rhodes what monkeys are to India. lol. I counted 11 cats in one seaside resturant.

We were stuck in the fort that bordered the old city and we coldn't find our way out! ^^

We were smart enough to go get henna tattoos while we were there. This is mine. They last for a month.

Merete's tattoo.

Jonas' tattoo.

Henna tattoos!

Back from Rhodes!

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:52:40 GMT

The vacation was so great! :) I rode a donkey and went to see Acropolis in Lindos. And I went snorkling and dived of the boat we took to get around the island. The pool at the hotel was spectacular, and ditto for the beaches close by. The old city in Rhodes City was awsome. I've never seen so many shops put together in one place in all my life! Yup, 100 times more then FSK Mall. And btw, I'm NOT exagerating. We ate out every night, and all the food was delicous. I've fallen in love with tzatsiki. And I saw a wild octopus for the first time when I went snorkling. And then, that very same day, I tasted grilled octopus for the first time in my life. 8o And it tasted good. 8O Yup.

I bought a new and awsomely spectacular wrist watch. And a new summer hat. Yah know, them big sombrerro type thingys. And I bought a necklace and a very beautiful trinkit box. ^^ 45 euro. Very expensive and sparkly. ^^

And some of you will die when you hear this... I bought 2 very nice little belly button rings. :) Uh-huh. That's my plan. I have permision and can't wait to get it done. The closest pro piercing studio is in Oslo though. :\ But it's worth the dive. That hour long drive is 100 times better than an infection that would most certainly occur if I got mine done anywhere in moss. They're just not very trustworthy.

I'll upload pics as soon as I get them off my daddys comp.

Anyways, that was it for this entry.

Oh, and some wierd person is trying to hack my facebook. >:(

Horseback Camp!

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:51:34 GMT

Ok, I have put it off long enough. This is gunna be a long post. But there will be a lot of pics. ;)

2 weeks ago I left home for a week long camp at my local stables. It was great! Except for the fact that I was surrounded by children. But I guess they were just cute. ;) I slept over there and learned a lot in my time spent there. I learned how to tack up a horse correctly and gallop correctly on my own. That I am excited about. :)
Here are some pics.

Sorry, can't rotate it. =/ This is the room I slept in. My bed is the one that's made. My roomate didn't arrive at the camp before day 2.

I had a nice veiw from my room. A bridle path and a litte stream, plus some pastures way in the back.

I rode three horses while I was there. This is one of them. Byron. :)

This was another horse I rode. The newest one at the senter. Sølve.

This is the mare I rode most. She's an appaloosa. :) Juno.

We went swimming while we were there. I was lucky and because of my age I didn't have to wear a life jacket like all the other kids. I'm not in this pic btw. ;)

This is the building we slept in. literally 20' away from the stables. ;) It looks like a dumpster on the outside but it was a lot more comfy on the inside. :)

This is the inside. You can see the doors that lead to the bedrooms. :)

Just a random pic I took of the inside of the stables. This is only a small fraction of the stables.

This is the full length of the stables. But this is only one side. It's just as big on the other side of the senter. This is only half.

BEHOLD! OUR HUMUNGUSLY AWSOME WAY OF DISPOSING OF HORSE CRAP!

Some of the paddoks.

The old (but still used) indoor arena. It is the one with the stalls attached to it. It is were I take my riding lessons.

The new (and barley used) indoor arena. It is just an indoor arena without any stalls attached. I have only ridden there once.

This is the old indoor arena.

The new indoor arena.

The lighting is wierd here. We had to clean the equiptment once.

Random. This horse was getting new shoes fitted.

We did more at this camp than just ride horses. ;)

And I learned how to conrtole a carrige. :)

Another pic of Juno.

Another pic of Byron. He was my favorite. :)

Our awsome way of keeping everyone at the equestrian center happy. :)

We had a grooming contest. And I won 1st place! :D

My family came to visit me one day. :)

Me riding Juno.

Me riding.

Me riding.

All in all, I really had a great time and would love to do it again next year. ;D

In other news, I saw the movie Eclipse today. Ehh. It could have been a lot better. But I love the story in itself. So I'm still going to see Breaking Dawn.
And on Sunday I'm going on a short vacation to Rhodos. =) I look forward to it. Although I would rather be somwhere else this summer. I promise to take lots of pictures. ;)

Elin and Twilight movie night. ^^

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:05:52 GMT

Kødde blidet. ;D

PS: I forgot how to upload videos from youtube directly on here. :/ If anyone knows how, would you please comment below and tell me?

PS: Check out www.elinamalie.blogg.no ;D <3

The B-Day Party Tonight

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:07:24 GMT

Just a quick little note.
*My blog will be in English from now on. It's just easyer since I have readers from the US and mostly everyone here in Norway understands English. Where as Americans do not understand Norwegian. It's more fair.

The party! Celina's birthday party. Well, it was great, as all birthday parties are. There was good food and sweet music and games. The party was well planed out and the time just flew by. :)

Well, here are some pics from the party. I'll try my best to describe what's going on. ;)

This is out on the deck. Everyone is just chillin and waiting for the rest of the guests to arrive.

This is the food they served. Salad, garlic bread (I think), and lasanga. Idk how it's spelled.

Celina opening her gifts. :)

After a while it started raining so we all gathered inside and continued the party there.

Dancing to the music. ^^ That's me to the left in the white dress.

Two of my friends, Rebecka and Minchau, thought it would be funny to steel my camera and take pics of themselves with it to surprise me later. ^^ haha.

Our sound system.

Me and Rebecka at the after the party. Luv that gurl. <3

All in all, the party was a great success and I look forward to the next one. ^^

P.S.~ Dear Michael, It's hard to belive it's already been a year since your passing. We still love you and always will. We all miss you more than you can imagine. RIP Michael Jackson. :'(

One Year Past

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:15:04 GMT

Well, as some of you may know, 1 year ago my family and I came to live in Norway. Exactly one year ago my plane landed in Oslo. And because of this occasion, I think it fit that I write a summary of my first year.

The day I came here I don't remember much of, because I was sleeping most of the time. But I do remember that we had the whole family over to welcome us. And we were staying in my grandmas apartment because our house wasn't finished to the date that was set beforhand. We lived in that apartment for about 3 weeks, not doing much. I wen't out to see my friends and wen't swimming at the beach.
After 3 weeks we were in the new house. Though it wasn't really finished still. We still had to install lights and paint the walls and finish the bathroom downstairs, but we were able to live in it. And we spent the rest of the summer touching up the house, or going out with the new kayaks, or swimming, or going up to the cabin. And before we knew it, school was about to start.
School started a week before schools in the US did. I wasn't so happy about that. And I wasn;t looking forward to being the "new kid" in school this year. The first day really was scary. Unlike other teenagers, I allready had friends to hang out with, so that was pretty helpful. But me being my usual little shy self didn't talk much to other people and I was careful not to catch anyones eye that day. This became a habbit.
My parents had found another lot in our neighborhood that was for sale, and it had a veiw of the ocean! (Or the saltwater lake as I like to call it). So they bought it. And our current house went for sale. I had started confirmasion classes. They werent really classes so much as they were club activities. We would learn about Christianity here. We were divided into 3 groups. The cooking group, were they spent most of their classes cooking for eachother. The sport group, were they spent most of their classes playing baseball or soccer. And then there was the quoir group. This is the one I signed up for. We would sing and learn new songs for every class. We were preparing for a concert in March. I was also part of a quoir in a neighboring town.
Meenwhile my parents were trying to decide what house to put on the new lot. And we ended up with a nice one were my room happend to be facing the ocean. hehe.
It's November now. And I went to go be a part of the audiance for an American Idol type show. Only Norwegian. It was great, I had never been to anything like it. Though I must admit it was better seeing the show on tv. You got a better veiw of everything. And my grandma and cousin Olivia from America came to visit us for a week. That was very fun. We wen't to Oslo and met up with an old family friend. Plus my little sister and Olivia wen't to the indoor water park. After they left it was Thanksgiving! And I had my best friend Elin come over for that. She really seemed to enjoy it. And the food was great, as always.
Then we were able to sell the house. And we moved into a ting litte 2 bed 1 bath apartment down the street. 3 weeks befor Christmas. And when Christmas rolled around it was fun and exciting as always. But different. Very different. for me it didn't feel like Christmas at all. And that was very sad. On Christmas Eve my little quoir in that neighboring town had a little show in the local church. We sang old Christmas songs no one had heard of. hehe. But shortly after, I quit that quoir and focused on my confirmasion quoir. We went up to the cabin for new years. We lit fireworks of our own on the snow covered marsh/vally out back. And that was great fun.
Nothing really happend the rest of the winter. The only thing I have to report of that time is that it was the coldest winter Norway had seen in 23 years. Perfect timing.
In March the confirmasion concert had turned into a Haiti benefit concert. And we were able to raise a lot of money.
In May I started horseback riding again. This was sooo great! I loved horseback in America and I can't understand why I ever quit. I also had my confirmasion in May. It was may 19th. And my grandma and cousin Maxine came for it. I'm very grateful for that. I got a lot of great presents and had so much fun on the whole day dedicated to me. ^^ And then it was my birthday. And I learned that birthdays arent that exciting the older you get. :( I was supposed to get braces but we were able to move the date from May to August.
In the beggining of June we had testing in school. And I did pretty well on all of the tests I think. We havn't gotten the grades back yet.
And now we are here. The house is just starting to be built and summer vacation is almost here!

Halla.

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:32:27 GMT

Kunne ikke komme opp med no bra tittel. hehe.
Tentamene er endelig over! Jeg klarte en 3 på nynorsk! Det hadde jeg ikke forventet. Kjempe glad for det. Jeg har ikke fått tilbake noen av de andre karakterene. Men jeg tror jeg får ikke noe mindre en en 3 på alle.

Jeg har nå en favoritt hest på mossemarka. Slap av Lena. Det er ikke Eikmann. ;) Du kan få han tilbake. Nei, nei. Sist jeg rei så rei jeg på en pony som heter Juno. Hakke noen blider enda. Ho er en... emm... jaja, nå må jeg gå over til engelsk igjen da. She is an appaloosa. En av de fineste hestene som finnes syntes jeg. Kjempe koselig hest og enkel å ri. Men, jeg har bare ridd ho en gang. Vi får se hvis ho forandrer seg og viser frem sin ekte persdonelighet. ;)

Jeg har enda ikke gjort noe med konfirmasjonspengene mine. De skulle vært satt inn i banken nå. Men ting i familien min tar altid mye lenger tid en forventet. Jeg skal til sverige imora og bruke litt av det. Og jeg skal betale et par tusen for rideleir til sommer.

Jeg ble 15 år på 30 Mai. Det var kjempe gøy! Vi så på Bruno, og spiste masse god mat.

Planer for å dra til USA i sommerferien er aylyst. :( Jeg har aldri blitt så såra og så sint i hele mitt liv! USA er landet jeg var født og oppvokst i. Jeg elsker det så høyt og jeg får ikke dratt tilbake etter et helt år! Det er bullshit ass. Jeg har ikke ord for det.

Till next time.