Merry Christmas

I hope you all had a great Christmas! I had a very different Christmas this year with Luke’s family. 

It was a good Christmas with great food and some very nice presents. On Christmas Eve I woke up early as I child to watch Christmas movies and eat candy from my stocking. After that I baked a gingerbread house from scratch as a present to Luke’s Family. 'At night Dan, Luke and I had a home cooked Norwegian Christmas dinner before we opened some presents. Happy and tired we left to Luke’s parents for the night, and his mum seams to love the gingerbread house. We drank some mulled wine (gløgg :D ) before going to bead watching the Polar Express! The morning after (photo) we woke up early to open more presents, and I got a beautiful ring and a very nice perfume from his parents, and chocolate from Santa :D After that we had breakfast before crushing the gingerbread house (ordentlig pepperkake hus), before getting ready for dinner with Luke's family. I met his cosines, uncles, aunties and his grandpa, they’re all very nice people. I am looking forward to spend more Christmases with them =). Anyway, hope you had a great celebration as well?! Love you all, write soon!

Fun Fun Fun Fun!

Da har man et innlegg til Ina mor! Du skulle virkelig ha vært her i dag, Luke har kjøpt noe du ville elsket! Savner deg mega masse! Nyt introen til Family Guy (The Griffin Family?!) før du ser resten av innlegget!

Dette er hva Luke kom hjem med i dag!

Luke elsker PEEEETEEEER!

Og sist men ikke minst....:

Christmas mood

We are starting to get into the Christmas mood, or I am anyway! We went to a Christmas warehouse, and bought some stuff for our home. First thing’s first, our stockings!

We also bought some Christmas tree decorations for our small tree in the living room. It looks good, right?

I baked a gingerbread Christmas tree and decorated that as well ( er ordentlig pepperkake med oppskrift fra matprat (de har ikke pepper I gingerbread så det er ikke det samme)! Isn’t it kind of cool though?

 I was also at SDS Christmas party the other day, and it was a lot of FUN! :D It was an Asian restaurant, and I actually liked the food, creamy chicken. Was working the day after so went home pretty early, but I didn't really mind :P

Write soon! :D

FOO FIGHTERS

The band that needs no introduction!

Luke and I went seeing them yesterday at the Gold Coast (finally, as you might know I missed out on them in Norway in June)! (I found my cord so here’s some photos! :D )

The proof og us being there:

And finally I was wearing Ina’s shoes, one of the bunch she left behind as she left Australia earlier that day! So now I don’t have any Norwegian friends left here, just Luke and I. Ina will be missed! <3 Savner deg mega masse, du er herlig! Utrolig glad I deg! <3

Write soon :D

life

Sorry for not writing in a while, but I can’t find my camera cord, and posts without photos just aren’t as fun to public. But heaps have happened since I skydived, mostly work though. I work full days (8,5hrs) 4 to 5 times a week. I have been working every weekend for 3 or 4 weeks, leaving barely anytime for me and Luke to do something. But we manage to do something after work, mostly just making a good dinner and renting a movie, or visit some friends. Ina has been to Sydney for a week, and we are having tacos together as soon as she gets back. She leaves on Saturday, but Foo Fighters is playing at the Gold Coast that day so I can’t complain. I’m going to miss her heaps but I still love my life down here, and I wouldn’t move for the world.  

Also I got a Christmas present from my Grandpa and Nina, which is safely placed underneath our undecorated tree. We’ll by some decorations next week and I’ll find my camera cord so that you can see it when it’s done. I also got a Christmas card from them with a photo from back home, which is placed on our fridge for me to see them at any time :D

I’ll write soon. Just need to find that cord.

xx

Inas skydive movie.

I tried to uploead this movie last night but it took so long so here it is a day late.
This is Ina's movie, and I am in it :D  Enjoy.

Skydiving!

Ina and I went skydiving today and it was AWESOME! It is by far the greatest thing I have done in my life! The view was amazing and the weather was perfect! Watch the videos and look for yourself :D 

I want to do it again, NOW!

Christmas thoughts.

This year will be my first Christmas without my family. It is also the first Christmas in around 40 degrees, instead of -24. There’s going to be no snow, no blanket necessary to go outside to get the cold drink you left to cool down on the veranda. Instead it’s going to be a big Barbie where you don’t want to do anything than sitting somewhere close to a fan or aircon. It’s also going to be a different date of celebration as we open gifts on the 24^th back home. I am also going to be working for most of the time but I think I might request the 24^th off (as SDS are open till midnight this day)

 

It’s a bit challenging to be happy about all these changes on my favourite time of the year (as I am very childish when it comes to Christmas eve). I need to focus on the good side in order to make this a great Christmas. It has taken a while to adjust to the thought, but I am starting to be happy about celebrating with my awesome boyfriend. We can start our own Christmas tradition now, just like we want it. He realized this way before me and he got us a Christmas tree already, but for him it’s just another normal Christmas, only I’ll be there with him.

Just needed to get some thoughts out there. Write soon! :D

Gold Coast thursday!

I had a great day off from work yesterday! Ina and I woke up early, as we always doo, and went down to the Gold Coast. We bought some snacks (fruit and nuts) and water before we headed to the beach. It didn’t take long until we were in the water, where we stayed and jumped the waves for more than an hour. After lying in the sun for some time after that we went for a second swim before we left the beach. Ina was of course reading to her exam (today).  The weather was perfect, not too hot and a little cloudy. We went shopping and bought cheap food at Wollies which the beards really wanted as they attached us while we were eating with a great beach view. Luke came down to the Coast around 6PM as they had a gig at 8. They played alright, but they have had better gigs as the sound guy was having trouble. 

I can't find my camera so no photos today.

xx

Farsdag!

Det er farsdag i dag, så jeg har bestemt meg for å skrive et innlegg for pappaen min =D
Ikke et mega langt innlegg men det er bilde av kaka jeg skal spise for å feire deg som er viktigst ;)
Gratulerer med farsdagen verdens beste pappa. Savner deg kjempe masse! Utrolig glad i deg <3

Australia Zoo

I love the new car Luke bought for us :D It’s a Ford falcon 10/2006 model, WITH air con. It’s charcoal grey, and it looks really awesome. Don’t you think?  Ina, Luke and I traveled up to Sunshine Coast to visit Australia Zoo! We took heaps of photos, and underneath you will see some of them.

I love Koalas and here is my favourite from this Zoo visit!

Ina, Luke and I having fun, fun, fun!

I couldn’t stop Ina from taking photos of every Australian Snake, but I can’t post all of them as they are so many different ones. So here some of the snakes I might run into in Brisbane, perhaps on my way to work? I’ve also heard stories where they find snakes in their bathtubs and toilets, hopefully I’ll never experience that!

Ever heard of the crocodile hunter team? Well as you can see on this photo Ina and I stand by our car after catching the croc on the photo :P

 Catch you later alligator.

Oh lazy days! :D 

xx

Work update

I have been working a lot since I wrote last. I started with two shifts each week and this week I only had one shift. I came on Monday and the Manager gave me an 8 hour shift for Tuesday. When I came on Tuesday he gave me a shift the day after. Today is Thursday and I just came home from my 4^th shift this week. It’s awesome that I am able to work more than the other Christmas casuals, because I really need it. I also get treated a bit differently, like a normal casual, because I am older than the other Christmas casuals, and because I have experience and know what I am doing. I really enjoy working there and I would love getting a permanent position which they have for after Christmas.  Unfortunately I don’t thing I can get it because of my Visa. Wish I was on a different visa.

Write Soon :D

Wrong Visa?

Nothing much is new here in Brisbane. Working two times a week, until the last week of November where I get 4 shifts a week. Love working at SDS and I am starting to get the hang of retail again. Just wish it was a full time position, which is hard to get on this Visa. I’m not too happy about being on this visa, as it’s not really a Visa for my situation. There are a lot of down sides with being on the “wrong” type of visa but it does give me the greatest benefit of all, It allows me to be with Luke so I shouldn’t complain too much.

Ina has decided to go home earlier and she will now be leaving the 10 of December. That’s one month from now (approximately). Not really happy about it, but I can control what she wants. As she leaves we need to find a new person to move in to her room, as we can’t afford paying for her part of the rent. Don’t really want to live with a stranger, but we’ll probably adjust to it. 

Write soon! xx

My Saturday

The gig we went to was actually a band competition and Drowned Cities came 2^nd! It’s really good but I have to point out that they got the most applause and  screams ;P After the competition we went to Hard Rock Cafe at Surfers Paradise (Gold Coast) for dinner with Grand and Laure (long time mates of Luke). It was good food as always but they could have played better background music. A couple next to us got engaged an hour before their dinner, but don’t really get why you would celebrate that at Hard Rock though :P

I had a lot of fun this weekend, and it’s not over yet. We are thinking of using the free cinema tickets tonight, but I have no idea what to watch. Not too many good movies at the cinemas lately so we’ll see.  Anyway Friday: Halloween, I loved dressing up as an emo Angel of death! Definitely dressing up as something dark next year as well! 

Halloween

As promised, here are some photos from last night’s Halloween Party! We made punch and snacks but unfortunately we don’t have any photos of that, but they were a big hit. As you will discover on these photos, there were some .... fun costumes! :D

 Luke and I.. Scary couple!

 Anna's a cow, and Ina the Witch doesn't look happy! :P
As for the next two, dont really have to explaine their costumes!

Dan the creepy sailor and his wife Astrid from some movie I haven't seen :P

 Scary bloody Dan with the Angel of death! :P

 It wasn't as bad as it looks, the knife is made out of plastic!

Gig at the Gold Coast tonight, Motel here I come:P haha

First day at work!

 I really enjoyed my first day at work today! It went great and I think I made a good impression on the Store Manager. I am confident in what I am doing, I ask if there’s something I’m wondering about and I always smile and focus on the costumer.  Didn’t really have any sales but as my first day this was not required of me anyway. I only worked for 4 hr and the manager gave me 4 other shift for the next two weeks, which is a good start. I really love working within retail and hope I can keep the job after January.

Also Luke and I won a competition we automatically entered when we opened our shared bank account. We won two cinema tickets a month for 12 months! Luke and I appreciate a good movie and we are in the cinema quit often, so this will save us some money! Awesome! First thing we have won, ever!

We are planning a Halloween Party for this Friday, so I bought some decorations today. Astrid is coming over tomorrow with some more decorations (which we get to borrow for a day :D )The photos are at the snack Ina and I will be making.  I’ll take heaps of photos at the party keeping you posted! :D

Loss of a family member.

It is hard to be away from my family, now more than ever. I got the news that my grandfather has passed away the 14^th of October. He was only in his 60’s but he has been ill for a long time. Growing up we were very close, he was my hero for a long time.  May his soul rest in peace. (Last photo taken of me and my grandfather)

It’s in time of grieve you understand how much you love and need your family, and in my case when I realize how far away they really are. I want nothing more than to be there right now. I sure am lucky though, to have such an understanding boyfriend to help me through it all. True love. 

Drowned Cities- Greenslopes

 Just wanted to share last weeks recording of Drowned Cities wut you guys! A Place for the wicked!
 I know it's a bit heavy but I like it :D



Not much going on here at the moment so don't have anything to tell you today.
Just watch the video and like it on YouTube  ;)

Different things =)

Life goes on here in Brisbane with Luke and Ina and everyone else, even though I’ll always be missing Dollie, my parents, my brothers and sisters and my friends back home. It is hard to move away from people you love and care about and not one day goes by without someone in Norway on my mind. But I am very happy here and I am sure you are happy for me.

Having a small pool on our veranda is great. I have only used it 2 times, but I love having the opportunity to cool down in the sun. Ina and I spend several hours in there one day, drinking “grownup soda” and listening to music. It was a great day but I did end up with a sunburn :P 

Since I got the job at SDS I haven’t been looking for one, meaning I have had very little to do. Ina stayed home from school some days and we watched Family Guy most of the time. It’s great when we are home alone, because we can do whatever we want to and we enjoy each other’s company :D I am really not looking forward to the 22th of Des when Ina leaves…

I also made a new healthy and colourful dish for Luke and me. It is chicken with potato, vegetables and chutney, and it tasted great. It is definitely one of our new recipes for our cooking book. Food doesn’t get better than healthy and delicious!

I had to buy a new phone yesterday, because mine wouldn’t charge anymore. I didn’t want to use a lot of money on one, as I don’t have much left so I went to Cash Converters and bought a used one. It works great and I am very happy with it, although I did like my old one (also my dad’s old one). Anyway my new one is a HTC LEGEND from last year =)

Luke’s band was playing live here in Greenslopes, and I recorded it again.  I’ll put a video up once it’s on youtube. I'll write soon =)