Do you still feel the magic of Christmas?

So I've ended the poll a day early because I really want to know if you still get that wonderful feeling of magic when it's Christmas. It seems like you want me to post photographs and some personal stuff, and that's good, because that's the two things I'm best at. I don't know anything about fashion, or what celebrities did when, or the best ways to a thinner you, etc.

Yesterday, my littlesister and I had a game/movienight, she made us dinner, and we cleaned the whole appartment while listening to Christmas songs. It was so much fun! And today my boyfriend is coming to visit! I'm so happy I could fly! So the plans for today is eating a good breakfast + tea, finish cleaning my room, decorate for Christmas, take a long shower, make dinner, and be with my boyfriend.

Little Wonders

I just LOVE this song, and the musicvideo. I also love the movie; Meet the Robinsons:)

Let it go,

Let it roll right off your shoulder

Don't you know

The hardest part is over

Let it in,

Let your clarity define you

In the end

We will only just remember how it feels

Our lives are made

In these small hours

These little wonders,

These twists & turns of fate

Time falls away,

But these small hours,

These small hours still remain

Let it slide,

Let your troubles fall behind you

Let it shine

Until you feel it all around you

And i don't mind

If it's me you need to turn to

We'll get by,

It's the heart that really matters

in the end

Our lives are made

In these small hours

These little wonders,

These twists & turns of fate

Time falls away,

But these small hours,

These small hours still remain

All of my regret

Will wash away some how

But i can not forget

The way i feel right now

In these small hours

These little wonders

These twists & turns of fate

These twists & turns of fate

Time falls away

but these small hours

These small hours,

still remain,

Still remain

These little wonders

These twists & turns of fate

Time falls away

But these small hours

These little wonders still remain

What's your darkest secret?

I had yet another interesting conversation with people at lunch yesterday. None of the people I know where there, but everyone I've met there is so nice! We talked about the Christmas shows for kids, a zoo in Kristiansand (a city in Norway), mean jokes, and the news from the day before. I didn't say much because I was eating (again..), and I realized how much people like to talk about themselves. They can say so much about themselves without talking directly about their lives. You can get an understanding about their personality if you take the time to listen to what they are saying and how they say it. What they are passionate about, and how they raise or lower their voice when they talk about something. Reading people has sort of been my hobby for the last few weeks, because I've met a lot of different kinds of people on the school i go to. It's not really a school though, but I take math class and french class there. I've always been interested with how the human mind works, and I often feel like a hobby psychologist. I'm the person everyone opens up to, and somehow people feel like they can tell me their darkest secrets.. Don't ask me why, because I don't even know that myself.. It's fun for me though;) And I definitely think it's good for them. It's not healthy carrying around secrets..

I want to remind you about postsecret, that posts secrets every sunday.

Winter wonderland pt.2

I've had a really good day today. I've bought a little chocolate calendar, learned how french kids talk (msn-talk and such), read a lot of nice emails, gone for a walk, had a half hour sleep, and had a nice talk with my mom. The only sad thing is that the smell of rain is hanging in the air, and I'm not ready for the snow to disappear yet. I love the cold, fresh air, and that the snow lights up even when it's dark, and I love to see the children and the birds play around in it. Don't get me wrong, I like the rain also, but not so much in the winter.

I talked to some interesting people during lunch today.. One guy could tell me the date of the birth to every celebrity I mentioned, and one guy told me about his travels in the 80's. I didn't really talk much myself, because I was busy eating and listening to the two guys talk, and believe me; guys can be just as talkative as girls! It was very interesting..

Winter Wonderland pt.1

What's your #1 wish this Christmas?

Yesterday I took a 1 1/2 hour walk with my younger sister in the snow. I wanted to get some photos of it before it rains away. It's still here, so maybe I'll take some more today.. It's freezing cold, and taking pictures outside makes me lose the feeling in my hands, so I'm not sure if I'll bother. I love snow though! I love the view of it, the smell, the noise of it under my feet, and the feeling when the snowcrystals melts on my face.

Norwegians celebrate Christmas eve on the 24th of December, and that's a month away from today! I haven't began shopping for Christmas presents yet, and I'm not really done with my wishlist either. I've decided to only wish for the things I actually need, this year.

I also want to remind you of the highly addictive game Winterbells.

Once upon a time..

I just wanted to share two beautiful pictures of my grandparents with you. Isn't it funny how vintage photos are so much more lovely than most of the one's that are taken today? Even if you convert it to black & white or sepia -the feeling just isn't the same..

These were taken on a trip to Oslo, the capital of Norway.

Les Animaux

I found these wonderful photographs a few days ago, and my heart skipped a beat. They're lovely, aren't they? Click here if you want to see more.

Bob Dylan for president!

He sure is weird, but in a genious way.

6 months

I'm celebrating today. I've bought Elle magazine (the Norwegian edition), Non-Stop chocolate, pepsi max, and I've got a piece of cake from yesterday, when I was at my grandparents house. I'm celebrating alone. It's 6 months since I met my boyfriend for the first time. It's 6 months since that wonderful, lovely, horrible, nervewrecking day. I just wish he was here with me today...

60's music

It's 02.30 in the morning, and I've just watched Elvis Presley sing his heart out on TCM. It was a concert from the 70's, and it made me remember when I was a child, and a hardcore Elvis-fan. It all started with a 60's cd-commercial, with Elvis, Herman Hermits, Nancy Sinatra, Tom Jones, Petula Clark, Searchers, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, etc. I became a fan of the old songs from the 60's in a second, and the #1 song was "In the ghetto", by Elvis. I listened to it all day long, and it became my favourite song for a good while. Other songs that got stuck in my head was "Needles and pins" by Searchers, "Barbara Ann" by The Beach Boys, "The green green grass of home" by Tom Jones, and "Stop! in the name of love" by The Supremes. I had forgotten all about that music, until now. I think my iPod will get a lot more songs in it tomorrow..

Here's a song that ALWAYS put a smile on my face. It's unfrownable;)

Love pt. 2

I miss you so much that it hurts.

I miss you so much that want to scream.

I miss you so much that I don't know what to do with myself.

I know that you won't read this, because I'm not ready to share my inner thoughts with you yet, but I need to get it off my chest before it explodes. I love you. I need you. I don't know what I would do without you. I'm an independent woman, but I would be lost without you. I wouldn't know how to live my life, and I wouldn't know how to be me.

I'm scared by my feelings towards you. They're so intense, and I've never experienced anything like it before. I've had crushes, but nothing compares to this. I don't know what to do with these feelings, other than to feel them. I would put my life at risk for you, if I had to..

It's funny because I've always thought that people who say "I love him/her" after being with him/her for just a few months were silly, and now I'm one of them. I'm one of the idiots who think that they'll be together with their boyfriend forever. And I really hope I will. I don't think I'll ever find a better guy..

"I'll never let go, Jack. I promise."

Books

Do you like reading books? My sister sendt me a cool site where you can add books you've read, books you're going to read, and books you're currently reading. You can also join different groups, for example "the twilight movie and books fanclub", etc.

http://www.shelfari.com/

Bonjour!

I'm at school right now, learning french.. I'm doing ok right now, but usually I'm horrible at it. And I were just wondering; Do you have any french blogs, movies, music (or something else) to recommend? I'll take anything;)

Love, dreams and insecurities.

It's weird how my heart skips a beat everytime i get a textmessage from him. I get an intense feeling of happiness, and I get butterflies in my stomack. My head goes spinning and I get an automatic smile on my face.

I've been dreaming of him lately. And oppose to the dreams I've had before, I remember every one of them. It's really weird. It's usually two different kinds of dreams, but I don't think I want to share them with random blogreaders and the two friends who read my blog. It's a little too private to share, I think.

Anyway.. I've been really girly the last month. Insecure. My boyfriend has been sort of short in the texts he sends me, and they have been further apart than before, and even though he makes sure to write that he loves me, I thought that maybe he didn't. It turned out that he had his exams (11!!), and I think he was a little freaked out over it. He hasn't said anything about it though, and I didn't tell him how I felt, and now I'm SO glad I didn't! I feel so stupid, and horrible that I could even think that. He passed 9 of them by the way, and I couldn't be more proud of him..

If you don't like to read about happy couple stuff, you should stop reading here;)

I just have to say that I think I am the luckiest girl in the universe! Not only is my boyfriend the kindest, most beautiful (or should I say handsome?:P) and smartest guy in the world, but he is also funny, sensitive, manly, generous, and mature. He is pretty shy but he still knows how to talk to people, he is able to listen to the things I say without asking the wrong questions, and he is funny without even trying. And the best thing of all; he loves me.

For you who wonders why I write about textmessages; We're in a long distance relationship. It's hard sometimes, but it works for us. At least for now..

Oh, and none of us likes to be in front of the camera:P

Wishes

My list of things I know I won't get for Christmas (but I wish for it anyway):

1. A puppy (My sisters are allergic, and we're not allowed to have dogs where I live)
2. A vacation with my boyfriend (We've only been together for about 4 months)
3. To move in with my boyfriend (See point 2, + We are only 18 and 19 years old)
4. A spa-weekend with my mom and two sisters (There's so much else we need..)
5. A job (I really, really need a job!)

Illusion

Toast

Today I want to show you something really special. I think it's one of the best things ever! The name is Toast, which is two catalogues (Daywear and House & Home) with beautiful pictures of clothes, footwear, accessories, soaps, towels, bedlinen, blankets, aprons, jam, etc. And the great thing is that the catalogues are free! They come out two times a year, in the spring and autumn, and the feeling when you open your mailbox and see the catalogues lying there is just fantastic. Another really great thing about Toast is that they only use skins (and leather, and such) from animals that are raised for meat, they don't test on animals, they recycle everything they can, they are beginning to use organic cotton and will use that as much as they can, etc. You an read more about that here.

Just look at these photos. Wonderful, right?

http://www.toast.co.uk/

A Little Fable

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A Little Fable

"Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into."

"You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up.

-Story by Franz Kafka

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Be the change you want to see in the world

I practice what I preach, so I've used this day to be kind. My grandmother had to go to the doctor today, and because she's very weak and fragile she has to use a wheelchair, and someone has to be with her when she goes out. So I used this day to be with her, followed her to the doctor, shop, cook, clean a little bit, and wash the dishes for her. I feel great, and I feel like I've done so much today! My grandfather and I also helped my mom driving away stuff we no longer need, so our house is much more clean, and organized now.

Right now I'm watching Oprah, and this time it's about families that are spending too much money on things they don't need, too much time on tv and computers, too much electrisity, and throwing away left-overs instead of eating it. It's pretty interesting actually, because I'm so addicted to my laptop and tv, and I use waaay too much time on it. So I've decided to check out the tv-progam for the next week, write down the shows/programs I want to see, and watch only the ones I've written down. The rest of the time my tv is going to be off. I'll try not to spend a lot of time on my computer either, but that'll be really hard. We'll see how it goes.. My heater is turned off, and I'm going to stop buying food and drinks (like bottled water) when I'm out. An occasional visit to a café with my friends or something is ok if I don't go there often. I often shower for about 20 minutes, and I'm going to try to halve it, so I'll shower for about 10 minutes. I' m really going to try to do this. Not only do I get more time to do things, but I'll also have more control over what I eat. I've already given away all the clothes I'm not wearing, so I've got more space in my closet. I'm doing this for myself and for the planet. I understand that one person can't save the entire planet, but it can't hurt, right? Think about it.

I challenge you to find something you can do for our planet.

The quote in the title is by Mahatma Gandhi.

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together”

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The quote in the title is by Goethe.

Have you been kind to anyone lately? Given them a smile, or a helping hand?

Have you been listening to the words they say, without judging them or criticizing them?

Maybe you even love them?

I think this is the day to show them how much you care about them.

I think this is the day to show them that you care.

I think this is the day to be kind.

Don't you?

This is one of my favourite videos on youtube:

I'm really a cat you see, and it's not my last life at all.

I just got back from the doctor.. Well, I'm not going to die anytime soon (knock on wood), but he told me to drink more water, and always have a bottle of water with me. My bloodpressure was pretty low, and that's probably the reason why I'm dizzy all the time. I also have to drink a lot of water before my period, so that I won't faint, and I have to quit drinking soda. Now that's a challenge! I'm absolutely addicted to Pepsi Max, and I just can't seem to stop drinking it.. I'll have to find something to replace it with.. Like green tea, or something.. I'm taking a blood test tomorrow before school, and then I'll get the answers about 12 to 14 days later.

I hope it will turn out ok..

This makes me wish for snow

It's just magical..