46 posts tagged “family”
I have finally gotten around to uploading some pictures of the Nilsen family Christmas to my computer. Apparently I took 53 of them (dunno when that happened, I didn't think I had the camera out that often...but I guess I had) so I won't show you guys all, but I thought I'd share a small selection at least...Looking through them a lot of them were strange ones of my sisters in pyjamas, but at least there are a few that's fit for public viewing...
☆♥☆♥☆ The Christmas tree! ☆♥☆♥☆
Me and my sisters! ...they would probably kill me if they knew that I uploaded this picture (for some reason they alway think they look dumb in pictures), but what they won't know won't hurt them >_<
Anway. The one in the middle is Stina. She's our baby still even though she turned 13 this year...I don't think she'll ever really stop being the kid in the family, hi hi. Sarah is the one on the right, she's 2 years younger than me and she has always been "the pretty one". (You guys have never seen my sisters before, have you?)
...And then there's me! I look a bit odd but what the hell... ^o^ Do you like my new haircolor?
He he, these were all I could find. There is like 20 ones of our Christmas tree (don't ask me why) and a few of my relatives but none of them are particulary good so this'll have to do for the time being...
Have a great day everyone! (^ _ ^) Matane!
I haven't been home (my other home I mean, the one I grew up in, where my family lives) since August, I haven't seen my family since October and my other relatives since...well August too I think....So I am getting a little homesick.
Sure I am aware of the fact that I did move from home and that I need to be able to manage without seeing my family during long periods of time, but what can I say; I love my family, I will probably never stop missing them after a certain amount of time. Sure that time might get longer, but sooner or later I will always want to go back home (the house I grew up in will always be home, no matter where I might live myself).
Luckily I am going home on Tuesdag. YAY! I really can't wait. It's only two days until then but it feels like an eternity (you know what I mean, you've been homesick too, ne?). Thankfully I have a class on Monday, so at least that will make time pass a little quicker...but I have no idea what to do to make tomorrow (Sunday...naturally) go by. See I was suppose to clean the apartment, but I got so bored earlier that I did that. And being dirt poor (ha ha, like usual, it's a good thing it's free to stay at home) I can't even shop the time away. Meh.
Oh well, I suppose I will think of something. I kind of have to, don't I?...In case someone think "No" is the answer to that question, it's not. To not go grazy (and eat everything that's in my apartment) I have to think of something to do.
....You will hear from me tomorrow, I suspect.
Oyasuminasai mina-san! (^ _ ^) Matane!
Today I am spending my time trolling the Internet (well mainly 2 pages and not the whole Internet, but still) for Christmas presents for my sisters (I have 2 - 18 and 13 years old - in case you didn't know) and my dad. It's still quite early I know, but you all know what usually happens to my economy near the end of the month...so I figured I might as well do it now, while I have money to buy things for.
Why only these people? The simple answer is that their gifts are the only ones I've figured out so far (I love buying Christmas presents, but I'm terrible at figuring out what to get).
Anyway, this is what I got for my oldest sister:
She wished for an English book because she needs to improve her vocabulary and spelling (for school) and I figured that since she's not an avid reader this would be "challenging" enough for her. She read "The devil wears Prada" in Swedish and liked it, so I thought she would like this one too....The future will tell though, ne? ^ ^
My other sister is getting a book too (I'm giving both of them books because they both wished for it, and because I am the only one in the family that actually likes giving away books). Oh, and for all of you who doesn't understand Swedish (which is a majority I suppose) this is the fort "The sisterhood of the traveling pants" book.
As for my dad, I am getting him the dvd of "Angels and Deamons" (the titel in the picture is in Swedish, if you hadn't figured that out already). He listened to the book on cd and liked it, and since he and I are the only ones that does (well I don't think anyone else has read it, but w/e), I am the one giving it to him.
These 3 gifts will set me back about 60$ (perhaps a little less, but I rounded up because it was easier that way), but even though that's a lot for me I am glad to pay it. Because I love these people and I want them to get something they will be happy about...so it's worth it if I have to starve a little (or a lot) at the end of the month. And I am pleased because I know that since I am ginving them things that they've wished for, they will be happy to get tham...which makes it all 100% worth while.
Hi hi.....did I meantion that I love Christmas!? And buying Christmas presents too!
Yoi ichinichi o mina-san! (^ _ ^) Matane!
What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?
Okay so technically we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Sweden (it's a pity if you ask me, it seems to be a really nice tradition), but I figured that I could still list a few things I have thankful for...just because you don't celebrate it that doesn't mean you can't think about it.
So here I go. I am thankful for:
- My family and relatives - They may be loud and messy and over all not 100% politically correct all the time, but I love them all unconditionally and I feel so happy that I get to have them in my life. My family (including relatives) aren't that big, so therefore I have been able to properly get to know them all (and have them all over for birthdays and things). Sure I have some thing more in common with some of them, but they all mean so much to me. ♥
- My friends - Sometimes I wonder what I have done to deserve such great people. Really. I'm a selfish little minx that talk to much and to loud and I'm completely rubbish at listening to other people's problems...and still there are people that's there for me no matter what, always unhderstanding and nice when I do strange things. I'm such a social person that I wouldn't be able to be completely on my own, and so these people mean more to me than I could ever put into words. And on this note I have to give special thanks to my very best friend Michaela. There is no one that's there for me like she is, and I hope she knows how much I appriciate her for it.
- You guys - Honestly. I never imagined that I would feel so in touch with people that I have actually never met but only knows over the Internet, but I do. And you're all so good to me, so sweet and caring and understanding when I comes to all my strangeness (and there is a lot of that last one, we all know that). Your comments really warm my heart, always know that.
- Myself - Ha ha, that sounds terribly narcissistic, I am aware of that, but for one I am quite narcissistic and also I think that everyone should be thanful for themselves. There is a lot I don't like (duh! as if you haven't noticed that by now), but over all I am thankful that I am me. I'm smart, socialble, healthy and on good days I think I'm quite pretty too...It was hard for me to write those words, because I suck at thinking good things about myself, but I'm working at the self-esteem thing and so I'm going to be happier about what I have trying not to think about what I "lack" so much.
Okay so there are a lot more things I'm greatful for, but they're smaller and if I started typing them too this list would go on forever (and we all know that I could do that, every single post that's suppose to be short turns out a million times longer than originally intended)...so I think this'll have to do for now.
Ki o tsukete mina-san! (^ _ ^) Matane!
Time: 10.29 a.m
At the moment I'm...: Writing (will be soon anyway, I just turned the computer on) and trying to figure out what to pack (going to Mora, but only for 2 days so don't worry guys, I'll be back before you know it >_<)
Listening to: Season - Arashi
(Ooooooo, Jun is always HOT but I just love him in this picture ♥)
So far I have: Been on a power-walk with my youngest sister (she's 13 this year...when did she grow up so much??) and had breakfast (All Bran cereal, being healthy isn't always fun)
Plans for the day: Going to Mora at 4.30 (p.m), having packed before that...otherwise nothing.
Weather: Sunny but not too warm with a few small clouds, just the way I like it ^_^
*Smiling about*: The fact that I actually like what I see in the mirror these days (not all the time, but I'm getting there). Exercise does pay off, I knew this of course but this is the first time I really feel it. I'm also smiling about the idea of seven people in a small cottage...which is how it's gonna be in Mora (do you guys even know where Mora is? look it up on a Swedish map...it's a bit up north).
Going back to Lund in: One week. It's going to be nice.
Waiting for: Schedule and book-list for the fall semester, it's about time it arrives now. I wonder how much I'm going to have to spend on books? (Probably more than I'd like >_<).
Should: Go to take a shower and get ready, but my dad's working in "my" bedroom (the one I sleep in while I'm here) and I don't want to disturb him.
Hm...I think that was it for the time being. Oh and you should know that I'm considering translation the very first part of the story I'm working on so that you guys can read it...
Ki o tsukete mina-san! ♥(^ _ ^)♥ Matane!
So I am still in my parents house in Trollhättan (in case you didn't know that)...I will go back to Lund on the 22nd of August and I can't say that I will be sad to do so. Of course I love to be able to spend time with my family and all, but the stillness of this place is getting on my nerves. In short (he he, as you very well know), I'm bored. That's why I'm very much looking forward to coming back to it, my own place and the world that is just mine.
But anyway...that's now what this post was going to be about (believe it or not >_<).
I'm currently at home with my youngest sister (Stina, 13 years old...gosh! when did she get so big). We're watching Scrubs, season 6 (S has the box, she has a lot of dvd-boxes), because there's not a whole lot else to do. It's only 11.49 a.m here though, so I figure that it's okay to be lazy for a while...after all I was out walking this morning so I have exercised a little today already.
(^ _ ^) I really love the charachter J.D (Zach Braff). Soooooo funny...and I can see a lot of my own confused self in him too. Have you seen Scrubs? Because otherwise I guess this doesn't make a whole lot of sense at all...:P
He he...I'm going to cook dinner today (congrats Stina); we'll see how that works out. As you know (ne?) I'm not the best in the kitchen...or at any other of the classic "female" stuff (washing, cleaning, sewing...and so on and so on) either for that matter. The poor poor guy that marries me one day will hopefully have enough money to hire a maid...because if not our house will be a mess.
Yup. That's basically true. Okay so perhaps I can clean and cook and such, but I don't find any pleasure in doing household shores. I'm just not that kind of girl. Gome gome all future guys that thinks I am...
*Sigh* 3 months vacation is a little too long for me. Next year I will have to get a job or something, just to keep myself busy. But well now it's almost over and I can go back to bitching about school instead (because we all know that I will). Yay! And I am getting a haircut (and color) on the 24th, which I am very much looking forward too (as always, because you know how much I love fixing my hair). Not that I hate it the way it is now, but it is a little long and an update is never wrong....
As I say to my mother when she complains about my spending habits, "it costs to be on top *big smile*". Ne?
Ki o tsukete mina-san! (^ - ^) Matane!
As a younger person (as a kid I should perhaps say) I always hope that things would happen by themselves. I hope that I somehow would loose a lot of weight when I got out of puberty, that I would meet the right guy on some random location without any effort on my part and that I would wake up one day knowing what I wanted to do with my life without thinking about it even a bit. Things just came to you if you gave them time, I honestly believed that this was true.
Now, a little older, I know that this is not the truth. Still young I haven't gathered a lot of life-lessons just yet, but this one is very clear to me now. Perhaps it should have been all along, perhaps you should understand that the odds that stuff just fall into your lap are very small. But I didn't. And so I feel like I have learned something important.
If something is worth having, it's worth fighting for.
And the fact that you have fought for it will make it that much better in the end. I don't have perfect genes so if I get really happy with my figure I have done that myself, I have a hard time talking to guys so it will be a victory when I meet someone and the career that I ultimately choose will be one that I have figured out through thought and consideration. It's a victory no matter how you think about it, because there is no such thing as "just getting" something in this world.
I come from a working class family. My mother is a nurse and even though my father has worked his way up to regional manager he's a carpenter to begin with. This is nothing more than a fact for me, but my sister hates it when I say that we're working class.
Because she would love to be a little higher up in the food chain, and because she doesn't understand that if we get somewhere in life it will be on our own. If I reach success, I can proudly look back on the hard work I have done and know that I got there on my own (I am not looking down at people that's privileged, I'm just saying that this is how I see it).
Life is based on trial and error, that's how you learn, grow and move forward. All the times I have tried and failed to, for example, loose weight, I have learned something. And so one day I will know enough, and I will be able to do it. At least that's how I think it works.
It's 11.34 at night and this post is a little to serious for that time I think...but whatever.
Take care mina-san (^ - ^) Matane!
Even though I have now grown up to become someone that likes to stay inside, and if I do have to go out prefer to do it in the safe environment of a city, the coast still have a special place in my heart. We had quite a few different boats when I grew up (one at the time of course..hi hi), and so I suppose the ocean represents good childhood memories for me. And it is beautiful, ne?
We were at the coast this Sunday, to do something nice before my mother's vacation from work ended, and I took quite a few photos; including the one above. I don't actually think that I am much of a photographer, but I would like to learn and as they say "practice makes perfect".
*Hi hi* suspect that my family was a little annoyed with me, because I kept getting behind because I was taking pictures.
Boathouses!
You aren't allowed to sleep in them (even for I night I don't think), because they are suppose to be for stuff for your boat (hence the name ^o^) and such...but people do anyway.
We did not have boats like these (especially not the ones above)...he he. Ours were considerably smaller.
Smögen (that's the place we visited) is a really popular place to go to on the west-coast, and I suppose that shows in this photo. There were a lot of people there...and I was walking as close to the buildings as I could so that I wouldn't drop anything (i.e. my camera) in the ocean.
Oh yeah, that could happen ^_^
You understand why I like it, ne?
Sweden is beautiful when the weather is nice...it's just that it rarely is. *Hi hi*...and I think that I (and perhaps a few more people) am the only one that's fine with 15 degrees and cloudy. But even I enjoy the sun of course ^_^
Anyway...this was is it for today I think.
Take care mina-san! (^ - ^) Matane!
I don't really like it when it's too hot (duh!, you all got that a while ago I guess, when I bitched about it here on the blog...because you simply have to bitch about everything here), because I feel sweaty and unfresh and I can't wear as much clothes as I want (I'm not a prude, I just have a lot of body issues).
But I don't care for it being very cold eather. Sure the clothes are nice and cosy and all, but it's not that fun to be outside when it's like minus 10-15 degrees Celsius outside - which it is often enough during the Swedish winter - and you can't really stay in all the time.
So this is why I like autumn (and spring, but this post isn't about that so..). Because it's just cold enough so that you can use cardigans and such (maybe a thin jacket), but still not so freeezing that you feel like staying inside as much as possible. And the clothes are nice....not to mention the shoes! I love autumn shoes.
Also I like autumn because (other than the obvious reason that the trees are beautiful and so on) it's a time to start over. Frankly speaking, of course, that time is New Years Eve, because it's then one year turns into another and everything get's to start over, but for me this time has always been autumn (actually much more so than New Years, which frankly speaking has never been more than a continuation of the Christmas holiday to me).
I think it has to do with the fact that a new school year has always started during the fall (in Sweden we have 2 terms, one starts in August and one after New Years). Since I have gone to school most of my life, this has become when a new year, whith all that it takes with it, stars.
Since this is very much true for me, I now look forward to the autumn and a fresh start with the same excited eyes that some people look at New Years. For all my life (or at least since I started scool at 7), there has also been something new starting in the fall. And so will it be this year. Which is why I loom outside the window at the summer that's still very much there and whish that the leaves would start turning orange.
I love to be in my parents house (which is where I am staying until the end of August, living for free you know), of course I do, but still I miss school, my appartment and Lund...in short the life I built there. No matter how much I bitch and moan about it, I love to study. It's where I belong, one of the few places where I feel like I know what I am doing, and I always have something to do.
See I am a person that needs to do things almost all the time, I get bored very quickly and that never takes with it anything positive. Which is another reason for missing school and my own place. Sure I got bored a lot there too, but I think that'll change now (since this course that I'm going to take probably will make me work harder than the last), and I love that.
Anyways...I guess all that I really wanted to say was that even though I am happy at the moment (for sure, that's not just something I'm saying) a part of me long for the autumn...He he, and that was it I think.
Take care guys! (^ - ^) Matane!
(Forgive me, but sometimes you just have to write the totally pointless "look what I bought"-posts.)
I suspect that you all know by now that I didn't get a job for the summer, and that I because of this is quite (or rather - in my own opinion - very) poor. Hence I haven't had the chance to buy a whole lot of new clothes for the fall (or the summer either for that matter...of course). Since I am a girl, and a particularly materialistic one of such, this has been quite hard for me.
This is why I am pleased to tell you that today the crisis (being me going crazy an buying clothes for all my savings account) was averted (at least for a while). My parents payed for a little addition to my closet (which I must say is way to small now days). Wanna know what I got? Well this is it:
Kawaii ne?
I thought so at least ^ - ^
Being like I am (and by this I mean having tons of issues with my body and such) I am going to wear it with leggins or something like that, but it goes just as well with bare legs (preferebly a little more tanned than mine, which are white).
It's 1 size (or in some cases, even 2) smaller than I usuall have, so I am very pleased with that.
Dresses (and tunics) are my favourite thing to wear. Because it's comfortable, and it makes me feel all girly and cute.
I usually don't like chinos, but these were nice. And also (and this is very important when it comes to me and pants), they were very comfortable.
Beige is a practical color, because it goes with a lot of other colors and because it looks classy (I think at least).
There was quite a long period (like a year, maybe more) when I didn't use pants at all. See nothing really felt comfortable and I didn't like the way I looked in them. So I always had leggins and tunics, which is very nice (still - as I said - what I like the most) but a little limiting.
Therefore I am re-learning to use pants. Ganbatte me! He he.
It's oversized, I'm not sure if it really shows properly in this picture...
Anyway, it will be really nice with a pair of skinny dark jeans (I have a pair, I just don't use them very often), I think.
Plus it's really soft, so it'll be very nice to wear whence the Swedish autumn/winter creeps up on us.
Also there is a garment that I got another day (that I really like) that I thought that I'd show you:
This is oversized as well (it's very "now" you know, he he) and I think I'll be able to use it both inside and as a "jacket" when it gets a little colder outside (which'll happen very soon if I know this country).
I had to do housework to pay thisone off, and I can teell you that I think I did a lot more work than the worth of the jacket.
Anyways. This post has been sponsored by H&M and Gina tricot. Ha ha, or not. But wouldn't that have been great?
Take care guys! (^ - ^) Matane!
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