.. is in the air

It took me an hour and a half to get up this morning after the first alarm went off. It was pretty much the same thing in repeat from yesterday morning. I seem to need a lot of sleep these days. It does not help to not look forward to my day. I am bored. I am never bored, but I have been lately. I am about to sign on to the steady job thing and I am already looking for the next thing. Not a good sign if you ask me. I think it is a temporary thing that will go over before long. And besides it is spring. Walking to work in the morning is the best part of my day, going through the park smelling the fresh air and listening to the birds sing. I really appreciate the spring this year. I just wrote myself into a good mood.. :)

Home Improvements

I painted my coffe table this morning. I am now high on oil paint.. One more coat and it will look a lot better than before. Next thing on todays program is to find something good to read and take a spanish lesson.

Tiddeli

Just when spring had announced her arrival and things were looking good again, winter came back into town. It is winter wonderland outside so everything looks nice and clean, but I hope spring will come back to stay tomorrow. Winter had his chance and now he must let spring do her thing.

Tonights workout

This was a good run.. My T4 levels are out of the scale ( in the 180s) and beyond and my T3 is barely noticeable on my blood work . Taking that into account, to enjoy running 5km is a great accomplishment. The first 15 minutes of this run was spent testing out some of the features on my treadmill, but once I got going ... Wow.. I love to find that perfect pace where you can just run run run.. Can't wait to get the treadmill to my apartment so I can use it more.

Liz Phair on my Ipod

"Somebody's Miracle"

I'm so far, so far away from it now
That it seems like I may never know how
People stay in love for half of their lives
It's a secret they keep between husbands and wives

Baby, There goes somebody's miracle
Walking down the street
There goes some other fairy tale
I wish it could happen to me
But I look at myself
Wonderin' if i'm just too weak
To have such faith in myself

Once upon a time I was so restless in love
When things we're fine, I changed my mind just because
Now I see how wrong and reckless i've been
Each frog has a prince just waiting inside of him

Baby, There goes somebody's miracle
Walking down the street
There goes some other fairy tale
I wish it could happen to me
But I look at myself, and I think what the hell
Maybe I'm just too naive
To have such faith in myself
You know I'm prayin' for it

But the queen, she likes to sit on her throne
Doesn't mean you two are never alone
It's just love has needs that love only knows
Watch a couple stay close, It's like the bloom of a rose

Baby, There goes somebody's miracle
Walking down the street
There goes some other fairy tale
I wish it could happen to me
There goes somebody's miracle
Walking down the street
There goes some other fairy tale...

I never cry out loud, I
I keep my tears to myself
But I woke up one day and I found my life had left me for someone else
I, I guess it must be unhappy with me

Baby, There goes somebody's miracle
Walking down the street
There goes some other fairy tale
I wish it could happen to me
But I look at myself
Wondering if i'm just too weak
To have such faith in myself
You know I'm prayin for it
You know I'm prayin for it
You know I'm prayin for it

UP down UP down down UP...

UP down UP down down UP...

To do..

Easter. long days .. sun.. this is my to do list..

Ski
Visit family/friends
Russian lessons
Read a book..
Work out every day
Select photos for my apartment

Clothes

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
-- Mark Twain

On my Ipod

It is impossible to not smile while listening to t he song I found this weekend - Boum by Charles Trenet . It has been on repeat on my ipod the last few days.

Also, Nelly Furtado and Green Day have done their work on my play list lately..

It is all about the spring feeling..

Spring is in the air.

Spring is here. It is 15 'C outside and sun is shining. I am grabbing my camera and sunglasses and getting out of here..

Worthy

Denmark is introducing a test to determine if you are worthy of becoming a citizen. You are required to answer correctly on 28 out of 40 questions to pass the test. Interesting thought. I wonder how many of the "native" danish would pass the test if they were required to take the test to keep the right to their citizenship. For fun I took the mock test made by a newspaper in my country to simulate the same scenario here. I passed with flying colors, and I think most other would too. ... I really hope I am right...

Guilty pleasures

Häagen-Daz bailys ice cream.. yummyyummyyummyyummyyummyyummy MmmmmmmmMMM yummyyummyyummyMMMmmmyummyyummyyummy...
Shredded dark bocca chocolate on top... doubleyummyyummyyummyyummyyummyyummy

Soundtrack

The movie "A good year" was pretty good but the music is great.. love the Boum- Charles Trenet song. Most of the soundtrack music is from the 40s or 40s inspired, very cool and fitting to the movie. I would not mind spending a summer in a château like the one in the movie. I would bring an old record player and Charles Trenet..

Online

Finally my appartment is livable! The phonecompany came and installed my internet connection today, YAY! By this afternoon my other PC will be present and there will be peace..

Double grossness

I saw Music and Lyrics this weekend. Hugh Grant is getting old! And playing opposite Drew Barrymore .. what is the age gap between those two? Call me old fashioned, but there was grossness there. The movie itself is light entertainment with a not so good storyline.

I also saw the Borat movie. Quite funny. The movie featured a lot of stereotypes and quirks that I find amusing. It is very much a movie for the guys though. There was grossness in this movie too, but more of the ugly man on man action type.

Pattern

The bedroom in my appartment is a work in progress. Stenciling part of this pattern on the end wall in a soft cream colour is my latest idea. I think it might be the thing the room needs. That, and a bed..

Run Forest, RUN

I just bought the Nike+ kit to use on my Ipod. I love it! It has some great features and keeping motivation up when you need to push that last bit is just easier with this gadget. I think in software support and flexibility this thing is definitely a first generation thing, so the future looks great.

The combination with my new treadmill (a life fitness 8500) I am good to go running anytime. A freedom much appreciated in icicleland.

Finding the right pictures to hang on my walls will be a time consuming project. Have a lot of pictures, but I am also quite critical of my own work. Finding the right ones deciding on size and combinations is all about fun. I bought a few frames the other day, it is a place to start.
It will be personal, if successful.

Let there be light

The livingroom and bedrooms of my new appartment must be furnished without ceiling lighting. This calls for creativity on the task of luminating the place..

A couple of these would be perfect! Unfortunately there are no pottery barn stores around the corner -or for a few thousand miles… Oh well..

Materialistic Pleasure

My new baby is a Canon 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM. It's all about the gadgetry today.
My baby will help me see the world from a diffrent angle and full of luminosity.

On the move

I found an appartment. I wonder if this is another one of those things I do with high risk to challenge my self. No matter what the reason or my hesitations I am on the move again.

I would like to say sorry for being me sometimes..

Many times since starting my new job I have been told I am a "happy girl". The other thing I am told on occasion by guys, is that I am not like other girls. This is mainly because they can pitch most guy topic (except soccer) and I have no problem being part of the discussion. They can relate, communicate and seem surprised. I have been told this twice this past week.

On the down side, I tend to speak too much when I am not comfortable, this is when I should really take a deep breath and relax. I also tend to take the "thunder" away from people around me in these situations, and I usually feel really bad about it afterwards. I would like to say sorry for being me sometimes..

It is a good thing that a lot of people around me see the happy and the people person in me, I wonder if the people most important to me could see the good parts of who I am.

Hug

A hug would be pretty good right about now..

Scary thought.. I was never hugged, even once, in the period between 2000 and 2005, maybe even longer.. I gave away a few though. it is not the same as getting one.. I guess it is due to me not opening up much. Problem is that when I do people seem to run pretty fast..

yeah, a hug would be nice....

Perfect sex

Sex can be an extremely selfish act -involving two people... If one manages to find the common and keep the selfishness .. perfection..

Months or years can go by with it going one or the other way, but as long as perfection can be achieved too- all is well. Part of Loving someone is giving them the space to be completly selfish at times.. One can only hope that the two people involved want to give and recieve, in addition to explore, to find the common ground of perfection most of the time. To expect two people to be in synch emotionally for 50 years straight is just naive.

My two cents of perfection, maybe I am naive...

Spot

I have a spot.
It is a wonderful little spot.
It is well protected in my brain.
I am not able to reach it by myself.
It is connected to my heart and my hands.
It can be reached at any moment from any distance.
I am not not able to give you a map nor directions to it.
It can be reached by words, a look or touch, but there is a secret.
I have a spot, you found it.

Makeup

Refreshing.. Yes, they look like normal people without the feathers...
Good to know that it takes a few hours in front of the mirror with professional make up artists even for these people.. Every woman should have two pictures of their favorite female star on their make up mirror- one with and one without makeup..
Interesting how this triggers the expectations of all women to look like supermodels 24-7.. when the supermodels and the movie stars can't pull it off..

Bugger

I have a new companion. We have been together for days, but are still not friends. I think he is sick with a bug. He coughs when I use him sometimes. Today he just froze with no warning. Since he is still young his vocabulary is limited. It takes a long time to teach these little guys how to speak properly when you want to communicate. I hope we will be able to take care of his bugs and teach him to speak correctly, maybe we will become friends. I have a new phone.

No juice

My internet fell out. I don't know what happend but for now all I have
to say is that Tele2 is the company that brings you no internet
(the infamous commercial claims: tele2 the company that
brings you small bills) I suggest they rewrite that.

Helsinki

I just got back from 3 days in Helsinki. This was my first trip to Finland.
I did not see much, but I was not impressed with what i saw.
Maybe it was the weather, or the fact that the architecture did not
do much for me. I am going back so I guess Helsinki will get a
second chance. 

Monotonous pallate

Dinner on Thursday, pasta
Dinner on Friday, pasta
Dinner on Saturday, pasta


Tortellini- with ham and cheese
mushrooms,
red pepper
spring onion
Herb butter and a bit of cream on the greens at the end -pour over pasta
Parmasan Reggiano on top (as much as your heart and pallate desires)
A slice of home made garlic bread

Makes for a good dinner, I should probably come up with something else for tomorrow
though :)

Middle ground travelling

I do not get couples that have to travel together at all cost. Traveling together most of the time is great, but if he wants to go skiing and she wants to go visit friends- why not. If she wants to visit her mom and he wants no part of it, let him stay home and come the next time...
And the traveling with kids thing. Before people have kids, travel is no problem, as soon as the kids arrive it is all supposedly difficult? I don't have kids, but have traveled with some enough to know with a tiny bit of preparation it is not a big hurdle.. It is just an excuse to not go.

Can you tell I just spent an hour listening to someone creating all these problems for themselves... my god.. find a middle ground people....