I've had the most amazing weekend ever! When there are good times and a camera everything has to be captured and documented so there is going to be a lot of photos in this blog.
Saturday was my 21st birthday. I started out the day with going to the shop getting some nice breakfast, I'm hooked on nice bread with cream cheese and smoked salmon so that's what I got. I also had to do a little bit of mother's day shopping as that's the day after my birthday this year. I got such great gifts, some great books. From Ken I got I book I wanted called "What would Audrey do?" about Audrey Hepburn and one about Coco Chanel, her biography. I love them! From my dad I got a cook book and his girlfriend gave me another cook book. My dad made me a cake that I enjoyed with my mum who visited me later on. I got some amazing roses from Ken and a orchid from my mum, so lovely. I love flowers!
Breakfast <3
My new books :D
The cake my dad made:) Ken's lovely photo
And then I'm 21! On the minute I was born, haha!
Later on Ken was taking me out, saying it was a date. He took me to a nice pizza place called Peppes Pizza and there were all my best friends! He planned a surprised party!! Isn't that just the nicest? All my closest friends were there, which was amazing! I always have an amazing time with them and yesterday was no exception, I had the best night! Later on we went out to a bar, or whatever it was, drinking some more.
Getting ready for what I thought was a date!
I love this guy:)
Gift from beautiful Ann Charlotte
A birthday ice-cream! I unfortunately couldn't eat much of it, I was sooo full!
The boys!
Karoline and Marit, haha:)
Karoline, Marit, me and Ann Charlotte
Julie and her beau
Yesterday I woke up not hungover at all, I'm such a good drinker. I usually always stop drinking before I get really drunk, I always surprise and impress myself, haha! The weather was so beautiful and the lake we can see from our window was frozen solid. Loads of people were ice skating and walking on it, so Ken and I decided to go down and walk around on it as well. It pretty much turned into a photo shoot. Ken took loads of photos of me! We had a really funny moment on the ice where Ken was recording a small video for his sister and his mum. He was chatting away about the weather and where we were living when the ice suddenly gave the loudest crack ever. We both got so scared thinking that was it really, we're going to die on the bottom of a frozen lake! Haha, we got of the ice safe. No one else on ice reacted and we heard it crack with some other people too. My dad later told us that it wouldn't actually crack open anyway which kind of makes sense, the video is so funny, though, because our faces are just so in shock and terrified.
Haha, iPhone shadow in my face!
Later Jenny, Julie and I had a lovely walk around the same water. Ken had this really cool idea to take a photo of us by the lake from the terrace at our house, it turned out really cool!
Here we are, haha!
On the way down to meet the girls I saw the cutest cat! I had to take a photo of it and it came straight over to me to give me a cuddle, it was gorgeous.
As it was mother's day yesterday Ken and I went out with my mum. We were going to eat dinner with her. She suggested Red Sun, my favorite sushi restaurant, which I obviously couldn't resist. We ate so much sushi, I still feel full! It was so good though! I had a really great time.
Gotta love the front camera of the iPhone, haha! Getting ready for dinner.
I gave my mum tulips, that's her favorite. And a little puzzle that kind of tests your IQ, a hand towel that says world's best mum and a card.
Unfortunately the hotdog stand outside the window is in focus in this photo and we're all blurry!
In my goofy uggs, haha!
Ken recently found a new way to photograph the night sky. Yesterday he taught me how to do it too, so much fun! I've always loved astronomy so it was cool to photograph the sky and suddenly see a million more stars than you could see with your eyes.
The big one to the right there is Jupiter, in the middle you see the constellation Orion and towards the bottom left you see the big star Sirius.
The big one almost in the middle is Jupiter again.
I've had the best weekend. I've loved pretty much every moment, but now I want to read my new book "What would Audrey do".
After we moved my dad had to go away for work so me and Ken decided to unpack and finish the the living room completely. It took all of Monday, but we did it. My dad seemed happy and surprised so it was worth it. I've set up all my things and tried to fit all my clothes in to the closets while leaving some space for Ken too, so tricky! There is a lot left to do, but that can wait, at least a day or two. We took before and after shots of the living room, but I'll have to show you later as they're not on my computer yet.
Yesterday I did my last day in the theory course for my driving license. I have to come back in March and do two more days though as I missed some when I was ill. I didn't have to take the course, but I figured it was wise, I'm so nervous about the test. Some of the things they went through on the course was pretty straight forward and easy, but some of the things I think I would never have remembered on my own if someone didn't explain it to me so I'm happy I did it.
Today Ken and I decided to go for a walk and eat dinner at a shopping center nearby. We just wanted to check it out and stuff. We had so much fun as usual and took loads of photos. Ken is my private photographer, haha! He's great at it so I'm lucky!
My handsome photographer boyfriend
If you are interested in horses, by the way, I'm following a page on facebook called Heart of a Horse that posts amazing photos of horses. They also post stories from fans. First I thought it was one of those stories that are like "I loved a horse once then I lost it and if you like my post I might magically get it back or at least see that someone cares", but no. They just post sweet stories about people who love their horses. Yesterday they posted a photo of a painting that was so beautiful I just had to save it. They post such beautiful photos several times a day so it's like the best page I ever liked.
We're now out of the old place and in the new one. We moved in where my mum used to live so I'm back in my old room. I used to live here from when I was 13-14 to 15, it's funny and weird to be back. My mum lived here until recently so we got the place through her. We were moving all day yesterday with good help from some guys working with my mum and Ken in a firm who pretty much just lift things anyway.
The fun thing about moving is that you find things you thought you had lost or completely forgotten about. I found the dress I made for my prom in 9th grade, that was fun. I love that dress, I'd love to make more. I've worn this in too many funerals as it is the only black dress I think I've ever owned.
Here it is
The new apartment here doesn't have a dishwasher which I think is going to make me unhealthy as I will want to order food instead of making it so I don't have to clean, haha! It's a nice place though, it has a balcony and a pretty view. I like the grocery store nearby a lot. It's a little more expensive than the one that was close to the old place, but they have so much nice stuff.
This is the view I've had from the bed, pretty chaotic. I've organized and made it a bit more tidy now though, thankfully. There's a lot still to do though.
We just now found the cutlery, haha! It's been missing in one of the million boxes around. It's made it tricky to eat as we couldn't find any what so ever! I'm making spaghetti later on, I hope I'll find everything I need for that.
My riding gear I brought from Ireland that I still haven't used. Maybe I should!
My poor valentines day bear from last year being squeezed into a box with my shoes and Audrey Hepburn!
I feel like I slept forever last night, it was very needed. It's switching between a snow storm and rain storm outside, I don't think the weather can make up it's mind. I haven't been outside yet, but it's pretty freezing in here.
Happy 1st, or now actually 2nd, of February! It's officially my favorite month of the year, I'm excited! I feel a lot better which obviously makes me even more excited. My headaches are so much better and I feel almost well again. I got well really quickly when I first started feeling better. I went to the doctors again yesterday and I'm going to take an MRI scan of my head since I've had so many headaches recently, I didn't use to have them much before. Sounds really scary, but it's just a "just in case" check. It's not likely to be anything there that shouldn't be there.
Ken was so kind to come with me to the doctor early in the morning and when I was done there we felt a little spontaneous and went to the aquarium in Bergen. That did the world of good, I'd say, I was so desperate to get out of the house after having been in bed for over a week. The aquarium was fun as always, I've been there a million times, but I always enjoy it. We were there just in time to see the seal show and the penguins get fed. They told us information about the penguins and the way they find a mate is that the male penguin sees a female he likes and picks a rock and gives it to her. Then he bows and if she bows back they become mates for life. During their time together they keep giving each other rocks and together with those rocks they build a nest. I just thought that was so cute, haha! We also went to my favorite music store in Bergen where Ken found his favorite guitar strings so now I have a whole new set of strings on my guitar.
The weather was really nice as well, it was sunny. I love walking to the aquarium because there are so many old beautiful houses and I love the really narrow streets that go in between them, you can always find different things there like really beautiful flowers or street art or just random stuff. All the streets are cobblestone which makes it really nice. They haven't made new roads since the olden days so they've kept the horse tracks on the roads as well. I love it.
Today we've just packed a lot. Official moving day is tomorrow so everything has to be ready. The whole house is pretty much just in boxes now. Ken is going to get a desk in our new room so he's really excited to have a workspace and to have all his stuff there so it's easier to find stuff. He always has a million cables and hard-drives and I don't know what lying around.
Phototime:
Had to borrow this photo from Ken. Love this shot, Bergen is pretty!
