Healthy snacks

Good morning! I want to make a quick post on healthy snacks. Yesterday we made guacamole and cut some veggies to go with. It's the only way I eat raw vegetables and the guacamole is also very healthy. Why not try it at home?

Here's how you make guacamole:

- Mash two avocados with a fork until it looks like mashed potato.

- Peel two cloves of garlic and cut them very thin. Mix them with the avocado.

- Add salt and pepper.

- Squeeze the juice of half a lime and mix good.

And voilà, homemade guacamole! Easy, healthy and yummy!

Ooooreeeeo, oreo, ooooreo! I love cookies!

In Norway we don't have the brand Oreo but we've got Dots. It's the exact same cookie with a different name. I enjoyed myself last night eating those while watching "Valentine's Day". Bad movie, but amongst the bad movies it had some unexpected things at the end, so it wasn't as bad as I had thought, but still not good.

Well, I hoped I woldn't have to make any more references to the Eurovision contest, BUT since something happened during Spain's performance I feel I have to comment on that.

I've seen the performance in YouTube and in the middle of the song, the artist Daniel Diges receives some unexpected visit from a spontaneous dressed in jeans, a black t-shirt and a Catalan barretina (that's our national hat).

If you look, he's in the middle of the picture under the artist. Daniel Diges was asked later about what happened and - even though he is from Barcelona and is VERY AWARE of Catalonia's political situation - decided to play dumb by answering he had no idea. Here is when I feel obliged to explain.

Catalonia is now part of Spain but this has not always been like this. Catalonia used to be an independent country with it's own goverment and political institutions. Catalan is the official language (yes language, not a Spanish dialect, let's make that clear). Spain was in that time not even a country but just a bunch of independent villages and towns. It turns out to be around the 15th century the Catalan prince - named Ferran (english: Ferdinand) was an ambitious asshole that married the Spanish queen Isabella in order to enrich himself. According to the Catalan laws, the Catalan monarchy had the duty to share their richness with the population, whereas the Spanish laws allowed royalty to be in control of the country's richdom. Now that sounds really tempting, doesn't it? So the asshole married that bitch and Catalonia became part of Spain. Until now. Many Catalans still are upset and want to dissolve this union, but Catalonia is the richest region in Spain and this is the main reason they will never let us decide about our future. They need our €€€!!!

The sponatenous man yesterday is a man called Jimmy Jump who jumped in the middle of Spain performance with the Catalan hat to remind and open Europe's eyes to the Catalan situation (similar to that of Scotland and Britain we all are familiar to). So this is it, long story made short: Spain forbids us to vote for our independence in their constitution (and they call themselves a DEMOCRATIC country? HA!!!!) so we Catalans take "revenge" by sabotaging their Eurovision performance and being fucking good at football! ;-)

Always nice with some history lesson! Understand now why I am Catalan and not Spanish? Needless to say, I don't hate Spanish people. Please don't missunderstand me. My two bestfriends are Spanish. It's just that I don't feel I am. The same as I am not Estonian and I don't hate Estonian people for that! I live in Norway now and in 3 years I'll get the Norwegian nationality, but I will still be Catalan, won't I? It's just I am who I am and not who the goverment wants me to be! I hate the Spanish constitution, but I do not hate Spanish people, ok? Just making that clear because it could be misleading.

By the way! Can someone please give Daniel Diges a haircut so he stops looking like Sideshow Bob?

Homemade pizza

Hello again!

As I said before, we went to the city to check the offers at Clas Ohlson and we came back with a muffins mold, a salt and pepper cellar, and other kitchen things. I also took a look around at shops and bought a birthday present to Doribeth. But I cannot comment on that because I know she reads my blog ;-) You've got to wait until next week!

When we got back home, we made pizza from scratch. The right half part has pineapple (I love pineapple on the pizza).

Jonny just left to his friend to watch Eurovision. I didn't feel like joining. I don't feel so good today. I don't know why. I just have bad apetite and I feel really sleepy. I was invited to a birthday dinner at Frida, but I didn't feel like going either. It's raining all day and I feel tired. Hopefully it'll be over by tomorrow.

By the way, the beer picture is Jonny's contribution to my blog. Cheers!

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Since this is my blog and I can post whatever the fuck I want, I take the chance to say how annoyed I am at the bloody Eurovision. Not only because it's a stupid meaningless contest with really shitty music. It's just that I can't stand the fact that everyone is wining about this recent economical crisis in Europe at the same time we're wasting away hundreds of milions in putting up a show with shitty music. Really smart. I'm looking  forward to the next time polititians say that we should cut the budget on health or education because of the crisis, while supporting this idiotic "music" contest that costs a fortune. And if you don't agree with me... well then you're wrong :-) You just are, because I'm always right. Ha!

Trying the hair curler

Good morning!

Good for all of you who are enjoying the summer and heat, not so good for all of you living in Trondheim. Seriously, when is it going to stop raining?

Today I thought I'd try the hair curler I got from Diana. I woke up and that's the first thing I thought I'd do. I can see the curls are slightly bigger but not huge. I like them though. Specially now that I've cut my hair. I don't think I could have big curls ahd short hair, that would just look weird hehe.

Jonny made rice cream yesterday. It's basically similar to the 'milk and rice' dessert with cranberry jam on top. It was good but not exactly how it was supposed to be, according to Jonny. I had never tried this before, so I don't know how it's suposed to taste like. I just know I liked it, but I can't eat big amounts. He'll make a second attempt later tonight.

In a while we're going to check on some sales at Clas Ohlson - great store for household and multimedia products. You find everything at a very reasonable price.

Tonight's the Eurovision contest. I don't want to watch that shit. The music is horrible and everything is politics anyway, so who cares. I don't even know who is representing Spain this year. Probably some shitty artist with an even shittier song so they make sure they don't win. After all, Spain went bankrupt - it's not like they can afford a Eurovision contest next year! I'm guessing that applies for Grece and Island as well.

Will you be watching that crap?

Big news!

Hello everyone! My weekend starts today. I've got free friday, saturday and sunday. Nice! Yesterday I met Diana for lunch. The weather forecast had announced sun - but once more they were wrong. It rained. Anyway, Diana had suddenly realised she had no money in her credit card, so she asked me to invite her and she'd give the money back afterwards. I agreed. We went to "Graffi" and sat down. I always like to make sure I've got my stuff with me, so imagine my surprise when I couldn't find MY credit card in my bag. Luckily for us we hadn't ordered food yet, so we just did the walk of shame out the restaurant. Turns out, I left my credit card in the pocket of my other jacket. What are the odds for both of us to be moneyless at the same time?? Good that Diana's husband got off work just in time to lend us his card, so we could have some lunch. We went to 'Frida', a real Mexican restaurant (I say real because the owners and employees are in fact Mexican and not from the Middle East).

Today I got Bea's birthday present, a summer bag. I love it! It's very spacious and perfect for a hot summer day. I think most of my bags are very evening, but this one is great for the morning. Thank you so much!

And now the big news!!

My boss has finally decided to give me a chance as a receptionist in the hotel! So finally I get to try my skills. About time I'd got a chance!! After 2,5 years working there and being the only one educated in tourism and who speaks languages, I can climb a step higher. I'm going to get the training in middle june and start in july. I'm going to be the best receptionist I can! I am very aware of the difficulties of working upstairs and often figure out better ways to organize things and make it easier for everyone that are not implemented, so I think I'll be very good in that way.

Happy weekend, everyone!

Smoky Eyes

Hello again!! Yesterday I tried to make smokey eyes and - as my Facebook status captures - I ended up looking like a dirty panda bear. Today I tried again following some advice from my friends and with the help of a YouTube tutorial, and this is the result:

Cuckoo!

I still believe I have a really bad brush because difuminating was really difficult. I need a brush with longer and softer hair. But overall I'm happier with today's result. In the picture is less intense than in real life.

I also tried the Lancôme lipstick I got from Vero. It is really cute! 

New haircut and trying to improve myself on my make-up. Someday I've got to show you all how I looked when I was a teenager. I looked so different! Luckily for me I've "mutated" to what I look like today. Seriously, you have no idea of what bad hair and bad clothes do to your personal image! :-P

Do you like it?

My new haircut!

Hi there! I just came from the dentist. It was far less traumatizing than I thought. I just got a deep rensing of my teeth and I got 50% off as well! Nice!

I wanted to comment on some hair products that I think are really good. The first ones are the JUST GLOW shampoo and conditioner. They provide extra shine and moist to the hair at a very reasonable price. And since you can't longer find Herbal Essences in the regular store, these ones have a very similar smell. Try them!

The second one is TIGI Bed Head After Party. It's a styling cream that provides extra glance and holds your hairdo all night long! In addition to this, it smells really good and it is not greasy. Your hair will be incredibly smooth!

Someone noticed something about my hair? No? Really? I CUT IT!!

Look:

Do you like it? And most important... Do you see the difference? It's shorter in the front.


On my way home from the dentist I took some pictures. The one thing I like about Trondheim is that you're in the city and suddenly you have these really tiny streets that have old wood houses painted in bright colors with a lot of flowers in the entrance. They remind me of those houses you'd see in a small village. So lovely! Trondheim is a city of contrasts.

Now as soon as Jonny is done watching the last episode of "Lost", we're going to watch "The Big Bang Theory" season finale. I don't follow "Lost" but judging from what I see the ending is quite full of drama. Again, I have no idea about what the story is about, but it's all about goodbyes and love stories.

Well, blog you later!

Zzzunday

Aren't sundays really boring? For me the only interesting thing to do on a sunday is go to the movies or get take-out food and watch a movie at home. I checked the movie box and there was nothing really interesting, so we made hot dogs and watched "Precious". What a sad film. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but it is pretty tragic. And the poor girl's mom is an evil b****... I could feel the anger inside of me! But overall it is a good movie. Watch it if you have the chance to!

I am writing from my fictional pink bedroom. I was looking for cute backgrounds for my desktop. Yesterday Jonny fixed my computer but I have to configurate things again and install a lot of programs and so on. But it is already going much faster! I bumped into this bedroom picture and I remembered of how much I wanted a pink bedroom when I was younger - though I never admitted it because pink is my mom's favourite color and I told her I hated it just to be rebel.

In the end, I found this beautiful landscape that I have now as background. I look at it and inmediatly think of Switzerland. It's a beautiful, green and clean country and those mountains look a lot like tha Alps, don't they? I wish I could back to Switzerland. It was such a joy to be there!

By the way, today it's only 11 days til the Sex and the City movie! Am I the only one that's counting? :-P I hope it's better than the first one! Not that I didn't like it but the whole after-wedding break up felt like an eternity.

We're going to warm up some pizza now so...

blog you later!

My relaxed weekend

Hello! Tomorrow I'm doing NOTHING!!! I was working all day and I'm beated up. Look at the lovely breakfast I had this morning. I love mozzarella and tomato!

You might have already read this in my Facebook page but... I'm going to the Sex and the City 2 premiere! Red carpet, champagne, a visit to a luxurious spa, the movie and some amenities. Looking forward to it! I've got a new outfit from the Charlotte Thorstvedt collection for Bik Bok. I look forward to it!

 

More birthday surprises!

Hello everyone!!

When I came back from work I saw a paper in my mailbox. Vero's gift was here! Wooohooo! I went to the post office inmediately. I couldn't wait to open it! And here is what I got:

A smoky eyes kit with instructions, so I don't end up looking like a racoon!

A lovely golden purse with a Clarins glossy, a body lotion and a Lancome pink lipstick.

Thank you so much!! I love all of these things! - By the way, I want to emphazise that my silly computer has decided to go on an ortography strike and refuses to write any accents or similar, so I haven't misspelled Lancome, I just am not allowed to write it correctly! This blog doesn't allow me to copy-paste from another website, so there's really nothing I can do.

Oh, and with the e-giftcard I got from Siri for Blush.no, I bought two of these:

I'm sure I'll get them in my post anytime soon! Thanks everyone! I'm so thankful!

Summer shoes!

Hi! Today's been a weird day. At 8am I had an appointment to the dentist - the scariest place on Earth. I've got two wisdoms teeth growing at the same time and they hurt so bad!! Plus, I've seen I've got a couple of teeth that have gotten a but black. That's never a good sign. After scanning my teeth by introducing a weird machine the size of an mp3 in my mouth (I struggled badly with the gag reflex), she told me that I have a bit of a bacterial infection. On the good side, the infection had not made any hole in my teeth, which means that the problem is relatively "easy" to fix. She charged me 103€ to tell me that (and to show me how to brush my teeth CORRECTLY). She did actually clean my teeth with salted water, too. And managed to break the cleaning device so that all the salted water ran over my face. Refreshing. I have another appointment on tuesday to have a teeth cleansing.

I came to realize why it's taken my 11 years to come back to the dentist after my already traumatizing experience with my braces back when I was 15. On my way to the pharmacy to get a liquid I should clean my teeth with, I stopped by the shoe shop and got these:

Do you like them?

Gratulerer med dagen, Norge!

Gratulerer med dagen, Norge! 

The day after my birthday is the Norwegian National Day. Today Norway celebrates they got their constitution on a beautiful 17th May in 1814, in a city called Eidsvoll - near Oslo. This is a beautiful day to be in Norway (though way nicer if it's not as cold as it was in Trondheim today). It is normal that Norwegians get dressed in their national costume: the bunad. Every region in Norway has a different bunad and if you know them well you can tell from what part of the country the person comes from just by looking at their bunad. Some are pretty similar while others are very different. I love bunads! I think it's so cute people are happy and get dressed and wave their flags instead of demonstrating like we do in Barcelona... Well, here's some pictures of the most popular bunad. The ones with the heart next to it are the ones I think look nicer, but I've only put pictures of the pretty ones anyway. The color of the bunad determines location. Blue means your hometown is on the coast while green means you are from the inland. I still haven't figured out where that white one is from, but I've seen them in the street and they look so cute! Better than what you see in the picture.

Update: I just got to hear that the bunad I tagged as 'Trysilbunad' is in fact wrong. The bunad in the image is from the region of Hedmark, but the city of Trysil has a different bunad if it's own. Sometimes it's quite hard to know which bunad belongs to each place because there are several models and each website tags them differently.

I also thought I'd show you all the wonderful gifts I've gotten in my birthday! I'm so thankful because each and everyone of them is personal and thoughtful. So thank you SO much! And thanks also for coming to my birthday party at home all of you who could! I was worried people would not speak since they don't know each other so well, but everyone was very nice and talkative to each other. It was all I was hoping for!

I got a huge amount of cosmetics from Susanne and Andreas. I was starting to be empty so this is just amazing. I also got a towel with my face on and fridge magnets with a picture of Susanne and me together. Thanks a lot!!! It was so cool!!!

I got a hairdryer with ion-function from Jonny and a haircurler from Diana and Frode. I'm in hair heaven! Thank youuuuu!!!

Doribeth, Christian and Priscilla got me this lovely blue bag that matches my blue ballerina shoes. Gracias!

Understanding my frustration with my way-too-slow computer, Jonny got me this hardrive to put an end to my suffering. My patience thanks you enormously!

I got this beautiful bouquet from Espen, Frank and Ingveig. I love the Norwegian colors it has!

And last but not least, all the birthday cards from everyone and in the middle there's an envelope with two movie tickets I got from Ove. We're sure going to use those soon!

I also got a giftcard from Siri on the internet so I can buy cosmetics and make-up on an Blush.no. Awesome! And some other gifts are on their way to Trondheim. Wonder what they are, I'm so curious!!! Conclusion:

I'm one lucky bitch!

My birthday party!

Here are some pictures of my birthday party yesterday. So yes: today's my birthday!!! I've just come back home from work, and now I'll soon be going out again!! Partyyyy!!

I made carrotcake (but it turned out to be too salty!)

Doribeth made me a birthday cake which is typical from Honduras... delicious!

I finally managed to put a salty stick in my mouth

I had such a great time! Thank you all for coming to celebrate!! I didn't imagine we'd be 17 people in my little 36 squared meters apartment!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!