Even though I love sunny and hot summer-weather, I’ve never been good at dealing with the heat. That’s probably why I’m currently inside instead of outside, ’cause it’s way to hot for me! It’s around 30 degrees celcius and not a cloud in the sky.. I’m not complaining, but still.. it’s hot!

Tony finished the stairs in the flowerbed yesterday, and he did me proud! :) It looks really good and I don’t regret for a second that we did it! I guess now it’s left up to me to finish the rest of the damn thing ;P

On Tuesday, Tony and I headed down to his families cabin. I’ve never been down there before, and it’s very nice to finally know what they talk about all the time :) It was a beautiful place and Tony absolutely loved being back there (it’s been five years), so it was somewhat unfortunate that we had to go back home early Wednesday morning. There will be more opportunities though, and I don’t see much reason to refuse coming along ;)

I really hope we can find some time to spend on my families cabin as well this summer. It’s just silly of us not to. Anything that needs to be done around the house can always wait, can’t it?

I’ve spent most of the morning trying to get the car-mortgage in order. Who would have thought there would be so much back and forth to buy a simple car?!  I thought everything was settled this morning, but now the guy who sells the car needs a confirmation from my bank that the money I’m paying outside the mortgage has actually left my bank-account. It doesn’t look like I’ll be getting the car today.. maybe and hopefully tomorrow!

It’s gonna be wierd returning my old car tomorrow. I’ve had it for 20 months and I’ve grown pretty fond of it. It is a sweet car, but I guess it’s time for something new and exiting.. and I’m pretty sure my new car kicks ass to :)

Andrea and I went to visit Iselin last night, and Zelda (her oh-so-pregnant cat) was acting all wierd. She usually keeps to herself, but suddenly she was all affectionate and wanted to cuddle constantly.

Turns out there was a good reason for that, ’cause an hour after we arrived, she gave birth to her first little kitty! By the time we left, there were six little kitties born. I’ve never seen a cat give birth before, and I can’t exactly say it was a pretty sight. Allthough the expression on Zeldas face when she was pushing was absolutely adorable ;)

Now I’m giving my tired ol’ feet a much needed foot-bath and a scrub!

What does that spell?! VACATION!!!! ;D I have three glorious weeksoff from work and almost nothing planned. Iselin, Andrea and I are going to Ikea tomorrow to shop for Iselins wedding, and Andrea and I are throwing Iselins bachelorette-party on Saturday. Tony and I also intend on taking a trip to Stavanger to visit his mum and sister, but other then that there’s no plans. It feels kinda great, I can tell you that much :)

But.. in all honesty.. I only almost have three weeks off. Two weeks ago I told my new p.o.s. boss that I had no intentions of bringing my laptop home with me on this vacation and that someone else had to learn how to do it so that I wouldn’t have to be “available” and near a computer all the time. He did make a vague instruction, but due to a big workload and lack of time, the guy who was supposed to learn didn’t. So half an hour before my vacation started, I realized that I would have to do it myself again. July is a slow month and I don’t expect much to happen, but I know at least two adds coming and it makes me stressed. But you be sure that I’ll write down every minute I spend working, ’cause I’m not doing this shit for free.

That flowerbed of ours seems to be an eternal project, and I haven’t done much with it for a few weeks. Tony on the other hand decided all on his own that he’d build the stairs we talked about in the middle of it, and he got started on it on thursday:

I know it’s only halfway done, but I think it looks great already. I’ve got a very good and handy man, no doubt :) And by the end of this vacation, I swear that the damn flowerbed will be done! ;)

On friday night, Tony and I went to visit our friends Oddmund and Hilde and have a peek at their newborn baby-boy Ludvig :) He wasn’t even two weeks old and so, so tiny! It’s amazing how small we are when we come into this world ;)

Last night, we celebrated my dads birthday at his house with a BBQ and strawberries for dessert :) My dads birthday isn’t until Wednesday, but he’ll be out of the country and back at work again by then. It was a really nice night, even though it killed me that I couldn’t touch the kids (they’d gotten the chickenpox). But I’ll make up for that the next time I see them :)

Now there’s a batch of laundry that needs to be hung outside to dry, and then I think I’m gonna take a nap. I’m still completely out of energy, and I’m listening to my body when it needs rest. Hopefully it’ll make a difference soon!

I’ve been so tired lately. I try to take a quick nap after work every day, but they tend to last for an hour or so. It’s so hard to get up again, but I would be dead if I didn’t do it ;P I don’t even have trouble falling asleep when I hit the sack at night, and that’s never easy if I sleep more then 30 minutes after work! I can’t wait ’til my energy comes back.. maybe my coming three weeks off will do miracles :)

Since last Monday, I’ve been trying to stop smoking. So far, it’s not been sucessful. I can’t really figure out why I’m having such a hard time with it. I’ve done it before and it wasn’t hard at all. I was somewhat restless for the first two-three days, but then it didn’t bother me.. not until I started again at least ;P I have all the reasons in the world to quit, and even though most smokers are expert at finding ridiculous excuses, I’m well aware that none of them are any good. There is no excuse to smoke, and there’s absolutely nothing to lose on quitting.

Tony hasn’t much faint in me, and I would absolutely love to prove to him that I can.

The car we went to look at today - a 2001 BMW 520 iAT - put all my doubts about beamers to rest. It looked pretty good and it was a dream to drive. I liked it so much that I signed a contract with the guy selling it! :) I’ve been approved for a mortgage in the bank, but I still need to go down there tomorrow and make some final arrangements. When all is settled between his bank and mine, I’ll go get the car. It’s pretty exiting, even if it is a beamer and a station-wagon ;) I didn’t see this coming ;P

Since my dads moving, my brothers and I went through his loft last night to see what we wanted to keep. It was so much fun going through old toys and stuff, it’s amazing what I can remember from one little item :) We didn’t pick out much to keep though, ’cause most of it was outdated, broken or not useful. My dad also has a habit of keeping just about everything, just in case he can use it sometime. I really hope he’ll be good at throwing things away so that his new apartment can be clutter-free :)

Iselin came with me to look at the dress I found, and she both approves and loves it. I found the exact same dress online at half the price, but not in the same colors. The deep purple color is part of why I like the dress so much, and I don’t think it’ll be the same in baby-blue. What to do, what to do..

When Tony wakes up and we’ve eaten breakfast, we’re driving over to Drammen to look at a possible car for me. I’m not sure about BMWs, I’ve never really liked them much, but Tony is very hooked on me getting one, so I’ll give it a chance ;) If the car sucks, we’ve gotten a nice roadtrip out of it anyway :)

One more week off work, and then I have three weeks vacation. Yay!

My mum has adviced me to not wear the purple dress for Iselins wedding, leaving me in somewhat of a pickle. I did find one possible dress today that would be perfect, but it’s very expensive.. and is there really any point for me to spend a fortune on a dress that I’ll maybewear once? Iselin is coming with me tomorrow to look at it, and maybe she can help me decide. I’m also gonna look at a dress my mum used 30 (!!) years ago that she thought could fit me.

When we moved, I gathered together all the clothes that didn’t fit me anymore, but I haven’t had a heart to throw out/give away and hid them away in hopes of fitting into them again. So far I’m way off. My mum on the other hand has lost a lot of weight and needed some new clothes, so she took about half of them. I have to say that she looked amazingly good when she got some of my “tight” sweaters on, it gave her such a great shape compared to the big shirts she normally wears. It’s not fun giving away clothes to her though.. or be offered her clothes that’s to big for her now.. but I’m proud of my mum, she’s done great! :)

The lease on my car is about to run out and I have to return in on July 3rd. I got a call from the car-dealership yesterday and it looks like the guy who leased me the car (who no longers works there btw) as completely screwed me over. It makes me really nervous, ’cause even though I’ve been granted a morgage for a new car, I’m really anxious on how expensive it’ll end up being getting out of the lease..

Sleep tight ;)

I don’t! ;P On Monday, Tony were showing off some judo-moves down town, so I went to watch. I’m so proud of him :)

My mum called when I was watching and asked if she and my step-dad could come over and check out our new terrace-furniture. So I went home and they came over and had a few beers. It got a little late, but it was a very nice evening :)

Yesterday, Tony, my mum and I went to Emilies kindergarten-”graduation”. She got the biggest smile on her face when she saw me and she came running down to me as soon as she was done “on stage”. She jumped into my lap and stayed there - and I loved it :) She’s gotten so big, I can’t believe she’s 5,5 and that it’s been 8 months since the last time I saw her! She’ll always be my precious though ;)

Today Andrea and I went with Iselin, Morten and Jens Olai to their final baby-swimming class. Andrea and I took lots of pictures of the beautiful little family and just talked :) When they were done, I headed down to my dads house to prep it for the photographer on Friday. It looks a lot more neat and tidy on the surface, but if you open any of the cabinets, you’ll see something completely different ;) I have somewhat of a guilty conscience about it, but what can I do? :)

Tomorrow I’m taking a pit-stop by my mum and step-dad to deliver my step-dads birthday-present (it’s his 55th birthday tomorrow!) and then I’m heading up to Iselin for a girls-night with her, Andrea and Ine :) I also need to meet up with the guy who’s making the technical report on my dads house tomorrow morning.. and drop a house-key off at the realtor.

Busy, busy, busy ;)

Ooh.. and on monday, I got some big life-changing news.. I’ve got some exiting times ahead of me, that’s for sure :) I’ll tell you all about it as soon as possible!! :)

I went to bed 1,5 hours ago, but I can’t sleep. I’m currently watching E.R.in the living-room in hopes of getting just somewhat tired. My head is just so filled up with all kinds of thoughts and it’s driving me insane.. and will give me one long, rough day tomorrow :P

My dress arrived yesterday, and unfortunately there was a big hole in the side of it. I have to send it back, but I’m not sure if  want a new one or if I’d like my money back. Tony loved how the dress looked on me, but I’m not sure what I think. It’s a very different shape and color then my taste, and it’s very synthetic. I think I need to run it by Iselin ;)

I can’t come up with anything more to write ;P

The weather’s kinda sucked for a while now, but today it’s sunny, sunny, sunny! Nothing better to wake up to, is there? :) I’ve just finished eating breakfast and I’m gonna hit the gym and the grocery store in a few minutes. I had planned on going to the gym last night, but I forgot that it closes at 8pm on Fridays. That sucks. I’m not sure why they can’t really understand why they  close so early, ’cause it’s the perfect timing for anti-social people like me to actually get in a good run. Oh well :)

Since it’s Saturday today, I can allow myself some candy and I’m overly exited about that. It kinda scares me a bit that I’m so exited about it, but I have been doing very well on the candy-side the entire week, and a small bag of chips or something will be my price! :)

I’m a little anxious about my eating in the weekends. Weekdays are fine - it’s breakfast before work, lunch during work and dinner after work, and some meals in between. On the weekeds I don’t have the same kind of structure and it makes it a lot harder to remembering to eat and eating stuff that I’m supposed to. There are so many easy solutions that don’t require the same amount of time.. ;)

I have to head over to my dads house sometime this weekend, ’cause he’s bought himself an apartment and he’s gonna sell his house. I’m very happy on my dads behalf, ’cause he’s been looking for an apartment for years and it will be a lot easier for him considering how rarely he’s home to take care of the place. But.. it is my childhood home, and even though I’ve moved around a lot with my mum and on my own, that house has always been there and given me a some peace of mind. It is just a house though, and it’s my father that matters :) The photographer is coming next week to take picture, and since my dad ain’t home (he works in Romania), I’ll need to go through it and make sure it looks picture-perfect :)

But now: the gym! Have a nice day :)