101 I things I think about.

Post 101
1. I wish I was not such a procrastinator..
2. Receiving the newspaper is a burden to me, I hate the mess.
3. I wonder if that guy who played Joe on Blue's Clue's ever got a girl? ( He said it was tough to Regis)
4. Why is reading so HARD.. poor Sam..
5. I LOVE Ice Water. CRUSHED from Orange Julius is the best.
6. If I could only watch one movie for the rest of my life..it might be "The Way we Were" .
7. I hate seeing grown up women in exercise leotards and tights.
8. Making dinner every night is HARD. (That's why most women quit in their mid 50's)
9. I think goldfish crackers are great..BUT, the rainbow ones are coolest.
10. I have WAY to many clothes that I cant or wont wear anymore..But I know the second I get rid of them I will be sad.
11. When I teach a class at church I judge how well I have done if people are crying at the end. (CRAZY)
12. Pumpkin shakes at McDonald's are sent from heaven.
13. I LOVE Target .. It is the best store to go if you are feeling blue and want to shop it out.
14 . I cheated on a test in a class in 10th grade Social Studies I have felt bad about it ever since.
15. I hate having garage sales.
16. I would have a pedicure every week if we had money for it.
17. I like to pop other people Zits... (weird)
18. I am a hoarder (surprise) of shoe boxes.. They are SO HANDY!
20. Glasses that are small have no place..If I want a drink I want a BIG one!
21. If it gets above 71* I am HOT if it is under 66* I get COLD.
22. I don't like to talk about going to the Dentist..I hate it in fact.
23. I LOVE to make lame faces in the mirror in the morning.
24. In my own car I can sing better than anyone in the world!
25. I think it is smart to have at least 3 crock pot's, small, regular and a big oval one.
26. I only like SOFT candy corn.
27. My bed is the MOST comfortable bed..BUT I LOVE to sleep on the couch.
28. Garlic is a staple..it should be poped in most dishes.
29. Marriage is WAY more work that anyone ever tells you.
30. Is there some rule about sunflower seed's? do you spit it all out or chew it all up?
31. Lighting is my worst problem..the LED lights in our house STINK!
32. Reading my Scriptures is one thing I am BAD at..
33. When it snows I don't like to drive. (even though I can just fine)
34. I don't like to hear parents say *get out of here* I like.. *hop out for a moment*.
35. Plastic glasses seem to get cleaner than glass ones.
36. I LOVE the blue nasal aspirators they give you in the Hospital when you have babies.
37. Hugs are better when you make a squeeze noise.
38. I always feel itchy.
39. I am afraid one of my kids will bite down on an electric cord and get shocked.
40. I only own like 4 Cd's. (lame I know)
41. I brake for animals.
42. One of my BIG must haves in a husband was watches football. I am SO GLAD Rune doesn't.
43. Sometimes I post on a blog and then think it looks lame and delete it and come back later.
44. I am afraid to ask people to be my facebook friend. What if they do not remember me..lol
45. We have 5 cars. 5
46. I have never "forgotten" to eat.
47. My kids all have beautiful eyes.
48. I wonder if I am alergic to Nickel?? Some buttons on jeans bug me.
49. Why is it that 3:00 am is the time I wake up??
50. The more I buy to get organized the less organized I am. ??
51. I have a hard time not hearing EVERY conversation around me..I think it stems from being a telephone operator.
52. Ever notice how GOOD a DQ blizzard sounds & how it's NEVER as good as you want it to be?
53. Once in a while I envy thin gals at church.. (but I love them still)
54. Stuffed Zucchini is easier than you think to make.
55. I LOVE washable markers!
56. Please and thank you are the magic words!
57. Most people are nice.
58. I think 83 is a good age to die.
59. Why is it that Bill Cosby always uses Phylicia Rashad in his shows..(at least 3 of them)
60. I am not a fan of shrimp.
61. I wish I still talked to my favorite mission companion.. Sister Bomgren where are you?
62. Hamsters give me the willies.
63. I have a great phone voice! (call me you'll see!)
64. I love to talk about Ikea.. But, when you talk about it in Scandinavia it is not as cool..
65. Milk Duds are best on warn popcorn, they get melty.
66. The salt Potato chips leave on your fingers drives me CRAZY!
67. I have not had any kind of soda in 19 years. I miss Mug Rootbeer every summer.
68. I am afraid of those green lady bugs..WHAT are they?
69. Rune wanted to name Sam, RUBEN.. like the sandwich.
70. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the bread in Norway! Why IS our bread SO SOFT?
71. We are late for Church every week because I like to over match things..It is MY FAULT. :(
72. Jim Halpert is my TV boyfriend.
73. My arm hurts more when I BLOG..
74. The fear of sleepover pranks still flows in my heart. (frozen unders anyone)
75. I ALWAYS cheat at solitaire when I am playing with a deck of cards.
76. If you have read this far you are procratinating something too...lol
77. I almost always have squinty eyes in pictures.
78. My older sister has a MUCH bigger vocabulary than I do.. :( oh well..
79. I have not purchased a pair of pants in years. (lucky me..I still can wear all my old ones;/)
80. Luvs brand diapers are my favorite! I have used them all....
81. I watch Day's of our Live's now and then, I was raised on it, I remember Maggie as a drunk.
82. We do not have a KMART in town..when I see their add's I miss it.
83. The phone's at our house never get hung up back on the charger.
84. Only 3 of the burners have worked on our range the whole time we have lived in this house.
85. I love dill pickles! The best is on the Tuna Sammie:)
86. My favorite song is "Melt With YOU" by Modern English..It was cutting edge now it is a Ritz Cracker ad.
87. I am afraid to play Bunco because of all the math..(LAME I know)
88. Why is my hair so thin?? I mean it used to be good.. Was it being Prego??
89. The after school special "The boy in the plastic bubble" with John Travolta was the BEST ever.
90. Grahm Cracker and frosting cookies are better than you remember!
91. We only had ever had 1 box of bandages our whole marraige till last month..Since Lilly got stiches we have purchesed 3 boxes.
92. I LOVE to eat at the Temple in Provo..lol They have great mashed potatoes! ;)
93. I totally see a need to have at least 12 bolts of beautiful ribbon at all times!
94. I do not understand my husbands LOVE for the "Dog Wisperer" We do NOT have a dog.
95. This is a little harder than I thought it would be... lol
96. I am bothered by all the nasty Celebrity political backing. (really)
97. Hot Dogs taste better in Norway.
98. I have a feeling that Jessica Simpson cheated on Nick Lachey and thats what went down..
99. I almost always talk to the cashers at the check out.. I like to ask them to guess what's for dinner.
100. I should be better about taking Lilly's *nin nee* (pacifier) but she loves them so much.. I remember felling the same way about mine. (I miss you nummie nummie)
101. I know my brother Mike will read everyone of these! :)

Eye Lashes and other girlie things.

~POST #100~
My entire life I have lived with a horrible curse..My Dear mother(a Katie) passed it down to me. She inherited it from her mother. (also a Katie) This curse is a CRAZY lack of eyelashes and the ones that are there are so short they don't do you any good. I have felt sorrow over this my whole life...(insert sad Brady bunch music here.)

I also was not gifted in the make up department..lol I really have NO idea how to put it on effectively! My dear Mother had the need for only 2 things in her make up bag..an eye brow pencil and a tube of Mauve or Coral lip stick (from Avon) so she was no help. I have tried at different stages in my life to buy and use it but , it just has never really stuck with me. A combination of fears that I am doing it wrong and I am sure I look OVERLY made up when I do try it..
Sooo.. to get to my point of this blog:

I was putting my little Kaite girl down to sleep last night and as I lay down by her to talk about what would happen today... I was overwhelmed! She was SO beautiful with those eyelashes that she inherited from Rune..

The ones that go on and on.. They left shadows on the rest of her face. I told her that it was going to be picture day and she looked right at me and said ...
"What will I wear?? I'll need make up!"
I looked at her this perfect little 5 yearold pixie, a mix of Rune and myself and knew once again, she and I are going to have trouble in a few years..lol
She already knows more about makeup and fashion than I ever will..

Oh well..at least Sam will think I am cool for a few more years.


and Lilly


...well the thing about her is she looks a lot like my MOM...SO, I'll just hand her an Eye brow pensil and a tube of Lipstick ..and Maybe she'll be good to go:)

An active imaginary life..

I read this phrase on a *friends* blog..I say friend because I have never met her we are only imaginary friends..
Back to the post..lol I read this phrase *active imaginary life*and thought to myself at once.. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE!

I tend to over think everything until I have worried myself and my kids sick! I don't know why I do this, But I know I have always done it..

I remember walking home from 1st grade and the boy I played with everyday(Gene Bodean) had found a new friend to play with that day..on the short half a block trip home I imagined that we were married and that he was cheating on me and that he was going to leave me and the kids ,our 7 kids, would be left alone and be homeless..Well, by the time I got home I was crying and I ran in ot my Mom and told her how my husband was leaving me and the kids...lol NOW, I did not come from a home where divorce was a topic so I don't know why I worried so much..lol

I have many times been the winner on a game show or ran up to Bob Barker..lol
I also have been the bride for every wedding I have ever done! lol

I still do it! When Rune and I were first married we had a lot of getting to know you issues because we met and got married so quick .. (plus we met online, and only talked on the phone for the first 2 months of our 3 month *courtship*) Anywho..on one particular occasion we had gone to the movies and after he needed to use the restroom and I sat and waited in the mall by the exit. WELL it took forever!! I started to get worried and all of a sudden I was thinking..What if he has left me, I will have to call my Dad and tell him to come get me, everyone will know ..*my online guy only came for the greencard*..ahhhhh ok by this point I was crying and a mess (and 8 weeks pregnant) Rune came walking out the door..and walked over to me very puzzeled.. I had to tell him how lame I am.

This also happens to me if I almost have an acident in the car..I think about needing to tell the persons family how sorry I am etc...It is crazy!!

Or if I see a sign that says *pie $6.95* I think about walking in and getting the pie and how excited the kids would be if I brought home a pie..lol

Well on our last trip on the way home for some reason we were not seated together on the long flight home to the US from Copenhagen. Rune told me he would fix it..lol but I worried alot about it. While he waiting in line to get it fixed I sat on a chair close by..but really I was in a whole different world where I was seated by a stranger having a panic attack much like the charater John Lithgow plays in the old Twilight Zone Movie and all of a sudon I looked up and saw that the whole waiting room was there and talking and laughing and I was being a NUT! Rune walked over to tell me that he had gotten it all fixed..I pobably looked like a nut to him. (he is wise to my fears by this point!)


So, the next time you see me and I look like I am deep in thought..I am..it just might be in a silly imaginary world..
I promise I do not have schizophrenia ;) I just have a great imagination!

Blooming Flowers in Norway summer 2008

There were SO many flowers in bloom!! It was a little like heaven for this little girl!
I would tell you all there names (in Latin)..BUT I have no intent in boring anyone! ;)
I am so glad this time we were there for a bit of summer and a touch of fall.
Just know I loved it! It was way more colorful than it had been 7 months earlier!
I know Rune is used to my calling out all the flowers names but, very kind about it this time!

Thanks for indulging me on this post:)

The food we ate in Norway...

These are some of the meals we ate..... some are mine and some are Rune's :)



ok, some kind of pork. & two kinds of Potatoes:)



The last breakfast in Norway..take a look!


fish


ox..


taco's (my night to cook)


before


After


Hawaiian Haystacks (my night to cook)


Biff Snadder (mine)


Wok..Biff


Kylling



goat


airport..Hotdog

Wedding day in Norway

The Bride and Groom
On Storslett, Norway


Elin and Jonas


Greta, Elin and Dagfinn


Rune, Elin and Me


Elin and Karl-Erik


Sweet Anita


Anita and Jonas


Elin and Kalle


The *new* Fam; Julie,Chris-Robin, Sander, Kalle and Lars


Rune and his sister Elin the beautiful bride


Rune and Elin walking down the isle


Handing off the bride:)


Kalle's side of the family all in their Bunad's


The newly Wed couple


Their little Family.

Winding up the time.

Can you believe that the time has gone so very fast...It is already time to go home. We will leave for home on Tuesday morning...at 2AM!!
Here are a few of the things we have been doing:) I will tell more about them to you when I have more time.
I have eaten goat, reindear, harring, cloudberry, erterstuing..
We have seen, waterfalls, fox, sheep(in the road), mice on the road, a tiny live frog & a big dead frog..
Hugged 75 people I do not know..
Chopped wood in the wild forest for Mamma
Went to the most beautiful 13 and a half hour wedding!!!!!
Shopped a lot and ..
Pee'd in places that I would normaly NEVER go in!

Pictures to follow! ;)