life, week 48

armed and ready for the home stretch of my exam writing

proof reading - in sunshine!

done // can I please have a break now?

always willing to pause for a moment and watch the sunrise 

kitchen demolition phase // our house renovation, week 13

too busy to leave kindergarten



way too busy to go home

Friday night and just what I need: a drink + Homeland

pure 9 am bliss // first time sleeping in in months 

You know you are desperate for family time when you bring a toddler to IKEA on a Saturday...

Pappa! Morfar! Wait for me! (Carrying a teddy in her grandpa's old backpack)

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Week 48: November 24-30

life, week 47

Always a pleasure to see the morning light break the darkness.

4:45 pm house inspection // our house renovation, week 12

hei there random cat (I tried to come up with a funny caption, but my head is empty after grading student papers all day)

Their first ever midterm exam. My first time having coffee delivered to my classroom. (Teachers are normally not allowed drinks during class, but apparently midterms call for exceptions. Yay!) 

A Friday class in how to grade student English exams. Learned a lot. Great lunch too!

First frost - that I have had to deal with, at least.

Becoming an aunt calls for Champagne. So, so, so happy that my little sister is a mother too now.

I will be glued to this spot all weekend - exam writing is on for real 

here we go again

with rain hammering on the window

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Week 47: November 17-23

life, week 46

exam writing - big ideas yet baby steps mode // need more toffifee

Apparently the Apple Store (and most other stores) does not open until 10 am, so I suddenly found myself with a whole hour to kill. Luckily there was no rain, so I walked the streets of my new hometown and enjoyed the views. 

Christmas has just arrived in Stavanger

I love store fronts like this

So happy about the fact that there is Godt Brød in Stavanger too!

a 3 pm sky that looks painted

Home alone with little miss s, so instead of cooking dinner at home, we had meatballs at IKEA. And ice cream, of course. She seemed to enjoy the Christmas decorations. And the kids department, of course.

6:30 am Stord bound // waiting for my passenger, drinking an extremely much needed coffee

super inspired after a fantastic didactic class today #nerdinthemaking

While I was away for studies at Stord, Sølve was home alone with Sara. Kindergaten was closed on Friday, so they spent the day doing adventures together - including a trip to the beach. Lucky ducks! (Photo by Sølve)

Sølve, his brother, father and mother attended their Scout troop's 100 years anniversary and we all felt  very nostalgic for our old scouting days (I was in a different troop, so I didn't attend the anniversary). 

to buy big things with a small car // our house renovation, week 11

Our friends took us out for drinks and Interstellar (ok, but too long). We haven't been to the cinema since Avatar. And we haven't seen the inside of a pub since long before the whole moving mayhem started. 

sunny Sunday work // stress management 

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Week 46: November 10-16

life, week 45

the supervised field experiences are on again

so thankful for mornings like this after too many pitch dark, rainy mornings

light like this gives instant inspiration #lightnerd

the media class is out and about working on their assignment - just their backpacks and the teacher left in the classroom

evening work (again) and announcing the giveaway

post party

even better and even more thankful

being outside - in the middle of the day - in the sun = instant happiness for someone who spends too much time indoors these rainy autumn days

our night time visitor brings her own pillow

Assigment due tomorrow (Friday) and trying to stay positive. Getting a head start while it's still daylight and I'm alone in the house (can't remember the last time that happened). Also, fueled by caffeine and sugar. Of course. 

for the love of balloons, and sun

dry autumn leaves are the best

again with the sun - but it was SO MUCH NEEDED

grandfather vs granddaughter

Friday flower find

made by the little one, hung by the grandmother

It has been ten weeks in this room. I'm not sick of it yet, but I do look forward to living in a house I can call my own again. I really do // our house renovation, week 10

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Week 45: November 3-9