life, week 35

evening view from the home office | being a new teacher is a LOT of work

her new temporary bedroom | his old boy's room

my view for the day | stomach flu really, really sucks

a whole lot of sleep and rest + spending my day with this little one = just what the doctor ordered 

"helping" grandpa bring the firewood to the stacking pile

#caughtgramming | sunflowers galore at Stord/Haugesund University College

student dinner - grown up student style

Friday September 29: Sølve raised the flag to celebrate that our house is officially ours



rooftop window view

an early taste of autumn

Sunday work | being sick and then away for studies mean there is a lot to catch up on

We have a Japanese maple in our garden and I absolutely love it. It's one of my favorite trees ever. 

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Week 35: August 25-31

our house renovation, week 1

Friday August 29: the house is officially ours!

6 pm light

I found a patch of dappled afternoon sum light in our basement.

The renovation in ON!

So much work ahead!

Just like that the terrace is gone - because we need to fix the drainage around the house.

Sister Mari checking out the basement flat to be

look down | august

pretending to sleep in her boat

pretty yellow flowers seen whilst out walking

it the battle of man vs grass the grass almost won

party leftover

found: sheep on the beach

found: flip flops

found: swimming goggles

she invited me to a picnic on the floor

last day ever on these floors (will miss them so much)

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look down set on Flickr | look down Blurb book 

things I like lately

that light, that apartment | Agfa Precisa 100, Minolta SRT 101

- as of Friday August 29, our Stavanger house is officially ours!

- exciting plans for renovating our house

- an evening out with two of my best friends - so nice to catch up again! (and now that I live in Sandnes/Stavanger we can meet so much more often)

- a canning date with my friend T and my new friend O

- pedicure (gift from my mamma)

- finally meeting all my students

- and then meeting all their parents - a successful first meeting

- all the generous help from my colleagues 

- meeting my fellow PGCE students again

- this list by Anaruh

- Pil & Bue

- your comments on this post

- driving my mother-in-law's convertible to work 

- hiking to Steinkjerringa with my students and the rest of the 8th graders at my school 

- all the generous help we get from our parents, especially with Sara + laundry, grocery shopping, dinner and all other kinds of house work - I feel spoilt and super grateful

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Things I don't like lately

- saying goodbye to our Bergen apartment - it was very emotional

- still working on getting used to driving during morning and afternoon rush hour

- adjusting to a new job and the lack of mastery

- Sara adjusting to a new kindergarten 

- hardly seeing Sara at all during weekdays because of long work hours followed by renovation planning at the house 

- stomach flu

a food list

homemade gnocci | Agfa Precisa 100, Minolta SRT 101

Some time, in near future, I will

- make lemon mousse

- cook with the rose harissa that blog reader Sarah sent me

- once again promise myself to start using my cookbooks more often

- make pulled pork

- make this: roasted cauliflower with quinoa and herbs, and this: lentils folded into yoghurt, spinach and basil, and these meatballs

- use a whole lot of chives from our garden (I'm ashamed to say that we have not been good at using it before)

I recently made gnocchi for the first time, using this recipe. It was ok, but has room for improvement. 

PS: another food list

(This post has been in my draft folder for a while. I planned on extending it, but now I'm posting it instead. In these busy days of renovation and new job, it's convenient to post already written posts. Also, living with my in-laws' means I don't cook a lot these days. Really looking forward to having my own kitchen again.)

Mallorca on film, part III

 

Agfa Precisa 100 and Kodak Portra 160, Canon EOS 500N

A visit to my friend Lorena and her husband Oscar's home in the lovely village of Capdellà. It was such a pleasure to finally meet her after several years of online friendship. They served a fantastic meal of traditional Mallorcan dishes, and Sara got ice cream - which she absolutely loves. Lucky us! 

life, week 34

Celebrating first day of school - as a teacher!

last teacher standing - it's becoming a habit

And then there is the home office - complete with dinner and dessert served by my mamma.

Really needed that walk!

7 am, 10 C - I wore sandals last week, now I'm wearing converse (no socks though)

a treat from my mamma

exploring new to me parts of my hometown | and then; dinner with my girlfriends

morning commute

morning commute

my love | I cried

last evening with this view | and then I cried again



so, so empty | part of a photo an hour

She got sick in the car and continued until four in the morning. Poor, poor girl. Luckily is seems to have already passed. 

home for the next x month(s) | staying with my in-laws' while we renovate our house

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Week 34: August 18-24