Some pictures from the weekend in the mountains. On Saturday Frode, Jørn, Lars-Erik ( Frode's two half brothers) and myself went to Sweden. Here we tried Lars' snowmobile on the frozen lake. The weather was nice and sunny, but a little windy. =)

Me after riding the snowmobile. I forgot my driver glasses at home so I had nothing but pilot sunglasses to wear, LOL! Looks like I'm going to drive a MiG instead! =D =D

From the kitchen in the cabin we had this view, the mountain is called Sølen. A mountain that Frode and Jørn have hiked before. It was a painful trip that is glued to their memories. Mountains are nice but walkin on rocky hills isn't my thing so I pass on the next trip Frode wants to do. ;o)

On the way up to the cabin we saw some Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). It's not so common to see this far south in Norway but this was one of those rare occations and it was awsome and very strong as well. =) It came up over this mountain the dark so we could see the profile of the mountain, absolutely amazing.
The lake in the sun.
It looks cold outside doesn't it? Not so much as a hint of spring in that area yet. But it's beautiful though. =) This weekend was also the last in this dog sledge race which is held every year. I saw one sled on the lake which you see on this photo, but I didn't get a good photo as we past them in the car.

The poor seagull

Almost every morning I have seen this poor seagull at the train station in Oslo. It has a limp foot that it uses the tip of. The foot is limp begause it has some tread or something wrapped tightly arond it. =(

It has survived yet another winter so I guess it manages most of it's business, but it won't be swimming very much this one. I just call it my seagull and my seagull as our souls meet every time I see it.

A beautiful day

Yesterday was a sunny and mild day so I figured I wanted to go snowmobiling by myself.

Me with my new helmet that I bought spring time last year. It is super comfortable and fits me better than my old one. =)

Well, after going about 80 km/h on the road I decided to play in the snow, but didn't get far I'm afraid. =P LOL! My snowmobile has short edges on the belt so it can get stuck pretty easily, depending on the cheufeur. I admit that I hesitated a bit which resaultet in me getting stuck.

I had to walk throght the deep snow and back to Frode to get him to help since I can't lift it myself. My goal is to get more muscles so I can lift it, that would be very nice. =)

That evening the sky caught fire over the neighbours house, it was truely amazing and I managed to get it on a picture for once. =)

Finishing the post with a very beautiful song by a Norwegian group called Sirenia:

A day at the aquarium shop

We went to this aquarium store in Oslo which has very rich variety of fishes. They even have a black tip reef shark which grows up to 180 cm... Who buy that in Norway, really?

I love the sea water fishes, they are truely beautiful, like this blue one. Sorry about the blurryness, but it was my mobile phone camera and the fish wouldn't stand still. LOL!

NEMO!!! =D

This fella looked really funny to me. I am not sure what type it is, maybe a colorful sting ray or something? Maybe any of you know? =)

A cute gift from a pen pal.

Yesterday I got a very nice gift from my friend and pen pal in Canada. I love the socks with the cute dogs on! =) Thank you very much J. I wish you a Happy New year for yourself and your's as well. =)

I am currently up in the mountain area at my in-law's for the weekend. It's so relaxing, no house work waiting for me and I can do everything else that I like. I have some lettersets with me so I can answer the letters I have waiting. I also brought the book I am reading.

There is no fireworks in this area on New Years Eve so it will be a family dinner night - we'll have moose fondue. =)

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY!!!! Have a nice celebration and we'll catch up in 2011.

Some of the gifts.

Here are some of the nice presentes I got for Yule (Christmas) this year. =) Above is a Lavender candle and a lavender soap.

Some nice stickers and post-its from my dear pen pal M. in The Netherlands. Thank you M!

I agreed to exchange gifts with my Norwegian pen pal R. and she gave me all these nice things. =) Thank you R!

This alien looking thingie is an automatic stirrer. You just place it into the kettle with the sauce and turn it on (battery driven), and it stirs for me! Yey! =D This is one of the hottest gifts this year in these parts, I was going to buy one for someone and they were all sold out. =( The girl told me the boss had flown to England herself to pick someone up, still they had a waiting lits of 50!!

Frode's brother gave us two super cool snowmobiling films.

My boss' gave me two sets of these designer cutlery (12 persons).

My little sister gave us this super cool holder for our Dolce Gusto coffee tablets. =)

My parents gave both me and Frode a lap top pillow (we wished for it), but this was a little more fancy than we were hoping for! LOL! It's got a fan underneat and loud speakers on each sides. I love Logitec gadgets and this does not disappoint for sure. Soooo comfertable to sit with the lap top in the sofa (like I'm doing right now). =)

Wish you all a wonderful holdiday still!

Time for yule

The tree is decorated and I'm sitting under a blanket on the sofa, watching The Junglebook in animation.:-)



Soon it is time for the annual Disney hour. Wohooo!

Wish you all a magical time!:-)