Sunday Look Back (Week #10 2014)

Ugens opture // This week's ups:

• Forår, forår, forår! Jeg bliver helt glad i låget! // Spring, Spring, Spring! It makes me so happy!
• Mine nye smukke sneakers fra Nike - dem kommer I vist til at se meget til // My new sneakers from Nike - you'll be seeing a lot of them, I'm sure. 
• Kaffe/kage-date med min gamle læsegruppe - de er nogle af de bedste piger jeg kender. // Cake/coffee date with my old studygroup - they're some of the best girls I know. 
• Spontane kærestedates // Spontaneous dates with my boyfriend. 
• Århus! Den sidste uge har budt på "Jeg er glad fordi"-væggen og strikhuer på statuer - det kan man da kun smile af // Aarhus, because it's a wonderful city! This week there was a "I'm happy because"-wall and knitted hats on statues - what can you do but smile? 

Ugens nedture // This week's downs:

• Mit knæ har ikke været specielt glad for den skade jeg lavede i sidste weekend. Men jeg har da været til Zumba én gang siden, så helt galt er det ikke. // My knee wasn't excactly happy about being twisted last weekend. But I went to Zumba once since then, so it's not all bad. 
• Jeg har haft et par dage, hvor jeg har været ved siden af mig selv med migræne og mærkeligt humør // I've been having a few off days with migraines and strange moods. 

Kunne ikke have klaret mig uden // Couldn't have done without:

• Pastelfarvet neglelak. Okay, jeg kunne nok godt have klaret mig uden, men det har gjort min uge bedre. // Pastel nail polish. Okay, I could've done without it, but it made my week better.

Kunne godt have klaret mig uden // Could've done without:

• Migræne // Migraines

Næste uge bliver god, fordi... // Next week will be great because...:

• Min søster har fødselsdag og vi skal spise sushi for at fejre det // Because it's my sisters birthday on Tuesday and we'll be eating sushi to celebrate!
• Vi skal hjem til vores forældre. // We're going to visit our parents.
• Jeg skal endelig klippes igen! // I'll pay my hairdresser a visit! 

OOTD: Beautiful woman

De sidste par dage har jeg tænkt en helt masse på min farmor. Hun var en helt fantastisk kvinde, smuk helt indefra og ud. Hun brugte altid en masse tid på at prøve på at overbevise mig om, at jeg var helt okay, som jeg var. Jeg var en del yngre end nu og jeg troede vist ikke altid på hende, men hun troede på mig og det er jeg virkelig glad for. 

Hun var fuld af kærlighed, gavmildhed, gode historier og farver. Kjolen her minder mig altid om hende, for jeg husker hende altid i farvestrålende, også gerne blomstrede, kjoler. De var dog altid en del længere end den her. I går var det otte år siden hun døde og jeg tænkte på hende det meste af dagen. I dag tog jeg den her kjole på og mit gamle armbånd fra Pandora med frø-charm, fordi dét om noget minder mig om hende. Hun havde huset fuld af frøer i alle mulige afskygninger. Altså ikke levende frøer, vel, det ville være mærkeligt. Frøer af chokolade, frøer lavet af sten, træ eller plastisk. Tegnede frøer, oftest tegnet af hendes børnebørn. 

Når jeg ser billeder af hende som ung, begynder det at gå op for mig, at jeg ligner hende lidt. Om ikke andet har jeg tyvstjålet hendes kropsbygning og af og til har jeg "hendes" nervesammentrækning ved øjet. Når det sker, kan jeg ikke lade være med at smile og tænke på hende. Hver gang jeg ser tulipaner føles det som om hun smiler til mig fra hver eneste blomst. 

Hun var virkelig en dejlig og smuk kvinde og hun måtte godt være blevet her længere end hun gjorde. Jeg kunne i hvert fald godt tænke mig at takke hende for, at have hjulpet mig til at tro på, at jeg er okay som jeg er. 

English:
The last couple of days I've been thinking of my grandmother (my fathers mother) a lot. She was an amazing woman, beautiful inside out. She always took her time to try to convince me that I was just fine the way I was. I was younger then and I don't think I always believed her. But she always believed in me and I'm grateful for that. 

She was always so full of love,generosity, good stories and colour. This dress always reminded me of her, 'cause as I remember her she was always wearing colourful dresses, often with flowerprint too. They were always longer than this, though. She died eight years ago yesterday and she was on my mind almost all day. Today I wore this dress and an old bracelet from Pandora with a frog charm, because frogs never ever fail to remind me of her. Her house was full of different kinds of frogs. Well, not live frogs, that would be weird. Frogs made of chocolate. Frogs made of stone or tree or plastic. Or drawings of frogs made by her grandchildren.

When I see pictures of her from when she was young I'm starting to realize that I look a bit like her. If nothing else I "stole" her body type. Sometimes I have "her" eye twitch and when I do I can't help but to smile and think of her. Everytime I see tulips it feels like she's smiling at me from every single flower. 

She really was a wonderful and beautiful woman and I would have liked it if she could have stayed a little longer. I for one would love to thank her for helping me believe that I'm just fine the way I am. 

Dress - Zhenzi / Blazer - Nanna XL / Shoes - Ecco

Har I også sådan nogle personer I jeres liv? Hvem?

Do you have persons like that in your life too? Who?

Birthday Week: 1-2-3 ASK!

Hej søde mennesker!

Min blog fylder to år (hvor bliver tiden af?!) om to dage og derfor kommer ugen her til at stå i fødselsdagens tegn - senere på ugen kommer det blandt andet nogle ret fine giveaways, hvis jeg skal sige det selv og jeg glæder mig helt vildt til at fejre det med jer. 

For at ramme ugen ind tænkte jeg, at jeg kunne starte med at smide bolden lidt over på jeres side - er der nogle spørgsmål I har lyst til at stille mig? Så slutter jeg ugen af med at svare på jeres spørgsmål. Det er næsten kun fantasien der sætter grænser for, hvad I kan spørge mig om. Jeg vil svare på det meste, men kan selvfølgelig ikke garantere for, at jeg svarer på alt, hvis der dukker noget som jeg synes er for privat. 

Så hvis I gerne vil vide mere om mit studie, hvilke sange jeg går rundt og synger, hvilken størrelse jeg bruger i sko eller noget mere fantasifuldt, så er det nu I skal spørge. Jeg er ikke selv specielt god til at finde på spørgsmål, så I kan næsten kun gøre det bedre end mig! 

Jeg håber I gider at lege med!

English:

My blog will be two years (where does the time go?!) in two days and this week will be all about the birthday - later this week I'll have a few giveaways and I can't wait to celebrate this with you. 

To start this week I thought I'd start by asking you to participate - do you have any questions you'd like to ask? Then I will end the week by answering your questions. Your imagination is the limit - I'll answer most things, but I might draw some kind of privacy line. Time will show. 

So if you'd like to know more about my studies, which songs I'm singing, what size my shoes are of something more creative then ask me! I'm not very good at thinking of questions so I'm sure you'll do better than me!

I hope you feel like playing with me!. 

Hvad kunne du tænke dig at vide? 1-2-3 spørg!

What would you like to know? 1-2-3 ask!

Home sweet home

Hej dejlige mennesker. 

Tidligere i dag landede jeg i vores lejlighed i Aarhus igen. Jeg har været ti dage på Kreta med min familie og min kæreste og det var en ferie, som har været mere end tiltrængt for mig. Min sommer har været rimelig stressende og det næste stykke tid i mit liv har også potentiale til at blive det. Vi har haft nogle vidunderlige dage og jeg ville lyve, hvis jeg sagde, at jeg havde vildt meget lyst til at tage hjem. Der var noget ved stemningen og tempoet dernede, som fik jeg mig ned i gear og det har jeg haft brug for. Jeg har store planer om, at jeg skal passe på mig selv det næste stykke tid. At jeg ikke skal rende for stærkt og tage den med ro, men jeg ved også, at det ofte er nemmere sagt end gjort. Livet går jo gerne med den fart, som det vil og mit liv går stærkt for tiden. Tanken om at jeg er færdiguddannet om et år skræmmer mig en del og jeg ved ikke, hvad jeg skal stille op med det. Jeg trøster mig selv, at jeg også ville være skræmt om et år, hvis jeg var færdig om et år dér. 

Nå, nu blev det til en omgang personlig følelsessnak. Jeg ville egentlig bare fortælle jer, at jeg har haft en god ferie og at jeg er kommet godt hjem - og så vise jer lidt billeder. Dem kommer der nok flere af de næste dage også.

Hi Lovelies. 

Earlier today I came back to our apartment here in Aarhus. I've been in Crete with my family and my boyfriend for the last ten days, and I really needed the break. My summer's been quite stressfull and the future hold the potential to be stressful as well. We've had some wonderful days and I would be lyiung if I told you I wanted to go back home. There was something about the atmosphere and the speed life passed by with. It made me relax and I really needed that. I'm planning to take care of myself in the coming time, but I know it's easier said than done - I mean... Life passes at the speed it wants to and my life goes by fast. The thought about that I'll be a Master in anthropology in a year scares me a lot and I don't know what to do about it. I try to comfort myself by saying, that I would be as scared if another year went by before I'd be done. 

Oh well, this turned out to be a lot of personal talk about feelings. I just wanted to tell you that I've had a really good vacation and that I'm back home - and show you a few photos. There will be more of those in the next couple of days. 

Liebster Award

Søde Sarah har bedt mig om at deltage i Liebster Award - og hun er typen, der kan få mig med på det meste. Reglerne er som følger:

- Skriv 11 (eller flere) facts om dig selv

- Svar på de spørgsmål, som personen der har nomineret dig stiller

- Nominer nogle mennesker, som du gerne vil vide mere om

- Og skriv så 11 spørgsmål til dem, som de skal svare på (hvis de altså har lyst). 

Og jeg har lyst - så her kommer der altså en lang smøre om mig selv. Resten bliver på engelsk - det håber jeg, I kan leve med.

Sweet Sarah asked me to take par in the Liebster Award - and she's the type who can get me to do most things, I guess. Like buying a bikini. The rules are:

- Write up 11 (or more?) facts about yourself

- Answer the questions given by the person who tagged/nominated you

- Tag some folks you'd like to know more about

- Write up 11 question for those people. 

And I feel like doing this - so prepare for a lot of talking... about me. The rest of this post will be in English.

First thing to do is to figure out 11 facts about me... I already find this hard to be honest. 

1. My boyfriend says I'm "a nerd in a funny way", because it's got nothing to do with maths, physics or computers. I'm an cultural anthropology nerd and will see the anthropological relevance in almost anything. 
2. As long as I can remember I've been very fond about liquorice. Especially the Danish salty one. If you don't know it and come to Denmark you should try it - but I'm not sure you'd like it. I've given it to several foreign people and only a few liked it. If I'm going to be away from Denmark for a while I will think about bringing salty liquorice with me. Seriously.
3. I've got a celebrity crush on Eddie Redmayne. 
4. When I was younger I couldn't pee if someone was looking. When my mum, sister and I went shopping and went to the same bathroom they had to stand in the corner with their eyes in the wall.
5. I was never really fond of sports. I tried handball a few times, dancing, swimming and even teakwondo. I played tennis for a few years though. And lately I've fallen in love with Zumba. 
6. I guess I was kind of a weird child - back then I was probably a nerd in a funny way too. I remember once in school when we were to hand in an essay on whatever subject we wanted I wrote about... Well, everyone else probably wrote fairytales or about why football was cool. I wrote a historical essay about the oldest town of Denmark, called Ribe. You know... About the kings and queens who used to live there, the churches and so on... 
7. Once I also wrote an "entire book" about Danish Christmas traditions and their origins. Weird kid.
8. When I was 15 I was a real pop music kinda gal. I remember one day when I was going to visit my boyfriend at the time - he was home alone and was in the shower when I got there. And he had turned the music up in his room so he could hear it in the bathroom. I was too afraid to go to his room because the music was too heavy and frightening to me, so I just sat in the hall talking with his dog. Later I found out that the music playing was by the Danish rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy. The funny thing is: It's not heavy. AT ALL! I was just listening to too much sugar sweet pop at the time. And now I really like Dizzy Mizz Lizzy too. 
9. I'm a little too fond of Pepsi Max.
10. I'm a messy sleeper. I rotate a lot during the night so I often wake up with practically no sheet beneath me. Or with the duvet completely messed up in the covers. Luckily my boyfriend hardly ever notices - he's a heavy sleeper. 
11. I met my current boyfriend (almost four years now) online. We met the first time on my birthday at a parking lot with my entire family because they were helping me move to Aarhus. Nine days later we were girlfriend and boyfriend. 

If you were invited to a costume party and you had unlimited funds for said costume, what would it be?
I'm not sure. To be honest I've never really been a fan of costume parties. Sure, they can be fun. But you know what can be fun too? To come as yourself, just as you are. I know... We all dress up more or less to go to parties anyway. But I can get a bit frustrated about costume parties because... Well, what if I just want to wear my new pretty blue dress? 
Having said that... I would probably go with a pretty cindarella-princess-ish gown. I guess we all have a small princess dream hidden somewhere... 

Who is your favourite band or artist and why? Keep in mind that "just because" is totally a valid answer. 
The answer to this question is: Tina Dico. She's a Danish sing and songwriter and I've been listening to he r music for... Probably around seven or eight years. Some people find her music boring, I find it relaxing and inspiring. She tells stories beautifully and she's been the soundtrack for so many situations in my life with beautiful life lessons as: "Sometimes the fastest way to get there is to go slow", "It's not about taming your pain and your fear and your enemy - you gotta let it all loose and surrender to life's uncertainty" and so on. Also I adore her in concert and I've seen her live more times than I could propably recall. Here's one of my favourite songs that's calmed me down so many times:

If you could afford anything what you want, in whatever size will fit your perfectly, what would be your perfect outfit, and what would it be for? A picnic? A gala? An extremely difficult recon mission?
Uhm... Let me think... Right now I can't stop thinking about a Carrie Bradshaw-ish tutu and Paris. I would love to go to Paris. And feel all girly. In a tutu. With cake. French cake. How can you not love French cake? Not the macarons though. They can keep those for themselves. 

How has your favourite book affected you?
Is it okay to answer: "I'm not sure" again? I really don't know. I don't even know what my favourite book is. I guess when I was younger Harry Potter kinda gave me hope, that I wasn't all weird and that Hagrid would come and pick me up and apologize for not getting me sooner (since I was turned 11 years ago). It was a weird dream though 'cause I always got homesick when I had to spend a night away from my family at home. And I was so scared of You Know Who... So why I wanted to go to Hogwarts is a mystery. I guess I just wanted to be Hermiones best clever friend. Since then I've been fascinated with several books, but right now Khaled Hosseini and Ken Follett comes to mind especially. 

You're able to take a trip anywhere in the world, for however long as you choose. Where would you go? How long would you stay? How would you get there? Sky's the limit here.
What if the trip was a "go around the world trip"? Would that be okay? There are so many places I want to go to and I would love to take a year out and just do it... However I'm the kind of person that really begins to miss her home after a week or so, so maybe I would be better off by just travelling often. Like once a month. For a weekend. Or a week. Or two weeks at a time. Depending on the destination. 
Right now I'm dreaming about New York and I would probably stay for a week or two. 

What did you want to be when you grow up? What about now?
When I was in kindergarten I remember wanting to be a cleaning lady. Because the cleaning lady at my kindergarten was so nice. I couldn't pronounce it correctly back then and I guess I left the dream behind quite quickly. At around age 13 though I actually worked cleaning the office of the priest who was going to do my confirmation. Later I wanted to be a teacher. Later again, around age 15, I wanted to become a journalist. I took a gap year between high school and university and I sometimes worked as a temp at a school. And I also worked as a youth journalist at the local newspaper for several years. So I guess I can say all my dreams have come true - kind of. I still want to be a journalist though. And a cultural anthropologist. At a newspaper. Writing portraits of interesting people and societies, describing how they percieve and understand the world they live in. 

How did you get into blogging?
I started blogging about one and a half year ago. I started it because I decided, that sometimes you have to be the change you want to see in the world. Back then I couldn't find a lot of plus size bloggers, at least not Danish, so I decided to start one myself. Afterwards I stumbled across more plus size blogs than I have time to read though... 

What do you want from your own blog?
I guess I just wanted to be inspired. By others who I hoped would become a part of my blogging network and by myself as well. And I'm getting that from my blog. It makes me want to be inspired. Not every day - some days I just need to wear something that's not special at all. Maybe just sit in my pj's all day. I want to feel inspired and I want to feel confident. I don't every day. But most days I do. And I think that's partly because I make sure I feel pretty in the way I dress. That might sound superficial, but if it makes me feel better about myself and love myself more, then that's okay. I know I'm more than what I wear and how I look - but I don't see why I shouldn't be able to like what I see in the mirror every day. And I get that from my blog, because it inspires me to do so. And because my readers inspires me to do so with their lovely comments. Some tells me that I inspire them as well and that's huge for me. Really... I think that's the greatest compliment anyone could ever get. 

What is your least favourite food?
I'm not sure (have I said that too much?). Really - I'm almost omnivorous. Or at least I'll taste anything and like it more or less. I can't really think of anything I cannot eat if I have to. Maybe pork liver would be on the top of the list of food I have to force down though. 

You spend all day breezing through about a season and a half of a show on Netflix. What is that show?
Probably Glee. Or Desperate Housewives. Or Big Bang Theory. Or Glee. 

What's one thing you've always wanted to learn about, or learn to do?
To play an instrument. The piano or the guitar (I play a little, but I'm not very good). Or well... I guess that's not all true. I didn't want to learn when I was a child. But I wish I did. 

And the nominees are: I would love to see something from Katha, Miss Biggy and Ela. If you want to answer as well - feel free to do so! I would love to know about you too!

My questions to you are:

1.  What's your favourite place on earth?
2.  What's the best concert you have gone to? And why?
3. Why did you start your blog?
4. Who inspires you and why?
5. Where would you like to be right now, if you could go anywhere?
6. What do you want to get from blogging?
7. What's you're favourite piece of clothing right now?
8. It's Sunday and you can do whatever you want: what would you do to make the day perfect?
9. What's your favourite piece of music? Why?
10. Do you have any words of wisdom you live by? What is it?
11. What's your best experience in connection to blogging?

And that's it! Are you still there?!

OOTD: You'll be seeing more of my pale legs!

Jeg kan altså love jer, at I kommer til at se meget-meget mere til mine blege lår, for jeg er blevet superfan af de her shorts. Jeg har allerede nu planer om at skambruge dem til sommer. Sådan er det bare! Forresten - sommeren kunne godt lige komme igen, ikke? Den fylder altså en med lidt mere energi. Dette ouftit gik jeg rundt i i Københavns helt centrale gader i fredags. I weekenden har jeg bare slappet af og det har været veltrængt, kan jeg mærke. Her til aften har jeg spist sammen med nogle venner fra mit kor og nu... Ja, nu tager jeg tilløb og dybe suk over, at næste hverdags-etape indeholder masser af eksamener og arbejde. Og det er altså hårdt at tænke på, når jeg mest bare har brug for at slappe af for tiden. Jeg håber, jeg overlever! Det gør jeg forhåbentligt. Jeg ser utroligt meget frem til sommerferie, men hvis jeg er uheldig ser jeg først noget til ferie til august, hvor jeg skal til Kreta med min familie. Jeg glæder mig helt vildt, men der er bare så lang tid til. 

I promise you that you will see my pale legs a lot this summer. A lot. 'Cause I've become a big fan of these shorts and I'm planning on wearing them to shame (or fame?) this summer. That's the way it's gonna be. By the way - I would like the sunny weather to come back, please! It gives so much more energy. I walked around Copenhagen's most central streets on friday. I've not been doing much this weekend apart from relaxing a lot, which was really needed. Tonight I had dinner with a few friend from my choir and now..? Well, I'm getting mentally ready for yet another "every day phase" containing a lot of exams and a LOT of work. And it's hard to think about when all you really want to is to relax and take care of yourself. Hopefully I'll survive. I'm looking so much forward to my summer holiday, but if I'm unlucky I won't see much of it before August, when I'll be going to Crete with my family. I can't wait to go, it's just so far away.

Hvad gør du, når du ikke lige kan overskue hverdagens næste etape?

What do you do, when you can't cope with the coming months? 

Buy what fits - sometimes (sadly) you have to....

T-shirt - H&M

Igår var jeg ude at shoppe efter overdele i lilla. Jeg er nemlig blevet medlem af et skønt kor og om to uger står jeg i London med og synger koncerter med dem. Og det foregår altså i lilla. Og eftersom at jeg ingenting ejer i lilla, så måtte jeg jo finde noget. Hvilket ikke er nemt, fordi:

1. Lilla er umiddelbart ikke den mest populære farve lige nu (med mindre man er vild med pastel-lilla, hvilket ikke lige er mig i øjeblikket...)

2. Når lilla ikke i forvejen ikke er super-populært og let at finde i almindelige størrelser, så er det faktisk så godt som umuligt at finde i plus size (fordi plus size-mærkerne åbenbart har tænkt sig at følge med tidens trends i år - hvilket er pisse fedt. Hvis det ikke var fordi jeg seriøst mangler lilla tøj).

Så derfor var jeg tvunget til at tage mig til takke med det, jeg kunne finde i almindelige størrelser - hvilket i forvejen ikke var meget. Men når man samtidig godt ved, at man skal igennem en seriøs kamp mod størrelserne i prøverummet, så er der ligesom ikke plads til at være alt for forfængelig og kræsen. Så jeg tog alt med lilla nuancer (bortset fra pastel...) med mig og kæmpede mig igennem en lille håndfuld overdele hvoraf én kunne forsvares som passende.

Og det gjorde mig faktisk skidt tilpas, fordi jeg med hjælp fra andre skønne plus size bloggere har lært, at jeg ikke behøver "nøjes" med det der passer mig - der er nok at vælge imellem til at jeg kan vælge det, jeg har lyst til at gå med. I langt de fleste tilfælde i hvert fald. Så situationen igår sendte mig lidt tilbage til usikre teenagedage, hvor jeg mere eller mindre bare blev nødt til at gå i det, der passede og blev nødt til at se bort fra om snittet, farven og udtrykket passede til mig... Om det var moderne eller gammelkone-agtigt.

Så min pointe? Hurra for plus size-tøj som giver os muligheder, hurra for at vi minder hinanden om, at vi ikke behøver nøjes. Og... hurra for tøj med stræk i!

Yesterday I went shopping for purple tops. I joined a wonderful choir and in two weeks I'll be in London doing a few concerts. And I have to wear purple for that. Since I don't have anything purple in my choir I had to find something. Which turned out to be quite difficult because:

1. Purple is not exactly the most popular colour at the moment (unless you really like that pastel purple - and I'm not quite there yet....)

2. Because purple is hard to find even in normal sizes it's even harder in plus size, because this season plus size brands decided to be pretty much on trend. Which is cool. If only I didn't desperately need something purple... 

So I was forced to take what I could find in straight sizes, since there was nothing in the plus size ranges I found. And even in straight sizes there weren't much. And since I knew I was going to have a struggle with sizes I didn't have much room to be picky. So I took everything purple with me (well... Almost. Not the pastel ones and the once without any stretch in them). I tried them all on and one of the pieces fit alright. 

It didn't exactly make me feel good, because with help from the wonderful plus size community I've learned that I don't have to just take what fits me. There's enough to choose from, so that I can choose what I want to wear. As long as I don't have to buy something very specific. Like a purple top.  The situation yesterday made me feel like an insecure teenager that had to buy what I could fit into and had to not think about if the colour, the cut or if it's on trend or too grandmother-ish. 

My point? Well... Hurray for plus size clothes that give us something to pick from, hurray for Us because we remind each other that we have a choice, and..... hurray for clothes with stretch!

Har du set noget pænt lilla for nyligt? Så tip mig gerne. 

Have you seen anything pretty and purple lately? Please let me know then!

Thank god it's weekend

De sidste to uger har været enormt travle for mig og nu ånder jeg lettet op over, at jeg har weekend. Og over, at min kollega kommer hjem fra ferie på mandag, så jeg ikke behøver at være studerende og arbejde nærmest fuldtid på samme tid. Jeg er træt nu og derfor har jeg planer om, at resten af min weekend skal bestå af pæne forårsblomster i lejligheden, slik, tv, en god bog, varme strømper, nattøj og god mad (læs: pulled pork i morgen aften, pasta med laks og spinat i aften). Og måske en smule zumba, fordi det er skægt. 

The last two weeks has been suuuuper busy and now I'm just happy that it's finally weekend! And that my co-worker's holiday is over, so I don't have to be a fulltime student and fulltime worker at the same time. I'm so tired now and that's why I planned that the rest of my weekend will be all about flowers in my apartment, candy, tv, a good book, warm socks, pyjamas and nice food (read: pulled pork tomorrow and pasta with salmon and spinnach tonight). And maybe a bit of zumba, because it's fun!

Jeg glæder mig til næste weekend, for der skal jeg hjem til mine forældre og fejre min søsters fødselsdag. Og måske endda hilse på venner, som jeg ikke har set i en evighed! Og til frisør. Det bliver godt. 

I can't wait till next weekend, because I'm going to my parent's to celebrate my sisters birthday. And maybe even see friends I haven't seen since forever! And I'm going to my hair dresser. It'll be great! 

Hvad laver du denne weekend?

What are you doing this weekend?

Lately I've been...

... jeg har lovet jer indlæg, jeg ikke har skrevet endnu.
... haft virkelig travlt.
... arbejdet ualmindeligt meget.
... været småsyg rigtig længe.
... været mega-super træt.
... mindet mig selv om citatet på billedet og egentlig haft det ret godt.

Jeg lover, at jeg snart vender tilbage og leger ordentlig blogger!

... promising you posts I haven't written yet. 
... really busy.
... working soooo much.
... kind of sick... for a long time now. I'm getting tired of this cold. 
... really, really tired. 
... reminded myself of the quote on the picture and being happy.

I promise I'll come back soon to play the part as a real blogger. ;)

Psst! For my non-Danish readers

I just wanted to let you know that I FINALLY updated my backstage page and translated it into English. It took me too long, but at least now you have the chance, if you want to read a little bit more about me.

Also! If there's anything more you would like to know - please just let me know!

On surviving exams

Jeg er hoppet på eksamensvognen igen. Og jeg er også småsyg (og her i influenzatiden må jeg nok understrege, at det vist bare er lidt ondt i halsen, svimmelhed og sløjhed), så det er ikke ligefrem fordi jeg har overvældende mængder af energi til at skrive den. Jeg overlever fordi jeg har verdens sødeste kæreste, som nusser omkring mig og fordi jeg bruger (lidt for meget, ahem) tid på at internet-ose og drømme om at tage steder hen. For eksempel et af stederne nedenfor. Og det er faktisk ikke så urealistisk igen. Hvem ved? Måske jeg går rundt i Hamburg sidst på måneden. I hvert fald virker det som om, det er der hr. Kæreste helst vil hen, hvis vi skal afsted. Og jeg klager da ikke.

I'm writing an exam again. And I'm a little sick (and with everyone lying down with flue I have to say that my throat is just a little sore, I'm a little dizzy and just tired - nothing serious), so I'm not exactly bursting with exam-energy. I'm surviving because I have the world's best boyfriend who's taking care of me and because I'm spending (a little too much time) internet-"shopping" and dreaming about going somewhere. For example one of the places below. Who knows? I might be walking around Hamburg at the end of the month. At least it seems that Mr. boyfriend rather wants to go there, if we're going anywhere. And I won't complain.

Hvor vil du helst hen ligenu?

Where would you want to go right now?

2012 recap

Har i 2012: / This happened in 2012:

- Jeg var i udlandet to gange: Tyskland, hvor jeg var i vidunderlige Hamburg og Berlin med min kæreste og smukke Barcelona med min søster / I went on vacation twice; I went to wonderful Hamburg and Berlin with my boyfriend and beautiful Barcelona with my sister.
- Jeg blev bachelor i antropologi og journalistisk formidling. Og startede på min kandidat. / I finished my bachelor in anthropology and journalism. And started on my master.
- Døden holdt sig ikke væk og jeg mistede min farfar / Death didn't stay away and I lost my grandfather.
- Fået pandehår igen / Got my bangs back.
- Jeg spiste to østers! / I ate two oisters!
- Efter flere år købte jeg en badedragt, som jeg rent faktisk gad at bruge / After several years I bought a swimsuit I actually wanted to wear.

I 2012 gjorde jeg ting, som jeg ikke troede jeg ville: / In 2012 I did things I thought I never would: 

- Jeg startede denne blog / I started blogging here
- Jeg købte en smart phone / I bought a smart phone
- Jeg meldte mig ind i fitness / I joined the gym
- Jeg købte læsebriller / I bought reading glasses

I 2012 nåede jeg ikke: / In 2012 I didn't get to:
- At komme til Paris eller Prag eller New York eller Amsterdam eller London eller Rom eller... / Go to Paris or Prague or New York or Amsterdam or London or Rome or.... 
- At lære at gå i højhælede sko... / Learn to walk in high heeled shoes.

2013 bliver året, hvor: / This will happen in 2013:
- Jeg skal til mindst én Tina Dickow-koncert / I'll be going to at least one Tina Dico concert.
- Jeg skal savne min veninde, fordi hun skal studere i Amsterdam / I'll be missing my friend who will be studying in Amsterdam.
- Jeg forhåbentligt skal til Amsterdam / I'll hopefully go to Amsterdam
- Jeg forhåbentligt skal til Skotland / I'll hopefully go to Skotland
- Jeg vil blive bedre til at bruge læbestift / I'll get better at wearing lipstick

Hvilke håb og mål har du for 2013? 

What hopes and goals do you have for 2013?

Things that don't match...

Ting der ikke passer så godt sammen er sygdom og eksamener. Hele dagen er gået med at sove og banke mig selv i hovedet, fordi migrænen gør det mere eller mindre umuligt at holde ud at være mig. Og så at stresse over, at jeg burde skrive eksamen i stedet. Men i dag er det simpelthen umuligt.

Things that do not go together is being sick and writing exams. I spend the entire day sleeping and hitting my self in the head (not too hard, I promise!), because the migraine is making it more or less impossible to be me today. And I've been stressing out because I really ought to be doing my exam instead... But today it simply is impossible!

Welcome to my home - Christmas Edition #2

Welcome to my home - Christmas edition

Bring on December! Advent calendar

Hej derude! Er I klar til at december bliver skudt igang i morgen? Det er jeg og I skal nok få lov til at se lidt af, hvordan mit lille hjem ser ud, når julen er over os. Jeg er gået mere in end jeg plejer i år - jeg har på fornemmelsen, at det skal ses som min overlevelsesstrategi i forhold til en meget hård eksamen, som jeg skal hygge mig med det meste af december. 

Igår var jeg ude og turbo-shoppe en pakkekalender til min kæreste. Da jeg faldt over denne fine julekalender hos Hey Look, så vidste jeg bare, at jeg blev nødt til at lave den og skabe lidt ekstra julestemning. Den pynter fint og jeg er ret sikker på, at jeg får næsten ligeså meget glæde af at kigge på den, som han får ud af åbne den. I skal nok få lov til at se billeder af kalenderen - vil I også gerne se, hvad der er i den?

Da jeg kom hjem kunne jeg ikke lade være med at udbryde, at det altså ville være meget lettere at lave en pakkekalender til en pige. Han så ikke ligefrem overbevist ud - så for at bevise det, så satte jeg mig selv på en prøve: hvor hurtigt kunne jeg mon samle 24 små gaver, som jeg ville blive glad for? Jeg endte med 25 gaver (ja, så god er jeg åbenbart til at tælle...) og det tog mig 26 minutter og 51 sekunder at snuse dem op på nettet. 

Hi everyone! Are you ready for December to begin tomorrow? I am! And I'll let you see what my little home looks like when Christmas is here one of these days. I've gone even more in this year - I guess it's a survival strategy of mine. I have a really tough exam in front of me and it is going to keep me company most of December. To get through it I need A LOT of Christmas happiness. 

Yesterday I went turbo-shopping for an advent calendar for my boyfriend. I stumbled across this beautiful free printable advent calendar at Hey Look and I instantly knew I had to do it! More Christmas spirit please! It looks really nice and I'm almost sure I'll get as much joy out of it just looking at is as he will from opening it. You will get to see pictures of the calendar - do you want to know what's in it too?

Anyway! When I got home I told him that it would have been much easier to do an advent calendar for a girl. He didn't look convinced - so to prove it I put myself to the test; how look would it take to find 24 small gifts that would make me happy? I ended up with 25 gifts (I guess that's how good I am at counting...) and it took me 26 minutes and 51 seconds! 

1. Chokoladelakrids fra Black/Chocolate covered liqourice from Black 2. Fodsalt fra Matas/Foot salt for foot baths from Matas 3. Fine notesbøger fra Søstrene Grene/Pretty notebooks from Søstrene Grene 4+5. Vatrondeller fra Matas/Cotton pads from Matas 6. Fine porcelænsting fra Søstrene Grene/Pretty things in porcelain from Søstrene Grene 7. Mønstret tape fra Søstrene Grene/Patterned tape from Søstrene Grene 8. Hårsmykke fra H&M/Hair jewelry from H&M 9. God film /A good movie 10+11. Varme sokker fra H&M/Warm socks from H&M 12. Sølv neglelak fra Depend/Silver nail polish from Depend 13. Den har jeg åbenbart glemt - så er det kun 24 gaver alligevel! Så passer det hele jo igen/Obviously I forgot it... I guess there's only 24 gifts anyway! It all fits after all 14+15. Flere varme sokker fra H&M/More warm socks from H&M 16+17+18+19. Dejlige masker!/Nice facial masks 20. God the fra Yogi/Lovely tea from Yogi
 21. En tandbørste med pænt mønster/A tooth brush with a nice pattern 22. Læbestift fra Rimmel/Lipstick from Rimmel 23. Hårnåle fra H&M/Hair grips from H&M 24. Smuk neglelak fra Rimmel/Beautiful nail polish from Rimmel 25. Lækker chokolade/Nice chocolate

 Hvad kunne du godt tænke dig, at der var i, hvis du fik en pakkekalender fra en du holder af?

What would you like to get in an adventcalendar? 

Welcome to my home

Welcome to my home

Endnu engang byder jeg jer velkommen ind i mit hjem. Russiske dukker, smuk afrikansk kvinde, cambodianske skåle, buddhistiske lotusblomster og masser af studiebøger - er det til at ane, hvad jeg læser? 

Once again I welcome you into my home. Russian dolls, a beautiful African woman, Cambodian bowls, buddhist flowers and lots of books - can you tell what I'm studying from this?