Booooring
I don't have anything to write about right now. Any suggestions? Something you wanna know about?
Ingrid, I tried to check how much it cost to ship a box over to Sweden, but I didn't find out how much it would be. I'll call them some day this week and I'll let you know. Are you going to order them?
Family is the best Christmas gift
For Christian people, Christmas is a holiday celebrated because of Jesus. In Sweden, my family’s main point of celebrating it to get together with all of our relatives, eat a lot of good food, laugh a whole lot and of course, to get presents.
Everyone is excited for this holiday. Stores located in downtown and people living where a lot of people walk by start decorating their windows over one month before Christmas Eve. Our family starts the first Advent with everything except for the tree. It’s everything from small Santa Clauses, to Rudolf the Reindeer, angels, Advent lights and candles. The actual tree is a live tree, and that’s why we wait to put it up until a few days before Christmas Eve. We like to make our house smell too.
Food is a big thing around the holiday. I normally take a full day with my closest friends just making Christmas candy and sweets. We wrap them up in paper and decorate them with Christmas-colored ribbons. Christmas decoration and colors are pretty much the same here. In my family, we don’t have statues of Maria and Jesus, but except for that I can’t tell a difference.
At Christmas Eve, my relatives come together to celebrate the day. A lot of years, people have come to us to eat and spend the evening. They come at 1 am and stays for however long they want to. We start out eating. We have a big table of different things, like boiled potatoes, chipolata sausage, meatballs, herring, bread, crackers, cheese ball and some other dishes and dressings that are typical Swedish. The desserts are very Swedish too. The only similar ones are gingerbread, cinnamon rolls, toffee, taffy and boxes of sorted chocolate.
After eating, there’s this cartoon on television that last for about one hour. Almost everyone in Sweden watches this show, and it’s the same every year. I always get really sleepy after eating all that food and then relaxing in front of the TV. Right after the show is over, Santa Claus comes. He is big and dressed all red just like here. He has a big bag over his shoulder filled with presents and he says “Hoo, hoo!!”. One of my cousins pull up a chair for him and we let him sit down there giving the presents out. This is so exciting.
The following two days we spend with relatives as well. We normally just eat and get to see the people we didn’t see on Christmas Eve. The 25th is always with my dad’s family, and the 26th with my moms.
After getting all the presents, we open them together and everyone shows each other what they get. We laugh and have a great time together. By this time we also realize that we don’t need all the presents to have a good time. My best Christmas gift will always be my family and so is it even this year. They will come over to Versailles during the holiday and I can’t wait to see them again.The Christmas tree is up
Going shopping
Some of the things I bought
Pictures from Thanksgiving
Sneak peek haha
Black Friday shopping
This is what happens when you go shopping on black Friday. You fill the car, too full.. We had to sit with all that stuff in our knees. But this is not all. We stoped at DICKS too, and when you have a sportgirl to sister, you can expect some extra bags.
First thanksgiving, done
3 pictures of what's going on
Långhelg!!
Last day in school
Tomorrow we will start eating. Cause that's what you do during this time. You eat. Sleep, and eat again. We're having turkey on turkey-thursday. Ooooooo it's gonna be awesome!!! Turkey is my favorite and I'm so excited. Yesterday, Robin (my host-mom) baked a cheesecake. She'll make even more things today and when everyone get together they'll bring a lot of things too. I'll taste everything! And I'll give you a lot of pictures.
Then, another exciting day, black Friday. Black Friday is the day when all the stores starts their sales. You can get a lot of great deals but everyone in the stores will be agressive. On the comercial (TV) I saw people walking with their carts taking stuff from the other people carts. Even on the TV! I can't even imagine how it will be in the actual stores.. Oh my! But I'm so excited, and I guess I'll have to be agressive myself.
I'm going to the mall shopping. It's probably not as bad their. The worst places are Walmart, Target and all them stores with the electronics and all that. They have some awesome deals. I'm more looking for clothes and things. I might buy an iPad too tho, but if the line is too long or the stores too crowded, I wont. Because the sales continues until Christmas. How good is that? In Sweden the sales starts after Christmas...when everyone has bought their presents. This is so much better!
So, that's what will happen the next two days. I suppose the bloging wont be very good during these days, but after it's over, I'll make up for it. I'll try to give you a couple of post tho, so you know whats happening in my life. You'd be to bored without them wouldn't you haha..
Have a great day! I'll talk to you later. Probably today again, or tomorrow. I don't really have anything to say yet. I'm just waiting for the holiday!!!
Babypictures
My dad and I
2 years old
Me and mom
Ice-cream was probably a favorite already. And here they havn't seen a "haklapp", I was surpised
Aw, me and daddy with red shirts
Me and two of my cousins (Alexander & Malin)
Mom and I
Me
Me and Malin (my cousin)
Mom and I
Me
Again
Sigrid and I
This was what my teeth looked like before I got braces. And the picture is from Dalslands Kanal I suppose
Me sitting in a helicopter
Me, my dad and my brother
Me in Rome
Dad as happy as he can be (except for when he is with his family). This is his life, and I know how much he enjoys everything with boats.
Rebecca (my friend), dad and I. So much fun!
Me and my brother
Mom made us match each other every now and then
Hahhaha cutes brother ever
Sooo cute
Awwww
My brother and our cousin. They looked so much alike
Working in photoshop
Here is the start file
Here is the retouched file
(I don't know if the pictures work. But I gotta go now, the bell is ringing. i try again later)
Spelling
Though* is correct spelling, not tho! BUT. looove your blog! <3
Yea, I know. U = you, 4 = for, r = are, y = why and so on. It's not formal to write wanna/gonna and all that stuff either. Neither is yea.. But thanks anyway, it would be nice to know if I thought it was spelled "tho".
I'm gonna use slang and informal language/spelling at my blog every now and then because having a perfect blog is just too unpersonal and boring according to me.
Plans for today
I also have a story to write for tomorrow, and another story in Journalism. I'll try to get everything done today so I'm done for like another month when it comes to studing.
Today is a boring day. It's raining outside, feels a lot like in Sweden. I'm looking forward to lunch (take a break) and then to study hall (last period). I fell asleep in history again. Like literaly fell asleep, bad. Cause when she turned the lights on again (after watching the movie) it felt so wierd. I didn't know where I was for a second, I forgot that I fell asleep.
So today I'm gonna study and make sure I fall asleep early. I have a feeling that I'll be full of energy later tho, so I'll just hope my feeling becomes reality.
I don't have any pictures for this time. I'll give you some when I come home. Hugs!
Goodnight
Miss
Dreamhair
Yesterday
Mmm, living the American life
Before I go for a nap
A few favorites
Sweatshirts from VS and Hollister
Other sweatshirts with teams and collages - Colts and Bearcats (people either like the Colts or the Bengels here)
3 tops that I like (from left: Hollister, Weet seal and Hollister)
Some jewellery
New clothes
Yesterday I was trying to blog but I didn't get the internet at the house to work. So I prepared some posts instread, with pictures and stuff.
Sofia asked for a post with my new clothes. I took a picture of all the clothes that I bought this time, except for the underwear. I so hate that we don't have Victoria Secret i Sweden, that is the best store ever.
This shoppingtrip, I didn't find a whole lot. Normally I find a bunch of things. I found a bad too (just hit me), that I didn't take a picture of. There is a picture of it here (link), and of the belts that I bought.
I'll upload a post with my favorites so far later today.
1) White skirt from Abercrombie & Fitch and belt from Forever21. 2) Black skirt from Forever21. 3) Sweater from Forever21. 4) Blue/white skirt from Abercrombie & Fitch. I also bought the top from yesterdays outfit, se here (link).
Lite fragor/kommentarer
Emma
Nej, jag är helt seriös. När jag kom hit vägde jag ungefär 60-62 kilo. Nu väger jag 66-67. Jag har alltså gått upp 7 kilo. Antar att det var 8 tidigare jag minns inte riktigt. När jag först kom hit kände jag att jag måste prova precis allt nytt. Och lat som jag var tränade jag ingenting. Sen förra veckan är det lite annorlunda, jag köpte nämligen ett gymkort. Ska försöka komma iväg några gånger i veckan, beroende på hur mycket tid jag har. Detta med vikt är inte så viktigt för mig detta året, för jag har verkligen intalat mig själv att bara njuta. Jag vet att jag inte kommer bli tjock, och sen när året är slut så kommer allt bli som vanligt igen. Jag vill inte gå där hemma och känna ”jag skulle gjort det istället för att träna den där gången”, eller ”jag skulle ha smakat på den där tårtan den där gången” osv. Det kommer inte hänga mig haha!
Jag vet faktiskt inte riktigt vart allt har lagt sig. Magen är fortfarande i princip platt, så det är väl lite ben, rumpa och höfter antar jag.
Jag är 180 lång, enligt vissa 181, men jag håller mig till 180 haha. Längre än det vill jag liksom inte vara… Antar att vi är ganska lika/var ganska lika i kroppen innan. Vem är du? Har du blogg? I så fall får du gärna länka. Skulle vara kul att få en bild i huvudet på den man pratar med/skriver till eller som läser ens blogg. Det är ju ca 100 om dagen, och jag vet inte ens vilka hälften är.
Jag vet att vikt och sånt kan verka personligt, men jag bryr mig faktiskt inte. Inte alls! Och Emma skrev till och med ”du behöver inte svara”. Jag kommer alltid bara svara på det jag vill här i bloggen, och för personliga frågor ignoreras. Så var inte rädda för att fråga, jag kommer bara svara på det jag vill/känner för.
Kram!
Linnea
Tack så jättemycket! Detta gjorde min dag när jag läste det. 1 år alltså, det är länge. I princip så länge jag har haft min blogg. Den är väldigt annorlunda nu i jämförelse med hur den var innan jag flyttade. Mycket mindre dagens outfit, mode och inspirationstips, mer utav livet i USA och vad jag sysslar med på dagarna. Hoppas inte det får dig att tröttna!
L
Jag kan publicera själva artiklarna som jag skriver, i och med att jag har dokumenten. Sen finns det en hel del andra artiklar i tidningen. Något speciellt du är intresserad av?
Jennie
Mjölk är den bästa drycken ever! Utan att krydda alltså, så sjukt gott. De andra dricker sweet tea, energidrycker, läsk eller vatten. Jag känner ju bara att… mjölk är bäst. De skrattar lite för jag dricker väldigt mycket mjölk.
Och förresten, det var inte yoggi i bakgrunden på den bilden med biscuits & gravey, hihi.
Amanda
Jag har bytt värdfamilj. Detta blir en lång historia, men jag tar den i stora drag.
Du har helt rätt, min förra värdfamilj hade en enorm trädgård (gick inte ens att se slutet på den). De var underbara, Tracy och Greg. De båda var roliga och jag hade inget emot dem. Tracy jobbar på skolan så jag ser henne lite då och då och snackar med henne och allt. Vi firade exempelvis hennes födelsedag i måndags och då sov både jag och Klara över (som också bodde i samma familj). Men sen dog Tracys pappa, som hon stod väldigt nära. Det var en ledsam stämning och allt sånt där. Hon tog det väldigt hårt (förståeligt, hade jag också gjort). Detta är en av anledningarna. En annan anledning är också att hon flyttade till en liten lägenhet där jag inte kunde ha mitt eget rum. Inte heller Klara.
Jag har nu flyttat in hos en kompis i skolan, Jessica och hennes familj. Det är grymt här! Men var snäll att kom ihåg att jag hade inga problem och inga fighter med min förra värdfamilj. Jag umgås fortfarande med dem!
Jessicas familj har ett litet hus. Det är 3 sovrum (mitt, Jessicas och hennes mamma och styvpappa), ett badrum, två garderober (walk in, sen finns andra garderober för oss), ett vardagsrum, ett kök och matbord. Trädgården är väldigt fin på baksidan, med utsikt över en skog eller vad man ska säga. Det är värsta stupet också, jag vet inte hur jag ska beskriva det, för det låter riktigt fult.
Så, så ligger det till. Jag trivs jättebra och allt löste sig lyckligtvis perfekt. Åker bil med Jessica till skolan varje morgon och mammans syster som jobbar på skolan kör mig hem varje dag. Jessica har nämligen träning varje dag efter skolan och systern (till mamman) bor granne).
Klara flyttade in med EF-representanten i vår område, så hon trivs också väldigt bra.
Sofia
Jag har tagit bilder på alla kläder jag köpte denna gång, för det var inte så många. Tog dock ingen bild på mina underkläder haha, kändes lite awekward. Men det kommer upp under veckan, beror lite på när jag har internet och allt sånt där.
Yesterdays outfit / new top
Jeans - Pepe Jeans, top - Abercrombie & Fitch
My favorite breakfast in the US
Today I'll go straight home after school and I have a bunch of things to do. Mostly lists to write. Dad, you'll get your list later today, by e-mail.
Instead I give you picture of biscuits and gravey. I swear, it's the best breakfast you can have over here. It's so good! Not everyones is perfect, but my hostmom Robin's is soooo good. I'm her biggest fan of this breakfast and I keep telling her how much I like it. She'll make it for my family when they come over. I just love it!
Quick update
I have no time at all right now. I just wanted to say that I'll answer all the questions (I don't know how many) during the day today. Probably last period.
I'll try to log on skype last period too. That is 8-9 Swedish time, so be there then!
Hugs!
More pictures of the house again
Shopping at Florence
I'm sorry
About this album
This book is made of love for your 42nd birthday. I hope you’ll have a perfect day and receive all the attention that you want, because you deserve it. You have been a perfect host mom to me. Everything you’ve offered and all the things we’ve done together are priceless.
This album is filled with memories from our time together, except for the first pages that includes pictures of my family. Family is important, and I know we share this opinion. I love mine with all my life, and I know for sure that you love yours just as much. Enjoy!
Happy Birthday Tracy
Life is all about happiness. You get happy when you are among real friends and people that you love. When I left Sweden I also left my friends. The only thing I was scared of was to be left alone. Having no family and no friends… I can’t imagine a bigger fear of mine.
It took only a split second to understand and feel your love and warm heart. At the airport, I was instantly filled with happiness. My adventure just started and even though I was tired from the journey I was so excited. We drove to your house, you showed me my new room, with the American flag, the teddybear and everything. I will never forget that moment.
I have learned so much already. Most important is that I know that real friends are forever. Distance doesn’t matter. Real friends don´t care about that. A real friend finds a small room in my heart and soul, a place you have earned forever.
The other day my father told me that he misses me a lot. He explained that he understands that he did send a young teenager to the US and that a grown woman with a hole new experience of life will return next spring. I thought about that and realize that it might be true. We live in a big world, filled with beautiful places but also problems and things that we will never understand.
I think life is all about filling every day and every moment with as much joy and happiness as possible. The months we spent together in the big house next to the small pond gave me memories and happiness that I will never forget. You are some years older than me, but still a fantastic friend of mine. We have experienced so many things together, but what will stay in my memory forever is your endless compassion for everyone around you. You are so filled with love and true emotions.
Thank you for everything Tracy, but please remember, our friendship has only started.
I love you Big Mama
Your friend, Linnéa
Sitting at Tracys house
Changed header
Choir performance/Veterans Day
School paper/Raiders Riot
11/11/11
I didn't get any comments on the post with all the school-videos. Did u guys see it? Like it? Don't like it? Ignored it? What happened?
I feel bad today. Every now and then I feel like I have to puke. When I woke up this morning my belly felt so wierd. Now my belly is fine but my body hurts and I feel ill. I might have gotten the flue.
Tonight I don't know what my plans is. I'll probably don't do anything. The other weekends have been very busy so maybe it's time to relax for a minute or two. Jk! But if I don't feel better tonight I'll just sleep in or something.
Well, I don't feel like writing anymore at this time. I'm done with all the projects again so I don't have anything to do until 1:07 pm (when the bell rings). And, my flashdrive is gone so I can't put any pictures up right now. I'll probably do it when I get home.
Have a great day everyone and I hope my blog hasn't been too boring this week.
I'll tell you about the Veterans day too (today). 11/11/11 is an important day here when all the Americans honor the American veteran for their great work in the US military. I'll also tell you about yesterdays choir performance. I think it will make you laugh. I do all this in next post.
Digital Design
Jag har ont i magen idag, vet inte varfor. Forsokte ata och dricka mycket (fram for allt dricka) pa lunch idag men det hjalpte inte. Hade tank trana efter skolan (komma igang nu) men jag vet inte om jag kan det pa grund av magont. Det blir nog battre snart!
Nu slutar lektionen. Ha det sa bra sa hors vi.
Ikvall har vi kor uppvisning forresten (kor, alltsa choir om ni fattar?). Det kommer suga! Haha! Peace!
SNN/SR videos
Swedish meatballs
One part of SNN/SR
Food that I miss
Greek yoghurt and the lemon-thing to it. Mmmm, it's so good. Also the yoghurt beside it is so good. I miss that because I ate it almost everyday to my all bran cereals (you can't find that healthy cereals here...)
Mmmm, Marabou Daim!!!! And 4-gott is missed/karamellkungen. HobNobs is awesome too.
Here is a typical "night"-meal. Like a meal that I ate before I went to sleep. Love everything here, and I miss the really, really hard pears.
The roses!!!! And the cake, best ever!
Daim might be the best candy ever
Smorgasbord.. Haha! Miss both the bread and all that, and this day. It was a great celebration of a good friend of mine, Sofia.
Kottbullemackor. Ah I miss that too much!!!! That is something I'd really like to eat someday soon. But how do I find rodbetssallad???? Haha!
Bullar! Our defination of sinnamon-rolls (they are better according to me)
A common dinner in the summer. Grilled salmond, boild potatoes, fresh corn and grilled vegetables and a cold dressing. Grilled salmond or grilled meat is my favorite food. Boiled potatoes is something I miss too, but I'll cook it tonight!!!
A big bowl of candy, punch-ice cream (where can I find this awesome ice cream?). Pear, of course, and other fruit. And milk!!! But I have a lot of milk here and people make fun of me for not liking pop and drinking milk all the time.
Working on a new header
Chokladbollar
Another too late post
Fridays carnival
Pictures from sports banquet
Kaitlyn, Whitney, Kasey and Jess
Kaitlyn
Some of the sportpeople that recieved prices
Jess and some senior boys
Me and Jess
And no, I didn't do any sports.
Beautiful Jess
Swedish fish
A random post
My plans
Weekend!!!
Outfit
A nice day!
Working with a logo
Pictures of my new house and room
The dogs, Simba and Kiara
The living room
The kitchen
My room
Me and Jess today
Svar pa en fraga om klader
Fran Linnea
Hej Linnea (snyggt namn btw)
Hur strikt är det egentligen med kläderna i USA? För jag tycker att din stil bilvit mycket mer "städad" sen du flytta! Tex sällan man ser dig i brottar linnen med en bandeu bh till exempel! Haha! Bra blogg!
Svar: Kladreglerna ar valdigt strikta. Det kunde varit varre, verkligen, men halften av det jag har hemma kan jag ju bara glomma att ha pa mig.
Shortsen far inte vara kortare an 2/3 av laren, dvs nastan till knana. Har du jeans far de inte vara haliga over knana (mina ar det idag dock.. far se om jag kommer i trubbel eller vad man nu sager.. get in trouble). Om du har ett linne maste det vara 3-4 (vet inte vilket av dem) fingrar brett (VEM HAR DET??). Jag ar dock forvanad att de inte har nagra regler for u-ringning.
BH:n far inte synas heller.. uppenbarligen. Sa modet med "brottarlinnen" dvs linnen med stora hal i sidorna, eller genomskinliga trojor dar man ser en starkt fargad BH ar ju bara att glomma. Jobbigt att tanka pa det ibland alltsa.
Och det sjukaste ar att cheerleaderna har pa sig as korta drakter dar du ser rumpan titt som tatt. Tjejerna nar dom spelar sporter, sa som basket och volleyboll har pa sig korta shorts och brottarlinnen som du uttryckte det. Da ar det plotsligt okej. Och nar de har matcher sa sitter rektorn och tittar pa och kakar popcorn haha.. Lite konsiga regler i USA.. dubbelmoral eller vad man nu kallar det.
Dar har du i alla fall svaret till hur strikt det ar.
Dessa outfitar kan man ju bara glomma..
Matching
Me and Klara
At Jess's house a real photographer actually came and took a lot of picture. We'll get to see them this Saturday and I'm so excited for that!!!
Last volleyball game (Oct 25th)
The volleyboll season is now over, and the basketball season is on it's way. Everyone is looking forward to it and the games is said to be really loud, cheerfull and wild. I cant wait!
Here is some pictures from the last volleyboll-game for our school.
Me, Tory and Lindsay
Amos
Jess
Kasey
Amos and Brandon. 8 for Jess and 7 for Kasey.. people really get into the games