As usual I might say, my blog activity is rather low.
Since april 27 our work has been part of a project called "active hospitals" , where the point has been to compete against other units, and find out who's the most active. We got points every day if we worked out, could get rewarded 1 or 2 points depending on the activity. Well, as competitive as I am, I set of to get full score. The project lasted for 6 weeks, and I actually managed to get 2 points every day. So I actually went from a 0 hour a week workout over the last 8 years to half an hour of aerobics or power walk a day. That showed on my measurements, I lost half my bust during the project (and there weren't much to begin with hehe) All in all I actually lost 25 cm's which is quite cool. But now when the project is over I'm lazy again. Will try to stay a bit more active than before though.. It's nice to walk in the forest, and feels great to be able to jog for 300 metres without having to puke afterwards lol.
Other than that last week or so has been incredibly busy. Started with 2 night shifts last wednesday and thursday night, sleeping friday morning, then at night we had a "blue" trip with work.
A Blue Trip is a trip where a committee of 2 or 3 persons decides what to do, and the rest are in "the blue", not knowing anything. Well, we met up at work at 6 pm, got a starter drink from a urine sample cup (of course, we work at a hospital lol) apple juice. Then we got handed an envelope with a riddle, and had to find out where our next destination would be. It was the local airport, so we got a bit apprehensive, wondering if we actually were to fly anywhere. Got there, had to go through the security check, then got seated, and handed another envelope. That one took us to Sortland, where I live, to a co workers new house. So there was no flight for us, just a security check.
At Sortland we found our co workers house, got lovely lime, mellon and cucumber drinks, these with alcohol. Had a chocolate quiz, then got another riddle. That time it was the destination. Which was a sami exhibition/museum place a few kilometres away.
We drove off again, found the last stop. There we were met by the owners of the place, and shown up to our dining area, inside a Lavvu, a sami tent, like a tipi.
She told stories, spoke sapmi, which none of us understood, and sang a joik. That was pretty cool, actually. We got served a festive traditional meal of some kind of casserole, and had a few more quizzes outside the lavvu. We cheated like hell, and won hehe. The prize? A dried, salted reindeer heart!! Apparently it was a normal snack with the sami people, so we were handed the thing, sliced a bit of it, dipped it in coffee and ate it. Not my favorite snack, I must admit that. But now I've tasted that too... Never in a million years thought I'd actually eat a heart.
Anyhoo.. I left early, because next day I was going to Lødingen to attend the annual seafood festival there. My sis in law is from Lødingen, that's why we go there. The name isn't that accurate, the festival involves more beer, and less actual seafood. But it's a nice place to relax, and the people are nice.
On monday I left to Oslo with a co worker, we were going to check out new beds for our delivery rooms. First we visited Ullevål Hospital, the biggest hospital in the country. We have 300 deliveries a year, they have 7000. So there's a difference for sure. We barely got to talk to the person we had appointments with, and found out that their beds were crappy.
Next morning we checked out of our hotel, got picked up by another bed company dude, and was escorted to Drammen to see another bed. That was quite another story.. Totally hi tech, inflatable cushions in seats and lower back, and could easily be turned into a recliner, if wanted. So I'm rooting for that one. Now its up to the hospital management if they want to spend 104.500 NOK on a bed.
lørdag 13. juni 2009
søndag 17. mai 2009
Happy Birthday Norway!!!
I've been really lazy with my blogging lately, most of all because I don't have much to share with the world.
Well, today is our national holiday, kind of like USA's 4th of july, only a month and a half earlier, less fireworks and more childrens parades.
We celebrated is as we normally do, got up kind of early, put on our bunads (national costumes, to see mine, watch a few posts earlier), and went down to the start of the childrens parade. As my mother works at a kinder garden, we all joined in there. After the parade was done, my niece was kind of worn out. So we carried her up to the sporting arena, where they were selling cake, coffee, hotdogs and icecream. They all had some, and so did I. After we were bored with walking in line everywhere, we went home. My mum fixed dinner, we had oven baked salmon with spices, spring onions and lime, very tasty indeed. The weather was wonderful all day long, and still is. Sun shining from a clear blue sky is rare here on may 17. We normally have a shower of snow!!!
Well, as nice as it was, I'm kind of glad it's done for now. One more year until i have to dress up and iron my flag again hehe.
Another celebration we have here this weekend, is that yesterday Norway won Eurovision Song Contest. It was the first time in 14 years, so it was about time. I've shown the youtube clip of the song earlier too, when they did the national finals. I had high hopes for Fairytale, but I didn't honestly think it would slam dunk the victory like it did!!! Hooray for Alexander Rybak and his Titten Tei looks hehe
Well, today is our national holiday, kind of like USA's 4th of july, only a month and a half earlier, less fireworks and more childrens parades.
We celebrated is as we normally do, got up kind of early, put on our bunads (national costumes, to see mine, watch a few posts earlier), and went down to the start of the childrens parade. As my mother works at a kinder garden, we all joined in there. After the parade was done, my niece was kind of worn out. So we carried her up to the sporting arena, where they were selling cake, coffee, hotdogs and icecream. They all had some, and so did I. After we were bored with walking in line everywhere, we went home. My mum fixed dinner, we had oven baked salmon with spices, spring onions and lime, very tasty indeed. The weather was wonderful all day long, and still is. Sun shining from a clear blue sky is rare here on may 17. We normally have a shower of snow!!!
Well, as nice as it was, I'm kind of glad it's done for now. One more year until i have to dress up and iron my flag again hehe.
Another celebration we have here this weekend, is that yesterday Norway won Eurovision Song Contest. It was the first time in 14 years, so it was about time. I've shown the youtube clip of the song earlier too, when they did the national finals. I had high hopes for Fairytale, but I didn't honestly think it would slam dunk the victory like it did!!! Hooray for Alexander Rybak and his Titten Tei looks hehe
torsdag 16. april 2009
Pets and liqurish
When I was a little girl I never had any proper pets. The closest was a kitten who stayed on our veranda in a cardboard box for a summer (my father is allergic)and some hamsters we babysat for our neighbours when they went to the med on holidays. Their hamsters were always named Siss for some reason.
When I grew up and had finished my nurses education, I had my first proper flat. I then decided I wanted my first pet. With little experience, hamster was the obvious choice. So on sept 9 in 1999 (yeah 09.09.99) I bought my first pet ever. It was a really cute baby hamster, he was bright white, very fluffy, and scared of everything. His personality became apparent in a day, and he loved his little wheel in the cage. So I named him after some of my then favorite men. And they were not few. His full name was therefore Speedy Ricky Martin Andresen Redknapp Gonzales. Speedy Gonzales for short, after the infamous speedy cartoon. Ricky Martin is known, so he needs no further explanation. Martin Andresen was then a hot norwegian soccer player (still is, but he's older now, and not so hot. Here's a photo of him anyway)
Redknapp was first of all because of another soccer player, Jamie Redknapp, but also because Speedy had red-ish eyes that looked like little pins (in norwegian ; knappenål, and "knapp" from that)
Speedy was exactly that, speedy. He was never calm when awake, and ran like a manic in his wheel all night long, every night. So after 2 years I was kind of sick of it. But he was my little baby still. Even if he never was tame enough to stay outside his cage of his own, I had to watch him constantly.
Then I was moving down to Oslo, and had found a 12 year old girl who wanted to "adopt" him. 2 days before I was going, I found him halfway in his little fluffy house, stiff. Speedy had gone to hamster heaven. I was sad for half a day, and the girl who was going to adopt him was devastated. As a consolation, I gave her his cage anyway, and she got another hamster instead.
Since I've never had any pets. Until now. These pets are not by any means any I've chosen myself, and they're increasing in numbers. They're ANTS!.
The first one I discovered a few months ago, it was just a single one. I squished it, and didn't think any more of it. Then a few weeks, as the snow started to melt, I found a few every day. It was one here, one there, but I couldn't find any source. And they were so few that I didn't really care.
But the other day I'd had a glass of lemonade, and I left it on the sidetable by the sofa. Then, when I went to collect it and put it in the dishwasher, I looked into it. And there were about 7 ants, crawling about!! It freaked me out a bit, so yesterday, long overdue, I went to the gardening centre, and bought one of those ants-away devices. It was just a green box, like a little lid, and in there were some ant poison, sweet and proteine rich for them to catch the bate, and doesnt kill them instantly, so they can take it back to their queen. And today I've been watching their, work, and found out where they come from. It's a tiiiiny space between the floor and the wall, and they're squeezing themselves in there, or most of the time they're just knocking the wall, trying to get in. The now somehow appear drunk, so I'm now the owner of half a million junkie ants. Isn't that just nice... They're supposed to be all gone within a few weeks, so I hope the dope is potent. I'm tired of squishing ants now, I feel like a mass murderer.. And I don't want them crawling all over my floor either.
On another note, I saw this funny commercial at work today, and I'm putting it here. It's for IFA, salty liquirish lozengers, which apparently loosens you up a bit. The lady in the beginning is complainting about how boring her hubby is, and then he takes a lozenger...... Say no more hehe.
When I grew up and had finished my nurses education, I had my first proper flat. I then decided I wanted my first pet. With little experience, hamster was the obvious choice. So on sept 9 in 1999 (yeah 09.09.99) I bought my first pet ever. It was a really cute baby hamster, he was bright white, very fluffy, and scared of everything. His personality became apparent in a day, and he loved his little wheel in the cage. So I named him after some of my then favorite men. And they were not few. His full name was therefore Speedy Ricky Martin Andresen Redknapp Gonzales. Speedy Gonzales for short, after the infamous speedy cartoon. Ricky Martin is known, so he needs no further explanation. Martin Andresen was then a hot norwegian soccer player (still is, but he's older now, and not so hot. Here's a photo of him anyway)
Redknapp was first of all because of another soccer player, Jamie Redknapp, but also because Speedy had red-ish eyes that looked like little pins (in norwegian ; knappenål, and "knapp" from that)
Speedy was exactly that, speedy. He was never calm when awake, and ran like a manic in his wheel all night long, every night. So after 2 years I was kind of sick of it. But he was my little baby still. Even if he never was tame enough to stay outside his cage of his own, I had to watch him constantly.
Then I was moving down to Oslo, and had found a 12 year old girl who wanted to "adopt" him. 2 days before I was going, I found him halfway in his little fluffy house, stiff. Speedy had gone to hamster heaven. I was sad for half a day, and the girl who was going to adopt him was devastated. As a consolation, I gave her his cage anyway, and she got another hamster instead.
Since I've never had any pets. Until now. These pets are not by any means any I've chosen myself, and they're increasing in numbers. They're ANTS!.
The first one I discovered a few months ago, it was just a single one. I squished it, and didn't think any more of it. Then a few weeks, as the snow started to melt, I found a few every day. It was one here, one there, but I couldn't find any source. And they were so few that I didn't really care.
But the other day I'd had a glass of lemonade, and I left it on the sidetable by the sofa. Then, when I went to collect it and put it in the dishwasher, I looked into it. And there were about 7 ants, crawling about!! It freaked me out a bit, so yesterday, long overdue, I went to the gardening centre, and bought one of those ants-away devices. It was just a green box, like a little lid, and in there were some ant poison, sweet and proteine rich for them to catch the bate, and doesnt kill them instantly, so they can take it back to their queen. And today I've been watching their, work, and found out where they come from. It's a tiiiiny space between the floor and the wall, and they're squeezing themselves in there, or most of the time they're just knocking the wall, trying to get in. The now somehow appear drunk, so I'm now the owner of half a million junkie ants. Isn't that just nice... They're supposed to be all gone within a few weeks, so I hope the dope is potent. I'm tired of squishing ants now, I feel like a mass murderer.. And I don't want them crawling all over my floor either.
On another note, I saw this funny commercial at work today, and I'm putting it here. It's for IFA, salty liquirish lozengers, which apparently loosens you up a bit. The lady in the beginning is complainting about how boring her hubby is, and then he takes a lozenger...... Say no more hehe.
onsdag 25. mars 2009
mandag 23. mars 2009
How many blondes does it take to switch a lightbulb?
Happy new week my friends and stray blog readers.
I'm not going to start telling blonde jokes, they're not for me. But I've gone from not so blonde (but with random blonde highlights) to even less blonde today, I've had a touch up on my hair from my hairdresser, who happens to be one of my best friends. It's good to have a personal hairdresser in time of need hehe.
And I don know how to change a lightbulb. The problem sometimes is to figure out how to detach the light covers. Like yesterday, I found the bathroom to be darker than usual. Turned out to be a dead lightbulb. Still have the main light over the sink though, so it's not completely dark. I've never claimed to be tall and lean, so I had to find my extra stairs, climb up towards the roof, and detach the cover. It was by no means easy. Was trying to not break anything, so after about 10 minutes I'd figured out a little switch on the side that made it possible to get to the dead bulb. Today I had one task at the grocerys; to get a new bulb. Guess who forgot??! yeap, me. So the bathroom is still semi-dark. But I'll live, there's always tomorrow :)
Yesterday my niece Stella was 3 years old, coincidentally the same day that Twitter was 3. I like Stella better than twitter, but other than that, happy birthday to both! We went to celebrate her, and had a lovely time. We were blessed with a beautiful sunny day, so the kids were playing in the snow, we were sat by a campfire and grilling hotdogs, and everything was kind of easter-ish. Which is nice, cause easter is just 2 weeks away. Other than that we had loads of cake, a play was brought to life by the kids (Karius and Baktus), currently Stellas favorite story.
The kids all had handknit wigs in red or black, red noses and painted-on freckles. Even Leona, 1 month old today, had a little red wig, she looked adorable.
The grown ups had white hats and were the teeth. My bro narrated, and it was great fun.
All in all, it was a lovely birthday party, Stella was super happy, especially because of all her gifts. A bike, cd player, trolls, dolls, puzzles, clothes, and loads of toys. I'm sure her 3rd year will be a wonderful one for her!!!
I'm not going to start telling blonde jokes, they're not for me. But I've gone from not so blonde (but with random blonde highlights) to even less blonde today, I've had a touch up on my hair from my hairdresser, who happens to be one of my best friends. It's good to have a personal hairdresser in time of need hehe.
And I don know how to change a lightbulb. The problem sometimes is to figure out how to detach the light covers. Like yesterday, I found the bathroom to be darker than usual. Turned out to be a dead lightbulb. Still have the main light over the sink though, so it's not completely dark. I've never claimed to be tall and lean, so I had to find my extra stairs, climb up towards the roof, and detach the cover. It was by no means easy. Was trying to not break anything, so after about 10 minutes I'd figured out a little switch on the side that made it possible to get to the dead bulb. Today I had one task at the grocerys; to get a new bulb. Guess who forgot??! yeap, me. So the bathroom is still semi-dark. But I'll live, there's always tomorrow :)
Yesterday my niece Stella was 3 years old, coincidentally the same day that Twitter was 3. I like Stella better than twitter, but other than that, happy birthday to both! We went to celebrate her, and had a lovely time. We were blessed with a beautiful sunny day, so the kids were playing in the snow, we were sat by a campfire and grilling hotdogs, and everything was kind of easter-ish. Which is nice, cause easter is just 2 weeks away. Other than that we had loads of cake, a play was brought to life by the kids (Karius and Baktus), currently Stellas favorite story.
The kids all had handknit wigs in red or black, red noses and painted-on freckles. Even Leona, 1 month old today, had a little red wig, she looked adorable.
The grown ups had white hats and were the teeth. My bro narrated, and it was great fun.
All in all, it was a lovely birthday party, Stella was super happy, especially because of all her gifts. A bike, cd player, trolls, dolls, puzzles, clothes, and loads of toys. I'm sure her 3rd year will be a wonderful one for her!!!
fredag 13. mars 2009
Friday the 13th.....
I'm not that superstitious really. One month ago we had another friday the 13, that day came and went without anything happening at all. No such luck this time.
Last night I had my final of 2 night shifts, and had brought some shrimp sallad that I purchased earlier that day. Finished it, and after that I randomly checked the lid. Expiry date: january 23 2009..... Oooops. Didn't feel anything after, so didn't think more of it.
Then I went home this morning, had a morning snack, went to bed. Woke up a few hours later.... Something was cooking. Literally. The taste of sulphate while burping gave me an idea what to expect, and I weren't wrong. It sucks big time, because I had planned on going away for the weekend. Had a movie planned, and a concert tomorrow maybe. Don't know what will happen now, I'll just try to not get dehydrated while fighting off the germs or whatever it is that's rummaging my body at the moment.
So friday the 13 sucks, if anybody wondered!!!!!!!!!!!!
happy weekend.. sort of.
Last night I had my final of 2 night shifts, and had brought some shrimp sallad that I purchased earlier that day. Finished it, and after that I randomly checked the lid. Expiry date: january 23 2009..... Oooops. Didn't feel anything after, so didn't think more of it.
Then I went home this morning, had a morning snack, went to bed. Woke up a few hours later.... Something was cooking. Literally. The taste of sulphate while burping gave me an idea what to expect, and I weren't wrong. It sucks big time, because I had planned on going away for the weekend. Had a movie planned, and a concert tomorrow maybe. Don't know what will happen now, I'll just try to not get dehydrated while fighting off the germs or whatever it is that's rummaging my body at the moment.
So friday the 13 sucks, if anybody wondered!!!!!!!!!!!!
happy weekend.. sort of.
søndag 8. mars 2009
Yet another week of our lives passed by
Sounds a bit depressing, but it's not really. Just lacking titles at the moment.
Cause there's not much going on here these days.
Last week I worked 3 days, and I'm slowly recovering from the cold/flu/whatever episode that's been going on for the last 1,5 weeks. Strange how it is, when we're sick we want to go back to work, but when at work, we sort of wish we were more sick. Not because I don't like my job, I really do, but I'm just tired a lot these days.
The days at home I watched too much tv, to the extent that it bored me. Even dodgy bug-eating shows on discovey amused me a bit.. And old Americas Next Top Model- shows. Guess that's what I'd do if I didn't work at all... just watch tv all day long.
To be honest, over the last months I've increasingly grown more and more tired of even turning on the pc, think I've gone into a internet reluctancy phase of my life. I start to write something, then it just turns on me, and I get sick of it all, and try to do something else instead. Maybe I should take an internet break for a while, and see if it comes back to me, and instead start working out, knitting more, read books or whatever. But I don't really know what to do instead, everything is sort of boring to me these days.
We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Oh, and best of luck to Julia and Rex for tomorrows operation, fingers crossed that he'll be ok :)
Take care
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Cause there's not much going on here these days.
Last week I worked 3 days, and I'm slowly recovering from the cold/flu/whatever episode that's been going on for the last 1,5 weeks. Strange how it is, when we're sick we want to go back to work, but when at work, we sort of wish we were more sick. Not because I don't like my job, I really do, but I'm just tired a lot these days.
The days at home I watched too much tv, to the extent that it bored me. Even dodgy bug-eating shows on discovey amused me a bit.. And old Americas Next Top Model- shows. Guess that's what I'd do if I didn't work at all... just watch tv all day long.
To be honest, over the last months I've increasingly grown more and more tired of even turning on the pc, think I've gone into a internet reluctancy phase of my life. I start to write something, then it just turns on me, and I get sick of it all, and try to do something else instead. Maybe I should take an internet break for a while, and see if it comes back to me, and instead start working out, knitting more, read books or whatever. But I don't really know what to do instead, everything is sort of boring to me these days.
We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Oh, and best of luck to Julia and Rex for tomorrows operation, fingers crossed that he'll be ok :)
Take care
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