My bag is due for replacement, and Sandra Bullock’s from Two Week’s Notice looks pretty nifty.
Category: Personal
Question: How do you find motivation?
We all have times when finding the motivation to do certain things is a little hard. It might be exercise, housework, schoolwork, or other things. How do you find motivation to keep going with your activity of choice if the inspiration is lacking?
Want(ed): Sofa
When my sister M and I first talked about moving in together, there was a lot of planning prior to the actual moving. A lot of the time was spent discussing how we were going to decorate the place. One of the things we agreed on was that we wanted a comfortable sofa. I watched… Continue reading Want(ed): Sofa
Want: Umbrella
Summer hasn’t happened much in my part of Norway. As usual, it has been wet and fairly cold. And the umbrellas have been out in full force already. But for autumn, I like the design of this umbrella from Stormy Weather. It looks like fun, and a bit different than all the umbrellas that I… Continue reading Want: Umbrella
Life has begun to return to normal
Albeit slowly. It was a shock the first time I turned on the television after the attacks at Utøya and in Oslo 22. July – and noticed that the programme did not cover those attacks. I think it was the Wednesday after. Life goes on, even for the television channels, who emptied all their programming… Continue reading Life has begun to return to normal
Why dementia is extra bad in these situations
My grandmother has dementia. It runs in the family. Her mother had it. Her mother’s father, allegedly, had it. (I’m choosing to take the positive here that my grandmother didn’t start getting bad at remembering things until she was 86.)
Update from Oslo
Cripes. A press conference states that 7 are dead in Oslo – but that the buildings haven’t been searched extensively, so those numbers may rise. Currently 84 are dead at the Youth Camp at Utøya, but they’re searching the lake around the island with divers, etc. so those numbers may rise. In a country with… Continue reading Update from Oslo
Oslo today
Just to let everyone know, I am fine – and am not in the Oslo area at all. No one in my circle of friends/family appear to be in the area and be injured. (The brother of someone I know, who is rather high up in the Labour Youth Party and who would normally be… Continue reading Oslo today
Cucumbers
In these cucumber-scary times, the best thing is growing my own.