HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

I Love You SOO Much!!!

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Fun Times

Quick Update on what happened tonight, before I go to bed. I went to the gym tonight with Viktoria for an hour and went in the opposite direction afterwards to go get my bike, that I get to use while i'm with my new family. So we walked about 20 minutes until I finally got my bike, then noticed that the bikes wheels had only little air in them so we went to fill them up. And since I'm so genius, my friend cut his hair and we were pretty much right where he lived so we rode our bikes by fast by his house. After I was ready to ride my bike home and about 5 meters from his house, I got a flat tire! Awesome, I know;) So in - degrees celcius I got walk to where I got the bike, leave it and walk to where the nearest bus could come and get me and wait another 10 minutes in - degrees celcius! LOVELY!!! Needless to say I was happy to be home by the time I got home:P Good times.... I would like to thank Viktoria for being there the entire time:D

Pizza, Sune, and Bring It On...

Last night I walked in my boots 35 minutes to Nathalies apartment to have dinner and fun with some of the girls on the elite golf team. We all had a blast! I came a little earlier to watch Mamma Mia(great movie)! Definitely alot of swedish stuff I need to do before I leave. Something called Sune, a movie from the early 90's approximately an hour was spent repeating lines from the movies. It was fun just listening though ..hihi... We even tried mocking spirit fingers and the intro cheer to Bring It On. It's big here too! I think it might of been the 15th time someone asked me if teenagers in the U.S. are really like the ones in My Super Sweet 16... Shows how much Sweden is being influenced by TV from the U.S. It not really a bad thing, but its not a great thing either.

^Nathalie, Me, och Jonna^

The Changing of Seasons

before^It's the same place, I promise!^after

I walked last night to the gym, it takes about 20 minutets, and on the way I passed the lake I used to ride my bike by. I thought it would be fun to compare pictures:) Last night we did Aerobics, nina, vickan and i. So much fun! It was like going to dance classes when I was a kid:P

Valentines' Decorations

Here in Linköping they made a cute idea at a bus stop, to call it "Puss-Hållplatts" meaning the kiss buss stop. I thought it was pretty cute:)

Relax

Yesterday was a day made for shopping with Nina! I have to begin looking for two dresses, well I would like to buy two. The most important one is a white summer dress for graduation. I dont really need it until may but its smart to start looking now;) The second dress is kind of optional. It's for my friends Big 18th Birthday. Its always fun to dress up. After a well spent day in town I cleaned my room, had dinner, and then had some friends over to watch a movie and just hang out:) And now I will be ending my Tuesday with going to the gym with Nina & Vickan...YAY!

A Lovely Sunday*

I'm really beginning to miss my ball partner... He hasn't been able to make to the last two now, today being the second. I just hope he feels better by next Sunday...cross your fingers;) It's getting kind of difficult for me(the dances are very technical), and i've made for every practice so far. To be on the more positive side of things, it's still blast to go to the practices. I've been lucky enough to practice with others that were also by themself. Thank goodness:P

^Picture from todays practice^

Last night I went to the LHC hockey game where it went kind of horrible, they scored, we scored, they scored and then they scored(again). Not to fun. It was fun with the company though. I went with my new family and ran into their friend Birgitta Bille. Fun fun. And then to finish the wonderful Valentines Day, a night spent with great friends(and Melodifestivalen(Eurovision)). PERFECT!

In just 1 hour and 30 minutes I will be in the gym working hard...Wish me luck;)

^A picture from outside my new home(this morning)..YAY for sun!^

^Did Someone Forget Their Glove?^

Lowest Temperature of the Day(yesterday): -9 degrees celcius

Yesterday was the first day of another break of the many breaks we have had this school year, something they call Sport Lov. I had photography class again and made some more copies. To one point the teacher said that I could leave, but I really wanted to stay:P I ended the day with a movie with Nina. Great Movie!! Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist-->

Some very cute pictures @ http://lilldabz.blogg.se/ ;)

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

(Alla Hjärtans Dag)

^They've decorated the streets for Valentines Day in Linköping^

^Outside the window the schools flag was waving^

I only had two classes today, actually three but the third one I couldn't make it to because of the amazing rotary lunch we had today! Anders was able to get a man with cerebral palsy to come and a motivational speech. I say this alot, but I actually started crying at the end of his speech. He was 44 years old, lives alone, and can do everything on his own! He was simply fantastic!! We had physics before that, where me and two others brought snacks for fika. My new family offered to give two cakes they had made versus me baking... And to top that great act of kindness, the cakes were delicous:) I'll bake next time. I had some time tonight to go into town with Klara, before her and Lovisa go to Austria. Tonight me and 5 otheres got to go to the theater and see something called En Drömspel( a dream game)...i think;) Pure genius, I must say:P

^During group projects(oh, and one from physics)^

This morning I walked to school again:) I made it to school on time to take a little test on Hinduism vs. Budhism even though it didn't go really well for me, I still want to really learn about all the new religions in the world. It fascinates me. Yesterday I told you how I finished the miljö project well I'm wierd I know, but I thought like sharing with you how it looked. Hannah and Kajsa worked on the intelligent part of the project, while I worked on the decorative part of the project w/ definitely some help from Hannah:P Then we had the biology class where we dissected(pictures below). I walked home for an hour and walked back to school to make it on time for Svenska(swedish class). We had to read poems from our countries in our own language and explain what its about in swedish----------here's the poem I read( Life is Fine by Langston Hughes)-->

I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.
I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.
But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!
I took the elevator
Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.
I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.
But it was High up there! It was high!
So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born
Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.
Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!

Warning: Grossness Ahead

Today we disected the lungs and heart of a goat. Here were some of the great memories of the time well spent....

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^This picture was taken at 10 in the morning with the sun shining its brightest!^

I slept in till about 9 this morning and woke up to see that the temperature outside was -4 degrees. I was ready for the sun... I walked to school today. Yay! It takes approximately 15 minutes to walk to school, pretty sweet I must say:) We had biology this morning where we named the parts of the heart. AwEsOMe b/c i learned it two years ago! Tomorrow will truely bring back the memories. We get the opportunity to disect lungs and hearts. Exciting i know;) I ended the day with my environmental(miljö) class, which ended around 4:30. We finished a project and now we don't have our next class till 3 weeks from now.

*I completely forgot to mention that I met a guy from Conneticut yesterday! Well, I met a guy from Conneticut yesterday! Fun!! He went to school at West Virginia(i think). I met him at H&M, I knew he was from USA after I saw him with a baseball hat and nike sneakers(not many people where those in Sweden) and then it helped when he started speaking english with someone who worked there. A story that you can share with friends and family:P

I loved the Grammy's

I've watched all the musicians play and there all ridiculously amazing...
*here were some of my favorites*

Today's been another long day. I'm not really understanding how the weather works? The sun shines, but it feels 10x's colder than yesterday...It's quite interesting:P I developed my first picture today(by myself)! Its really an awesome thing I must say.

^fun? at school? what?^

We didn't have biology today b/c theres a lab this week and it's broken up into two groups so I'll be going on Wednesday...Otherwise I would have that great six hours between Religion and Swedish on Wednesday. We finished the day off with Physics. I made a little stop into town, and went straight back home to change for Golf practice, which was tonight at 6:30. It was alot of fun today, I might even be looking forward to the next practice;)(did I mention we have to practice inside, it was 0 degrees outside)

Theme for this week: LOVE/KÄRLEK

This week the school I go to has a theme..Love! A wonderful theme;)

(P.S.- this is a real picture)

First Night in My New home

^My Bags(most of it;)...)^

So moving was huge mixture of feelings. I was sad to leave my first family, I grew really close with them and I am happy to move in with my new family. We had a "welcome to family" dinner tonight. Which was delicious. Now I'm unpacking getting myself comfortable in my new home, where I will be until June... Long time, but I know its going to go by in a flash. It's kind of scary to think about actually. The sun is starting to come out and it's making Sweden seem just that much more beautiful:) Tomorrow morning I get to walk to school. It turns out that the school is to close to take the bus and with all the slushy snow, its hard to ride my bike. But I'm excited about photography b/c I get to start getting my pictures ready to be made in the dark room(it even sounds cool:P)

^My New Room^

^Kola^

Late Night Blog

Wondering why this post is so late? well, its because today was a good day and I felt like sharing a little with you--> It started with Disney On Ice with Nathalie(which was amazing!), then dinner with my family(at Texas Longhorns Restaurant),

and to finish the day, we watched the premiere of Eurovision! The girl who sang the famous I'm a Big Big Girl in a Big Big World was in the contest(I thought that was neat). Pretty much right after that I went straight to packing...and yes, tonight was the first time I actually started packing, and now it's actually being the same day as I move. Next time I'll be a better planner;) I really hope so at least:P

I'm thinking that Sweden wants to be American. Why you may ask? Well, it turns out Forever 21 is going to open a store here in Sweden and I went to the store the other day(yesterday) and saw Peanut M&M's w/ a big sign saying new candy!!

Next time I post anything I should be in my new house...wish me luck:)

Snow in Febuary?

It kind of feels like alot happened yesterday...even though I don't really think it did. I had school, Swedish Languge History(thats 1 class) and Photography. I did my first ever copies! SO cool!! I couldn't stop thinking of the movies where they have the dark rooms. I looked out the window to see this this morning. AMAZING!(the picture on the left).The question is why when everybody is ready for sun/heat..then comes all the snow? When I got home I noticed that Ulla and Calle were in the process of making a snowman. So I went straight to helping;) It was a very long time ago I madea a real snowman(i've done an iceman)..>>

Last night was a simple night with popcorn and a movie, more specificly The Happening! scary, and not so fun when you ride your bike home alone... Funny story happened before we started the movie, me and two others walked to the store, and on the way back, we notice snowballs coming from behind a vehicle straight at us...making it a challenge, i think. So we started fighting back, but they were definitely prepared. It felt like four would come all at once. It was officially my first snowball war:P

My new jacket is amazing! I didn't know it was possible to be that warm, when its so cold outside:)

My religion class is officially my new favorite class, well other than photography:P But anyways, Wednesday morning we started the day off with religion and saw a video about the Dalai Lama. Speechless... I feel like I dont want to ever stop talking about it! The thing that really caught me was his love for everyone and everthing and his sense of positivity. I Love Him!(just in that hes so amazing)

Other than that fun fact of the day, I bought a jacket!! And its warm to! suprised? It took a while but I actually did it:)

I'm dedicating this to my father...

A dream machine for my dad...I'm just guessing;)

Jag vill bli Frisk!...please...

Haha..funny story...i actually started writing this post in swedish:P

Back to what I was planning on saying. I woke up this morning thinking, I am going to school today. Which I ended up doing, when i realized after some of Lovisa's wise words, that going home was pretty much the right plan after I had just gotten to school. I passed out by the time I got home and slept 2 hours! I really am tired of this("this being sick")!!!

I took the bus today, thank goodness. Its still freezing outside, but it doesn't look like it at all...its just cold:( Anyways...I took a random picture of the top of building."nothing". I think I might have looked a little wierd? Maybe?

Todays Song:

Chester French- She Loves Everybody

Something fast before i get ready for golf practice the sun is still shining and its already 16.30. You can't make this day any better, well maybe. It would be nice if I was 100% healthy again. Even 75% would be nice;)

Thats the color of the sky(if you were curious)---->

Sista Söndags Middag

...meaning *the last sunday dinner*

What I mean by this is that by next Sunday I will be having dinner the my new family. The lovely Gahms. This doesn't mean I'm never going to have another dinner on a sunday with my current family, just means that its my last one while living in the same house with them. SO SAD:(

Did I mention that I did my own laundry today! Am I aloud to be proud of myself? Well my rooms clean now and my photography class is tomorrow morning..dark & early;) I should probably start packing now, but I think I'll do the cool thing and wait till the night before.(JK) I'm definitely not going to do that this time. Ann's changing! FO SHO! Peace out:)

Sooo Saturday...

Yesterday was a Saturday, also the day I planned to feel better and do things. So I did. Not exactly the mood I was hoping for, but I did everything I set out to do;) I got the dress, now it will only take 3 months to get. When I left the store I was so happy to leave the store and get air. Oh, and definitely discovered it was a sinus infection. Fun..I know... After I went straight to Ullas to fika(im beginning to seriously love that word). I'm pretty sure I had the greatest Semlor of my life yesterday. SO GOOD. Thats a Semla.

That night I was at the top of game and set out to my friends house to hang out before they moved later into town. I made it there without fainting, so I thought then I could make it at least a little while. Home early was the right choice that night;)

I look like a party pooper, but i wasn't...I promise!...(at least I hope not:P)