He's here...

...And the world is right again.

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pS! the visa didn't come yet

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIGLIT!!

Happy Birthday to you,
you live in a zoo,
you look like a monkey,
and you smell like one too!
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(sung with nothing but feelings of love and adoration
on the occasion of my most beloved Piggy-Piggy-Piglit's nineteenth birthday!!)
* She is THE SWEETEST,
MOST WONDERFUL,
FANTASTIC
sister you could EVER dream of. *
I always said I wouldn't marry until I found the male version of her.
She's THAT wonderful =)
(and I did find a man that matched her wonderfulness and only-oneliness)
* She's always been my bestest friend, my favourite play mate,
she acts the big sister when I don't,
she's the baby sister I get to comfort.
*I've been IN LOVE with her since the first time I saw her,
square-faced, pink n' pretty,
laying in that tiny hospital bed, with her little pink teddy bear beside her
(rightfully named "Rosa", meaning PINK),
I was two years old and touched her very carefully, just as instructed.
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She was the CUTEST.
She IS the cutest.
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I was a little mad, I'll admit, when I showed her my beautiful ballerina paper dolls I had cut out myself, and she grabbed them (like three year olds can) and banged them on the table, attempting to make them dance like I could.
But, hey, that's a long time ago now...
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She tells me my house will be filled up with paper when I have little children,
because I can't bring myself to throw away the tiniest piece of paper that SHE has written on,
HER sweet little drawings of princesses or beagels with hats.
HER little yellow chickens.
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She is so precious to me. So beautiful when she's asleep.
And she's growing into a hardworking,
diligent,
accomplished little homemaker,
and I can't wait to see who that lucky guy will be!!!
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Happy birthday, Ingvild! I'm so glad God made you.

Aller Käraste Syster!!
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Ramblings of a Rainy Day

my most beloved sister and I

I DID go off on an unexpected,

short notice,
special,

wonderful,

much needed-holiday.

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So I'm in the south of Norway,
visiting my sister at the boarding school I graduated from two years ago

(she's graduating this summer).

I left home two weeks ago, I'll be staying for one more.

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We're having lots of fun.

I get plenty of rest.

We've had so much sunny weather,

today it's raining, but it is still beyond wonderful here.

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No news of the visa, other than that we'll more than likely hear *something*

(not a final decision, but some kind of progress) from the Visa-office in 60 days.

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Thank you everybody for your prayers.

It's very overwhelming that so many are praying =)

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I'll post an update as soon as I've got one =)
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(I'm off to making banana bread and eat it warm from the oven, while I snuggle up in warm blankets on my sister's bed, WITH my sister, to watch a movie. Perfect rainy day =)

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Happiness

Mm, so I never felt this good before.

And the strange thing about that? There's no visa in sight...

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It could be that I went copletely OFF refined sugar, and majorly reduced my gluten intake...

It could be the spring, with it's bright, sunny, beautiful mornings...

It could be the sweet blessing of just *being* at home, with my family, resting my knee...

It could be that I am blessed beyond measure (and I mean that with all my heart)

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I LOVE waking up to a wall of clouds with several holes where the golden sunshine tumbles out in it's bright, beautiful glory

I LOVE apples with peanut butter and cheese

I LOVE hugging. My mama, my dad, hearing someone say: do you want a hug?

I LOVE getting dressed up and looking pretty *just* for my family, even if nobody else will see me all day (you know, you'd do that for people you work with)

I LOVE being off sugar, and almost off gluten

I LOVE feeling WONDERFUL, physically, emotionally, spiritually

I LOVE the this beautiful ring on my right ring finger.

I LOVE writing notes and letters to my best friend
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What do you LOVE??

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Oh, and the "cow" in the labels is my Mindy, because I LOVED milking her.

Five Reasons to ***LOVE*** spring..

You wake up, and feel well.
The sun is shining, and you do your best (not very hard today) to shine too...
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And then you go about your day,
writing letters that are so long
(and because of it, so heavy)that they cost twice as much to send out,
and you eat your mama's homemade yellow pea soup,
and you realise that even if you don't love peas,
you LOVE this soup (licking the bowl just to make a point)
and you certainly love your mama.
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And then you play the piano and sing.
And you sing more, just because the echo in the tiled bathroom is so pretty to listen to,
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and you come up with five reasons to love spring,
and you love spring just because it's spring,
but especially because of:

Short sleeves

Bare feet

Wild flowers

And the fact that THIS is the garden, and it's GREEN!

And your friend came over yesterday, and you made cards and sent letters and had fun =)
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My Dad is too =) =) =)

On Wednesday, my knee was hurt

(out of the blue, without any warning),

my dad drove me to the doctor, and later when he was in the pharmacy getting my medication, he bought me pink Hello Kitty band aids =)

He put one on my knee,

*blowed on it*

and said it would be okay now that he had "bandaged" it...

And it's getting better every day.

I'm not sure if that's the sign of a *bandaged-knee-healing*,

or if it's simply a *bandaged-heart-issue*.

But I am loved, and feeling well.

And HE is

SWEET =) =) =)

My Mom is the Sweetest!!

Look what she got us!

Lovely Salvation Army Find =)

They've been sitting with baking soda water all night to get the smell out, And I made sure to disinfect them in Vinegar and water

And I scrubbed them with half a lemon sprinkled with baking sodaAnd now they're nice and clean and good smelling,

ready to jump into my suitcase at the first chance they get.

Don't they look so cute??

The two big ones say: "sukker" (sugar) and "salt"

And the little one says: "Kanel" (cinnamon)

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Thanks for every prayer,

every sweet comment!!

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