ok, blogger is quite messed up with google. The last few posts i've been having to reset my password because my passwords are never right. 3 times' the charm. i'm going to change the email account i use (currently its a hotmail account working with gmail apparently, i dont know how it worked.) and start a fresh new blog.
i havent decided on a name for it yet, but if you're reading this and want to know, drop me a whatsapp/msn message.
bye bye, blog!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
for grace
My dearest cousin demanded i give the 'low down' of my life on my blog... but isnt she supposed to be preparing for exams ah?
oops, did i just add stress to you cousin?
sorry la, just joking haha. i know you're very hard working and you need to take frequent breaks ya. and sleep at decent hours, dont let your mum worry.
Today i did my nails, removing the really awesome color i had before. But to have healthier unyellow nails, google tells me to wear my nail polishes for not more than 5 days in a row. And to give them a day or two's break between nail colors. But thanks to an xmas gift from last year, wedding gift from this year, and my own nail oil from Etude... and some enriched base coat from Faceshop, i actually dont have yellow nails. In fact, whenever i wear nail polishes for a period, i never get chipped nails as i would regularly if i dont wear any.
of course, the fact that i paint my nails means extra care goes to them in the first place.. haha
so today was my first attempt at one-stroke nail art on my nail. The last week i occasionally practiced abit on paper. Its quite hard to do, unlike what i see on youtube!! Maybe its the quality of my brushes, or my paints. My paints are definitely abit too watery ( its acrylic)so i got another set off ebay for a water-soluble one that i see a nail blogger use. Quite ok price, cant wait to try it.
Tada, my result!
i think i overkilled on the dots, but it was quite fun to use a dotting tool XD
Now here is most of my nail collection... not everything fits in there and not a good idea to stack those things too high.
Most of my nails colors, the special holographics are not there because they are that precious, plus i wanted to save space for the other colors. My 4 opi are not there either , hadnt painted them on yet!
very purple , i like.
Finally i've also been doing my crocheting, almost 15/21 sets of advent calendar gifts made. woot!
Also got round to finally pinning and painting fabric stiffener onto my giant snowflake. That is a pizza box it is on btw. Its my favourite snowflake so far, but it took quite long to do and pin!
k, thats it for now. Cousin, write me essay-length comments ya!
oops, did i just add stress to you cousin?
sorry la, just joking haha. i know you're very hard working and you need to take frequent breaks ya. and sleep at decent hours, dont let your mum worry.
Today i did my nails, removing the really awesome color i had before. But to have healthier unyellow nails, google tells me to wear my nail polishes for not more than 5 days in a row. And to give them a day or two's break between nail colors. But thanks to an xmas gift from last year, wedding gift from this year, and my own nail oil from Etude... and some enriched base coat from Faceshop, i actually dont have yellow nails. In fact, whenever i wear nail polishes for a period, i never get chipped nails as i would regularly if i dont wear any.
of course, the fact that i paint my nails means extra care goes to them in the first place.. haha
so today was my first attempt at one-stroke nail art on my nail. The last week i occasionally practiced abit on paper. Its quite hard to do, unlike what i see on youtube!! Maybe its the quality of my brushes, or my paints. My paints are definitely abit too watery ( its acrylic)so i got another set off ebay for a water-soluble one that i see a nail blogger use. Quite ok price, cant wait to try it.
Tada, my result!
i think i overkilled on the dots, but it was quite fun to use a dotting tool XDNow here is most of my nail collection... not everything fits in there and not a good idea to stack those things too high.
Most of my nails colors, the special holographics are not there because they are that precious, plus i wanted to save space for the other colors. My 4 opi are not there either , hadnt painted them on yet!
very purple , i like.Finally i've also been doing my crocheting, almost 15/21 sets of advent calendar gifts made. woot!
Also got round to finally pinning and painting fabric stiffener onto my giant snowflake. That is a pizza box it is on btw. Its my favourite snowflake so far, but it took quite long to do and pin!
k, thats it for now. Cousin, write me essay-length comments ya!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
ouch :(
i'm almost done with the 20 potholders that mary ordered now! I just have one last piece to do a border for... then its ironing all of them flat wrapped in a damp towel. taking a break now because my hands are really aching :(
after i'm done with those, i have another 11 sets of items to make... i'm wondering what i should make now. My main idea currently is christmas themed coasters in sets of 6.... also considering tealight holders. Took out a ball of yarn from the stack i bought at Europris and realised now its size 3.5-4mm yarn... the last set of coasters i made was just 2.5. ARGh. i hope they wont be too big..... i'm running out of ideas that are suitable for xmas advent calendar gifts that are easy enough to make.
aside from that,i have a growing stash of yarn that i've been buying when they're on sale (like 50% off) and stashing them aside to make a growing list of things for myself. well depends really, i might end up selling the end results. gonna be selling a fair portion of my horde of hats though.
argh my hands hurt to type now even....
*grumble*
after i'm done with those, i have another 11 sets of items to make... i'm wondering what i should make now. My main idea currently is christmas themed coasters in sets of 6.... also considering tealight holders. Took out a ball of yarn from the stack i bought at Europris and realised now its size 3.5-4mm yarn... the last set of coasters i made was just 2.5. ARGh. i hope they wont be too big..... i'm running out of ideas that are suitable for xmas advent calendar gifts that are easy enough to make.
aside from that,i have a growing stash of yarn that i've been buying when they're on sale (like 50% off) and stashing them aside to make a growing list of things for myself. well depends really, i might end up selling the end results. gonna be selling a fair portion of my horde of hats though.
argh my hands hurt to type now even....
*grumble*
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Random ramblings
so i have nothing better to take pics of than my cute cat in all sorts of weird situations... like sleeping over her daddy's leg, having her ears flipped when she's sleeping.. etc.Today we took a bus out to Europris, an area with lots of small malls or big shops! So sad i'm not loaded with cash or else i'd be dragging my hubby all over. i went there for yarn mainly,because mary ordered a lot more stuff and its much much cheaper at Europris. I save about 5-20nkr per ball on average, and considering i bought almost 20 balls i saved quite abit. Plus they sell one of Alex's favourite chocolates there and other stuff quite cheaply.
Alex bought some bathroom accessories (soap pump and container) in purple X) scoring lots on perfect hubby points. We also bought some wrapping paper in laarge size because we have something large to wrap. Plus its soon xmas and i loooooveee wrapping. Hubby scored more points by suggesting we go to Burger King for dinner hehehe
So after a satisfying shop, we're now at home chilling out abit... i'm almost done with the white portions of the potholders.. all thats left is the red border X 20 and i will be done with.. with... 10 out of 21 gifts i'm supposed to make...
...
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....
*thinksofthemoneythinksofthemoneythinksofthemoney*
i have already planned out what to do with my earnings.. wonder if that means counting my chickens before they hatch. But my eggs are in a safe incubator anyway. First i want to buy a small dishwasher. Cold weather=always washing with warmer water = very dried out hands and cuticles. And sometimes my hands start itching. So small dishwasher would help alot, plus i found a decent one for 2000nkr with pretty good electricity and water use. I actually like how they state the consumption of utilities on the website!
Next, some money shall go to xmas gifts... alex's parents and grandparents were so generous with our wedding, i hope we can get them something nice for xmas. We already got his parents something expensive but useful! More never hurts though, people tend to give multiple gifts for xmas sometimes. Then some money will be used to spoil myself with buying cheap yet good nail polish off www.beautyjoint.com WHEE HEH HEH
Most importantly, however, will be putting money into a special savings account that alex has opened up. The money saved in this account can only be used to buy a house in Norway, BUT a percentage of whatever you put in will count towards tax exemption, up to 4000nkr per year (so that will be 20,000nkr saved in the bank). That is pretty sweet, so we'll start chucking money in when we go to Hustad in late november :D
still waiting for a letter from the immigration department though, i wonder why its taking so long :(
Monday, October 17, 2011
its been a really long time since i blogged!
so now that i stated the obvious...
i realise i cannot live the tai-tai life with no job or being in the education system. its BORING. or rather, it makes me feel like there's no real purpose, so i got a little moody. quite interesting since i thought i'd be happily bumming out. But then again its a good thing, i know now i cannot live as a useless bum XD
things got a litte better when Mary suggested i could make things to sell for xmas, until i hauled home 2 bags of yarn and drifted from project to project. Again, it seemed a little pointless to make things when you're uncertain they would sell. but luckily for me, the workplace has a tradition of giving out advent calendar gifts to one random person a day, and Mary ordered 20 potholders from me. So i'm 'working' to finish those now, and i'm glad to say they're soon done. i miss making things for myself XD
Potholder that Mary ordered
i have a whole bag of yarn because they were extremely cheap (like $1.50-3 a ball due to sales) that are in colours i fancy, and no time to make them. but soon i shall unleash my urges -...and enter some knit frenzy.
Other things i have been up to is cooking.. i had the urge to make my own homemade stuff (just to have more to do, and to experiment i guess) and successfully made very tasty burgers, kjøttkake (meatcakes) in homemade sauce, fishcakes in self made sauce... and i'm waiting to make a little more.
Of course, i'm also having lots of fun with my nail stuff, especially since Hilde had this website www.beautyjoint.com where the nailpolishes sell relatively cheap inclusive of shipping costs, more so if you order in bulk. Any nail pictures go up on facebook!
Random stuff - they now sell Starbucks coffee in grocery stores. It comes in such cute packaging,but sadly i think i saw only 3 flavours on sale. thank goodness there's mocha!
these pair of kittens are still up for adoption, i hope they find a good home which will adopt them together. They are so close, and run everywhere together. I've never seen one without the other trailing not far behind. Its also really cute when you see one grooming the other !
Lastly for now, is the discovery of super yummy belgian waffles sold at 7-11 at 3 for 45nkr. oh YUMS. I pay the same price for a heated up version (or maybe even 10nkr more) for ONE at the Choco Boco (a coffee place we hang out now and then, to get some reading/crafting done)
Thats all for now, got some mexican stew on the stove and i'm hungry!
so now that i stated the obvious...
i realise i cannot live the tai-tai life with no job or being in the education system. its BORING. or rather, it makes me feel like there's no real purpose, so i got a little moody. quite interesting since i thought i'd be happily bumming out. But then again its a good thing, i know now i cannot live as a useless bum XD
things got a litte better when Mary suggested i could make things to sell for xmas, until i hauled home 2 bags of yarn and drifted from project to project. Again, it seemed a little pointless to make things when you're uncertain they would sell. but luckily for me, the workplace has a tradition of giving out advent calendar gifts to one random person a day, and Mary ordered 20 potholders from me. So i'm 'working' to finish those now, and i'm glad to say they're soon done. i miss making things for myself XD
Potholder that Mary orderedi have a whole bag of yarn because they were extremely cheap (like $1.50-3 a ball due to sales) that are in colours i fancy, and no time to make them. but soon i shall unleash my urges -...and enter some knit frenzy.
Other things i have been up to is cooking.. i had the urge to make my own homemade stuff (just to have more to do, and to experiment i guess) and successfully made very tasty burgers, kjøttkake (meatcakes) in homemade sauce, fishcakes in self made sauce... and i'm waiting to make a little more.
Of course, i'm also having lots of fun with my nail stuff, especially since Hilde had this website www.beautyjoint.com where the nailpolishes sell relatively cheap inclusive of shipping costs, more so if you order in bulk. Any nail pictures go up on facebook!
Random stuff - they now sell Starbucks coffee in grocery stores. It comes in such cute packaging,but sadly i think i saw only 3 flavours on sale. thank goodness there's mocha!
these pair of kittens are still up for adoption, i hope they find a good home which will adopt them together. They are so close, and run everywhere together. I've never seen one without the other trailing not far behind. Its also really cute when you see one grooming the other !
Lastly for now, is the discovery of super yummy belgian waffles sold at 7-11 at 3 for 45nkr. oh YUMS. I pay the same price for a heated up version (or maybe even 10nkr more) for ONE at the Choco Boco (a coffee place we hang out now and then, to get some reading/crafting done)
Thats all for now, got some mexican stew on the stove and i'm hungry!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
wedding bears :)
Delayed this post for awhile since things have gotten pretty busy.. But these are my wedding bears! I ordered 110 pairs i think XD. Maybe i'll bundle them together with a ribbon and whoever wants to take them can help themselves at the solemnization. Dont think i need to give to every single person? Because imagining my favourite family of relatives, i cant imagine what they would do with 6 pairs of bears in the house. XD
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Wedding Ring arriveth!
After some drama online and complaining, appealingweddingbands.com finally sent my rings via Fedex. They didnt inform me that they had the rings sent back because of a failed quality check previously hence about a week's delay. They also didnt inform me they changed the tracking number >_>In the end at least the rings are, according to my aunt, beautiful. They're currently in New Jersey and my aunt will bring it here in june when she comes. So here are the pics my cousin Michelle took i think, or my aunt XD.
I'm seriously contemplating getting them appraised to see if they're really made of what they are... and alvin's cheapo suggestion was take them to the pawn shop to ask the value ;D
Our rings together...
An individually, a plain polished ring for Alex... thicker in my opinion is more masculine looking and suits his fingers.
and mine, 4mm wide. Not too slim for me either since my fingers aren't long and slender like kas's.now my dress is due to arrive this week or early next week , yay! =)
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