"Gud har sagt: Jeg slipper deg ikke og svikter deg ikke." Heb. 13.5

Welcome to my blog!

Here you can read about me and my
life as a nurse and
how my life turns out when I try to let
God lead me:)

Enjoy!

21.4.09

Påskeferien – utruli god!

..mildt sagt!
En kveld kom en go’-gjeng frå bya og øyafolk utover, med påskeegg og påskegodt og det va duka for en søt-sak-aften:D

Mandag blei det en meget god pizzakveld, nakken Godøykara og ho Stine kom, og på veien var dei innom butikken og plukka ut kvar sin ingrediens, som oss miksa sammen og hadde på. Pizzasaus, pizzafyll, bacon, ost, kjøttdeig, løk og pepperoni på en bunn = en veldig god pizza, i et veldig godt lag!

Onsndag blei det bollefest og kortspel i lag med trivelige folk!! E klar for nakken runda til sommern:D

Dagtid sto i barnepassets navn; leikeplass, leggetid, Oskar-besøk og litt anna.
En tur til moa for å bade blei det også tid til la me mange onga:)
Laurdag blei Jakob med mej heim, han skulle få overnatte med Onkel Per! Lego-bygging va nok høgdepunktet, og når oss ikkje va nede i kjellern og bygde, blei det mykje planlegging ta det oss skulle bygge:p Jakob va ganske sikker at Onkel Per va mykje flinkare å bygge enn alle andre. En konklusjon ej kan slå mej til ro med:)

Langfredag plukka ej opp Stine, Kay og Marte og suste innover til Vatne! Takk til alle navigatørane, som var til stor hjelp:) Va kjempe kjekt å sjå dej igjen Ragnhild! Va bra å få en Ragnhild-dose, som ho Stine sei:p Det blei en hyggekveld med speling, middag, dessert og skravling som ej håpe det ikkje blir lenge til blir gjentatt:D

Når påska va ferdig, var ferien min heime berre halvveis! Herli!! Den neste vika starta med en hyggli kvelds la me en gjeng i byn, men etterkvart blei det meir hosting, snørr og litt sånt, men det kunne ikkje hindre mej i frå å oppfylle Onkel-rolla, so det blei en del barnepass og slikt den vika også:)

Avslutta påska med å vere ei vakt la me na Oskar og feire min bursdag litt på forskudd:) Alt i alt, to flotte vike!! No ser ej fram til en vårlig innspurt på ditta første året, e snart ferdig med 1. året på sjukepleien!!  He berre to daga til med undervisning faktisk, det he gått sjukt fort!

Håpe alle fær en god vår!!
Det skal nok bli nakken vårlige oppdateringa her inne:)

Putta ut nakken bilde som illustrera påska mi!

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Tre gode venner!

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Camilla MÅ berre vere med på bilda

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Jakob-apekatt og Tuva-den-uskyldige

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Mine kjære navigatører på vei til Vatne

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Ragnhild - kortskalle-mester! og Marte – KAKE! Du ser det i augene!

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Her he alle instansa rykt ut til ulykka!

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Onkel Per og Oskar he det kjekt i bassenget!

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og det he Ole-pappa og Tuva også!

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Ken so spruta på Onkel Per?

Til slutt, bilde av The cowboy-kids..
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..og to bestevenner og tante-mamma’n!

4.4.09

Gode dager

D e laurdags mørgan. Ej he så vidt gløtta på aune, det e heilt stille, ikkje en lyd å høre. Fantastisk, ej e heime!!

Ej kom heim i går kveld, til en god kvelds, med tebrikks og skikkelig godt pålegg, og hadde en hyggelig kveld:)

Oskar kom en tur utover i dag, so ej og han he kosa oss med eventyret om Katten med støvlane, og ellers berre slappa av og sløva. Kjempekjekt å kose me dej Oskar!!
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Ej jekk forresten en tur til butikken, utruli herli å gå langs vein, puste inn den herlige sjølufta, sjå på snødekte fjelltoppa, høre dei velkjente fuglelydane som tyde på vår:) Og ganske deili å vere nesten heilt åleine langs vei’n:)

Ej ser fram til to vike som blir gode uansett ka mykje skulearbeid ej må jere eller pensum ej må lese mens ej e her! Gle mej til å vere la med familie, vere Onkel Per, henge me venna og slappe av!!

Ønska alle mine trofaste lesera og kommentatora ei

GOD PÅSKE!!

22.3.09

Jesus er Kongen min!

Den første vika etter praksisen he vør veldi bra og helga he vør spennende og det heile blei avslutta perfekt! Kan det bli bedre?

Det va kjempekjekt å sjå igjen resten ta klassa og høyre historie fra episoda og situasjona frå dei andre praksisplassane!:D Og oss he allerede hatt mimrerunda om vår egen plass:p Torsdag samla Katina nesten alle 12 som hadde vør i lag på Madserud til en fantastisk nydli middag heime me sej, va en skikkli kjekke kveld!

Som dei fleste veit fekk ej ei lita stilling ej søkte på, kvar 3. helg på Diakonhjemmet sykehus på avdeling for mage-/tarm-, blodsjukdoma og diabetes. Og sia ej hadde seinvakt laurdag og tidligvakt på søndag, va helga stort sett satt. Men ej utnytta den maks, va me Trude på fredagskvelden og såg TV og åt frukt (sunne Trude hadde ingen søtsaka, so snilde Ragnhild forbarma sej over mej og sørga for at der va et sjokoladepåskegg ej kunne få) Takk for omtanken Ragnhild:-) 
   Laurdag skulle ej på seinvakt, men ej avtalte å ta en kaffisup oppe med Stine før vakt, nakke som alltid e kosli! Sei ja-takk en anna gong me ej Stine:)
   Vakta va temmelig spennende, og en dose “ny på jobb-nerva” va nok til stede, og ej blei lettare overvelda. Men ho som ej gikk la me synest ej va flink, so det her skal nok gå bra. Blir godt når ej he komt inn i rutinene og fått jobbinga der meir inni fingrane. Veldig kjekke folk og tru ej ska få lære masse der etterkvart!
   Søndag måtte ej uvanlig tidlig opp for å rekke tidligvakta, men det viste sej å ha en fordel, va kjempedeiligt å gå ute i søndagsrolige Oslo-gate med svært lite trafikk:) Arbeidsdagen gjekk fort, litt sann i ett, og va en bra dag!
   Når dagen va ferdig rusha ej til Peppes att med Stortinget for å møte Oskar, Anne, Eirik og Erling som va her på dagstur/helgatur. Skikkli skikkli kjekt å sjå na Oskar!! Han va litt trøtte, men våkna når han hørt Onkel Per si stemme:) Dei skulle opp igjen, so det blei berre en god time la me dei, hadde so løst å bli me! Men det ekje lenge til ej kjøme heimatt til dej Oskar! Då kan oss henge og kose masse:D Anne sin mage va blitt større sia sist også:) Ekje lenge til der kjøme en liten en no! Gle mej!

Søndagen blei perfekt avslutta med ei F2-Gudstjeneste i Fagerborg. Ei herlig stund!! Dagens taler, Tone, skulle tale om Gud sin betingelseslause, uendelig store kjærlighet til mej og dej, nakke ho gjor på en veldig bra måte. Gjennom Jesus ser Gud et reint hjerte i mej, uten synd og skyld. Ej kan ikkje jere nakke for å få Gud til å elske mej meir eller mindre. Han elska mej, og ordet elske he her større kraft enn oss kan ane! 
En herlig sang oss sang på slutten:

Jesus er kongen min, Guds barn jeg er.
Jeg er hans eiendom, han har meg kjær.
Hender og føtter små, allting skal Jesus få.
Jesus er kongen min, Guds barn jeg er.

Jesus er kongen min, kjemper med meg
Mot alle fiender på livets vei.
Alltid han sterkest er, fyrsten for Herrens hær.
Jesus er kongen min, kjemper med meg.

Jesus er kongen min, ham vil jeg tro.
Hos ham i herlighet skal jeg få bo,
Dele hans rikes glans, for jeg er evig hans.
Jesus er kongen min, ham vil jeg tro.

Jesus er kongen min, si er han din?
Alle skal kjenne ham, frelseren min.
Barn ifra alle land til Jesus komme kan.
Jesus er kongen min, si er han din?

13.3.09

Project “kanel i svengane”

I had study day today, so I’ve been home the whole day, was supposed study, and I did, wrote 250 words on a paper I have to hand in in end of May! But I wanted to try to bake, so I disided to make cinnamon rolls, or “kanel i svengane” as we say. It started ok with melting the butter and adding it to the milk. But when I did, the butter got lumpy and impossible to work with.. The pictures will help me tell the rest of the story.

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I’m ready to bake!

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Ok, I failed at the first attempt, so I started again. Heat the milk just a little bit before adding the melted butter.

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Add flour, sugar and cardamom
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What a mess the baker is making!

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So far, looking good! Have put cinnamon- and sugar-mix on top

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Roled them together and cut them into nice pieces, man, looking even better!

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The result. Not bad at all!

But, after I had added the sugar and the cinamon I had som struggle with roling the dough and to slice it into nice pieces. Picture two above might tell that. But the judge, Kay, liked them!

Thanks to Marte,
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that stayed with me through skype, supported me and helped me to keep going when I was about to give up:) When you come to Oslo I’ll make more!

7.3.09

News from Oslo!

I’ve been thinking so many times that I should write a blog. And I’ve been thinking “I want to blog about this, or this”, but then I haven’t had the time! So now I’m taking some time to write!

My eight weeks in the nursing home is soon over. Four more days at work, before it’s back to school. I look forward to get back, to meet my other classmates. But it will be a little hard to leave the practice too, I’ve really liked the place I’ve been at, the people that work there is really competent in working with people and I’ve learned so much! I’ve had to face many challanges, like meeting people in a stage where they don’t understand why they can’t be at home, talk about how they’re facing the end of their lives, meeting people that are in a total different world mentally, think they’re in a bus or a plane and wants to get off, or like the frustration of beeing old, and forgetting things and don’t understands the things happening to them. One of the greatest challenges I think, is which words to choose when talking to them about things that involves life and death, and their situation, or talking to one from the patient’s family. It’s been so interresting and informative, and so fun to carry out many of the things that we practiced on each other last semestre! My next challenge now is working in a hospital. I got a job I applied for, in the hospital that is connected to the school I’m in, in the divison for gastric ulcer, diseases of the blood and diabetic. Will work Saturday and Sunday every 3rd weekend, so it won’t take all my time!

As you read in the last blog, it’s been snowing a lot here in Oslo! It has started to melt, but some days it keeps coming more snow..I’m ready for spring now!! Will post some pictures of the winter here in Oslo:)

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The view from our doorway

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From a walk last Saturday

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The view from our livingroom window

Have a nice Sunday and a good week!

20.2.09

Time’s running too fast!

As I’ve written before I’m having a 2 month long practice-period now in a nursing home, as a part of my education. And now it’s only three weeks left!! Scary!

For two weeks ago I had a chance to go home for a long weekend. So I was home for a few days, had some relaxing and nice days. Always good to come home. It started with a beautfiul flight over some snowy moon-lighted mountains on Thursday evening. Friday afternoon I picked up Jakob at the kindegarden, and he was so suprised, because he didn’t expect me to come home:) Had a nice day together with him, Oskar and Tuva at my grandparent’s place that afternoon. In the evening me, Jakob and Tuva went home to my parent’s place, they were sleeping over. And Yvonne, a good friend of mine came over in the evening.

Saturday I went with Oskar to a swimmingpool. A boy in his class invited all the boys for swimming and MacDonald’s to celebrate his birthday. And Oskar enjoyed it so much!! Was so good to spend time with him there:)
In the evening I went to Marte’s home where me and Marte, or most Marte, made natchos and it was just finished when her parents came home. So we had a funny evening with games and Grand Prix on TV!

Sunday I just relaxed at home during the day, took a walk, it was some snow and beautiful weather that weekend, before I went to visit Oskar. That day we just relaxed inside. 
That evening I went for a meeting at Godøya, and it was so nice to get som input at a good old bedehusmøte! After the meeting I went for a coffee at a friends place, we had talked of the coffee for years, so now we did something about it:)

 

But that’s two weeks ago!! Man, time is running too fast!
This week I’ve worked many morning-shifts, so the days have just ran away. After those shifts I can’t do much, am too tired. So I mostly just crash on the couch. But today I’m off, from work a least, supposed to study at home.

Other news, the snow won’t stop coming down here in Oslo. It’s getting a little too much now I think. But it’s supposed to be cold and come more snow, so I just have to wait a little more for the spring. It’s nice too look at though. Will come with some pictures of it soon I hope.

Wish all of you a great weekend!!

29.1.09

Breakfast!

Since I have my weekend today and tomorrow, and going to work Saturday and Sunday, I thought I could have an extra good breakfast today:)

So I took the bacon I had left from when I made pancakes the other day,  and made one bread with BL and red bell pepper, one with brown cheese and a cup of tea! Yummy!

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I feel this can become a very lazy day, I don’t feel like doing any reading or other school-work today.. Think I will just save my energy until I’m going to spend time with the kids at the after-school program this afternoon.

Have a good day!!

20.1.09

Hard start!

I’ve realized that I relaxed too much over the Christmas-break..These two weeks at school since I came back to Oslo has been soo hard!! The first week we got a lot of information, we had quite boring lessons about how to gather information, how to do the documentation-part and theories on good nursing. I should also have read many pages and done some preparation for this week. I tried my best, and did some of the tasks we were given and some of the reading. But we had some very interresting lessons too, for example about working with people that they know are dying pretty soon.

Now I’ve started my eight weeks long practice-period in a nursing-home! I had my first day at work today, and it will be eight busy weeks! I’m going to work about 30 hours a week, and in addition we have some papers that we have to hand in and curriculum to read! But I’m looking forward! Will be exciting and interresting:D

Have a good week!

5.1.09

2009!

To all my readers, I wish you a Happy New Year!!

2008 was a very exciting year with quite a lot of traveling, meeting people, dishwashing, holidays, moving out of home, becoming a student...!

January and half of February I worked at my nightshift-job and some Saturdays on the local supermarket. Then I finally got to go back to Uganda for allmost a month!! Wow, was so good be back, with friends, host-family, the children, the Ugandan culture and people! Hope it won't be too long before I'm back again! Just love it:D

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After being home for 10 days in March, I went to the US! Since summer 2007 I had a feeling that God wanted me to go to Chicago to live in a community called Jesus People. So I went there, in the end of Easter which I celebrated with some relatives before going to Chicago. The time in Chicago was not too exciting, but it was exciting to go there, not knowing anyone or anything about what my task would be, just having the feeling that I should go. My task bacame to wash dishes...But I felt I was on the right place, so it was ok. I also got to see Nicholas and Sylvia, two friends of mine from Uganda, he studied on Wheaton University, in a suburb of Chicago. After those 1,5 month I went many places to visit more family and other Ugandan friends:D

Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Norfolk, Kerkhoven, Fort Wayne - cities I visited.

Had three Great months all together! Finni was in the US at the same time, so I met him a couple of times too:) For example, we celebrated 17. mai together with some of his friends!

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Last summer was the best summer we've had for some years weather-wise, with many days of sun and high temperatures:D Lovely! so our local beach was packed with people.

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From a volleyball-game on the beach, and Otto and Jakob, enjoying ice-cream!

 

Then the fall came, and it was time to move out of home, to Oslo, to start my nursing-studies there. The first semestre was very exciting, meeting new people, new challenges, living in a city..Many changes in life! But very good changes:) It's been nice to live closer to many friends I got at Hald and also friends from home that are studying or working here in Oslo. It's also been different to share an apartment! Me and Kay are sharing a ok place downtown, and we're very happy to get visitors! We've had quite many people spending a night or two here allready:)

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In December I had the anatomy and physiology exam before I went home to celebrate Christmas. The weeks before was quite hard, a lot to read and learn! So it was SO nice to go home for Christmas, not carrying any school-books!

The Christmas-holidays was the best time at home since I came home after six months in Uganda I think. The week before Christmas I worked only one nightshift, and the other days I relaxed a lot:) I had some friends over on December 21st, to make peper-cakes, and in the evening on December 22nd, the other evenings I relaxed by my self in front of the TV or was babysitting at Maria's. Nice!

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The rest of the Christmas I worked very little, and just spent time with friends and family instead. Had a really really nice time! Until December 30th, when a good friend of mine was involved in a car accident and was badly injured. Please pray for her!! She's still in the respirator, and they're not sure of how much the damages will affect her legs and back.

While I was home I was wondering why I didn't want to go back to Oslo at all, because when I was home only for a long weekend early last fall, I was kind of looking forward to go back.. I think it was because it was Christmas, and so many friends were home, and I had more time with family. I also realized that I've actually moved out of home, and two months for the summer holidays probably will be the longest time at home for many years! Maybe forever..

On Sunday I had the best ending of the holidays I could ask for. The weather was on it's best, it was cold, sunny and it was even a littlebit of snow! In early afternoon Oskar and Anne came to Vigra and I joined them for a walk, right before clouds came. It was so facinating to see the blue heaven in one end, and the dark, grey skies in the other. After the walk we went in to my grandparents to eat potetoball. You can only imagine how good that meal was!

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Want to say a big THANK YOU to all my family and all my friends that made my holidays SO nice!!

 

Tomorrow the new semestre starts, will be an interresting one! Stay tuned to read about how it goes:D