Today has worn me out! I woke up at 9:15 this morning and had breakfast.... then since it was raining, I did a 30 minute plyometric workout in the house, followed by a 4 minute high intensity workout, followed by some pushups and abs. Then I showered and got ready to meet Kelsey to bike down to the indoor gym so we could swim in the pool.
The facility had a big pool with swimming lanes, where I swam a lot of laps, and then they had a really deep pool with 3 different diving boards, all different heights. I jumped off of each one.. I dove off of the 2nd highest and completely misjudged how far I was from the water, so my legs went up over my head and smacked the water. It kinda hurt. So I just jumped off the highest one and even that hurt the bottoms of my feet.
After swimming for about an hour, we washed off and biked to the store so I could buy some apples, and then we met Emelie, a girl on our team, at Ingrid's to play some games. We ended up playing a lot of games of sequence and then Uno.
After that, Emelie and I left and went to our houses. I ate dinner around 6:15, we had pork chops, potatoes, and salad. Afterwards, I took the car to the grocery store to buy groceries for the household. I finally found some light soy milk that tastes really good! And I bought some white tea pomegranate that I tried tonight and it's really good too.
I haven't been doing much since then... I skyped with Greg, called Mom, and tried calling Dad. Now I am about to read a little and go to sleep!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Day 107
This morning I had my alarm set for 6 AM for the bakery, but I woke up around 4:45 AM and couldn't really go back to sleep...
SO once my alarm finally went off I got dressed and biked down to the bakery. I got there around 6:45 AM and was with Alex again because Heleana is still with her daughter at the hospital. I was at the bakery for 4 hours and did a lot. Let's see... I took dough to the dough/fondant thinner machine and rolled out dough to put on this platter that goes in a machine and it makes dough balls that I have to transfer onto baking sheets. There were 6 big clumps of dough that I had to do that with. Then I spread cinnamon glaze on big pieces of dough that Alex had rolled out, and after he folded them and cut them into slips, I twisted them into cinnamon knots and transferred them to baking sheets. Then I put orange pieces on another and did the same with those.
Then I had to slice logs of cookie dough and place them on baking sheets. After that, I was told that the old guy who couldn't speak English needed help, so Alex showed me what to do... the old guy rolled chocolate truffles in melted chocolate, and then I rolled them in chocolate sprinkles. Well little man was too quick for me and trying to tell me what to do in swedish and the sprinkles weren't sticking because the chocolate was already drying... finally I figured out that I needed to be quicker and got a nice "BRA!" from the man.. which means good.
Once we finished rolling the truffles, I walked back over and saw that Alex had rolled out 44 (yes, 44) circles of dough, and I had to glaze them all, and then sprinkle almond slivers on 10 of them, fruit pieces on 10 more, chocolate drops on 9 of them, orange pieces on 10 of them, and nothing on the 5 that had cinnamon glaze.
Once I finished that, I had to roll them all into logs, place 5 on a baking sheet, and then take scissors and cut them to where they look really cool. It's hard to explain, but next week I am taking my camera so I will take pictures and hopefully be doing the same thing so I can show yall! However, the scissors gave my finger a blister because I had to cut all 44 logs into designs.
After I finished that, it was time to clean up. So I scraped the table down like I do every wednesday, and then I told him I would clean the dishes because I've been doing that every wednesday as well. The dishes always take me a long time because there are so many and I have to wash them by hand... WELL Alex came up to me today after he finished mopping and said "you don't have to do that" and stuck the board that I had put all the hand washed dishes on into this machine, shut the door, flipped a switch, and it started washing them and was finished in like 10 seconds. I looked at him and said "you realize I've been hand washing these every week?" He thought that was funny.
I finally left at 10:45 and had to bike back in the rain. Once I got back, I put my apron and shirt in the washer, showered, and ate cereal. Then I started watching a movie but turned it off because I needed a nap. I slept from 1-3.
Then at 4:45 I had to bike down to the field for the little girls practice. The field was flooded with puddles so we had to use wiffle balls off to the side with them... and then our practice was moved inside from 6:30-8.
After practice, we biked back to the house... I showered and then we ate salmon, salad, and potatoes.
Now I am in bed with some hot tea and about to read my kindle and head on to sleep.
SO once my alarm finally went off I got dressed and biked down to the bakery. I got there around 6:45 AM and was with Alex again because Heleana is still with her daughter at the hospital. I was at the bakery for 4 hours and did a lot. Let's see... I took dough to the dough/fondant thinner machine and rolled out dough to put on this platter that goes in a machine and it makes dough balls that I have to transfer onto baking sheets. There were 6 big clumps of dough that I had to do that with. Then I spread cinnamon glaze on big pieces of dough that Alex had rolled out, and after he folded them and cut them into slips, I twisted them into cinnamon knots and transferred them to baking sheets. Then I put orange pieces on another and did the same with those.
Then I had to slice logs of cookie dough and place them on baking sheets. After that, I was told that the old guy who couldn't speak English needed help, so Alex showed me what to do... the old guy rolled chocolate truffles in melted chocolate, and then I rolled them in chocolate sprinkles. Well little man was too quick for me and trying to tell me what to do in swedish and the sprinkles weren't sticking because the chocolate was already drying... finally I figured out that I needed to be quicker and got a nice "BRA!" from the man.. which means good.
Once we finished rolling the truffles, I walked back over and saw that Alex had rolled out 44 (yes, 44) circles of dough, and I had to glaze them all, and then sprinkle almond slivers on 10 of them, fruit pieces on 10 more, chocolate drops on 9 of them, orange pieces on 10 of them, and nothing on the 5 that had cinnamon glaze.
Once I finished that, I had to roll them all into logs, place 5 on a baking sheet, and then take scissors and cut them to where they look really cool. It's hard to explain, but next week I am taking my camera so I will take pictures and hopefully be doing the same thing so I can show yall! However, the scissors gave my finger a blister because I had to cut all 44 logs into designs.
After I finished that, it was time to clean up. So I scraped the table down like I do every wednesday, and then I told him I would clean the dishes because I've been doing that every wednesday as well. The dishes always take me a long time because there are so many and I have to wash them by hand... WELL Alex came up to me today after he finished mopping and said "you don't have to do that" and stuck the board that I had put all the hand washed dishes on into this machine, shut the door, flipped a switch, and it started washing them and was finished in like 10 seconds. I looked at him and said "you realize I've been hand washing these every week?" He thought that was funny.
I finally left at 10:45 and had to bike back in the rain. Once I got back, I put my apron and shirt in the washer, showered, and ate cereal. Then I started watching a movie but turned it off because I needed a nap. I slept from 1-3.
Then at 4:45 I had to bike down to the field for the little girls practice. The field was flooded with puddles so we had to use wiffle balls off to the side with them... and then our practice was moved inside from 6:30-8.
After practice, we biked back to the house... I showered and then we ate salmon, salad, and potatoes.
Now I am in bed with some hot tea and about to read my kindle and head on to sleep.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Day 105 & 106
Yesterday morning after I had a bowl of cereal, I laid back in bed for awhile, and then decided to go for an interval run. I walked for 30 seconds and ran for 1 minute for 5.2 miles (46 min), and then walked for 20 minutes.
I relaxed for awhile back at the house, and then got bored so I went for a bike ride into town to shop around. I tried on some clothes at H&M but didn't buy anything. Then I biked to an area near the softball field called Vattenparken (Water Park) that just has a few small ponds, and I sat at one of the picnic tables and read for about 30 minutes.
I biked back to the house around 4:30 and showered, then sat around relaxing until we ate Flying Jacob for dinner at 5:45. I really like that meal... it is rice and then the sauce it cream based with chili sauce and has chicken, peanuts, banana slices, and you can put bacon slices in it. And you put the sauce on top of the rice. It doesn't sound like a good combination but I think it is SOOO good! So I was starving and ate a bunch of that.
After awhile I got bored again so I went for a 40 minute walk around the bike paths listening to my ipod. It rained lightly on me almost the whole time.
After skyping with mom and then court & chloe, I went to sleep.
This morning I woke up early and went upstairs for breakfast. Then I went downstairs and watched a couple movies with Karin. She stayed home from work for the 2nd day not feeling well. Kelsey came over as we were starting the 2nd movie. After that movie ended, Kelsey left and I decided to go for a 4 mile run. When I got back I did a few more exercises in the house and then grabbed an apple and a few slices of fruit bread for my lunch.
At 5:15 I biked down to the softball field for practice. After biking back to the house around 8 pm, I showered, checked emails and facebook, and then had cereal and an apple for dinner.
Now I have a mug of chocolate milk and my kindle in bed :) I will be with the baker again tomorrow morning, but last week when I asked him what time he wanted me there he said whenever I wanted to come... so instead of 4 or 5 AM, I will wake up at 6 and get there around 6:30 :)
I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing Labor Day weekend!
I relaxed for awhile back at the house, and then got bored so I went for a bike ride into town to shop around. I tried on some clothes at H&M but didn't buy anything. Then I biked to an area near the softball field called Vattenparken (Water Park) that just has a few small ponds, and I sat at one of the picnic tables and read for about 30 minutes.
I biked back to the house around 4:30 and showered, then sat around relaxing until we ate Flying Jacob for dinner at 5:45. I really like that meal... it is rice and then the sauce it cream based with chili sauce and has chicken, peanuts, banana slices, and you can put bacon slices in it. And you put the sauce on top of the rice. It doesn't sound like a good combination but I think it is SOOO good! So I was starving and ate a bunch of that.
After awhile I got bored again so I went for a 40 minute walk around the bike paths listening to my ipod. It rained lightly on me almost the whole time.
After skyping with mom and then court & chloe, I went to sleep.
This morning I woke up early and went upstairs for breakfast. Then I went downstairs and watched a couple movies with Karin. She stayed home from work for the 2nd day not feeling well. Kelsey came over as we were starting the 2nd movie. After that movie ended, Kelsey left and I decided to go for a 4 mile run. When I got back I did a few more exercises in the house and then grabbed an apple and a few slices of fruit bread for my lunch.
At 5:15 I biked down to the softball field for practice. After biking back to the house around 8 pm, I showered, checked emails and facebook, and then had cereal and an apple for dinner.
Now I have a mug of chocolate milk and my kindle in bed :) I will be with the baker again tomorrow morning, but last week when I asked him what time he wanted me there he said whenever I wanted to come... so instead of 4 or 5 AM, I will wake up at 6 and get there around 6:30 :)
I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing Labor Day weekend!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Day 104
This morning I woke up and made myself a blueberry and banana smoothie before we headed out to the woods to pick mushrooms. We had NO luck at all finding mushrooms... however, My, Kelsey, and I found a lot of bones... kind of creepy. My stomach started hurting while we were out in the woods, so when we got back to the house, I showered and took a 2 hour nap.
I felt better when I woke up, so I biked down to the field to hit some with Kelsey and Ingrid. After that, I biked back to the house, took another shower, and got on the computer until it was time for dinner.
We had "make your own salad" for dinner tonight. We cut up a lot of veggies, made some pesto pasta noodles, boiled some eggs, had cut up ham and crawfish, and took our plates downstairs and watched Limitless while we ate.
Now I am going to read a little and head on to sleep. Took yesterday and today off from running, so gotta get back into it tomorrow.
Hope everyone's having a great labor day weekend!
I felt better when I woke up, so I biked down to the field to hit some with Kelsey and Ingrid. After that, I biked back to the house, took another shower, and got on the computer until it was time for dinner.
We had "make your own salad" for dinner tonight. We cut up a lot of veggies, made some pesto pasta noodles, boiled some eggs, had cut up ham and crawfish, and took our plates downstairs and watched Limitless while we ate.
Now I am going to read a little and head on to sleep. Took yesterday and today off from running, so gotta get back into it tomorrow.
Hope everyone's having a great labor day weekend!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Day 103
I slept in really late this morning, 11:30. I went in the living room to see if Kelsey was up yet, and we just sat around for a little while. I had some cereal around 1:30, and then at 2 we put in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. I told her now she HAS to watch the next one with Jessica Biel in it because that's my favorite one.
Once the movie was over, I changed into some warmer clothes for the ice skating rink, and we biked to Ingrid's so Kelsey could grab Ingrid's skates, and then we biked to the rink to meet up with Emelie and Linnea. Linnea let me borrow her skates and we skated free from 5-6. We had SO much fun. There are a few pictures and a video posted on my facebook wall if you wanna take a look!
When we left, we biked to the store because I wanted to buy chocolate covered nuts. Then we both biked back to our houses. After being on the computer a little while, I showered and then grabbed a bowl of cereal for dinner, and ate A LOT of the chocolate nuts. We started watching a movie in the living room, but turned it off bc the quality wasn't great and the subtitles weren't in Swedish so they wanted to wait and watch it when there were swedish subtitles. They bought a new 3D 60 inch TV today with surround sound... it's VERY nice, but kind of complicated to figure out.
Now I am going to read and head on to sleep. We are going blueberry/mushroom picking in the woods tomorrow at 11am. I might take my book and if I get tired of picking I'll find a spot and read :) haha
Hope yall are having a great weekend and enjoying the start of another season of college football!
Once the movie was over, I changed into some warmer clothes for the ice skating rink, and we biked to Ingrid's so Kelsey could grab Ingrid's skates, and then we biked to the rink to meet up with Emelie and Linnea. Linnea let me borrow her skates and we skated free from 5-6. We had SO much fun. There are a few pictures and a video posted on my facebook wall if you wanna take a look!
When we left, we biked to the store because I wanted to buy chocolate covered nuts. Then we both biked back to our houses. After being on the computer a little while, I showered and then grabbed a bowl of cereal for dinner, and ate A LOT of the chocolate nuts. We started watching a movie in the living room, but turned it off bc the quality wasn't great and the subtitles weren't in Swedish so they wanted to wait and watch it when there were swedish subtitles. They bought a new 3D 60 inch TV today with surround sound... it's VERY nice, but kind of complicated to figure out.
Now I am going to read and head on to sleep. We are going blueberry/mushroom picking in the woods tomorrow at 11am. I might take my book and if I get tired of picking I'll find a spot and read :) haha
Hope yall are having a great weekend and enjoying the start of another season of college football!
Day 102
Yesterday I woke up early and had breakfast, and then went for a 5k run.
Afterwards, I made a list of groceries I needed, and biked to the plumbing business to get Karin's card, then biked to the store and bought all my groceries, took her back her card, and biked back to the house. I was so loaded down with groceries I had to walk my bike up all the hills :)
Once I was back, Kelsey came over and we made chocolate chip waffle cookies to take to practice because we promised the girls we would bring them "treats" this week at practice during the tournament.
After we made the cookies, we started making the dips for our "mexican" night we were having with My after practice. We made a layer dip consisting of refried beans, sour cream & cream cheese, salsa, chopped up: lettuce, tomatoes, green peppers, and green onions, and then topped it with shredded cheese. We also made homemade guacamole. We put garlic cloves on the stove until they were soft and brown and then peeled them and chopped them into tiny pieces and mixed them in with the avocados. Added lime juice and then mashed it all up and added some salt. Then we made some cheese dip from a packet. They were all sooooo good.
We decided since it was Friday we would have a "Friday Fun Day" at practice. But when we got to practice we made them think it was going to be a hard practice with a lot of running. We split up into teams, 4 girls on my team and 4 girls on Kelsey's team, and we kept score of all the points we racked up with each different game we played. We all had a lot of fun. My team ended up winning by a total of 1 more point than Kelsey's :) haha.
Afterwards, I hurried and biked back to shower and then started browning the ground beef and then the chicken. Once Kelsey came over we took all the food downstairs and watched I Am Number 4 while eating.
Then the 3 of us took Ludde for a walk, came back, and we were gonna watch The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but Kelsey and My were too scared so I made them promise me they would watch it this afternoon with me. We finally decided to watch Just Go With It around midnight. The movie ended at 2 am and we were EXHAUSTED so we all headed to sleep.
Afterwards, I made a list of groceries I needed, and biked to the plumbing business to get Karin's card, then biked to the store and bought all my groceries, took her back her card, and biked back to the house. I was so loaded down with groceries I had to walk my bike up all the hills :)
Once I was back, Kelsey came over and we made chocolate chip waffle cookies to take to practice because we promised the girls we would bring them "treats" this week at practice during the tournament.
After we made the cookies, we started making the dips for our "mexican" night we were having with My after practice. We made a layer dip consisting of refried beans, sour cream & cream cheese, salsa, chopped up: lettuce, tomatoes, green peppers, and green onions, and then topped it with shredded cheese. We also made homemade guacamole. We put garlic cloves on the stove until they were soft and brown and then peeled them and chopped them into tiny pieces and mixed them in with the avocados. Added lime juice and then mashed it all up and added some salt. Then we made some cheese dip from a packet. They were all sooooo good.
We decided since it was Friday we would have a "Friday Fun Day" at practice. But when we got to practice we made them think it was going to be a hard practice with a lot of running. We split up into teams, 4 girls on my team and 4 girls on Kelsey's team, and we kept score of all the points we racked up with each different game we played. We all had a lot of fun. My team ended up winning by a total of 1 more point than Kelsey's :) haha.
Afterwards, I hurried and biked back to shower and then started browning the ground beef and then the chicken. Once Kelsey came over we took all the food downstairs and watched I Am Number 4 while eating.
Then the 3 of us took Ludde for a walk, came back, and we were gonna watch The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but Kelsey and My were too scared so I made them promise me they would watch it this afternoon with me. We finally decided to watch Just Go With It around midnight. The movie ended at 2 am and we were EXHAUSTED so we all headed to sleep.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
DAY 101
This morning I tried to sleep in, but I woke up at 8:15, so I went upstairs and had some cereal. Then I changed into running clothes and went for an hour run.
At 12 Kelsey biked over and we biked into town where she ate a salad. I was still full from my cereal so I passed. Then we went to a small shop where I bought a few things, and then we biked further into town to the plumbing business where I picked up Karin's card so I could get a few groceries from the store. I biked her card back to her and then we biked the groceries back to the house.
Once I put the groceries away, I had a small lunch and read. Then I biked down to the field at 5 where Kelsey and I worked with one of the girls on catching. I left early to get back and shower before dinner was going to be ready. I saw they were having waffles with cream and jelly, and decided I would just make a sandwich.
A little later I had an apple and some chocolate milk, skyped with Court, Greg, and Dad. Now I'm waiting to see if Mom gets on so I can skype with her and then go to bed!
Tomorrow it'll just be me, Kelsey, My, and Tove at the house so Kelsey and I are making mexican food. I've been looking up healthy guacamole and cheese dip recipes online. If you know of any good bean dip and/or any other good mexican dishes let me know! :)
At 12 Kelsey biked over and we biked into town where she ate a salad. I was still full from my cereal so I passed. Then we went to a small shop where I bought a few things, and then we biked further into town to the plumbing business where I picked up Karin's card so I could get a few groceries from the store. I biked her card back to her and then we biked the groceries back to the house.
Once I put the groceries away, I had a small lunch and read. Then I biked down to the field at 5 where Kelsey and I worked with one of the girls on catching. I left early to get back and shower before dinner was going to be ready. I saw they were having waffles with cream and jelly, and decided I would just make a sandwich.
A little later I had an apple and some chocolate milk, skyped with Court, Greg, and Dad. Now I'm waiting to see if Mom gets on so I can skype with her and then go to bed!
Tomorrow it'll just be me, Kelsey, My, and Tove at the house so Kelsey and I are making mexican food. I've been looking up healthy guacamole and cheese dip recipes online. If you know of any good bean dip and/or any other good mexican dishes let me know! :)
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