Last day of 2008.

Another year has almost reached its end. The year of 2008 went much faster than the previous years have done before at least that is how I experienced it. Now awaits a new year, 2009!

Let us all pray that it’s going to be a better year with less conflicts around the world. Here is a reminder to you, don’t forget that the earth, its condition and the people living on it are all parts of our responsibility.

Every act and every thought counts. Let us start the New Year by helping family/friends and most important above all let us help the people who struggle and those who find themselves to be on a difficult track in their lives. Together I believe we can all make a change and it starts right here. Are you with me?

The Pink Package.

Picture: Ebba's blog at Veckorevyn

It feels so strange to announce that Christmas is officially over, every year it's the same sad feeling, one really does not want it to be over! :(

Anyway I had a great time this year having the whole family gathered together to celebrate the special time of the year. When it comes down to this year's Christmas presents I got things that I needed but also one special gift that I've been dreaming about for a very long time, namely a special pen to write calligraphy with. I am more than happy about my gifts, after all it's the thought that counts, right? ;)

Still I can't help not to think about my birthday in January and what I might get then. Well here's a collage with good suggestions if any of my brothers/parents might stop by and read this post :) To be honest I love the fact that I can call it "The Pink Package" because even if I normally prefer black, beige or white I sometimes fall for these pink products as well.

How ridiculous it is that it can feel so amusing to actually be able to feel this childish and "girly" feeling I'm feeling right this second as my eyes enjoy the pink and pretty view of this pretty little package!

A list on a Sunday.

Mood: Tired, didn't come home until 3 AM this morning.
Done: Breakfast (check), lovely winter walk with my family
Plans: Nothing special today, relax and take it easy and maybe meet up with S
Looking at: My laptop's screen
Listening to: Piano - That's what friends are for
Reading: Nothing yet
Drinking: Water
Eating: Fruit salad
Best: It's a beautiful Sunday!
Worst: That I'm tired but I'll hopefully wake up after the shower
Weather: Gorgeous weather, finally! Nothing but sunshine :)

What friends are for.

Picture: DeviantArt

"...Keep smilin' Keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me
for sure that's what friends are for
In good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
that's what friends are for..."

- Carol Bayer & Burt Bacharach -

Birthday coming up.

It's been such a hectic day. We began with our Christmas SALE today at Jackpot and so we were busy running and helping each and every customer (well those that we had enough time to help). I'm sure we all did pretty well though so the big bosses of our company must be very pleased when they'll see today's numbers that were cashed in during the day.

Anyway, as I was staring at my calendar on the wall I noticed today's date, I will be 21 in exactly one month from today! Crazy, it feels as if I just turned 20 the other day? Time really does fly.

I'm glad it's Friday though. Tomorrow I'm going to meet up with the girls and we're going to have our own little Christmas lunch and exchange Christmas presents etc. Besides we've already started to plan the biggest and most important night of the year! Namely New Year's Eve! :) I can feel it already... 2009 is going to be a good year, that's for sure.

James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings

Today's Song. I really love this song.

You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real...

Again.

Somebody stabbed my back, again. This time the dagger reached deep within my heart and now I'm filled with all this pain I haven't felt since... I don't know when.

Somebody let me down, again. I feel humiliated, I feel insecure and so I let them out, those small crystal tears that always come streaming like the October rain.

Somebody lied to me, again. I tried so hard to be all that you wanted me to be, I almost changed for you but now I'm sick and tired of our world's crazy men.

Somebody filled my lungs with tears, again. I'm cold and I find it hard to breathe because of all the pain, perhaps I should call L, my beloved friend. Maybe she can tell me how this sad story should end.

Somebody took advantage of me, once again. I can't believe I let him take the best part of me, I just realized that I'm almost running out of black ink inside my favorite pen.

Somebody stabbed my back, again. This time I really hit the bottom of the sea. All I can say, pray and hope for is that it won't happen again.

To the people of the world I say..

Merry Christmas!

A list on Christmas Eve.

Finally it's here! The day we've all been waiting for :) Christmas Eve! I'm afraid I can't write more now but I sure will later! Have a great day everybody! Merry Christmas!

Mood: So much better! It's Christmas Eve! :D
Done: Late Christmas breakfast (check!)
Plans: Celebrate Christmas with my family, church later this afternoon
Looking at: My laptop's screen
Listening to: Ashanti - Christmas Melody
Reading: Nothing yet
Drinking: Water
Eating: Nothing yet but I will later... :P
Best: It's Christmas!
Worst: No nothing like that today
Weather: No snow in my sight :(

Sick.

Picture: Google

Sorry for the bad updates! As you probably learnt by reading tonight's title I've been sick for a few days. I still haven't recovered but I'm hoping that I will get better cause by the end of this week it's Christmas Eve.. Anyway hope you had a great weekend! I should call it the night now, I'm exausted. Sweet dreams.

A list on a tensed Tuesday.

Mood: Unfortunately I'm not feeling very well, I simply couldn't sleep and so I woke up at 4.30 AM.. Awful nightmares :(
Done: Early breakfast at 5 so my stomach is hungry already!
Plans: Pay some bills, tidy up my room, finish baking, meet S later today
Looking at: My laptop's screen
Listening to: Kleerup feat. Robyn - With every heartbeat
Reading: Nothing yet
Drinking: Water
Eating: I might do myself a fruit salad soon
Best: I managed to avoid the colds that my two brothers have, poor things :(
Worst: The thoughts that kept circulating inside my head last night
Weather: Still very grey and cold

My favourite wallpaper.

Picture: DeviantArt

This is the second year that I have this beautiful picture as my wallpaper on my laptop. I found it last year while searching for Christmas pictures at DeviantArt and fell completely in love with it.

The open fire, the gorgeous tree and the perfect room makes me speechless. This is how I would love to decorate my own home later on in the future. That is if I would live in such a big house.. :)

Christmas bells are ringing.

With less than two weeks left for Christmas I've been walking around hearing some of the best Christmas songs that have been played in our speakers here at home today.

Besides, dad surprised me when I got back from Miami with a beautiful glowing snowflake hanging in my bedroom window! For so many years I've wanted some kind of Christmas adornment in my room but never really found the "perfect thing" if you understand what I mean?

Luckily my dad found it for me, so now my brothers and I have each one hanging in our windows, it looks so beautiful from the street.

Anyway I better get back to our Christmas preparations, next up I'll be baking some of these that I also made last year, do you remember? :)

One of the funniest things I've ever seen on youtube.

I only have one word for you, hilarious! You just have to check out this clip from youtube. Sweet dreams! How adorable aren't these two little boys?! :)

I smiled.

I smiled as I slowly inhaled the scent from the unique fragrance on your skin. A special scent that only you seem to have. Carefully I placed the tip of my nose on your warm neck and so my pulse skipped a beat as I gently kissed your chin.

I smiled at the way you had your arm around me as we kept walking on the street. Under your big and blue umbrella you held me close to you. I didn't dare to say it then but I thought it was very sweet.

I smiled at the way your eyes made me blush and catch my breath every time that you noticed how I couldn't and didn't want to look towards any other direction. To be honest I had struggling butterflies inside my stomach all day on that special Friday. All I can say is that you left me with a positive impression.

I smiled at the way I was amazed about how I felt when we had our various conversations about so many different things. It felt so natural and I never saw a forced smile upon your face. I kept thinking whether if this was a one time opportunity or if I would have the chance to meet with this hansom gentleman again, we'll see what the future brings.

Let's keep it elegant & simple.

Picture: Jak & Jil
Mood: Excited (!)
Done: Breakfast + shower

Plans: Work + date tonight ;)

Looking at: My laptop's screen

Listening to: Cassie feat. Lil Wayne - Official girl

Reading: Nothing yet

Drinking: Fresh pressed orange juice/water

Eating: Lunch later

Best: It's Friday!

Worst: The pain in my back (from a horse accident)

Weather: Generally cloudy with scattered showers

The start of something new.

I thought you would never call. People tend to promise things they later never keep but you kept yours since you did call me after all.

Last night's hours went so fast. Well, they usually do when one's having a blast.

I did find it hard to leave your warm embrace. On my way home I still kept thinking of your beautiful face.

I am glad that you gave me a call. In the end it means a lot more than to just receive a text, the simple gesture could make any woman fall.

Tomorrow is a new day and so we're having our first date on what's going to be a fun Friday. Considering how much fun we had last night I'm hoping that tomorrow's evening is going to end the same way.

Last night at V.

Picture: Private - Taken by L (From the left: V, M, E & me)

As you can probably see from the picture above the girls and I had a great night last night! Nothing but smiles on our pretty faces :)

I must say that we have found our favourite club here in Stockholm, "Village" aka V, plays great music from 11 PM to 5 AM (!) in other words all night long. The people that normally attend are from different parts of Stockholm besides it's also a good mix of the different ages too!

So we kept dancing all night - I didn't come home until 04.30 AM... Guess if I'm tired (read dead) today?

P as in PARTY!

I just got a text from L saying "Girl's night out? ;-)" meaning there's a party tonight! I haven't been out for ages so I think tonight can be really fun!

Anyway I better get going, hopefully L's got her camera with her! So there might be some photos here tomorrow!

Have a great day/evening depending on what time it is at your place ;-)

Only in my Juicy Couture Set.

Picture: Nelly

Call me lazy if you like because now I can actually admit it - I haven't been able to take any photos today since I realized that my camera already lost all its battery time? So I hope you can accept this picture as seen above of my comfortable Juicy Couture set that I bought in Miami.

I flew in it and I've been wearing it at home these last couple of days and I'm totally in love with it :) It might not be so super glamorous but hey sometimes comfort comes before style!

Besides these sets are expensive here in Sweden (!) and so I got mine with 30 % discount in Miami thanks to the Thanksgiving sales so I'm quite happy about it! They had so many different colours too! It felt like I was in a candy store.

Even though I was tempted to buy a cool colour I still choose the classic marin blue one because I knew that the colour would last longer (spoken in fashion terms).

Oh and I finally bought me a new charger today! As clumsy as I am I forgot my charger in Miami.. So I've been without my phone these last couple of days since we didn't have another one at home. The plans for tomorrow is Christmas shopping part II. More about that later!

Christmas presents it is!

To the people of the world I say, Good morning! It turns out that I could not finish with the list of things that I wanted to do yesterday, among them taking pictures of what I brought home from my trip to Miami but I'll try to do it during the day.

Anyway my mom and I are going shopping today, I really want to get this over and done so that I won't have to run in and out from different stores during the most hectic days of the year.

One of my brothers came in to my room my last night and asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I had no idea of what to answer...! I already have everything that I "need" so I was thinking about receiving money which I could donate to UNICEF or perhaps another organization. In that way the money would be spent wisely and hopefully for something good!

Sorry but I have to get going. I'll write more later ;) Have a great day!

Katie Holmes for TMagazine, New York Times.

Pictures: Collage made by me, pictures collected from nytimes

I just read the article "Best Supporting Actress" by Lynn Hirschberg in the NY times online and saw these beautiful pictures of Katie Holmes, styled like a true movie star.

I would love to see her new play "All My Sons" that is played on Broadway. For now it's only a dream that might come true later on.. You never know what might happen :)

A list on a Monday morning.

Mood: Positive :)
Done: Breakfast (check), gone through e-mails (check)
Plans: Help my mom to clean the house (including my room),
Looking at: My laptop's screen
Listening to: T-pain feat. Young Styles - Missing You
Reading: DN
Drinking: Water
Eating: I just ate brunch ;)
Best: It's my day off
Worst: No nothing like that today
Weather: Still cold and grey

Sleeping Beauty.

Good morning or perhaps I should say Good afternoon ?! I just saw that it's passed 1 PM.. Well to be honest I woke up really late today, like one hour ago in fact.

Luckily my headache is gone and I'm full of positive energy since I could sleep all morning :) I better get started with my things that I need to do today.

May you all have a wonderful Monday!

Exhausted.

It's been a really hectic week I must say. Coming back from Miami and after that I've been busy working almost the entire week! Trust me when I say that I'm exhausted, I even got this bad headache when I came home earlier today and it's still there bothering me.

Anyway I'm actually having a week off next week! Well almost, I only work on Friday but the rest of the days I'm free so I'm planning to do some Christmas shopping, Christmas baking, Christmas cleaning etc. So I guess one can say that I have a busy schedule anyway ;)

Tomorrow I might also show some pictures of the lovely things I bought in Miami. Oh and about the dress I wore at my cosin's wedding - it's coming! Unfortunately I couldn't take that many pictures while my uncle and cosin's professional camera man took lots of them during the wedding so I'm waiting for her to send them to me :)

I hope you all had a great weekend! I'll write more later.

Wimbledon.

Picture: Google

Next up this evening is this quite new movie I believe called "Wimbledon" starring Kirsten Dunst among many other famous actors. May you all have a great Friday! :)

Friday's List.

Mood: A bit sleepy ...

Done: Breakfast (check) shower up next

Plans: Work + celebrate dad tonight!

Looking at: My laptop's screen

Listening to: David Archuleta - Crush (Oh yes I love this song!

Reading: Nothing yet

Drinking: Fresh pressed orange juice

Eating: Lunch later

Best: It's my dad's birthday! :)

Worst: Work all weekend..

Weather: Cold and grey

I'll always be your little girl.

Picture: Balloon salon

You swept me off my feet.

A magic atmosphere is created when the music begins to play. Beautiful couples fill the dance floor, like eternal stars they shine as if they were from up above and so my soul is filled of a great desire to be able to feel the same way.

Suddenly I see a hand reaching out in front of me. I can see a tall man who invites me up to the dance floor and that is exactly how it is supposed to be.

Is he a friend or a total stranger? Slowly he swifts my body and feet across the dance floor when the thought hits me, what if this mystery man could cause my heart any great danger?

I begin to realize that I shall never be able to see his face. Somehow I know deep inside that I do belong in his warm and protective embrace.

I can feel how he looks me in the eyes, the bright window's of my soul. With one arm around me he caresses my cheek with his other hand as if to say that this was his goal.

He gave me one, two, let's just say more than three dances and so it suddenly felt as if my heart had been healed. While standing there almost dieing of curiosity trying to find out more about him I slowly realized that his lips were sealed.

An angel had been sent to me to help fulfill my dream. Together we made the perfect team. This emptiness that I carried deep inside is now gone, a feeling that you helped me defeat. Truly I'm so glad that you came up to me and swept me off my feet.

LBD.

Picture: Nelly

I know I've written about my passion for dresses that are "open" at the back many times before. So I found a new dress to fall in love with today - see the pictures above!

I'm actually considering buying it since it would only cost me 299 sek = $2496 which is reasonable I think. It's too cold to wear it now though so it would have to wait until next summer but I'm curious what do you think about it?

Is it a keeper? Or does it show too much skin? Whatever thoughts/opinions you have good or bad I'm willing to listen!

Can we do this one more time?

I try and I try to walk fast enough so I can stop looking back behind my shoulder. For every time I see your face I stop and so time reminds me of the fact that I'm getting older and older.

Truly I believe that we experienced a lot during the period of time that we shared together. Just like many times before I gave and I gave so much of myself without receiving anything back and many months later I realized that I deserve better.

You failed me and left me abandoned when you said that we'd be better off being just friends. You stopped calling me and whenever I did try to make an effort you just ignorred it, truly I hate this kind of sad ends.

I try and I try to walk fast enough so I can stop looking back behind my shoulder. Now you're standing there again, giving me that same empty look and so I turn the page and put our file of great memories in that big folder.

Certain memories are being played inside my heart once again after that I received your last call. Please take good care of me this time and don't let me fall. Now all I need to know is, can we do this one more time?

The Wedding.

Picture: The first dance as man and wife (L-A & C)

I'm home again from Miami! This vacation turned out to be one of the best vacations I've ever had! For such a short period of time we managed to do so many different things.

Together we have all cried and laughed together, danced until 3 AM in the morning, gone shopping until we literally dropped (!), enjoyed the wonderful climate I mean who would say no to sunshine and 25 + °C? But most important above all we have strengthened our family bonds - after all "blood is thicker than water".

For the first time in about 15-20 years the e n t i re family was gathered at my beloved cousin's wedding. I met people I had never met before or let me put it this way I didn't remember them but apparently they remembered me from when I was a baby.

People who from this day forward will mean a great deal to me. My own flesh and blood, my beloved family. I have so many things I want to write about but I'm actually quite tired after my long journey home which took me almost 12 hours in the air!

So I need to unpack and all but here is one of the thousands of gorgeous pictures of my cousin and her husband while dancing their first dance as man and wife.

To my family members on the other side of the globe I wish to say, I love you all! Thank you for this amazing week! ♥