A Little Slice Of Helgøya And A Birthday Greeting

Hello my friends...thanks for stopping by today. This has been a hectic week with work and the Captain leaving tomorrow for seven weeks we´ve been going non-stop. Thankfully after one day of work next week I´ll have off for about nine days! Gotta love holidays in Norway! 


This past Friday the morning show in Norway did a piece on the area where we live. Nes and Helgøya. Now this is in Norwegian so I am sorry for all of you who don´t speak Norwegian but you can at least see what it looks like around here. Under the scenes where they meet up with the bike club they are at the old Helgøya school which is just a very very short walk from my house. They also show bits from the Skafferiet which I have told you about before and Tingnes Spiseri which is a lovely restaurant here in the area and they serve as much locally produced food as possible, which is also depicted in this report. Then there is a little bit about a clothing designer in the area, a weight loss program in the area, and finally a guest farm where you can spend the night, apparently in the company of ghosts...if you believe in that kind of thing....so check it out if you want to see a little more from the area. The link is HERE. 

Beautiful Helgøya

If you´re not interested in spending the night with ghosts I can also recommend our apartment which we will be happy to rent out to those who are interested. As far as I know it´s ghost free....although you might be visited by a cat...or dog....I do not believe you´ll experience anything ghostly....the link to the apartment is on the sidebar here on my blog! 

Finally, my baby boy has a birthday today. He is 14 and it blows my mind that it´s been 14 years since I gave birth to him. He now wears a size 48 in shoes which I believe is over a size 12 in American sizes. He is almost as tall as his dad and I don´t think he is done growing...his sweet girly squeaky voice is gone and in it´s place is a deep strong voice. Although every now and then I still hear a crack in his laughter which makes me very happy! I´m still getting hugs from him and as long as I keep getting those I think I can deal with all of these changes...and while I tease him all the time that if he doesn´t do well in school he will be moving into our apartment and living with me for the rest of his days...I know someday he will move out, he is a smart cookie and a beautiful flower about to bloom and I´ll deal with that too...I am so proud of who he is becoming even though I think we still have some things to work on...he is definitely a pride and joy! Happy 14th Birthday Thomas Michael!!!

He´s requested Hot N´Spicy tonight so I don´t have to cook, we´ll be heading to the Hot N´Spicy Chinese restaurant in Hamar. However, he has requested dirt desert so I will make that for him. I was going to make a bikini cake but he is going to have a birthday party when we can find time so I might make it then...nothing like embarrassing him a little when I can...it´s so cute...hahahahaha....

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!! Until next time my friends.....