Glasses on, please.

It seems like I'll I'm writing about nowadays is parties...I promise that I am actually working a lot and doing other productive things. Not JUST having a good time... ;)

But a good time does a body good once in awhile, yes? Earlier this month, Lars, Danielle and I took off to Tynset for a 30th birthday celebration.

The invitation asked us to bring glasses and our bathing suits and we complied!

We ate delicious tapas, enjoyed some tasty wine, ate some more, then ate some cake, danced,...

Hot tubbed, laughed and made merry.

It was a very successful birthday celebration.

I love theme parties. But then again, you probably have gotten that by now.

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Ms. February

Uh yeah...so two weeks ago I was invited to a photo-shoot...with a bunch of other young girls. . . and the photos will be made into a calendar??? Sound interesting? Or familiar?

Well it's not quite as good as it sounds. ;) My soccer team, along with the men's team, were asked to pose for a promotional calendar. It was actually a hoot (yeah, I just wrote that) and fun to see people "on stage" and way out of their comfort zones. I of course, am a ham and had no problems goofing around for the camera. ;) Although I did get a bit nervous. Which leads to sweating. Which probably doesn't turn out to well in pictures. Meh.

I yanked this picture off the Brumunddal Fotball Facebook page which is obviously a preview of what's to come. Looks like my teammate Thea here might just be Ms. February!

By the way, I have the privilege of selling 10 of these babies. Interested buyers? Only 100kr.

Anyway, I'm definitely excited to see the final product.

Also, the photographer was a lot of fun, and takes some really awesome pictures. If you are local, I definitely recommend him if you are looking for someone to snap some shots. It seems like he can do it all, and he's a really entertaining man.

Check out his work: Ricardo Foto.

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Bloody brains.

The first party we ever had at our new place was a Halloween party. Fitting, since I do love Halloween so much!

The guest list was impressive: Robin Hood, The Energizer Bunny, Gandhi (and his chai servant), the Devil, Snow White, a fortune teller, a rock star, a German citizen, a construction worker, a friendly ghost, a soldier, a cowboy, an Indian, Fred and Wilma Flintstone and a handful of guys with borderline trashy womens clothes and wigs (not sure what they were going for)!

Costume contest: check! Mr. Energizer Bunny won funniest and best!

Martin and his lederhosen got pinned for Most Original.

And Fred and his nipples earned Sexiest.

And Kristoffer, as who-knows-what won Scariest. Well done. Terrifying actually.

But we were all winners really. . . it was a blast and it definitely satisfied my Halloween needs. Well almost... I did miss trick or treaters and jack o' lanterns. But our (mostly) Norwegian guests did an awesome job of executing Halloween, especially for a culture with no such tradition.

And I must say, if parties can be measured by empty cans\bottles, headaches and messes to clean up the next day... it was THE BEST PARTY EVER.

But that was to be expected I do suppose. When it comes to having a good time Norwegians definitely do have experience! :)

Plus, it's not everyday you get bloody brains as your apéritif !

BLOODY BRAINS

3 parts peach liqueur
1 part Baileys (or other cream liqueur)
dash of Grenadine

First the peach liqueur, then add the cream liqueur carefully (I pour over a spoon). This will create the brains. Add some blood, and gobble up.

*NOTE* I do believe we will be having a costume party again next October, BUT when everyone really starts getting into the Halloween spirit if you know what I mean, we will be going OUT onto the town so our guests can get sloppy in some bar instead of our apartment. This is the lesson learned. ;)

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New digs.

We obviously moved a long time ago (end of JULY!), but I have never gotten around to taking pictures of the new place. Sorry to all of you that have been waiting and asking me to see! We do have some pictures, that's true, but there are still a lot of things that are in my mind not quite finished (paint that wall here, hang pictures there and so on). I am sure you understand. But the outside of the house, that I can definitely share now!

Today it is rainy and gray but one day when I was out wandering taking some fall pictures the sun was shining. We even still have leaves on trees at that point in early October!

There's my cute little bike (basket included) and our house (which we share with 3 other owners). Here's our little patch of grass, apple trees included:

And the back of the house, where you enter.

Lars was spying on me. I caught him in the act!

Sadly enough, I do believe fall is over and winter is soon on its way. The trees have mostly lost their leaves and the temperatures will soon start diving.

I miss the colors already.

But I suppose we have snow and skiing to look forward to!

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