Jelling Festival 2009

Wow, what a weekend! JELLING FESTIVAL 2009!

Yes, I'm still alive. Barely. But it was totally worth it! For the first time, I went to the music festival in Jelling for three days, as a guest. NO WORK! And it rocked! 26,000 people came! The weather was gorgeous - at least 25 degrees and the sun was shining for three days straight. It got slightly chilly in the evenings but it was enough to just have a jacket on. Perfect weather.

We partied Friday (after work), Saturday and Sunday... although Sunday was a little quiet in the evening because we were all so tired. During the days, we vegged on our blankets, taking naps, taking to people, drinking and eating (NO MORE junk food for the next long while - my tummy can't handle it!) and then when it got a little cooler, we got some energy and danced, drank and just had a blast until we took the bus back to Vejle at 2am-ish. Then we woke up in the morning, showered, ate and went back to Jelling. FUN FUN FUN! But I'm glad it only happens once a year, because I'm beat. My body hurts - aches and pains in my muscles. Sunburnt face and shoulders. Tired but happy.

Rie and Lise Saturday night - Finding our energy for the Nephew concert!

Rie, relaxing in the sun Saturday afternoon.

This isn't my picture, I found it on the Internet at www.vejleamtsfolkeblad.dk. But it's a great picture that shows the energy at the festival.

My brain is mushy right now. It's again a gorgeous day and I'm doing my own thing here at home. Music and laundry. Cleaning up and just plain relaxing so I'm ready for work tomorrow. Ate some real food - yummy. Maybe I should start a detox diet for the next couple of days to get all that crap from the festival out of my system. A short week this week. We're off today and also off on Friday - gotta love spring/summer danish holidays!

I'm gone again. I want to get more done here at home before I crash on my couch tonight.

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A quiet Saturday night.

Hey everyone! Hope you are all having a good weekend and that the sun in shining wherever you are in the world. Ok, the sun isn't shining here but that's because it is 11pm. But the sun did shine today!

It's been a good weekend so far here in Vejle. I had the day off Thursday (some danish holiday) and we were closed Friday too so I almost had a long weekend. I had to work Friday evening at a youth party and that turned out to be slightly rough. Nothing dramatic or major, just busy. Lots of kids - over 400 - came to party. But it was a good night. Then it was at the garage today and that also went well.

I haven't really done much today other than work and do "boring" stuff here at home. Laundry, read a couple of chapters in my book, cleaned up a bit, took a nap, made some dinner, listened to music and drink coffee. A very good Saturday evening! I also plan on just relaxing here at home tomorrow but if it's good weather, then maybe I'll take a ride out of town on my bike. Enjoy the sunshine, my ipod and freedom. I think next week will be kind of a killer week so I better enjoy the peace while I can. Eye doctor apps, work, extra meetings, driving lessons, Greg and Jelling festival...

Yups - JELLING FESTIVAL! Do you guys remember how I used to work there? Last year, I was grumpy and decided to boycott the festival and just stayed home. BUT... this year will be very different. I wasn't planning on going but then a very very very cheap ticket pretty much fell into my hands and I couldn't say no. So, I will be going to Jelling - as a guest! NO WORK! I've been to the music festival many times but never not having to work so this will be a new experience. It's not a bad bandlist this year - many Danish bands that are pretty cool and then ZZ Top will be closing the festival Sunday night. I'm not planning on camping out there, will probably be taking the bus back and forth but since Jelling isn't all that far away from Vejle, it can be done and sleeping in my own bed and having access to a shower will make it all worth it.

YAY to Jelling Music Festival!

Ending my babble now. Have a great weekend!

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Have a great weekend!

Saturday morning - and I don't have to work today! Oh. My. God. What am I to do with my day off?

It's been a slightly crazy week with work so I am going to seriously enjoy a full weekend without any kids or teenagers. I can clean. Paint. Read. Dance (loud music!). Write. Visit friends. Drink coffee. Go for a bike ride. Pay my bills (already did that). Sleep. Sew. Laundry.

See.... the possibilities are endless.

Yes, I'm babbling. I already had too much coffee and I'm ready to seriously start a hopefully good weekend. Next week shouldn't be too bad - no extra meetings and we have the day off on Friday. (A danish holiday or something....).

Life is good here. I finally have my shit in order and can sit back and enjoy life. Smile to the world. The whole moving process knocked me down for a while but now I'm back in business. I'm ready for the next complications and disorder, whatever and whenever that might be.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!

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update!

It's been way too long since I last posted... But I'm here now and this time, I plan to post pictures too! Most of the pictures have been uploaded on facebook so these are mainly for those of you who don't have facebook. Gotta love facebook!

I have been busy, but not too overly stressed out. My days just seem to fly by and I'm seriously enjoying life. Ok, I've had some days at work where I'm ready to tear my hair out afterwards but I guess that's all part of the "real life". I still love my jobs. We had a market/circus theme week a while ago and my part of it was letting the kids throw "flødeboller" at me. It got sticky and very messy. The kids loved it - I wasn't too thrilled afterwards but it was worth it. But next time, it'll be someone else's turn in the box!

They all lined up and threw marshmellow-ish stuff at me. Even my co-workers took advantage of it and had a go. It got messy. And we were all on a sugar high afterwards!

I had several hours left of my shift afterwards and wasn't able to wash my hair. Yuck!

The youth club in Nørup is closed now. A bitter-sweet feeling. I love working there - I love it when the kids seem happy to see us and all the fun (and not-so-fun situations) stuff that goes on. But then again, it's nice having my Wednesday evenings free for other stuff. I see the kids from Nørup every once in a while at the local youth parties so I try to keep in contact. And facebook definitely helps too.

But I'm still working at the garage every Saturday and now that the weather has gotten way better, we have more and more kids coming by. Lots of fun. Especially now that I'm actually getting to know them.

Now that the sun is shining and it's warmer, we tend to move the scooters outside and work on them in the fresh air. I still know NOTHING about scooters but I'm having fun "learning" while hanging out with these kids. They love telling me all sorts of stuff and I still understand nothing about motors and stuff. Luckily, we talk about a million other things besides scooters.

Lise came out and visited me last Saturday at work. Gorgeous weather! And I got my first sunburn of the year - probably won't be my last one....

Other than work, I've been either hanging out here at home, doing artsy/creative stuff, reading and just relaxing. Or I'm spending time with my friends where we either just hang out, make dinner together, watch movies and have a couple of drinks every now and then. Greg, my Canadian buddy stayed at my place a few days before heading off to travel Europe. He'll be coming back for a few days again at the end of May and then he's going back home to get on with the real life of work and responsibilities.

Greg and me at a party at Rasmus' place a little while ago. He's definitely brought back a lot of Canadian memories and it was nice having someone here that understands my stupid canadian jokes and all the good stuff from back home.

I don't get to hang out with my friends as much as I wish I could. Due to my wacky work hours (mainly afternoons and evenings), I rarely see them during the week. So we try to get together on the weekends and catch up. Not always drinking and wild parties but always lots of fun!

Rasmus, Lise and I had a seriously fun night a few weeks ago. Just us three and I laughed so hard that my stomach muscles were hurting the next day. We took so many pictures but this one is definitely my fave. Kinda hard taking the picture and being in it at the same time but it worked out.

Last weekend was just gorgeous. Sunshine, good friends and BBQ food. Christa and Lise picked me up at work and after we did some grocery shopping, we came back to my place (and Christa's - she's my neighbour) and had a BBQ in the courtyard. Good food, good wine and good company. When the sun went down and it got chilly, we went up to my place and had a serious girl's night. Talking, laughing and even a few tears. The only bummer was that I had been in the sun a little too much during the day and was feeling the pain later on in the evening.

Great picture of Christa but a horrible picture of me. I was tired and sunburnt. Luckily, they love me even when I look like shit.

There is so much more to tell but I think I'll end it here and leave the rest for next time. I have to get ready for work now... and drink more coffee. Mmmm, coffee.....

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Work weekend...

I'm cold, hungry and alone.... sounds a lot more pathetic than it really is!

I'm at work (the garage) and since we have no heat here, I'm freezing. Seriously. I have long underwear on underneath jeans, two pairs of socks, a long-sleeved shirt, a t-shirt, a thick sweater, my jacket, a hat and gloves on and I'm still cold. And I can't type on my puter with gloves...

But it's all good!

No kids are here right now so I'm taking advantage of the quiet to update my blog. Soon I will eat lunch. It's all about work this weekend because after my shift at the garage, I will be heading out to Jelling to the youth party - that's the one where a lot of the kids are completely shitfaced and there is usually lots to do.

But.... I love my jobs. So it's all good.

I've been sick earlier this week with a nasty cold but I'm pretty much back in business again. Still snotty and still sporting a yucky cough but I'll survive. I usually do.

I have some new paintings that need to be hung up at home plus some old ones that have been touched up. I should seriously take some pictures soon of my home. Do you remember my old apartment when I lived alone? Just picture that - they're exactly the same.

And I love my home. It's my home. A little messy and still need to get some things done like curtains, lights and buy a vacumn cleaner but that'll come.

My babbling is coming to an end. My fingers are too frozen to type so the gloves are coming back on. Have a great weekend!

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Almost vacation!

Loud music and coffee - that's what my "mornings" are like. I rarely watch tv but ALWAYS have music playing. Sometimes loud and sometimes not so loud. Today, it's loud. I'm in that kind of mood.

I only have two more shifts up at JB and then I have a long weekend followed by vacation. YAY ME! It's not going to be 100% vacation because I still have to work at the club in Nørup next Wednesday, a course Thursday evening and then of course the garage on Saturday but I'm off during the days. My plans consist of visiting friends who live outside of Vejle and homey stuff like painting, cleaning, reorganizing, laundry blah blah blah.

I survived a killer weekend but I can definitely feel that I'm no longer a teenager. But I'll admit, I had a freaking blast! I'm going out again Saturday after work with some friends so we'll see how that turns out. I think I go out a lot during the weekends because I rarely see anyone other than kids and co-workers during the weekdays and it's just great seeing my friends when we can make it happen.

Ok, now I'm just babbling - coffee babble. I'm going to log off now and find some socks. I hate having to match up my socks after laundry but that means that when I need to find socks, I have issues. It's time for me to get ready for work - two more evening shifts and then I'm on vacation!

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Who needs a man...

when I have powertools!?

Ok, some people might find that sentence slightly perverted but it wasn't meant in a dirty way. I just finished hanging up some shelves in my living room - ALL BY MYSELF! They are slightly crooked and we'll see what happens when I actually put stuff on them but that's not the point. The point is - I DID IT MYSELF! See, I don't need a man to help me out. Actually, the plan was that a friend was going to come over and help me out one day but we made those plans several weeks ago and so far, nothing. So, I got impatient, borrowed a kickass mother of a drill from work and made several holes in my wall.

HA!

Yes, I'm all excited about stupid shelves. Trust me, my life does have more important things to be excited over but I'm proud of myself and so there!

Life is good. I did a no-drinking/party weekend and instead pulled a 14 hour long work day on Saturday. I can handle partying for hours on end, dancing and goofing around but 14 hours of kids exhausted me. I crashed when I got home and slept in Sunday. Like a rock. Good thing I did that because I went to a Superbowl gathering Sunday evening and that turned into a late night. Lots of fun though and totally worth being beaten up on Monday.

Back to work today and it was a good day. Probably helped that it was also my short day and I get to spend my evening at home. Hanging up shelves and just doing my own thing here. Have I mentioned lately that I LOVE my apartment? I love it more every day. And I get excited when I get to cross something off my long list of things to do and things to buy. I bought shower curtains and a matt yesterday and yes, that made me happy.... in no such twisted way at all.

Weekend coming up will be nuts. Being social Friday and Saturday night with "perhaps" a few drinks. Work Saturday where we're taking the kids to Herning to check out cool motorbikes and scooters. An art-day Sunday with some of my co-workers from JB and some friends where we decided to take advantage of our creative workshop at work. Puha - going to be a killer weekend but I can't wait! Party, work and art - who needs sleep!?

Ok, I'm going for a walk now with a friend and then maybe I'll take some pictures of my lovely homey home. And then, maybe I'll actually post them the next time I blog.

LOVE YOU ALL!

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Mondays = ?

Mondays are always different for me. Sometimes I get up and groan over the fact that my weekend is over and that I have to work. Sometimes I jump out of bed and smile to the world, thinking about how much I love my job(s) and that this is a new week. Sometimes I get lots of stuff done here at home before work, and sometimes I do nothing.

It's been a combination of everything this morning. I was super tired when I got up. Really tired. It was a hard weekend and late last night before I went to bed - ended up watching the game last night and playing on the computer. I slept like a freaking rock! So I crawled out of bed, groaned over the fact that I really should be getting up and doing some stuff here before I go to work (I have the evening shift tonight) and made some breakfast, made some coffee and now I'm ready to start my day.

And now I'm awake. Not ready for work just yet, but awake and smiling.

I don't really have any huge plans this week. The biggest news would be that I'm getting a couch tonight and I'm super excited. Yes, one can get excited over a piece of furniture! I can't wait! The plan is that my co-worker gets my extra key, since I'm working, and will swing by with the couch tonight. Which means that I should have a nice "surprise" when I get home tonight. YAY ME! Pictures will come!! Me and some kids picked up the "old" couches on Saturday and brought them over to the garage so I sat on the floor last night.

Other than that, it looks like my week will be busy with work. I'm starting a work-related course on Saturday so I won't be at the garage this weekend but I can't fit everything into my schedual. I'm still struggling with slight signs of a cold and drinking tea and NeoCitron but it looks like I'll survive another day. Went out with friends Friday and Saturday night - nothing extreme but still lots of fun. Spent a quiet day at home yesterday.

Life is good.

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Almost weekend!

I'm in the mood to update my blog but I don't have any witty opening comments to get myself started. I'm sitting here in my living room, listening to music and drinking tea, trying desperately to wake up even though it's already 11am. I'm tired. I slept way too good last night and had a really hard time getting my ass out of bed. Maybe I should make myself some coffee after posting and hopefully that will help wake me up before I have to work.

Today is Thursday which means that I don't have to be at work until 2pm. Work is going good - it was hard to get back into the routine of things after the holidays but it's getting there. I love my job(s) so that definitely helps. I'm pretty busy trying to juggle everything and give each job all the energy and attention they deserve but I'll admit that sometimes it's a little hard. I do what I can do and have decided to just take one day at a time.

My apartment is coming along - slowly but definitely turning into a home. A little Rie home. I'm getting another couch next Tuesday and I can't wait! My coworker decided to get a new one and his is still in good condition so he thought of me. Yay me! The couches I have right now were given to me by one of my kid's parent's when they fixed up their living room and I have been super grateful - but they are not the prettiest pieces of furniture and they aren't the type of couches that one just throws themselves on and relaxes. A little too hard and stiff for my taste. So... Tuesday, I get a "new" couch and these "old" ones will be donated to my garage so that the kids have a place to sit. So, once I get my couches, my table and sofa table from my friend (YAY Heidi!), I can start thinking about hanging up some lamps and paintings.

I have some great family and friends in my life that have really helped me in this moving process and I couldn't have done it without any of them. Just the support, the emails, the phone calls, the hugs and the long talks. I have decided that 2009 will be a good year. I'm back into the groove - I'm painting again, doing my creative thing, having fun, meeting people, loving my job(s) and just taking it one day at a time. Life is good and I'm happy.

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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and now it's back to work!

Right now, I'm at work. Not at a warm youth club with coffee and kids, but at the garage. It's cold, I don't have any coffee and there are no kids here. I'm all alone.... I could start talking to myself and no one would notice that I'm slowly going crazy...

Which is why I decided to play geek on the computer instead. Upload some pictures, read some blogs, catch up on emails and just geek out while sitting on a motorcycle lift and breathing in the garage air. These are the most recent pictures taken during the holidays of family and friends. I haven't been good at taking pictures and have definitely regretted it. I should have my camera with me at all times!

Ernst on Christmas Eve with Pernille's dog - Ricco. A very friendly dog who loves attention.

A father-daughter moment. Jannie got a new office chair for Christmas and Claus was there to help her put it together.

Karin smirks at the way her present from Ernst is wrapped. A plastic bag and tape goes a long way!

Pernille relaxing with a glass of redwine.




My friend Lise came over one day to make Christmas snacks with marcipan and nougat. We got our hands dirty and tried to be creative and I found out that marcipan art is not one of my talents.

Don't remember what Lise found to be so funny but here she is in my kitchen, raiding my cupboards and having a good time.

I was at Jonna and Brian's place on Christmas Day but didn't take any pictures... Silly me. I don't even know if they took any pictures. We ate, talked, drank coffee and had a good time together with Jonna's close family. (I've included myself into their family - hee hee!) After Christmas, I spent some time with my friends and work at the local youthclub party. Then I got sick. Blah!! I ended up staying home New Years Eve - see previous post :( - and tried to sleep my misery away. I'm feeling better again, back in business and ready to take over the world. Still snotty and I can't hear anything but I'm alive and kicking.

Will not forget what Rachel told me - Year 2009 is OUR year! Better watch out!!

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