Pics from iceskating

I took a group of teenagers skating last weekend - mainly girls from my "girlgroup". I'm sure glad my cousin Jesper and his girlfriend Vibeke came with me because I don't think I could have "handled" 21 kids on my own! They were so hyper and I think they ate too much sugar! Holy crap, I was tired afterwards but it went really well. We took tonnes of pictures and here are a couple of shots so you guys can all see we had fun!

I did go skating but not for long. My knees were acting up and I was tired from working the night before at that dance here in Vejle. But I was out on the ice and I didn't fall!

These three girls attacked me!

Vibeke was having issues in getting the skates off so Jesper had to help her!

The bus ride was almost just as fun as the actual skating part. Lots of laughs and just goofing around.

Coffee, slurpies and lots of laughs. Some of the girls (and Jesper) were taking a break from skating and joined me in the cafeteria. By sitting here, I could see everything going on in the rink but also have some good talks with the kids.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL

Yesterday (Nov. 29) was Rachel's birthday. I didn't have time to post a birthday greeting yesterday but better late than never. I've known Rachel since Junior High and we've tried to keep in contact between me moving away and her travelling the world. Rachel, where ever you are in the world, I hope you had a great day yesterday and that life is being good to you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL!!

Rachel came to DK back in 2004 (I think) and visited me for around 2 weeks. We had lots of fun; going on walks, eating good food, drinking some beer and just hanging out. We have a park here in Vejle where deer lives and are so used to people that we can feed them by hand. Just watch out for the males! - they can get pretty aggressive!

I came home this summer (2006) and was lucky enough to catch Rachel in between her travels. She comes back to Victoria, makes some money and catches her breath and then leaves again to see the world. I may be living in Europe but this Canadian has definitely seen more than I have! Here she is visiting me and my parents one night and it was great seeing her again!

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A quick hello.

I just wanted to say hey to everyone out there before I take off to work. I'm taking the girls to a hairdresser so they can get some tips and ideas - they all seemed to like that idea so I'm hoping it'll be fun for them tonight.

The skating trip on Saturday went well, I'll beam up some pictures when I get home tonight. I had 21 kids with me and my cousin Jesper and his girlfriend came with us. Good thing they did to because I couldn't be in 21 different places at one time!

I'm still really bummed out about Basse. It sure is quiet here. Imagine, such a little animal but it feels like a huge difference without her now. I know, I know, some of you are probably thinking, what's the big deal, it was just a bird. Nope, it was Basse and she was a way cool bird. Maybe I am not normal but when it comes to animals, I have a huge soft spot in my heart for them - big and small animals.

Well, I guess I should soon be going. The bus leaves in 1/2 hour... yes, public transportation. That's what I get for not having a license. Or a car. My dad has been telling me "I told you so" for many years now. He's right this time...

My plans for when I come home? Even though it's late when I get home, I probably won't be able to sleep because I slept in today. So I plan on beaming up those pictures from Saturday and maybe some from tonight. (Thank you Anders for letting me borrow your camera!) I have some paintings I want to finish. Or I'll read until I fall asleep. My plans for tomorrow? Laundry and first aid class. I'm such a bore!

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Happy Birthday(s)!

Happy Birthday Inge, Chris and Adri!

Christmas 2005 - Maiken, Rie, Inge and Soren played a game of pictionary against the boys - Anders, Jesper and Tage.... We kicked their asses!

Happy Birthday Inge!

Happy Birthday Chris! Here he is with his beautiful daughter, Emma when she was just a little baby.

Aug. 2006 - Chris was one of Nathan's groomsmen and looks pretty good all dressed up! Emma is just as adorable as usual!!

Happy Birthday Adri!

My 25th birthday - Didde, Rie and Adri.

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Happy Birthday little brother!

Today is JC's birthday - 24 years old! Right now, mom and dad are visiting him in Calgary and I hope they are all having a good time. My brother is pretty cool (for a little brother!) We used to beat the crap out of each other when we were younger - it was normal for when mom and dad got home from work, one of us had a fat lip or something like that. That was when I could beat him up but now, I'm sure if we got into a fist fight, I'd definitely lose. So, it's a good thing we don't do that anymore!

Here are some pictures of JC. He should consider himself lucky that I don't have any baby pictures of him on my computer. But then again, he was a cute kid.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS! I hope you are having a great day!

Chris came and visited me in Denmark for Christmas 2004. This picture was taken New Years Eve - he looks a little tired so I think it was a good party!

Chris and his girlfriend, Kim. They met when he lived in Halifax while they were both at Dalhousie University.

Again, New Years Eve 2004. Rie and little brother! Skaal!

Chris and I were both home in Victoria this past summer, visiting our parents and seeing old friends. Mom, dad, Chris and I (and the dogs!) took a two day trip in the boat upisland. I don't know why he looks so tired in this picture but he looks happy. It was a good trip!

Chris and Rie - brother and sister.

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RIP Basse

Basse is dead.

Basse was my bird and she was cool. She chirped whenever I came home, we watched tv together, she'd talk to me as though we were having a real conversation. She sang along with my music. She liked it when I gave her a shower. She liked it when I rubbed her back. She liked to give kisses.

People probably think I'm crazy when it came to Basse.

It's going to be quiet here in my little apartment and I'm going to miss her very much.

Goodbye Basse.

She used to get funky mohawk feathers whenver I gave her a shower. She'd stretch out her wings and really looked like she enjoyed it.

If I rubbed her back, she'd stick out her bum and raise her tail feathers.

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cross your fingers!

It's 1 am and I just got home from work. I picked up an extra shift tonight because Vejle (the town I live in) had a non-alcohol nightclub party for kids from 13-18 years old. We say non-alcohol, but that doesn't stop the kids from trying to trick us! 300 teenagers can be a handful!

My boss asked me yesterday if I could work as a "bouncer" along with several other people from different clubs all around town and so I did. Not only is the money good but it's important for me to keep my contacts here in Vejle because they might one day help me get a full-time job. And it was a good thing that I did go because right when I came to where the dance/party was being held, one of my co-workers pulled me aside and said that the rumors are that I am interested in a full-time job and if I gave him my info, then he could very possibly find something for me in the near future. I'm not getting my hopes up too high but I think I have good chances. I've worked before with this guy at Jelling Festival and I guess I've made a good impression. Well, at least good enough that he's going to try and fix me up with a job. So, everyone - keep your fingers crossed for me! This could be my ticket!

Just to explain - I now work part-time in Egtved and Norup. Egtved and Norup are similar to Sooke (even smaller) whereas Vejle is kinda like Langford/Colwood. Come Jan. 1, 2007, Egtved and Vejle will be under the same district, which means I will no longer be under Egtved Community but under Vejle. My plan is to find a full-time job in Jan/Feb and work there until I can start school again (finishing my BA in English on the side), but this time an adult with merits education within the field of social work. (It's hard to explain in English). I have plenty of contacts here in Vejle, some of them are even in the management positions so my chances are good. I don't want to work in daycares or kindergarten shit - I want to work with teenagers and there are plenty of jobs out there. The pay isn't the greatest but then again, I'd rather have a job I love with an ok paycheck than have a shitty job I hate with good pay...

All these extra shifts I take here and there brings me one step closer to making these plans happen. Jelling Festival has definitely opened many doors for me and also now that Vejle and Egtved will soon be under one district. It may have taken me a while to find what I want to do with my life regarding work and career - I have now studied two different university educations while working at the youth club and people have been telling me for many years now that I should seriously get into the social worker field and it's first now I have opened my eyes. I like working with teenagers. I like the challenge. I like the type of people who work in this field. I'm good at it too and it feels comfortable.

Ok, enough of that. I need to sleep. I have to work again tomorrow. I'm taking a large group of kids from both Egtved and Norup to a ice-skating party/dance tomorrow evening in a town called Herning. It'll be another late night for me.

Good night everyone!

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Almost Goodnight.

I should be in bed but silly me, I've completely screwed up my sleeping patterns and now sleep in during the days and stay up late at night. It's 3am now and I just finished a draft copy of my bibliography for my Folk Narrative paper. Our teacher is pretty cool - we are technically doing a "14-day exam" in the form of a paper. We tell him what topic we are interested in within the course readings and he's supposed to give us an unknown question/problem statement of which we write a 15 page paper on. BUT, instead of surpising us with an unknown question, we're working together to find a specific topic, already gathering all our literature for reseach with his help and advice and can pretty much already start writing the basic ideas of the paper. So, there shouldn't be any surprises come Dec. 7th...

I ended up dropping my Harold Bloom class. I was just so lost in that class and no matter how much I read, I still didn't understand what the hell Harold Bloom talks about! One less worry this semester and hopefully something much better and more interesting will come along next semester.

Ok, enough of school... sorry, I've been doing some work tonight and have school stuff in my head.

Haven't really done much other than work and school stuff lately. Work sucked ass Monday evening - the kids were horrible and definitely left Karin and me in bad moods. We have the first class of our First Aid course tomorrow. (More studying and reading...) I'm meeting up with a friend tomorrow for coffee....

Wow, I have absolutely nothing more to write about. Isn't that amazing - Rie doesn't have anything to say. Wow, that doesn't happen too often! I haven't been able to paint lately - no energy or creativity but that happens. I have some ideas so I'm sure I'll be getting my hands dirty again very soon.

I'm going to bed now. I need to sleep if I'm going to be somewhat alert and interesting when meeting my friend tomorrow. Plus I won't have time to take a nap before my course so it's bedtime for me!

Goodnight everyone!

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Another week!

Yeps, it's Monday and I'm being a geek on the computer. Well, I was actually being a good, responsible student and doing some school work but I decided to take a break and say hello to everyone on my blog before I do my dishes. Argh, I hate dirty dishes but no one else is going to wash them for me... Poo.

Nothing really new here. It was a quiet weekend. No parties and no drinking. Maybe I'm too old for that shit anyways. I seriously need to clean my place. I have papers and books all over the place and it's starting to get on my nerves. I have to work tonight at the club and I'll probably go there early and take advantage of the super awesome printer we have there - a lot cheaper to use that printer for school than it is to use my own.

So, youth club tonight, First Aid class on Wednesday, Club again Thursday and Girlgroup on Saturday. Not a bad week and I should have time to get some serious studying done.

My parents are going to Calgary for the weekend. My brother lives there now and it's also his birthday so they decided to go there for a couple of days and see what he's been up to. I'll admit it, I'm slightly jealous. Not mean my-parents-don't-want-to-visit-me jealous but slightly envious that it's possible for them to go there and visit him. I know it's not easy or cheap to come to DK so I completely understand. I just hope they have an awesome visit and that JC has a great birthday!

Well, this was a boring post so I'll end it now and wait until I have something exciting and spectacular to write.

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Newest Painting

Ok, this is not my usual style but I saw a painting once (and I don't remember where!) that looked like this so I thought I'd give it a go. I made two on fairly large canvases. I usually shy away from using bright colors so this was quite new for me using lots of blues and greens. I tried to take a picture without the flash but the camera just couldn't focus properly.




I'm not much of an artist but I sure have fun painting - it's relaxing and I love it.

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