BYE 2023 HELLO 2024
Long time no see!
What have happened since last time? Even I don’t remember that, but I have a journal that I scribble in, so that might help me a little.
Saturday 23rd of December, we drove down to Florida, with a small pit stop at an Inn, called Microtel Inn & Suites. Let me just tell you, don’t ever go there. We got a handicap room, the bathroom was dirty, the faucet was dirty, the toilet, ew, it’s a disaster and also the shower faucet was gross.
The bed was okay, but the comforter had old blood stains on it, so that’s not charming. We overslept the day after and missed breakfast, but I feel like we didn’t miss much of that.
Sunday 24th of December, we arrived at Sheri’s house in Florida. We did some relaxing before we headed to Grandma’s house, just 4min down the road. We had some dinner there, turkey and stuffing. Later we played games, opened presents and had a great laugh. We also went out driving to look at Christmas lights.
Monday 25th of December, we slept for quite some time. Sheri’s friend came to visit and joined us for dinner at Grandma’s. After dinner, Sam, Sheri and I went to see the Manatees. They are only there in Florida when it’s winter and they are only underwater. Cute little things. After that, Sheri drove us home and she went to Grandma’s. We finished The Crown, last season.
Tuesday 26th of December, lunch at Grandma’s, but first Sheri and I went to the bookstore, where I bought 9 books for myself and 1 book for Sheri. Lunch was good and we took some selfies. Headed out on the road again to a new Inn and that was such a better option. Big room, big bathroom and we didn’t miss out on the breakfast. It’s called Comfort Inn & Suites.
Wednesday 27th of December, we got breakfast and headed out again. Next stop was Buc-ees, where I bought a cup, a frozen bag and snacks. Got home around 12pm and I took a nap that lasted for longer than I expected.
Next year is around the corner and my blog posts will be in both Norwegian and English from January.
Happy New Year to you and your dear ones!
LAST READS PART II
SEPTEMBER:
Rebecca Yarros - Fourth Wing ⭐⭐⭐⭐.⭐
Diana Gabaldon - Outlander #1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Andrzej Sapkowski - The Last Wish ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Alice Feeney - Good Bad Girl ⭐⭐⭐⭐.⭐
OCTOBER:
Ana Reyes - The House In The Pines ⭐⭐⭐
Colleen Hover - Verity ⭐⭐⭐
Jess Breitling - The Cottage: A True Haunted House Story ⭐⭐⭐.⭐
Alice Feeney - Sometimes I Lie ⭐⭐⭐⭐
NOVEMBER:
Hannah Werner - Floor 37 ⭐⭐⭐
Britney Spears - The Woman In Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lisa Jewell - Watching You ⭐⭐⭐⭐
UPDATES!
30th of October:
We celebrated our 5 year anniversary at an Italian restaurant, where we had caprese for starters, pasta + pizza for main course and coffee for dessert for me. Such a nice little evening.
1st of November:
Birthday! 38 years?! Can you believe it? I can’t. Gifts: I got money from my aunt, mother-in-law and grandma-in-law. I got a gift card from Barnes & Noble from Caroline, so I got 4 books. From my mom I got a fluffy V-keyring that is not attached to my car key. I got a book that I have started reading, also got a calendar for 2024 of Norway and scratch cards, but I didn’t win anything. From Sam I got a shark-onesie, like this: (I wished for that!)
4th of November:
We went to lunch with mother-in-law and when I was gonna pay, this guy, cashier, started asking questions about where I was from and I got so distracted that I tipped the wrong amount, so i felt so bad later. I BLAME HIM. I NEED PEACE AND QUIET WHEN I TIP!
We also went to the zoo, much better than the zoo in FL. Very big and lots of animals!
5th of November:
We went to a football game, like ACTUAL FOOTBALL, and not this American kind. We were hoping that CFC Chattanooga was gonna win, but they didn’t and got kicked out of the season.
17th of November:
Our 1 year anniversary as married, we’re supposed to go out to our favorite thai place, but our naps were longer than expected. So we ordered takeaway and watched “the crown” on Netflix.
19th of November:
Early thanksgiving, since father-in-law and H were going to her family up north on the real thanksgiving. Turkey and the stuffing was good, the turkey put me to sleep for 12 hours when we got home.
Our thanksgiving weekend
We finally got to go to Food City for grocery shopping, cause they were open until 3pm, everything was closed. I made my famous Norwegian taco, I also got eggs, so now I’m getting proteins in my body! We’ve just been inside the whole weekend, except for Sunday. Sam went to work in the office and I went to the mailboxes to pick up my packages, I got my grinder for my coffee beans, I got more shopping bags for grocery, my advent calendar and my bones coffee!
At the package area:
Me: How many packages do you got?
Random dude in Jeep: Just one.
Me: Okay, you go first, I got two.
Random dude in Jeep: Are you sure?! It’s raining and I said to myself I’M DEF NOT WALKING IN THIS RAIN! Do you live here? Should I drive you home?
Me: No, I’m good. It’s not really raining, just drops. It’s worse where I’m from.
What a weirdo.
ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO FLORIDA FOR CHRISTMAS!
LAST READS PART I
JANUARY
Linn Ullmann - Pige, 1983 (Audiobook) ⭐⭐⭐
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - Ace of Spades ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lisa Jewell - The Family Upstairs ⭐⭐⭐
Lisa Scottoline - What Happened to the Bennetts ⭐⭐⭐.⭐
FEBRUARY
Freida McFadden - The Locked Door ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Viola Davis - Finding Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Antoine Wilson - Mouth to Mouth ⭐⭐.⭐
Freida McFadden - Never Lie ⭐⭐⭐⭐
MARCH
Hiromi Kawakami - People From My Neighbourhood ⭐⭐⭐
Alex Finlay - The Night Shift ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Natalie D. Richards - Five Total Strangers ⭐⭐⭐.⭐
Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen - The Golden Couple ⭐⭐⭐.⭐
APRIL
Freida McFadden - Do Not Disturb ⭐⭐⭐⭐.⭐
Pamela N. Harris - When You Look Like Us ⭐⭐⭐
MAY
Alice Feeney - Daisy Darker ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Prince Harry - Spare ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lisa Unger - Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Anthony Horowitz - Moonflower Murders ⭐⭐⭐.⭐
Jeneva Rose - The Perfect Marriage ⭐⭐⭐.⭐
JUNE
Alice Feeney - His & Hers ⭐⭐⭐⭐.⭐
JULY
Alice Feeney - Rock Paper Scissors ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Maia Kobabe - Gender Queer: A Memoir ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Pamela Anderson - Love, Pamela ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jeneva Rose - You Shouldn’t Have Come Here ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Stephen King - Later ⭐⭐⭐.⭐
AUGUST
Nita Prose - The Maid ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Annie Ernaux - Happening ⭐⭐⭐
J.R.R Tolkien - The Hobbit ⭐⭐⭐
Mary Kubica - Just The Nicest Couple ⭐⭐⭐
Clémence Michallon - The Quiet Tenant ⭐⭐⭐⭐
HI, I AM ALIVE!
In September I read these books:
Andrzej Sapkowski - The Last Wish (Witcher #1) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Alice Feeney - Good Bad Girl ⭐⭐⭐⭐.⭐
Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Diana Gabaldon - Outlander (Outlander #1) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rebecca Yarros - Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.⭐
Øystein Milli & Olav Næss - Orderud ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Saturday 9th of September, we went to a tattoo shop and got tattooes! On our ringfingers, instead of an actual ring, most because I don’t like wearing jewlery on my hands and I’m allergic to sterling, bronze and what not.
