Hi!

 

Nice day today in downtown Chicago. If you think that Sweden possibly somewhere has skyscrapers you haven't been in Chicago. It's kind of another dimension, like so much is this big country, that most likely has the span of differences in many ways and dimensions. from poor to rich, from fat to skinny from street to desert to almost rain forest. If you think you know the country to judge from movies you've simply just seen a speck of this country. 

 

If you think that other parts of the world is big you most likely will be amazed when you get here. Yes ofcourse there are many countrys today which are of the chart in many ways. From reading about environment for only a half year and from what i know today this is a country where it in many ways is hard to see the boundaries in. 

 

But it's not about giving up and thinking that things can't change. even though the country and the world is large in every way it also containes many people open and willing to make a change to try to make earth the good and sustainable world it can be if we put our heads together we can make a difference. Eliminate what is killing us in the long run and make it grow. 

 

yes i am in a writing "changing the world mood" or possibly looking forward to what is coming up next in 2014 and many years ahead of us xD but hey i better hit it some day!! :)

 

Hi!!

 

Just came back from watching the movie Hunger Games - Catching Fire, Intresting movie. Someways i diden't really like it some ways i do and in many ways i got quite inspired by it. I guess it's a good sign.

I have for many years now had a goal had a plan and a project. A dream about making my life in to something. To make my home a place to try things out to make it what inspires me. 

 

The project and my home i hopefully can combine in a good way. There are yet many ways of laying out the plan there are many ways of stearing it in different directions. I have heard others thoughts and sometimes agreed and some times not as much. The more i think about it the more i trust that it will have a finger or a hand with in the game. 

 

I want to go all in and at least start on what i hope my future will hold. I want to make a difference not only for me but for people around me. To teach them something and get more knowledge from them to learn together. With someone i can trust. 

 

To make this thing we call life something more then getting up in the morning going to work and coming home to go to bed and repeat the same thing the next day. I am maybe salling above what people around me would say is likely or possible but still. If i sit up and then get out of bed i at least could avoid falling out of bed and starting my day not so pleasent. My or Our project can also develop into what ever level that fits and keep going from there. It's all about time, trust and will. 

 

 

 

//Elise C

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Back in chicago and river forest now. Today we are going to hang out in chicago down town. Hopefully there will be pictures this afternoon that i can share here on my blogg. :)

 

//Elise C 

Hi!!

 

Here are some pictures from today. Soon bedtime so i'll write more tomorrow :) 

 

HI!!

 

If you want to see a awsome and cute movie whatch Driving Lesson. Beutiful movie and fun story. Nice contrast between the important person or lead person and the elder lady :)

 

Hi!

 

Now the christmas celebration is basically over, The big waves has reached the day and the smaller ones are crashing in. Awsome celebration and fun to see everybody again, a great time. Not everyday you have what looks like the sea just outside the window and whatch it in the morning and evening. 

 

Here are some pictures from the happening:

 

Grandpa and Grandma :)

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Found a ring at Meijer a couple of days ago but diden't buy it so whent to Meijer today istead and found the ring but wrong size. But after a last check i found it and the right size - > Awsome!! :) 

 

Things are starting to fall into place which is nice! Christmas all the gifts are almost taken care of and the days until christmas are numbered. 

 

We had a plan about going to the Casa today. The Casa is my cusins new house where we will spend the christmas. Really looking forward to seeing the Casa. Why i call it the Casa you will understand when i have posted pictures of it here on my blog. Looking forward seeing the rest of my cusins and my oldest cusin and his baby and wife again. Sad part is i didn't know he had a baby and got to know only some days ago and the baby is about 4 months old. Hm i will at least see her soon so that will be fun. 

 

Here below are some pictures:

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Yesterday we drove to Kalamazoo to grandma and grandpa. Nice to be back and sleep in a real bed and have a "own room". We also were at the gym today so i will be fun to se where i have muscel sorness tomorrow. I most likely over did it little bit. But thats simply how it works. why go to the gym and do it half good when you can go there and kind of give it a fair shot. We also did some mote shopping today and getting things together but still got things that i have planed to buy but not found yet. So to- be continue. 

 

Have a nice day!!

 

//Elise C 

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SD or the Swedish Democrats has had discussions where they disccuse if riding is a sport or not. They just explained that riding is not physicall and that the ridier mostly sits there and lets the horse do all the work and that it's not hard and so on. But in a matter of fact. If somebody thinks that riding is easy go and take a riding lesson or a tour on a horseback! Then tell me if you just sit there and if it's easy. 

 

In a matter of fact it's a lot about working together with something that at always is unpredictable that has a weight thats about 10 times as much as you and made up of a lot of muscle. Which more or less could crush you in a flash!

 

Here is a short little movie clip from SD. http://www.interasistmen.se/dumheter/sd-politiker-ridning-ar-ingen-idrott-da-den-inte-kraver-en-fysisk-insats/

 

//Elise C 

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Now i have arrived in the USA and gotten a nights worth of sleep after arriving at my relatives. The plane ride went well. Feelt a little quize but not so much more then that so it was good. 

 

It's a lot colder here in Chicago then in Jämtland in the north of Sweden. Feels kind of weird. Although they have also hit the rekords when it comes to the cold weather here in Chicago so temperatures reaching -27 is not to common around here after all. Altough today it's "only" -13 outsida which is quite okay. Maybe should have brought warmer clothes but in the other hand i diden't bring much of any thing to be able to shop some during my stay here in the states. Also for making som space for christmas and such. 

 

I will try to take some pictures today and will try to put them up here the following days. 

 

//Elise C 

 

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got done with one of my last assignments for just a couple of hours ago. Awsome i must sa. Right now i am trying to figure out which school books i should bring to the USA and which ones are possible to leave at home. 

 

On my trip to Stockholm my school books more or less took half of the space in my bag. So i am in some ways hoping to bring as few as possible but i still want to be able to study some if i have to in the USA while i am there. 

 

Somebody told me before that knowledge has no weight in a matter of fact it really ways alot when it comes to books and other school material!!!

 

//Elise 

Hi!

 

Here is a song which kind of inspired of me a couple of days ago:

 

 

 

 

//Elise C

 

Hi!

 

At the moment i am working on a new project which i have been thinking about the last weeks so now i am building a webpage for the project/company. The goal of the company is to provide a place where local food producers can communicate and get information and also were i will talk up things that has to do with sustainability and future friendly ways of producing food. I will also focus on making events where local producers can sell there products and make a forum for this. Because local and eco friendly production is good for both people producing it and also consuming it!

 

Myself also have some projects when it comes to beeing a local producer and i am at the moment very inspired by permaculture and this spring i will try to implement it in my own garden and see how it goes. Also hoping to take a course about it to learn more about it :)

 

//Elise C

 

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Just came home from the stable and first time riding my horse after only written him once during these last 4 months. Have only ritten one other horse one time during the time. Very sick to only have ritten 3 times the last 4 months after beeing use to riding between 5-7 times a week on a daily basis. 

 

It was fun to be back in the saddle again and to work with my little horse. Also fun that he has a lot of energy instead of the rider beeing the motor. Whent quite good although he has his small issues at the moment but he also wants to be on the same side as the rider and cooperat with the rider which ofcourse is good.

 

Really miss having a youngster or kind of just a horse putting a lot of energy and effort in training and building up a great relationship with. Miss it quite a bit. Hope it will be different soon! 

 

 

//Elise C

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FIrst day home! we started the day with driving to a nice path in the woods and i took a walk while my parents were running together with my dog which is great. Good the my dog gets to come out and run some and use up her energy! :) 

 

//Elise C 

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Just came home actually we only got delayed with 40 minutes arriving at Stockholm. So that was nice! I also just made the train heading for my end destination which also was good! Now it's sleep time!

 

Have a good one!

 

//Elise C 

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A couple of hours left until i will jump on the buss to head for Stockholm again. I was planning on taking the train but because of the storm they haven't cleared the tracks yet so we go by buss between Östersund and Ånge. Which will most likely take at least an hour more then what it would take going by train.

 

So lets see when i get to my destination, could be a late night!

 

//Elise C 

 

 

 

 

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When all the stress is strating to let go of me and i decided to take some time of i got out and took some pictures at the water. 

 

Yesterday we hade a big storm that came in and many many trees had blown down all over the town and big parts of town were also closed off. Many homes around Jämtland were also without electricity and many houses and cars were also destroyd in the storm.

 

There is a saying that is "Calmness after the storm" and it was really what it was :) Calmness after a crazy week and the calmness after a crazy storm that thundered in last night. 

 

Here are some of many pictures i took today:

 

 

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Haven't been uppdating to much this last week. It's basically because i have been very stressed out all week and bearly been able to sleep. But now the stress is gone or almost at least and i have reached one of my big goals.

 

Yesterday i took my drivers licens test (written test) and passed it which was awsome. Although i didn't really want to write it before both the written and driving test were done. 

 

Today i took the driving test and i PASSSSSEEEDDDD!! 

 

SO NOW I HAVE A DRIVERS LICENS!!! Which is totally awsome!!! 

 

not having a drivers licens is one thing that has led to a lot of frustration through the years. Especially in search of a job. So many jobs seem perfect and just before i am ready to applie i find out that it is requierd that the person applying for the job has a drivers licen. So many times my hopes has gone down the drain.

 

Because the bad part is to get a job you so many times you need a drivers licen and to get a drivers licen you need money. And to get money you most often need a job. A bad equation with other words. But now i have a drivers Licen and the equation is solved which is totally awsome!!! Not that i yet really gotten it, that i actually have a licens but hopefully i will realize it soon. 

 

So when i get home i am going to drive as much as possible and take the car to the stable if i have the time for it.  Something i have been looking forward to for SOOO LONG!! and now i can!

 

TOTALLY AWSOME!!! :D:D:D:D:D 

 

 

 

 

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It has been a long night, i usually fall asleep in a matter of minutes when i lay down but this evening that was not the case. After trying to sleep for about 3-4 hours i eventually feel asleep. The reason is stress. Can't stop thinking about the coming days and what may or may not happen. I also have a cold which dosen't make it easier. So far it hasn't really gotten better yet. Which is quite enoying in some ways. Don't have time nore the energy to be sick at the moment with so much things going on and trying to finich everything before i take the train home to the Stockholm area before i head of to the USA to celebrate christmas. 

 

Talked to a friend yesterday which maid me little bit more sure for my driving test on friday. Very nice to hear i must say. Now i will keep on training on the online test and then later on head for school to pick up some christmas presents and attend on todays lesson. 

 

//Elise C

 

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Today i decided to stay home and try to sleep in a little to bigger my chances of getting healthy again. Right now i have fever and dont really feel to happy about it. Acking back and head and just no energy. Altough hope i will feel better tomorrow and especially on Thursday and Friday because then i really have to be on the edge and preform. I have my written test on thursday and driving test on friday. 

 

So right now i am mostly taking it easy and studying and trying to fight the fever. 

 

//Elise C 

 

//Elise C

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Because it's only three days until i am doing my written test for my drivers licens i have been sitting and working on the test that i can do to prepare myself for the real written test. I must say i have made som progress which is great!!

 

Now i just hope i do as well on the driving lessons and during the real driving test.Don't really want to get my hopes up but would be very nice to have a drivers licens before this year has ended, and not constantly be held back because i dont have one! :)

 

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The Nano technology is quite cool:

 

 

 

//Elise C

 

 

//Elise C 

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If things dosen't work out like i hope i have a great sollution to it. Woulden't be all bad actually! were i live today somebody most likely has already decided to rent for next year so i will definently move out from were i live today. 

 

The place i am thinking about renting is close but still some km away from the middle of the city which i prefer. Little cheaper with other possibilitys which is great! 

 

Hey!

 

Today i have been at the local christmas market which has taken place in the outskirts of the city. Nice and cozy to walk around all the talking people, small arts and crafts stands and tables all around the area with many small fires and candles along the road. Like it couldn't been better i also was hanging out with one of my closest friends. Nice company and beening in this environment is a nice way of ending a rather great weekend. 

 

Next weekend is my last one up here in the north of Sweden, yet i have a lot to do before i am heading down to the Stockholm area where i will a couple of days later chatch the flight to the USA and another christmas in the states. 

 

Here are some pics from today!! :)

 

Hi!...

 

You never know what you're future may hold, you can have plans, visions, hopes and dreams. Life never seems to follow the path you sometimes would hope for. But remember if you wouldn't have any d-tours you'de miss out on so many things that you never would expect, you would never get to experience half of what you've already done and not even a quarter of what is awaiting you in the future. Let the days and dicisions guide you to what you didn't know or expect. Let you're wings carry you over miles of unchanged, untouched terrain that only you will witness. 

 

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Here are some inspiring movies:

 

 

 

 

 

//Elise C

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Not enough that i have a lot i have to do right now, keep on training för all the test and exames i will take before christmas but in a matter of fact they also collide with each other. One thing i know i wont miss my drivers licen test and not the driving test either. That will mean that i miss at least one of my test. Quite enoying i must say!! 

 

Tought for a while that i basically had gotten things together and made them work. Although just realized that is not and wont be the case. Kind of enoying! not because things are like they are but also because i want to try to finich everything before i possibly go abroad. Which i will if i get the job. Although that i wont know until around christmas. So basically don't have any margine what so ever. 

 

If things work out i will basically have to make the turn in what feels like a couple of seconds. It also means that i have to make it on every test or exame at the moment to not have it for later. Which also to some degree makes me kind of stressed out. I guess i just have to do the best of it, and try to make it work as best as i can!

 

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Thought i had a lesson this morning but it turned out that i didn't which i realized when i was at campus. So it was just to walk home again. I also have been checking things for our project together with my dear friend and then we have been looking on different shows about about hybrid dogs who have were half dog half wolf. Quite cool i must say!

 

After our awsome sushi dinner my friend started to braiding my hair. Yes her weird idea but got kind of cool and looked quite funny.

 

Here are some pictures:

 

 

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Have been studying and working with my project this evening, and randomly fell in on the "steampunk" style yes i have seen it before, and yes it's Niiiizzzzeee!!! And yes now i am even more inspired photoshoots, Lajv, events, arts -> You name it 

 

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Right now i am having some ups and downs, people dont like my plans, feel uncertian with them or don't trust it. But what really matters in the end is if i am happy with my decitions or not. I know what my goal is. I know what i want. Although there are many different paths to take, that hopefully will lead me to my goal.

 

Things can also change along the road. If i don't do things and get more experience of new and different oppertunites i wont know what makes me most inspired or if i rather take another road or path. 

 

To have economy is good but not everything and as long as i can keep the wheel turning i am happy if i get to do what makes me inspired. 

 

Right now i know that i don't like being locked in a place doing one thing. I want to see new things, experience new things, do things i never done before, and not hesitate to jump on the train when it comes along and go for the unknown and unexpected. 

 

Sometimes this makes people uncomfortable, unsure or anxious. But being locked behind bars or in the middle of four walls is not my coupe of The. I want to do things sometimes planed and sometimes unexpected. Do what i think in the long run will lead me to where i want to be. Or why not take a D-tour that inspires me and makes me happy. The path sometimes joins another path or twists and turns and that's fine with me. 

 

 

//Elise C

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Sometimes nature takes a unexpected turn similar to what i posted yesterday but this is something completly different. 

 

 

 

//Elise C 

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we want to live on the water or close to the water but, we don't know what we may expect and what could happen when nature takes a turn of it's own. 

 

 

 

//Elise C

 

 

//Elise C

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Obssesion of looks is a good discription of where we are today, Where ever we go or where ever we look we constantly compare and see, how you and other people should look like. Makeup companies make billions of dollors every year. 

 

The commercial pictures all over the citys and places where we walk around are quite often what we think about when we think of perfection. The truth behind this images is that the models that often are in many pictures live a not so healthy life because they constantly have to work out and eat right to not gain weight. The mesurements are very hard and many girls go from skinny to even more skinny. 

 

Also the pictures are often photoshoped in different ways to ba able to meet the standards of perfection. 

 

It's in some ways kind of sad that all of this starts so damn early and many girls start thinking about apperance way to early. 

 

We also have problems with depression and different eating disorders and many "illnes" who are because of looks and apperance. I am not saying it's wrong but it's a fact. How to get this development to slow down i dont know. But it is a growing problem in society. 

 

Yes i am in some ways a quite typicall girls in the way that i care about my apperance just like every one else. Although i try to be awear of it and keep it on a good/healthy leavel. 

 

It also has to do with what you find attractive and what kind of selt essteam you have. Do we want extremly slender girls or do we want happy and healthy girls? And boys to ofcourse. Although many times i find that the commercial is more directed to girls then men. Although i know that when the perfection of looks kicks in it dosen't matter to much if you are a women or a man, girl or boy there are still perfections out there who we try to copy and such. 

 

Here is a little documentary from the USA about looks: 

 

 

//Elise C 

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It's a beutiful day outside with even more snow then the last days. Nice that it has come more snow now when it's less then a month to christmas. 

 

Now i have also made up my mind and i decided to end my contract. So i am moving in the begining of next year to where i am not sure about quite yet. 

 

I have also gone in and re-done my application for some other courses on the university today. Not because i want to stop reading the program i am reading today but because i dont know how much of the courses i will be able to read if i move further away. 

 

Feels nice to have made a decition now. So now i am only waiting for the answer from Britain. 

 

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Today is decision day, today i have to decide if i want to keep on living in my flat or if i want to move home/to another place in Jämtland or keep on living where i am right now. 

 

Yesterday i had more or less decided and right now i am not totally sure, It's hard to make a dicition when i dont have a answer about what i am going to do in January. 

 

So far i still have som hours left to think about my possibilitys and i also took the initiative and sent some emails to other possible living places. 

 

Hi!

 

Now it's decided i wont go and work on the farm in Iceland that i have been in contact with. Even though it could have been a lot of fun it's nice to have it decided now. 

 

Now my next decition to make is if i am going to keep my flat where i live today or if i shall move in the middle of january or stay. Right now i am leaning at not staying and moving. But if i will move to another place in Jämtland or down again i still have to decide.

 

Although i am still waiting to know about the job in Britian. Right now i am hoping that we will get it. My motivation of moving to another country is getting bigger and bigger. It would be great fun, and if we wont get the job we will simply keep on looking for a good job. 

 

Minewhile i have a plan about trying to work as much as possible to later on have more freedom. :)

 

Have a great evening!!!

 

Hi!

 

have had a great weekend and "första advent" Friday my friend came over and then i had my first axame on saturday morning and then i had a "glögg kväll" which was nice. Nice to see friends from my old class and hang out and just chatch up little bit :)

 

Glögg is a speciall Swedish christmas drink that you traditionally drink around christmas. 

 

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Cool stuff :)

 

 

 

//Elise C