Yes, I know. I think I have to rename my blog, to 9 lives ;o)

Very long time since last update, but it has happen so much this fall. It has been challenge with finding my self, standing in my own power, without anyone to lean on, ego, envy. When I look back, I see that this year has been the year where everything is coming up in the light, negative – positive, people getting challenge with who they rely are, challenge in relationship, work, friendship. I think this year will be the year people rely are coming forward and also have faced all there fear.

So this fall and year has been very intersting I am rely looking forward to next year, what it will bring

 

Yesterday Old Town

Yesterday we went to San Diego and  of course on one of the hotest day this summer.

Here are some photos, for more photos click on the picture.

Saturday, Sea World :o)

It was a great day at Sea World, we did arrived a little bit late on the day around 3pm. But then there was not to much crowd and kids that was running around like crazy. It was great to be back, I had looking forward to see Belive the Shamu show and for Melissa to see it. But after the tragic accident, where the trainer was killed it seems that they have change the whole show. There was no trainers going in the water and it was more about “splashing”, but still it was a great show.

We so Sea Lions Live and Sea Lions Tonite with Clyde and his buddy Seymor and not to forget OP the otter.

We had a great and lovely day and ended the day to see the fireworks

For more photos click on the photos

Here are also some videos Melissa took:

San Diego Zoo

Melissa arrived at Friday at it was great to see here again, Holly drove us to San Diego Zoo. For me coming from Norway, that has one of the best zoo with BIG are when the animal can run, rest ore doe what they want to. I just have to admit it, San Diego Zoo was a big dissapointment and for me who also is a animal communicator it heart my heart, see the animal in small cages and stressed animal and there was smell from mostly all the cages. It was not a good experience and I do not recommend this Zoo to anyone. It seems that the Zoo was more build for people, shopping, food, drink, big roads so you could take a bus around etc. The day we also was there, animal lovers had a protest outside the Zoo. Had I know this in advanced we would not have gone there.

Here are some photos, for more photos you can click to the Flickr album San Diego.

You can click on this image to see more photos from the Zoo.

Don’t now if it was Melissa bringing the warm weather from Houston, but after she arrived. The summer has come to San Diego, it is so hot and also humidity here now. Up to 30c now I in fact looking forward to go home to colder weather and some rain, miss the option to could drink tap water. I got in fact sunburn on my should this day, even with use of sun cream ;D

Julian the apple city

Saturday we went to Julian the apple city, famous for there apple pie and there cider. The city looks nice with all the “old” building style, but most of the stuff they sold was junk, made in Russia, China etc.

Here are some photos from the city, there was a great art gallery there with a lot of wonderful paintings

Del Mar Race track

Yesterday Holly’s friend Valerie invited us to Del Mar Race track, this is the first time I have been to a race track. Since the only race track we have in Norway is in Oslo and I live in Bergen, that is in the other side in Norway. We had place in our own both and that was also special and nice

We had a nice time, did some betting but not much. I won some and lost some, not more then I could deal with. I am not the big gambler, so used 20$ won about $3,4 so was not so bad. My favorite in one of the race would have won, but up to the finish line hi stumbled and hurt his foot. Lucky enough hi was not put down, someone told us after the race that Del Mar is one of the worsted race track they have in Calefornia and for a couple of days ago they had two put down a horse. That was also one of the reason to why I did not bet so much after that, also people get crazy. There was a lot of screaming and yelling, not used to it

Here are some photos from yesterdays race:

and some fun for the children and entertainment for us

August 16. A update about the horse Love At the Bay that got injured:

Love At the Bay, a 2-year-old filly, became the fifth thoroughbred to be fatally injured at the meet after she broke down in the stretch while leading the fourth race. Jockey Victor Espinoza had Love At the Bay, making only her second career start, in front for the first 4 1/2 furlongs of the race on the Polytrack. But she took a bad step in the stretch, suffering an injury to her left front and was later euthanized. Espinoza did a miraculous job of pulling up the injured filly and avoiding other riders in the race.
Love At the Bay is the third horse to be euthanized after suffering an injury while racing on the Polytrack. There has been one Polytrack fatality during morning training hours and one fatality occurred on the turf course.

Last season, eight horses had been euthanized at a similar point in the meet.

What else doe US has for dogs?

Of course a dog bakery

Robin and the 7 Hoods at The Old Globe theater

Just come in from a wonderful evening, Holly took me to The Old Globe Theater to see Robin and the 7 Hoods. Holly’s sister Jessica got us the tickets This is the first time I see a musical with professional singers, not that they are bad in Norway but having actress doing musical is not always the same. We had a great and lovely time, only problem it was freezing cold – to much aircondition

Here is a short version summary:

A world premiere, Broadway-bound musical comedy  that takes us back to that sexy era in pop culture where “Mad Men” reigned supreme, martinis flowed freely and the songs of Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen (“My Kind of Town (Chicago is),” “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head,” and “Call Me Irresponsible and many more) ruled the night. Take the writer of Broadway’s murderously giddy musical Curtains, add the director who intoxicated us with The Drowsy Chaperone and taught Monty Python how to dance in Spamalot, and top it off with a sexy, soaring score of classic Cahn and Van Heusen songs and you get ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS, a new musical that takes the Robin Hood legend and gives it an early sixties spin. When Robbo, a suave, fast-rising entrepreneur in Chicago’s sophisticated nightclub scene, finds himself wanted by both sides of the law, he and his merry band quickly learn that a few wrongs and a few songs could make things right.

If you get a chance to see it, you will not regret

The Black Sheep

Okay, I am back in one of my favorite city, I was here for 4 years ago and fall in love in the city. This time I am staying much longer, so stay tune for updates

My first yarn shop visit in San Diego

The Black Sheep, there was a lot of wonderful and supersoft gorgeous yarn, some incredible yarn art was hanging on the walls. But unfortuanelly because it was artist who had made it, I could not take photos of there art. Trust me it was incredible

and no I did not buy the Buffalo Gold yarn – yet

But this gorgeous handpainted lace yarn I did buy

and this one ;P

Wow, last posting was in January, lol ;o)

Okey, the good part is that I am still at alive, but this winter has been rely hard in Bergen. We never rely have winter, maybe 1 week with snow and cold. This time it started long before Christmas and ended almost to now in April. There was rely, rely cold down to – 18 c that is not normal in Bergen, lucky enough I doe not live in the coldest part of Bergen. But we had snow, over 1 meter also a new record. Just look:

Mikey’s first real winter, hi loved the snow and I sometimes had to get out and take him in

Here it is Indigo running in the “road’s” I dig out in the garden.

In February something wonderful happen, I meet Wayne and BLU-e. Wayne is a wonderful man and his mission is to bringBLU-e around in the world. Okey, so what is BLU-e? BLU-e is a continually evolving universal healing energy. It is a complete soul harmonization, as it reignites your Qi, reawakens the Soul and realigns your Chakras. It’s a healing energy that adapts to each individual’s own special needs. It is quite unlike any other modality. I will write more about BLU-e but in the mean time, you can read more on the BLU-e website. True Wayne I meet another true BLU ey Holly, she is just amazing and I am so looking forward to could meet here at live, since she live in San Diego.

If you are in Bergen April 10, Wayne will hold a mass healing and the following week you can also book a private healing session.

You have maybe looked at my flickr photo album and seen a lot of socks suddenly, the reason is that I have been so crazy to sign up for Sock Madness 2010. So what the heck is Sock Madnes, it is madness indeed. A knitting competition, where knitter all over the world compete. The beginning round we got two weeks and the where 160 open places, and yes I passed the round even if I can’t say this will be any favorite pattern so it will be with this pair.  So how doe the socks for the first round look like?

Da, da: Sock Madness round 1 – Simple Side to Side Socks

Yarn: Ayda
Needles: HW 2,5 mm

Then round 2 arrived and now we are on 4 team, 32 knitters and the first 26 go further to the next round. My team is All We Need is Yarn.Since I am not the most experienced sock knitter, I had some problem since there still was a lot of error in the pattern. But with good friends I did finish and got qualified to round 3.

Cool Beans

Yarn: Fabel; color 100 and 520
Needles: HW 3 mm

I have also knitted a lot of socks and hat to I have forgotten to take photos of, the last one was the fourth pair with Mingus, now I think I have knitted enough Mingus for a while

Oh, and did I forget to tell you that in ap. 2 weeks there will be born a litter