Aunti Lena and Uncle Affe

They were here! The first adult ones to visit me!
I was tired like a bear that didnt hibernate for 10 yrs when i arrived to my apartment in S.F. Who is lying in our couch? Lena and Affe. It was so weird coming aaaall this way from Sweden, to see my dear Aunti in my couch on the other side of the world. Priceless.

We did a lot! Of course, because i'm such an amazing guide! Come on, u can't lie about that.
And they were sooo much fun to show around. They were amazed about everything! And kept saying how beautiful and fantastic everything was. Thats the way a tourist should be. A guide wants to hear this.

Saturday, we headed up to Napa valley to taste some wine. We also did Target and Ross. And had lunch at "Fresh choise". On our way back to Sf we showed them Sausalito and the houseboats.

Breakfast at our plejs

Lunch at Fresh choice

Wine at a winery

Us at the winery
Us inside the winery
Me taking photos outside the winerySunday we toured around San Francisco, Lincoln park and chinatown among other things. Dinner at cheesecake factory

I look highly concentrated on the food

These guys had their retirement sale since we were looking for our weddingring in 2006. Aren't they retired yet?
And These guys have been "opening" for 3 yrs already. Its getting old :-)
you take the elevator up from the garage and when u come out it feels like you are in Asia for real.

Monday they headed to Alcatraz and later on we took a cable car ride, showed them GG park, and Ocean beach

We saw germans gangstas

David found his inner child and chased some pigeons
Cold wait for the cable car
nothings really funny here. auntie is just tickeling me
Deep deep inside i wanted to do a heart sign
And tuesday we went up to Marin county again, Muir woods, Davids job, and where we got married. Also tiburon and Marin headlands

Big trees

Skywalker ranch, again

Davids job
i really love it on Mt Tam
Insanely cold on Marin headlands

Then they went home on wednesday morn. Short visit but fun!!
Next one to visit is my dear Gaby!! Then my ugly Saris!! After that i have a bunch of other "friends" who's going to the wrong coast. Yes Frida and Emma and the 2 mikaels, im talking 'bout you! Shame on you :-) You know that the wescoast is the best coast. :-p

Sofisi

I had lots of full days with my sofia lately too!

She loves my stuffed animals!

At freemont farm
And at oakland zoo

She loved my camera and took like 100 photos! She's got some talent!
She and her best friend! They always hold hands!
Bats, soooo weird!

Old photos

I'm far behind in my bloggin here. And i found some old photos that i never posted.

The first ones are from when i was a model for a classmate.

These are from when we BBQd on our roof in april

Grillmeister

Awesome roof

We have a pretty awesome view dont ya think?

The name is green

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This, my friends, means they are actually makin' and bakin' my green card at the moment.
I got it. I got my green card god damn it!!!!!!
AWOHOOOOOOO
I can stay here forever!!!! I really can! And next time i leave the country, and go back in again, I'm no longer "a visitor" I will stand in the shorter line for "citizens and green card holders". Ha!

This....is awesome.

One year ago, on April 13th, i received a letter home, stating that i was one of 100.000 people who was chosen to apply further for a greencard. More than 6 Millions around the world add their name to the lottery each year. What are the odds of that?
Luckily, i had a low VISA number, around number 8000 (out of the 100,000) So i could apply in October already. Which gave me better chance, then, lets say the person who was the 999,999 name.

It has been a long process, many tears. Much much money. But now i have it. Not in my hands yet. But i have it.

Did i just become an american?
No. Don't worry. Im a proud Swede. A true viking! And i will always be.
I haven't changed yet have I?

(u could call me half californian though tsssss)

Sweden saga

I've been home for 2 weeks now, and i still haven't written anything about the time spent in Sweden. Should i even try? I'll sum up.

Friday:

Yo my bro Yo

The arrival at Landvetter. Tears in my eyes as i flew over Landvetters green forests, little lakes and red houses. I missed it. Papa and bro 1 hour late. A freakin' bus was on fire at the freeway. What a welcoming. Bro had grown a little bit more. And thought i looked like a tourist from spain. In awe over how green and beautiful my Sweden is.

At home mama got crazy as usual. She had made a smorgastarta in my honor. Adoreable mama.

Saturday:

Timmerevik. Feet in the water. Freezing.

The guy who was on Millan all nightMet Millan at Systemet, the plejs 2 b :-) My beautiful Millan. Matching scarf and all. Awesome sunnies.

That day was beautifully spent by the sea in Timmervik. Picnic, and photoshoot of Millan and Fridis. After wards there was party around the corner. Hung at my mommos place and ate stinky cheese. (Well, actually only me and Frida, we are the cheeselovers here. The stinkier the better!!)
Ran to the bus, as usual, to baden, which was a great danceplace. Milli was crazy! First on the dancefloor, wanted to shoot tequila, and danced with boys. My oh my. My Milli is changed!! ;-)

Once it closed, I got reminded how freakin desperate all guys get. Me and Millan got approahed by 3 different "gangs" one step apart. And by that i mean, that once we moved our feet one step forward, there was someone new. Talking about horses, guitars, hotelrooms...one even pretended he was irish. And believe me when i say that i would have rather say that he was from Uzbechistan that Ireland.

Anyway, We turned them all down of course. Oh the joy of being married. Ha!

The night was awesome. And it was light when i got home. Fantastic!

Sunday

At Helenis

well, not much to say about this day. Spent it all mostly being hangover, wich sucks because its like i lost 1000:- . Mama was chocked to see me. I slept all day, Sometimes she had too make sure i breathed haha.
The evneing though, I went out to my Helenis house. She and Hans had a little BBQ. Helena was beautiful like a day. Mother of 2 and looks fabulous. She's my hero! I also saw good ol' Mickis the first time. He was as funny as always. Damn i've missed his "jokes"!
Helenas sister Millan came too. And wow she lost weight! Looked fantastic!
After some good BBq and Helenas homemade rhubarb pie (she must have read my mind) Me and Millan stayed with Helena and her Camilla and played a good game of "how it can sound". Who won? Well who'd ya think??
Sleep-time: around 3-ish

Monday:

How u like the wallpaper? Tsssss. I think its kinda funky

Haven't seen the horsies in forever! a letter i wrote the year 2000. thought we were going on a trip. But, no. that never happened.

This is us just being us

I went to Helenis place! Spend the day with her and her kids, and Her sister and her kids. They're all so adoreable! In the evening i had a sleepover at Millans place. Like old times. It was so cozy!! We just silly as always, watched our old filmings, read old letters and of course ate chips and dip!

Time for this night sleep- 5.10 ish.

Tuesday

Ajax "bathroom" of all the kinds

Slept long and well. Spent the day with Millan, then my papa picked me up and we had dinner with my auntie, her hubby, and my cousin. Haven't seen them since i moved to Cali and we had lots to catch up on. I told them about my life in San Fran.
Sarah came in the evening. I saw her get off the bus, my little Sarah.... Then we ran towards eachother with teary eyes. It was so dramatic. Read her blog for more details :-)
That night we talked a lot. Drank red wine (and spilled some too! You just cant relax in mommos flat. We had Ajax and tissue closeby haha)

Wednesday

We dare to be ugly

we also dare to show and spex!

After a dramatic mornig concerning eggs (blog posting comes later) Me, Sarah and Millan hung out. Bought jewelery at Maxi (of all the places) then it was time for all the gal's to meet up at Millans place to practice for our awesome song for Helenas wedding!! We rocked it man. It was my last night with mama, and i was supposed to have a last cozy night with her, but "rehersals" got so late, so we didnt have much time :-(

Thursday

The beautiful bride

All us great girls minus one filippino and the bride
Us 3 got crazy in the evening. screaming AT OL (eat beer)

The big day for the couple whos been there and done that for a long time. Going strong since 10 yrs. Teenage lovers. Bride was only 15 when they met. Now they're all grown up, has house and 2 kids. Thats happyness isnt it. And I'm incredibly happy for Helena that she found this peace, love and happiness. I'm happy for them both!
So cheers and Welcome to the married wives club girl! Its awesome to be somebodys wife!

Everything about this day was beautiful.
Me and Sarah documented Helenas day with DLSR and DV cam. Starting at the hairdresser. Then it was makeup time at Her moms place, then all of a sudden it was time. People arrived. Dressed up. Beautiful. Sun shone.
Ceremony was fantastic, it was a little like mine, hippiestyle, free, on the grass, under blue sky, people stood up. kids playing around. Songs were sung. Then the rings, the kiss. And then there they were, Mr and Mrs Andersson.

I was relieved my duty of photographing the formals, but thats alright, it took some of my stress away :-) And hey, i got to drink some alco and eat those amazing....thingys. Whatever you call them, they were good!

Weddingdinner was fun, then we had our song, wich was total awesomeness!!! I'll put a video up someday (in like 10yrs)
Then it was dance the whole night long until the DJ was tired haha. I was proud that i stayed until the end. So i didnt miss anything!! And then it was time.... that horrible time. The goodbyes.

It felt insane to say goodbye to Frida and Mikael at 4 am, Their car was waiting, it started to get light outside, it was raining, we were all tired, and there we were, on a soccerfield in Kode. I cried of course.
Then It was my turn to leave. And with my makeup all smeared out i hugged the bride and groom goodbye. It felt so weird. Helena beautiful in her weddingdress, and i had to say goodbye to her. This was it. This wedding was what i came for. And i don't regret it at all. The week in Sweden was intense, expensive and with lack of sleep. But it was all worth it.

I had no tears left when i said goodbye to sarah and Camilla. But i cried inside. Then their car drove away and i suddenly felt so lonely. I didnt want to leave my friends.
By now it was light outide. The ground was damp from the rain. I was the only one out.
I called David when i came home. I was sad. And i wanted his arms. Then mama woke up and we packed a little bit. I slept 45 minutes, then she woke me up again. 7am. Shower, closed the suitcase. Breakfast.

Papa came. It was time. I went into my little brothers room and hugged him goodbye. Then mama. She told me not to cry, but i still did. Its impossible not to.
I cried all the way to beyond Angereds bridge. And then i stopped.

I had my usual conversation at the airportcafe with papa, then it was time for the last goodbye. With teary eyes and a choked throat that hurt like a bitch. I walked away from him.
And as Landvetters green forests dissapeared under me, the last tears rolled down my cheek. And then we flew into the clouds.
I was going home...

Long live the weird music!

I admit. I'm a weird girl. I'm not like all the rest of you. I admit that my taste in music can be....against the mainstream. But so?? Inside me there's a little 80's synth gal living and partying.
This is what i digg.

Pet Shop Boys - Can You Forgive Her?
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ERASURE - ALWAYS
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Oj

Oj Oj

We went to the store to buy some ink for the printer.
Guess what we came out of the store with...

We felt like being spontanius. And we were. We were.

(Sorry for the disgusting mess. Ughh, should be cleanin' instead of bloggin')