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Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label England. Show all posts

Friday, 5 February 2010

Hjemme

Da var vi hjemme fra vår lille tur til England.
Vi har ikke gjort så mye som vi pleier siden dette var en
jobbe tur for J. Diddy ( har en liten jente som kaller
pappa'n sin for diddy.. he he måtte le)

Vi har kost oss med brettspill og lek i en park ( full av søle! )
og mating av ender, noe som var populært med barna
( full av søle igjen! ) :D
Vi har også lest mange mange bøker. En av dagene tror jeg
Grandma og Naomi leste igjennom 10 eller 11 bøker på rad.

Jeg tok muligheten til å ta litt bilder av ungene en dag det
bare var oss hjemme. Jeg fikk faktisk lov til å gjøre det.
Som regel når jeg så mye som nevner kamera eller å ta bilder
faller han eldste min helt sammen og sutrer at jeg
BESTANDIG vil ta bilder.
Jeg skjønner jo at han syntes det er litt kjedelig men når
jeg da får muligheten og vi alle koser oss samtidig,
så trenger du ikke be meg to ganger..

(Som du ser var noen flinke til å se pent på mamma mens
en viss liten gutt har lært noe av pappa .. hi hi hi )

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En liten gutt likte godt den nye lua til mamma.
Den er litt for stor:D Men veldig god og varm...


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Vi ble også med Matthew på to fester sist helg.
På Lørdag dro vi alle sammen ned til et sted som heter Gainsborough.
Det var kjempe koselig og masse god mat.
Jeg drømmer enda om den curry'en jeg spiste.
Som dere ser spilte bandet til Matthew der og de var sykt bra. (Matthew er
han som synger på bildet) Han sang en sang og spilte trommer for resten.
Han sang Fly away.. Liker den sangen.
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Matthew og bandet hans spilte på den andre festen også. Den gangen hadde vi
barnepass og var alene. Det var litt deilig.
Her er et bildet av Jamie som er en gammel venn av Jon og han er kjempe flink
til å spille gitar og synge. Han spiller også i et band.
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Den dagen vi reiste hjem bestemte vi oss for å ta en tur å bowle. Nathaniel hadde
spurt hele uken så han syntes det var en meget god ide. De andre to syntes
selvfølgelig det var kjempe gøy også!

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Så var det bare å komme seg til flyet ....

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Vi planlegger å ta bilen til sommeren. Det er bare for mye stress med kofferter og
vekt når du reiser med fly og man trenger jo litt når man reiser med tre barn.
Det gikk kjempe fint da vi kjørte over for et par år siden så vi har
lyst til å prøve det igjen.

Nå må jeg legge meg..

Ble seint i dag også.. Trøøøøøtt.


-Anette-

Friday, 27 February 2009

The Perfect Job

I love horses.
I've loved horses since i was a little girl.
When I was about 9 years old I started riding at a riding school.There was a six month waiting list but i didn't have to wait because my cousin was an instructor there and somebody had just left the lesson she used to teach.. so she let me join without waiting..

I stayed there till I was 15 or 16 i think.. I just started feeling that I wasn't learning any more.. The others that were riding at the same time as me had slowly been replaced with kids on a beginner level.And i didnt want to keep paying alot of money for a lesson that i was just told to canter on my own and practise on whaterever i wanted to, while the others were taught how to trot!!!
So i quit.

I've regretted it ever since.. I've missed it so much and still do..

First time I got up on a horse again was a few years later and it felt soo good. I felt like I was finally home.. this is were i belong..
To feel at one with such a beautiful, strong, graceful, did i mention beautiful animal, is just the most amazing feeling.I don't think you'd understand it unless you've been around horses and experienced the magical bond between human and animal..If you have, you will always be longing for it and feel to an extent empty,like something is missing if you're not around them.

So I guess you can imagine how i felt when after ridning once a week for a bit in England I was offered a job at the stables! And it wasn't just grooming the horses and picking up horse poo..(which i really dont mind doing anyway. Actually love it.. part of the whole horse thing.You know what I'm on about, Monica ;)) It was actually education as well. I would work as a student.I had to study to do exams and learn about running stables or a riding school. And to be an instructor.
It was very extensive .. had to learn everything about the horses anatomy and behaviour. And everything else that is done normally in stables.. I absoulutely loved it..



This is the book for the first level or first exam...:)I might come back to what's in the book..I wouldn't mind refreshing some of it ;)


Oh and i forgot to say that we were allowed to ride every day.. sometimes twice a day.. for free of course. Because the exams had a practical part,a written part and a riding part. So we had to improve on our riding skills too...

And we could pick our favourite horse to ride. I had two.. One huge monster called Boris. Most gentle monster ever ;) He was lovely. And then there was little Billy. A Welsh Cob that some of the students had a problem with. If he noticed that he could mess with you, he would... But i liked him.. A challenge.. But he was still sweet.. :)


Then this perfect job came to a sudden stop.. I found out i was pregnant. And you're not allowed to go through the exams if you are.. A safety thing.. They said i could stay for as long as i wanted, just not do the study part anymore.. but it was too difficult to carry on. To see the others get their horses ready to go for a ride.. It just killed me. And i wasn't feeling great either which slowed me down alot..

I stayed in bed for weeks, didnt want to do anything.. I know it sounds horrible but I wasn't ready for kids at that time... I was scared.

Anyway,I wouldn't change things and I never regret getting my little dude..


I just hope that one day i could get the chance to have themback in my life again.. In some way......

I miss being around them..... ...