The good life..

Last weekend was awesome! In fact, it was Super Awesome! Long weekend, sunny from beginning to end, 20-25degrees, all packed with fun and great people in the best place possible! This is exactly why I love this place.. Ocean, boatlife, beach, swimming, party and just getting my tan back!!

Cold beer in the sun

Beautiful day and beautiful girls :)

Feriepils i sola med Morten

Emily, Me and Christina at Terje's amazing boat

At Rannveig's cabin at Flekkerøya

Smoothe sea

My friend Katarina enjoying the beautiful evening

This and that

Just added some new photo albums from the last 6 months! Enjoy!

Spin around... Søgne?

It's been a long time since I've written anything here now, mainly because I guess no-one is that interested in hearing about my regular life anymore :) No more "On my way to Greenland", "Rio next", "On a boat in Africa". Now I am more like "Look at my lovely house", "My cat being really cute" etc.. hehe. But since it is my blog I will keep updating every now and then anyway! I know there are some sailors around the world wondering what a normal life is too!

So what have I been up to lately.. working.. My new job is actually pretty good! I am working on drilling control systems, for those who have no idea what that involves.. in easy words, when the operator press a button, one of the machines move.  Other than that I'm working out a lot, running all over Søgne and also do loads of fysio and training to get my shoulder back on track! And of course I hang out with friends, go out, do some gardening and fixing stuff in my house and hopefully soon start building a garage! Damn I am grown up!!

Best thing of all.. the summer is coming soon! 

Katarina in the lovely sunny weather at Fiskebrygga

Fresh shrimps at Fiskebrygga!

Lava enjoying the spring

Little Lava

Summer in Søgne

Just another pic of my beautiful house.. hehe

WRC kjører Mads Østberg i første sving SS3 

Tilskuere i lyngheia:)

A Perfect Sunday!

What can I say, it's been sunny, it's been hot (I have actually worn shorts and t-shirt all day.. in MARCH in NORWAY!!), I have spent the day with great people, I've been hiking, I've been bbq'ing (or atleast eaten Mads and Helena's lovely bbq food :) And finishing the night off on the coach with my lovely cat. And most of all, I am NOT offshore :) Sorry guys and girls on CHA. I really was thinking about you guys today.. 

Tanning and relaxing on my patio

Out walking on the beach

Åros

Kvernhusvannet

Katarina and Magnus on the way down from "Den Omvendte båd"

The years first BBQ at Mads and Helena's place.

Lava chilling on my livingroom table.

Tired Lava..

Life is not too bad in Norway. It is weird not being offshore, but it is kind off nice. First week at my new job was good and interesting, jumping straight into a big drilling project.. guess I need to learn something about drilling! Still half handicapped after dislocating my shoulder snowkiting 2 weeks ago and no kiting for 3months!!SUCKS! Guess I have to find another hobby for a while... any ideas?

Sideshore's Snowkite Girl Camp at Røros

With my car stuffed to the roof with kites, board, sleeping bag and warm clothes I headed for Røros and the very first Sideshore Girls Snowkiting Camp this weekend. In Oslo I picked up my friend Jorun, we stuffed more gear in the car, cranked the music up load and headed north! 


21 girls showed up and already Friday afternoon, Storwartz proved to be a brilliant spot.The sun was shining from blue sky and a nice 7-8m/s breeze kicked off our snowkiting weekend and it never stopped. 3 full days of wind and sun, the only thing that would have made the weekend better would have been a few cm of powder.. but hey, you can't have it all!


Thanks for a brilliant weekend everyone! It was worth the loooooong drive :) Hope to see you all and more girls on later events!

Sideshore Girl Camp! Photo: Jorun Nymo

3 well dressed girls :) Trude, Karianne and Anne-Sofie. Photo: Janet

Mom Trude thanking God that her daughter want to kite :)

Marte and Thale in fresh colors ready for some kite!

Sideshore's Anne-Sofie arranging this awesome weekend for us!

Me and Jorun out with 2x Mr.Green!

Windy and sunny:)

Teaching going on.

Lovely Røros!

Røros deluxe! Photo: Jorun Nymo

Jorun and the horses

Equator Crossing and other Transit activities

So what do we do on a 10 days transit from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Verde? Well, we BBQ, we play basketball even had a basketball tournament and of course we had the Equator crossing "Neptun Ceremony". My last days in Seismic turned out to be pretty relaxed :) Thanks to all the great people around the fleet that have made my last 3 years in Seismic memorable! Going to miss you all! 

Nav's killing the Gunners in basketball :)

Maritime vs Gun

I guess playing basketball on a boat isn't always a great idea.. Doing Officials duty instead..

BBQ in the middle of the atlantic.

Equator Crossing: The Queen and the Neptun baby..

Me being picked up by Neptuns guards.

Me covered in Galley left overs.. Yummy..  Me and Jessie ready for torture.

Jessie being thrown in the pool

After pictures..

Challenger Year!

What a year I have had.. Sitting, as usual on the boat, daydreaming, I started thinking about all that have happen in 2011,and what a year it has been! I have had an amazing year. I have had loads of fun, some good some sad times, I have lost touch with some good friends but I have also met so many new friends, I have been disappointed but also really surprised and impressed, I have sold my first home, but found my dream home and figured out where I want to be, I have travelled the world, I have missed those who means the most to me, I have discovered new things about myself.. and about others.. And lots have changed!


Last New Year was celebrated in Honolulu, this New Years I spent with wonderful friends in my own home. Last easter I spent surfing the waves in Maui, this easter I am planning to spend in the snow, last year I spent far away from home, 230days on travel and work, the rest on Maui, this year I am planning to spend mostly at home, in Kristiansand:) 


I am saying farvel to a job and a lifestyle i have loved and to many people that have made the last 3 years in PGS special. But I am looking forward to start my new life in my dream house in my HOME town in a new and exciting job with my friends and family just around the corner:)

Some of the people that have made my last year in Seismic special :) Crewmeal in Rio.. jeeez I am going to miss those!!:p (as always, awesome pictures from Suzanne)

Challenger crew

Challenger girls :)

The Nav crew HK, Crazyleg, Demis and QC Jessie 

Cheif Bepo, me and Robert.