First post of 2012 ... belongs to Kristian Johns.

I've been meaning to write something about his blog http://sexdrugssausagerolls.wordpress.com/, or his short story "Dying, And Other Superpowers (which I have not bought yet..But I may buy it for my b-day....that and Twizzlers!! Time will tell ..Anyway.. it´s about a guy,who gets super powers and he finds out he has HIV..and it has been made in to a short movie which looks really COOL! Think X-men with issues ..)but well..i haven´t...
 I have followed his blog for a while..Kristian is someone who says what he thinks..and through his blog he reveals some dark times .. and his fears, struggles..and life in general.  In the latest post he talks about his struggles with addiction and how 2011 started with a downwards spiral...A roller coaster of falling off the wagon and then climbing back on it again..
*2011 began as it was to continue for the next six months. I started off the new year drunk, lonely, frightened, in debt and with a hole in my soul ten times the size of that in my bedroom window.*-K.J


Kristian found a way back ... he bravely saved his own life..Now telling his story to help others struggling with an addiction...This year he spent New Year’s Eve eating ice cream and watching movies with the love of his life :) Sounds like a good New Year´s to me!!

Even if I haven´t gone through the same things in my life, i can understand it. Those who know me know I'm not a big drinker..but I have been on the other side..
Kristian have gone through so much....I don´t know if I would have made it through everything he has....Would I be that strong? or that brave to tell the world my story? Would you? 
Kristian:*I’m not ashamed of who I am, and I’m not afraid to be honest. And I will carry on holding my head up and fighting on behalf of those who live in fear so that we can finally end stigma once and for all. My name is Kristian Johns, I’m HIV positive. And I refuse to hide, because I shouldn’t have to.*
Kristian also helps spread knowledge about HIV and was a part of a global WAD campaign called Be An Activist . Kristian may have HIV but that is not who he is...Kristian is a son, a brother, a friend, a writer, an activist, he´s smart, cute;)...He makes me want to start writing(Not that it will make me write any faster...Did you know a short story is about 2000 words, if not more?!?! ....and after this post i don´t know anymore!.)..... and he can sing! (or so they say!) And... he is dating Clark Kent..Just my luck!  ;o) I just wanted to say:Thank you for telling your story:) xox

The End......of 2011!
                                                         Photos from this past years....

 My nephew E on his namingday! Cute!

Grandma!

Kinky carrot!! Haha!

I have always wanted to make canneloni so when I found the right pasta i just had to make Cannelloni with Italian sausage and cheese!

And after that... I made sushi!!! The seaweed was not sooo popular but it was good!!

Helping hands....or bodys!!;o)

Thanks for the help!!! <3

E got a car for his birthday!

Mocha Cake!

Do you recognize sweater?

                                                       When I was just a little girl
                                                  I asked my mother, what will I be
                                                       Will I be pretty, will I be rich
                                                       Here's what she said to me.


                                                              Que Sera, Sera,
                                                       Whatever will be, will be
                                                  The future's not ours, to see
                                                               Que Sera, Sera
                                                     What will be, will be.-Doris Day

              Well...the year is at it´s end and...the future is to see...we will see what will be:)

New Year's Resolutions ...

1) Write a short story... 2) cook / bake more from cookbooks! 3) Take more pictures

4) Think less, do more........

And

5) Work more on the house

May You All Have A Happy New Year!

xox

Season greetings!!

*Light a candle and let it burn
Never let the hope disappear in the dark now
but it becomes brighter again
Light a candle for all you believe in
for this planet we live on
light a candle for the children of earth.......

I saw a star fall it was last night when everyone was asleep
I think I wanted you were close for a minute
then burned the for a second then it disappeared
it was just me who saw on the radio singing them about peace on earth
I wanted to believe them worn words.....

Light a candle and let it burn never let the hope disappear it is dark now
but it becomes brighter again
Light a candle for all you believe in for this planet we live on
light a candle for the children of earth ....

I received a card from Windhem
I did not know where it was
I looked on the map
You are on the other side of the world
but it is the same sky it is the same sea and the star that
I saw seemed forever that we dream seemed that we never forget...

lit a candle and let it burn
never let the hope disappear in the dark now
but it becomes brighter again
Light a candle for all you believe in for this planet we live on
light a candle for the children of earth ...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
promise to take care of yourself, a greeting for you
lit a candle and let it burn
never let the hope disappear in the dark now
but it becomes brighter again
light a candle for all you believe in
for this planet we live on

light a candle for the children of earth
Aaah lit a candle for the children of earth light a candle for the children of earth*

(That was a Swedish Christmas songs by the group Triad..) I love that song..the lyrics are beautiful and i think really meaningful..

I just wanted to tell you all

                                                Merry Christmas!

       Joyeux Noël!   С Рождеством Христовым!     

             Nollaig Shona!   ¡Feliz Navidad!   

 Nadolig Llawen!            God Jul!

        Take care of yourself and your loved ones...

 

 

Love Elly  XOX

 

A Christmas present!!

Hi!!!! I´m back!!!

I wanted to do something for my nephew E.P but I didn´t know what! I found some patterns for knitted baby clothes but not the one I wanted so I knitted bites of different designs! But the collar was the hardest because it is overlapped...it´s difficult to explain! But it looks like this...

I have knitted little things before so I'm not the best knitter ... I've lost count of how many times I had to redo it and start all over again!! I took a few deep breaths .. counted to 10 ... And maybe some bad words;o) 

This is the back!

This is the front!

When I first read the chart for the pattern ... I thought that I'd never get it but it wasn´t so hard when i got started .. but I had to keep count of each lap/ row,

otherwise it would have been impossible to remember where to do what!

An arm!

I couldn´t make the collar as in the picture so I had to rethink and make something else with what i had:o)






Good thing I played with dolls when I was younger!

I had a big doll that I put the sweater on after I had put the pieces together. .=( Then I saw that I made ​​the collar too low in the front! I had to redo it but it went pretty fast to do.


And this is the end product!!!!!It may not be perfect but but I like it .... I just hope he can wear it :o/

                                                   

I´m have some ideas about other things i want to do.....but that´s a story for another day;oP

Elly 

Speedy Danish when unexpected guests call and say they are 15 min away!

I was at a dinner last week and for dessert we got Danish pastry ..... Really good! But they weren´t real Danish pastry ... they were made out of puff pastry! That you buy in the store! I was just had to try to make some!
The store had a box of puff pastry with 10 squares (10 by 10 cm), Perfect!,,I got 2:o)

I filled 10 with cream cheese filling with a few teaspoons of blackberry jam, but most of the jam leaked out:o/....So next time i will try to do it differently.. I made them in to claws!!

　
I found a cream cheese filling (but I lost where I got it from :o(..)
100g cream cheese
1 egg yolk
2 Tbs. caster sugar
2 tsp. plain flour
2 tsp. lemon zest
1. Gently whisk together all ingredients in a small bowl. . Refridgerate until ready to use.
(You may need to make more filling, I made some more directly but i got some left)
　

The other was with (thick vanilla) custard! In Sweden we have a vanilla powder mix that you just mix with milk and you get vanilla sauce or..custard..or What ever you call it!  You need to make it thicker then sauce. I had some custard left from the other day so maybe 1½ bags of mix(Swe mix!!) for 10 pastries... I didn´t check the amount but mabye 2..3 cups..Soooo.... Better make more and eat the left overs.. than wish you had more (My motto in life!)




I made these round but you can do them however you want!



I'm not sure the amount of custard, but maybe two tablespoons for each?

I had some black currant juice in the icing sugar for flavor and color on the claws!

 

Bakers would probably get mad if I call them Danish pastry or Danish, and yes.. they doesn´t  taste exactly the same but it is close! And it takes..like..20 min,depending on what you do! You can find recipes on the Internet in your language and how hot your oven should be and so on..In Sweden: about

200-225c, it said 10 min but i had them in for longer..They should be golden brown.

Give it a try!