Hotel and bathing park

Last week, Joachim and I went to a hotel and bathing resort to celebrate our "6 year anniversary" together as a couple. We were supposed to borrow a car from Joachims brother, but for some reason it broke down or something 5 minutes before we were leaving. We then borrowed another car, and everything seemed to go well, until this car suddenly broke down about 15 minutes before our destination (<-<'') Even though the fuel gauge didn't work, it was pretty embarrassing being picked up by "Viking" because of lacking fuel. Oh well..
     2 hours later than planned we finally arrived at the hotel and bathing resort. We had such a great time! Outdoor swimming (in a pool ofcourse), running in the snow by the pool, sitting in the sauna etc.
     After bathing we went to a really nice restaurant and ordered the most delicious food I've ever tasted, honestly. It was expensive, but totally worth it! (~u~) We ended the night by eating lots of candy while watching bad movies and playing yatzi in our room. I had a really nice time, and recommend this place if you want to go somewhere to relax.

This was the only shot we bothered to take, even though we brought Joachims camera to take a lot of pictures.

Oh, and I recieved my dancemat some weeks ago! Been dancing alot, and I'm getting real good (haha!!). Well, it's really good exercise, and quite fun aswell. I've also learned how to make my own dancing tracks. So now I can dance to songs such as "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard", and "Gimme back my son!" (<_>'')

Dance Step Mania \(~u~)/

I've ordered a dance mat!

It can be attached directly to a computer. And it can also be used with the dance program stepmania which allows you to download your favorite songs to dance to! Can't wait for it to arrive! ~ <3

Vanilla muffins

Mwahaha! We made vanilla muffins this weekend! おいしかった！
I really believe these are the best muffins I've ever tasted! And here is the recipe!

Vanilla muffins:
250 g butter
4 dl sugar
4 eggs
2 dl milk
6 dl flour
3 teaspoons bakingpowder
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Vanilla buttercream:

250 g butter
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
2 dl milk
16 dl powdered sugar

Begin by mixing the butter in a bowl so it gets soft. Add the sugar at mix it until it forms a white, creamy texture.
Add the eggs - one at a time - and mix well between each added egg.
Mix in the vanilla essence.
Sift the flour and baking powder, and add it and the milk in the buttermixture a little at a time.
Only mix until the dough is smooth (dont overmix!)

Fill muffin forms about 3/4 full,  and cook them in the middle of the oven. 175*C, 20-25 minutes.

Make the vanilla cream by mixing all the ingredients together, but only add 1/4 of the powdered sugar at first. When the mixture is smooth, add powdered sugar until it forms a nice thickness. If you put the mixture in the refrigerator it will thicken - so don't worry if the mixture seems a bit thin at first. If it's still to thin after keeping it in the fridge, simply add more powdered sugar before decorating the muffins.

If you want other colors,  add a few drops of food coloring (~u~)/

I made 6 big muffins by making １/4 of this recipe. So i guess this is enough for 30 muffins.

Miniature clay figures

About a year ago, I started one of my new hobbies, which is making figures and designs inspired by japanese accessories. it involves making (or at least attempting to make) real life miniature food and sweets out of clay. You can make phone straps, keychains, magnets and use the figures to decorate boxes, i-pods, frames and so on (^u^)/ It's really fun to make! And it's nice to have cute, homemade accessories. Or at least I think so (<-<``)
      Well, here are some of the stuff I've made.

Frames, keychains/phonestraps and one of the many magnets I've made.

Blackberry macaroon

Chocolate macaroon

Raspberry macaroon

 

Chocolate cake magnet

And some detail shots of the frames..

 

 

 

 

 

 

tunak tunak

January is almost over, and I'm all into my new year resolution's. Which include drinking 2 liters of water a day, avoid unhealthy food and exercising more. Wow, it's really an original resolution, right?
     Although I'm not that into new year resolutions, it can't hurt to improve my lifestyle.

                               So, this weekends snacks are...

      ... fruit salad sprinkled with walnuts and dark chocolate \(^u^)/

For all those makeup fanatics out there, I really recommend these makeup brushes from Sigma.
     I got them myself for christmas, from my boyfriend.
The brushes are reeally soft, and makes applying makeup more hygienic and precise. Becides, they are waay cheaper than other brand brushes, but they have the same quality.

Homemade nails!

Sounds good, right?.........
Well.. for us "short nail girls", it is good news! This is my second attempt at sculpting own nails, and I'm pretty happy with the result (^o^') My first attempt was done with blue glitter tips, but I don't have pictures of that.

 

上手？　

Have a happy new years tomorrow!

Snow <3

I've had a really great christmas, as always. It's always nice spending some quality time with friends and family. Eating good food, relaxing, and basically enjoying yourself. We even got a white christmas!

Since we've already got alot of snow this winter, a couple of friends asked us to go out to enjoy it. It was around - 15 degrees. Despite the cold, the sun was shining, and the landscape looked really pretty!

We went sliding in the snow. Marte and I went really fast down a hill, without noticing a jump at the bottom... Luckily I don't have any pictures of that..

I do have pictures of us enjoying our healthy lunch (^u^)/