Tall is not always so good

It was only after I saw Kate next to this statue,

I decided to check who that tall man had been.

His name was Robert Wadlow, and he reached

the height of two meters and seventy two centimeters.

2.72!

He died when he was only 22. Sad.

You can read a little more about him here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wadlow

Selfesteem and selfconfidence

Selfesteem and selfconfidence,

what exactly is the difference?

Perhaps you can show selfconfidence without having

selfsteem?

Perhaps the best combination is selfesteem AND

selfconfidence?

Selfesteem and books that influence us

Realizing lately that I have - over the years - acquired

quite a number of self-improvement books, I had to

look into myself and accept the fact that my selfesteem is

and hasn't been the best. Probably never.

Though I am pretty good at hiding it.....

Today Jerry sent me a qoute I felt also fitted my situation:

"I suggest that the only books that influence us are those

for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further

down our particular path than we have gone ourselves."

---e.m. forster

My doll Lena

I am probably around two and a half.

It is spring and I am clasping my beloved

doll Lena.

Two friends, with their dolls, are there too.

"Huggærn" is dizzy

Somebody sent me a quizz to check your

knowledge of slang from Oestfold, this part of Norway,

east of the Oslofjord.

I then realized that one of the words I have used

for dizzy in Norwegian was a slang word from my early

childhood in Moss.

"Jeg er helt huggærn!"

I am soooo dizzy!

I can hear myself saying that many times as a child.

Bergensbanen, minute by minute - once more

I have just discovered you can download

the TV documentary "Bergensbanen minutt for minutt"

for free from

http://nrkbeta.no/2009/12/18/bergensbanen-eng/

This version does NOT include music, video,

side camera, interviews that we saw and heard in the

original TV program.

You can also get a seven minutes taste

of this film on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql2qXpNVTjw

Some Kate medicine

So who is that pink little figure on the sledge?

Kate, of course!

Having a great time, obiously.

PS. I have been home with backpain for a week or so.

Stand? Walk? Sit? Lie down?

A little bit of each.

These photos of Kate are very good medicine for her

grandma.