The Rockabilly Girl Next Door

What's wrong with people

2012-02-10T18:08:00.004+01:00

Hello and happy Friday!

I wanted to share something with you. As you know, I'm doing my 3 week school placement nowadays. We have finished 2 of 3 weeks, and I cannot wait for next week to be over.

Note: This is only general talk about my experience. I'm not mentioning where I am or any names, but I need to get this out of my system.

There are of course good days. I love it when the kids come up to me to tell me something, or when they want me to help them out. I love it when they say "I really like your hair" in a private conversation because it's a bit embarrassing to tell when others are around. I love the little chats with the girls and the boys on a late Friday, I love hearing about their plans for the weekend. Days like these are the ones I remember and think of when everything goes wrong.

The last few days have been good, but when the bad days come... I want to go home and cry.

When I lived in Belfast, I did 6 weeks of placement in a primary school. It was the best 6 weeks ever when it comes to placement. The kids were so well-mannered and polite, and I was in tears the day I was done and left the place for the last time. In Norway, the kids are so different. Well, at least some of them are. Over the last two weeks I've experienced things like;

- been called a fat bitch (with matching pig sounds).

- had pears thrown at me when I was on duty in the break.

- told to go to hell.

- had some other really mean words yelled to my face (they're Norwegian and I can't really translate them, but we're talking like c*** and fat p***y).

- I asked someone politely to move to their desk, and in response I got all my books shoved off my table.

"Small" things like that. I know I shouldn't take it personally and I know they don't mean it (well I hope they don't mean it), but it really makes me angry and sad. How can you raise your kids into being like this to their teachers? How can you as a parent accept this? We call home to parents all the time to tell them how their kids are doing, and still they keep on treating us like we're shitty people. I'm sorry kids, but I am actually spending my day and free time from 8 am to 4 pm taking care of YOU! I'm teaching you stuff you will need, believe me!!

Okay, I don't want them to die. But the picture was way too funny!

I personally think it's horrible that kids can act like this. We're not talking 6 year olds, but the slightly older ones (14 and up). I'm not specifically talking about the kids at my school either, but Norwegian kids in general. Where are their manners? If there's one thing I've learned from this.. I'm NEVER going to apply for a job at a school for kids at that age. I wanna work with the older ones, the 17+ group, who actually wants to learn something (most of them, hehe).

I'm counting the days, and next Friday I will be the happiest person ever. I'm never going back there and I will never hear the words "you fat bitch" in my face ever again.

As always

xxx

Miss K

(not a fat bitch, just curvy and nice hehe).

Woopety-do, here's something for you!

2012-02-05T20:36:00.002+01:00

Hello!

I made a new tutorial today! My first take on the psychobilly look. I've always loved this look, but it's not really "me". Although, I tried my very best and I think it turned out pretty cool. What you think?

While I'm here I have to tell you about something that happened to me today. A lady posted on my Facebook page the following comment; "Everyone who likes rockabilly music deserves shooting!" What the hell? I reported her for bullying/harassment! Haha! Some people just do my head in.. what is wrong with the world. I really hate Lady Gaga and music like that, but I would never hope for anyone of you liking her to get shot! Gahhh rant over! Hehe.

I hope you've had a lovely weekend! Now sit back and enjoy my tutorial. It's as always full of funny accents, weird ways of making up sentences and there's a little moustache hidden in there. Enjoy!

As always

xxx

Miss K

Rockabilly half moon nails

2012-02-04T21:01:00.003+01:00

Hello! I hope you're all having a great evening so far :)

I decided to make a little quick video on how I do my half moon nails. It was very impulsive (and therefore maybe not that good), and I decided not to speak.. so if you're tired of me rambling on and on with my accent, here's a good video for you! Hehe!

I don't know what's happened to the quality of my videos. I need to sort this out before I make my next tutorial.. I've done the same as the last ones, and suddenly they're bad quality. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

As always

xxx

Miss K

I'm still alive

2012-02-02T16:14:00.005+01:00

Hey people!

I haven't been around for a few weeks, and I can already see that I'm losing people's attention... Unfortunately I can't please all, and I'm sorry for that, but hey. What can you do?

The reason for my absence is simple. I went home to my parent's house to attend our neighbour's funeral. During the weekend I was home, I spent my days with family and friends, and I was also out test driving with my mum. Busy busy! I then headed back here and the morning after my teacher's placement started.

I'm placed in a local school and I'm doing three weeks there. I'm almost done with my first week, and now for the exciting part; All the "real teachers" of the school is leaving!! It's up to us students to keep the school standing for the next two weeks. I leave here early in the morning and I'm not home until 4 or 5, depending on if I get a ride home or not. Then it's dinner time and when dinner's down I'm just..knackered. Spending my evening on the sofa watching Desperate Housewives and off to bed early.

THAT'S why I've been "gone". For those of you following me on Twitter, I'm not very active there at the moment either, but that's gonna change! Come join me, I'm easily found; @themissnextdoor :)

Alright.. That's me for today, I just wanted to let you all know! I will leave you with my latest YouTube video. It includes awesome hair and random dancing. Worth a watch!

Guess what my back tattoo is!

As always

xxx

Miss K

Rockabilly Tuesday

2012-01-24T19:52:00.003+01:00

Each Tuesday or every other Tuesday I will make a little post on how you can incorporate rockabilly items into your everyday you and maybe one day you'll be a total rockabilly chick! I'm gonna tip about everything from make up to jewellery, from music to model, this to that etc. Hopefully it'll be a success, I don't know, but you never know before you try right?

Today's topic is;

Rockabilly music!

I know there's plenty of rockabilly artists out there, but these are my favorites! Some of them might not be considered as "rockabilly", and some are old, others fairly new. I still like them!

I'm just gonna put in loads of YouTube clips here today, and you can listen to them. Maybe you'll find something new?

#1 Mystery Gang - Gang up! (Love this song, and the video!!)

#2 Reverend Horton Heat - Wiggle Stick. More psychobilly than rockabilly perhaps, but still, they're brilliant.

#3 Brian Setzer - Americano. Probably the first rockabilly band I discovered, and that thanks to my brother!

#4 The Sabrejets - Wild for kicks. Discovered these fellas in Belfast. They're from there, and I quite like them. The vocalist is totally cool by the way.

#5 Imelda May - Big bad handsome man. Newer to the rockabilly scene, but I love her!

#6 The Polecats - Make a circuit with me. Not sure why I like these.. I just do!

#7 Kitty, Daisy and Lewis - Going up the country. Love their version of this song, also love the fact that they're siblings and rocking the rockabilly style together!

#8 Stray Cats - Rockabilly rules. Mr Setzer's band, great song.

#9 Robert Gordon - Rockabilly Boogie. Oldie, but goldie!

#10 The Lucky Bullets - Saturday night. Norwegian rockabilly band, tried out for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011, unfortunately the Norwegians didn't appreciate them enough to let them represent us in the great finale! (boo)

#11 Wanda Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly - Let's have a party. Couldn't really make this blog post without including her, could I?

These are just some of my favorite rockabilly bands/artists. There's way more to pick from, but I decided to pick out the ultimate favorites for this post. What I want YOU to do, is to leave me a comment below telling me about your favorite rockabilly band! I'm always on the hunt for new bands/artists, so please share! :)

As always

xxx

Miss K

Rockin' Leopard

2012-01-23T13:52:00.003+01:00

If you thought my blog had turned into a baking blog only... fear not! I'm still rockabilly as always, and today I'm showing you my latest buy!

I got a gift card from my brother and his wife for Christmas, and called in to the shop to check if they had the bag I wanted.. They didn't have it in the shop, but I could order it online. Fair enough, I went ahead and ordered it. Almost a month later, still no bag in my mail... I called back and then the guy went "oh our website doesn't work and we don't have that bag available, but we do have some other rockabilly leopard ones..." I was sold. And so was the bag.

In its full glory!

Some details

Although I'm a non-smoker.. I like her! And I love that's she's tattooed!

The brand is Liquor Brand. Check out their website, cool stuff!

And of course... my favorite part! The leopard print!

It's a quite small bag, so I won't be using it when I know I have a lot of stuff to drag around. I think it's perfect for a day shopping, since you'll have less things in your bag to carry (meaning; more room for shopping bags!!).

At the moment I only leave the house for uni or for food shopping as it's freezing cold here, and I'm also dressed like one of those guys on their way to the North or South pole. Maybe not as dressed as them, but enough to conclude that the bag won't work with my polar outfit! Therefore, I can't wait till the Spring where I can walk around with my new bag in my hand!

As always

xxx

Miss K

Ooops! Remember to check in tomorrow for this week's Rockabilly Tuesday! I will be sharing some of my (new and old) favorite rockabilly bands and singers!

Cheesecake cupcakes for pretty pinups

2012-01-21T17:48:00.010+01:00

Hello people!

I promised myself last weekend that I wouldn't bake this weekend. I failed, and made some cheesecake cupcakes!! They turned out pretty yummy, and therefore I decided to share the recipe with you guys :)

What do I need?

Turn on oven to 180 degrees and prepare your baking tray.

- 150g butter

- 200g cream cheese

-150g sugar

- 3 large eggs

- 300g flour

- 2 tablespoons of baking soda

Now! Let's start. Melt the butter and let it cool.

While the butter cools down, you take your cream cheese over into the mixing bowl.

Add the sugar and mix well.

When the cream cheese and the sugar has become good friends, you add one egg at a time and mix well. They should all get along!

It now looks like this, and I turn to my mixer to make sure I mix it well enough.

Mix mix mix mix mix!!

Add the flour and baking soda, bit by bit and keep in mixing! :)

When you've got all the flour and baking soda mixing with the butter-egg-sugar-cream cheese mix, it should look like this.

Scoop the mix into the baking tray and try to fill 2/3 of the trays. I failed and filled them a bit too much, but they came out fine!

Pop them in the oven for 12-15 min, and when they are golden on top they're done. While you wait you can always lick the bowl... *oops*

Sprinkle some powdered sugar on top, just to make sure you get diabetes at an early age (or just to make them look prettier).

Ta-da!! Yummy cheesecake cupcakes!

Enjoy!!

As always

xxx

Miss K

Guest post: How to make your own recipe box

2012-01-20T14:57:00.009+01:00

Hello folks!

Today I'm posting my very first guest post, and it's written by my amazingly talented handy woman of a friend, Ida.

By the way, Ida. Thanks for this, and the next time we're out buying milkshakes from two different cafés (because we're too embarrassed to buy two milkshakes in a row from the same place..) I'm buying you one!

She gave me a recipe box for Christmas, and I've gotten a few comments on how you can make your own. Ida said yes to share her secret, and here it is!

How to make your own recipe box using decoupage technique

You’ll need; Decoupage varnish/glue, synthetic paint brush, a fancy napkin of your choice (you

can also use newspapers, magazines or whatever pretty thin paper you’d like) a tube of acrylic paint scissors. And snacks, apparently…?

I paint the box with the color I prefer – let it dry – then put on a second layer. I’ve left white surfaces for were I’m going to attach the napkin.

I cut the napkin approximately the size I need. A little bit bigger because it wrinkles a bit. Remove the second layer of the napkin, so that you only use the layer with print.

Apply the decoupage varnish/glue on the box, one bit at a time.

Attach the napkin to the varnish/glue. Keep doing this until the entire napkin is attached to the box – leave to dry for 15mins or so.

Now just simply apply the varnish/glue over the napkin to give it a protective varnish- leave to dry for 20mins and repeat one more time.

I went over the edges with the red paint to remove any white bits.

And, TA DAM! FINISHED!!

You can use decoupage technique on all sorts of material.

Just remember that you need a white surface so the print doesn’t disappear on a dark background. So a white acrylic paint is always good to have! Here I’ve made flowerpots out of an old tin can (here’s a good example of a surface I had to paint white before I attached the napkin).

You can use it on candles (but just on larger candles so the paper doesn't come in contact with the flame).

Furniture

Or glass/porcelain

If you start doing this you’ll end up with a huge napkin collection! It’s really addictive! All of the materials are bought in an arts & craft shop. And mine is bought at Panduro Hobby. If you live in Scandinavia you can get it in a shop near you.

But if you don’t you can order online at Panduro's home page, right here.

Have fun!

xoxo Ida

Rockabilly Tuesday #2

2012-01-17T18:36:00.013+01:00

etc. Hopefully it'll be a success, I don't know, but you never know before you try right?

My first post in my Rockabilly Tuesday can you read here. I got lots of positive feedback, but one comment made me feel like I have to explain myself, which is silly really, but I'll do it anyway to make sure people won't misunderstand me.

I've created these blog posts just for fun, and it's for everyone. It's not for rockabilly lovers only in any way. I get a lot of comments like "I'm scared to change my style to rockabilly, what will people think?" etc, and I get that. It is a full on style, and you will get noticed. You don't have to change over night, and that's why I've made Rockabilly Tuesday. It's easy steps to work

rockabilly slowly into your style, whether you're aiming for the full look or just want a little change or some inspiration. I am not saying what I say is correct and genuine rockabilly, it's just things I like for myself and things that are popular in the rockabilly style.

Now what we got that cleared up...Today's rockabilly topic is;

LEOPARD PRINT!!

Man, do I love leopard print! Before I dared to be a rockabilly chick (well, showing it) I loved leopard print.. but I never dared wearing it, since I thought I was too fat or it would make me look tacky or something. And yes, I think leopard can be tacky if it's too much, but if it's done tastefully.. it's awesome. So how can I use leopard print? Remember, these are only suggestions, and they're mostly things I have, so yeah, it's not a "do this"-post. For inspirational purposes only ;)

Hair clips, hair ties,necklaces and earrings

This is a easy way to work leopard into your look without going crazy. A tiny leopard bow is a super cute accessory! It can be leopard print on its own, or with a cherry, a skull, anything. I have plenty of leopard hair accessories myself, and they just add a little dash of rockabilly to your look. As I mentioned in my Rockabilly Tuesday: Cherries, Dolly Cool (my all-time favorite!)

has both hair ties and clips with leopard print on. The very same lady also does some super cute leopard necklaces, so visit her website and snoop around!

Another great source for leopard hair bows/etc is Etsy. A simple search for "leopard print bows" gave me these results! It doesn't have to be standard leopard print colors either, it can be pink and black, green and black, blue and pink, everything is allowed! Belle Blossoms also have some cute leopard roses, I totally love the black and leopard one. And the "Julie" leopard bow, I have two of them and they are so pretty!

Leopard earrings are also cute, and they even work if you have stretched ears like myself;

Cardigans and tops

I am a cardigan addict, and of course, I have two leopard print cardis myself. I also have a few tops, and I am actually wearing one today! It's a fun way of bringing some rockabilly awesomeness into your style :)

This my very first full figure shot shown in public, be gentle!

Shoes and socks!

Now I really wish I could wear heels.. There's so many gorgeous leopard print shoes out there! Iron Fist has a lot of cool shoes, including these.. Awesome! But for us who can't wear heels, either because we're just useless at wearing them or we for some medical reason (like me) can't, you can always get some leopard flats. They can be found anywhere, and I also know t

hat Converse has a pair of leopard shoes, I already have bought them.. This link shows you a Google picture search, look at all those yummy shoes! I've also mentioned socks, I only have one pair of leopard print socks... but should definitely get more! TopShop and Dorothy Perkins, even Primark, all good sources for cool socks.

Here's a pic of my Converse.

Bags and purses

If you don't wanna wear leopard print on clothing, a bag or a purse is a good alternative. It doesn't have to be full on leopard either! I actually ordered a leopard bag for Christmas, but it was unfortunately sold out, but look at this cutie I got instead. Well, I haven't got it yet, it's on its way! It's the one on the very right, with the blue/black haired rockabilly lady. Isn't it cute?

Leopard print tattoos!

I'd love to have a leopard print tattoo, but I'm already inked up on the areas I'd like to have it. Handsome Egri Peter from Mystery Gang has a leopard sleeve going on, I totally love it!!

This is of course an extreme way to incorporate leopard to your style, but hey, if you're into tattoos, why not?

And of course..there's plenty of ways to use leopard print, why not bring it into your home? For example, look at this awesome KitchenAid... If they weren't that bloody expensive I'd a) get one and b) it should be this one!!

Gorgeous.....

I hope you've learned a few tips and tricks on how to use leopard print in your styling, and if not.. I'm sorry. Please leave me comments if you have any questions, and if you're still not happy with the way I've done it, I am sorry again! ;)

As always

xxx

Miss K

Yummy marble cake for sad days

2012-01-14T16:05:00.009+01:00

Here's the recipe for the marble cake I made today. I've been looking forward to it all week, but this morning I woke up a text from my mother telling me that our dear neighbour at home died last night. I've been crying all day, it's so sad. Can't believe that he's gone. At least I know that's he's no longer suffering, and hopefully with his wife, wherever they are.

I still went ahead and made the cake, since keeping myself busy keeps the tears away. I hope you like it, and hopefully want to try it for yourselves!

This cake is for you, old pal.

I also wanna thank all of you sending me supportive tweets today. It's helped a lot.

What do I need?

Turn on the oven to 170 degrees.

Basic batter

- 150g butter

- 150 g sugar

- 3 eggs

- 1 dl whole milk

- 250 g flour

- 1.5 tablespoon of baking soda

Chocolate batter

(you take 1/3 of the basic batter and mix with the following ingredients to make the chocolate batter)

- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder

- 2 tablespoons sugar

- 1/2 cream

First, take some butter on paper and do like this in your tray. It'll prevent the cake from burning and it'll be easier to take out of the tray!

Then cut a strip of baking paper and put in the bottom of the tray.

Now. Mix the butter with the sugar.

Mix until it looks like this (no it's not scrambled eggs!)

Then, add one egg at a time and mix well.

It should now look like this.

Here, I forgot to take a picture of the flour... but you add the flour + baking soda bit by bit, and when it gets dry you add milk, then more flour, then milk until you have no more flour and milk left. Your batter should now look like this.

Take 1/3 of the light batter away in another mixing bowl. Then in a third bowl you mix the cocoa powder, cream and sugar and add to the 1/3 of batter you just put aside. I again forgot to take a picture of my chocolate batter, but mix until it's nice and smooth. By the way, it's allowed to taste...yummy!

After you have both batters done, you take half of the light batter and pour it into the tray, like this.

Now take your chocolate batter and pour over the light batter.

And finally the rest of the light batter over the chocolate batter! Lick the bowl ;)

Now that all the batter is in the tray, grab a fork and just pull it through the batter a few times here and there. This'll make the nice marble pattern inside the cake! And lick the fork...

*cue tummy pains*

Pop the cake into the low in the oven and leave it for 50-60 minutes. Use a spaghetti or a knitting needle (or something else) and stick into the cake when you think it's finished to make sure it's all done. When you pull the stick out of the cake,no batter should follow!

When it's done, take it out and leave it in the tray for a while to cool down. Then use a knife to loosen it from the tray and gently take it out. Let it cool, and then....

DIG IN!

As always

xxx

Miss K

The late Christmas post

2012-01-12T11:48:00.005+01:00

I forgot my camera cord when I went home for Christmas, so didn't get around to post these until now.. I also forgot to take pictures of the presents, so yeah. I just wanted to show you these :)

Our Christmas tree

My face on Christmas Eve

And outfit.. hehe.

Dad's preparing dinner

Dad and my boyfriend

Dad checking that everything is on the table!

We had such a great night, and my tummy was SO full when we walked home in the evening.. don't miss that feeling to be honest!

As always

xxx

Miss K

Leopard nails

2012-01-11T18:09:00.004+01:00

As some of you maybe saw on my Twitter last week, I got myself some rockin' leopard nails! Unfortunately...they sucked.

Although I love leopard print and I love fun nails, I was very disappointed with these :( I got a gift card before Christmas when I went Christmas present shopping, and I decided to go and pick up something fun and new for the gift card. I would never have bought these if I didn't have the gift card...as they were almost £9!! Well, that's Norway for you I guess, super expensive. Anyway, since I practially got them for free it doesn't really matter, although I really wish they were better...

By the way.. look at my engagement ring, eeek! :)

I only had them on for two days! They are nail stickers, and you "simply" cut them in the shape of your nail and stick them on. Well well, it took me a good hour to get them "perfect" and it wasn't really that easy since they stick to everything, even the scissors. The first day the looked pretty good, but then the annoying part started to happen.

You know the feeling when you're nails aren't filed and you get stuck to everything? I HATE that feeling and that's exactly why these nails stickers didn't work out for me. The nail sticker started to come off at the tips and caused me to constantly feel that my nails weren't nicely filed. Hate it!

If you look at this photo (above) you can see the white line on my tips? That's the sticker coming lose and curling itself backwards. They eventually became that bad that I had to take them off...and the super stickyness also took the "top layer" of my nails with them leaving them absolutely horrible and ugly looking. Not impressed AT ALL. The picture below shows you my thumb, and you can also see clearly the sticker coming off, just after one day!

What a shame. I really loved having leopard nails, but why would I bother spending so much money on something that doesn't last more than a day or two? I guess I need to figure out a way to make my own leopard print nails with nail polish instead, because this isn't happening again!

I don't like doing bad reviews on stuff I buy (especially when it's really awesome to look at) but these really sucked!

Sucky sucks

xxx

Miss K

The moment we've all been waiting for...

2012-01-10T17:22:00.012+01:00

Finally!!

So many people entered my giveaway! In total it was 49 people, most of them also tweeted about the giveaway and therefore I put their names in the bowl twice, that was the deal. I also said from the very beginning that I wouldn't be the one picking the winner, since I want everyone to win, and I wouldn't be accused for picking favourites.

The prize is from Dolly Cool:

Ironically, a very good friend won!!

It was my boyfriend Tomas who picked the winner at random from the bowl while I was behind the camera, as nervous and eager as you guys!

But ENOUGH of that talk, what are we waiting for...???

First... All the names!

Scramble scramble

Boyfriends neutral hand (hehe) picks a name....

Reading the name (I was pissing myself with excitement at this point)

And I am SO happy to announce that....

...is the winner of my 200 followers giveaway and will receive the awesome stuff from Dolly Cool! Congrats!! I will contact you and we'll sort out the rest from there. I will also throw in a little (eatable) Norwegian surprise too! Congratulations!!

I really loved having a giveaway and I will most definitely have another one when I reach another important number, hehe!

EDIT!!

I felt so bad for only one person winning... my heart is too big!! So I picked two more (at random) who will receive a little something from me!

Nr. 1 was: Smokingpeaches

Nr. 2 was: Rachied

I will contact you!

As always

xxx

Miss K

Yummy brownies for a hungry tummy

2012-01-08T14:48:00.009+01:00

As promised yesterday, here's the delicious brownies recipe!

What do I need?

- 300g dark chocolate

- 100g butter

- 1 cup of coffee

- 4 eggs

- 3dl sugar

- 2 dl flour

- Powdered sugar

- Peanut butter (optional)

Turn on the oven to 160 degrees.

- And a cute pinny.

First you melt 200grams of the chocolate and the butter in a kettle, just put the kettle in hot water! Not sure what you call this process in English... give the kettle a hot bath, I'd say!

When the chocolate and butter has melted, add your sugar and mix well.

Then add the flour and mix again!

When the it's all mixed up and nice, you add one egg at a time.

After all 4 eggs are mixed in, add the coffee.

Now that the coffee is in the batter, you chop up the rest of your chocolate and mix it into the good stuff! I added a table spoon of peanut butter as well, turned out yummy! But that's up to you :)

What you do next is to get a baking paper (?) and I'll show you a little trick I learnt from a man called Jamie Oliver... Crunch it and hold it under the tap, then crunch water out of it and it'll be SO much easier to handle and place in your tray!

Now pour the batter into the tray and it's ready! Pop it into the preheated oven and leave it for a good 30 minutes.

I had mine in for 30 min and it was still not done.. but that's probably because of the tray I used, it's not meant for baking (I use it for like lasagna and stuff), so my brownies had to stay in for 50 (!!!) minutes! Haha! But they turned out delicious, just a wee bit dry. I thought the batter was too runny so I added some more flour. Don't do that!

Anyway. Take them out, and let them cool before you slice them up. Drizzle some powdered sugar over them for that "come and eat me"-look and ENJOY!

Mmm... hello diabetes.

Ohhh by the way!! Have you seen the uber cute recipe box my friend Ida made for me? It's so cute and I can put all my recipe cards in it :)

As always

xxx

Miss K

Hectic days

2012-01-07T13:00:00.005+01:00

Hello people!

I've been a bit of a bad blogger/tweeter over the last few days, I have moved back to my flat and I am also back in uni.. meaning I've just been busy!

Before I say anything else, remember the giveaway is still running and the winner will be drawn this upcoming Tuesday, so Rockabilly Tuesday will be postponed until next Tuesday (haven't decided yet).

As I said, I'm back in my flat. We had the most horrible flight ever up here, and I was literally green in my face when I finally got out. The flight is estimated to be 45-50 minutes, but we had to land at another airport to pick up more people, causing us to be 30 mins delayed. The flight itself got delayed from Oslo, so it started bad even before we took off. When we came to Sogndal where we had to pick up more people, we couldn't land because of bad sight. So we had to hover over the airport for a good 30 mins, and it felt like we were in a tumble dryer!! It's a really small plane as well, so we got a good shake there. We finally managed to land, and after another 30 mins in the air we landed at the final destination, shaking even more. I felt SO sick!! I was sick for the rest of the day and even the day after. I'm not scared of flying at all, but this time I really felt that I had to get out of there asap. Horrible!!

Here's the plane by the way:

The very same day as we arrived, I had driver's license class in the evening. I've been putting it off since I was 16 since I couldn't care less, but now I'm determined to get my driver's license. I am only 22 years old and it doesn't happen too often that I'm the oldest person in the room. The class was full of 15 year olds.....and me. I felt so old, but on the other hand I felt very important since I was the only one taking notes. The others were too busy secretly eating chocolate and listening to their iPods. Well well, I have grown a lot over the last years! I have two more theory classes left and then I can start test driving with a teacher, so I'm pretty excited.

The next day I had driver's license class again and then uni lecture from 5pm-9pm. I was still a bit sick from being a human milkshake in the plane, so I went straight home and watched like 3 episodes of Desperate Housewives on DVD instead. Early up the next morning, in uni from 9am-3pm and then weekend!!

So that's what I'm doing now. Enjoying my weekend. My fiance has made cheese cake today, and I'm off to bake brownies very soon. I kinda have an assignment I want to finish, but I feel a bit bad for doing uni work during the weekend.. that's my rule; no school work during weekends! So we'll see about that... A part of me says "I wanna bake brownies and watch Desperate Housewives", but another part says "If you do it now, it'll be one less thing to think about on Monday..." Decisions decisions!

Alright people, I'm gonna leave it with that. Just a little update on my life, hehe. Before I leave, I have some interesting posts coming up soon, like;

- Super delayed Christmas post

- The winner of the giveaway!!!

- Rockabilly Tuesday

- Leopard print nails review

- Delicious brownie recipe

Just to give you a little hint on what I'm planning!

As always

xxx

Miss K

Rockabilly Tuesday

2012-01-03T18:09:00.012+01:00

This is the first post in my new series;

Each Tuesday or every other Tuesday I will make a little post on how you can incorporate rockabilly items into your everyday you and maybe one day you'll be a total rockabilly chick! I'm gonna tip about everything from make up to jewellery, from music to models, this to that etc. Hopefully it'll be a success, I don't know, but you never know before you try right?

Rockabilly Tuesday Tip #1

CHERRIES

Cherries are fun and looking delicious, and they go great with the rockabilly style. I love cherries, and I would gladly buy anything as long as it's got cherries on it. I also love the cherry smell and one of my favorite lip balms are cherry flavored! Also, before we start. All the links you will find below are linking directly to relevant pages, so click ahead :)

Ways to use cherries in your styling:

Hair clips and hair ties

Adding a cute little cherry clip or bow to your hair is fun, and will help you rockabilly-o-meter rise to new levels! Look for hidden treasures while bargain hunting, the most unlike store can have cherries hidden somewhere! If you can't find any around, you can check out Belle Blossoms, they do a beautiful realistic cherry clip! I will also recommend you to check out Dolly Cool's hair ties, also with cherries.

Cardigans, tops or dresses

A classic cardi is cute, but a cardi with cherries on are even cuter AND it's totally rockabilly. I recently bought a new one from Carlings, so if there's any Norwegians out there you know where to go! Cherry tops can also be found in Primark, Topshop etc. I personally don't like Topshop but every now and then they surprise me, so keep that in mind. If you can't find any cherry cardis out there, fear not. You can get patches (f.ex Dolly Cool) and sew them on a regular cardi of your choice.

Vivien of Holloway have a great range of gorgeous dresses, and maybe this halterneck cherry dress would be something? Or maybe this from Bernie Dexter clothing? They can be a bit expensive, but then I will recommend a good search through Primark or any shop similar to that, they have dresses for you guys on a budget (like me).

Socks and shoes

Topshop are brilliant at socks, and I have bought many cherry socks from them. I also found out that Dorothy Perkins had a great range of cherry socks. Socks aren't really super visible but at least they're fun to look at when you're at home!

It's super easy to find cherry shoes online, and I can recommend maybe these from Dolly Dagger if you can't find any shoes around in "real life". A simple Google search for "cherry print shoes" will give you endless options as well.

Bags or purses

Also something that suddenly pops up when you're out shopping for something else. Cherry print is everywhere! A cute clutch bag or a bigger bag will be rockabilly-fied with a little cherry on it!

Earrings or necklaces

Cherry ear rings are also quite easy to find, either they're plastic or the real stuff. Same goes with cherry necklaces, but I know for sure that Dolly Cool got a lot of cool cherry necklaces in different sizes and designs.

There's of course way more things you can do with cherries.

You can get a cherry tattoo if you're into that stuff (I know I'd love to have a cherry tattoo!), and there's probably a lot more clothing items out there with cherries on. Or bake a cherry pie! Hehe. All I'm saying is that the things you've just read about are easy ways to add some rockabilly awesomeness into your daily styling, and I can honestly say I can tick off almost all boxes... I've got it all except from shoes, dress and a bag, but except from that I am officially a cherry lover!

This is pretty much the first post of Rockabilly Tuesday! It's still a baby and hopefully my posts in this serie will be better after a while, but what do you think of my first attempt? Please leave me feedback (positive and negative!).

As always

xxx

Miss K

The first post of the year

2012-01-01T17:39:00.003+01:00

Hello and happy new year!

Even though I've enjoyed my holiday and had lots of great food... I'm tired of it! I can't wait to get back into my "normal" life again with studying and work. I will probably regret saying this in a few weeks when I'm over my head with uni work, but hey! I like having some routines in my life, not just chillin' on the sofa all day stuffing my face.

I hope you all had a great New Years Eve! I spent my NYE with one of my best friends + her parents, her boyfriend + his parents and with my boyfriend. Weird combination I know, but we had such a great night! Delicious turkey and yummy dessert, and great company. Once again I've really felt the value of true friends, and that's what I'm gonna focus on this year. The good things!

Today I took my measurements, and instead of thinking about losing weight I'm gonna see if I can lose some inches instead. I'm not ready to share my measurements... but maybe one day I will! It would be fun to see if they change (hopefully for the better) during 2012! So wish me luck on that project, hehe. I did weigh myself too, just to have a certain control on how it is (I wasn't impressed!!). So that's my little plan for the upcoming year, hopefully I'll see some changes and if not, yeah well :)

I'm hoping I'll keep up with my blogging this year, I think I'm in for a busy uni year and hopefully I'll be working a lot as well. I'm leaving here on the 4th, already one day late for uni, then straight on to classes from 9-12 o'clock and 5-9 pm on Thursday, 9-3 o'clock on Friday. When I get home after uni on Friday I have three major assignments to start and yeah, you get the picture. From being a lazy ass for 3 weeks to this will be hard!

But yeah, I promise to keep on blogging and tweeting as good as I can, and I also have something exciting and fun coming up soon so watch this space!!

That's it for today people. Remember the GIVEAWAY of course, still 10 days till it ends!

As always

xxx

Miss K

Happy New Year!

2011-12-29T17:31:00.017+01:00

Next year I'm going to...

I got so many cool New Year resolutions from my friends, Twitter peeps and blog readers. I love that they’re so different, but yet similar. I’m not gonna be the party pooper and not share my own resolutions, but first, let’s look at the ones I’ve collected. I have included the names as well,I hope that’s okay. I just thought it would be a bit weird if I just made a huge list, all randomly!

Before we go on to the resolutions, I want to THANK you all for reading, commenting, tweeting and mailing me through this year! Thanks for your support, and thanks for still reading my blog. I wish you all the best for the New Year, and I hope you'll stay around for more from The Rockabilly Girl Next Door.

So, here we go…!

ToriBeretta: Think before I speak, and refrain from overreacting!

Kim Bowers: To reach my personal weight target by June :-)

Sera McDaid: Mine is to continue my weight loss journey and work hard on the blog and getting better/going out. I want to focus on seeing myself at the size I am, I think so many women have a form of body dysmorphia, so basically I want to be more positive. I want to adopt the principal, "don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today".

Tiril: Jeg skal tenke mer på meg selv (Think more about myself).

KnightsEclectic: My resolutions are to exercise more and to be less sensitive to criticism. I want to be fit enough to run, not walk, the race for life this year. To control my asthma and depression better.

CallMeKatya: Oooh, go to more acting auditions, try not to offend people with my silly jokes, and try to do more writing!

Scott Stables: To cut down on alcohol and lose weight!

Angie Rivera: Learn to do victory rolls in my hair!

Heather Smith: More listening and less talking. I am the worst about sharing TOO much. I have another one to add. BUY MORE LINGERIE! I am seriously lacking in that dept.

Vicky Jones: To make an effort to look nice every day, to only buy clothes that make me feel special, to learn how to do cats eye eyeliner better, carry on with my burlesque lessons, to think positively and the usual to eat healthier!

Sadie Vile: Mine is to try burlesque out for myself, rather than just sitting in the audience! ;)

Abel Nightroad: I would like to save up money, start university and stop buying clothes from the store and instead, sew them my own. And FINALLY wear pin up like-clothes every day.

Cee: Mine are really standard, like losing weight. But one of my major ones is to figure out what I'd like to do for a living, and figure out if I want to go back to school.

AmiiScarlet: I never start resolutions at New Year, I always start them as soon as I think of them! My goal is to get my waist down to 25.5'' laced up, and to be happier within myself. I'm still finding who I am comfortable with myself turning into, and to be generally happier and healthier.

Brittany Va-Voom Vintage: Organizing my home and sewing and cooking a lot more than last year!

Marianne: I’m gonna exercise more!

Shannon Ganshorn: Stop eating out and cook at home more!

Cassy: I think mine is going to be to get another tattoo, as I have been talking about getting a second one for 15 years now!! But also on the list this year is to try to move house. I would also like to lose weight, but first I'm aiming to find a sustainable way to get and stay healthy. I usually add a few fun ones too, such as having a hug every day and wearing more eyeliner! I like to make lots, as I love to plan and also then it gives me a few to break. I ones that I really want to stick to.

LadyCherry UK: To be more accepting of myself, and care a bit less about what other people think :)

Rudedoodle: I'm learning to walk in heel for my New Year resolution. At age 31.

GinaMaldina: To open up my own vintage stall/brand/online shop! And run a 10K!

I love all the resolutions, some of them are just pure brilliant! Since you guys have been so nice and open to me and shared your resolutions, I have promised that I'll share mine too.

My personal resolutions are:

I'm gonna start to think more about myself, and focus on the good stuff going on in my life instead of the bad.

I am going to start doing yoga at home.

I will continue on eating healthy, and try to do more walking when the snow and ice disappears.

Reduce my chocolate intake!

Drink more water. I never drink enough during the day and I always end up with a headache.

Make more cupcakes and figure out how to make the perfect buttercream frosting.

Alright people! Thanks a lot for telling me your New Year resolutions!

With this blog post (the last one of 2011!) I wish you all a happy New Year and all the best, we'll talk again next year! (Ha-ha)

As always

xxx

Miss K.

Pssst!! Remember the giveaway, it's not ending before Jan 10th 2012!

Wanna share?

2011-12-28T21:34:00.002+01:00

Hello guys and gals!

This is just a little blog post... I am working on a blog post on New Years resolutions and I'd like to know what yours are! It would be fun to see how different (or similar?) resolutions can be. Are they all standard like "losing weight" or are they more focused on mind rather than body? I am curious!

So, if you wanna share, leave me a comment below and tell me your New Years resolution!

In the meanwhile, remember my giveaway :)

High on sugar... what do I do?

2011-12-25T23:50:00.000+01:00

Hello people!

Hope you've had a great Christmas so far and that you got exactly what you wanted!

I got so many nice things for Christmas this year, but I have forgotten my camera cord in my flat so I won't be showing you just yet... but I promise a late Christmas presents post in January! I got some cute stuff I need to show you guys, so watch this space...

What can I say about Christmas really. We've never had a very "traditional" Christmas. We never celebrate together as a family, it's usually me and my Dad alone eating Christmas dinner and then just watching tv. This year my Mum went to her Danish family for Christmas, and my boyfriend came here to visit me. Me and him went to my Dad's house, and as always he cooked the most amazing meal. We just had the leftovers today, I am so stuffed! When will I learn?

Me and boyfriend have been eating very healthy, but my weakness is clearly chocolate. And with Christmas, chocolate comes. Not just a little bit, a lot of chocolate. I am seriously turning into a stuffed turkey, stuffed with chocolate of course. And it makes me think... Man I cannot WAIT till I get back to my flat and healthy eating again. I'm not gonna do a whole new years resolution out of this, but I need to cut back on the chocolate!

When I'm sitting here late in the evening watching tv, my mouth feels like.. I don't know. Butter. Which is ironically actually, since Norway is going through this whole "butter crisis"! I've been eating and drinking sugar-y things all day and it feels horrible. So I have a little tip that I wanted to share with you guys, as I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one feeling a bit.. yeah you get the picture.. dipped in butter.

So this is what you do... it's really simple, but so easy to forget!

Go to your kitchen and find the biggest glass or cup you have, and fill it with ice cold water. Drink it, and three more if you can. Drinking water is always healthy, but the water will help your body cleanse itself and your skin will also thank you. The feeling of something "pure" and not sugar filled makes YOU feel better too! I've done this every night now and it helps calm me down from the sugar rush, and as mentioned, my skin is still pretty nice even though I've been indulging in sugar for over a week now.

That's my little secret, what's yours?

As always,

xxx

Miss K.

My Christmas present to you all

2011-12-24T11:06:00.001+01:00

Merry Christmas! Nollaig shona daiobh! God jul!

Here's my latest YouTube-video, I hope you all enjoy it. Make sure you watch till the end, since I had a kinda freaky moment here while filming!

In Norway we celebrate Christmas today, so I'm now off to put in my curlers, and then pop into my dress and head off to my Dad's house with my boyfriend. Dad's cooking a nice (huge) dinner, and then we'll open presents! Ohh I cannot wait! I will of course take pictures :)

And oh! Don't forget the GIVEAWAY! Still plenty of time to go so come join the fun!

All the best

xxx

Miss K

A new video tutorial

2011-12-17T20:14:00.006+01:00

Wow people! I am amazed by all the lovely comments I’ve been getting lately, and I’ve made sure that all of you are written down for my give away. It’s still a few weeks left of the competition, so keep on spreading the word!

You can find the giveaway post below or by clicking this.

The reason for having the competition open for a whole month is simply because it’s Christmas time. I’m at home with my family and I’m quite busy. I’ll be staying at home till over New Years and then I’m rushing back to my flat and straight to uni. So instead of stressing myself out, I just decided to leave it open for a month and let things calm down before I get to it and draw the winner.

Your comments here plus on Twitter and YouTube have been a great help lately, so much has been going on. I’m still struggling with my blog/Twitter stalker. I’ve mentioned it before, but it’s really getting to me now! In times like these it’s good to have the support from my lovely readers and your support calms me down and helps me stay sane… hehe. But enough of that talk!

I am kinda writing this post to update my blog a bit, but I’ve also made a new tutorial! People often compliment me for my winged eyeliner and they keep asking me how I make them look so perfect and what type of eyeliner I use. Believe me, I’ve tried them all. I’ve had the big chunky tip in liquid eyeliner, I’ve tried the super thin tip also in liquid liner, and I’ve had the eyeliner pencils… I’ve pretty much tried everything when it comes to eyeliners. The tutorial shows you three different ways to get your eyeliner nice and winged, and it also includes my beauty secret (well, not really a secret) but I’m showing you the product I use every day, and it’s so brilliant, I love it.

Lovely still image as always. Thanks YouTube.

I made the tutorial this morning, and it’s just a basic monkey see monkey do- video. No long explanations, just my face all over your screen! Check it out and leave me some feedback, I love hearing your opinions! And don’t be afraid to ask me any questions you might have about what you’ve just seen. I love helping out as best as I can.

Alright I think that’s me for today! Remember if you can’t get enough of my ramblings, join me on Twitter and you’ll get 24 hr access to my tweets and random outbursts, hehe. It’s great fun!

xxx

Miss K

200 followers giveaway!

2011-12-10T16:35:00.013+01:00

Finally!!! I have reached 200 followers. I couldn't be more excited!

First of all...

I am forever grateful for all you joining my blog and following me on Twitter. I started my blog in July 2010, so it's still a baby, but I had never imagined that anyone would be interested in reading it. I started it for fun, but it has helped me so much. The blog is my place to live out my rockabilly dream, and I don't think I would have dared to go for the rockabilly style (not to mention the bright red hair) if it hadn't been for you guys and your lovely comments and how you back me up. It's your lovely comments that's keeping me sane in times like this when my blog has been copied again. I am genuine, this person is not. BUT! I am not going to let this drag me down and I will keep on blogging like the better person.

I've gone from being insecure about myself to being a new confident person, and I thank my blog and you guys for that. Again, I am forever grateful, and let's hope that more people will discover my blog and we can all have fun together! Thank you so much!

...Okay, enough of that emotional talk...

I had promised a giveaway at 200 followers, and the promise has been kept. I've just ordered the stuff I am planning to send to one lucky reader. Since I am a great fan of Dolly Cool, and I've also modelled for her, I felt that some Dolly Cool goodies would be perfect.

By entering you can win a leopard hair tie, a pair of pink leopard ROCK earrings and a Day of the Dead Hello Kitty necklace! I will also put in a little Norwegian surprise :)

That's three awesome things, and they can be yours!!

But how do I enter? It's easy.

First of all, you don't need to be a follower of this blog with GFC (but I'd appreciate if you followed it, hehe).

All I'm asking is that you leave me a comment on this blog post. It could be anything, just make sure you've clearly mentioned that you wanna enter. I get easily confused... Hehe, and that's it!

For an extra shot on winning (your name will be in the hat twice);

Tweet something like this to all your beautiful friends on Twitter: "It's giveaway time over at http://therockabillygirlnextdoor.blogspot.com @themissnextdoor" and add the name you've entered with on the blog. Again, I get easily confused.

Any tweet with the link and my username are accepted (I'm not really good at this Twitter business).

Remember:

If you DO NOT have a blog/website I can contact you through, please remember to leave me an email address or a Twitter name, anything I can contact you through if you should win.

Since I have to wait for the goodies to arrive, the competition will be open for a month, starting;

NOW (10th of December 2011) and closes 10th of January 2012 at 9 o'clock Norwegian time (that'll be 8 pm in the UK).

The winner will be drawn at random from a hat. My handsome boyfriend will be the one picking the winner, so if you don't win get mad at him, not me! :)

The giveaway is open for people worldwide as well, so no need to be sitting in South Africa feeling sad for not being able to enter, hehe!

Good luck everyone and spread the word!!

xxx

Miss K

Some changes

2011-12-08T15:33:00.002+01:00

Hello everyone, and hello new readers!

As you can see, my blog has changed a bit. I wasn't really happy with the Christmas header after all and I decided to go back to my old header. I kept the falling snow tho! :)

I'm interested in any feedback on my new layout. It's more cotton candy pink and I've removed the old small photos from my sidebars, and I've replaced them with new black/white photos of myself and some other ladies I adore, like Dita von Teese, Frostine Shake and Bernie Dexter.

I've also got a menu thingy on top here where you can easily find other social network pages I'm on! I update my Facebook page almost everyday and I tweet...a lot. It's fun being on Twitter and it makes it so easier to interact with my readers, which I love doing. I've also added a page with my email in case you (for some reason) feel the acute urge to send me an email. Other than that, my YouTube channel is up there and so is my Formspring. No one never asks me any questions on Formspring, but I'll leave it up there for a while, just in case.

I have been playing around with the idea of linking some blogs with a small photo on in my sidebars, so if you are interested in having your wee blog linked on my page in a more fun way than just the boring "blogs I read" let me know either here or on Twitter/Facebook. I'm more than happy to do it for free (I just read another Norwegian blog where the person wanted to get money for it.. that's not my kinda thing) and it would be a fun way for me and you, I can decorate my blog and you'll get some advertising done, all in one!

I won't be uploading any new YouTube videos just yet, since I've been busy with my exam and work I haven't had the time! The good thing is that I am now officially a free woman! At least for a few weeks. I'm going back to my parents for Christmas and I'm of course bringing my camera, so there might be a new video up during Christmas, stay tuned.

Alright, I think that's it!

xxx

Miss K

Friends will be friends.. or will they?

2011-12-04T17:52:00.004+01:00

Some say that friendship lasts forever. Is that always right?

I just read Rockalily's blog post on friendships, and it really got me thinking. I have them all, even the very last friend she mentioned;

"The bad friend. The only friend that has no purpose in your life. A friend shouldn't make you feel small, not good enough, ugly, fat, stupid or guilty. Dump them - life really is too short".

I have people like that in my life, and for years I've been struggling with them. They drag me down, they make me feel horrible. I'm not the only one struggling with these bad friends, so I've spent numerous hours talking with a very good friend about the problem. Why do we bother? Why do we keep on trying when all we get is a lame excuse?

I'm not gonna go into details, because I'm pretty sure these so-called friends are reading this blog to make sure that they are fully aware of what I'm doing. The thing is.. these people don't have a clue about my life, and I don't have a clue about them either. We all used to be super close and best friends, but now I can't help it, this person is no longer a friend, we're more like acquaintances or something like that. I don't know this person anymore and to be honest, I don't care.

A few years ago I would have been very upset and sad about losing a friend, but I have grown as a person and I've realised that I don't need bad friends to drag me down. I wanna be able to be ME and wear whatever I like, instead of thinking "well, this is probably not good enough" or feel too fat to be their friend. Me and my other good friends have tried and tried.. we've done this and that, but we always walk away with a feeling inside telling us that we're just not good enough anymore. We're not educated enough, we're not adult enough and we're not worth her/his attention. So why do we still bother?

For some reason I feel like apologising for not being super skinny or picture perfect, or in a famous university. I feel like saying sorry for the fact that I like to be childish every now and then. But then the sensible part of me kicks in. Why should I apologise? Why should I apologise for being me? If being me isn't good enough for you anymore, well, then that's your loss. I really couldn't care less.

I've learnt to keep the ones that makes me feel good, no matter what I look like or how I am. Those are the true friends, the ones you will stay in touch with for the rest of your life. These are the people I want to spend time with when I have days off school or during my Christmas/Summer break. They never expect me to be perfect and they always have time for a meet up, we don't need to plan it weeks ahead and we don't need to really do anything, we have enough fun as it is just sitting there having a cup of tea and laughing about small things. If you feel like you have to do something with your friends to have fun, are they really that good? One of my best friends used to fall asleep on the floor (and drooling..) and I was playing around on the computer or whatever. We were just together, not doing ANYTHING, but it was brilliant. I think that's how friendships should be.

When you feel that your friendship with someone is turning into something stressful and you have to work for it, it's no longer a healthy friendship. It should come naturally!

So what do we do with people like this? Dump them, ignore them? Even though they make you feel bad, you've known them for years.. it's never easy saying "goodbye" to a childhood friend, but do you want to keep on living your life feeling miserable because one or two people drag you down?

I don't. My life now couldn't be better. I am happily engaged, I have a great flat, good TRUE friends, a great family, and I'm very close to graduating as a teacher. I am something and I am good enough, and no one can ever take that away from me.

Do you have bad friends?

xxx

Miss K.