Wing night and Jurassic Park

Today Eric made his awesome wings, buffalo, teriyaki, honey/garlic, salt&pepper and some man wings for my dad ( extra extra extra hot ) My dad is visiting here with his girlfriend. Koselig :)

So wings is an easy and good meal to share. With lots of veggies to dip on the side.

Jurassic Park was on the tv tonight, so we watched that with Jonas, he was fascinated. I remember I loved this movie when I was a kid and Tina and I watched it quite a few times. 

Went to the frozen waterfall by Vardammen. Never been there before but always wanted to since I first saw pictures from there. Really cool place I must say

We all went there but Tina and I were the only ones that hiked down there, not really a kid friendly place to hike down. 

But have to go back to get more pictures there later ;)

Have a good evening!

What is chaga?

Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is a type of medicinal mushroom. Long used in folk medicine, chaga is said to offer a number of health benefits. It comes from birch. A type of bitch cancer.

The lady that was my doula is very informed in stuff we can find and use in the nature and she is the one who gave this to me as she has gathered this and made it her self.

Uses for Chaga

Chaga is purported to reduce inflammation, boost the immune system, enhance liver health, and fight viruses. In addition, some proponents claim that chaga can help treat and/or prevent some forms of cancer.

Chaga possesses antioxidants 

I have just stated using this in my tea. It has a coffee like taste and color. So I can't say if it has made a huge difference in my life, but I believe that all the little things I am doing is helping a little by little. It's like I try something for a while...Meaning 1 to 3 months then if I quit or forget or start slacking for a while, I do notice that Hey maybe I was feeling better. 

Magnesium is the perfect example for this. First time I tried a high dose of magnesium I immediately felt a numbness in my body. ( magnesium is a natural muscle relaxant) then I never got that feeling again, but kept taking magnesium. Then I was out for a while and I started noticing that my sleep was no longer the same and my muscles were more sore.  Now I always take my magnesium, and on days when I do hard work outs I take a little more then recommended dose. And I feel so much better.

Also my 5htp is really starting to make a difference in my sleep now. I sleep sounder, I remember my dreams and fall asleep faster after being up with the baby. 

What's in my tea?

Rooibus tea with honey from Pucca

Added chaga that I got given to me made by a friend

Pluss turmeric and chili❤️

Happy birthday my love

Stickmann carrot cake! 

Made Eric the same cake as last year as it was a big hit. 

If anyone wants to see how it is made please look up my blog from last year. It's super easy to make and it's nice and moist. 

This is Eric's birthday dinner. 

Spareribs, stuffed pepper and prosciutto wrapped asparagus with mushrooms. Think I had a very happy man today.

Huge thanks to Tina who has been helping me all day getting everything ready. 

Jonas made daddy a nice crown with the help of Tante Tina. 

 

Exiting stuff happening in stickmann land too. The Facebook page is now up and running. Newspaper tomorrow.....future... Well stay tuned

Eric you are doing great, we love you so much, hope your day was good :) 

First time 6 hours !! CrockPot

Today I finally got to test out my crockpot!! Yay so easy. Just throw what ever you want in leave it and few hours later dinner is ready. 

I sure can say that this meal was quite simple as I'm used to this machine yet, and I also did it plain as I wanted to be able to give it to Johan. 

Used two packs of bone and skinless chicken thighs, 5 carrots, 2 sweet potatoes, one onion ( cut this one big so I could take it out not sure about onion and baby tummy just yet same with the garlic ) 

Used stock from the ham

Thyme, salt, pepper, curry and turmeric

Coop has some good deals on salads this week to so got some mixed greens to go with

CrockPot in tha house :)

Poor little Johan is getting some teeth and is not at his best. Kept us up for most of the night. Little bit of fever. 

Good to have a Tante Tina around to get some good cuddles from

Kettlebell horder :)

Need lots of bells when you practise new stuff and old stuff. Don't want to over do new movements with heavy bells 8 kg to 20 kg 

Struggling big time with my overhead squat....but will get there :)

What did we do today?

Well, today I don't really feel like I have done much. 

Dealt with some stupid car stuff. More to come about that later! 

Tina and I had a nice but cold walk in the sun today. Had to get a funny picture. Tina and I have always had lots of fun taking pictures. So getting back into that is cool. 

Today we just did a left over dinner. Nice and easy. I love having cooked big meals so that on days when I don't really feel like doing much I can just throw things in a pan or pot and mix it together and voila a meal. Today it was the left over trout, some frozen cod and veggies :) 

Now I'm gonna have some tea and watch Latter (meaning laughter) a Norwegian standup show

Let's laugh and be happy :) 

Zoodles and 20kg snatch!

Finally got to test out my julienne peeler today, made zoodles. 

Zoodles are spagetti noodles made from zucchini. I used two zucchinis and also two carrots.

Two packs of ground turkey, 4 big game meatballs and I also hid a little bit of game liver. I did not tell anybody that until they were done eating. Everybody ate lots and had seconds. Even Jonas ate all his food, fast and without complaints. He is my difficult one when it comes to dinners. Breakfast he will eat super fast and no complaints. Dinner he can sit for an hour and saying that he is not hungry almost no matter what I serve.

Then at 7 I went to my kettle bell class. Full class as always.

 Thanks to my fellow "kettlebell-passionista" I tried to use the 20kg bell. And I did it, maybe not with style, but I did it. Sweaty as hell, happy as a pig in shit

#kettlebell

Also made it out to do a little bit of archery today, it was cold due to the wind, but nice to be out in the sun. Miss shooting and looking forward to milder weather so I can do it some more. 

An other nice day