Monday, December 30, 2013

SHINE international release dates

I´ve gotten so many questions in Facebook and here about if my album SHINE will be released in Australia and so on, so I´ll post all the release dates below. More info about the first offcial single and video will come soon so stay tuned!;=)


International release dates:

Germany 28.02.2014
France 03.03.2014
Italy 04.03.2014
Benelux 03.03.2014
Poland 03.03.2014
Czech 03.03.2014
Sweden 26.02.2014
Finland 28.02.2014
Norway 03.03.2014
Denmark 03.03.2014
Russia 28.02.2014
Spain 28.02.2014
UK 31.03.2014
USA 18.03.2014


Friday, December 27, 2013

Mio 9 months today=)

Time sure flies! 

9 months ago - March 27th - Mio came out to this world and blessed us with his lovely presence;=)

9 months carrying a baby feels longer than having a baby 9 months outside of my belly, haha!
Here he was still inside;=)

Anyhow, Mio is a happy child and now at 9 months he´s occupied with learning how to walk. He can walk around the couch and table by holding on with at least one hand, He´s started to say some more sounds that sound a little more like words. He crawls really fast and he is really good using his "pinch-grip", that is to hold something between his thumb and pointing finger;=)


So happy 9 months in this world, my dear son;=) 

Love you to the moon and back times a million!!!

Thursday, December 26, 2013

From my x-mas INSTAGRAM=)

Hi all,

I´m being all lazy spending x-mas family time but you can see what´s happening from these INSTAGRAM photos and I´ll soon be back in here after some relaxation;=)

Monday, December 23, 2013

My x-mas gift to the CHILDHOOD foundation

Hi all,

In Christmas times I feel that I want to give to those children who doesn´t have it all and as you know, I already support CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION when I sell my clothes in my vintage store by buying their CHILDHOOD bracelets. 

For x-mas I want to give something extra and therefore me and Nemo went to their website and built our very own SNOWMAN and donated to their really important work.

I have put up our snow man here in the blog as a banner and if you feel you want to give something, no matter if it´s just buying a bracelet or give a small donation, simply click the banner below and go to their website;=)

(translation of the text in the photo is: This is our x-mas gift to CHILDHOOD . Build your own snowman at childhood.se)

From me, Johan and my children I want to send all my love and hope for a better x-mas for all the children of the world.

EVERY CHILD IN THE WORLD DESERVES A GOOD LIFE!

Sunday, December 22, 2013

My x-mas spotify list for you all;=)

Hi my dear ones and do you feel the x-mas joy coming? I do!

I went and bought lots of toys for the little ones before my crossfit exercise today and tomorrow its time to get the x-mas tree and make some candy! So what else but have a nice Spotify playlist to accompany these days?

I made one for you all;=)

 And remember what X-mas is about too. Not the gifts but family, joy and peacefulness!

Lots of love!

http://open.spotify.com/user/thechosenone665/playlist/6jDA3aDnKiwqwuoK0ocRXc

Thursday, December 19, 2013

And my last...

…interview before x-mas is done! Ta-da! Lots of interviews done and it´s been really nice and positive responses on the album, so happy for that;=)

Here in Helsingborg we still have so warm winter weather -rain and around 6-7 plus degrees which is really unusual for december. On x-mas eve they say 8 plus degrees and sun!! How weird but I like it! I don't want any snow, just bring me spring straight away!

Snow is beautiful, so don´t get me wrong- I just don´t like it from all the practical sides, like driving my car in the snow, driving Mio in the pram trying to push through all the snow, having snow everywhere in the car, in the home…

But then the nicer sides with snow is that it gets lighter outside from the white snow, it´s fun to make snow balls and snow angels and go with a snow racer downhill, snowflakes are SO beautiful and it gives that x-mas feeling


But if I have to chose snow or not I choose no snow;=)

Sleep well my dear ones and hey - tomorrow it´s the day before the day before the day before the DAY!!

Hugs!

And here are the photos

Here´s the article with the photos;=)







A BIG interview in MENAISET out today!

If you live in Finland go grab a copy of the new MENAISET where I have done a big interview;=)


ENJOY the reading and Happy Thursday!



Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Thanks so much!!



I just have to say the BIGGEST THANKS to all of you for sending me such nice words about FALLING;=)

It´s been so amazing reading in here, in my Facebook and Instagram and I want you all to know that I feel so happy and thankful for you all being here for me!!

Lots and lots of love and hugs to you all;=)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

And the news from my official Facebook too;=)


My first song from my album SHINE is here;=)

Here´s the Lyrics video to watch FALLING and the song is also available through Itunes;=)



GO BUY IT PEOPLE!!!!

Christmas is coming

Hi all;=)

Oh, how fast time always flies in December;=) It´s the same thing every year. Everywhere in every job people have the most stress this month and then on top of that all the x-mas gifts and food and so on need to be fixed. 

For me, it´s hectic since there are so much to fix with my upcoming album SHINE so I do lots of interviews this week and at the same time all the things that need to be done for the albums cover and so on. Credits and thanks to write;=)

But I LOVE it! it´s a dream come true and I enjoy it and I feel so truly grateful and blessed!

Later today there will be some NEWS coming out so stay tuned here, in my Official Facebook and Instagram!

Lots of love to you all and do not stress to much about x-mas. Remember that christmas is about joy and love and not mostly about the materialistic things. Even if the stores do believe it is!


Monday, December 16, 2013

Hong kong;=)

Good morning!

Hey, let´s go down the memory lane and listen to Made in Hong kong;=)

http://open.spotify.com/user/thechosenone665/playlist/3OA9iKnhVRutjFurdEWP6u

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

My Official Anette Olzon Facebook

Some of you have had a difficult time finding my official Facebook page so here´s the direct link to it and I´ll also put a link to it from this blog.


More exciting news about first single and more is coming REALLY soon!;=)

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Alyson avenue

So, since some of you haven´t heard of Alyson avenue, here´s some songs from our albums for you. Good old AOR, the 80s were the best;=)







Recipe for DarkPassionTia;=)

I got a request if I could post a recipe for Swedish traditional Semlor by DarkPassionTia and I found a great one from a great baker - Leila Lindholm.

Recipe freely translated by me and original recipe is found here: http://www.leila.se/leilas-semlor/recept/bakverk/index1,23.htm?id=2853

Semlor är kanske det godaste som finns! Leilas semlor med hemgjord mandelmassa är något utöver det vanliga... Foto: Wolfgang Kleinschmidt

18 SEMLOR

Wheat paste:

  • 1 table spoon of  cardamom seeds
  • 3dl of milk
  • 50 gram of fresh yeast
  • 1 1/2 dl of sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 150 gram of soft butter
  • 1 ecologic egg
  • 11-12 dl wheat flour special (a finer flour than the normal wheat flour)

Filling:

  • 400 gram of almond icing
  • 1 splash of milk
  • 8dl of cream
  • Egg for brushing
  • powdered sugar

Homemade almond icing, 1/2 kilo

  • 250 gram of almonds
  • 2 1/2 dl of sugar

1 dose of wheat paste:

  1. Stir the cardamom seeds in a pestle and heat the milk until it has a temperature of 37 degrees (finger warm) 
  2. Crumb the yeast into a bowl and solve it with the milk, sugar, salt , butter and egg
  3. Add some flour, a bit at the time and work together to a smooth paste.
  4. Let the paste rise in a bowl under a baking clothe to its double size for appr. 45-60 minutes.

Home made among icing:

  1. Parboil and peal the almonds.
  2. Mix the almonds to a fine powder in a mixer.
  3. Add sugar and mix for 5-7 minutes until its a nice hot and smooth paste.

Semlor:

  1. Divide the paste into 18 pieces and form to round buns.
  2. Put the buns onto tin plates with baking paper on.
  3. Put the oven to 200 degrees
  4. Let them rise under a baking clothe for 45-60 minutes.
  5. Brush the bunds with whipped egg and bake them in the middle of the oven for 6-7 minutes. Let them cool off.
  6. Cut off the top of the buns and kibble out the buns pulp 
  7. Stir the buns pulp creamy with grinded almond icing and a pinch of milk.
  8. Fill the buns with almond icing, whipped cream and put the lid on top. Powder sugar on top.