LIES played in MTV in USA!!!

Oh my GOSH what a lovely belated x-mas gift I got today when Chad Remington from USA posted in my FB that MTV in USA had played my single LIES there this morning!!!

OH I am just so happy!!!

THANKS to Chad and of course THANKS to MTV in USA=) 

Now all of u in USA - go buy my album so I can come over and play for you all=)

Love and hugs!!

Now you can find...

...a fast link to Rapunzel of Sweden here in my blog who are endorsing my lovely hair and extensions. If you want to get hair or tools from them simply click the banner=)

The logo is in the end of my page and are, of course golden=)

Have fun with your hair!

I LOVE MY RAPUNZEL HAIR=)

When Santa came to us=)

Hi all and Merry x-mas=)

I hope you all have had a wonderful x-mas with nice family gatherings and good food and maybe even some gifts=)

I had a wonderful time and it was a nice relaxed x-mas at home with my mum and her lovely husband. We watched Disney cartoons at 15 o clock, that is a tradition here in Sweden. They show old and new cartoons with Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Robin Hood and many more and it lasts for an hour and I believe all of Sweden is seated in front of the TV`s at that time=)

Then we started to eat the lovely x-mas food and also here traditional x-mas food such as: sausages, meat balls, different herrings, eggs, a potato/ansjovis gratin called "Janssons frestelse", ham and for dessert we ate a dish called "Ris á la Malta" which is rise porridge with whipped cream in it and vanilla powder (or vanilla sugar if you eat sugar). Yum!

Then it knocked on the door and SANTA came! Whoop whoop for the kids=)

No tears from any of the children and Seth helped Santa to read on the packages. Mio and Nemo got lots of gifts and Santa got nice hugs from all the 3 kids and then the opening started. A super nice day and evening and as you all know I´ve met Santa before=) 

He´s such a nice one and lives in Rovaniemi in Finland so if you are in the neighborhood there, go visit him=)

Love and hugs!

I sat by my piano today and recorded my favourite song from The mocking jay=)

If you want to listen, go to my Official Facebook page=)

X-mas is around the corner and...

… think about that x-mas is NOT about all the gifts we are gonna get or give or the food we are gonna eat or make….it´s about LOVE and thinking of others. 

To show how much we care and love each other and also maybe to FORGIVE and move on if there are things unsolved.

For me, I have always thought x-mas has been hard and its mainly been since I´ve been a divorced child and my childhood x-mas´es was always about having to be at mum´s or dad´s place and when being with mum I missed dad and the opposite.

Then I got my first son and some years later I was a divorced mum and suddenly I had to share him with his dad. So every second year he is not with me and its hard even if I now have two more boys who always spend x-mas with me=)

X-mas is not a wonderful time for everyone. Divorced children may suffer, divorced parents too and then we have the children who need to spend x-mas with drunken parents and I can only imagine how that must be…

We also have all the families and children who can't spend a wonderful x-mas due to no money. Here in Sweden we have far to many children who won't get any x-mas gifts and it´s sad. Cause even if x-mas is about LOVE as a child the gifts are so important to get.

This year I am so blessed cause ALL my three boys will spend x-mas at home and my beloved mum with husband will spend it with us and I look forward to a nice x-mas eve with food and some nice gifts and to be together. To show each other we care about each other. 

So I wish for ALL to have a wonderful x-mas and I send lots of thoughts to the ones who will have a harder one. 

And I give you my favorite song from the new Hunger games movie that I cried when sitting in the cinema cause its so amazing=)

LOVE to you ALL!

One year transformation=)

Hi all,

Today I want to inspire to making a healthier life change and to understand that transforming a body and building muscles take time! No miracle fixing if you don't want to eat nothing, but consistency and discipline and hard work can make you change your body to a healthier and more toned one=)

Below is my own transformation in one years time and I´ve done cross fit regularly for the last year. Started out with 3 times a week and now I do 5-6 woods a week. When I started cross fit I almost died every wod and I didn't dare to do many of the exercises that I do today. My weight has changed and from last year I´ve lost 12 kilos in weight but thats not the most important thing. The most important thing is that I am strong and have muscles and not fat. 

I long to see where I am in 1 year from now=) 

Sometimes I need to stop for a minute...

…. and re-think how I think of things happening. 

It´s easy to sometimes fall into a negative way of thinking without realizing it and then when thinking negative start to question yourself, your life and what you can or can't do..

I am a positive person but sometimes I do dwell over things and now I´ve been in a state where I´ve been negative for some weeks and yesterday after a hard wod I, by an accident, found myself in a yoga class for the first time in years. I normally am to "stressed" to do yoga and such calmer things and prefer to do more hard active sports, but I decided I wanted to try it.

the class was great and then when we started to lie down for the relaxation and letting go of the tension and the coach played a song that chanted: Life is magnificent - hallelujah and so on with such lovely voices I felt how my muscles around my eyes and in my face started to get "tics" and jump around and I felt how STRESSED I am!

In that moment, a feeling of sadness came over me and I felt that: "now I´m gonna start to cry and can't stop!"

But I said to my inner self that it was ok to let the feelings come and that I needed them so I only had some tears falling during the relaxation and then afterwards I went home and put on the music from Buddha bar, jumped in to the bath tub surrounded with lit candles and in the water I talked to myself. I said to myself:

"- Dear Anette, its time to stop chasing around and try to do EVERYTHING at the same time. Its time to do one thing at a time and focus on that. Not do many things half-hearted but one thing and go in for it. And let go of the high demands to yourself. Let go of the feelings of being a loser at some things in life. YOU are not a loser, we all make mistakes but we learn from them. Move on, one step at a time and let the past go. AND start to do yoga every week, read good books about a positive life and embrace LOVE from the ones that love you. And don't give a fuck of the ones not loving you, let them go!"

So here I am:

Starting a new way of living and thinking again. 2015 will be the year when I think of who I am, what I want more carefully and not jump on every single thing that comes to me.

As I said to my mum some days ago:

I guess I will learn - eventually=)

Like a tree I grow and learn through life…

Love and hugs!

Todays music=)

Hi all and happy Friday!

Here I am awaiting the storm/hurricane thats coming here at around 5 this afternoon and I´ve been to the gym doing both a hard crossfit wod and then a really nice yoga flow session=)

I realised during the yoga session that I need to stress down and ground myself. It´s been to much of conflicts and negativity the last weeks so today I´m taking back my calmness and one way I do it is to listen to calming music and my favourite is Buddha bar. So todays playlist is from them=) And I love that they both have some rhytm in the music but also calming sounds. I am an energetic person so I need some vibe in the music still=)

ENJOY!

Never give up!

Hi all,

Today I am SO happy cause I finally got in to Lunds university, where I have studied before and where I tried to get in already in september but didn't get a spot. I then tried to get them to transfer me but that was also declined due to them not having any spots free.

BUT I applied again and TODAY I got in!!!!

NEVER EVER GIVE UP on your dreams and goals!!!=)

And do you know that I believe in destiny? Yep, there´s a special meaning with this too, as with all things happening in life and I rely on guidance to make my life JUST as it´s supposed to be, even if I sometime WONDER why things happen=)

Lots of love!

More lovely photos from the photo shoot with dear Annikaphotography=)

Why does time go so fast?=)

Hey everyone,

Sorry for my absence but I´ve been busy with exam in school, starting to work in a new job with the elderly here in town and also having taken care of my family and my inflammated sinuses.

But now I´m here and today I want to write about that I feel time goes to fast! Its already december! And soon yet another year has passed in a rapid speed and I feel as I get older so fast and I still have SO many things I want do in my life=) HELP!!

Do you get that feeling too? That life is to short for all those projects and dreams and wishes you have?

Photo borrowed from: http://www.outlish.com/trini-bucket-list-10-to-dos-for-trinbagonians/

I have always been a person who have new plans all the time. It can be that I want to start a new job, a new career, a new hobby and so on… always on the GO. 

I remember when I was a young girl and dreaming about what I would be in life. My biggest dream was of course to be a famous singer=) And I´ve been that so check on the dream list=) CHECK!

Then I wanted to be a hair dresser. CHECK! I am a hairdresser too.

Then I wanted to be a nurse. Almost CHECK since I am studying to be one and working within this field taking care of the lovely elderly ones when I am off school. So CHECK! on that too soon..

Then I wanted to be a teacher. Well, this I don't want to anymore so no check on that=)

I also wanted to design my own clothes and have my own store and I do have a vintage store but I´m not designing yet so this is still a dream to have done=)

I also wanted to be a writer and even if I´ve started many books this is still not completed so hmmm…this is also on my to do list and dream-liste=)

I also wanted to have a farm with lots of horses and this is also yet a dream to make come true=) 

I also wanted to have my own bakery/coffee shop and even if I make lovely creations and put on INSTAGRAM I am still not there yet so this is also in my to do list=)

I also wanted to be in a musical and this is not done yet either… So a to do thing too…

And I want to be a TV hostess in children's TV or similar so this is also a thing to do=)

And I want to make an album with x-mas songs and a great choir and a tour in churches. Also not done even if I´ve been singing as a soloist in choirs in churches. But also to do=)

And I want to be a personal trainer and health coach and this is also not done yet so to do list=)

And I also want to learn how to sing opera. Have done some classical training when younger but not properly opera so that´s also a to do thing=)

And I want to be super fit and like a bikini fitness model. Haven't done that so on my to do list too=)

Hmmm… and I also would love to have another child, but no time for that=) haha!

Soooo…. I feel that time is running to FAST for me!!! HELP!!! But I really want to do all of this before my life is over!!!=)

Do you have a BUCKET LIST? Tell me if you do and lets see if we can make our dreams come true together=)

LOVE AND HUGS!

Suomi - I´m coming to play for you next year!=)

Today I´ve sent my first sell from my vintage store all the way to down under - Australia!

I love my vintage store and that I have people from all over the world buying my clothes in there! Today I´ve sent a package to Australia and its so fun!!

The more I sell, the more it make me feel I wanna expand and even sell new clothes so keep on shopping so that dream can come true for me=)

AND of course I can help you with personal styling if you want that!

Gonna add more clothes to the store this week so stay tuned!!

If I could live forever….

Hi all and happy monday!

Well, for me I don't know if its such a happy one since someone very close to me is ill in cancer and it makes my world feel like nothing really matters until my loved one is well again! There´s just nothing I can say or do these days that make me happy cause I am so worried to loose someone I love so much and therefore neither school, music or anything is important at this moment.

Some years ago when I made my songs for SHINE it was the same dreadful worrying and I am so sick and tired of CANCER!!!! I hate you cancer!!! Go f-ck yourself!!!

Ok, sorry but had to write this cause I feel so sad and if I could make everyone I love live forever I would!!! 

Take care of the ones you love! Choose the ones you have in your life! Take away the bad ones but hold the nice ones CLOSE and show them how much they mean to you EVERY day! Don't let life pass so quickly so you don't have time to be with your family and loved ones while they are here.

Life is to short to put focus on the wrong things!

Love to you all!

Sneak peek from our photo session today=)

hi all,

Today me and my musicians had a nice long rehearsal and we also had my dear photographer Annica photography over to take some photos of us=)

Here´s some sneak peek photos and of course more will follow when she´s ready with them!

ENJOY!!

Old demo song=)

And hey my dear BFF Niclas Olsson posted an old song we recorded in 2004 or something that I don't even remember and this is a little poppy and schlager (abba sound=) sounding but fun easy demo to fill the saturday=) ENJOY! And thanks Niclas Olsson for posting it sharing an old memory=) 

https://soundcloud.com/sapphire-eyes/my-world-around-you#t=0:00

Todays music is BATTLE BEAST=)

Well, hello there!

Todays music have to be the new song from BATTLE BEAST. I must say this sounds really good and I love the ABBA vibe mixed with some "stealing" from Sabaton=) 

And she sings great too! Good job, looking forward to the album, guys and girl!

Back to reality=)

Hi my dear ones,

So for 1,5 week I´ve been away from school due to duties with my music but today I´m heading over to the university and back to reality=) Next week I have a new exam so time to shapen up and study hard!

But fun to have such different and varied life as I have now, suits me perfectly=)

I also went back to the gym yesterday for the first time in 2 weeks and its because of my sinus infection I´ve eaten antibiotics for. The whole autumn I´ve been ill back and forth and not rested but exercising heavily all the time and my body finally said NO so I listened and took some rest and its been really nice to relax and let my body heal. I believe our bodies are so good in telling us when enough is enough, even when our mind don't understand it. But its important to listen to our bodies and do right choices.

So when it comest to right choices I decided a month ago to stop eating sugar and now also no gluten. This is not to get slimmer but to get a better health and trying to avoid severe illnesses such as cancer. I have cancer in my family and I don't want it so every thing I can try to avoid it, I´ll do. And in school we studied the cells of the body and it says sugar and wheat feeds cancer cells so if that is true its an easy and small thing to do to try to live longer and better.

Every morning I start my day with a green smoothie and I call them pick me up-smoothies cause I always feel so much more energized afterwards. And if you want to see my smoothies and get inspired follow me in my INSTAGRAM where I post them. I also post gluten free, sugar free recipes so if you wanna try this check them out!

But now - time to study before heading to school! So see you soon and don't forget to go and buy some clothes in my vintage store. If you feel something is nice but to expensive send me an email and maybe we can come to an understanding=) I believe in buying second hand myself for our environment and today I´m bidding on two overalls for my boys so fingers crossed!

Love and hugs and enjoy the day!

Challenges are good for us=)

Hi all and happy sunday!

Last week I did something that was a bit of a challenge for me but that also gave me so much fun and a new thing to put in my so called "bucket list". Bucket list is a list of things to do before we die so in my list I have some dreams and goals still to do and I try to do them when I can=)

The thing I did is still not something I can talk about but it was about music and I went to Stockholm for the day to do it.

I have decided to challenge myself when it comes to some things in life and one thing is to try and not have so high demands on myself. I am a person who always need to be so perfect and want to be the best and this make me put so much pressure on myself and with that comes a fear of not wanting to do some things where I feel I might not "win". 

And another thing with this is that I am afraid of making choices where I will feel that I can't "win" or be the best and therefore I, many times, have stopped myself from trying out something that could be fun or give me new experiences. 

This is not something that applies in everything in my life but mainly when it comes to my music and singing and therefore I have decided to take a leap of faith and do stuff I wouldn't do before. 

Luckily I have the best family and loved ones who support me and cheer me on so that make it easier=)

So 2015 will be a year where I challenge myself and do new things and I am longing for it!

Challenge makes us grow and I am ready to grow now=)

AND so happy to now have 23000 likes in my FACEBOOK!!!

AND over 5200 followers in my INSTAGRAM!

YOU are also making me stronger and I thank all of you for your support!

LOVE!!!