Bflyw asked me;

[pippii]

As a Norwegian, growing up in Enebakk's neighbor municipality (Rælingen), I am curious.... you told me once (If I'm not remember this wrong) that you were au-pair or exchange student in Enebakk/Norway when you were young(er). Would you like to tell us a little bit more about that experience

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[honeyjojames]

That sounds so wonderful! You are so good with kids! The whole idea of working away from home and going to work in a different country has always intrigued me - you were very brave at only 17!
*big hugs*

[pippii]

Thank you so much for your kind words here.
I so love kids and I am great with them, I will admit that ;)
I think the job helped me grow up. I went to a school for six month before going to Norway, like a house holding school. I learned about all the things you need to keep a home. Cleaning, cooking those sort of things. It was the same school where my Mum was in 1966 and my Grandmother in 1944, during the war. I wanted to get out and try my new skills, and when I got home from Norway, I was a grown up and never had the fight with my parents.
I don`t know if I was brave, but I learned a lot about life and what I could handle at that time.
Big hugs back

[a_phoenixdragon]

This is marvelous!! How interesting! And it sounds like you had a blast and made yourself a home within theirs! Lovely!

*HUGS*

[pippii]

Ohhh thank you dear,
I am glad that you like to read about my life…and if you have any more things you would like to ask me feel free to do it.

I loved that six month there in Norway. The family was amazing, and I learned a lot about myself. What my limits were and what I liked in life.
Like children and cooking, caring for others and making people feel good.
When I got back home at 18, I was “grown up” and I never had that big fallout fight with my parents many kids have to get independent.

HUGS

[bflyw]

Thank you for sharing this!

It's weird to think that for a few months, when I was 12, you lived only about 35 km away from me. I remember ONCE in my lifetime, that we've had a snowday (school closed because of winter), and that might have been that winter. When school was closed for one day because they couldn't get the heat up enough in the classrooms. (So it wasn't because of snow per se)

OMG - that line has been written on a few cards that I have received as well (usually by grown men with no fantasy lol.)

I'm sure you were a wonderful aupair.  I'm never been a kid-person and have never had that interest - but I really admire you people that are really good with kids!

[pippii]

You are welcome hon.

It really is, I wonder what would have happened if we had actually met at that time.

As I remember, we went to Norway at January 10, and the weather was so snowy and cold, that as one point, we went into some small diner for coffee and my Dad didn`t turn the motor of the car, as it would never start again if he did…

I do remember it was a boy at ca. 11-12 year old, which wrote that ;)

I had a great time there; I have been babysitting from the age of 12, so I knew that being around kids was my thing.

I just remember that the town where the kids went to school was named “Knullestad”.
I was told it was kind of a “dirty” word from some of the kids.
Do you know that town?

Klemmer

[bflyw]

I am such a bad adult - I laughed out loud reading that name!
No, I've never heard of it :-)

[pippii]

LOL;
As I remember the kids giggled a LOT when they told me what it meant ;)
♥

[burned_phoenix]

You never told me that before! That sounds amazing. I'm so glad you got to do that at that age! Thinking back, I wouldn't have been able to do it, the world was still so big back then. And I had no mind for stuff like that. I wish I would have.

Did you keep in contact with them? :)

[pippii]

Ohh noes I didn`t?
Then we have something to talk about next October then.

I went to a house holding school for six month before Norway, a school where you learn cooking, cleaning and everything you need to run a household.

I never had a big fallout with my parents about growing up or being independent. I went to Norway for six month, and when I got home, I was “grown up” and never needed those big fights that many other teenagers do (Like SIS and BRO that turned that into an art form)

Therefore, I just wanted to try to be independent and do my own thing. I learned a lot about myself those six months.

Well you are the one that goes to Hawaii, Thailand and an education in Mallorca no, where I am the one staying home. It is not the age that is important; it is that you do what you want to do at the time you do it.

I kept in contact with them for two years, then the parents got divorced and Mum moved away with the kids. Therefore, I have no idea what is going on with them…

Kisses

[burned_phoenix]

I don't recall it at least. I'm looking forward to learning more :)

Well, yes, I am, but that's not the same :D Now you have to make sure everything else is running smoothly while you're away, when you're younger you can just go without much thinking about anything else :D and it's probably way more impressive when you still think the world is such a big and scary place ;)

Do you remember their names? Maybe there is a chance you can find them on facebook?

[jesco0307]

It sounds like you had a great time, I think that's the most important thing with experiences like that. Not the money, but the people you meet and that in the end, you can say you'd do it again :).

Haha, sounds like something I could write ;).