#Gröt

[kroz01ink]

Fun facts about Scandinavian myths/fairy tale/Sagor about christmas.

Back in the day people belived that an little invisible helper could be very cranky during december and to prevent pranks and misshappenings they gave the little helper porridge with butter on top every evening until Christmas.

There is a story that a helper got their porridge (without butter) and the helper killed the farmcow only to find out that the butter had melted down to the bottom of the porridge bowl and the helper had to get a new farmcow to the farmer.

Fun little side note is that Iceland has a similar myth but its about 13 nights and 13 mischievous little pranksters

[pino-san13]

Asså wow, käka nyss polenta gröt och jag är så fucking glad, smakar typ exakt som mannagrynsgröt

Som jag saknat det🥹

[f-rg-tmigej]

Jag äter gröt och ska till tandläkaren. Kunde inte varit gladare; Är så fruktansvärt taggad! Vem älskar inte tandis? Dyrt och smärtsamt 🤑!

[imsorryimlate]

ge mig en svårknäckt nöt, sötare gröt, djupare dopp i grytan, glittrigare glim och grötigare rim och mer arne weise i rutan. jag vill ha rymligare säck, segare knäck, fetare fläsk från grisen. krimsigare krams, längre långdans och raskare räv på isen 😤😤😤😤

[phoenix-manga]

Sophie Fascinare

CV: Date Kaya

Biographical Information

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Birthday: November 18

Starsign: Scorpio

Height: 160 cm

Eye Color: Heliotrope

Hair Color: Russett & Amethyst

Professional Status

Dorm: Glastanzerin

School Year: 1st Year

Class: 1-A | Student no. 3

Occupation: Student

Club: N/A

Best Subject: Basic Etiquette & Study of Magical Relics

Fun Facts

Favorite Food: Salad

Least Favorite Food: Svisker Gröt

Dislikes: Huge servings and cutting corners

Hobby: Derby racing

Talents: Steering

Idol Stats

Performance: Vocals able to sing but would need to train more to coordinate

Choreography: Currently adjusting to the idol chorepgraphy

Styling Jewel Outfits: Classical | Cute

Sophie has the need to be helpful to others, which can be troublesome to her by turning into a situation where she takes on tasks she might not be able to do.

She has a determined spirit even if she screws up, she just tells herself to take note of the mistake and try again no matter how embarrassed she may be. A hard worker who has the drive to succeed.

When she doesn’t know what the topic others are talking about, she just stuffs some food in her face or tries not to be noticed so it prevents people from including her until they talk about a topic she is familiar with.

She doesn’t want to say she doesn’t know. She has to cling to her pride as a royal even for a bit. It’s a struggle of not wanting to look stupid yet she doesn’t know what else to do at this point.

There are times when she mumbles and ends up walking while doing so. Oftentimes she ends up somewhere else and she’ll only realize it when she’s finished mumbling her thoughts.

Has the tendency to fumble around with her amulet when she’s nervous or deep in thought.

Whenever she’s too busy to eat she will always go have some snacks while she’s doing her task. Doesn’t matter where or what, she has a form of snack to munch on, be it candy or a small packet of nuts.

Hometown: Kingdom of Enchantis

Family History

Sophie is the daughter of the Queen Meredith. The sole ruler of her home kingdom, Enchantis, and she is next in line for the throne. Though her future is set in stone, her mother always made time for her and was very involved in her royal education.

Her kingdom is called, Enchantis, a castle built on a large island surrounded by other large islands where villages and towns are built. She has step siblings who are twins. She was very welcoming to her new family members though she has to constantly remind her step-brother that being royalty comes with responsibility.

Her kingdom houses plenty of artifacts that are very old, one of them was a magical amulet that could grant powers to anyone who wears it. The amulet is now in Sophie’s possession and she promises her mother that she will guard it responsibly.

Sophie didn’t expect her mother to remarry, and to a commoner of all people. She was surprised when her mother told her about marrying the man named, Ryland. Sophie supported her mother’s new love while the council voiced their objection.

Despite the council’s arguments, Meredith and Ryland got married and he becomes the new king. Though the newlyweds decided to let Meredith rule as she always did while Ryland takes care of the smaller tasks like hosting events and charities.

As for Ryland’s children, Jemma and Amir, they were announced as the new prince and princess alongside their father. Amir was ecstatic in his new life as he always dreamed what it would be like to live in the palace. While Jemma was a bit hesitant and anxious since she might be forced to behave a certain way and thinks that the nobles would look down on them.

Sophie, being the helpful girl, assisted in her new siblings’ adjustment to the palace. Constantly reminding Amir that though it is luxurious it comes with a responsibility and would always remind him to not let the wealth and power shape his identity.

As for Jemma, Sophie would cover for her when she slips up during fancy parties. Though Sophie doesn’t know what life is like as a commoner, she can understand the feeling of not wanting to leave the life you’re familiar with.

As for Ryland, he was just as nervous as Sophie was in terms of trying to get along. They overthink about what to say or how to behave around the other. By the time they both realized they were fretting over nothing they had a good laugh. The step father was actually a nice guy who shares the open-mindedness like her mother.

Though when her father needs help organizing events, Sophie is there to provide her opinion on what the latest trends are. Ryland is thankful for her help.

Overall, the new family members are slowly adjusting to the new life as royals and Sophie finally has more company when her mother was too busy.

Childhood Memories

Sophie remembers her mother would show her old journals of an ex-royal who left the kingdom to discover the outside world. It was forbidden by the council to possess any outside knowledge, but Sophie’s mother thought it was harmless. So, the queen lets Sophie read the journal in secret.

This gave Sophie this wonder of what the world would be like if she were to leave the kingdom one day. A part of her is hesitant to speak up about her want to see what’s beyond the kingdom. due to the council’s insistence.

And when her step family moved in, she had quite the shock at trying to handle two twins who are such polar opposites. There may be some disagreements, but they are close as family could be.

She is diligent and hopeful, never gives up on a task until it is done. Though she needs to learn how to lean onto others for support when she needs it. During the first few weeks of the school, Filly and the other animals were the only ones she’d talk to. Hopefully she’d talk and make friends with the other students.

The first few months have had her frozen in shock. Like the floating teapots that were rioting at the time. The explosion of glitter from one of Ella’s creative process. The monkeys who nearly stole her necklace when she went to Magiaoasis and even the brawl between teachers and the students secretly betting on said teachers.

Her face was just frozen into perpetual terror at the sight.

She currently has a hard time trying to adjust to a lot of culture shock. It may be hard, but she’s trying at least…

Filly

She is a cocker spaniel with pink ears and tail, with pinkish white fur. She was given to Sophie as a childhood present and they’ve been inseparable ever since.

Filly often helps Sophie out whenever she feels troubled. If Sophie isn’t able to say what she needs to then Filly does it for her with a loud bark.

Filly has a love for ribbons because Sophie would always have a box of ribbons ready for her. The dog is quite touchy about anyone trying to touch her precious ribbons.

Zenius

He is a Pegasus in Enchantis who was given to Sophie in her 12th birthday and she raised him as her flying companion for the kingdom’s derby racing.

Zenius is eager to race to the skies but he tends to be quite bashful towards onlookers which sometimes cuts his focus. Which often led him to falling from of the sky mid-flight.

Despite his bumbling mistakes, Sophie still cherishes him as her friend and racing horse. He wasn’t brought to DCA until a few months into the semester because he was getting anxious.

Sophie has no unique magic yet.

As for magical skills, she has a decent amount of magic meant for daily life such as levitation spells and repair spells.

The spell Sophie likes to use the most are spells that soothe her nerves. They come out as little lilac flowers that float around her head and dissolve. Its what helps her step-siblings calm down or when she’s having trouble thinking straight due to the stress.

As for combat, she only knows defensive spells as well as average dispelling for curses. Anything that involves direct combat is beyond her capabilities.

She has a telepathic connection to her amulet called, Avaloria.

Meredith Fascinare

The queen and mother of Sophie, she is a benevolent ruler who is more open-minded than the council, she always jokes with Sophie that she thinks they’re always so grumpy they might end up looking like trolls. She is calm and patient with others and would always hear out both sides before speaking her opinion.

Ryland Fascinare

The step-father of Sophie who used to work as a jeweler in a small village. It wasn’t until he was asked to present a gift for the queen along with the other citizens that he fell for the queen at first sight. He is a jolly man who always finds amusement in everything, he is a bit shy with having to be taught the etiquette by Sophie and the queen, but he tries his best to adjust.

Jemma Fascinare (12)

The younger twin who likes to run around and play knight with the other boys back at the village. She finds being royalty a bit difficult but she tries her best when she sees Sophie trying hard too. She dreams of becoming a knight one day.

Amir Fascinare (12)

The older twin easily adjusted to the palace life. He tries to follow Sophie’s lead though he fumbles a lot due to being unfamiliar with the etiquette. But Sophie is always there to make sure he gets it right and guides him along the way.

The character’s name, “Sophie” is a variation of the name she was twisted from which is Sofia from Sofia the first. Her last name, “Fascinare”, is from the word fascinating. There is no other reason the artist used this name other than to make it sound fancy enough for royalty.

Sophie was going to have several abilities after every overblot was resolved much like how Sofia gains more abilities in her amulet like being able to shrink or turn into any animal she sees. But the artist is still brainstorming this idea.

The artist also wanted to make Sophie’s story in the future be a variation of Overblot since they want to make an antagonist that will be her adversary. (this part is still being brainstormed)

[nimbusnomade]

”Sätta pinne på gröten” kunde man säga förr när man avslutade en grötmåltid med att äta en smörgås eller liknande.   ”Gammaldags seder och bruk” 1888:   ”Sedan man ätit gröt skall man alltid äta något derpå (kallas ”pinne på gröten”, ”gröttäppa”), ty annars får man en sorg, som ej går bort.”

[dendro80]

Glad fjärde advent och God Jul! ❤️🎄🎅🏻🕯️

Idag firar vi jul och tomten kommer med paket till barnen (och vuxna). Endel sätter ut gröt åt hustomten. Nu är det julmat och sällskap med nära och kära. ❤️

Today we celebrate Christmas and Santa brings packages for the children (and adults). Some swedes puts out porridge for the house elf. Now it's time for Christmas food and company with loved ones. ❤️

December 2023 ☃️✨

Avesta, Dalarna, Sweden

[stalkish-shellos]

För det är gröt från gatan upp till hallen

[anniekimsvedin]

28/1-25

Varit på promenad och Lara fick åka bobb för första gången! 😍 Jävlar så arg hon blev när det var dags att sitta i vagnen igen 😂

Ofelia hon klättrade sen på kvällen upp i vagnen och den tippade såklart så hon fick sig ett blåöga..

Igår gick vi till biblioteket och idag ville Ofelia vara hemma från förskolan, alla hennes pedagoger är på kurs så det skulle bara vara vikarier.

Vällingen ska vi ta en paus från när det gäller Lara. Hon gillar det men hon smuttar bara och vill typ inte dricka så nu ska vi köra på gröt istället. Perfekt att ha såna där klämmisar 🙏🏼

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2007 - Number 15 - Nanne - "Jag måste kyssa dig"

Nanne's back. Did she ever leave? For 2007 she teamed up with her husband Peter as well as legendary Melfest songwriter/lyricist/best nickname contender Ingela "Pling" Forsman to produce a high tempo pop song.

By Nanne's standard, even though this is called Jag måste kyssa dig (I Have to Kiss You), it's relatively tame. The staging is more conventional and less in your face operatic than her previous songs and lyrically it's hot, but not perhaps as steamy. It does contain the marvellous Swedish idiom

Vi går som katter kring het gröt

We walk like cats around hot porridge, i.e. she's tiptoeing around a subject she desperately wants to address, i.e. the kissing thing. The scaffolding based dance routine doesn't really resemble that... Although that scaffold does look like it might tumble with all the energy being pumped into it by Nanne and her dancers.

As ever Nanne gives a stellar performance; there are few that can pull off this high energy pop with such consistent aplomb and vim. However at number 15, I think this is possibly the lowest she's finished in one of my lists, even though she's now a five-time top 64 singer for me. For Nanne this is treading water.

That translated into another underperformance at Melfest. As much as Sweden loves her, Sweden doesn't like to reward her. Having said that, this year she got close. She was in heat three, and finished third by a wafer thin margin. She was second in the first round of televoting, but only third in the second round where it counted. Adding up all her televotes, she would have still finished second and qualified.

Third was still enough for the second chance final - this year taking the form of a series of dual with other acts. She drew another legend in Magnus Uggla and lost despite getting enough televotes to defeat every other act in the second chance final. A bad draw did for Nanne - and possibly the producers of Melfest pitting these two icons against one another.

It's still not the end for Nanne though - there's one more Melfest to come as a performer in 2020 as well as a couple of other entries with her song-writing contribution. She's totally a hall of famer for Melfest and truly Sweden should have sent her as a solo act at least once in the 1990s or 2000s. Europe missed out.

[styrketrappan]

Vanorna som en trygghet

Det händer mycket i världen som är utmanande att ta in och greppa. För mig har mina gamla vanor och att bygga nya vanor blivit en trygghet i allt jag gör.En betraktelse kring senaste åren, Per

vanor

För mig är vanor något som går mer eller mindre på automatik. De kan vara goda och de kan vara mindre goda. När jag skriver trygghet så är det de goda vanorna, exempel på mina i rutan bredvid. Vanor är något som vi bygger upp över tid och som till slut går med automatik. I början tar det lite kraft och disciplin, och är det nog lustfyllt så kommer det gradvis att gå över till nåt som går med automatik utan att ta så mycket onödig kraft, vi vaknar upp och känner att vi behöver göra det. Tänk även på att införa en vana i taget och ha tålamod i livet. - Promenera till jobbet - Städa på torsdagar - Äta asiatiskt från samma restaurang på onsdagar - Äta gröt på morgonen - Träna Linedance på söndagar - Träna vattengympa på torsdagar - Leda pass på gymmet på fredagar - Träna med klienter på tisdag-kvällar

Givetvis är det viktigt att vi utforskar

Jag tycker alla ska fortsätta utforska och utsätta sig för nya erfarenheter och kunskaper som kan vara engångshändelser. Att göra vanor av allt kan bli tvångsmässigt med, och eventuellt jobbigt för både dig själv och omgivningen så gör saker då och då för att det är roligt och släpp det sen. Balans i allt är jätteviktigt! Read the full article

[strokesurvivorlife]

Det blev en känslomässig kväll igår av många olika anledningar.

Men att få skriva till min vän vägde upp det hela. ❤️

Vi är rörande överens att vi är varandras "pysventil" och det är jag tacksam över. ☺️

Jag ska ner till biblioteket i veckan och leta efter en bok som jag fått tips om av min vän. "Min stroke" av Kenneth Dahlberg.

Här är lite text ur boken och den gör mig nyfiken till att läsa den.

** Varför flög ost, smörgåsar och gröt från frukosten runt i matsalen en morgon?

Hur kom det sig att man kunde höra högljudda samtal i korridoren nästan varje morgon?

Och varför kände jag mig skamsen efteråt, när undersköterskan drog i väg med mig i rullstolen ner till sjön?

Stroke drabbar ungefär 30 000 individer varje år i Sverige, enligt statistik, en person var 17:e minut!

Min Stroke är en stark berättelse om den långa resan tillbaka till sig själv efter en stroke. Eller kanske till en ny version av sig själv? En plötslig smäll i huvudet, minnesluckor, korta ofta sammanhängande minnesbilder och sedan hur det sakta går upp för en att ingenting är som förut. De mest vardagliga situationer kräver enorm ansträngning och att vara beroende av andras hjälp.

Det här är berättelsen om de första fyra månaderna efter en Stroke. Min Stroke börjar med den "smäll" i huvudet jag fick en morgon. Akut ambulansfärd till Karolinska Sjukhuset. Sedan enligt det underliga jag minns, en mardrömslik vecka (utan verkliga minnen). Därefter ambulansfärd igen till Södersjukhuset, för att kontrollera epileptiska anfall. Återigen en lite konstig vecka med en mycket rörig hjärna. Den tredje veckan innebar förflyttning igen. Denna gång till Danderyds sjukhus. Det skulle bli mitt temporära "hem" under nästan fyra månader.**

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För att återgå till idag så har min vän och jag skrivit till varandra, jag uppskattar våra konversationer, jag tar till mig, lär mig att förstå, får en inblick i hur livet ser ut.

För mig är det nyttigt och viktigt att få "sanningen i vitögat" och jag är tacksam att få den oredigerade delen som annars inte kommer fram. ❤️

Din sidekick//N

[svenskjavel]

Svenska språket låter som danska på anit-depprissiva

Danska språket låter som svenska med gröt i munnen

[mponfoot]

Jag valde att köpa till extra benutrymme på dagens första flight. Det är knappt värt det för en sträcka på 90 minuter men det kostade inte så mycket extra och är ändå lite bekvämare.

Vid gaten blinkade det rött när jag blippade boardingkortet som visades i appen. "Testa det här istället", sa personalen och räckte mig en boardingkort i papper. Grönt! Jag anade att något ändrats. Istället för en plats på rad fem i Economy Plus hade fått rad två i (det som KLM kallar) Business. Då ingår frukost. I lådan fanns blinier med lax och äpplebitar, fil med müsli samt en fruktsallad. Hemma hade jag tyckt en tallrik gröt vid 04:10 så den här överraskningen var välkommen.

[phantom-of-the-north]

Min typ av tråd 👀

Inte alls dumt, lever själv mest på diverse bön-/kikärtsgrytor + ris, hembakt bröd, gröt, ägg ibland, Ica Basic frysgrönsaker…

Lite väl hardcore kanske 😂