It's been raining for days, and I do not think it's going to stop for a while. School has started again and everything is back to normal. Tomorrow we are going to meet all the new students at school. That will be nice. I hope they are going to have a nice time at Strömbäck.

In my class (sign language) we are only six students. That's pretty OK, and it's much easier to get help from the teachers. I know everyone in my class and we have a lot of fun together. We got two new teachers which is great! Thet are pretty young and really good at sign language (one of them is deafh).

Also, I bought a new computer yesterday. That's something I really needed. My old one "died"!

Take care.
Carolin

in my hometown Örnsköldsvik..

..Star Wars The Exhibition!!

Finally the sun has arrived.

I would like to thank my friend, Kieron, for my holiday in england. It was lovely and we had a lot of fun! This is some of the pictures i took. I love them!

BIRTHDAY
Today it's my borthers birthday. Happy birthday Marcus!

The school has now ended for this summer and starts again in august..

This friday, four days from now, I am going to go to England for a week. I am going all alone, for the first time, so I am hoping for the best. I am going to visit my friend Kieron, and hopefully we'll have a great time. I am pretty sure we will I't will be great to see him again. I miss him a lot.

I have been very lazy and have not written much on this blog, I have to do better this summer..

Finally, I would like to show you our summerpicture. This is me and my littlebrothers!

Now I think it's time for the winter and snow to go away. I can't wait for the spring and summer to arrive.. Today we have a lovely sunshine, so maybe I will take a walk later, but it is still cold outside..

Last night I watched a movie called "Sweeney Todd". It's kind of scary, but I liked it a lot. It's a musical and Tim Burton has made the movie. It's mainly black and white, with a coulpe of details that's in bright colors. Very cool!

Happy Easter everyone!

Today my grandmoter and my uncle are coming over for dinner. That will be very nice. Now I'm on holiday, so I will spend a few days at my parent's place. And then I hope I can work a few days too.

Last night we all watched a movie called, "Stardust". I have seen it before and like it very much. It's a sweet movie. And then me and my dad watched "King Arthur", that's great too!

I hope you are all having a nice weekend!

This morning we took a ride on the snowmobile. We have a lot of snow here, lovely! It was pretty warm outside too, so it was perfect!

My boyfriend said last night, after we had cleand the apartment:

Niklas: I think I am more happy here when it's clean!
me: ohhh.. so now you understand what I have been talking about for the past one and a half year?!

So.. now he has decided to try and keep it clean here all the time. That means, no stuff on the floor, nothing! It will be very interesting to see if he can keep it this way. Usually, I'm the one who cleans and make sure it look pretty OK here.

Why is is that women are better keeping it nice at home? (I know Niklas and dad are not the best when it comes to putting things back at their rightful places..) what do you say mum? right? Or what about you Kieron and all other men out there? Do you have stuff on the floor??!

Good night.
God natt.

Carolin

I have done some work experience in Göteborg. Me and my classmate was there for two weeks in a deafschool. We had a great time, and all the students were sweet and nice to us. We lived at Dennis parents place and they were also very nice to me. It's nice to be back at school again. I have missed all my classmates and it was fun to hear what they had experienced during the two weeks. Eeryone seemed to be happy.

This weekend, me and and Niklas are going to visit my parents. On saturday we are all going skiing in Solberg. I can't wait! I miss my family a lot.

Kram Carolin

I would like to tell you about my school and what I do..

I am studying sign language in Umeå. It's a very nice school outside the city, in the woods, just by the sea. In my class there are nine students. We have all been studying three terms and my goal is to be a sign language interpreter. It is a hard education and very hard to get in, so I am hoping for the best. When I am finish with this term, I have two more years left, and then I can start working as an interprenter. I love my class and the teachers are great. They (the teachers) are all deaf, so we learn very quickly and must use the language all the time, which is really good.

Sign language have not always been accepted, and still in some countrys it's forbidden to sign! Sweden was he first country in the world that accepted sign language as a real language and allowed it in deafschools. Before 1981 the teachers talked to the deaf students and they had to talk too!! Not sign!! I am glad the people in Sweden changed their minds and I do hope some day, every country in the world will do the same. Deaf people are as valuable as everybody else, and they too deserve a good life. Unfortunately there are many people saying deaf people are disabled and should not exist! Well, I say it's the communitys and the world that makes them disabled. It is the "hearing world" that has problems with communication. Has anyone ever heard of a pen and paper?!! It is NOT hard to communicate!!

I think everyone should learn some signs. It would be very nice to be able to as least say your own name, if you someday meet a deaf person, don't you agree with me?

... Learn sign language now! ...