Our town is not tourist area. It is literally in the middle of nowhere and absolutely nothing exciting is going on here that I know of.  BUT we have this little lake called Norbytjerne. It is surrounded by forest and is a wonderful place for kids and adults alike.  Whether be it in the winter or the summer, you will find joggers or children playing. In the summer, folks swim in this lake, do some outdoor activities or just hang-out.   In the winter, they do ice fishing and skating (but it is not safe to skate here at the moment — the ice is not thick enough).

This is one of the places where I get to stop everything, breathe and just be.

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My phone suddenly went blank on Christmas eve. It is a big disaster for me because all my appointments and over 300 phone numbers, e-mail addresses of friends and clients are stored in that phone. I was too confident that the mobile phone (Nokia 6600) I have been using for the last 4 years would last forever. I have pushed aside placing all my contacts to my pc or to an address book for years even though I have told everyone that if I lose the phone, I would lose a lot. Now, I have to suffer the consequences. I was itching to buy N80 or N91 but they are costly and I am not willing to put so much money in gadgets at this time of the year. I settled for N70, the cheapest among the Nseries. I tried the camera today and I think that I am going to be satisfied with it just as I was satisfied with my old Nokia 6600.