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Cathrine Wilhelmsen
@cathrinew.net
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She/her 🏳️‍🌈 Full-time geek from Norway 🤓 Microsoft Data Platform MVP, organizer, speaker, blogger. Loves sci-fi, gaming, chocolate & coffee. Teaching my dog to talk using buttons 🐾 Renovating a house 🛠️ Be kind! 💙

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This was Pixel's response when I asked "do you want to go outside" at 7:54am on a dark, cold, snowy November morning in Norway and... same, girl, same 😴❤️

#PixelThePoochon
A small dog curled up in bed, resting her head on a pillow and peeking up with a side-eye that clearly says "leave me alone"
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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'Allo I am tiny sleepy croissant 🐶🥐

#PixelThePoochon
A small, golden, fluffy dog curled up like a croissant and sleeping on a lap.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Pixel is also participating in movember, apparently #PixelThePoochon
A small, fluffy, adorable, golden dog lifting her head after laying on the couch, with her mustache all squished on one side and covering her eyes.
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The continued evolution of my basement:
July 2025: New floors (with help from the best parents ❤️)
August 2025: Electricity ⚡
September 2025: Insulation 🔥
October 2025: Walls and ceiling! It's starting to look like a room! 🤩

Next up: paint, lights and furniture 🎨🥳 #CathrineWithTools
Cathrine's parents helping with the new floors. New floors installed, wires in place! Insulation in place, getting ready to put up walls and ceiling. Walls and ceiling in place, all plastered and ready to paint!
November 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Good morning, may your day be as lovely as this sunrise 💛🧡❤️
A low, golden sunrise over rolling autumn hills
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Pixel spent a day in the office with me and now she looks like how I feel when I get home... Dead tired and also sick of everything, but hey, smile! 😂 #PixelThePoochon
A small, fluffy, golden dog curled up on a thick blanket on the couch. She's looking at the camera with a scruffy mustache, looking tired but smiling.
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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That's enough social mediaing for me today. I'm heading back out to enjoy life as a dog mom. If you needed a reminder to stretch your legs and get some fresh air, this is it 💚
Looking out over a fall landscape with trees turning yellow and orange, but the grass still green. A low sun is shining over the hills in the background. In the foreground is a small dog looking happy in the grass.
September 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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It's Friday! Remember to treat yourself, you've deserved it 💙 #PixelThePoochon
A small, fluffy golden dog lying on a carpet, holding a Kong toy with one paw while eating the treats inside it.
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Ok, NOW I definitely have to win something??? 🤓 #MicrosoftFabric
Spark resource usage. Total duration: 78 hours, 28 minutes. Total idle time: 3 days, 6 hours, 2 minutes, 17 seconds. Efficiency: 0.19%
August 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Det er i tillegg provoserende at vinklingen her er at "unge kvinner med mastergrad er sykmeldt langt mer enn menn", med oppblåste grafer som viser relativ forskjell mellom kjønn, uten at det nevnes at de samme unge kvinnene med mastergrad+ har lavere sykefravær enn menn med kun grunnskoleutdanning.
De faktiske sykefraværstallene for kvinner og menn etter utdanningsnivå. Viser blant annet at menn med grunnskoleutdanning har høyere sykefravær (6.4%) enn kvinner med over 4 års høyere utdannelse (5.9%).
August 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Timeline cleanse: One Pixel on your screen to cheer you up 🐶 #PixelThePoochon
A small golden dog sitting on a grassy mound with her mouth open, looking like she's smiling happily. In the background is the sun shining through the leaves of a green tree.
July 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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How it started vs. how it ended: Pixel 🐶 1-0 🦙 Llama. #PixelThePoochon
In the foreground is a stuffed llama, sitting on the ground staring out in the distance. In the distance, a small golden dog is staring back, ready to attack. A small golden dog is lying on top of a stuffed llama.
July 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Summer in Norway 🤩
A hand full of raspberries in front of a raspberry bush also full of ripe raspberries.
July 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Woke up from the best nap to find this wonderful email in my inbox. My 11th Microsoft MVP Award 🥳 It's always such an amazing feeling to be awarded for the community work I've done 🥰 Congratulations to all my fellow renewed MVPs! #MVPBuzz
Congratulations! Cathrine Wilhelmsen, We’re pleased to welcome you to another year for the Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) program in recognition of your outstanding contributions to the community in the following Technical Area/s: Microsoft Fabric
July 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The evolution of my basement so far:
2020: Original basement
2020: Removed fireplace, wallpaper and wood panels
2021: Knocked down a wall and new stairs
2025: Completely stripped to its bones

Next up: floor heating and floors! 🤩 #CathrineWithTools
Original basement had a massive, open brick fireplace, a gray carpet, structured wallpaper and brown wood panels on the walls. After the first demolition weekend in 2020, all wallpaper and wood panels were gone. After replacing the stairs, a wall was knocked down to open up between the living room and hallway/staircase. After the demolition weekend in 2025, the room is completely stripped to its bones: concrete floor, open walls showing the insulation, open ceiling exposing the beams, and no more walls at all between the living room and hallway/staircase!
July 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Jaggu godt å få hjelp til å regne ut at når jeg ønsker å kjøpe 4 pakker, så trenger jeg 4 pakker. Litt komplisert matte å ta i hodet, det der! 👀
Kalkulator for å regne ut hvor mange pakker jeg trenger. Den sier at hvis jeg ønsker 4 pakker, så trenger jeg 4 pakker.
July 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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The look on Pixel's face when she discovers that Norwegian summers can go from warm, sunny days to cold, very wet days 😂 #PixelThePoochon
A small, drenched dog standing in grass, looking up with a very shocked expression on her cute little face.
July 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Fantastiske tips fra disse damene 🙃

Anette fyller opp sparebøssa ved å investere i utleieobjekter:

"Jeg har spurt meg selv om det er noen vits å sitte på så mye verdier i eiendom og ha det trangt økonomisk, men all historie viser at eiendom øker i verdi, så jeg har stått i det."
Eiendom er en form for investering andre også kan ta, mener hun. Det gjelder også kvinner. – Mange ganger handler det om å tørre, tro på at man kan klare det og gjennomføre. Hennes råd er å sette klare mål, investere i eiendom i områder rundt kollektive knutepunkt og ta sikte på utleie med hjelp av profesjonelle systemer.
July 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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My weekend in 18 seconds! Excellent workout, I love destroying things 😁 I'm sometimes told to use tool X or whatever to get the work done faster, but I enjoy the process. It feels good working hard for something I care about, seeing each step, looking forward to the finished result 😃
July 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Pixel also says hiiiiiiiiii 🐶
July 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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"Life with a dog is going to be chaotic and you'll have to get up at 5am even on weekends to feed them!"

My dog at 12:39 in the "morning", after sleeping for 12 hours, when I try to take her out on her "morning walk" 💞
A small dog lying on the side on a door mat, wanting scratches while her harness is next to her.
June 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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I needed to hear this today 💙
"You can be proud of your past and still want a different future." She built her career from the ground up. Years of hustle, late nights, sacrifices. But lately, the success didn't feel like hers anymore. She was proud - and still... deeply tired. Letting go didn't mean erasing the past. It meant honoring who she was becoming.
June 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Do I win something??? 🤓 #MicrosoftFabric
The query processor ran out of internal resources and could not produce a query plan. This is a rare event and only expected for extremely complex queries or queries that reference a very large number of tables or partitions. Please simplify the query. If you believe you have received this message in error, contact Customer Support Services for more information.
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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This makes me ridiculously happy. I've been scrubbing and fighting these tiles since I moved in. Finally feels fresh. So satisfying! 🥳
An overview of the bathroom floor tiles, showing four tiles with clean, light gray grout and the rest with dark, dirty, brownish gray grout. Closeup of tiles showing the difference between the clean, light gray grout and the darker, brownish gray grout.
June 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Been going through my stuff that I didn't know my parents had stored for 20+ years. Lots of gems! Now considering decorating my bedroom in the style of 2003-Cathrine... 😍😁
A collection of large and small posters of Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn from the Lord of the Rings movies.
June 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM