Why not take the opportunity to celebrate this rare date?
I'm not planning a huge bash or anything.
Just had to point out that todays date only happens every 4th year.
That's all.
My parents are coming from Sweden to visit us for a week.
Will be fun!, I haven't seen them since Christmas 2010 (so over a year ago).
No big plans are prepped for their visit.
We'll be visiting friends, hang out and plan on heading out one day.
Maybe ice-fishing?
There's still lots of snow here, a few feet or so, and the temperature hovers just below freezing, so when the sun pops out, it makes for beautiful outside weather.
The kids have their winterbreak this week as well, so I hope to take the chance to enjoy the outdoors.
Yesterday I brought them skating, and on Monday they played in the snow and went sledding.
Today I'm gonna send them outside to practise their skiing skills!
Maybe I should join them... Haven't skiied for many, many years, and the other week I found a pair of used skiis at a 2nd hand store... so I don't have any excuses not to ski.
Just a bit of pride... what if my neighbours see me? They might chuckle at this uncoordinated mess...
Anyway. I have a busy day ahead.
I'll let you know if I dared to ski or not!!
Have a happy 29th of Feb!
(as if February really needs to be any longer....)
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Thankful
I'm sitting up late as usual, letting my thoughts trail in whatever directions they decide to take off. During the day my mind is so occupied with the busyness of running this show as smoothly as possible... so it's nice to have some alonetime to think and reflect.
I don't feel that I have had enough time to reflect for a while now... like for the last 15 years?? Being a mom of 1, 2 or more kids changes your life, and my mind is most of the time cought up in the care of our 7. We plan, we prepare, we act. In small ways and big ways.
This last year has been so increadilby full of happenings, that I truly feel I could write a book about it! And as I take a second to look back, I realize how good it's been, and how much I have to be thankful for. It's so easy to take for granted all the good in life, but every now and then something reminds you of how much you have to be thankful for.
The fact that me and my whole famliy is reasonable healthy, that we are safe and happy. How easy to take it all for granted.
This past week many, many young people lost their lives at the hands of a sick man, in Oslo, Norway. My niece was a very short distance away from where the bomb went off in down-town Oslo. She is unharmed and made it back to her hometown safe and sound, but severly shocked.
I'm thankful that she's OK, and also that I live in a safe country where on a regular basis I should have nothing to fear. It's scary though how these attacks are becoming more common, also in areas of the world where you normally don't have to worry. I pray that I will always will be prepared, and never unprepared to face whatever might come, that way I don't have to be scared or live in fear.
We are all enjoying our new house so much, and tomorrow my brother with wife and little son are coming for a visit all the way from the US westcoast! Also our 2nd oldest daughter's BFF and her great aunt will be arriving from Michigan!! How wonderful to have family and friends come to visit us from way over there! I'm excited to show our house to them all, but mostly I'm excited to let them see how well we are doing and how happy we are here! Moving across the ocean and starting all over is a huge step, and to hop on the next flight back is not an option, so being happy and content here is something we are very thankful for.
I'm looking forward to spend another year here, and to see what excitement it will bring! My personal goal is to strengthen my Finnish! I feel like my brain has finally landed and that I have a bit more energy to focus on the language, compared to last year when everything was new and so much needed to be done in such a short amount of time!! Wish me luck! and yeah... I still need to get a camera so that I can take some pictures of our house, that I can post for you all to see! Tudelu for now!
I don't feel that I have had enough time to reflect for a while now... like for the last 15 years?? Being a mom of 1, 2 or more kids changes your life, and my mind is most of the time cought up in the care of our 7. We plan, we prepare, we act. In small ways and big ways.
This last year has been so increadilby full of happenings, that I truly feel I could write a book about it! And as I take a second to look back, I realize how good it's been, and how much I have to be thankful for. It's so easy to take for granted all the good in life, but every now and then something reminds you of how much you have to be thankful for.
The fact that me and my whole famliy is reasonable healthy, that we are safe and happy. How easy to take it all for granted.
This past week many, many young people lost their lives at the hands of a sick man, in Oslo, Norway. My niece was a very short distance away from where the bomb went off in down-town Oslo. She is unharmed and made it back to her hometown safe and sound, but severly shocked.
I'm thankful that she's OK, and also that I live in a safe country where on a regular basis I should have nothing to fear. It's scary though how these attacks are becoming more common, also in areas of the world where you normally don't have to worry. I pray that I will always will be prepared, and never unprepared to face whatever might come, that way I don't have to be scared or live in fear.
We are all enjoying our new house so much, and tomorrow my brother with wife and little son are coming for a visit all the way from the US westcoast! Also our 2nd oldest daughter's BFF and her great aunt will be arriving from Michigan!! How wonderful to have family and friends come to visit us from way over there! I'm excited to show our house to them all, but mostly I'm excited to let them see how well we are doing and how happy we are here! Moving across the ocean and starting all over is a huge step, and to hop on the next flight back is not an option, so being happy and content here is something we are very thankful for.
I'm looking forward to spend another year here, and to see what excitement it will bring! My personal goal is to strengthen my Finnish! I feel like my brain has finally landed and that I have a bit more energy to focus on the language, compared to last year when everything was new and so much needed to be done in such a short amount of time!! Wish me luck! and yeah... I still need to get a camera so that I can take some pictures of our house, that I can post for you all to see! Tudelu for now!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
We moved!!!
This is my 4th attempt at this post... I keep getting interrupted, so let's see how this goes!
We are finally out of the apartment and in our new house!!
Wednesday was a blur of crazyness... with 7 kids, as well as the kid's cousin from overseas, AND 2 kittens!!! added to the mix, we somehow manage to pack up and transfer our belongings from apartment to house. Our oldest girls and their cousin were of great help, while our 2 youngest were not exactly useful. The kittens added some stress too, we had to make sure they didn't get lost or stepped on in the commotion!
Thanks to my wonderful in-laws who also helped out a lot!! (they are here from overseas, and sacrificed their time on a very hot and muggy day helping us out!)
What's up with the kittens?? Well... we have sort of promised our kids that we would get a cat when we finally moved in to our house. I happened to see an ad for kittens for sale a week and a half ago, and we went to see them. Of course we ended up with 2 kittens... and we couldn't wait to get them till after we moved (how do you argure with 7 kids wanting the same thing??), so there they were in the middle of the moving madness.
Now we've spent 3 nights here, and I have my appliances all working! Big help to keep this place running smoothly. I'm already enjoying our kitchen immensely!! It feels like I'm visiting someone who has a super nice (although still rather messy) house, full of our stuff! I don't have a working camera for the moment, but as soon as I do, I'm gonna post some pictures!!
The week coming up will be busy (nothing too unusual around here, it's a chronic condition!!).
My dear brother from USA is coming to pay us a visit along with his wife and little boy! Our 2nd oldest daughter's BFF from USA is also coming, together with her great-aunt!! So things are going on, and we don't have a dull moment!
Well, I'm gonna post this now, before something else interrupts me!
We are finally out of the apartment and in our new house!!
Wednesday was a blur of crazyness... with 7 kids, as well as the kid's cousin from overseas, AND 2 kittens!!! added to the mix, we somehow manage to pack up and transfer our belongings from apartment to house. Our oldest girls and their cousin were of great help, while our 2 youngest were not exactly useful. The kittens added some stress too, we had to make sure they didn't get lost or stepped on in the commotion!
Thanks to my wonderful in-laws who also helped out a lot!! (they are here from overseas, and sacrificed their time on a very hot and muggy day helping us out!)
What's up with the kittens?? Well... we have sort of promised our kids that we would get a cat when we finally moved in to our house. I happened to see an ad for kittens for sale a week and a half ago, and we went to see them. Of course we ended up with 2 kittens... and we couldn't wait to get them till after we moved (how do you argure with 7 kids wanting the same thing??), so there they were in the middle of the moving madness.
Now we've spent 3 nights here, and I have my appliances all working! Big help to keep this place running smoothly. I'm already enjoying our kitchen immensely!! It feels like I'm visiting someone who has a super nice (although still rather messy) house, full of our stuff! I don't have a working camera for the moment, but as soon as I do, I'm gonna post some pictures!!
The week coming up will be busy (nothing too unusual around here, it's a chronic condition!!).
My dear brother from USA is coming to pay us a visit along with his wife and little boy! Our 2nd oldest daughter's BFF from USA is also coming, together with her great-aunt!! So things are going on, and we don't have a dull moment!
Well, I'm gonna post this now, before something else interrupts me!
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