Life and Sanshine

Break

2012-01-09T19:19:00.000-07:00

Perinteisia joulujuttuja, kuten lahjoja, kuusta, ruokaa (kinkkua, kalkkunaa, laatikoita, jne...) suklaata, yhdessaoloa, ja kaikkea kivaa! Mutta sitten nokka kohti etelaa, ja vahan ei-perinteisemmalla linjalla vietettiin uutta vuotta. Kaytiin Canyonlands National Parkissa, Arches National Parkissa, kattomassa noi ihme totterot, nyt unohin niitten nimen, ja sitte viela Bryce Canyonille ehittiin just ku aurinko oli laskemassa (uudenvuoden paivana.) Kaikki oli kivaa, mutta kivointa oli tietty, etta sain siskon mukaan kaikkialle, vaikka silla oliki nena kiinni kindlessa jouluaatosta lahtien ;)

Traditional Christmas things like presents, tree decorating, food like ham and turkey and finnish casseroles, chocolates, spending time together and everything fun! Then afterwards to spend New Year's not so traditionally hitting up a couple National Parks like Canyonlands, Arches, and Bryce Canyon. We had a cabin in Moab where we rang in the New Year, and after a day of hiking, just collapsed for the next day which was the first. Everything was fun, but the best part was that I got to drag my sister with me everywhere, even though she had her face behind a kindle for the most part after Christmas eve ;)

!!!

2011-12-20T09:30:00.000-07:00

Things to do:

clean like a madwoman

get a ham and other food stuffs for Christmas dinners (yeah, I guess we are having two)

get a tree!

decorating tree

wrap some stuff up

guess gotta work a little bit too...

Then get those two from the airport tomorrow!

Someone stole our tv and wii from the senior center. Can't believe the jerkness of some people... seriously, it's Christmas! :( (not that it would be okay any other time of the year but still.) Boo.

New Things

2011-12-14T13:28:00.000-07:00

Buahahaha! :)

Decide

2011-12-13T17:08:00.000-07:00

Tanaan oon paattany olla ilonen, positiivinen, energinen, hauska, ystavallinen, kiltti, ihana, karsivallinen, muut huomioon ottava, taiteellinen, alykas...

Onneks ei tarttenu lahtee himast minnekaan toiden jalkeen ;)

Today I've decided to be happy, positive, energetic, funny, friendly, nice, wonderful, patient, considerate, artistic, intelligent...

Good thing I didn't have to go anywhere after work ;)

Mut kattokaa! Taalla odottaa valmiina... valelemaan paasee siskosein

Elkaa vaan kattokokaan. Mun kamerapiuha ei toimi! tai kamera ei toimi, tai tietsikka. Hulvatonta hei.

(I was going to add a picture but my camera/the chord/my computer broke. Hilarious.)

Attempt fail

2011-12-12T11:54:00.000-07:00

Mulla piti olla tanaan kampaaja. Ei ollutkaan koska kampaajarouvaseni oli tullut Magnasta asti (aika pitkalta) ilman kampaamotilan avaimia. Ei paasty sisalle. Joten uus yritys launtaina.
Menin myos postiin. Se oli myos virhe. Jono ulottu melkein ulko-ovelle asti. No leikin siina sitte sen postimerkkikoneen kanssa muutaman tovin ja sielta se syotti jonkinmoisen lapun minka latkasin siihen paketin paalle... toivottavasti menee perille! Se oli siis yks koulukirja jonka myin eteenpain... en siis voi enaa lukea tenttiin joka on muutaman tunnin paasta. Ja kalliskin oli lahettaa. Heikosti lahti taa paiva kayntiin, saa luvan lahtee vahan nousuun, koska tartten hyvan arvosanan tanpaivasesta tentista!

I tried to record a video for English but also that failed.
You didn't want to hear it anyways, I'm having a whiny day :P

HappyHappy...

2011-12-09T20:41:00.000-07:00

BIRTHDAY!!!

To Carlo,

4 years old!

Onnee Suomi!

2011-12-06T07:59:00.002-07:00

Ihanaa Itsenaisyyspaivaa kaikille!!!

Countdown

2011-12-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

17 paivaa jouluun on... No siis siihen, etta isosiskolisko on taalla! Sillon alkaa siis joulun vietto. Tietenki. 17 paivaahan on vaan vahan paalle kaks viikkoa, huh!
Perjantaina oli miehen duuniporukan pikkujoulut meilla. Oli ihan kivaa enka stressanu liikoja niinku viime vuonna. Oli vahan rennompaa ku tunnetaan kaikki melkein jo toisemme ja loytyhan niista lahjoistakin pikkusia sisapiirivitseja (kuten miesten tosi kuumat karvaleoparditangat :D)
Lauantaina kavastiin elaintarhassa, kun koulujuttuun voin saada bonuspisteita kirjottelemalla juttua apinoitten touhuiluista (joo, oon kylla yliopistossa enka peruskoulussa, mut valilla tallein...)

Kivoja kavereita oli!

Ja vihdoin ja viimein, sain myos taman meian 70s juhlahumukuvan siirrettya koneelle:

Uudestaan, uudestaan! Jos viela loytyy joku skenaario mita ei olla tehty, ni jossain vaiheessa pitaa taas jarkkailla, oli hauskaa!

17 days til Christmas... Well, actually until my sister comes, but that's when my Christmas starts. That's actually just little over two weeks, it will go so fast, yay!

On Friday we had the man's team's Christmas party at our house and it went pretty well. I wasn't as much as a nervous wreck as last year and we all pretty much knew each other already and it was a little more chill than last year... we even have some inside jokes amongst this group already (like a furry leopard thong for men..)

Then Saturday we went to the zoo for a little assignment I had in school and met those guys in the pics. They were extra awesome.

And lastly, finally our 70s murder party pic. I want to do that again soon! fun times.

Turkey

2011-11-23T17:04:00.000-07:00

Nyt meilla on semmonen. Kalkkuna. Pistettiin se pakkaseen ja mietittiin, etta siita vois tulla hyva yllaripyllari siskolle ku se tulee tanne. Eli: "Yllari, saat kokkaa tan!" :) Mut ei se kyl tan jalkeen oo enaa yllari ku se lukee tan blogiviestin. No mut sulle on siskokulta taal tekemista sit ;) Mies siis voitti sen duunista jostain arvonnasta.

Kavin myos ikeassa ja ostin glogia! ja pari muuta juttuva.

osaan myos kuvata... ja varsinki tarkentaa.

kynddylat lahti mukaan iikkean ihmemaasta.

Myos ihana torkkupeitto oli pakko nappasta mukaan. Se on 100% puuvillaa joten toivottavasti ei ihan samanlainen sahkoveikko ku noi meian pari muuta vilttia jotka ovat tietty taytta akryylia.

Asensin tunnelmavalot ihan ite.

Taal nayttaa jopa ihan kivalta nyt. Ihmeellista.

Punkin and spice

2011-11-10T17:45:00.001-07:00

En vielakaan oo saanu aikaseka latkasta tanne kuvaa meian seitkytluku discoiluista. Okei, ei discoiltu, ja mun hahmo paljastu tappajaks, ja sain jopa YHEN kuvan koko illasta, mut oli hauskaa!
Sitte seuraavaks Kiitospaivaa odotellessa. Meilla on melkein viikko lomaa koulusta, ihan huikeeta. Toissakaan ei tartte olla ku parina paivana, joten voi olla et saan ihan oikeesti pienoisen hermoloman. Semmonen saattais tulla tarpeeseen, vaikka en ookaan miettiny sita liikaa, koska jos alan miettii, ni stressi vaan pahenee! Tanaan toissa aateltiin, etta voitais jarjestaa jotain jouluohjelmaa senioreille ja pienen hetken mietin, etta silla viikolla ku suunniteltiin, ni mulla on just kaikki lopputentit, mut jos ei mieti kaikkee liiaks, ni kyl se sit menee omal painollaan, eiks je?

Mun tietsikka on muuten pikkuhiljaa luovuttamassa. Se tekee hidasta itsemurhaa, ja ei varmaan aikaakaan ku se vaan ei enaa suostu menee paalle. Toivottavasti vaan nyt kestais tan lukukauden loppuun asti... vaikka onhan meilla viela tuolla alakerrassa se poytakone jota voin sitte kayttaa jos paniikki iskee. No, sita vois vaikka alkaa saastaa mun pikkupennosiani uuteen koneeseen. Saattaa olla et rahat on kasassa joskus vuoden paasta... :D

Kuvia muuten ette varmaan saa koko talvena. Siis musta. Oon suorittamassa projektia nimelta "Lampomassan haaliminen" tarkottaen sita, et saan syoda mita haluun millon haluun eika tartte urheilla. Koska miten ma muuten tarkenen koko talven? Oon jo alottanu tan projektin, mut mita ma odotan tan tiimoilta on toi Kiitospaivan ateria!

jep, get in ma' belly!!!

I still haven' put up some pictures of our 70's disco party. Okay, it wasn't really a disco even though we did have a disco ball! My character ended up being the killer and I only took one picture of the whole night but we had fuuuun! Now onto Thanksgiving anticipations! We actually get almost a whole week off from school which I think will be much appreciated. By my brain. I have tried not to, but I have been a bit of a stress case lately. I try not to think about it though because when I start thinking about all the different things and assignments and projects, it gets worse. So let's just take one day at a time.

Just to let you know. My computer is dying slowly. I just hope that it lasts until the end of this semester. After that if it wants to check out of this life I am not here to stop it. I guess if worse comes to worst (how does that saying even go really?) I can use the desktop in the basement. I haven't been there in awhile, some hobo might even live there for all I know. Creepy.

Another announcement. There will be no pictures of me this winter. I have started a project called "Operation warmth fat" which means I get to eat what I want whenever I want, and no need to exercise because that just burns all that good far I've got going on for the coldness of the winter. I have already started this project, but what it really needs is that Thanksgiving dinner!

Some days I look different

2011-10-31T19:10:00.000-06:00

Happy Halloween!!!

Kuva ja sana

2011-10-19T16:28:00.000-06:00

No nyt ois pari kuvaaki ku patikoitiin viikonloppuna ja siita asti on ollu alakroppa hellana :D No tanaa onneks vaha helpottaa... Mut olihan sen arvosta. Kattokaa vaiks kuinka nattia!

I even have a couple of pictures this time from when we were hiking in the cottonwood canyon this weekend... since then more or less (more) of my lower body has been in pain but at least it was pretty. Just look for yourselves!

Ja myoskin... keskiviikkoextra. Eli pieni pala mun mahtavaa asustusta ens viikon seitkytluvun discomeininkeihin!

Also a Wednesday extra... a sneak preview to my costume for the 70's disco partying next week!

100% polyester, naturally.

YsiYsi

2011-10-13T14:43:00.000-06:00

sata ysi ysi on tan postauksen numero. Haluaisin etta taa mun blogi herais enemman eloon, ja jotain kuviakin olis kiva saada valilla! Mista otan kuvia? En ainakaan mun asuista, koska en oo jaksanu alkaa panostaa ollenkaan viime aikoina, enka myoskaan ota mitaan kotikuvia koska ainut mika niissa kuvissa on lasna, on kakssataa kiloa koirankarvaa. Joojoo, joskus vois imuroida, mut ei ny viela!

Nii, toinenki kymysys ois. Eli, minne mennaan ens viikonloppuna? Mulla ois semmonen harvinainen tilanne, etta ei oo launtaikurssia kun on syysloma, jee! Koirilleki on jo Kennylta tilattu hoitopaikka, mutta ei oo mitaan suunnitelmaa et minne mennaan. Voihan sita myos istua kotona ja nauttia hiljaisuudesta ilman koiria... Mut en haluu! Haluun menna jonnekki. Nii ja ei myoskaan oo mitenkaan hirveesti rahaa laittaa mihinkaan. Hirveen helppoo taa elama.

No joko taas

2011-10-08T14:39:00.001-06:00

Ja taas pitais keksia jotain kirjotettavaa nakojaan. Valitettavasti edelleenkaan mulla ei oo mitaan kuvia... tai voisin ottaa ehka myohemmin semmosia maistiaiskuvia mun mahtavasta 70-luku asusta, jonka tanaan loysin DiiAista (DI, paikallinen kierratyskeskus.)

Asiaan ei edelleen oo, mutta tulin kertoo teille, et tykkaan ihan hirmusti ku semmoset vanhemmat tati-ihmiset kutsuu mua sopoilla lempinimilla kuten "dear" tai "sweetheart." Ei siis edes tartte olla tuttu, vaan se vaan aina saa mut hyvalle mielelle, ku joku toivottaa hyvat paivanjatkot ja peraan joku edellamainituista... Aloin ihan miettimaan, etta mikshan se on mun mielesta kivaa, ni tulin siihen tulokseen, etta koska kukaan ei mua ikina (tai ainaki ERITTAIN harvoin) muuten kutsu mua tommosilla sopoilynimityksilla. Mies kutsuu ihan nimella, ja niin ollaan tehty ihan alusta alkaen... Nyt ku ollaan oltu yksissa jo melkein kuu vuotta, ni on vahan vaikee enaa alottaa mitaa tommosia uusia lempinimiperinteita.

Suomessa ei kai oo tapana oikeestaan tommonen "nimittely" mutta kenen mielesta on ihan ok ja kenen mielesta taas aivan noup?

joy

Again I feel like posting something. And I don't have pictures still. Maybe later I can take some sneak preview pics of my awesome 70s outfit that I got today from DI. It is seriously rad.

Anyways, not I have to talk to you about a serious matter that I discovered today. I thoroughly enjoy when older folks call me pet names like "dear" and "sweetheart." You know, even ones that I don't know, I just talk to them for some reason and then they tell me "have a good day, dear" or whatever. Very much like. I realized this today and started to think of a reason why that is. I came to the conclusion that it is because I very rarely get called by any other thing than my name in every day life. The man calls me mainly by my name. We never established nicknames for each other, and now after about six years the barrier to do it is even higher than it would have been in the beginning of our relationship.

But anyone who wants to call me dear, please feel free. What do you think about this? Who absolutely hates it?

Almost

2011-09-27T14:36:00.000-06:00

Melkein 200 kirjotusta jo tassakin blogirapellyksessa. Taa on ehka tylsin blogi minka maa paallaan kantaa talla hetkella. Ois ehka voinu pysya siella blogilomalla vahan pidempaan... Noh, kerran en pysyny ni yritetaas sitte saada tanne jotain sisaltoa.

Nythan vois olla hyva aika alkaa vaikka suunnittelee joulua. Tai sit ei ihan viela, ku ulkonaki viela parjaa ihan hyvin shortseilla ja t-paidalla. Mutta, tietty vahan voin hehkuttaa joulusuunnitelmia, (joita ei viela oikeestaan oo) koska ne tapahtuu yhessa siskon kanssa! Eli isosiskolisko tulee tanne jouluna, jee! (ja joku miehenkorilas ;))

Eli joulua saa viela vahan odotella, mut Halloween on jo ihan kohta. Meilla on suunnitelmissa vaan pitaa murhemysteeri-illallinen, joten voi olla, etta ei tuu mitaan semmosta tilaisuutta pitaa jotain muuta kostyymia. Eli helpolla paasee. Vaik en kyl tykkaa paasta helpolla, vaan haluisin miettii jonku hauskan asun, mut tylsa sita on vaan sit yksin kotona pitaa.
Kenellakaan muulla mitaan hauskoja Halloween suunnitelmia? Asuja? Jottakii?

Almost 200 posts on this little blog thing... Right now this is probably the most boring blog in the universe, and I probably should have extended my blog vacay but since I didn't, might as well babble on here now.

I guess it might be a great time to start talking about Christmas now. Or maybe not quite yet, since the weather is still pleasant, there is no snow and I can still frolic in a summer dress outside. But I do need to brag about my coming Christmas a little bit because I am going to spend it in the bestest of companies. My sister is coming here for! (with some man hunk :)) Very excited.

Well Christmas might still be a little ways ahead, but Halloween is just right around the corner! We are hosting a murder mystery party this year since our friend the host of hostesses had to move to Pittsburgh , pssh! So there's that. I might not get a chance to get dressed up at all (except for that dinner thing) because it might be sort of silly to just dress up and sit at home alone... Still excited though. I love Halloween. Anyone else have some cool plans? costumes? something??

Receptionist

2011-09-20T14:52:00.001-06:00

Enpas kertonukaan viime postauksessa, mutta sain toita. Taalla oon nyttenki, ja mikas sen rennompaa ku duuni jossa voi bloggailla vahan valia... Sellanen hauska juttu, etten mitenkaan hakenu mitaan toita, ku aattelin etta aion keskittya kouluun, mutta halusin jotenki rakentavasti kayttaa vapaa-ajan mita mul koulun ohella kuitenki jonkun verran on. Ilmotin meian kaupungintalolle, etta voisin tulla vapaaehtoseks niiden vanhusten "kerhohuoneelle".. en oikein tiia mikska tata oikein pitais kutsua (Senior Center). Ja tulin tanne ekaa kertaa vapaaehtosena ja seuraavana paivana henkilo, joka on vastuussa tasta puljusta soitti mulle ja kysy josko ottaisin vastaan pienta korvausta jos olisin tiistaisin ja torstaisin taalla vahan pidempaan kun vaan pari tuntia. No, vastasin et jos oikein tyrkyttavat, ni kai sitte suostun ;) Vasta talla viikolla sain kyl noi paperit kondikseen, joten tanaan on mun virallinen ihan oikee tyopaiva. Kivasti tanaan oon saanu kahen toimiston virtapiirit jotenki katki, en tiia!... mut mun tyonantaja katkas ne muutaman kerran enemman.. mut muuten ollu ihan kiva "eka" tyopaiva!
Mut myt mun ihan just pitais kai lahtee veke taalt.
Kotii kattoo Salkkarit ja BeeBee ;)

I didn't mention in the last post that I got a job. Which is funny because I was not really looking for one. I am taking more credits this semester than usually so I thought I would just try to concentrate on doing well at school. Of course even with just school I have some free time and I thought that I could volunteer someplace to make that time useful. Our city's senior/community center just opened this fall so I came and told the coordinator that I would like to volunteer. We set up a time and I came the first time to help at the front desk. Next day I got a call from the coordinator asking me if I wouldn't mind staying a bit longer on the days that I can, and that they would like to also pay me. I told them that if they must, I'll accept :)
So Tuesday was my official first day because it took me awhile to get the papers and drug tests and all that together, but it is pretty chill. It is not very busy on the days that I can be here so I have time to write blog posts or do homework. So yeah. Liking it so far ;)

Hola

2011-09-16T16:40:00.000-06:00

Kuukauden jaksoin pysya poissa ;)
Ihan ku ois muka jotain kerrottavaa taalla nytkaan, mutta tuli vaan fiilis! Ma muuten lapasin sen matikankurssin, ja nyt mulla on taas kolme opintopistetta lisaa, ja mun "wolverine track" nayttaa, et oon kayny 76% mun opinnoista (siihen on kyl laskettu taa lukukausi mukaan). Taa lukukausikin on lahteny ihan hyvin kayntiin. Ei oo enaa yhtaan sellasia tyhmia kursseja joita on pakko kayda, joten saan valita kaikest kivasta! Jee!
Oon ollu tan koko kuukauden kipeena, tanaan vasta sain aikaseks menna laakarille hankkii antibiootit, kun kuulemma mulla on bakteeriperanen poskiontelontulehdus. Mut toivottavasti nyt sitten lahtee noilla antibiooteilla... inhoon kylla niita popsia, mut toivottavasti ei tartte enaa tan vuoden puolella sitte.
Nii. Mun piti kirjottaa paivakirjaan tan sijasta. Kyl ma kirjotinki. Kerran.

Eipa mulla kummempia. Mita teille kuuluu???

I'm back! Bwahahahah :D
How's it going folks???

...

2011-08-11T14:57:00.000-06:00

Tulipas tanaan sellanen tunne, etta voisin varmaan kayttaa aikaani paremmin ku yrittaen pahkailla mita tanne vois keksia... ja tullen valitettavan usein siihen tulokseen, etta ei paljonkaan mitaan! Niinni niinni. Tama blogi sulkeutuu nyt ainakin toistaiseksi. Josko sita taas jostain tulee intoa kirjotella jotain tyhjanpaivasta, mutta nyt aattelin alkaa kirjottaa ihan vanhanaikasesti kasinkirjotuksella paivakirjaa. Sinne voi nimittain kirjottaa ihan mita vaan tulee mieleen eika tartte yhtaan miettia etta joku edes ymmartais mita siella lukee (hauska juttu tama kakskielisyys...)

Eli iso kiitos vaan kaikille, jotka taalla on joskus jaksanu kayda kuikuilemassa, ja tietenki viela luen mun vakkariblogeja, joten tapaillaan siella kommenttikentilla ;)

Today I felt like that I might be able to use my time in something more productive than thinking about what to write here, and whether or not it's anything anyone cares about.. and usually not. Sooooo. This blog will close for the time being. Might be that I will get some urge to come back and share my uneventful life with you again, but now I decided I will just start keeping an old-fashioned journal. There I can write anything in the world, and no one even understands what it says (funny thing this bilingualism)

So, a very big thank you to everyone who has stuck with me and my dumb ramblings! Of course I still will read my favorite blogs, so I will "meet" you at the comment boxes ;)

My Day

2011-08-05T17:21:00.000-06:00

Tanaan vihdoin sain aikaseks kayttaa mun synttarilahjaks saaman hierontalahjakortin. Siihen sisalty sauna, joten paasin vahan lauteille ensin hikoilemaan, joka oli tietty jee, paitsi taallahan ei siis heiteta kiukaalle vetta, joten mitaan hirveen hyvia loylyja en tietenkaan saanu. Mut kyl siina melkein tunnin saunoessa ihan tarpeeks lammin tuli!

Kotona paatin sitte laittaa kadet ja varpaat kuntoon. Ensin kasien kuorinta sokerilla ja kasisauppualla...taa toimii muuten yllattavan hyvin. Tuli oikein pehmoiset kadet. Sitte valitsemaan vareja ja suunnittelemaan mitas sita oikein keksis...

Innostuin lakan paalle tekee tiikelikuviot kuviokynalla... niissa meni ika ja melkein terveyski, mutta mun mielesta aikasta sopot! No ois sita voinu ehka viel vahan vakaammin sita katta heiluttaa, mut hei, oon ehka aika ylpee et jaksoin loppuun asti noi vaantaa, ku kolmen kynnen jalkeen tuntu vahan silta, et pitaskohan keksi jotain muuta.

varpit ei saanu kuviota, muuta ku tarraset.

Ja viela eilisen paivan asua. Tanaan kun oon hillunu suurimmaks osaks alasti tai jumppavaatteissa. Ja enaa en jaksa panostaa, vaan nappasin ekan mekkosen kaapista ja vedin sen paalle, koska en ma kai tanaan oo enaa mihinkaan menossa.

Nyt pitais taas sita matikkaa... Eli Adios!

Today I went to use my gift certificate for a massage which included a sauna. It was pretty nice to sit in a sauna, even though here they don't throw water on the stones which makes it the sauna experience, but I still got pretty toasty after about an hour in there (in and out).

When I got home I decided to do my nails, both finger and toes. I exfoliated with sugar and hand soap which works really well, my hands got really soft! Then onto the task...

I made tiger printed nails but not enough patience to do the same to the toes, so those just got little flowers.

Lastly, my outfit from yesterday. Today I haven't worn anything interesting...just exercise clothes and mostly nothing! :P

Now it's back to math...adios!

Turhaa

2011-08-02T09:58:00.000-06:00

Jahas.Tassa tama bloggerin julkasusivu on ollu auki noin puol tuntia, enka vielakaan tiia etta onko mulla mitaan tahdellista asiaa tanne kirjotella. (Paatin jo etta ei tosiaankaan oo, mutta haluun kirjottaa siltikin!)
Mulla on muuten vaatemasennus. Oon selaillu suomalaisia nettikauppoja, kaikkee syksysalaa, ja sitte ku oon selaillu naita taalla olevia kauppoja, ni kaikki ryysyt nayttaa ihan hirveilta! Ihan kamalia lunttuja kaikki kaupat taynna. Ja jostain syysta Suomessa hillitsin itteeni ostamasta kauheesti kaikkee ku "kotona saan samanlaisia paljon halvemmalla" No enhan saa, ku kaikki vaatteet on ihan rumia...
No, enpahan sitte tuhlaa turhaan rahaa.

Kavasin muuten uusimassa sen ekan matikan kokeen, ja jopa lapasin sen talla kertaa. Seuraavaa painajaista tassa odotellessa. Laskin muuten koko viikonlopun matikkaa, etta olihan jannat paikat taalla. Tana viikonloppuna en aio, vaan ollaan suunniteltu pikkusta retkea Wendoveriin. (Kyl mun on pakko silti jonkun verran laskee...mut sita ei lasketa.) Yritan saada kuvia aikaseks. Tai no, koko Wendover mahtuu ehka yhteen kuvaan, joten otan sen yhen ;)

Ja sitte, koska ihan varmasti teita kiinnostaa ihan hirveen kauheesti...

yok.

onneks tarkensin puskaan... siis tohon viherkasviin!

I've had the blogger publish page open for quite some time and I was thinking if I had anything to say and I pretty much decided that no, I do not. But since I felt like writing something anyways, so too bad.

I have clothing depression. I have been going through too many Finnish web stores and all the summer ends sales going on, that now that I try to go back to the places where I usually do my shopping here, everything looks like crap. I don't know why, but everything looks stupid and too expensive. (like in Finland it would be any cheaper...) So, just trying to make it as a good thing for not spending money on something unnecessary.

Yesterday I went and did a makeup test for the first math one. This time I passed. So that was good... now just waiting for the next nightmare. I pretty much spent the whole weekend just counting... so very eventful indeed. But this weekend we have already planned a little visit to Wendover, so no math for me! (okay, I might still need to do a little bit, but that doesn't count.) I'll try to get some pics. Well, I can fit whole Wendover to one pic, so I'll take that.

Ei tuu mistään mittään

2011-07-29T15:07:00.001-06:00

(jaksoin jopa copypastettaa noi äääät tohon otsikkoon. Sen enempaa en tosiaan aio yhtaan yrittaa.

Ensimmainen matikan koe oli tanaan. Yllari yllari, penkin alle meni. Ja mistas sita sais uudet aivot ittelleen. Tartteeks muuten Suomessa humanistien lukee matikkaa? ei tietaakseni. Hitsi, pitaskohan yrittaa tulla sinne vaihtoon ja sitten vaikka unohtua sinne...

Joo, eipa paljon muuta tan aavikon auringon alla. (ja mika aavikko muka, joka ilta sataa!)

Ehottakaa mulle jotain piristyskeinoja! :(

Just announcing my loserdom... bombed my first math test.

I don't think people who are studying humanities in Finland need to take math... maybe I'll come up with some kind of plan to escape to there to "study abroad" and then just forget myself over..

Not much else under this desert sun (what desert... it has rained every night for weeks!)

Feel free to suggest some kind of cheering methods... :(

Just ask

2011-07-27T10:27:00.000-06:00

Ei oo mitaan kerrottavaa, ja oonkin ollu ihan tylsa talla viikolla. Tylsyyksissani tein formspring-profiilin, joten kysykaa vaan, ni ehka saatte vastauksen!

I don't have anything exciting going on and I have been pretty boring this week. Whilst in my boredom, I made a formspring account, so ask and perhaps ye shall receive an answer!

www.formspring.me/sanniliini

Creepy pop-up

2011-07-22T11:31:00.001-06:00

I was doing my usual "window" shopping online when this picture popped up on the window. I think I agreed to something earlier that I should not have... and now amazon searches pictures on the website that I am, and suggests similar items... Apparently it thinks forever21 models look like miniature grandmas...... hrr .

Just had to share.

(oh and who knows how to turn this thing off?)

RedBerries

2011-07-21T21:51:00.000-06:00

Pari asukuvaa talta viikolta... Alkuviikosta oli viela sen verran viileeta, etta kehtasin kayttaa noita valkosia pitsiuggei ja huiviakin. Ja siella missa kayn matikantunneilla on aina ihan jaatavan kylma... joillain on siella viltit mukana :D Nyt taas on KUUMA! mut en valita, koska kesa saa jatkuu just niin kauan kun vaan mahollista! Osasin melkein poseerata noissa kuvissa... en tiia miten voi olla niin vaikeeta olla ihan normaalisti... Kokeilin myos tommosta joidenki bloggaajien suosimaa "kattelen tallein ihan spontaanisti varpaisiini" poseerausta, mutta ei sekaan oikein luonnistunu.

Just some outfit pictures from earlier this week when it still was decent temperatures.. also it is freezing in the place where I go to math class. Some people take blankets with them, that's how bad it is. But now it has gotten hot, not that I am complaining because I am taking as much summer as I can get!

I almost was natural in those outfit pictures, haha, I just don't know how to pose. I even tried this looking at my toes pose that some bloggers do so well.. yeah.

Hahahaha, naa kuvat vaan on ihan parhaita. Kerailin vahan vattuja meian puskista, ja koirat tietenki kiinnostui, etta mita mulla oikein on. Carlo muuten rakastaa noita vattuja, se yrittaa aina syoda nita kypsia suoraan sielta puskasta! Ja sit mun pitaa huutaa sille ettei se saa syoda mun vadelmia. Senkin rontti.

Hahahah, these pictures are so funny. I was picking some raspberries and the doggies were interested in my haul of course.. By the way, Carlo loves raspberries.. he tries to eat the ripe ones off of the bushes! Then I gotta yell at him for not to eat my berries. That jerk.

FishLake

2011-07-18T09:17:00.001-06:00

lil snakey

at the lake lodge

jumpy fish!

Happy fisher :)

pretty good haul...

Perjantaina paatin lahtea kavereiden mukaan jarvelle (Fish Lake). Niiden perhe menee sinne joka vuos, ja se on vahan niinku niiden epavirallinen sukujuhla. Paatin sitte ankeytya mukaan. Oli kylla hauskaa... Me patikoitiin, syotiin oikein hyvaa ruokaa, grillailtiin s'moreseja, kalastettiin, ja jopa hypattiin sinne hyiseen jarveen. Olin innoissani et paasen jonnekki missa vois uiskennella, mut ei, oli se liian kylmaa jopa tammoselle karaistuneelle suomalaiselle ;)
Ma myos sain kalan! Mut siita ei viela oo todistusaineistoo, koska kuvat siita on mun kaverin Kristin kamerassa. Ehka viela saan ne joskus silta ja sit voin todistaa.
Oli mukava reissu, ja ehdottomasti paihitti kotona lohoilyn!

Friday I decided to go with my friends to Fish Lake. It is their family tradition, they go there every summer to meet with family, it is sort of their unofficial family reunion. So I decided to crash their party ;) It was fun. We hiked, ate good food, ate s'mores, fished, and even jumped in the icy cold lake for a bit. I thought I was gonna swim a bit but the lake really was cold, even for the tough Finn ;)
Ooh, I also caught a fish but those pictures are in my friend Kristi's camera. Maybe I'll get em sometime and then I'll have proof. Was a good trip, and definitely beat hanging around home all weekend long doing nothing, or worse, doing math.

Ny lähti, sano Annikki Tähti

2011-07-15T16:20:00.000-06:00

Lahenki metsaan itikoiden ateriaks, joten laittelen sunnuntaina kuvia ihanasta olosta metsan keskella. Jee, hauskaa viikonloppua kaikille muillekki!

So decided to go to the lake to be a delicious meal for the mosquitoes, so perhaps Sunday you may get some lovely feedback on how it all went down. Yay, everyone else have a good weekend as well!

OutfitX2

2011-07-14T16:03:00.002-06:00

Pari asukuvaa... ja Tuksun tavoin toi polynimurin johto tietty kurkistaa tuolta. Naihin tanpaivasiin sentaan siirsin ton laatikon. Tykkailen aika paljon tasta mekosta, vaikka se onki vahan tommonen raskausmekko... mut se vaan tarkottaa ettei tartte paljon miettia etta pompottaako maha. Eli winwin :)

Naa mun postaukset ei nyt oo mitaan maailman jannittavimpia ku oon vaan nena matikan kirjassa kiinni. Ehka viikonloppuna voisin yrittaa keksia jotain jannaa. Voi olla, et meen jonnekki jarven aarelle, tai sit en. Haha, kattoo ny.

Voitteko vaikka kertoa teian kivoista viikonloppusuunnitelmista etta voin sitte kateellisena kihista taalla?!?

Ja kertokaa mielipiteenne tost sakkimekosta: jei eller nej?

Couple outfit pics from today and the day before. or something, cannot remember. I like this dress I'm wearing today a lot. I got it yesterday to wear it to the Josh James new gig announcement party but ended up not wearing after all, so wore it today instead. I can totally eat like a horse with it on and not even care.. I can just pretend I am preggers ;)

My posts aren't the most exciting right now cause I try to have my nose buried in my math book... not being very successful at it either. Maybe during the weekend I try to figure something a bit more.. interesting out.

Maybe you guys can tell me about your fun plans for the weekend so I can get green of jealousy here, deal?

Nyheter

2011-07-12T14:42:00.001-06:00

Terppa.
Kun nyt ei oo muutakaan oikein kirjotettavaa, niin paatinpa pitaa keskenani pienet kuvaussessiot ja vahan voisin siis tavoistani poiketen esitella ostoksiani. Siis suomiostoksia. Joista puolet ei edes oo ostoksia, vaan sain jopa tuliaisia sina aikana kun oleilin Suomessa.

tallinnan tuliainen siskonmiehelta. Ihana kesatoppi varsinki ku oli nii kuuma!

(farkut ostin just ennen ku lahin Suomeen, kivat neki.)

En tiia miks kuva meni ihan kokoks :(

Eka aleostos Kappahlista. Paita 6e, ostin koska en ollu ottanu montaakaan pitkahihasta mukaan, mutta sitten osottukin, etta niita pitkahihasia ei juurikaan Suomessa ollessani tarvittu! No okei, mokilla toi kavi ihan hyvin semmosesta oleskeluasusta ihan pelkiltaan...

Hippihuivi kans Kappahlista, myoskin 6e. Vitsi noita oli muissakin vareissa kun kavin myohemmin kattomassa, ja ois tehny mieli ainaki ostaa semmonen luonnonvalkonen, mutta hillitsin itteni enka ostanu... nyt ehka pikkasen ottaa paahan etta jarkeilin.

toinen huivelo. Seppala, 5e

Vilasta hamonen. Hintaa en muista tarkkaan, tais olla taakin noin 6e.

Toinen Tallinnan tuliainen, siskolta talla kertaa. Tollanen pitka paituli, jota kylla pidan ihan paitana enka tollain mekkomaisena, koska maha pompottaa ja ei nayta hyvalta :D

Rusettivyo, ekan sinisen paidan mukana tullut tuliainen. Joka oli vahan liian iso, joten tuliaisen tuoja otti ja kaivoi ompelupakkinsa ja fiksaks sen oikeen kokoseks. Hyva palvelu kylla.

Ja tasta ei oo kuvaa paalla, koska on semmonen turpomahaolo, etta oikein kivasti jenkkakahvat oikeen korostuu toi paalla talla hetkella. Vois yrittaa taas paasta ruotuun nais liikuntajutuissa!

En siis loppujen lopuks paljonkaan mitaan shoppaillu vaikka tuntu et koko ajan olin jotain ostamassa. Ehka niita kauppoja tuli kierrettya ihan liianki kanssa, mut osasin hillita itteni aika hyvin. Jee ma :)

edit: loysin ma muutaman muunki jutun viela matkalaukusta, mutta en enaa kylla lisaile! :P

Don't even know

2011-07-11T17:31:00.001-06:00

It is sort of depressing to be back to business. I came home on Thursday night, thinking that I at least have a nice weekend ahead of me to relax and get some strengths for the upcoming challenges that is the evil of math. Well, Friday I had to go and talk to someone at the math place, and ended up doing two hours of math, then again math during the weekend to keep up, today four hours of math, and not even quite caught up yet. Math is ruining my head. I've had the biggest headache today. Which means it probably isn't helping that I am staring at the computer screen...

Anyways! Knew it wasn't going to be summer vacation anymore when I came back, so now just gotta tough it out. And after all this math, it will be a nice and refreshing change to go back to school. Without math.

I also don't know what to write here anymore. I am assuming no one wants to read whining about math every day?

sigh.

Home/Home

2011-07-04T15:25:00.002-06:00

Blogi ja bloggaaja ovat olleet vahan kesalomalla...mutta tassa pienia palasia siita mita on tullut tehtya. Juhannus rauhallisesti siskon ja sen miehen kanssa moksalla, sen jalkeen kaikennakosta hoosailya... Lintsia sun muuta kivaa, mista kaikesta ei tullu kuvia (esim. meian purjehduspaivasta, kun sisko ei suostunut enaa kaantymaan takasin hakemaan mun kameraa...) mutta onneks jotain on jaany sentaan muistiin (myos muistitikulle.)

Kesa on kylla kiva. Ja varsinki Suomessa. Ja ihan just mun pitaa lahtee takas kotiin... vahan nyyh ja jee samaan aikaan! Sellasta se on tammoinen typera ulkosuomalaisuus.

The blog and the blogger have a bit on a summer break... but here's some bits and pieces of what I've been doing here. Midsummer went calmly with my sister and her husband on a lake cabin and after that we've been hustling around. Went to the amusement park and all sorts of fun, which not all got captured on film, for example our day of boating which was marvelous.

Summer is nice. Especially in Finland. And in a couple of days I am going back home...which is sort of boo and yay at the same time! That's what it's like to be an expat.

VisitHelsinki

2011-06-23T01:26:00.000-06:00

Talla viikolla kavin vahan Helsingissa turistina. Otin kuvia kamera kaulassa ja reppu selassa :) Sisko yritti toimia turistioppaana, mutta on niita parempiakin oppaita tullu kuunneltua :D

Nyt pitais viela alkaa hommiin ja tehda juhannuksen soittolistat ipodille, vai padille? ah, nyt pitaa sekin sitten viela varmistaa... mutta tossa parin tunnin paasta sitten juhannuksen viettoon mokille hyttysten syotavaksi ja kaatosateen kastelemaksi. Ah ihanuutta!

One day this week I went to Helsinki with my sister to walk around playing turists. Well, she was the tourist guide... even though she wasn't a great one, haha. Now I need to start working on playlists for midsummer celebrations. In a couple of hours we are on our way to a cabin to be eaten alive my mosquitoes, and to be drenched by pouring rain.. Oh what joy! ;)

CPH

2011-06-20T07:05:00.000-06:00

Hippikylä Christiania..sen keskellä oli pikkukatu täynnä hash-kauppiaita (ja isoja kylttejä, missä luki "no photo")
A hippie place in the middle of town called Christiania. They had a little place there of people selling hash.. (and big sings saying "no photo")

vuoristorata kaatosateessa tulos.
Result of a rollercoaster in the rain

loydä kuvasta merenneito
Find the mermaid in the picture

Sata ja yks kuvaa Kööpenhaminasta, jonne lähin viime viikon lopulla vähän turisteilee. En ollu aikasemmin ollut siella kun ehkä lentokentällä, joten oli kiva nähdä uutta! Olin melkein koko päivän yksin kun matkaseuralla oli palavereja, mutta se oli ihan virkistävää mennä ihan mihin huvitti, haahuilla vieraassa kaupungissa, ikkunashoppailla, ja yrittää olla eksymättä... Enkä eksynyt! Olin niin ylpee ittestäni.

Illalla kun matkaseura pääs vapaalle, niin mentiin Tivoliin syömään ja kieppumaan laitteisiin. Parin laitteen jälkeen alko mukavasti sataa, mutta oli pakko vielä mennä pariin koska oltiin ostettu rannekkeet. Märkäähän vesi on. :D

Tää blogi saattaa siis olla aika hiljasella täällä tän aikaa kun oon Suomessa vaikka yritän välillä jotain tännepäin heittää. Kertokaas miten teiän kesät on menossa?!? Kenellä alkaa jo kohta loma, ja kenellä on jo? :)

Last week I went and visited Copenhagen for just one night. I spent a lot of time by myself, just wandering around, sightseeing and window shopping while my travel company was stuck in meetings. In the evening we went to the amusement park together though and had some fun on the rides.

Was a nice little trip and very pretty city!

My blog will probably remain a little silent while I am here in Finland even though I will try to send something this way every now and then. In the meanwhile tell me how your summers are going?

Suomi

2011-06-13T01:05:00.001-06:00

Paasin kuin paasinkin tanne sitten lauantaina, vaan yhen paivan myohassa, ja ihan samalla lennolla, kun milla alunperinkin (ei siis mitaan valipysahdyksia Lontoossa, huh) Oli nimittain lentovirkailija laittanu mun lennot tanne pain tulemaan 10.1.2012... ni ei ihmekaan, etta ei ollu ihan samoja lentoja tiedossa. Onneks mies huomas asian sillon perjantaina illalla ja sai soitettua sinne AA:lle ja korjattua asian. Ties mita ois tapahtunu jos oisin vaan ilmaantunu sinne kentalle ja yrittany sille lennolle.
Jep, mutta perille paasin. Ja lennotki meni mukavasti, ensimmainen rupatellessa vierustoverille, tokassa olin ensin yksin penkkirivilla ja nukuin... sitten ku herasin ni mun vieressa olikin joku :D No, sitten sekin loppuaika meni rupatellessa. Nopeemmin se aika meni niin.

Lauantaina kun saavuin, ni meilla oli puistopiknikki. Ilma oli tosi kiva, seura ja ruoka viela kivempaa ;) Aivan ihana saa taalla naa kaks paivaa.. toivottavasti viela tulis vahan natimpaa saata ku nyt tama kylma (ja ehka kohta kovinki kostee..)

Sunnuntaina kaytiin vahan kavelemassa Vuosaaren biitsilla, syomassa jadet ja oli siella tommonen janna gympark myos :)

So I finally made it to Finland, and I have had couple very nice days here already. Today it got kind of cold and rainy but hopefully I will still have some good weather to come here on my visit. On Saturday we had a park picnic with all my family and it was so nice. The weather was perfect, the food and company even better ;)

Yesterday, Sunday, we went for a walk and ice cream in Vuosaari, and the beach there.

Love being home! :)

Almost up in the air

2011-06-09T13:01:00.000-06:00

Noh, enpas sitten ihan ollukaan ylailmoissa suunnitelmien mukaan. Chicagossa oli kuulemma myrsky. Kuulemma en ois ehtiny mun toiselle lennolle Chicagosta. Kuulemma eivat voineet tehda mitaan muuta kun laittaa mut lennoille huomenna. Kuulemma sitten joudun menemaan viela Lontoon kautta. Tekis ehka mieli sanoa pari rumaa sanaa, mutta en sano.

Huomenna uus yritys.

Tanaan otan lounaan jalkeen paikkarit. Tuli sitten herattya neljalta aamulla. Turhaan. Voitteko kuitenki pidella niita helteita siella Suomessa, kyl ma tuun ihan kohta! (parasta ois, tai saan raivarin.)

pic

Well, I am not quite in the air on my way to Finland. There was a big mess at everything I tried to do at the airport, so... tomorrow I try again.

I would like to say a couple bad words about a certain airline, but let's see if they are going to do anything right, then if they don't, I will go bonkers.

Almost veggie meatballs

2011-06-09T08:00:00.005-06:00

Mun pitais talla hetkella olla ylailmoissa, mutta tassa taas yks ruokaohje, joka osottautu erittain namiks. Meian aitin lihapullat on aina ollu parhaita, ja aina kun oon yrittany teha ite pulleroisiapalleroisia, ni oon pettyny ku ei ne ollukkaan yhta hyvia ku aipan pallerot. Mutta. Eiliset bullerot yletty melkein sille tasolle, ja ovat viela melkosen terveellisiakin! win-win :)

Nimesin nama melkein kasvislihapulliks :D

tarviit:
-lihaa jauhettuna (ma ostan aina vaharasvasinta mita loydan.. yleensa se on 4% rasvaa.) (1C, eli kuppi, eli vahan yli 200 g.. semmosesta 400 g paketista noin puolet laittaisin.)
-yks portobello sieni
-tuoretta sipulia oman maun mukaan
-munan valkuainen
-yks taysjyvaleipapalanen pieneks murustettuna
-sipulikeittopaketista ehka puolet
-noin ruokalusikallinen kermaviilia tai ranskankermaa (sour cream)
-mausteita esim. suolaa, pippuria, paprikaa, chiliseosta, ma laitoin ripauksen muskottipahkinaa..

Ton pullataikinan voi tehda niin, etta heittaa kaikki noi sekasin jossain laitteessa, mut meilla ei oo semmosta, joten ihan kasin pilkoin kaikki. Yritin pilkkoa mahdollisimman pieneks, mutta oli siella viela "sattumia." Mut ma tykkaan ite sillain, etta siella on vahan jotain mita pureskella ;)
Sitte vaa pulliks, pellille, tai paistumaan tai kypsymaan lempparitomaattikastikkeeseen! (ma paistoin ensin uunissa muutaman hetken, sitte kastikkeeseen muhimaan siks aikaa etta spagetit kypsy.)
Kertokaa jos kokeilette, et mita tykkasitte :)

Here's a recipe for these meatballs that have been one of the best meatballs I have tried. The original recipe is from foodnetwork.com but I made lots of changes.

You'll need
-8 oz of ground beef (the leaner the better)
-one portobello mushroom
-fresh onion according to taste
-one egg white
-one slice of whole wheat bread
-about half of a onion soup package
-about a tablespoon of sour cream
-spices according to taste, like salt, pepper, chili, paprika. I put a pinch of nutmeg in it

You can either mix these in the blender, or just cut them by hand like I did, depends on how much you want to taste little pieces in the balls.. ( :D ) Serve them with your favorite tomato sauce recipe and whole wheat pasta. I baked them in the oven for a bit, then added them to my sauce until my pasta was cooked.
Please let me know if you try them, I wanna know what you thought :)

Bag packed. Not.

2011-06-07T18:40:00.000-06:00

Tyhmat ku muuttivat matkatavarasaannot niin, etta saan ottaa vaan yhen matkalaukun! Mita yhteen matkalaukkuun oikeein mahtuu? No ei mitaan! Pitais tuliaisiakin yrittaa sinne ankea, mutta nehan painaa ku synti, ni se 23 kiloo on aika akkia saavutettu. Ei oo kulkaa helppoa kun on vaikeeta :( Talla hetkella laukku ois 19kg. Ja siella ei oo viela kenkia, meikkeja, takkeja ja muita kauneussysteemeja.

Noh, ehka se tasta... Voinhan tunkee kasimatkatavaran tayteen kaikkee, ja sit en saa nostettuu sita sinne ylailmoihin... se on aina vahan hankalaa. No, luotan et joku herrasmies sitte auttaa... Tai ainaki lentoemanta.
Mut hei. Kerranki oon melko ajoissa kuitenki tas pakkaamishommassa. En ees lahe vast huomenna, vaan torstaina. Hyva ma. Eli on rutkasti viela aikaa pahkailla.
Ei muuta ku perjantaina oon Suomessa! Jepajee. Jospa talla kertaa yrittaisin vaikka sieltakin kasin kirjotella, en kai ma niin kiireinen lomalainen voi olla (enpa!) :)

Just complaining about packing... it is stupid they changed the rules that you can only take one bag (without extra charge) nothing fits in one bag! Well actually, there is tons of room in my bag, just weight is also limited since can only weigh 23kilos (50lbs?)
Anyways, I am pretty early this time though! Usually I put it off until the last minute but now I am on it early.. not leaving til Thursday.
As soon as I figure out the rest of it too I am just going to concentrate on vacationing in Finland, yay!
This time I will try to post from there too, it's not like I can be that busy vacationing.. (or can I?) ;)

SunSun

2011-06-04T19:32:00.000-06:00

Tanaan oli aika ihana ilma. Aurinko paisto, valilla oli pilviharsoa, mutta ei ollut liian kuuma. Niinpa me koirien kanssa leikittiinkin pitka tovi ulkona, ja kuten kuvista voi paatella, ni toi pikkunen ruskee otus ei kylla yhtaan ottanu pahakseen :) Painvastoin, se raapii vielakin aina valilla ovea paastakseen takas leikkimaan (mista se tota energiaa oikein ammentaa??)

Nii ja kirjat ihan vaan siks, et kesalukemiset paatyy usein olemaan pinnkkeja, heh :)

Toivottavasti kaikilla oli ihana paiva, valmistuneilla ja muuten vaan juhlijoilla ;) Kertokaas mulle kuinka monta eri kakkuu tanaa soitte? ;)

Today we had a pretty perfect weather. The sun was out, there were some clouds that made it that it wasn't way too hot. So we and the doggies played and played outside. As you can see from the pictures, the little brown beast was not complaining! In fact he has looked out the window all longingly wanting to go back out (where does he get all that energy from???)

Oh, the books are just demonstrating how my summer reading tends to always be pretty pink :) Summer's for easy reading!

Hope everyone had a wonderful day, what did you all do?

River Cruising

2011-06-02T15:23:00.001-06:00

lahtoiltana laivassa/evening of departure, sitting on the deck looking at the city lights of chongqing

City of death, kuolleiden kaupunki, mihin Taoismin mukaan kaikki kuolleet joutuu
koetukselle... ovatko hyvia vai pahoja. Jos pahoja, ni niita kidutetaan, jos hyvia, ni ei nii paljo :D

toisella puolella vuorta on hotelli, joka ei koskaan valmistunut, koska joku teki siella itsemurhan. Se ei oo hyvaa feng shuita, joten lopettivat kokonaan sen hotellin rakentamisen.
The yellow building on the other side of the mountain is an unfinished hotel, where someone committed suicide. That is not good feng shui so they never finished the building and now just sits there.

piti vahan pelleilla. Had to goof off a bit ;)

paivan toinen retki. Oli noin 40 astetta kuuma.. huhhuh/the 2nd excursion of the day .. it was about
40 celsius degrees hot.. phew.

Joku pagoda. Some pagoda, can't remember the name of it.

Ylimmalla tasolla. At the highest level.

Laivalla oli tervetuliaisiltamat. Osallistuin tuolileikkiin ja toi ranskalainen mies huijas koko ajan! On the boat it was a welcome aboard party that night. I took part in musical chairs and the french man in front of me kept cheating!

Tuuli pikkusen. Was a bit windy.

Nama soposet tyttoset halus kuvan meian kanssa. These cute little girls wanted a picture with us
Haha, puhun ihan ku jostain pikkutytoista, mutta noi oli jotain 23-vuotiaita... luulin niita teineiks ennen ku ne kerto etta ne ovat silla risteilylla niitten duunikavereittan kanssa.
I talk like they were some little girls.. in fact they were 23... I thought they were teenagers before they told me they were there with their coworkers!

Toisena paivana mentiin tommosilla veneilla pienempia joensolia pitkin. On the second day we went on a trip on boats to smaller gorges on the river.

Not so bad

2011-06-01T11:17:00.002-06:00

On tama Utahkin ihan kiva valilla. No aina se on aika kaunis, mutta esimerkiksi kolmen viikon Kiinan reissun jalkeen osaa taas arvostaa vahan enemman. Onhan taalla koti... ja kylla noita vuoria varmaan tulis ikava jos jonnekin kauas lahtis pitkaks aikaa.

Oon myos halaillu mun karvapalleroita enemman ku laki sallii. Carloa ei enaa kiinnosta, ja Conanki vaan haluis leikkia eika olla halittavana. Pitaa nyt antaa niille paljonpaljon rakkautta, kun kohta taas joudun jattaa ne tanne miehen kanssa ihan oman onnensa nojaan, sniif :( Carlosta on muuten tullu pikkunen laski. Se on aina heti aamusta ihan tapinoissaan etta saa ruokaa. Voi voi mun pulleroista, sille pitaa ehka teha joku treeniohjelma ja pistaa pikkupossu dieetille :D

I guess Utah's not so bad every once in awhile either.. I've always thought it is beautiful but for example after spending three weeks in China it is easier to appreciate it a bit more. My home is here and I guess I might miss those mountains after awhile if I was to go somewhere far for a long time.

I have also given lots of loves to my little furballs. Carlo doesn't care anymore, and Conan would just like to play instead of being hugged. But I wanna give them lotsa love now before I go and leave them again. Poor beasts have to get along for a month with just the men in the house, snif :( Carlo has become quite the chub by the way. In the mornings he won't leave me alone before I feed him. My little chubby, maybe I need to make him a training schedule and put him on a diet :D

Eilen piti menna ostoksille, koska siskoille piti ostaa saippuaa (joo alkaa ees kysyko etteiko suomesta muka saa saippuaa, en voi selittaa naitten jarjenjuoksua ;)) Eksyin sitten myos pariin vaatekauppaan hups vaan ihan vahingossa, ja uudet pokat paas tanaan paalle. Maailman mukavimmat, ja nayttaa paallakin kai ihan kivalta, vai mita?

Yesterday I had to go shopping because I had to get soap for my sisters (yeah, don't even ask if you cannot buy soap from Finland, I am not smart enough to explain these womens thought processes ;))

I also found myself in a couple of clothing stores, oops. Well, these new pants I got found their way on today's outfit. SO comfortable, and I think they also look pretty good, no?

Tassa demonstroin hiuksia. Ne vahan ehka kartsahti auringossa, mutta mun mielesta ne on just kivan variset nyt! Ovat ihan hamput latvoista, mutta kun en raaskis leikata ku haluun pitkat! Pakko ne kai on kayda trimmaamassa, josko ne lahtis kasvamaan nopeemmin. En ymmarra mikseivat ne kasva? Tyhmat hiukset.

Demonstrating my hair. I think they burned a bit in the sun but that's probably why they are pretty much a perfect color right now. I really like their color but the rest of it is awful. The ends are dry as straw and they won't grow. Guess I need to trim them a bit but I want it to grow, want long hair now! Stupid hair.

Guilin & Chongqing

2011-05-30T21:25:00.000-06:00

Parin paivan jalkeen Shanghaissa jatkettiin matkaa Guiliniin, missa vietettiin oikeestaan vaan yks kokonainen paiva, mutta se paiva oli tollasella joella (en muista nimea) bambupaateilla seilatessa, ni mikas siina. Vaikka oliki sateista ja kosteen viileeta, ni toi oli ihan huippua! Noi vuoret oli jotain mieletonta, kuvat vaan ei oikein kerro totuutta, varsinki ku oli niin sumusta ton sateen takia.

Samalla kiertueella samassa botskissa meian kanssa oli kolme tollasta sopointa kiinalaista opiskelijaa jotka halus tietaa kaiken meista. Yritin ottaa kuvia, ni koko ajan jompikumpi (kolmas oli tosi hiljanen, ei paljonkaan puhunu) tokkas olkapaalle ja sano "hello" ja kysy jonkun kysymyksen...

Tuli vahan hassu olo kun kerroin etta makin oon opiskelija, ja aiemmin vastasin kysymykseen etta kuinka vanha ma oon... sitten nama faktat huomioon ottaen tietenki naiden tyttojen mielesta mulla pitais kohta olla PHD.. joo ei ihan :D

After a couple of days in Shanghai we continued our trip to Guilin, where we only really spent one whole day, but that day was on this awesome river (can't remember the name) on bamboo boats so it was okay with me. Even though it was rainy, very humid and chilly, it was a great experience! Those mountains were something spectacular even though the pictures don't really do justice, especially since it was so foggy because of the rain.

On the same tour, on the same boat were these cutest little students from somewhere in the middle part of China (yeah, I forget these things) They wanted to know everything about us, it was hilarious. I was trying to take pictures, but I would get constant taps on the shoulder with a "hello" and a question following that...

I felt a bit funny when I told that I was a student too and earlier I told them how old I am.. so considering these facts they thought I was getting my PHD pretty soon... yeah I wish :D

luistelin ostoskeskuksessa
Ice skatin at a mall in Chongqing

Thai rafla samaisessa ostoskeskuksessa, ah ja nam
thai food at the same mall, yum

Ja sitten lenneltiin Chongqingiin, missa meian piti olla vaan ehka yks yo ennenku mentiin Yangtze jokiristeilylle, mutta koska me ei oltu varattu mitaan aikasemmin, ni laiva oli taynna sillon ku oltain haluttu menna. Onneks seuraavana paivana kuitenki mahuttiin ettei suunnitelmat menny ihan uusiks. Chongqing on semmonen kepee noin 30 miljoonan ihmisen kaupunki. Ihan hullu. Ja siella oli KUUMA. Ja meita tuijotettiin viela enemman ku yleensa. Varskinki bussissa. Ja metrossa. Ja kaupungilla kavelemassa. No joo, joka puolella. Mut paasin luistelee! Hihi :)

And then we flew to Chongqing where we were supposed to just stop by before our river cruise, but because we did not have anything booked beforehand, we found out that there was no room in any of the boats on the day that we wanted to leave so we ended up staying an extra night. Luckily the next day they had a opening at a boat so we didn't have to make all new plans. Chongqing has a population of about 30 million. Totally crazy. And it was HOT. And we were stared at a lot. Even more than usual. Especially on the bus. And metro. And walking in the city. Ok, yeah, everywhere. The best part of it was that I got to go ice skating, hehee :)

Shanghai

2011-05-29T18:59:00.002-06:00

Matka starttasi Shanghaista. Kevyen noin kolmentoista tunnin lennon jalkeen Los Angelesista saavuttiin Pa dongin lentokentalle. Sitten piti loytaa tie meian hotellille (hostellille), joka oli aika keskustassa. Paatettiin kokeilla onneamme taksilla. Tietenkaan meilla ei ollu hotellin osotetta Kiinalaisilla merkeilla kirjotettuna, joten taksikuski oli melkosen pihalla. No, onneks oli hostellin puhelinnumero, ja matka alkoi.
Heti ensimmaiseks koettiin Kiinalaisten liikenne. Joka oli jokseenki pelottavaa. (okei, en uskaltanu parin minuutin jalkeen autoissa koko matkan aikana kattoa minnekaan muualle ku lattiaan..) Esimerkkina semmonen seikka etta kaistaviivojen olemassaoloa ei juurikaan huomioida. Jotain tollasia viivoja tiessa, ehka ne jotain suuntaa antaa, mut ei tosiaan haittaa jos nyt tassa ajan keskella tata kaistaa... kylla toi bussi tossa vieressa sit soittaa torvea kun on kahen millin paassa kyljesta..
Kuolisin kahessa minuuttissa jos joutuisin ajamaan missaan Kiinassa, let alone jossain isommassa kaupungissa. Ainii, pienimmassakin kaupungissa on saman verran ihmisia kun koko Suomessa, etta joo.

Mun en pitany kauheesti kirjottaa, vaan antaa kuvien kertoa, ja nyt oon vasta selostany taksimatkasta, huoh. Mutta. Niita kuvia.

hostellin katolta
from our hostel roof

The Bund

sillan toisella puolen
across the bridge

joku buddhistitemppelin puutarhaa
some buddhist temple garden

zhou zhuang jokikyla, water village

Yu garden

Our first days we spent in Shanghai. We spent three days there, strolling around the Bund, attempting at shopping in the newer part of Shanghai, across the bridge, taking a guided tour to a water village, and walking in the beautiful grounds of Yu garden. Let the pictures tell more, I have lots more to show from other parts of China that we visited, so I will do a post of each place. Hope you won't get sick of it! :)

Home sweet home

2011-05-28T16:20:00.000-06:00

Nama reissaajat ois takas kotona.
Eli en ilmotellu kauheesti lahostani, ku jostain syysta olin jotenki vainoharhanen, etta tanne ryntaa jotkut murtomiehet jos ilmotan kaikkialla netissa, etta ollaan pari viikkoa poissa.
Jostain syysta ajattelin, etta voinhan ma Kiinasta kasin ehka jotain kirjotella, kun meilla oli minilappari mukana. Enhan ma tajunnu, etta ei Kiinasta kasin paase bloggeriin, tai ei ainakaan ihan normaaleja reitteja, ja monimutkasia reitteja ei jaksettu alkaa miettimaan.

Nyt oon niin vasy ettei paljonkaan lahe irti tasta ihmisesta, mutta ehka jo huomenna voisin alkaa miettimaan matkapostauksia. En vaan ees tiia mista alottaa... niita kuviakin on varmaan lahemmaks tuhat. Mut eikohan se siita. Kiitos kaikista kivoista kommenteista joita ootte jattany silla aikaa ku oon ollu kadoksissa, oli kiva palata takas tan blogin aareen! :)

English:
These travelers are back home.
I didn't do a big announcement of when we leave because for some reason when we left I was kind of paranoid about announcing an empty house all over the internet. (here and facebook)
For some reason I also thought that there might be some time for me to post from China with our little netbook that we took with us, and of course I forgot the fact that China blocks blogger. I was not patient nor crafty enough to work through that either.

Now I am so tired that you can't get a lot out of me but maybe tomorrow I can start thinking about some travel posts... not sure where to start when I literally have hundreds of pictures but I'll try and figure it out.
Thank you for all your nice comments that you've left while I've been away, it was nice to come back to my little blog! :)

Green eli Vihrea

2011-05-05T10:35:00.001-06:00

I gotsme a permanent green card (expires in 10 years, crazy!) It came in the mail on my birthday, nice gift ;)

Mun green cardi tipahti synttarina postiluukusta! Se ois nyt sitte voimassa kymmenen vuotta (ellen paata lahtea pakoon.. se nimittain kai ei oo enaa voimassa jos on ollu poissa maasta 6kk? mut en meinannu lahtee pakoon, tai vaikka jos lahenki, ni sitte ei oo tarkotus enaa takas tulla, buahaha)

I had to take pictures on my birthday, cause took one last year, and compare...

wrinkles definitely more defined :( maybe I should have gotten some wrinkle cream for a present! Hair color better though. The blonde was too yellow. What do you think? Next year again...

Kuvat on otettu viime synttarina ja nyt synttarina. Paatin vahan vertailla...

No rypyt on ainaki lisaantyny, ja varsinki syventyny :( Ehka ois kannattanu toivoo jotai ryppyvoietta synttarilahjaks! Hiusvari parempi nyt, koska toi londi on aikamoisen keltanen. Mitas mielta siella? Ens vuonna vois taas sit vertailla...

Loppukevennys:

P.S. Saa ehottaa hyvii ryppyvoiteit. (saatoin vahan masentua.)

You are now allowed to suggest good wrinkle creams (I might have gotten a bit depressed.)

Last one

2011-05-02T15:59:00.000-06:00

Last one of the challenge:

31 Viimeinen hetki/Last moment: On huomenna taas vuoden lahempana kai sitte. Jos 25 oli aikamoinen isku ikakriiseilylle, ni mites sitte 26? No, en aio miettia sita, ja tunnen olevani edelleen noin 21, joten saan olla jos haluun :) /
Is a moment closer again tomorrow. If 25 was a reason for age crisis, how about 26? Well, not gonna think about it too much because I still feel about 21 so it doesn't matter. Anyways, Challenge OVER.

29- Tähän pyrin/A goal

2011-04-29T08:00:00.004-06:00

29 – Tähän pyrin/A goal:
Taa on mun tanhetkinen paallimmainen maaranpaa:
This is my current pretty short-term (hopefully!) goal:

Yes, to graduate.
Jep, valmistua.

30 – Soittolistallani/On my playlist: Ensinnakin, inhoon musiikkikirjotuksia muiden blogeissa, joten en ajatellu tannekaan niita laittaa (no jokunen taaltakin saattaa loytya, sori) ja muutenkaan, ma en kuuntele musiikkia kun autossa ja salilla. Salille tartten aina jotain menevaa tanssimusiikkia, listahitteja jne. Jos ihan valttamatta haluun kuunnella semmosta musiikkia mista nautin, ni sitte kuuntelen autossa jotain cd:ta. Naihin kuuluu mm. kaikki kasarirokkibandit, tool, Porcupine tree, Dream Theater, Jack Johnson, Maija Vilkkumaa, Don Huonot, Jenni Vartiainen, Kent... eli tasta voimme paatella, et taa mun musiikkimaku on aika pitkalti melkosen laaja, joten en ihan viitti hukuttaa teita mun soittolistan alle :F

First of all, I don't really like music posts on other people's blogs, so I am not about to make one here either (even though I might have a couple somewhere in the past, I apologize.) and anyways, I only listen to music in the car, or at the gym. At the gym I like fast and easy songs, if you listen to my ipod, you would most likely hear most of the hit list songs. But if I want to listen to music that I really enjoy listening to because of the sound, I listen to cds in my car. These bands include all the 80s rock bands, tool, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Jack Johnson, and various Finnish artists... so you can see that my tastes in music are pretty broad, which is also why I don't want to drown you under my playlists ;)

No More

2011-04-28T21:19:00.002-06:00

Saako nyt tanssia pienen voittotanssin? Taas yks lukukausi paketissa, ja kaiken jarjen mukaan myos ihan kivat arvosanat pitas talle "ahkeralle" opiskelijalle rapsahtaa ;) Nyt mulla on semmoset hepposet kaks kuukautta taytta lomaa... kylla ma taalla taas jossain vaiheessa oon valittamassa kuinka tylsaa on eika mitaan tekemista, mut nyt taytyy vahan hehkuttaa. Heinakuussa ma sitte alotan taas ahkeran opiskelun, ja minkas muunkaan kun ihanan matematiikan parissa (yok.) Kuitenkiii....
Kiinaanki aikaa enaa vajaa kaks viikkoa... meian passien pitais tulla maanantaina tai tiistaina, joten matka on nyt siis ihan varma nakki. Ei me tietty mitaan hotelleja sun muita suunnitelmia olla tehty, mut kylhan ne viel ehtii...

Ei muuta!

Paitsi kuvia jotka ei liity yhtaan mihinkaan

On siella simassa rusinat pinnalla. Toisessa ei oo, ku avasin sen kerran
ja se kuohu yli, en tiia onko enaa siis kelpoa.

Semmonen joku hiusten harjaaminen on ihan yliarvostettua.
On mulla myos paita. (kaapissa. no on paallaki!)

Ei tulekaan nyt yhtaan mitaan tasta postaamisesta, kun taa blogger on paattany etta silla on joku ongelma mun kanssa... Kokeillaan huomenna uudestaan. Nyt hei heiiiiiiii (jos tama tyhmapaa suostuu julkasemaan tan.)

Almost forgot to translate!
Anyways, feel like doing a victory dance! Another semester under the belt, and pretty surely good grades to show for it too. Because I am such a dedicated student ;) Now I have about two months of vacation time... I know I will be complaining about nothing to do sooner or later but now I just want to say: hooray! :) In July I will start my good student act again, and with what else than the dreaded math (yuck.) Anyways.
Oh, and China is little less than two weeks away! We are supposed to get our passports with the visas back on Monday or Tuesday. Of course we haven't even started to book hotels or planned where and what we are doing exactly, but there's still time...
The first picture is of my sima! The raisins on the top means it worked, woo.
Blogger was being kind of a bum so I had to cut the post kind of short. Now byeeeeeee.

Missing...

2011-04-28T08:00:00.001-06:00

28 – Ikävöin/I miss: Aitia, isaa, isosiskoja, ystavia... Mom, dad, older sisters, friends...
ja kaikkea muutaki, niinkun...
and everything, like...

In the whole wide world

2011-04-27T08:00:00.004-06:00

27 – Suosikkipaikkani/My favorite place:

Myrskykallio ♥

Kuukaus... Okei, vahan yli

2011-04-26T09:29:00.000-06:00

Here comes a picture overload of pictures from Finland last summer... Only little over a month and I will be home again!

Pikkunen kuvaplajays viime kesalta Suomesta. Enaa vahan yli kuukaus ja paasen kaymaan taas kotona!

Villinki

Tampere on kiva, kaunis ja pop! ;)

Lappikin on jees.

Ja Suomenlinna! (ja mun siskojentytot joista yritin ottaa kuvaa, mutte ilmapallot sattu just oikeille kohille, haha :)
(and my nieces who I tried to get a picture of but their balloons happened to get into just "right" places, haha :))

Hauska juttu.. tai no, hauska ja hauska, mut kuiteski. Tanaan juuri kommentoin eraalle bloggaajalle, joka on lahtenyt Suomesta pois, ja on nyt kaymassa Suomessa, etta mulla ois Suomeen jo kova ikava. Johon han vastas, etta sitten taas kun on Suomessa, ni on sinne toiseen paikkaan jo mahdoton ikava, hanella siis! Nimittain mulla ei ikina ole. Tietenkin mulla tulee miesta ikava, koska viime kesana ja tanakin kesana paasen tulemaan vaan ihan yksin, mutta tata maata mulla ei ikina tuu ikava, ei koskaan. Enka sano tata siks etta pitaisin tata maata jotenkin huonona, tai etta Suomessa ois kaikki vaan niin paljon paremmin, ei. Vaan siksi, etta tasta paikasta ei oo ikina muodostunu mulle kotia. Taalla ei oo minkaanlaista tukiverkostoa, ei niinkaan laheisia ystavia, perheenjasenia, jne.. Ei muuta kun toi mies. Ja se on tarpeeks mulle jaadakseni tahan paikkaan vaikkakaan tama ei ole koti.

Pelkuri

2011-04-26T08:00:00.001-06:00

26 – Pelkään/Afraid of:

etta jotain pahaa tapahtuu mun rakkaille (ihmisille, koirille...)
sammakoita
vesikasveja
huonoja arvosanoja koulussa...
epaonnistumisia
soittaa jollekin tuntemattomalle ensimmaista kertaa (joo, tyohaastattelut sun muut tyokyselysysteemit on tan takia aikamoista tuskaa... :( )
demonikauhuelokuvia (semmosia missa joku on riivattu jne.. hrrrr)

image from here

that something bad happens to the people (&dogs) I love
frogs
water plants
bad grades in school...
failures
calling someone I don't know for the first time (yeah, looking for a job and all that kinds of things are pretty much agony because of this :( )
demon horror movies (where someone gets possessed or whatever.. hhhrrr)

Easter Come & Gone

2011-04-25T13:55:00.001-06:00

Meian paasiaisessa ei ollu mitaan ihmeellista. Lauantaina illalla piilotettiin parit namit tytolle aamuks, ja mies piilotti munkin pikkukorin, missa oli samoja tyhmia karkkeja. (niita tyhmia karkkeja oonki sit massailly tas pari paivaa, yok) Ei siis kindereita! Kun jostain kumman syysta ne on taalla laittomia, koska niissa on se lelu. Siis wth? Ostin tytolle ihan samanlaisen munan, missa on lelu sisalla, mutta suklaa vaan paljon pahempaa. En osaa ymmartaa.

Paasiaisateriana meilla oli sitte tammosta:

Ohje tosi hyvaan taytteeseen noille sienille tulee tassa:
-tuorejuustoa
-savukinkkua pieniks paloiks leikattuna
-capriksia
-mausteita, mm. paprikaa, pippuriseosta, italianmaustetta..
suolaa ei tartte ku ne caprikset on melko suolasia!
-vahasen sweet chiliseosta
-paalle juustoraastetta

tasta saattaa tulla sanomista, mut pitihan grillimestari kuvata :D

Mutta nyt suunnittelen vappujuhlia! Siman oon jo pullottanu (onks liian ajoissa? voihan sen laittaa jaakaappiin missa se ei enaa kay, eiks? vai oonks ihan pihalla?) ja pitais kayda metsastamassa kaardemummaa jostain erityiskaupasta, etta voisin sitte vasata kunnon kasan munkkeja (ai mika kesakunto?)

In English: Our easter wasn't anything special really. The child was with us, and we hid some candies and eggs for her on Sunday morning that she got to go on a hunt for a bit. The man also hid my easter basket that was filled with the same gross candies as she got... and now I have been eating those candies for two days, ugh, feeling a bit bloated :P
For easter dinner we dug our barbecue out of the garage and had grilled foods for the first time this year. I missed that bbq taste, mm!
Anyways, now I have started to plan a vappu party! I have made some sima, and now I am for the quest of finding some cardamom so that I can make some munkki this weekend (what say you about trying to get bikini ready?)

P.S.

Hipsterikoira :D
Our dog's a "hipster" :D

Ensimmainen/First

2011-04-25T08:00:00.002-06:00

25 – Ensimmäinen/First: Mita tama tarkoittaaaa? Eli mika ensimmainen? Jos teilla on joku ensimmainen mielessa, ni voi toki siita kirjottaa (kuhan ei oo mitaan k-15 meininkii, vaan ihan sallittu kaikille! ;))

What does this mean? First what? Well, if you have some "first" in mind that you want me to tell about, then ask, and ye shall receive... (as long as it's nothing R- rated, let's keep it at general audiences! ;))

Itkupilli

2011-04-24T08:00:00.001-06:00

24 – Tämä saa minut itkemään/This makes me cry: Mitakohan oon viimeks itkeny? Varmaan koti-ikavaa... Ei sita kauheesti paljon muuta tuu itkettya. Ehka valilla stressi-itkut paasee, jos on liikaa ressia. En kyl itkeskele kovinkaan usein. Joskus ois ihan tarpeellista itkeakin... sitte vaa pitaa kattoo joku tosi nyyhkisleffa, mieluiten yksin et saa paastealla oikein kunnolla!

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Not sure what I have cried about recently...probably homesickness. That is one of the main reasons I ever cry. Sometimes I cry if I get really stressed also. I really don't cry that often. Sometimes it is necessary though to let some tears out... then the best thing is to watch some awfully sad movie, preferably by yourself, and just let it out!

22&23... Ei enaa paljo :)

2011-04-23T08:00:00.002-06:00

22 – Tämä järkyttää minua/This shocks me: No varmaan aika monta juttua jarkyttaa, mutta tulee nyt ensimmaisena mieleen rasismi. Mulla on talla lukukaudella ollu kurssi monikultturisista yhteiskunnista, ja en oo vaan osannu ennen kasittaa miten kaikki ei tosiaankaan oo samalla viivalla mita tulee mahdollisuuksiin. Tosiaan jos se jais vaan tahan, mutta kun sita inhottavaa rasismia on kaikkialla, myos meian koulussa, joka yrittaa parhaansa olla monikulttuurinen ja monipuolinen...

Well, a lot of things probably shock me, but not the first thing coming to mind is racism. I have had a great course on multicultural societies this semester, and I have become to understand more and more about how our world is unjust. Right now everyone does NOT have the same opportunities, and it is sad. Even if that was the extent of it, but no... pure racism exist everywhere, even at my school that tries its best to be multicultural and diverse...

23 – Tämä saa minut voimaan paremmin/This makes me feel better:

-kisses from my sweet boy

-dreams

-good food

-these men!

Toinen/Another

2011-04-22T08:00:00.001-06:00

21 – Toinen hetki/Another moment: En tiia miks taa just tanaan tuli mun mieleen, mutta viime kesalta yks hetki. Eli olin Suomessa viime kesana, ja taa tapahtu kai paivaa ennen ku olin lahossa takas tanne.. Mun siskon mies oli loytany jonkun tosi hyvan uimapaikan missa ei ois ketaan muuta... hiljanen jarvi, ja kallio josta vois hyppia veteen... Yks pikkunen mutta tas jutus oli: Sinne veden aarelle piti patikoida ihan pikkasen :D Se metsa missa me sit rammittiin olikin aika ihana, ihan taynna jotain hyttylaisii ja paarmoja, ja mulla oli jalassa slabarit, ja mun varpaat oli syoty verille siihen mennessa kun paastiin sinne jarvelle.

Mun siskolla oli kans hieman vaikeuksia... mut kaikki oli sit hyvin ku paastiin sinne veden aarelle, ja oltiin melkein ainuita koko jarvella (toisella puolella rantaa oli jotain immeisia.)

No sittenhan alko meian hyppynaytteet. Pojat (eli siskon mies, ja niitten yks kaveri) alotti hyppimisen veteen ihan ookoo tasolta, ja ma tietty hypin perassa... Mut sitte ne paattiki etta hyppaavat korkeemmalta, ehka noin 10 m korkeudelta. Tietenkin mun piti nayttaa, etta ma uskallan myos! (sisko ei ottanu osaa meian hyppelyyn, se keskitty lillumiseen :D) No, aikani siina pahkailin, mutta sitte annoin menna! Sen jalkeen oli kiva fiilis ku uskalsin, vaikka korva oli ihan taynna vetta, ja sitte seuraavan paivan lento kotiin oli melkosen tuskallista... ja sainpas sitten myos korvatulehduksen, mut silti, oli sen arvosta! ;)

En malta odottaa tata kesaa ja lisaa kivoi suomimuistoi ♥

pic from here

I don't know where this came to my head but was thinking about this today... It was from last summer when I was visiting in Finland, and my brother-in-law had found a "great" lake that should be pretty secluded to go swim in. The only drawback was that we needed to hike a little "tiny" hike to get there. The forest where the lake was, was full of little insects like mosquitoes and other little pieces of crap that wanted my blood... I was wearing flip flops, and by the time we got to the lake, my toes were bitten bloody.

Anyways. We got to the lake, and there was practically no one else there, a great place to go swimming, plus there was a great cliff to jump off of. The two guys (my bro-in-law and their friend) started to jump off it, and of course I had to follow. My sister did not wanna jump, she concentrated on swimming...

Well first we were jumping from pretty low, but then the guys decided to jump from higher. They both went, and I had to go after... I wasn't about to just quit and show them they could jump from higher than me! :P So I was up there, contemplating my faith a little bit, thinking what if I hit the rock or something and get a concussion and die :D But then I just went for it! The feeling afterwards was great, kind of like I showed them, hehee... Even though the feeling afterwards was not great when I had to come back home on a plane and one of my ears was still full of water... I never got it out and got an ear infection after. Still. So worth it ;)

Can't wait for this summer and more awesome Finland memories ♥

Lissee/More

2011-04-21T08:00:00.003-06:00

19 – Kaduttaa/I regret: Mitahan sita pitais katua? Hmm, no valilla koulussa tulee semmonen tunne, etta oisinpa ollu sillon aikanaan semmonen "normaali" yliopistoopiskelija kaikkine huonoine kamppiksineen, juhlineen, sinkkuillen jne... Mut sit ku kuulen valilla jotain tarinoita kamppiksista, treffeista sun muista, ni tulee semmonen helpotuksen tunne ettei koskaan tarttenu kokee mitaan semmosta :D Vaikka kylla ma asuinki vahan aikaa kamppiksien kanssa, ja se oli jotain aivan jarkyttavaa... Eli saatankin katua sita, etta koin tuota edes vahasen!

I don't really know what to regret? Hmm, well sometimes at school I feel like it would have been awesome to be a "traditional" college student wit all the crappy roommate situations, parties, being single, etc... But when I hear about stories about some roommates, dates etc, I feel relieved that I never had to experience something like that... well not extensively. I did live with some roommates when I was going to Provo college, and it was something very disturbing... so maybe I regret that I actually did experience that even a little bit!

20 – Tässä kuussa/This month: Oon ahkerasti opiskellu ja saanu (melkein) paatokseen kaikki kurssit. Ja viela hyvin arvosanoin (hmm, toivottavast:)). Kohta taa kuu paattyy, ja sit alkaaki kaikki kiva, hihi :D

I have studied hard(ly?) and almost gotten all of my course to an end. Most likely I will even receive mostly A's :) Soon this month is over, and then everything fun begin, hehee! :)

Tooooday

2011-04-20T21:06:00.001-06:00

-Loysin uuden paikan ottaa asukuvia

-Puin tommosia vaatteita, joita en oo viela kayttany

-Olin aika rentomielella

-En harjannut hiuksia :D

-Kavin ostoskeskuksessa ostamas pikkareit, koska siskon mielest ne on hyvei pikkareit

victoria's secretis, ja mul oli sinne 10dollarin lahjis

-Rakastuin tohon valkopinkkiin pariin palavasti

-Sain postia

-Tuoksuttelin naita luomusaippuoita, jotka sain itseasiassa kaupan

paalle kun tilasin semmosen voidepuikon

-Hikoilin salilla

-Pesin tolla isoimmalla mohkaleella suihkussa, ah mika tuoksu!!! ahh ja nam

Today I:

-Found a new place to take outfit pictures

-Wore new clothes I haven't worn yet

-Felt like comfy clothes were in order

-Didn't brush my hair :D

-Went to the mall to get some pieces of cloth

-Got mail from Renee's Naturals, mmm the smells!!

Vasta pesty puhdas... CONAN!

2011-04-20T11:53:00.001-06:00

Eraana kauniina paivana hairitsin tan pedon unia ja tein jotain anteeksantamatonta...
One day I disrupted this beast and did something unforgivable...

still content...

!!!

the beast does not like baths!

Peto ei tykkaa pesusta!

ChallengeHaasteChallenge(please end already!)

2011-04-20T09:54:00.004-06:00

Pieni ilmotusluontonen asia.: Kattelin vahan noita blogin tilastolukuja, ja nayttaa silta, etta noin kaks kertaa enemman lukijoista on Suomesta kun jostain taaltapain maailmaa, joten nyt yritan tosi kovasti muistaa aina kirjottaa molemmilla kielilla. Saattaa olla, et valilla tulee pelkastaan suomea. Ei muuta! :)

17 – Mieleisin muistoni/Best memory: Oon jo aiemminkin sanonu, etta elamassa on kylla ollut ihan tosi paljon ihania muistoja ja hetkia. Niista ei vaan oikein voi valita, etta mika nyt oli ihan kaikista mieleisin. No, yks mika tulee mieleen mika oli niin onnellinen hetki, etta itketti (en yleensa itke onnesta :P) oli kun paasin tanne takasin miehen kainaloon sen jalkeen kun ei ollut tietoa, etta nahdaanko enaa ikina ja niin pois pain. Se lento on varmaan ollu elamani pisin, ku tiesin, etta kohta nahdaan taas... ja sitten se kun sydan pyrkii hyppaamaan kurkusta ulos kun laskin rullaportaita alas ja mietin, et se on tuolla naiden portaiden alapaassa... Ja siella se sit on, kukkapuskan kanssa. Ja viela autossa silla oli mulle toinen yllari, semmoset hepposet pikkutimangikorvikset. Ja me ei yleensa olla tammosia romanttisia hopsoja, ja toikin kerta oli varmaan yks kolmesta kerrasta kun ikina sain kukkia, mut sillon se oli jotain aivan ihanaa!
Ah, nyt ku muistelen, ni ne korvikset oli kyl varmaan myohemmin... sen jalkee ku olin ollu kotona Suomessa jouluna, tai jotain semmosta, ei voi enaa muistaa tommosia. Mut muu piti paikkaansa. Muistaakseni :D

pic from weheartit

I've already said that there are so many good memories and moments in life that it is hard to just pick one. Well, there is one memory that pops into my head that was so happy that I was about to cry from joy (I really don't usually do that :P) It was when I came back here the second time.. after all the uncertainty of not knowing when or if I would see the man again. That flight seemed like the longest flight of my life, knowing that I would see him very soon again... It felt like my heart was about to pop from my throat when I was going down the escalator in salt lake... knowing that he would be at the bottom of those stairs.. And there he was, with flowers and a big smile. And usually we are not this type of romantic fools, and that time was probably one of the three times he has ever gotten me flowers, but at the time it was something so great!

18 – Mieleisin syntymäpäiväni/My favorite birthday: Voi kyl olla etten yhtaan tiia. Penskana oli aina kivoi synttaripartyi, ku sai syya kakkuu ja jatskii ja karkkii ja sai paljo lahjoi. Nykyaan en enaa saa ees paljo lahjoi ja melkein aina mennaa vaan johonki ravintolaan, missa pitaa syya oikeeta ruokaa, yok.. vaik haluisin vaan namia syya koko paivan! :D Eli, mieleisimmat synttarit on ollu sellasia, et on saanu syya namia ja kaikkee muuta makeeta ittensa aivan oksennuksen partaalle!! :P

I don't really know this one. When I was a kid, we always had fun birthday parties, and you could eat cake and ice cream and get a lot of present! Nowadays don't even get a lot of presents, if any, and usually just go to some restaurant where you got to eat real food, booooooring! :D So, my favorite birthdays have been the ones where I have gotten to eat sweets to the point of almost throwing up, haha! :P

Sämbylät

2011-04-18T20:12:00.003-06:00

Nyt tulee suomeks, ku en jaksa kaantaa kaikille kielille, ja kun siis tama ohje on myos suomalaisilla mitoilla.
Tanaan alko tekee mieli leipoo jotain, mutta meilla ei ollut mitaan makeeta niinku chocolate chipseja tai muita. Sitten paatin, etta leivon sampyloi, koska kuulosti niin hyvalta just uunista tulleet palleroiset, ah!

No, halusin teha porkkanajuustosambyloi, mut ei meil ollu porkkanaa. Spottasin jaakaapissa pussin pinaattia, ja paatin heittaa sita sinne joukkoon. Elikkas, ohje tulee tassa:

semmonen pussillinen kuivahiivaa (kuulemma ne on 11 gramman pakkauksissa, mut taalla ne on 7 gramman pussei, joten heitin kaks sellast.)
1/2 l kuumaa vetta
2 rkls Honung, eli hunajata
1tl suolaa
n. 11 dl jauhoi (ma laitoin 8dl taysjyvajauhoi, loput valkosii)
1 rkl oljyva
Mita ikina haluu laittaa sekaan, ma laitoin pieneks pilkottua tuoretta pinaattia. (noin kolme desia) Voi siis laittaa esim porkkanaa, tai mita nyt ikina halajaa...
Laitoin myos italianyrttimaustetta vahasen (n. 1tl)

Ja sitte ma tein nain: Heitin hiivat kulhoon pienen jauhomaaran kanssa (n. 1rkl), kaadoin paalle vedet, heitin sekaan suolan ja hunajan, sekottelin vahan ja annoin sen seista noin 10 min, kunnes siihen paalle tuli semmonen vaahto. Sitte sekaan jauhot ja muut harpakkeet, sekottelin kaikki puukauhalla (en siis vaivannu kasilla).

Laitoin kulhon paalle talouspaperia ja pistin koko kulhon suljettuun mikroon (ei mikroa paalle! :D) Siella se nokotti noin 25 min.
Taikina poydalle, vahan lisaa jauhoa, et se ei tartu joka paikkaan, sitte taikina rullalle, josta leikkasin semmosia hyvankokosia palasia (mul tuli 15 palaa.) Pyorittelin sampyloiks, laitoin pellille, paperit taas paalle, uuni paalle (225C) ja pullerot sai kohota sen aikaa et uuni on lammin. Ennen ky tyonsin uuniin, sivelin sampylat viileella vedella, heitin paalle juustoraastetta, sit uuniin vahan yli kymmenen minsaa.

Sit eiku syomaan, nami nam!
(Voi olla et soin noit muutaman, mut nehan on ihan terveellisia, heh. :))

Mites, onks tammoset kokkailupostaukset joskus kivoja, vai jatetaanko taa ihan vaan tahan yhteen?

Phew.

2011-04-18T14:00:00.001-06:00

Remember when I told you about our tickets to China?
Well, we still have them, but there were a couple little bumps on the road... namely, my green card trouble. My card expires at the end of this month, so we are right in the middle of removing the conditions of the card. (the first one you get is only valid for two years, and then after that you have to prove you are still happily married to get the conditions removed and get a more permanent card, I think ten year one.)
Well. You also need a visa to go to China. Does not matter how long you stay, you need one. China needs to see proof that I am legally allowed to come back to the country to grand me a visa to their country... so they need to check out my green card, and since it is expiring before we leave, I did not have anything to show them.
I read from forums that people usually get a receipt saying that their card is extended for a year (during the process of getting the actual, permanent card) so that you can still work and travel. We were waiting and waiting for the receipt, and my biometrics notice even came before that. About a week ago we went to visit the immigration office here in Salt Lake to try and figure out what we should do. They checked their data and said that we had been sent the receipt a long time ago, but we had never seen it come. They were nice and sent a request to send a new copy of it, and it just came in the mail!!! I be so happeee right now :) I have not been able to be excited about this trip because I was not a 100% sure that it could happen. Ok, I guess I am still not a 100% sure since we still have to apply for the visas to go there, but I would assume it is not that difficult, just a formality..
But now we need to actually plan our way around... we haven't even started planning anything, and it is less than a month away! Time to get busy.

perhaps you can sense my joy..? :)

16- First Kiss

2011-04-16T09:48:00.002-06:00

Hmm. Not sure what to tell about this...
Well it was:
-At the BYU campus
-During youth conference
-On a couch
-Nice&Sweet
-A bit nerve wrecking cause it had been long coming...
(and I was 18... That's sort of old for first kiss?)
Oh, and I was wearing a blue BYU t-shirt and black Nike pants. I had just gotten my braces out so my teeth were so straight! :D (Wish that had lasted...)

that's about it. I think I got lot better at kissing after that though, ha ha :)

15 - Dreams

2011-04-13T10:53:00.002-06:00

✦ Learning to love myself even better

✦ Making an impact

✦ Traveling the world

✦ Being a Mommy

✦ Living, Loving, Growing old happy

✦ Living in peace with myself, the world, and people around me

Challenge 13&14

2011-04-12T10:35:00.001-06:00

13 – Tällä viikolla/This week: Well, it's only Tuesday... but yesterday I felt like I needed to put something bad for me in my belly. So I made some lettuja. (crepes)

But they were healthy versions with whole wheat flour and such ;)

Today I am going to go to school (and I'm kinda in a hurry!) and tomorrow I better study, because I have my Business class final on Thursday. I also need to write a paper tomorrow for my sociology class, which I have been putting off until the last day because I just don't know where to even start on that one. Then Thursday it's school again all day... and no plans for the weekend really. Probably a movie, like usual.

14 – Mitä minulla oli päällä tänään?/What I wore today:

Let's pretend the picture is meant to look like that... uh...

But new pants I got this weekend. I got a couple new things, cause it was 50% off of already on sale items at Old Navy :) (We got like 3 sacks of clothes for 70 bucks, not bad at all.)

12- In my purse

2011-04-10T16:23:00.001-06:00

Not gonna lie, I was a little bit scared to look inside of the bag... my bags tend to

attract all sorts of weird items usually ;)

But it wasn't quite as bad as I thought! (I still did a bit of cleaning after this though!)

What's inside?

-Different lip things, balms and such

-Pen and a pencil

-Doggy poop bags :D

-Keys

-Nail polish remover pads

-Various tickets to different events&their programs...

-Various hair thingies, bobby pins and whatnot

-Memo pad thingy

-10 euro cents, and a dollar in change!

-Phone

-Wallet

-Nail polish (another interesting item..)

-Tanning lotion

-Bikinis...

What's in your bag?

10&11 Today's outfit & My siblings

2011-04-07T10:15:00.002-06:00

What I wore:

My Siblings: My five sisters. You can read about them here. They are all one of the most important people in my life. I miss each one of them almost every day. Sometimes when they have hard times I wish I could just take all of their burdens on me from them so they didn't have to suffer :( It is hard being so far away and not being able to just give a big hug, or spending a girls night in, or be part of their get-togethers, etc...

I have been spoiled by all of my sisters. I love seeing pictures of my oldest sister spending time with me when I was little. She strolled me around with her friends when I was just a little one. I love seeing that because otherwise we haven't gotten to spend that much time together because she left home when I was quite young.
I love memories of spending time with my second oldest sister when she had moved away from home. One time she gave me a certificate that I could use for a sleepover at her place. I thought it was so exciting that she lived away with roommates, and I loved our time together. We got treats, watched a movie and stayed up later than usual. My handicapped sister always writes very nice things about me, but sometimes she calls me a clown, or a pig (if I burp:)) but that's okay too.

My middle sister has these three awesome kids that are a handful but she manages to work and have time for family as well. She is a bit neurotic, to the point of hilarious :) One time I agreed to go shopping with her.. we practically went through every single store in the mall once, some twice. And I can't remember if she found what she was looking for.. more likely not than yes though. I got a cute bag though ;)
And the second youngest of the bunch. Well you already heard about her. She's the bomb.com!

Love them all thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much! :)

9 - Uskoni/My beliefs

2011-04-06T12:26:00.001-06:00

I have started to do this a couple of times. This is a bit difficult subject for some reason, and even though I really do not care what people think about me or my beliefs, I also don't want to get judged by the choices that I have made for myself.
I have been raised in the mormon religion (LDS, some more info here) But have sort of strayed. I am grateful though to have been taught important values, and taught that I am loved by our Heavenly Father. I will always believe in a higher power, even though some might think it is superstition or foolish, it is what gives me comfort and hope. I believe in learning scientific reasons and explanations as well as learning that life is also a spiritual journey. I believe in being a good person to others as well as to yourself.
Most of all, I really wish that people could see past religions and beliefs and be accepting of each other. It is really sad that so many disputes and wars are being fought because of what people believe in, and being in the mindset that everyone should adapt to something that YOU think is right. That is why I love this bumper sticker I have seen on some cars here:

Shoppity

2011-04-04T21:43:00.001-06:00

Today...

I drank.

I ate.

and shopped. a little.

shoes.

better lighting on shoes. These were actually needed.

blue dress. bad picture, sorry.

another dress, which I luuv. No doubt this will be a piece of clothing seen on me a lot in the summertime!

(this was on sale at forever21, so prob a lot of people here have it... but at least in Finland I can be a bit unique :))

I also listened to a jackhammer for half of the day today... after more than five hours, luckily the man came to bring me the car, taking the bike back to work. So I went to some stores, and found some needed things, and also cute things.

Also, my lungs hurt. On Thursday I got a sore throat, and after that I have just been waiting for the sickness to kick in. It started kind of slow, but now my head is just full of snot, and I have a cough that hurts the lungs :( Very annoying and also aggravating that I don't have enough energy to work out either..

When I get better, I might babble about some of my exercises here because I deleted my other blog that was supposed to be for that, but it didn't get updated in a month, so I decided I might as well do it here if I am going to. Just so you know.

8 Hetki/Moment

2011-04-03T10:17:00.001-06:00

There are about a million and one moments in life that are precious. So here is just one of them. September. Switzerland. Just married. Husband. Husband. (weird word at the time, now it comes out easily..) Beautiful mountains, beautiful weather, beautiful life as newlyweds. Happiness. Joy. Love. ♥

31 Challenge, no. 7/My Best Friend

2011-04-01T10:46:00.001-06:00

If I had to had to just name one best friend, it would probably be the man. He is the one I get to go to every time I need a friend. He knows everything about me, he notices if something is wrong, he tries to comfort and be there for me every step of the way. He supports me with school and lets me know how proud of me he is, and it really helps me to keep going. I can be 100% myself around him, and even if he teases me about being an oddball or a weirdo, he still loves me :)

But because I like to break the rules sometimes, I will also tell about my oldest best friend. We go way back to elementary school. Even though we live on the opposite sides of the globe, when we see each other, it is always just as easy to talk to each other. We don't keep in touch very much in everyday life but sometime if we happen to be on skype the same time, we might talk about absolutely nothing for a couple of hours. She has the most beautiful daughter in the world, and sometimes it's sad I don't get to be there to see her grow :( But I can't wait to see them in a couple of months!

I don't have a picture of us recently, but here's her sweet girl from ages ago (I can't remember if it was Christmas 2009 or kinda spring of 2010...something like that anyways :P)

Also, my sister is someone who I call a best friend. We have become so during adulthood... I guess no one really is very good friends with their siblings growing up, but now we are really close, and out of everyone back home I know that it is hardest for her that I am so far away.. I remember when I came here as an exchange student, and I called home during Christmas time, everyone was happy to talk to me, but she would only talk a little bit, then after I talked to her my dad picked up the phone and told me that she had gone to another room cause she was so sad :( awwwss. We have kind of a unique relationship. We can just sit there for hours together, each reading a book or watching tv, and not saying anything to each other. We don't need to. We know. :)

our feet after her music festival, 2nd time for me :)

Huh.

2011-03-31T22:31:00.001-06:00

Maaliskuu30 from sanni elison on Vimeo.
Joo etta semmonen sitte. Yritin laittaa tan jo eilen, mut juutuupi ei tykannu musta, joten saatte nyt vahan jalkikateen ihastella mun ulosantia...huhhu
Mut siis tanaan toi kaameus on ohi! Pidettiin meian esitelma ja se meni kai ihan okei... ei se nyt mitaan esitelmien aatelia ollu, mut kuhan tuli tehtya! Ja kai se tekstiosuus painaa enemman kupissa (toivottavasti, koska vietin parit yot unettomana sen takia). Nyt ois enaa yks essee ja pari koetta, ja mulla alkaa vappaus :)

Uhh. Yeah. :) I look like a walrus, and I am speaking Finnish so if you don't understand, very sorry.
Felt more natural to speak Finnish for some reason. Anyways, people here always ask me to speak Finnish to them when I meet them, so here is a good sample of what it sounds like. I don't tell anything exciting, just about my day, dumb babble, so you're not really missing out, I promise.
I had a presentation today in my business class about which I am so so so glad it is over! I am pretty much done with all the school crap. Only one paper and a couple (easy) tests and I am freeee :)

four,five,six,my day mix

2011-03-29T23:21:00.001-06:00

Time for 4&(5)&6 - My day, what I ate, and what is love? (hmm) of the challenge! So this is my day, and of course what I ate... that's the most important part of the day anyways, right? :)

I wake up to my alarm. Annoying, I don't even need to wake up that early but for some reason my brain has decided that I need to wake up a little after 8am. Also the dog thinks I need to get up and feed him. So he fusses. So I get up, let the dogs for a pee, and feed them.
I also feed myself.

Then I waste a lot of time reading blogs, my e-mail, facebook, etc. At some point I decide to get dressed and put on my face mask. (which doesn't cover the real face well enough... :P)

Time to go to school. So I head. Go to class, get out of class, study for a test, go take a test.. look at the time, I still have about an hour until my next class, I am right next to my car coming out from the testing center, so I choose to skip my psychology class and just go run some errands instead.

Oh, I did eat lunch at school, leftover chinese

I went and got myself new mascara, and found a cute top on sale for 5bucks. At the register I spotted something interesting, a new candy bar... When I tried it first I thought it was a bit gross, but then after a few bites I liked it and ate the whole thing :D

I came home from adventures, tried on my new shirt and discovered that the other armpit hole stinks :( So gross, in the wash it went. (and weirdly enough, just the other one stunk, not both of them, what the what?)

Anyways. The man came home, I made dinner. After dinner I went to Zumba, came back home and watched It's always sunny in Philadelphia. That was my day.

Dinner:

and yes, I know I eat as healthy as a fat kid on Christmas, but stop judging! ;)

Ok. So then to the question, what is love?

Here's my take on it: Well I guess it's sticking with someone whose little flaws make you a bit crazy inside, but because you love em, you can't complain (a lot). :D Unconditional love ♥

31 Challenge

2011-03-28T09:38:00.001-06:00

I decided to do this challenge for 30 days that has been going on is some blogs. I don't want to do one a day though, so I will do a couple in a post. I am not one to write a novel about a simple question, so I will do it like this. Hopefully everyone isn't sick of these challenge things already cause at one point every blog was doing them!

1 - Esittele itsesi/Introduce yourself:
2 – Eka rakkaus/First Love:
3 – Minun vanhempani/My parents:
4 – Tätä olen syönyt tänään/This is what I have eaten today:
5 – Mitä on rakkaus?/What is love?:
6 – Minun päiväni/My Day:
7 – Paras ystäväni/My best friend:
8 – Se hetki/That moment:
9 – Uskoni/My beliefs/religion:
10 – Päivän asu/Today's outfit:
11 – Sisarukseni/My siblings: My five sisters.
12 – Käsilaukussani/In my purse:
13 – Tällä viikolla/This week:
14 – Mitä minulla oli päällä tänään?/What I wore today:
15 – Unelmani/My dreams:
16 – Eka suudelmani/First kiss:
17 – Mieleisin muistoni/Best memory:
18 – Mieleisin syntymäpäiväni/My favorite birthday:
19 – Kaduttaa/I regret:
20 – Tässä kuussa/This month:
21 – Toinen hetki/Another moment:
22 – Tämä järkyttää minua/This shocks me:
23 – Tämä saa minut voimaan paremmin/This makes me feel better:
24 – Tämä saa minut itkemään/This makes me cry:
25 – Ensimmäinen/First:
26 – Pelkään/Afraid of:
27 – Suosikkipaikkani/My favorite place:
28 – Ikävöin/I miss:
29 – Tähän pyrin/A goal:
30 – Soittolistallani/On my playlist:
31 – Viimeinen hetki/Last moment:

Here's the couple first ones:

1 - Esittele itsesi/Introduce yourself: I am Sanni. I am a Finn. I live in the United States with my pretty awesome husband (only just pretty awesome because he has not learned how to change a toilet paper roll, or how not to leave clothes lying around the bathroom floor, or how to pick up trash from gum/popcorn packet/whatever little piece and put it in the trash can instead of leaving those laying around too..) our 2 furry beasts, and one kid who stays a day in a week and every other weekend. I go to school. School's usually fun, except when my advisor yells at me and tells me to get going on math, then I take some assessment test that tells me I do math at a 5th grade level. That's when school is stressing and bumming me out a bit. I also cook. I have gotten pretty good at it, and now I can even cook some things without a recipe, woo! :) That's pretty much my life. Nice to meet you.

I am also getting old.. look at all those wrinkles ;(

2 – Eka rakkaus/First Love: I am still living my first love. The love story has been posted on this blog before. I married my first love, hoping it lasts :)

3 – Minun vanhempani/My parents: Are awesome, of course. They are a bit older than people would think that a woman of my age would have. They made me as their do-it-yourself granddaughter ;) My dad is totally a handyman, and in my eyes he can fix everything. Usually you can spot him either on his chair, with his belly in the air watching a TV show or helping someone else do something. My mom used to be going all over the place all the time.. now she has problem walking, so she plays that cafe game on Facebook :D She is also very blunt, sometimes to the point of annoying. If I go to visit she might have blurt out how much I have gained weight, etc... Usually I don't get offended though, that's just her style.

Hmm

2011-03-27T09:19:00.001-06:00

When the floor looks like this...

the guilty is never too far away...

Busted!

Someone needs to come up with a dog toy that lasts longer than two minutes in the teeths of these beasts.

Beauties

2011-03-26T17:57:00.000-06:00

So this is totally something different to my blog, but seemed like a fun thing to do (at the point when I thought it would be fun, I didn't realize how much time making separate little collages would take...)

fastforlove Meri did this in her blog after listing the hot men, she listed her top women as well.

I think men are a bit boring, but I came up with my top 9 list of beautiful women.

9. Kat Von D I think she looks pretty amazing in that picture with all her tattoos covered, but also think that the tattoos are a part of her, what make her uniquely beautiful. I wish I could do my makeup as awesome as her! I do think she is a little bit dumb, but it is amazing how far she has actually gotten in her own business with as little brains as she has :D

8. Shannon Woodward She reminds me of that girl from Firefly, the mechanic.. a little bit. She's not really a classic beauty but there's is just some thing about her that makes her very cute.

7. Rachel Nichols There's two people on my list that are blonde, and two that are from Alias. She is both.

8. Emmy Rossum She is sort of a new crush of mine.. She is on this shameless show, and in it she always looks tired and without makeup, and sort of worn out, but I just watched some interviews with her, and she is totally hot in real life! And her smile could just light up a room or another.

7. Dianna Agron She is totally beautiful, plus she can sing! The only other blonde that makes the list.. What is up with me only liking brunettes? :)

6. Alexis Bledel One word: The cutest. (fine, two if you want to get technical.)

5. Kaya Scodelario Just... I don't know. Well first of all, those eyes. Secondly, everything else.

4. Kate Beckinsale Kate's the hottest vampire ever. Pretty much sums it up. (totally beats those cullen nerds fair and square! :P)

1. Jennifer Garner My lady crush no. 1. She will always be Sydney Bristow to me... Alias is one of my all time favorite shows, and of course because of her. She was just this awesome girl kicking everyone's butt! She just always looks so sweet, and I think she would be a nice person.

Her only flaw is that she has horrible taste in men :D (yeah, I think Ben Affleck is a clown..)

Get in my BELLY!

2011-03-25T12:57:00.001-06:00

I decided to do a little post series about my favorite places to get food from. Eating is one of my favorite things in life, right after sleeping :) I am a lazy slob that could just sit and eat good food all day long. Unfortunately I don't have the money or the genes to be able to do that without turning into a horizontal giant.

Mostly I cook at home. In the past we have been spending A LOT of money eating out all the time. We decided we are trying to be better at it, so I make a shopping list and a menu for a week that I then cook, then I eat leftovers for lunch at home and school (but the man still usually goes out to lunch, hmph :P) Usually what I make ends up being pretty good, and the man says that sometimes when he goes out to eat now, it just doesn't taste as good because he knows he could get better at home, sweet.

This is where the magic happens:

So when there is a special occasion, or we just feel like we need a night out, where do we head?

Well, one of my absolute favorites is La Jolla Groves. This is not a chain restaurant, so people from anywhere else than orem/provo area have no idea what I am talking about.

So this restaurant has that sort of "gourmet" restaurant feel to it, without the jacked up prices. Their portions are not huge, but they do fill you up. They use as much local organic products as possible, and everything tastes amazingly fresh and awesome.

My absolute favorite is the mushroom appetizer. I could eat a dozen of those things! (the plate comes with 4 I think, not enough! :D)

Fair warning: if you are on a low carb diet or some ridiculousness, tell them not to bring their bread to the table. Cause otherwise they will. Lots of it. And it is yummy. And afterwards you've discovered you've eaten more bread on that one visit than you usually do during an entire month (Ok, I dunno about anyone else, but I just usually don't eat a lot of bread.) and you still have some to take home with you.

inside the restaurant. Under the lemon trees.

(pic from here)

So, this is just one of many places that I like to dine at. I will come up with more when I actually go out to eat sometime again, deal? (or does anyone care? :))

What did I do?

2011-03-21T15:06:00.001-06:00

Over spring break I thought I could get a little bit ahead on my school work... work on some Psychology assignments, work on my business project etc... Today I am woken up to the fact that I have a huge presentation due on Thursday, and should be doing something for my business project because meeting my group tonight to talk about it. I thought I was over this procrastinating thing. Apparently it ain't so...

so my life :D

Okay, I did almost finish my project for Thursday... and apparently I don't know how to prioritize either because I need to do stuff for this meeting... aaaarrhghghghgh! Help!?

Some day I am going to post something worthwhile, I promise!

Spring Break&Princess Party

2011-03-16T11:28:00.001-06:00

My Spring Break started today, and I have a hundred and one little assignments due by the beginning of next week. So not that much of a break really at all. We can't really go do anything either because the man has to work and stuff. So I have time to do my homework, what an awesome vacation time, eh?...

I am also jealous. My sister just got invited to my niece's princess birthday party. I didn't get invited! Not that I could have made it either... Now everyone else gets to be a princess but me, how unfair! :)

I would have been a very pretty princess with a tiara...

(:D this is from last summer, when I went home

and was crowned the homecoming queen. Please bear

in mind I had just spent a lot of time on airplanes/ports...)

And I would totally wear a princess dress! something like this..

(haha, sorry, inside joke w/ the Finns :))

And of course eat pink cake!

(from cakewrecks)

Anywways. Hope my niece, the princess of all princesses, has a great princess party :)

The LööV story (part 2)

2011-03-11T19:06:00.002-07:00

Where did we leave off again? Oh yeah, I am in Finland.
This is a difficult time. All I want is to go back to the man, but all my family is saying is that I should totally move on, forget about him.
To my family's defense. He was significantly older than me, divorced, father, not interested in the religion that is very important to my family... In their eyes, not the most eligible bachelor. But I was just missing him like crazy, and needed a way to get back. If not to live with this guy for forever, but see how we are together, if things work between us, and continue to work as good as we started.

I started looking into getting to school here. I applied to BYU but was not accepted so decided to come to Provo College (the man kind of talked me into doing this, so let's blame him for the un-success I had there).
I found a way to come back and was happy again. Until school was starting to be a total pain. I was studying graphic design which is very interesting, but requires quite a bit of artistic talents that I do not possess. I went for a year, and after that my student visa expired. I came back again, but this time I already had plans to come back as soon as I could, just with a visa waiver.
I guess a lot happened during this time. My family still worried about me, wanting me to go back home and leaving the man... I was trying to distance myself a bit and maybe date around a little, but I was too addicted already :) Didn't really work out like that.

(pic from we♥it.com)

After a little over a year of dating, the man proposed. At that time I was here on my student visa that was about to expire, so we decided to go and get married in Finland. This is how the proposal story went: I had this electrical bunny that you could send messages to, and it would say them out loud. Once it said something like "the man was not brave enough and asked me to ask you if you would marry him." Next to the bunny was a big bouquet of flowers and a ring box. He then got on knee(s?) and presented.. :D I think I said yes right away? I don't remember, I really wanted to wear the ring, so pretty sure I did ;)

We got engaged on my birthday in May 2007, and then got married first of September same year. In Finland. On an island. And it was pretty awesome, but mainly I was relieved when it was over and I just got to spend time with my man.

After the wedding and the honeymoon, we came back to the states. I came on a visa waiver, and we thought we could change my status here, which was not the case. I would have had to go back to Finland by myself, and who knows how long I would have needed to stay. So instead, we decided to move to Finland! It was supposed to be for good, but I didn't get into a school I wanted, and the man was feeling pretty terrible having to be apart from his daughter such a long time. So after a year in Finland, we moved back again. This was a lot of moving, especially across the Atlantic ocean... Yet I am still ready to do it again if I have a chance to move back closer to home.

So now we have lived here a little over two years, and who knows where we will be in another couple of years... :)

Headless

2011-03-10T23:23:00.001-07:00

I need to talk a little bit about Harmons if that is alright with you guys?

First of all. I hate grocery shopping. I am always cranky and mad and very angry when I need to go do it,especially by myself. It seems like I never find all the items that are on my list, and then end up needing to go again soon because I did not find something that I needed the first time around! Very frustrating indeed. And also, at some stores (wal mart) the seafood section leaves something (a lot) to be desired.

So, you can probably see where I am heading with this... ?

Well, if you don't, let me tell you. This hatred of shopping goes everywhere, except Harmons. I am in love with that store. They have very clear sections of organic vegetables in the vegetable sections, they have berries that do not look like they were picked last summer, they have a small section of "health foods," and if I really need someone to point me to the direction of the dried onions/coconut milk/peas/whatevers, I can usually find someone pretty easy.

Also, this is a place I need to go shopping by myself. Well, I don't need to, but it is funner that way. Last time I went, I probably spent an hour there, just wandering around and looking around for interesting items or just noticing how things were put in display differently.

These chocolate covered bears are a new acquaintance. I knew about them before, but have not tried them until they hopped in my cart at Harmons. Silly critters. Anyways, to my surprise, I kinda like them.

And! Look what else I found. To the Finns reading this, this might sound weird, because every store in Finland carries basil, but so not the case here! Once I was looking for basil, ended up going to a couple of different stores, found a box of basil leaves that cost almost 5dollars, left it in the fridge for two days and it had already gone bad. So this, my dears, I call a victory! (Now I just gotta try to keep it alive, anyone have a green thumb and have some suggestions?)

How I got stuck in Utah (part 1)

2011-03-09T11:42:00.001-07:00

This is going to be long. I think.

(So, this is just part 1.)

When I was in high school, a family that my family knew suggested that I go and take a year being a foreign exchange student and that I could go live with them. I was very hesitant, I had always been kind of a homebody. I am such a mommy's and daddy's girl that I thought I couldn't do it without being terribly homesick. My sisters kind of pushed me into it though, and I was kind of forced. Anyways, it was a great year. After some time of being the outsider and a bit awkward, I got awesome friends and actually ended up being the date of the prom king ;) Oh, and yeah, this was in Utah.

After my year I came back to Finland to finish high school. I was a year behind of people who I had been friends with before, and felt a little bit lonely. I did have some friends and had some fun times, but still when they went out to bars to drink and dance, I was always the "sensible" one because I was a good Mormon girl :)
So I spent lots of time online... just chatting to people, and there was this Mormon chat site where I got to "know" people pretty well because of how much I spent my time there. One time I was at that chat site again, when someone came in and advertised another chat site. I went to check it out, and ended up talking to that advertising guy on messenger. We got to talking a lot, and it went on to him "introducing" me to a couple of his friends, the other one being the man.

Fast forward a little.. I was done with high school, did not get into any schools that I applied to, not getting any work and just sitting home being boring, and bored. These two guys who I had been talking to online said that they would buy me plane tickets to come spend some time in Utah. Maybe check out if I wanted to go to school there or something. Of course I was hesitant at first, but I had talked to them for enough time that I pretty much knew they weren't going to be psychos, besides I thought I could just spend time with my friends from high school, so I accepted. My family of course thought I was crazy, and perhaps I was a bit. But I just thought of it as a free ticket to go see my friends!

So I flew out, my friend came to pick me up from the airport, and I stayed with them for a couple of days. She lived in a house with 3(?) girl roommates, and after about three days I was ready to just get out of there for a bit! So I called the man and asked him if he wanted to do something. We went to the movies, and it was just like picking up where you left off with an old friend... even though it was the first time we had ever met in real life, we had talked so much online that we pretty much could say we knew each other.

We hung out a lot, just as friends. Then something happened. He had a date one night, and I was totally devastated. I cried the whole night... and didn't talk to him when he got back from the date because I was afraid that it had gone too well. Oh boy, what a dork :) But anyways, that was when I noticed that there was something else there than just friendship. Well, at least for me. And of course I couldn't just TALK to him about it..but drop subtle hints, flirt a bit and such. This was such an awkward time :D But one night we were watching Gilmore girls, and he was next to me on the couch, and he took my hand! (gasp!) So we were holding hands, cuddling on the couch. I don't remember how much later, but we had just finished watching the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and we kissed. So this became a regular occurrence, the kissing that is :)

BUT. Then I had to go home. This was pretty devastating. We had just gotten to that stage of being "girlfriend and boyfriend" and now we were going to be separated. Well, I had no choice really, so I came home, not knowing when or if we were going to see each other again....

dun dun dun... to be continued! :)

Words.

2011-03-07T11:54:00.002-07:00

I am a master in titling my work! :D

Once I asked for some ideas about blog posts, and I didn't really get any, until Katz from the City sent me this comment
"Hmmm... Let me think a little... I'm curious about your surroundings, maybe some posting about your house (I'm doing tour of our house room by room in my blog), your neighborhood and what it looks like, your favorite things, shops, restaurants, hobbies, passions and so on. Eli siina muutama ideanpoikanen...

Hauskaa viikonloppua ja terveisia aurinkoisesta Nykista!!!"

I was actually thinking about doing the surroundings one before, but I would like it to stop snowing before I go out and take my camera to places. Yeah I'm a big wuss like that :) But definitely will do that sometime soon!

And my passion is food! So I am going to do a post about my favorite places to eat here too. Right now we are trying to not eat out as much though, that's why there's been a bit more pictures of my cookings.

So thanks to Katz for some ideas!

Then to this weekend. Like I said on Friday, we were thinking about going to Wendover to just for something to do. We called our dog sitter, and he was totally full so we thought that we couldn't go. I searched for some backup sitters, and found out that this vet clinic close to us do boarding as well, and it said 17bucks for a day, so it did not seem that much... I guess I should have read it a little more carefully, cause it was indeed 17 dollars for a day, not 24 hours. So we ended up paying almost 70 bucks for about 20 hrs of boarding!!! (plus some shots that they had to give them to be taken there.) Whereas if our regular sitter would have had room, we would have paid exactly 20 bucks for both dogs. So no more boarding there... guess we cannot be impulsive, and just try to plan ahead and call Kenny (our regular sitter) early enough!

Anyways we had some fun in Wendover... we ran into some funny people. Two of a bit older couples, about middle aged, and the other lady was celebrating the removal of her uterus... and she was not shy to announce it to people, ha ha!

Last time we were there, the man was doing pretty well at the roulette table but this time he had lost all his money in a couple hours... just wasn't his night! I was just sticking with the machines and my favorite, JokerPoker :D

Otherwise the weekend went pretty lazily. We played a game of Arkham horror on Saturday night because our regular Descent campaign group was short of one player, and we are about to enter a legendary dungeon (oh boy I sound so geeky right now that I kind of embarrass myself :D) so we did not want to exclude him from that.

Yesterday did some yoga again. I noticed these couple times that I have gone again that I have gotten a little less flexible, but also I have gotten stronger in my arms and core, so I am pretty happy. The flexibility will come back too after awhile!

And of course I don't even have any pictures.

Except of these nails that I did last night

Couple Newbies

2011-03-02T14:18:00.002-07:00

I allowed myself some shopping on Monday. I haven't shopped in a looooong time, so it was good for my soul, ok?

I discovered these "box shirts" flowy, boxy, whatevs. I always thought that I would look like a fat lard in one of those because they don't really show any of the shape in your body, but decided to try one on anyways, and developed a crush. Both only cost $5, so not a big loss from the wallet either. And also represented is a purple glitter nail polish that I got, on top of black nail polish. Think it looks pretty cool.

Oh, and I was in love with yesterday. The weather was awesome, and I did very well on a test, and my classes were fun, and I couldn't stop smiling :) Today's not so bad either, but it is a lot colder than yesterday, and I have a load of homework to do which I thought I would do before the weekend so I would have a little mini vacay! We were talking about perhaps heading over to Wendover, so we will see what happens...

Something Gorgeous

2011-03-01T23:01:00.000-07:00

Hihii, Anni on kiva ja heitti mua tallasella:

“The Gorgeous Blogger -palkinto on suunnattu kaikille upeille bloggaajille. Jokainen vastaa viiteen blogiinsa liittyvään kysymykseen ja jakaa tämän palkinnon viidelle, jotka mielestään sen ansaitsevat.“

Milloin aloitit blogisi?
Alotin muuten ensimmaisen blogini vuonna 2004. Eli niinsanotusti olin aikaani edella. Mut taa nykynen on alotettu Maaliskuun 7. paiva, viime vuonna. Eli koht ois yksvee syntskat!

Mistä kirjoitat blogissasi, mitä kaikkea se käsittelee?

No kaikesta tylsasta. Oon innostunu jostain syysta ottaa kuvii kaikist poperoista, joten tanne on ilmaantunu aika paljon ruokakuvii.. En kyl jaksais mitaa ruokablogii pitaa, mut saan kai pitaa ruokakuvablogia, vahan niinku?

Kirjotan sit jotain jos teen jotain. Tai vaik en teekaan mitaan. Nii.

Mikä seikka tekee blogistasi erityisen verrattuna muihin?

No enpa usko etta taa mikaan originellielli on! Samaa haipakkaa kai nama kaikki on. Mut ei kukaan muu voi pitaa blogii mun elamast, tai voi, mut ei ehka kannata? :D

Mikä sai sinut aloittamaan blogin kirjoittamisen?

No sillon 2004 Becki kaski. :) Ja sit uudelleensyntyminen sytty ku oli tylsaa, luin muita blogei ja aattelin, et voisin taas koklaa!

Mitä haluaisit muuttaa blogissasi?

No voisin olla vahan kiinnostavampi, mut ku en oikeesti oo, ni mita sita yrittamaan. Ja voisin osata jotenki kirjotella jostain oikeista aiheista, mut en oo mikaan kynaniekka, ni ei tipu!
(Ja voisin haluta semmosen tyylikkaan ulkoasun niinku joillain, mut enhan ma SITAKAAN osaa! :D Olkoon.

Ja tamanhan on jo kaikki tehny? Eiko ookki? Jos ei oo, ja ma luen sun blogii, ni tee! On hyva blogi jos ma luen sita, ja ansaitsee gorgeous- palkinnon! :)

Ja samma pa svenska, eiku...

I got this acknowledgement called the Gorgeous blogger from Anni, and with it came some questions to answer about my blog. Thanks Anni! :)

"The Gorgeous Blogger award is awarded to all awesome bloggers. You must answer the five questions regarding your blog and then pass the award on to five others you think deserve this award."

1. When did you start your blog?
I actually started a blog in 2004! Not this one, the older one, but I was ahead of my time.. And this one was born last year. On the 7th it's this blog's 1 year birthday!

2. What do you write about?
I write about everything boring. For some reason lately I have been taking pictures of various foods, cause it's kinda fun..I wouldn't have the energy for a food blog, but I can keep a food picture blog, right?
Then I write about stuff that I do. Or even if I don't do anything. yup.

3. What makes your blog special?
Well I don't think this is anything original really. Same crap in a different form, or something :P Well, I guess no one else could quite write about my life like I myself can, or you never know, anyone want to try? Don't.

4. What made you want to start writing a blog?
In 2004 Becki told me to.
Later or when the blog was brought back to life, it was because I was bored and reading other blogs as well, and thought maybe it could cure some of the boredom?

5. What would you like to change in your blog?
Well, I'd like to be a little more interesting but since I am not, I'm not gonna try! And then I would like to be able to write about important matters and such, but I am not a very good writer, so nope to that too!
Whatever. This is fine.

And I should be passing this on to five people but pretty much everyone has already done this. SOoo, if you haven't, then do it :)

Weekend, again. Also...

2011-02-28T10:08:00.001-07:00

This is ridiculous. And I don't like it :(

Well that's how the weekend started. But the snow is gone now. The dogs love it when this happens. Conan goes out and comes back in a big snowball. Seriously all the snow just sticks to him like crazy and then it's a big snowy mess.
During the weekend I should have done a lot of this:

But instead I did all of this:

(ate & baked)

(yoga. except I wasn't as cute, aaaww :))

(watched the Oscars with friends... tied first in guessing who all the oscars go to. All of these I got right, the leading and supporting actors and actresses!)

Also went to the movies, the library, Mimi's cafe for lunch etc.

Pretty good weekend all in all, except for the lack of studying... today I gotta go take that test.. yikes!

Weekend

2011-02-21T16:10:00.001-07:00

came and went...
On Saturday I woke up before the man (this is a very rare occasion) and I thought since I was up, I would make him some yummy breakfast. I didn't have OJ though, so I made the waffle batter, and went to get the OJ. When I got back the man had woken up though, so then we cooked the rest of the breakfast together. But I was a good wife for making most of it anyways!

So that was Saturday morning when I was being all good housewife.. and then in the evening he left me to play his boardgames. Well, I totally said it was okay cause I know he really craves to play and he hadn't in awhile.

The rest of the weekend was just as eventful really.

And now I am sitting on the couch, have been for most of the day actually, and can't seem to muster up the energy to workout. :( I hate this feeling.

Be My Valentine

2011-02-14T10:11:00.002-07:00

We were celebrating Valentine's yesterday because today it would have been kind of dumb cause the man is just at work and it is also a nightmare trying to get somewhere to eat etc... Sooo here's our Valentine's day!

I got two packages wrapped in the Sunday comics, aaawwws! :)

and this is what was inside!

I didn't expect anything, and it was a total surprise. The shuffle is perfect for the gym!

We also tried to make ourselves prettified and headed to lunch at Carabba's!

calamari, mmm

and my marsala sirloin

the man's food looked like vomit in the picture. so I decided not to add it..

but it was so so so so good, I love Carabba's!

I kinda feel bad that I didn't get anything for the man... but today is the actual day, so basically I still would have time...hmmm.. I don't know.

But Happy Valentine's to all of you, and

Hyvaa Ystavanpaivaa myoskin!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Bad.

2011-02-12T12:40:00.001-07:00

My mind doesn't have room for this blog anymore. I don't know how to fix it either.

Here's one reason why it's not good for me to stay home three days a week... I get bored and this is what I do:

I eat, eat, eat & eat... and now I just got hungry.

Lunch time.

P.S. I don't like Lady Gaga's new single :(