bumobold star

Tampere, a view from Aili and Heikki's apartment

in Holiday Club. 

a weekend of sauna, swimming, wine and food! 

pamukaw

when she first came here, Amanda just rushed down the stairs and run around the kitchen, living room and our bedroom. lately, though, she wouldn't leave her comfort zone upstairs. she would give us that usual "lambing" when we go upstairs, when we give her food or when we clean her toilet, but she will never come with us downstairs. 

so jukka and i decided that she will start eating her food in the kitchen and she will sleep with us. we even provided an extra toilet for her so she wouldn't have to run upstairs when nature calls.

huh! well, she didn't run upstairs or anywhere else when it was time for her to pee, because she just peed right in the middle of our bed. i felt her paws scratching on the upper part of the blanket and when i turned to the other side i felt that warm, wet pool of Amanda's pee. i turned on the lights and jukka woke up. he brought Amanda back upstairs and we changed the sheets. in the middle of the night! 

i stared on the ceiling for about a couple of hours before going back to sleep. 

i was half awake when jukka said that he's going to work and asked if he'll take Fasu with him. i said no. Fasu can stay with me and i'll take for a walk. then i went back to sleep. 

at half past 8, i heard Fasu's steps going to the bedroom and i didn't move a bit. but after a heart beat, she was giving me kisses, sweet, but awful kisses! hahaha! i decided to get up and said good morning to Fasu. and just when i was awake and started to make food, she went back to her bed and wouldn't get up even if i tickle her kili-kili! just how nice is that?!

motherhood is equal to not having enough sleep.
 

 Fasu-su

 

 Amanda Kili

wish granted

a year ago, i wished for two things:

love and a cat...

and i got my wishes, with a bonus of a dog!

i couldn't ask for more.

 

thank you for coming into my life,

jukka, fasu and amanda

Fasu on ice

walked on ice today with the captain and Fasu. 

we went by ship on this lake in the summer,

so it's a totally new experience for me.

a panorama of the Lahti harbor

love does not consist in gazing at each other,

but in looking outward together in the same direction.

(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

kantahanay

jamming with berlin through skype yesterday evening. no distance can stop us from singing. hahaha!

happy 2015!

celebrated the new year with friends. 

thank you, ruby, jari, johanna and jasmin for the 

unlimited food and wine, never-ending talk and 

great company!

out of work

it's my second day off from work and for someone who hasn't been at home for a long time, even on the weekends, this momentary experience is making me feel restless.

it's funny, because when i am at work, all i think about is being at home, watching movies, sleeping, reading...but now that i am actually living it, i don't know what to do!

yesterday, i decided to go to the grocery store to buy some ingredients to make cookies and bread. i felt so lazy during the daytime that i managed to face the flour, eggs, butter, etc. late in the afternoon. when i was done, it was almost my bedtime. 

cut-out cookies with my favorite sprinkles

kurvapusti, which my captain has requested for me to make

the house smelled like pulla when jukka came home late from work. then he had a conversation with the pulla and he just can't stop eating them. oh, that sweet pulla boy!

now, i'm browsing on the net for some other cookie recipes. any suggestions?

Halloween, kalag-kalag and baking combo

while waiting for the captain and fasu-su to come home last friday evening, i had this crazy idea to put on some make-up to surprise them when they arrive. i was still putting on my whiskers when they came. when i came out of the room, the captain looked at me like a creature who came from middle earth. fasu didn't care at all..she was hungry! 

so, i convinced Jukka to put on the same make-up, too. he agreed, but we have to make and eat dinner first. right after dinner, he went out to prepare dodge because we will drive Henri and his friends to a party. i thought that he was just avoiding me so i couldn't paint his face. but when he came back to the living room, he was ready for my hands to mess with his face.

we picked up Henri with this look!

when we came back, we made some Christmas cookies

grandpa and grandma cookies! 

after baking, we found our comfort zones in the living room sofa. i slept while he watched F1's practice. i woke up at 1 am and we rinsed our painted faces.

the next day, we cleaned the front yard. all those fallen leaves have piled up and needed to be taken somewhere. we were done around 4, packed up our clothes and went to mummolandia. Aili and Heikki were already waiting for us. we drove first to Lahti cemetery to visit the grave of Jukka's granddad, then drove another 50 km to mantsala to visit his grandmother's grave.

i took this photo in mantsala cemetery

we were back in Lahti around 7. Jukka and I had sauna at his parents' house. i have to say that their sauna is the most beautiful sauna that i've ever been to. so we were there for almost an hour. 

when we were done, we went upstairs and had dinner with his parents. we said goodbye to them a few minutes before ten, then headed to Leena's place.

Leena and her friends are so ready to party!

we drove the girls to the city, headed home and hit the sheets.

the next day, was pulla-making day! Aili came to Kerintie in the afternoon and taught me how to bake Jukka's favorite bread. it was very challenging learning how to bake when the instructions were given in a totally strange language. hmmm...but the outcome was good and the pullas were served warm along with steaming cups of coffee!

Aili, the master baker and Jukka, the quality control freak!

weekends, are just getting better and better!

pangayaw

as usual, we just couldn't stay at home this weekend. this time, we went to Tampere, to visit Jade, Vesku and Pike's german shepherd-mixed-with-three-more-breeds, who will celebrate her first birthday by the end of this month. we were such in high spirits, as we started the rainy sunday morning with a nice breakfast (prepared by the Jukka) while watching the birds and squirrels eat their breakfast as well, on the apple tree just outside the kitchen window.

our dear border

the 140 km drive to Tampere went well. and before we knew it, we were at Pike and Vesku's place already.

Fasu and Jade. the captain and i are so proud of Fasu

for being such a good sport while playing with Jade.

after the baby had a doze of her playing vitamin, 

we drove further to Tampere's centrum and went

to Pyynikin Nakatorni, to enjoy the view from 

somewhere high, and squeezed ourselves in the small cafe

to have some coffee and a taste of their famous doughnuts.

a panorama from the top of the tower

on the way home, the captain insisted that we drop by

Hameenlinna so that he could check my bike. 

what a good weekend it was! 

 

duaw

this tiny bird was poking every part of the apple tree 

searching for food. 

sorry little bird...it's still too cold for me to come out

and bring you some nuts. 

come back in the afternoon, please...

pamahaw

 eating my breakfast para maging mas 

masigla, maliksi at masaya!

kaka miss

skype-ing with Berlin! i miss talking to and laughing with her.

tugnaw na naman

every morning before leaving the house, i always wonder how i'll manage the cold weather. well, i get a little warm when i walk to the bus stop. but standing there and waiting for the always-late-bus makes me feel so cold. then the one hour bus ride makes me feel warm. but when i get off and start to ride my bicycle for nearly 3 km to the kindergarten...ahhh, sometimes i just want to cry. almost all the time that i am cycling, i ask myself, why am i here? why do i have to bear this cold weather? of course, i know the answers to those questions. but i just can't help it sometimes. sigh!

today is tugnaw