Vacation

I've been in the eastern Finland for about two weeks now. I left my plastic covered home and came to stay here for my month long summer holiday. I've had my ups and downs here, but mainly it has been good.
I've stayed with my dad at our summer house, and now I'm staying with my mom. I'ts nice to see family but this 4 weeks in a row is proving to be a bit too much at times...;)


I've been thinking about the renovation, and still have to draw(yes I'll do it myself..omg) the blueprints of my kitchen renovation plans for the contractors. Hopefully that will be enough for them...I don't actually even understand why THEY need them, 'cause they have nothing to do with the kitchen part of the renovation. Weird. But they wan't them so I'll draw the blueprints for them.

This saturday I'm leaving to Stockholm with S, and last weekend we had a dog show in Seinäjoki...I drove 1400km that weekend, and I was exchausted after that. We had fun but it was really tirening. Stockholm should be fun! I'm just hoping that I won't spend too much money (as if...) like I usually do.

And 'cause I'm going to Helsinki this weekend, I'm going to visit my flat, and see what's going on there. I suppose atleast dust dust and more dust. But I wan't to take few pics of it's progress. 2,5 months to go, and after that we have to do the kitchen, so it will be near 3 months before I get to go back home. But I'm sure it's going to be worth it.Now I'll just try to relax, enjoy my summer holiday and hope for better weather!

Summer love

It's here! We've had a couple of days of pure heat in Helsinki. It was almost 30 degrees Celsius on the weekend. Perfect weather to gather up friends and go lounging by the seaside for the whole day.
Never mind the burned skin that's still itching! I'm about to leave Helsinki this weekend for over a month, so it was great to be able to enjoy the Helsinki summer a bit. I've been really feeling the summer this year. Previous summers it has felt like they just go by, and I haven't even noticed it but now I'm really getting a hang of it.

I've been packing my things this week. It's weird to try to think what I would like to wear for example in the beginning of September. It's going to be autumn then already! I feel like packing only summery stuff, so it's difficult to get my head around to think about warmer clothes. So far I've managed to pack one full BIG suitcase and a biggish bag of clothes and no end in site! I decided to pack everything that I feel like packing 'cause It'll be a agony to realize that I haven't packed something I would like to wear! So loads of clothes it is!
Three days to go, then it's bye bye. I'll be having an active summer so I think I won't get that bored...hopefully. I'll miss the opportunity just to call to a friend and do something with a short notice, but in a way it feels really nice to spend my summer holiday in my hometown. Now I'll just have to make that one big push and get everything ready before Sunday, so I'll have a nice new bathroom and kitchen when I come back home!

Pheww

I'm beyond the point of being tired, I'm knackered, exhausted, stressed out and angry. I'm trying to force myself to writing 'cause the few times I've tried before have ended really soon 'cause I've became so pissed of. This kind of renovation must be one of the most stressful situations that you can be in. Million things to do and think about, you never can have enough money to do everything you need, or TIME! At the same time it would be nice to even try to enjoy the summer...

In about week and a half this will be done. I'll be leaving my home for three months. And I'm so looking forward to it, 'cause that means all this hustle will be over. Fortunately I have a fabulous summer coming up! I have many nice things planned. Anyway enough with the moaning, here's the pics I promised about what my kitchen and bathroom lookss like now. These pics are taken a few months back.

The tiles are cracking off the floor in the bathroom, and there are wires hanging in the kitchen. I can't wait to get everything working properly and efficiently!

Home

Mothers day

Since my mom has started to get a hang of this computer business, I made her an e-card( Very simple and very easy to do, but she doesn't know that ;) ). She was very pleased...love you mom <3 Happy mothers day to all moms!

Panic!

I just realized that I have only few weeks to pack my life into boxes! Then I will be homeless. I can't come to MY HOME for three months. Before I leave, I need to go through all of my things, and decide what to keep and what not, sounds easy but isn't. There's lot's of stuff I've found from some vintage stores or flea markets over the years that I've fallen in love immediately when seen them. For some reason I never really use any of that stuff, it just piles up in my closet...but it's not easy to get rid of them, 'cause they are rare treasures that I've found! So, my idea is to pull everything out of my drawers and closets(and apparently make an even worse mess) and make a thorough inventory. If I haven't used something(or even remembered it exists) for a year I'll sell it or dump it. Sounds easy doesn't it?

Well it isn't! Like last night I sat on my floor and went through my "treasures", which means vintage handbags, lots of scarves and jackets, and almost cried about the fact that I have to get rid of them! It's like an end of an era, my teenage years,like selling my identity! (yes I know I'm being too dramatic..) Anyway I have too much stuff, nothing fits anywhere, there's a horrible mess all them time so I need to get rid of something. If it means selling my identity then that's how it shall be. Growing up hurts doesn't it.

Btw I've been planning my living room! I have loads of ideas, and found a gorgeous table from our country homes attic, didn't get any pictures of it though, but it's an authentic vintage table from 1920's or 1930's. Really excited about that! Going to post about my plans later.

New found passion

New found passion for both of us I think.
As you can see this post has nothing to do with my home, but that's because there's nothing going with that right now. It's just a big mess since my vacuum broke down and I have two dogs....I bet you can imagine what's that like, not nice I can tell you. And there has been all other fun things going on, I haven't had time to even think about cleaning up. So no pics coming of my home right now..

I love to photograph, love love love love it! I'm not really good at it yet, and don't always know what to do with my camera, but I try! Sometimes the results end up just the way I wanted...mainly they don't. My camera is Canon EOS 1000D, not a really pro camera but still good enough for me to practise.

It's finally strating to get summerish and warm here, and because of some annoying events and boredom, me and my friend decided to go and lounge around to "my park" that's next to my home. She took her hulahoop with her, and the results can be seen here! Not perfect, but good enough pics to show here. Thank's to Sushirobot for letting me take pics...again! Sorry the pics are huge, I still haven't figured out how to make them appear smaller here, but could be viewed bigger when you click on the picture...any ideas anyone? Anyway, click the pics, and you see the entire picture.