Motivational Monday

I have a plan! I suck at cleaning my house...I can go for weeks without vacuuming. At the same time it doesn't really bother me, but still it drives me mad. Aaaand with two dogs in the house not vacuuming for two weeks can be quite horrifying....

But now I have a plan. I'm making a schedule. Usually schedules don't work with me but now I'm trying to be clever and fool myself!! I'm mad for glitter, bright colours and especially glitter and bright colours together. I've decided to make myself a sticker chart! I get a glittery sticker to the chart everytime I have finished a household chore in time. This also gives me an excuse to go and buy bright, fun, colourful stickers! And as the time goes by, my fridge door will be full of different coloured pretty stickers...how lovely is that <3. I'm pretty confident that I can fool myself in to cleaning the house more often with this system...hopefully!

What an idea, what a Motivational Monday, dont you think! Now I'll be vacuuming and dusting all the time!

Ps. I really NEED a snowglobe!

Okay, let's try...

I've seen people doing this in their Blogs often, to cheer them up, to make them see what are the best things in their lives at that moment. It seems to work too, so I'll give it a try! A happy list.

Mine has a little twist to it though...I'd like to call it a motivational list. A "Motivational Monday list"( yes I know it's thuesday now, but I was supposed to do this yesterday...). I'll try to gather up all the things that could motivate me on a dull Monday things to be happy about, and things that prepare me for the new week.

I've had a shitty day today. I have a terrible cough and a terrible headackhe. I wen't to the doctors yeasterday and got some nice white pills and some horrible tasting cough syrup(that doesn't work). Now I'm anxiously waiting for the pills to kick in! Being ill all the time time is starting to get old.

Oh yes the list...
Things that keep me going this week:

This is it movie on Wednesday - fun weekend in Tampere - My home - sewing - going through old photos - taking photos - searching trough the internet for schools I might apply to.


That's it for this week. A bit lame start in my opinion....I'll try to do better next week. But at this state of mind, finding something motivating is a triumphant succes, believe me! But you know...this list making kinda helped. Now I'll get my self some Earl Grey tea and curl up to the sofa. <3

LDN

It was so much fun! London always delivers! Good friends, good mood, fine dining, partying 'till the morning, no worries, shopping, excellent hotel, a date, sightseeing---perfection.

We wen't to Brick Lane area which is located in the eastern London. I had never been there before, but sure will go again! That was my kinda place. Laid back people with good attitude and style. Lot's of cool shops and few vintage and desing markets on a weekend. Here's few places worth visiting there: Absolutely Vintage - went mad there, too much good stuff to choose from, Pop Up Market - full of designer stuff made from vintage materials a heaven on earth (shopping wise), Not UK Cafe (couldn't find a website)- best sandwiches I have found in London and the atmosphere is perfect.


Sure we did all the sightseeing and Madame Tussauds too, 'cause this was L's first time in England. Trafalgar square at night is gorgeous. I could go on about my trip for days, but instead I'll keep it in my heart and feel happy!

Fountain on Trafalgar Square.

Not UK

Absolutely Vintage

This necklase I bought from the Pop Up Market...I LOVE IT!

Go to London...I guarantee that if you keep your eyes open and try new things, you'll have the time of your life!

Need a good laugh?

Once again, I've been on a sick leave from work...because of my back this time. It's getting better allready I think, but that keeps me stuck inside my apartment. Few of my friends have kindly taken the dogs out, so I don't have to. Thank god for them!

The problem is that it's really boring just to hang around the house by myself, so I decided to finally order Fawlty Towers DVD box from CDON.COM. They had sale too so perfect timing. I got the DVD's today. Such a good decision to order it! I can't remember when, for a while, I'd have laughed this much! The show hilarious!! I've watched it at my sisters place in England, and I think it has aired in Finnish TV sometimes too, so I knew what I was buying.

Fawlty Towers is a BBC production from the 1970s'. The plot goes basically like this:

"Inept and manic English hotel owner and manager, Basil Fawlty, isn't cut out for his job. He's intolerant, rude and paranoid. All hell frequently breaks loose as Basil tries to run the hotel, constantly under verbal (and sometime physical) attack from his unhelpful wife Sybil, and hindered by the incompetent, but easy target, Manuel; their Spanish waiter. Written by Rob Hartill "

Very simple, but oh so entertaining! If you ever get the chance to watch it, do it! I thinks this DVD box will save my day many times in the future.



Here's one excellent episode that I laughed straight through!

Aim to the stars

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I've been thinking...
I've always wanted to move away from Finland. I lived in Belgium for 7 months, loved it and hated it at the same time. Brussels just isn't the city for me, but London could be.Every time I set my feet on the ground of England I feel like home. I can't explaine it, and for once don't even feel a need to. It could be the home of my heart.

So now, since I've realized I actually don't have anything that would tie me to Finland, I could make the move. Every time I try to think of a reason to the question; "Why not?" I can't. There's no room for me to be scared if I need my life to change, and if I wan't to experience new things.

What am I waiting for? Really, WHAT? So now I've decided to take actions towards making it possible. I might change my mind while looking into things, but I feel a desperate need to start doing something. It's going to take a while before I feel comfortable enough to really go through it because I have lot's of things that need to be planned carefully...for example things conserning my dogs.

Sure I'll miss a lot of things from Finland. My mom, brother and his family. But first and foremost my friends. Maybe I'll convince someone to move with me! Anyway I think I need to do this. I'm certain it's going to be really hard at first, but I truly miss the feeling when you start your life from the scratch...even going to a store to buy food is an experience at first. There will be lonely times, and lot's of tears. At the same time those are the things that will drive me forward, drive me towards new people, new life.

Everything can go horribly wrong, but because I know I'll always have a place to return to, people supporting me back home I feel comfortable doing it. The funny thing is that I don't even know where to start! What channel will I use...school, work, my sister(who lives in England) or what!? Where will I live, how will I find myself an apartment? Scary...but oh so exciting! It might take me two years to get there, but now I at least have a plan.

"24 and blooming like the fields of Maine
25 and yearning for a ticket out

dreams burn but in ashes are gold"

-Kings of Convenience, 24-25

Award

I'm having trouble sleeping, so I'll do this now. I got this "You are an awesome girl"-award from S.
Thank you, the day I saw this was a shitty one, so you made my day then!

This award means that I need to tell 10 interesting, or pointless things about myself. Let's see if I can come up with any. Here we go...

1. I just loooove to do Donal Duck jumps( the ones when you jump in the air and clap your feet together while in the air) I get this powerfull urge to do it few times a day...and usually I jump no matter where I am.

2. I talk to myself aloud while cooking.

3. I hate the way I walk.

4. I could spend a day at an airport easily. I'd just sit there and watch all the people coming and going. To me an airport is no-mans-land; place to be when you wan't to be a nobody. That's why I usually go there as early as possible before my flights departure time. And if I have the time I spend some time at the arrivals gate, watching the happy people meeting eachother at the gate.

5. I'm jealous to people who know what they wan't. Because I usually dont'...I'm just guessing all the time.

6. I use deadlines in my life. I had around ten of those untill I turned 24, so time is up for some of them now. I've made up around 5 new ones(so far)...they need to be done 'till I'm 30.

7. I'm really badly addicted to Battery energy drink. I get a Battery headackhe if I don't drink at least one of those everyday.

8. SHINY THINGS! Shine shine shine, glitter, gold,silver...if I didn't fear the fact that I'd get bored soon, I'd cover my home with shiny things.

9. From any hobbies that I can think of, my favourite one would be dancing...I suck at learning coreographies so I can't do it. I dance bymyself then!

10. I've promised myself a liposuction when I'm 30. Hopefully I won't need it. :D

I'll pass this award on to Kiiki. She's going through a rough time, so I wan't to cheer her up. No need to feel sad 'cause you are an awesome girl! We'll be seeing in October and have a blast...right?

Happy Birthday - To Me!

24...24 for is a good number. I've always had 24 as my lucky number, so maybe now after turning 24years old, life will bring new and good things for me! If this year of beeing 24 is anywhere near as good, as my b-day party I'll have the time of my life!

I got to stand under silver confetti falling from the sky, after I got a call to come down to the park. I got to have all my gorgeous friends with me, eating, drinking and laughing together. Perfection!

One of them stayed up partying with me untill 11am...it was mad but so much fun, you rule girl! Thank you to all of you who make my life feel like a party all the time!


And the gifts...WUHUU! After I got a shower of silver glitter falling on me, I got a ticket to Michael Jacksons Thriller Live consert in October!!! I lost words...they hit the nail with this one!!So so excited to go there, and I'll have the best company to go with. YEY!


Then I got gorgeous flowers, Salla sure knows which ones to buy every time.


Mango giftcard! I've wanted to go and find a new winter jacket, so now I know where to start looking first!


And look at these hahha What else could you expect from Marja. I love that monkey peeler, and now I'll never have a mushed banana in my bag again!


And...well...of course, Suffeli Puffi!! With a princess crown on top..great!


This b-day will keep me going for the whole year.THANK YOU!