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Hi!

I haven't updated my blog for so long, that i don't even know how to start now. As usual, it's best to start with the weather: the snow is gone now. There have been even sunny days accompanied with bird twitter all around, but spring in February seems more like a cruel joke, where the punch-line could be a surprise winter in April. On the 4th march there's this celebration of (the translator said:) Shrovetide. The last big feast before fasting, with traditional sledge rides, (this year in the mud i suppose,) and pea-soup and salted beans. And buns with whipped cream. It's a moving holiday and last year we were out on our skies at that time.

My driving lessons are almost finished and it's soon time to take the exams. I have this "let's get it over with" feeling. Don't really know if it's good or not, but i really would like to spend my own time in a different way already.

Juss is nowadays totally into birds. We have two books: European mammals and European birds, and the last one is a clear winner. From last week we've been listening to a bird twitter CD non-stop. I wish I could preserve this interest and nourish it, or else it'll move on like the muumins- facination, which i'm glad is not so strongly present any more. Altho' every nap starts with the request of the moomin-song. But birds are even cooler; it's an interest in nature and life, with many questions and fascinating answers, when found.

Miki woke up, so this is it for today.

I'll write to you soon again!

 Bisous!

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The snow is gone. And so is the sun. Oh, i really don't like a dark and wet spring starting in february. It's too long! Will there bee any more cold days? I was supposed to take more pictures outside.. hm.

What a week. What a weird week. Guess there are some.

Happy Valentine's day tomorrow!

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So what's been going on? Here's the update: nothing really.

My driving lessons seem to be endless, always starting somewhat puzzled about the fact that it's me who's sitting in the drivers seat and holding the wheel. And then turning the wheel. Still unreal. But it feels like i've been taking these lessons for ages: it's only a month. It's given me a busy schedule, putting everything else on hold. 

The camera gets taken out less recently. We also keep forgetting to take it with us. For months i've been thinking of taking a family portrait, but it has never come to it.

On Saturday night I knitted the sleeves to a sweater i started last year in January. I finished at 3am. That satisfying moment! But then three more ideas hit me and there the feeling went. 

This is the frustrating life of a housewife at home with little kids: where ever you look you see tasks screaming to be finished or projects to be started. There is hardly ever this "it's done"-feeling . Overwhelmed by it all sometimes.

Before anyone accuses me of forgetting birthdays... not true! But the acting on it part is not working out. I should stop writing letters in my mind. There are too many piled up already. Sometimes telepathy is not such a bad idea.

I had tickets to a showcase this Sunday... and  i didn't go, because... I forgot it. I've been talking all year how i wanted this... and this is the result. Embarrassing.

Found this photo while looking for something to accompany this totally nonsense post. It's an old one, maybe 2009? 2008? I'm still wearing the make-up and hair I had in a play that evening -it brings back many bitter-sweet memories. Oh, it would be a too long story to tell. Life and theatre back then... Different times.

Looking forward to tomorrow. A chance to enjoy the company and something yummy!